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Writing-expository Common Core RL.7.2 resources for homeschool
Literary Analysis Elements Activities using Pixar Shorts Videos or Commercials
Your students are going to love these literary analysis lessons. Add Pixar Shorts, commercials, or cartoon clips and you're ready to teach literary elements. Fun way to engage students as they analyze character, plot, setting, theme, and conflict (coming soon). Then, transfer them to more complex texts like short stories and novels. Your students will love practicing analysis skills with these easy-to-use digital or print lessons! The perfect way for students to truly understand literary el
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5th - 8th
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Text Evidence Reading Passages, Sentence Starters, and Finding & Citing Bundle
You'll love using the Text Evidence Reading Passages & Evidence Frames to help teach students how to identify evidence from a text and then cite text evidence as proof. Perfect for informational text and literature reading comprehension, each resource targets finding text evidence and helps students with constructing a response. Citing text evidence can be a challenge, but the proof frames are structured to help simplify this essential reading and writing skill. Click the preview for more de
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4th - 7th
The Egypt Game Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This reading guide for The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a low prep novel study. The complete novel unit can be used for reading groups, book clubs, or with a whole group and includes chapter vocabulary, chapter questions, and many fun reading comprehension activities. If you happen to be studying Ancient Egypt at the same time you read The Egypt Game, even better!The resource guide includes a variety of activities that incorporate many critical thinking and language skills. For example
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5th - 7th
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TV Episode Review - Emergency Sub Plan or Snow Day activity (paper + digital)
Students review plot, conflict, and character in this TV Episode Review. This independent writing activity has been heavily scaffolded so that students can complete it on their own, making it perfect for emergency sub plans, summer packets, blizzard bags, or enrichment. It has been designed to take between 1-2 hours, including the viewing of the episode, and is appropriate for middle schoolers, in and out of a traditional classroom setting. What you get: -A task sheet/brainstorming page -A prewr
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6th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plans - Independent Writing Activities for Middle School Snow Day
Need independent writing activities for middle school snow day activities or emergency sub plans? These ELA sub plans are independent writing activities that are appropriate for middle schoolers, in and out of a traditional classroom setting. Middle school sub plans Snow day or e-learningSummer schoolSince students complete each activity independently, these writing activities are perfect for middle school sub plans, independent work, and middle school snow day activities. Each writing activity
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6th - 9th
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Analyzing Theme in Songs - Emergency Sub Plan or Snow Day (paper + digital)
Are you looking for a song analysis lesson students can complete on their own? In this Theme in Music portfolio, students practice analyzing song lyrics and music in three songs. This scaffolded activity is the perfect sub plan or snow day lesson!Use this song lyric analysis activity for:Independent practiceEnrichment & Summer SchoolSnow Days & Blizzard BagsEmergency PlansDo your students need a skills review?✅ Determine a theme and analyze its development (RL.7.2)✅ Cite textual evidence
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6th - 8th
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Poetry Analysis - Emily Dickinson - Emergency Sub Plan (paper + digital)
Are you looking for a poetry analysis lesson students can complete on their own? In this poetry activity, students analyze Emily Dickinson’s “I Died for Beauty.” This scaffolded activity is the perfect sub plan or snow day lesson or during National Poetry Month! Use this analyzing poetry activity for:Independent practiceEnrichment & Summer SchoolSnow Days & Blizzard BagsEmergency Plans Do your students need a skills review?✅ Use textual evidence to support inferences (RL.7.1)✅ Determine
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7th - 9th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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Summarizing, Paraphrasing Slideshow, Notes, Graphic Organizers PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students to summarize and paraphrase fiction and nonfiction by using this PowerPoint and notes for instruction and modeling. Students can then move on to collaborative and independent practice by using their newfound skills on the blank graphic organizers and passages of your choosing.The PowerPoint corresponds with the guided notes that come in 2D notes AND folding versions. BOTH are interactive!UPDATE (4/2020): I've added a digital file to reduce your remote teaching prep work by pr
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6th - 8th
Text Evidence Proof Frames for Reading Comprehension for All Subject Areas
The Text Evidence Proof Frames are easy to use in any subject area. Your students will be able to find text evidence, cite it, and use the evidence in a response paragraph. Works for fiction and nonfiction text. This versatile resource offers easy differentiation with multiple versions of the the text evidence proof frames as well as the paragraph writing frames. The Text Evidence Proof frames will help your students construct a response using evidence from a text. The frames are laid out for si
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4th - 8th
Writing: Interacitve Foldable Organizers and Practice
Bring your students’ writing notebooks to life with folding writing organizers and lessons for each writing task!
