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Middle school close reading unit plans for Gifted and Talented
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Novel Study Unit Resource BUNDLE
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Novel Study Unit - 200+ Page NO-PREP bundle of resources for teaching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. Everything you need to teach an entire unit - freshly updated and Google Classroom-friendly. BEST-SELLING PRODUCT - Classroom-tested by over 2,300 teachers... with a 4.9/5-Star Rating! SAVE 40% by purchasing the ENTIRE BUNDLE!Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.Here's what Stephanie S. said ab
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6th - 8th
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Rhetoric Unit Bundle– Devices, Appeals, Birmingham Jail Rhetorical Analysis Unit
Strengthen the rhetorical analysis and argumentation skills of your high school and advanced middle school students by helping them learn, identify, analyze and practice rhetorical strategies—both rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices—AND have them apply what they’ve learned using Martin Luther King’ Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” along with a host of other historical speeches and seminal U.S. texts. This 150+ page engaging and academically rigorous rhetorical analysis bundle--now provi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
High Interest Nonfiction Reading Passages for Fall (Grade 7/8 Language)
This resource includes 10 high interest nonfiction passages. These passages are intended for use with Grade 7/8 students at the beginning of the school year (Autumn), to keep passages fresh and engaging for students year round. This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 7/8 Ontario Language Curriculum - Strand C. Comprehension. Each passage and worksheet (as well as this teacher guide!) is written in the font Lexend, which was designed with dyslexia and struggling readers in min
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: High Interest Nonfiction Reading Passages (Grade 7/8)
Literary Devices Mini-Unit: Flashbacks and Foreshadowing Lessons - 3-Days
Foreshadowing and flashbacks are critical literary techniques that authors use to pull readers into the reality of the story and reveal its characters. These drama-heightening techniques are essential for students to understand as they develop their craft as readers. This 3-day mini-unit is designed to help students develop a deep understanding of both foreshadowing and flashbacks.This 3-day Foreshadowing and Flashbacks Mini-Unit provides numerous opportunities to help students understand and
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5th - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Immigration: Ellis Island Activities - Immigration Project
This Ellis Island & Immigration unit includes 44 pages of printables to engage your students while learning about immigration in the early 1900s. No fluff or filler here: this unit provides solid, high-quality content that will deepen students' understanding and simplify complex concepts, while taking them on a steamship journey across the Atlantic to New York Harbor and through Ellis Island. You’ll find these printables to be thoughtfully designed, easy to use, thorough, and engaging for
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3rd - 6th
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE Unit Plan: EDITABLE Discussion Prompts, Quizzes, & Writing
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Discussion-based! Informed by the latest cutting-edge scholarship!....This 135-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese! Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handout, discussion questions, image analysis worksheets, vocabulary lists, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig
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7th - 10th, Higher Education
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6th Grade Reading Comprehension Mini-Lessons Middle School Reading Comprehension
If prepping thorough & engaging mini-lessons to improve 6th grade reading comprehension has made you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, or unsure, I’ve designed this year long standards aligned bundle just for you! This middle school reading comprehension kit will help you deliver engaging & effective mini-lessons to teach the major elements of literature.✔ Check out the preview for more information!As any 6th grade language arts teacher knows, there’s a lot of ground to cover with ELA standa
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5th - 7th
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Twelve Angry Men Unit Bundle
This is the ultimate resource for helping your students comprehend and analyze the play 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Includes activities for pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading!Activities Included:- Anticipation Guide - 8 statements with which to rate agreeance- Vocabulary Terms - 9 Legal Terms, 34 Vocab Terms- Reading Questions - 55 Questions- Critical Thinking Activity - Argument building plus a creative activity- Theme Analysis Foldable - Analysis of 4 key ideas of the play- Plot
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6th - 12th
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Dystopian Unit Resource Bundle - Dystopia vs. Utopia - Dystopian Literature
Create or supplement a Dystopian Stories Unit with this diverse, creative, high-interest teaching resource! The bundle of Dystopian literature materials include the following: Cultural Clashes! Utopia vs. Dystopia (Research & Informational Writing)Welcome to Dystopia: A Nightmare Disguised as Paradise (Short Story Unit)The resources in this bundle are designed for 7th-12th grade students. Please see the following description for each resource.Welcome to Dystopia - A Nightmare Disguised as
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8th - 12th
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Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE
In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
The Sniper Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension, Citing Text Evidence Practice
Looking for a short story unit that carefully guides your students to a deep understanding of "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty? This ready to print short story unit gives you everything you need to teach "The Sniper" and will give your students plenty of practice citing textual evidence, determining and analyzing theme, analyzing figurative language and writing about a text. In this short story unit, your studeents will cover numerous ELA standards in depth, progressing from literal comprehensio
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
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High School Interactive Notebook Short Story Unit - Literary Analysis
Need to teach literary analysis for short stories? The organization and hands-on learning of interactive notebooks meets the rigor of note-taking and formal responses in this short story unit. This high school interactive notebook has less cutting and gluing than most interactive notebooks, so your students spend more time thinking and writing. The short story activities and interactive notebooks in this resource can be used with any text, and activities are included in three formats - print, di
Grades:
7th - 10th
Romeo and Juliet Unit: Intro, Fun Activities Acts 1-5, Editable Lessons, Writing
You don’t need Cupid to make students fall in love with Romeo and Juliet, but a bundle of inspiration will point you in the right direction! This engaging and editable Romeo and Juliet unit plan will help you make Shakespeare's play relevant, rigorous, and FUN! Each act contains interactive notes and creative activities to help bring this drama to life!So with that...What's in a unit? That which we call rosy resources that will make your lesson planning just as sweet. ;)You will get: Romeo and J
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8th - 10th
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HIGH SCHOOL POETRY ANALYSIS | 2 Weeks of Lesson Plans | 50+ Poems in 10 Packets!
