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Common Core RL.6.3 lessons for Gifted and Talented

Where the Wild Things Are: Teaching the 5-Paragraph Thematic Essay

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Teach the 5-paragraph THEMATIC essay with a poignant, insightful middle-grades film!From the specially supported to the gifted and talented, students from a variety of backgrounds will connect with Max; idea-generating process and final essay product can be scaffolded to meet students at any level.Using their chronological movie guide to draw on specific details, students will reflect on what Max learns by considering the NEED for, the PROCESS of developing, and the PROOF of his new understandin

Subjects:

Character Education, Gifted and Talented, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

...

Fever 1793 Literature Unit

Created by

Always Gifted

This is a complete literature unit which includes higher level comprehension questions, critical thinking novel activies and project based assessments.

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Literature, U.S. History

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

...

Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing" Choice Board/Tic-Tac-Toe Board

Created by

Bluebird Skye

This is a wonderful final activity for students studying William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It offers nine different activities divided into three categories: Writing, Artistic, and Research. You may have students do one activity, one activity from each section, a tic tac toe, all of one row, or even all of them.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Other (ELA)

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.7

, RL.6.10

...

Also included in: Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing" Cumulative Activity *BUNDLE*; Choiceboard

Close Reading GATE or Advanced Character's Actions vs. Words

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Portable Gifted and Talented

I am always looking for specific, student-friendly ways to help students dive into a deeper reading—a more analytical and critical thinking view—of any text. This activity (and discussion) works well in my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade GATE literacy groups, but there’s no reason it cannot be used up through 10th grade. The students will simply think at different levels; however, the format remains the same (see Common Core Standards below). We need this in my school to help students move to “advanc

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 10th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.3

, RL.4.1

, RL.4.3

, RL.5.1

, RL.5.3