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Common Core RL.7.2 handouts for homeschool
Outsiders Close Reading Materials for 4 Chapters, S.E. Hinton The Outsiders CCSS
Help your students learn how to dig deep into analyzing text with these four close reading lessons to use with chapters 2, 4, 6, and 10 of S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders.Each of the four lessons includes a student handout of a select bit of text with generous margins to allow for students to annotate the selection with their thoughts, ideas, and/or questions. After students are given 8-to-10 minutes to finish their annotations, pull the class back together to annotate a copy of the material
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7th - 10th
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ELA Daily Reading Journal Full Year Middle School
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6th - 9th
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ELA Exit Tickets / Short Response Slips - Differentiated - for ANY Literature
Differentiated Exit Tickets / Short Response Slips for Literature contains 27 different standards-based short tasks for students designed in 81 convenient half-sheets that can be used with any literature! Each topic is differentiated (3 separate slips per topic) to accommodate 3 levels of learners: struggling, average/grade-level, and advanced.The response slips can be used for short assessment with any literature activity (whole class, literature circles, stations, guided reading groups, etc.)
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6th - 9th
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Bell Ringer Journal Bundle: Reading Literature & Reading Informational Texts
The BEST EVER Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Reading Literature and Reading Informational Texts is here! Help your middle school ELA students to master the standards of Reading Literature AND Reading Informational Texts in this reading bundle including over 100 pages of bell ringers!Here's how it works: Choose the bell ringer that best fits the standard students are studying in class. Since bell ringers are standards based, they work as a perfect warm up for student learning! The next t
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6th - 8th
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Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity
Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word
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6th - 9th
Theme Essay - Literary Essay Writing for ANY Novel, Story, or Drama
Theme Essay writing will be a breeze with this motivating, step-by-step resource designed to lead your students through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs!Students identify two themes evident in the text and devote one paragraph to each theme. In each paragraph, students discuss how a prominent character is involved with the theme topic and what the author wants us to learn or understand.A list of common theme topics and an invitin
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6th - 9th
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BLOOD on the RIVER by Elisa Carbone - Novel Study
Reading comprehension questions for every chapter are in this No Prep Novel Study unit for Blood on the River - addressing most Common Core standards - with ANSWER KEY. As students answer questions they are guided through creating good paragraphs by use of introductory and transitional phrases.Also included WITH ANSWER KEYS are three tests: Ch 1 to 7; Ch 8 - 18; Ch 19 to 27 . No all-novel test.Also in the file you will find:- Puzzles for names in the novel and vocabulary; - a glossary; - figu
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5th - 9th
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Fiction Notice & Note Signposts Doodle Notes
Engage students' whole brain while teaching this fun reading strategy! Doodle notes engage verbal and visual centers in the brain which helps students retain information longer.
Notice & Note Signposts are engaging reading tools that send students on a scavenger hunt through a text to make deeper meaning. These notes would be a great way to introduce the topic to your students.
Each signpost has its own notes sheet:
- Tough Questions
- Again & Again
- Words of the Wiser
- Memory Mom
Grades:
4th - 12th
Life of Pi Novel Study - Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 17 sections, with each section focusing on 20-25 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Complete Unit: Pre-reading, Questions, Test & More
This unit is a complete set of materials for teaching Mark Twain's memorable classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Included you will find the following:Pre-Reading Activities for Individual and Small GroupImproving Reading: Understanding Dialect WorksheetAll Chapter Questions w/Keys (NOTE: Tom Sawyer All Chapter Questions are also listed as a stand-alone product. Click on the link if that is all you need! Do not purchase both--they are the same questions.)Vocabulary Notebook Requirements with M
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7th - 9th
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Writing a Shape or Concrete Poem - Creative Writing - Mentor Texts
Make reading and writing poetry fun with this lesson for Shape (Concrete) Poems. After reading poems, students use mentor texts as models for their own writing as they take their creative ideas through the writing process with a focus on the six traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions).The lesson starts with a “puzzling” warm up (using online links to Rebus puzzles); then, students read and analyze sample shape poems including "Seal" by Willi
Mother to Son, Langston Hughes Poem Analysis, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
These materials for Langston Hughes’ famous poem, “Mother to Son” – also known as “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” – can be taught as a stand-alone poetry lesson but also work as a supplement to A Raisin in the Sun, a study of the Harlem Renaissance, or any American Literature unit/class. This 5-page download (PDF + Google Drive version of the student handouts) includes:• A full-text copy of the “Mother to Son” poem (public domain) with space for annotations• A separate sheet of nine qu
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry Common Core Lesson Plans and Activites
*Recently updated with lots added!!
