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12th grade reading strategies homeschool curricula under $5
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
This Common Core language lesson asks students to determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues. In the lesson, students will identify context clues in a passage (not just a sentence) that suggest the meaning of a bolded word. Then, they will identify the meaning of the bolded word and use it in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are numerous pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Student Reading Logs for Independent Reading SURFFDOGGY
NEW AND IMPROVED! Five addition reading logs for a total of nine reading log choices are included in this set. This is a great way to easily monitor independent reading progress and comprehension. The variety of formats allows students to think more specifically about the material they are reading.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Reading Strategies for Middle and High School
Have you taught your students to Read Like a Reader and Read Like a Writer? This reading strategy helps students analyze text, improve their comprehension, and develop their writing.With a visually appealing presentation and a solid model using high-interest literature, students are able to read how this strategy works, see it in action, and then practice with 5 additional passages. This practice is great for bell-ringers and student group discussions and is the perfect reading strategy to add
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Common Core-friendly Biotechnology Scientific Literacy assignment
This four part assignment requires students to read and understand a series of articles and to view the film "Gattaca" starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law in order to gain a better understanding of the role of biotechnology in the past, present and future.
In addition to developing scientific literacy, language arts skills and critical thinking are called into action.
The assignment deals with the eugenics movement from the early 20th century, the issue of genetically modified organ
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Anticipation Guide for Non Fiction Article about E Cigarettes, Fact vs Opinion
This Anticipation Guide was designed to engage students in discerning fact and opinion. The news article was published in the LA Times and downloaded from Kellygallagher.org. The Anticipation Guide is solely my work. I use Anticipation Guides as an anchor strategy and vehicle for various skills practice. Anticipation Guides, combined with close reading and think, pair, share, prompts can make for rich academic discussion and metacognition in the classroom. This particular Anticipation Guide
Grades:
9th - 12th
Fun iPhone Satire Close Reading Passage
Kids Love Their Phones!!- This close-reading assignment hits students in their own wheelhouse- CELL PHONES! During the process, students must:Identify main ideaRestate main ideaFind support for the main ideaDefine inferencesIdentify the counterclaimUse context clues to define wordsUse textual support for their own claimFollow directions CAREFULLYThat's a lot of skills for one assignment! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grades:
9th - 12th
Slake's Limbo Figurative Language STAAR
I love this book! I was a joy to teach my students about symbolism with. It is simple and repeated and helped them get a great grasp of figurative language. This unit includes questions, vocabulary, and plenty of activities about figurative language including symbolism and personification.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Fun Satirical Close Reading Activity 2- Whales and Submarines
Part 2 of a developing series of close reading activities based on fun-to-read satirical passages. Great for formative or summative assessments on the following skills: close readingidentifying main ideasummarizing main ideaembedding quotations as evidencesupport for claimsusing context clues for definitionsidentifying concessionsfunction of stylized sentence fragmentscapitalization of titlesidentifying satirical purposeThis activity is perfect for:close reading practice that isn't boringassessi
Grades:
9th - 12th
"Harrison Bergeron" Inferencing Lesson with Differentiated Activities
Lesson contains an AIM, learning objective, anticipation guide as a Do Now, teacher model/mini-lesson, guided practice, and two differentiated graphic organizers that help students to make inferences. This lesson can be differentiated three ways:Some students have the textual evidence provided so that they can make inferences.Some students are provided the inference, and must go back into the text to find the appropriate matching evidence.To make this even more challenging, have more advanced st
Grades:
8th - 12th
Book Report Templates: Anthology, Autobio, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Memoir
This packet gives teachers QUICK BOOK REPORT templates for middle schoolers, or for your homeschooler/independent learners. Each book genre has 6-7 critical thinking questions for students to respond to, in addition for the students to briefly summarize the book/novel/memoir. Anthology: focuses on the main character, who they are, did they change in the story? most important events that occurred in the story or in the chapter.Autobiography/Biography: sample questions for students to report on-1.
