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High school balanced literacy lessons for Microsoft Word
Flush Novel Study - Reading Guide + Unit Plan + Lessons
This novel study and reading guide for Flush by Carl Hiassen, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. 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 even better!This Flush Reading Guide has been updated as of December 2022 to now include CCSS Alignments for grades 5-8.STUDENTS WI
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5th - 10th
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The CRAP Test - Evaluating Online Sources
Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers to understand what students should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology. The CRAP test is part of being a responsible digital citizen. This resource contains a lesson plan, an assignment, a rubric and a bonus computer lab rules.This lesson goes well with my other product "Internet Safety" and "Get the Most from your Search
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Symbolism Literary Traditional Symbols List Common Core
Traditional Literary Symbols List
If you are really interesting in teaching Symbolism in an enthralling and rigorous manner please purchase my Symbolism Unit Resource Bundle and PowerPoint for $savings!
LITERARY SYMBOLISM BUNDLE COMPLETE UNIT RESOURCE & POWERPOINT
Product/Materials Preface:
This is a simple product. I have provided a five (5) page list of Traditional Literary Symbols. They literary symbols are categorized by type. Categories include: Yearly Cycle, Daily Cycle, Direction
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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How to Write a Conclusion - ELA Skills
This lesson is designed to help and scaffold students to write a concluding paragraph, which is usually the most difficult part of writing an essay. The lesson takes students through the different steps, so they can understand the process of writing a conclusion, and are not overwhelmed with writing a conclusion completely on their own.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetti
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Driving While Distracted: Reading Passages Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the dangers and consequences of driving while distracted (specifically, mobile-devices). The lesson includes a writing response, graphic organizers, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInfor
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6th - 12th
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Year of Weekly Lesson Plans English NEW with Freebies!
Here are 38 weeks (an entire school year) of lesson plans for English grade 8. (You could modify them for 7 or 9, depending on your state's standards) These lesson plans are both common core and Virginia state standards aligned, and include all of the following:
Language objectives
Content objectives
Key vocabulary and grouping
Warm up activities INCLUDING all journal questions needed for entire year AND all introductory video clips for the entire year!! (both are now separate products in my s
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7th - 9th
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The Parable of the Talents
This 12 page packet will help your students really understand what this parable means!
It includes:
1. The Parable of the Talents Readers' Theater
2. Parable of the Talents Self-Evaluation Printable
3. Talent Printable/Worksheet
4. I Will Not Bury My Talents!! Project/Printables/Grading Rubric (Super for a bulletin board)
5. Teacher Notes
6. Craft Instructions
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3rd - 9th
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Notice and Note: Aha Moments - "The Scribe" by Kristen Hunter
"The Scribe" by Kristen Hunter is a wonderful fiction piece to read with students when one is introducing the "Aha Moment" to students. Although there are other "Notice and Note" signposts one may focus on with this short story, the "aha moments" help lend themselves to the reader's workshop model and in turn, could lead students to identifying conflict, theme, etc. in their own independent reading novels. Even if just teaching this short story in a closed setting, it is an excellent way to focu
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5th - 9th
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Plot and Story Arc - ELA Test Prep, Reading Passages + Skills
Students will be able to learn about Plot and identify its parts by looking at a model story then working on a story independently. The students will first identify the events in the story and then will plot them on the plot line. Students will also practice different ELA strategies by responding to the text.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 Affects Char
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #4: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
Article of the Week Template with Signposts-based activity!
Combining Kelly Gallagher's Article of the week and Kylene Beers and Bob Probst's signposts and Book/Head/Heart framework, here is a template that you can use weekly in your class.The assignment is appropriate for all different ability levels!The template has students annotate the article of the week (of your choice!) using the nonfiction signposts. After reading, there is a short paragraph assignment that addresses the book/head/heart. I've also included a rubric for grading.This is a great ass
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7th - 12th
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Common Core & Danielson Framework Lesson Plan Maker Visual Arts & NY Standards
My district has adopted both the Common Core and the Danielson Framework for our evaluations and instruction. This lesson plan maker was created in Word 2010, and it uses extensive drop-down menus for fast listing of all Common Core Literacy Standards and New York's Visual Arts Standards.
Grades k-12 are all present!
Included are areas covering:
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts
Studen
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Start-to-Finish Guided Reading Lesson Plans for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Teacher lesson plans for, Middle/High school students on grade level or just below grade level, Start-to-Finish 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. These lesson plans include predictions, sequencing, vocabulary, main idea, plotting, etc.
