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Middle school close reading projects for homeschool
Holidays Around the World Christmas Research Project - with Digital Resources
❄️ Explore Holidays Around the World with this comprehensive bundle, featuring a lapbook, stunning slides with real photos, and informative research fact sheets. Discover the diverse celebrations and traditions in 20+ countries, including Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, England, France, Germany, and many more. ❄️The Holidays Around the World Lapbook Bundle offers: 5 informative slides for each of the 20 countries, featuring real photos Engaging flip books to delve into each country's ho
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Colonial Days: A Social Studies Unit for Upper Graders
This resource contains everything you need to explore life in the American colonies. It is a great mini-unit or supplement to add in critical thinking and rigor! Fifteen activities cover reading comprehension, collaborative activities, and higher level thinking.Included in this resource:-Close read passage with comprehension questions-Colonial chore list for children with narrative writing activity-Dodecahedron group project and template-4 map-making activities-18 vocabulary cards with definit
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The Bundle: Colonial America and the Revolution
One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
This One Pager Bundle is a great deal if you are a fan of the one-pager project like me!One-pagers are the highlight reel of a student’s analysis regarding a particular subject. It requires them to really asses what is the most essential information, such as the most important quotes, symbols, themes, or connections... among many other things.One Pagers are awesome for so many reasons... here's a few:They are an appealing alternative to the traditional worksheets.They make great summative tools
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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September 11th - 9/11 Reading, Writing, Art & Printable Text 4th, 5th, 6th grade
Discuss the sensitive events of September 11th, 2001 with elementary children. These integrated lesson plans and 9-11 printable texts are age appropriate and emphasize how Americans unite and serve one another during times of tragedy. Teach about Sept.11th while meeting your reading informational text and writing standards too.These plans are also available for grades 1-3. Click here to view.This resource includes lesson plans for students to:Pose inquiry based questions based on 9/11 photograph
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4th - 6th
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50 EDITABLE Projects and Assignments for ANY NOVEL STUDY
This bundle contains 50 projects and activities for ANY NOVEL STUDY in secondary English Language Arts. Use these projects, activities, handouts, and lessons to enrich your students’ close reading and analysis of any novel unit in your curriculum. THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS BOTH A PDF VERSION AND AN EDITABLE MICROSOFT WORD VERSION SO THAT YOU CAN ADAPT THESE RESOURCE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AS NEEDED!This bundle includes the following projects, activities, lessons, and handouts:1. FreeChoiceReadingChal
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6th - 12th
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The Crucible Unit Plan Bundle -- Worksheets, PowerPoint, Handouts
Everything you need for your unit plan on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is here in this mega bundle. With more than 100+ pages, you'll get:
• A 46-slide Introductory presentation with personal photos of Salem, MA (PPT is NOT editable but includes formatted blank slide for you to customize if needed)
• Lots of pre-reading activities
• Vocabulary guide
• Quizzes for each act with answer keys
• Quotation study guide
• Acting activities for each act
• Review grid game/activity for each scene
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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National Parks Reading Research Project End of Year Summer School Fun Activities
End of the year project made simple! Save time planning about National Parks and the beauty of the United States with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities!This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs. This writing pack will help your students complete a National Park research project. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts
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3rd - 5th
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Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle - Appeals & Devices, High School Rhetoric Unit
Looking for a no-prep rhetoric unit that contains engaging, relevant, and rigorous materials? Fortunately, this 5-6 week Rhetorical Analysis Unit Bundle represents 21st Century learning at its best! Students will participate in a variety of analysis activities: from analyzing historical speeches and viewing modern advertisements to watching and analyzing movie speeches aimed to motivate and inspire audiences around the globe. Then, when students have mastered how to evaluate rhetorical strategie
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9th - 12th
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Tiny House Design for ANY Character: Reading project for inferences, symbolism
Tap into the popularity of the growing Tiny House Movement by assigning a literary analysis that students will LOVE. This is a hands-on assignment that brings STEM into the English classroom! This Tiny House lesson can be used with ANY character, author, historical figure, or student! You will get: ⭐1 Exemplar tiny house design for Harry Potter's tiny house⭐1 Student planning guide for evidence-based answers ⭐1 set of instructions for using the free website Floorplanner.com ⭐1 Youtube video with
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Fences by August Wilson Unit Plan Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Projects
If you're teaching August Wilson's play, Fences, you need this teaching bundle to help shape your unit and lesson plans. Included in this bundle:• 56 task cards with engaging critical thinking questions for every scene of the play• Anticipation guide• Writing activities for each scene• Acting activities• Sample pacing guide• Troy as a tragic hero• Uncle Remus allusion close-reading activity• 7 Characterization chart activities• Video worksheet for film on the Negro Baseball Leagues (film availab
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Halloween Activities Mini Unit BUNDLE Lesson Plans for English
If you are looking for quick and easy ideas to use in October to keep your middle or high school English students on task and engaged, then look no more! Add rigor and fun to October! This pack includes up to 3 weeks of materials depending on your class periods and how you use what's included: Use them all or use pieces to provide differentiation to your different groups. This mini Halloween unit with poetry, nonfiction, fiction, research, and writing will help you SURVIVE the holiday season wh
Grades:
8th - 10th
Informational Text Structure Activity
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach text structures in upper elementary? THIS is the activity that you need! Engage your students in practicing the five text structures with a brochure activity that is fun and rigorous for them and SO easy to prep for you! The Activity: Your students will become the newest “employees” of the coolest brochure designer in town. After reading informational text passages (two per location) about one of five locations, they will create a new brochure
