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7th grade balanced literacy lessons under $5
Genres Activities - Doodle Notes - Book Genres Lesson
Are your genre activities boring your students? Looking for a way to make literary genres stick this year? These book genre notes are the perfect activity to engage your students with no stress for you! This product includes everything you need to introduce or review literary genres with your students in a way that keeps them interested while building retention. The lesson includes an explanation of genres, fiction, and nonfiction. It also includes definitions, characteristics, book lists, and a
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5th - 8th
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FORESHADOWING & FLASHBACKS with DISTANCE LEARNING Fillable Worksheets
This product focuses on two literary devices: Foreshadowing and Flashbacks. Students will take notes, see video clip examples, practice identifying both foreshadowing and flashback using excerpts from popular books, and take an assessment that asks them to write their own examples. It also now includes a link to Fillable Worksheets created in Google Slides for DISTANCE LEARNING. Now you can post your Google Slides to Google Classroom and have students do the activities right on the worksheets by
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4th - 8th
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Book Tasting (Room Transformation) by Genre
Engage your students in reading a variety of genres, to help them branch out, and find new good fit books. Also, get non-readers excited about reading and finding new/different books! A "Book Tasting" is an activity in which your class it set up like a cafe (with as much or as little decor as you want). Each table has books that represent a different genre, and students read a few pages (or books, if using picture books) while at that rotation. They will answer some before, during, and after rea
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K - 8th
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Summarizing Fiction and Nonfiction
Summarizing: GIST and Beyond has everything you need to teach and reinforce summarizing. I had a hard time finding summarizing lessons that include interesting fiction and nonfiction texts, answer keys, and many opportunities to practice. So I created this unit on writing a summary!This resource is easy to use and will help you teach students three summary styles. Students will learn what information to look for, depending on the type of text they are summarizing. There are three fun and memora
Grades:
6th - 8th
Hamilton the Musical: Cabinet Battle #1 Song Analysis
Now with two different Google Classroom options!Are you a History or English teacher wondering how to implement Hamilton: An American Musical in your classroom? Here's your answer! Students analyze the lyrics to the song line by line. Best of all, I have tracked down true clean versions of the songs! I teach middle school, so some words or phrases that are technically not curse words still aren't appropriate. I've done the hard work for you and have links to all the truly clean versions!All reso
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Hamilton the Musical: Growing Bundle
Identifying Author's Purpose: Great Test Prep/Reading Comprehension Grades 6-10
When I look over my students' shoulders during standardized tests, I notice a LOT of questions about author's purpose. They are being asked to read short snippets of text, then identify the main goal of the author. Is it to persuade? inform? entertain? I developed this mini-unit because my students needed explicit, guided practice with this skill. It is not always as easy as it sounds! Some pieces can fall in to more than one category categories, which is why a guided discussion can help student
Grades:
6th - 10th
Introduction to Literary Genres PowerPoint
This PowerPoint presentation introduces students to all of the different literary genres that they will encounter in a typical Language Arts class throughout the year. With colorful backgrounds and coordinating clip-art, each slide explains typical characteristics of each type of genre and gives examples of stories or books that middle school students are already familiar with. Presentation is read-only.▶ What you get: ◀1 PowerPoint presentation - 26 slides (you will need to change the font to m
Grades:
4th - 8th
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" Google Slides, PowerPoint
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" brought to you in Google Slides or PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Syllable Kit - includes Multisyllabic Words - 6 Syllable Types
This product contains a comprehensive syllable kit.
Syllabication Reading & Spelling
Kit Includes:
1- Rules for each type of syllable.
6 -Syllable word lists for each Syllable
2- Multisyllabic Lists containing multiple types of syllables
7- Syllable Sort Graphic Organizers
The kit includes a syllable chart that contains the rules for each syllable. There is also a poster for each syllable with single syllable examples of each syllable type.
I have included 2 pages of multisyllabic
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3rd - 11th
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Point of View Activities and Interactive Foldables
Point of View Activities and Interactive Foldables : Teach this lesson with literature standards in a fun and interactive way by understanding the author's purpose and learning about 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient with Instagram! This unit is a complete point of view lesson! Point of View Download Preview FilePlease make sure to download the preview file and video video if applicable. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purcha
Grades:
4th - 7th
Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frame
Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frame3 Different Borders to Choose From!Great For Differentiation!↝Do you have writers who struggle to write compare and contrast paragraphs? You can use this worksheet to guide them. 3 different borders to choose from. Quick and easy to implement in your classroom! Just print and go. Great for differentiation and strugglers. Do you need a FREE main idea lesson? Click here to join my email list and get sent a free main idea lesson! I hope it helps you and m
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Reading Strategies Posters | Set of 10
This product is a set of 10 reading strategy posters for teachers to use to help their students' reading progress. They are great to display on bulletin boards or to pull out and reference during small group instruction.This shoreloveasale resource is on sale for 7/12 only as part of a special promotion. Find more deals for grades K-12 and information about giveaways here!The posters include:✓visualizing✓clarifying✓predicting✓asking questions✓making connections✓understanding main ideas and det
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3rd - 8th
Main Idea Shared Reading Lessons and Literacy Center
Main IdeaShared Reading and Literacy CenterPLUS Guided Mini Lessons!This is a 26 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, main idea. It is nonfiction and ocean themed with high interest topics for 4-6th grades. Common Core Standard:English Language Arts Standards: Reading: Informational Text : Grade 5 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. The first part of this lesson is a shared/guided
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind Book Companion & Reading Survey
Questions and reading survey to accompany the book, Miss Malarkey Leaves no Reader Behind.