***The Start-to-Finish Library offers your struggling readers a wide-selection of age-appropriate narrative chapter books written at two readability levels (Gold for 2nd-3rd Grade level, Blue for 4th-5th grade level) and delivered in three media formats. Students ac
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7th - 9th
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Lord of The Flies - chapter 12 notes
This document contains important notes for chapter 12 of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'. This document helped to guide my lessons and facilitated much of my teaching. It also ensured that students were aware of the important points each chapter.
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8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Lord of The Flies - Novel Study
Forgiveness Lessons-- Joseph and His Brother- The Unforgiving Debtor
This is a 44 page packet. It will really hit the idea of forgiveness home with your students. It's fun and engaging. There are items in this packet for both upper and lower grades, so please share. However, what Chalkboard Blessings really endorses is for an upper grade and lower grade teacher/classroom to come together to do this! The upper grade students can perform the Joseph Readers' Theater for the lower grade and work on a craft/writing pice with them!
Faith and fellowship!!
This pack
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3rd - 10th
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Informational Article: Who Shrank My Doritos? Reading Passages + Comprehension
This is an informational article that addresses the growing trend of food manufacturing companies providing less food in their packaging while still charging the same Price. And in some instances, providing less food, but charging even more. Accompanying the article is a worksheet with comprehension activities and questions.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wag
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6th - 12th
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Hunger Games Unit - Reading Intervention
This is not simply a series of questions on the book, this unit contains a wide range of learning tasks which support students to make meaning from this high interest book.
This unit includes a guided reading portion and various supplements and mini lessons designed to develop understanding of theme, literary devices, plot, character, setting, comparing and contrasting.
Materials include a range of graphic organizers to guide students in making meaning from the text. Full lesson plans are prov
Grades:
7th - 10th
"Story of My Name" poetry assignment
This download includes lesson plan, poem, and student pre-writing handout. Students are led through multiple readings of the poem to develop an analysis before they write their own poem on the same theme.
Sample poem is rich with figurative language and complex vocabulary -- perfect for a high school English class or an honors-level middle school class. The poem is by an accomplished Puerto Rican poet, and the poem explores themes of colonialism, racial oppression, and identity.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Common Core and ACT practice mini-unit: Football and Concussions
This mini-unit is great for both meeting Common Core standards and giving students ACT practice. Students will answer both extended response and multiple choice questions about articles and visual media presentations concerning the issue of concussions from football and their link to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). A review of the four types of ACT distractors (wrong answer choices) is included. In addition, numerous opportunities exist for meeting the Speaking and Listening, the Reading
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10th - 12th
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Movie Questions for Will Ferrell's Stranger than Fiction - literary questions
This sheet gives students a series of questions, based on literary terms, to answer when watching the Will Ferrell comedy "Stranger than Fiction". It is a nice, legitimate opportunity to reinforce core literary techniques using an engaging and intelligent film to do so.
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10th
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The Robots Are Coming: How Automation and "Robotification" impacts the future!
With the increase of technology in almost ever aspect of daily life, it’s important to take a step back and critically reflect on how automation (robotification) has impacted our daily lives. The following unit has articles which attempt to examine this issue in greater depth. Looking at robotification from different perspectives (i.e., automation in food, automation in flying), students will think more deeply about how automation impacts their lives now, and what things will look like in the fu
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7th - 10th
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Informational Article: Scenes from the Border: Reading Passages + Comprehension
This lesson is based around an article about immigration from Mexico. However, what the article reveals about exactly who and why are crossing over is more surprising that most people would assume. The lesson comes with comprehension questions (written responses and multiple choice) that will help lead to a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational
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6th - 12th
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Parable of the Sower Activity Packet
This is a 15 page packet to use when teaching this powerful parable. It truly helps the students to understand what it means...as often, they do not.
The packet includes:
1. Reflection of the Heart Printable (Mark 4: 1-25)
2. Readers' Theater (Mark 4: 1-25) This is great for you to do in your own classroom and perform for another class as well!
3. Think About It Discussion Questions printable
4. Contemporary Music Connection Printable
5. The Parable of the Sower Filmstrip Project/Filmstr
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4th - 9th
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Lesson Plan- The Outsiders Chapter 2
The lesson explores themes of social dynamics and identity as students analyze chapter two of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.Students engage in a group activity and presentation that delves into Ponyboy as a character as well as an independent writing that reinforces the analysis. Students will participate in a guided discussion as the facilitates with discussion prompts.
Grades:
8th - 10th
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