This 2-week poetry unit will boost skills in close reading and formal analysis in any high school English course. The unit features 50+ canonical poems written by a diverse spectrum of English-speaking poets. The poems and accompanying lesson plans are organized into 10 thematic packets which can be used in sequence over two weeks. That's over 200 pages worth of editable poetry resources! This poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intel
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8th - 12th
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Gifted and Talented - Autobiographical Life Map Unit
Wake up the memories of your gifted and talented students and use them to create an autobiographical life map. This life map will help your students visualize their life journey (past, present, and future) and teach them the power of autobiographical thinking and metaphorical representation.
Students will begin by viewing a PowerPoint (included) on this type of thinking. The PowerPoint will guide them through the steps of brainstorming, metaphorical representation and symbolism of their lives
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3rd - 6th
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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Eleven by Sandra Cisneros- Guided Reading Unit
This all inclusive unit on Eleven by Sandra Cisneros helps students fully comprehend the story, its literary elements, and its messages and themes.
This covers the following concepts:
-Inferences & Drawing conclusions
-Point of View
-Context clues
-Similes
-Dialogue
-Plot
-Theme
Table of Contents:
1. Complete text of “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
2. Pre-reading Activity: Describe are you expected act at the following ages: 1,3, 11, 25, 50, & 90.
3. Quickwrite 1: Even though you are ___
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5th - 7th
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Genius Hour Classroom Materials (Teacher & Student) Editable Parent Letters
Have you ever thought about starting a Genius Hour Project in your classroom? I have started one in mine and have searched high and low for great materials to make it all come together.
This is a huge product that includes a teacher section:
This mostly contains FAQs about Genius Hour and it's Implementation in the classroom.
A student section (all of the materials you will need to duplicate to get and keep students on track):
Parent Letters
Session Reminder Half Sheets
Presentation Reminder H
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3rd - 6th
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7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Imagine having your entire middle school ELA school year planned for you! This curriculum and pacing guide for 7th grade ELA includes EVERYTHING you need for an entire school year of reading, writing, learning, growth, and engagement. Simply download the PDF pacing guide and yearlong curriculum, and you will have 66+ digital links along with a calendar and pacing guide that maps out your entire school year DAY TO DAY. No more wondering what you'll teach tomorrow or stressing about the next unit-
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Myth Study and Writing Unit - A Spiral Studies Mini-Unit
Myth Writing Unit
Greek Myth Study
Integrated Unit (Optional)
In this 4-part Myth Study and Writing Unit, students will build background knowledge on the critical components of myths, Greek mythology, and constellations before they read and analyze 5 Greek myths about constellations. Then, students will design their own constellation and write a myth to explain its origin in the night sky. Students will progress through every step of the writing process while writing their myths.
Skills Deve
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5th - 8th
Integer Project Bundle
Integer Projects Bundle
Need an integer project idea? This bundle includes 5 Integer Projects that you can use in your classroom. This is great for grades 6-8. I have used these in the past for an alternative to a written integer test. These projects are 21st century and provide real-world application. Great part about this – completely editable.
Projects Included:
-Budgeting Your Money with Integers (with rubric)
-Integer Timeline (with rubric)
-Integer Rules Comic Strip
-I am an Integer
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6th - 8th
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Technical Theater Units Costume Stage Properties Set Sound Design Producer
30% OFF! Here is EVERYTHING you need: 5 TO 6 WEEK'S worth of engaging, unique and creative units about technical theater (and then some) -costume, set, stage properties, sound design, the producer and set designer Ming Cho Lee biography. Wow! Purchasing this bundle you virtually receive a unit for free and a bonus: Influential People Posters and Pendants! The teacher will need access to YouTube.com. HOW DO I USE THESE IN MY CLASSROOM: Students could study each unit as a group or select one of
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8th - 11th
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Dystopian Short Story Unit Bundle - 3 Stories, CCSS Aligned, Analysis Activities
Students constantly RAVE about dystopian literature. Why not give them something to rave about in your classroom? This month-long dystopian short story unit, featuring short stories by Ray Bradbury, contains engaging and relevant reading comprehension and literary analysis materials that will encourage student engagement and foster reflective thinking about life, society, and, yes, even that scary word - the FUTURE. Materials Included:1. A BONUS Unit Outline/Overview2. "An Introduction to Dystop
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7th - 11th
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