Grades:
1st - 8th
Fish in a Tree: Novel Study Guide with Signposts (Common Core Aligned)
You'll never look at a novel the same way again! The Notice & Note signposts help readers learn when to stop, think & respond to critical points in a text. Our product is a Novel Study Guide based on the Notice and Note signposts using the book Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. These signposts will help you assist your students with creating a deep understanding of the book as they pause to closely examine the text, note character development, conflict, point of view, and theme.
The
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4th - 8th
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Inference Mini Lesson on Character's Feelings Reading Workshop
BEST SELLER! This 7-page pdf file includes a complete scripted mini lesson for teaching students to infer character's feelings. The lesson includes an active engagement activity for small groups, a full sized example of the modeled text, assessment and answer key, and a Character's Feelings & Emotions poster to hang in your classroom. This lesson is appropriate for grades 3 thru 8. The expected teaching time is 15 to 20 minutes.You might also like:Reading Response Task Menu w/Critical Thinki
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3rd - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Task Cards Arctic Animals
Compare and Contrast Arctic AnimalsTask Cards and Literacy CenterGuided Mini lessons included!This is a 21 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, compare and contrast. It is a non-fiction unit.Harp seal and walrus the bowhead and beluga whale Arctic fox and Arctic hare woodland caribou and polar bear wolverine and Canada lynx the Greenland shark and white-bearded dolphin Each card has a color picture and a nonfiction paragraph of the Arctic animal. Included ar
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Interactive Edit - Looking at Grammar and Mechanics the Right Way
This interactive edit unit contains 20 reproducible editing pages for work in whole group or language centers. There are 20 well-written sentences for students to analyze and note what works well in each sentence. By analyzing well-written sentences rather than correcting poorly written sentences, students are exposed to mentor sentences that model proper grammar and mechanics. There are enough interactive edits in this download for an entire month of school! I am planning on posting monthly
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3rd - 8th
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The Brothers Grimm: A Close Read of Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel Fairytales
Your students will love to read the original tales of Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel.
This 25 page close reading unit will ask your students to read and analyze these famous fairytales. In addition, students will find the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in a complex text, answer text dependent questions, and cite textual evidence to support their answers. Students will also draw pictures to represent sequential events, analyze figurative language, and examine tone within a fairytal
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5th - 12th
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Inferences Minilesson - Garbage Bag Inferences (Powerpoint)
This is a unique and engaging way to introduce how to make an inference with your students. For this lesson you will tell students that you want them to help you solve a mystery. Tell them that you have some new neighbors that you have never met before and the family keeps to themselves. Explain that you wanted to find out more about them and you got lucky: it was garbage bag day and they left a small bag of garbage on the curb. Hold up the premade bag of "garbage" you made to share with student
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Reading Interactive Notebook: Making Prediction Activities
Making predictions is a wonderful strategy to teach students to increase their comprehension! I explain to my students that while reading; good readers make logical guesses about what is going to happen in the story. Students do this by using text clues (headings, title, pictures, etc.). These logical guesses are called predictions. Not only do good readers make predictions, but they also revise or change their predictions when they learn new information. When these good readers are finis
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Plot Foldables for Interactive Notebooks
Teaching students about plot is one of the most important tools to use in reading. Students will be able to understand the four different aspects of plot and analyze appropriate situations with these fun foldables.
Download Preview File
Please make sure to download the preview file and video video if applicable.
Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.
This Product Includes:
1. How to Plot your Dragon Foldables (Blank and Labeled)
2. Plot Foldables (Blan
Grades:
4th - 7th
Distant Learning Poetry Unit Grades 5 - 7 (Digital Version)
Distant Learning Poetry Unit Grades 5 - 7This is a perfect unit to use for distant learning. It is teacher friendly and easy to follow. Your students will love the activities included (as mine have!) Your Students will enjoy learning about different types of poems and then creating and presenting their poems to the class. Furthermore, this unit includes a section focused on analyzing and reflecting on famous poetry. All 62 slides are completely editable!This unit includes/focuses on:Introduction
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Jet Streams and El Nino Global Weather Patterns
This is a power point that introduces and builds background about two global weather patterns that influence local weather. Within this initial introductory lesson you will also find the following slides attached:
* General, informational notes about both global patterns
*Satellite Images and Weather Maps for visual connections
*2 You Tube Videos to show models and examples of each weather pattern
*Attached Word doc for Active Listening on students' part while initial background is established
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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