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4th - 12th
Romeo and Juliet Sequencing Lesson with Differentiated Worksheets
This is a sequencing lesson is for William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There are three differentiated worksheets for general education, ESL, and special education students. This lesson contains a slide show that covers the presentation of the lesson, and focuses on Act I Scene V.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Independent Novel or Non-Fiction Study Gr. 8 - 12
Engage your students in a dynamic exploration of literature with this comprehensive and interactive Unit on Independent Novel/Magazine Study. Designed for high school English classes, this unit is perfect for both in-person and virtual learning environments. Key Features:1. Flexible and Customizable: Tailor the unit to suit the needs and interests of your students. With a variety of activities, assessments, and resources, you can adapt the unit to fit any novel or magazine selection.2. Promotes
Grades:
8th - 12th
Reading Introduction to Making Meaning Context Clues Guided Notes
Determining the meaning of unknown words is a higher level reading skill that can be challenging for readers to attain. Teaching students the types of context clues will arm them with information they can take right into their next time they spend with a book or passage. Context Clues 101 is a Power Point presentation that will enable you to effectively introduce the concept of context clues to your students. It can be used with in-person instruction, remote instruction, or distance learning.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: End-of-Year Test Prep - Context Clues Super Bundle Intro Task Cards
Morphemic Minutes: Morphemic Awareness Activities
These activities can be done in a few minutes to build the morphemic awareness skills of your student.The set currently includes activities for eight roots and an activity mat for use if the student needs support. Let's Connect:Feedback is appreciated so others can find this resource. If you are not already following me on TPT or social media, I hope you will!Let's Share:Share this product on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest by clicking the logos on the right side of the product listing.From one
Grades:
4th - 12th
How to Write a Summary 3rd-8th Grades
After reviewing several summary resources, I've made a quick sheet to help students develop summarizing skills by scaffolding on their knowledge of main idea and details. There are still synthesizing skills required for the combination of beginning, middle and end events in the plot. However, this is a great template for building those skills regularly for summarizing chapters, sections, lessons or non-fiction articles. Feel free to print out many of these or adapt the questions to suit your nee
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizer
This electronic graphic organizer allows students to type or handwrite notes as they read stories and chapters. This graphic organizer helps students organize events and also recognize elements of literature. Also included is a section for students to record any new vocabulary words they discover as they read, so they may define a later time.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
English: Terms and Definitions with examples
15 Important Sample Terms and Definitions for your students to learn and understand with novel examples (Allusion -Theme)Allusion: a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., which is not part of the story, that the author expects the reader will recognize. Example: In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio alludes to several historical figures and Greek & Roman myths when he says that Juliet, in Romeo’s mind, is prettier than Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, Hero, and Thisbe. Climax: the point of g
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4th - 12th
J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech
J.K. Rowling is my hero and a role model to all human beings! Not only has she reached rock bottom and built herself into the woman we all know and love, she is willing to share that painful experience with the world in hopes of inspiring others to persevere. Her “fairy tale” should be shared with each and every student as a means of empowerment. For that reason, I have made three forms of this resource. 1. Students are asked to analyze Rowling’s story-telling, word choice and tone as a means of
Grades:
7th - 12th
Syllable Division Card Set - All Division Patterns
Consistent review and reinforcement with strategies help build language skills. This set will give you a resource to provide that practice. This product contains 85 pages of cards (4 cards to a page). Print them all at once, or print as you need them!You could use this as a word a day warm-up, literacy center, partner work, homework, or even in an introduction.As you move further into the set, students will need to know all six syllable types and the concept of schwa. You can pick and choose car
Grades:
1st - 12th
Cult of Domesticity/Womanhood. Analyzing documents the S.M.A.R.T. way.
When the students examine documents, it is always helpful to have a process to use. In these primary source documents, they will be looking at:Source- What is the background of the person or people making the statements. Background goes far in determining bias and credibility.Motive- Why is the person writing this document? Do they hope to persuade the reader or to inform?Analyze- What is the document about? Who is mentioned? What is said? When was the document written? Where is the document cen
Grades:
10th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Questions for Parents
Especially now in the age of Zoom, parents are wondering how they can help their child's reading comprehension. I give these questions to parents so they can be involved with in discussion about their student's reading. This boosts comprehension!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Annotation Bookmark
Use these annotation bookmarks for middle and high school students to help them create an annotation system or as a reminder to annotate as they read. This is especially helpful with students who are uncomfortable with annotation or just don't know where to start. As a bonus, students can keep these in their books to mark where they are in the novel. Annotation helps seat students' knowledge and memory of what they've read. It's especially helpful if they read literature questions in advance or
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Fable Story #26 Bottoms Up
Story about being addicted to alcoholism and that there is hope for someone who wants to quit.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
Literature Circle for Independent Readers
In this set of Literature Circle jobs, you will get assignments that are similar to the group assignments but will be adapted for independent readers. We all know that Literature Circles are a great way to expand the mind of students when reading, yet not all students are successful in a group setting. This set will include the following jobs: Questioner – needs to be completed before the reading assignment. Travel Tracer – needs to be completed during the reading assignment as the scenes chan
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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