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Common Core RL.6.2 thematic unit plans for homeschool
Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
Grades:
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Summer Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
The Elevator: A Lesson in Suspense
Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off a unit - or an exhilarating lesson - of intense suspense with this all-inclusive 38-slide PowerPoint "The Elevator." Presentation includes the text, anticipatory questions, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions where students can write their own conclusion. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you're not there!Teaching more suspense or gothic literature? Check out my other
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Substitute Literary Lesson Bundle
The One and Only Ruby Novel Study Book Unit
The One and Only Ruby Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard-aligned book study to be used with The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate. This download contains both a printable, as well as a Google Drive™, format.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes Google Drive™ format files, additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment that you cannot find in the indivi
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4th - 6th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan, Bob, and Ruby Novel Study Bundle
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street PowerPoint
Teaching The Twilight Zone play, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street? Introduce this gripping play of suspense and conformity with an engaging, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on The Twilight Zone, pre-reading vocabulary, teleplay terms, anticipation questions, themes, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions that will take you through the entire unit.Click HERE for more amazing The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street products!Need more terrific teacher
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Bundle
Theme and Central Message in Literature (Mentor Texts)
This resource meets the Common Core Literacy Standards for Theme and Central Message.Grade 1 RL 1.2 Retell stories and tell about their central messageGrade 2 RL 2.2 Recount stories and determine their central messageGrade 3-RL 3.9 Compare and contrast themes of storiesGrade 4-RL 4.2 Determine the theme of a storyGrade 5-RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story using details from the textGrade 6-RL 6.2 Determine a theme in the text and how it is conveyed through particular detailsPicture books (mento
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1st - 6th
NO PREP Poetry Close Read Lessons
Having trouble teaching your students how to read complex text? Need help analyzing poetry? This product comes with step-by-step lesson plans and detailed teacher notes.
Included:
- Close Read Part 1 (Detailed First & Second Reads w/ teacher notes)
- Close Read Part 2 (Third Read-Line by line analysis of the poem)
- Close Read Part 3 (Fourth Read-Discovering Figurative Language)
- Poem - Autumn, Emily Dickinson
- Student Thinking Sheets (Two pages of Student Reading Tasks)
- Figurative La
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5th - 8th
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Signs of Survival a memoir and oral history by Hartman for ELA and history
This product includes over 100 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the memoir, Signs of Survival, by Renee Hartman with Joshua M. Greene. This book is an inspiring narrative account of Renee and Herta Hartman's experiences as children in Czechoslovakia during WWII. This novel opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Courage,
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6th - 8th
Christopher P. Curtis's "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" - 30 Common Core Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Christopher Paul Curtis’s, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded e
Grades:
6th - 8th
Famous Poets Analysis Bundle: Frost, Dickinson, Sandburg, & Stevenson
Is poetry hard to teach? Do your students struggle with understanding the meaning of poems? Here's a tool for you to use that will make teaching Frost, Dickinson, Stevenson and Sandburg a lot easier for you and your students!You will find each of my units on Robert Frost (6 poems, analysis sheets & posters), Emily Dickinson (5 poems & analysis sheets), Carl Sandburg (6 poems, analysis sheets, teaching guide for "Skyscraper," and posters), and Robert Louis Stevenson (6 poems & analy
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5th - 8th
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Comparing Cinderella Stories Around the World End of the Year Activity
More than 900 Cinderella Fairy Tale stories have been written around the world! Use this Text Companion Resource to introduce your Middle School SS or ELA students to 13 Cinderella tales from various ancient history cultures.Flexibility is built in! Use the included graphic organizers to focus student analysis on the cultural elements of each story (Ancient History SS classroom) and/or on the story structure (ELA classroom). While the graphic organizers in this resource can be easily used with
Grades:
6th - 9th
Water Cycle Close Reading - 3rd-6th Grade - **CCSS Aligned
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Increase your students' understanding of the Water Cycle with this Close Reading of Informational and Literature Paired Texts. The informational texts that are included have a Lexile Level of 530, 800, and 1070. The literature piece used is Optional - "The Rain Stomper" by Addie Boswell, but graphic organizers are included if you choose to purchase this book. There are 3
Grades:
3rd - 6th
ELA Christmas Bundle - Short Story, Creative Writing, Informational Texts
Maximize learning, engagement, and the spirit of Christmas in the ELA classroom with our comprehensive Christmas bundle. What's included:The Gift of the MagiTeach students valuable lessons about giving and sacrifice with our engaging and ready-to-print lesson plan.Christmas Informational TextsTeach students about unusual traditions, the art of giving, as well as the financial and environmental impacts of the festive season. Christmas Creative Writing ActivitiesStudents write festive short storie
Grades:
5th - 12th
Finding Langston Novel and Poetry Study