"After Twenty Years" is a short story that can be read in one class period. The story lends itself for discussion of several literary elements like point of view, foreshadowing, and irony. Your students will enjoy O.Henry's trade mark surprise ending! The lessons, activities, and printables are aligned with Common Core Standards.
Included in this packet you will find the following:
Lesson plan outlining how to complete the activities included. Lesson begins w
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Short Story Common Core Aligned Lesson Plan Bundle
Wonder Novel Study: Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 12 sections, with each section focusing on 20-25 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it
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4th - 8th
"Three Skeleton Key" Common-Core Lesson Plans & Activities (Printable & Digital)
This resource for the short story "Three Skeleton Key" has everything you need to teach standards in a meaningful way! The story is included as a pdf, and we guarantee it will be a hit with your students!Here's what's included:Pre-Reading Activities:Anticipation Guide: Ignite classroom discussions with thought-provoking statements related to the story's themes.Vocabulary Preview: Equip students with essential vocabulary words to enhance their comprehension.Informational Article on Lighthouses an
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Suspenseful Scary Story Resource Bundle for Middle School
The Hunger Games Novel Study: Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 14 sections, with each section focusing on 1-2 chapters of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: The Hunger Games & Mockingjay Novel Studies: Reading Comprehension Guide
The Boy in Striped Pajamas Novel Study - Reading Guide + Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, The Boy in Striped Pajamas by Paulo John Boyne, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 7 sections, with each section focusing on 1-3 chapters of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: The Book Thief and The Boy in Striped Pajamas Novel Studies - Bundle
Christmas Day in the Morning Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
Pearl S. Buck's short story is one of a teenage boy's life-changing recognition of his father's love a few days before Christmas. The study applies the Common Core literary standards. The study includes:1. The story in blocked paragraphs with comprehension questions ranging from simple recall to critical analysis focusing on text evidence. (Includes flashback,dialogue, symbolism, simile, personification, alliteration.) The blocked paragraphing allows for close reading.2. Theme analysis focusi
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4th - 9th
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Theme vs. Main Idea: Poster or Handout
Are your kiddos still having a hard time creating theme statements? I use this as an anchor chart, but it can easily print as a poster or as a student handout. Be sure to check out my *FREE* characterization poster too for your ELA classroom!
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5th - 12th
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A BOY AT WAR Novel Study: Quick Chapter Quizzes & Writing Prompts
Written by Harry Mazer, and with the plot set in World War II, this novel study has quick quizzes which allow a faster pace through the story. This unit contains the following:- 1st and 3rd Person perspective (point of view) board notes - two pages with lesson suggestions - use with doc camera/smart board/overhead- Quick chapter quizzes - two chapters per quiz, usable like exit tickets- Venn diagrams - three, designed for comparing characteristics- Writing prompts - six, in task card format; fo
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6th - 8th
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Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading Passages
Students will be learning how to identify the theme of a passage. They will be shown different ways in which theme is shown in a passage and will analyze those lessons. The teacher will model this strategy using a few very short stories, and the students will apply this strategy individually on two longer fictional texts.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It
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5th - 8th
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Move Beyond P-I-E and Get the Receipt: A Better Way to Teach Author's Purpose
Let me make a confession: A few years ago, I got very invested in the drama between Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. For me, one of the biggest take aways from that drama was the phrase "Show me the receipts." I'd heard my students talk about "receipts" before, but something about the Kanye-Taylor drama really made that phrase memorable to me. As a teacher, I turned that phrase over in my mind. Where are the receipts in the English classroom? Well, when students are looking for auth
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Favorites Bundle / Pre-Reading & Author's Purpose
Reading Literature Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Grades 6-8
Congratulations! You have found the BEST standards based bell ringer journals out there! This bell ringer journal helps middle school ELA students to master the standards and build routing during the first five minutes of class each day. How it works: This bell ringer journal includes six levels of bell ringer for ten reading literature standards. Simply identify the standard students will be working on in class and use the standards based bell ringer that matches. Each time students work on mas
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6th - 8th
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Tell Tale Heart. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. Full Unit for ELA ESL Sp. Ed.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instruction.Unit includes:An illustrated adapted text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Po
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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