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
Informational Texts Close Reading Activity and Project
Need a meaningful, standards-based and engaging activity to make it to December break? The Holiday Hustle is the perfect project for Secondary ELA right before the Holidays! This three week unit teaches students how to deconstruct advertisements and informational texts as they study and analyze two different holiday ads and three informational articles about advertising. After analyzing ads and informational articles, students create two projects: a Deconstructing Advertisements Guide for Teens
Grades:
7th - 10th
AP English Literature & Composition BUNDLE – Printable Materials for ENTIRE Year
This resource bundle is comprised of an ENTIRE YEAR's worth of Unit Plans and activities with 132 pages of ALL printable materials for teaching a FULL AP English Literature & Composition course. This product is well-organized into The College Board's most updated 9-Unit format, and also includes a clear Table of Contents, making it very simple and easy to navigate all of the included materials for the year.Includes:Table of ContentsSummer Reading Project Options for entering AP Literature &a
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
One-Pager Text Analysis Project with Rubric - Creative Literary Study Lesson
Use this project to conclude the study of any text. I have had students do this assignment for short stories, but it could be used with literally ANY text! If you would like to make changes to the rubric or assignment, you can edit your copy of this resource!This resource includes:1. A teacher's guide2. Directions3. Student Examples4. A rubric If you are looking for a project for non-fiction texts, check out my other resource by following the link below!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Prod
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Novel Reflection *One Pager*
If you are looking for a nontraditional way to assess your students on a recent class or independent novel, try a “one-pager”. A ”one pager” is a nontraditional way to assess your students on traditional learning standards such as theme, character, etc. I recently gave this activity as an assessment instead of the traditional test. My students were SO creative and didn’t even realize they were being assessed – my favorite kind of assessment. In this Powerpoint file you will find the exact rubric
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4th - 6th
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Wishtree by Katherine Applegate - Wishtree Novel Study Questions - Activities
This Wishtree Novel Study unit contains a complete unit for Wishtree by Newberry Award winner Katherine Applegate. These Wishtree activities are perfect for an interactive notebook and contain graphic organizers, Wishtree questions, and printable assignments. These Wishtree questions focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. All activities include lots of opportunities for differentiated instruction and reading strategy practice - creative
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Novel Study Bundle | Freak the Mighty | Maniac Magee | Wishtree | Units
Independent Book Project Bloom Ball Editable Template - Choice Reading Activity
Say goodbye to traditional boring old reading logs that most students fake anyway - have students create a Bloom ball instead!Each panel has a different element for students to consider - and the headings are completely editable!Here are the included panels:✅ Title and Author Information✅ Plot Elements✅ Setting✅ Important Characters✅ Theme✅ Conflict✅ Meaningful Quote #1✅ Meaningful Quote #2✅ Meaningful Quote #3✅ Figurative Language #1✅ Figurative Language #2✅ RecommendationSee Preview for more!T
Grades:
4th - 12th
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The Alchemist BUNDLE
Use this ultimate Bundle to bring Paulo Coelho's beautiful novel The Alchemist to life in your classroom!This download includes: 1. Fill-in-the-blank notes, videos, and lessons about: The authorMagical RealismAllegoryThe Hero's JourneyComprehension questions Icarus and DaedalusEcho and Narcissus2. Guided notes and analysis using:Story MapDialectical JournalsCharacterization Mandala project3. A final critical/analytical response essay assignment with:Essay assignment outlineEssay formatting outli
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10th - 12th
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4th Grade Math Review Activity Geometry and Measurement Project Based Learning
Students will love designing their own amusement park with this 4th grade math review packet. This is a fun and engaging math review project that will allow your students to review geometry, measurement and data and fraction skills. In this project based learning activity, students will read a comprehension passage, design an amusement park and complete math review activities. This is the perfect unit to use before end-of-year testing, since it is a great way to review all of the fourth grade
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4th - 6th
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Feed by M.T. Anderson Novel Workbook
This product will assist teachers and students in understanding analyzing, the novel, Feed. If you have never checked this book out - do it now! It's a hilarious, yet mind-boggling and tragic exploration into the future where all people have a "feed" in their brain which helps them communicate and acts as their internet. This unit was designed for a 10th grade classroom; however, any grade 9-12 could read this book.This product includes:- Title page- Multi-Genre Project with Rubric- Notes and ac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - What is Your Life's Blueprint? - 8th Grade Graduation
Are you looking for an engaging and inspirational activity to study Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy or Black History Month? These reading comprehension and journal activities focus on Dr. King’s “Street Sweeper” speech, “What is Your Life’s Blueprint?”This resource is perfect for:✅ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK Day)✅ Black History Month✅ 8th grade graduation✅ Back-to-school This inspirational speech was delivered at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, six mont
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6th - 9th
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Book Report Poster Template: Works with any Fiction or Non-Fiction Book
Book Poster: This Book Report Poster template can be used with any fiction or non-fiction book and can be completed with illustrations, sentences, or a combination of both. That makes this book report poster a perfect leveled activity for all learners.Print out the 2 pages and staple together, or copy onto 11 x 17 paper for a book report poster that looks great displayed in the classroom! Set printer to landscape setting for best results. Choose the lined or unlined version depending on your stu
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2nd - 5th
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The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle - A Complete AP Language & Composition Unit
Looking to spice up your Great Gatsby unit with new creative, engaging, and rigorous materials? Luckily, the products included in this AP Lang inspired unit work together to create a comprehensive unit for the novel, complete with that 21st Century flare you've been looking for! Not only will students interact with The Great Gatsby in multiple ways - through annotations, worksheets, task card activities, music analysis, nonfiction article pairings, and more - but they will also work to analyze a
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10th - 12th
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