So, what we have created for you is a simple curriculum unit for teaching Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome. We know, we’re excited about it, too! We love listening to the audiobook with our students in February for two main reasons: to teach our students about the Great Migration and the Port Chicago Disaster, and because of Valentine’s Day, as this book is a sweet love letter to books, poetry, and mothers. May could likewise be a great month to read this book since it also focuses on moth
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4th - 8th
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Refugee Novel Study Book Unit
Refugee Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard Aligned book study to be used with the historical fiction novel, Refugee by Alan Gratz. This download contains both a printable format as well as a Google Drive™ format for distance and digital learning.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes Google Drive™ format files, additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment t
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Ghost by Jason Reynolds Novel Study Book Unit Printable Version
Ghost Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard Aligned book study to be used with Ghost by Jason Reynolds. This download contains a printable format only. You can find this complete printable novel study combined with a Google Drive™ version here.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment that you cannot find in the individ
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Refugee Novel Study Book Unit Printable Version
Refugee Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard Aligned book study to be used with Refugee by Alan Gratz. This download contains a printable format only. You can find this complete printable novel study combined with a Google Drive™ version here.*********************************************************************************This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes additional writing
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Grades:
5th - 8th
O. Henry’s “A Retrieved Reformation” – 18 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 18 rigorous unit learning tasks for O. Henry’s short story, "A Retrieved Reformation." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Projekt 1065 Novel Study Book Unit Printable Version
Projekt 1065 Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard Aligned book study to be used with Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz. This download contains a printable format only. You can find this complete printable novel study combined with a Google Drive™ version here.*********************************************************************************This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes additiona
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Holes | Advanced Novel Study
This is an in-depth novel study of Louis Sachar’s Holes in which students will delve into literary elements of the book, analyze various topics and themes, write arguments and opinions, conduct research and more! Sections of this 112 page study include:– Summary– Metaphors and Similes– Irony– Imagery– Fairy Tale Elements– Literary ElementsLesson Plans– About the Author– Key Aspects– Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)– Part 2 (Chapters 10-20)– Part 3 (Chapters 21-30)– Part 4 (Chapters 31-40)– Part 5 (Chapter
Grades:
6th - 12th
Iceberg Nielsen Titanic Cross-Curricular Book Companion Novel Study
A Titanic Story - This interdisciplinary book companion and novel study includes comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts for studying the outstanding historical fiction novel, Iceberg, by award-winning author, Jennifer Nielsen. This book is an inspiring narrative account of the fateful maiden journey of the RMS Titanic. This interdisciplinary novel study opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within t
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4th - 8th
Pinocchio Novel Study NO PREP Class Discussion Guide for Distance Learning
This is a discussion guide for the unabridged version of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Easy to follow and NO PREP!! The full study allows students to practice a variety of reading skills including characterization, compare/contrast, sequence of events, setting, figurative language, inference, and prediction.*Update June 2021--Your download now includes links to use this in Google Classroom™! Perfect for digital instruction!What you need to know:18 lessons included (over 130 slides total!)Each less
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Pinocchio Novel Study BUNDLE with discussion guide, journals, test
Analyzing Narrative Elements BUNDLE | Google Auto-Graded 6-Quiz Set & Theme Doc
Product Purpose: This bundle of 6 Google Form Auto-Graded quizzes asks learners over 90+ varied, rich questions to assesses their understanding of important/common narrative elements (literary terms) in story. Plus, this Bundle comes with a Google Doc all-in-one Theme Handout lesson and student worksheet (for theme statements).Timeline per Quiz: varies according to learner; approximately 15 minutes + Lesson TBDQuiz ListSymbols & Allegory (16)Analyzing Conflict (16)Exploring Irony (15)Charact
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Grades:
8th - 12th
DIGITAL/GOOGLE Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Reading Journal/ Novel Unit
This product is a literature circle novel unit for the book, "Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition." It breaks the book into sections and provides space for:SummariesComprehension QuestionsStudent Questions/AnswersVocabulary EnrichmentPicture/Graphic Organizer/STEM ConnectionThis is a great unit that I use in my own classroom. It is ready to go right out of the printer and provides the teacher with helpful ideas and video links. It also includes a Teacher Answer Key. Includes the Student Journ
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
"Among the Barons" by Margaret Peterson Haddix Unit
This is the fourth book in the Shadow Children series. In this book, Luke - using Lee Grant's identity - becomes even more entangled in the intrigue involved in trying to free third children and overthrowing the current government. Lee's little brother - Smits - arrives at Hendricks School for Boys, and Luke is unsure of who to trust and who is telling the truth.This unit includes the following: vocabulary/spelling words, discussion questions, vocabulary tests, modified vocabulary/spelling te
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: "Among the Hidden" Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix Units
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