This product contains everything you need to teach writing. Step-by-step guided instructions with photos, writing prompts, examples for modeling, and dozens of folding organizers are included!
Like many teachers, I often used graphic organizers to help students plan and organize their ideas for writing. Unfortunately, students are easily bored by regular organizers and many kids pr
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6th - 8th
Teaching Theme Analysis Activities for novel, short story, play, Pixar short
What a fun way to teach literary elements and engage students as they analyze plot and practice literary analysis skills using Pixar Shorts, commercials, or cartoon clips. Then, transfer those skills to more complex texts like short stories and novels. Your students will love analyzing theme with this easy-to-use digital or print booklet and short videos! This is what you get:Print and Digital versions that are great for distance learning or a blended classroomteacher lesson plansstudent note
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6th - 8th
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IRON THUNDER by Avi - Quizzes, Word Study and more
Pitting the two iron clad ships against each other and starting the modern age of ships made of metal, this story of the Monitor's battle with the Merrimac catches students' attention and they want to keep reading. To supplement their interest and check for reading comprehension, I have created the following -NOTE: I separated the plot into two parts - Part 1 - Ch. 1 to 16 and Part 2 - Ch. 17 to 30.- A two page quiz for each part: True/False and Multiple Choice (from a choice of three)- Word S
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6th - 8th
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All Reading Literature Writing Response Paragraphs BUNDLE CCSS.RL.7.1-7.10
These teaching resources for Common Core ELA RL.7.1-7.10 Literature: Writing Paragraph Response breaks down each standard and provides graphic organizers, paragraph frames, sentence starters, and rubrics in both digital and printable worksheets for responding to literature for 7th grade English Language Arts. Middle school students struggle with writing complete and coherent constructive responses to literature. The analysis portion is often a repeat or paraphrase of the cited text, instead of a
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7th
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for The Crossover by Kwame Alexander has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: bra
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6th - 8th
The Cay by Theodore Taylor - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for The Cay by Theodore Taylor has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brainsto
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6th - 8th
I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME Novel Study Unit
Discussion and analytic questions for the novel I Heard the Owl Call My Name are primary to this unit. These questions will have students analyzing and understanding the concepts Craven weaves into her plot.In addition there are vocabulary worksheets and puzzles.An essay assignment derived from a topic specific journal (attached), with detailed student handout is included in this file. There are half-page quizzes for Ch. 1 to 5, and Ch 18 & 19, plus a full-page test and an essay for the to
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7th - 10th
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Complete Common Core Aligned Novel Unit for The Outsiders
Comprehensive Unit Plan with Common Core focus standards, learning objectives and instructional activities. Chapter-by Chapter activities and both an objective test and an essay test as well as an alternate culminating activity
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7th - 8th
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Where the Red Fern Grows - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing Unit
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resou
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6th - 8th
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in t
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6th - 8th
Expository Essay Activity BUNDLE - Informative Essay Writing
Do your students enjoy CHOOSING what they can write about? These Espository Essay Activites will proivide your students with options on what they can research and write about. I teach 7th Grade ELA and my student who is the MOST resistant to writing this year was engaged in the "Expository Essay Compare and Contrast Essay" because he got to CHOOSE his topic from the options listed. This Expository Essay Bundle includes three Activities:1. Expository Essay Compare and Contrast Essay (1.5-2 weeks
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7th - 10th
Identifying Theme: Understanding and Writing about Theme
Help your students understand the deeper meaning of THEME with these pages. Plus, get some informational writing in as well!
Students will define theme, fill in a practice theme chart, brainstorm the themes of ANY text, write a theme statement, and collect quotes in support of their chosen theme. They will then write a paragraph proving the decided theme using the provided writing frame/scaffold.
Teachers/students choose the texts.
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-defining elements and 2 note-taking guides (1 is
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4th - 9th
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this r
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6th - 8th
The One and Only Ivan - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing Unit
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this
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6th - 8th
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