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Common Core W.7.9 unit plans $5-10
Growth Mindset Research Projects - 3D Projects and Activities for Growth Mindset
During this project, students will first learn about growth mindset by reading an informational article about Carol Dweck’s work. Then, they’ll select a famous person in history with a growth mindset. They’ll choose from 14 famous leaders and pioneers in their fields for the basis of their research. Students will research their famous person as they respond to targeted research questions. While researching, they’ll be on the lookout for ways that the famous person had a growth mindset. Next
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4th - 8th
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Expository Writing: Informational Historical News Story (Google Classroom)
Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: October Unit Plans Bundle - 4 ELA Units to Teach All October Long!
Poetry Analysis Resource for Grades 4-8
Poetry can feel overwhelming to teach and even more frustrating for students. I created this resource to help my students learn the poetic devices and demonstrate how we can use them to analyze poems. I've found this approach works well for boosting confidence, engagement, and understanding with my middle school students.This PDF printable resource is broken down into 8 lessons, covering all of the poetic devices and finishing with analysis worksheets for students to demonstrate their understand
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5th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Poetry Unit Bundle CCSS Standards-Based
Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity & Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
The Literary Analysis resource is a great way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay! The Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students. This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysis writing unit includes a rubric and a literary analysis essay example, so all students can succeed. The focus is on analyzing the basic literary elements of plot, setting, character, and theme.✏️ The
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5th - 7th
The Giver Novel Study Guide: Chapter Comprehension Questions & Vocab Activities
This novel study unit for The Giver by Lois Lowry is perfect if you're looking for a new way to introduce your school students dystopian fiction. Try these innovative novel unit activities that will save you hours of planning time and give struggling and reluctant learners the support they need. The Giver Novel Study Unit is a book unit that includes comprehension questions, text-based vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and more - all in a ready-to-use format.UNIT TEXT: The Giver by Lois
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5th - 7th
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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"Casey at the Bat" Unit - Poetry Lessons and Poetry Activities
This is an extremely detailed, CCSS-aligned unit. Student read and analyze the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. It is designed to help students analyze what the poem says explicitly as well draw inferences from the text. Students will determine the poem’s theme and analyze the theme development over the course of the text. In addition, students will investigate word choice, figurative language, and mood. Students will acquire a range of general academic and domain-specif
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5th - 8th
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Argumentative Essays - Complete Unit
Argumentative Essays - Complete Unit. Writing an argumentative essay is an essential skill for secondary students. This unit is CCSS aligned, with grading rubrics for each grade level 7 - 12 that reflect the standards. This unit has everything you need, in a logical order, with teacher notes, handouts, assignments, instruction, grading rubrics, and supplemental material to support more advanced instruction. There are examples for each concept, and a full sample student essay. Includes updated ML
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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Locomotion by Jaqueline Woodson Verse Novel Study Poetry Reading Unit Literature
This Locomotion by Jaqueline Woodson Middle School reading unit and verse novel study is exactly what you need to teach your fifth, sixth, seventh, and/or eighth-grade middle school learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading-response-focused format with this historicalThis unit digs deep into EVERY SINGLE common core reading literature and main writing standard. I designed these units because I didn't want to just “hit” the standards. I tried to dig deep into every s
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5th - 8th
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The Phantom Tollbooth 3D Novel Study Dodecahedron Project w Rubrics
Novel study and final book project for The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterSK Design’s 3-D Novel Studies provide unique and fun ways to study great novels while creating attractive and informative novel projects like this dodecahedron for display at the end of the study. While traditional novel studies often focus on comprehension worksheets and quizzes, the focus of 3-D novel studies is creating three-dimensional representations of the novel with faces that provide information about literary
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4th - 7th
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Background Information Resources
This collection of No-Prep resources will help Middle School students better understand the sometimes difficult novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. First, students engage in a research project on a topic relating to the history of the US during the 1840s, the novel's setting. Instructional Slides Presentations and more are included to walk students through the entire research process. Students will present their research to the class thus helping all students build their background knowledge
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6th - 9th
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Informational Explanatory Writing Test Prep | Text-Based Writing | 7th Grade
This resource prepares students for writing a text-dependent informational/explanatory essay and is designed to meet the expectations of various state writing tests.Throughout this engaging writing unit students will read a text, find evidence for use in their essays, use sentence frames to cite evidence in their writing, and write a complete text-dependent informational/explanatory essay. Included in this resource:Teacher guideRAFT response acronymSentence starters scaffoldText annotation bookm
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Writing Test Prep Bundle | Text-Based Writing
Argumentative Writing Test Prep | Text-Based Writing | 7th Grade
This resource prepares students for writing a text-based argumentative essay and is designed to meet the expectations of various state writing tests.Throughout this engaging writing unit students will read a text, find evidence for use in their essays, use sentence frames to cite evidence in their writing, and write a complete text-dependent argumentative essay. Included in this resource:Teacher guideRAFT response acronymSentence starters scaffoldText annotation bookmarkText-dependent argumentat
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Writing Test Prep Bundle | Text-Based Writing
Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit
Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit. In this bundle, you will find:
Table of Contents
Pre-Reading Questions
Daily Lesson Calendar
Bell Ringers and Exit Slips
Close Reading Activities
Paired Text Lessons
Lesson Handouts
Post-Reading Projects
Culminating Writing Task
Unit Assessment
All common core aligned. I started this unit in January to coincide with Kindness Week January 25-29.
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7th
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Writing Test Prep | Text-Dependent Analysis | Text-Based Writing | 7th Grade
This resource prepares students for writing a text-dependent essay and is designed to meet the expectations of various state writing tests.Throughout this engaging writing unit students will read a text(s), find evidence for use in their essays, use sentence frames to cite evidence in their writing, and write a complete text-dependent analysis essay. Both literature and informational text are included in this set. Included in this resource:Teacher guideRAP response acronymSentence starters scaff
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Writing Test Prep Bundle | Text-Based Writing
Health, Disease, & Disorders Research Paper Middle and High School Writing Unit
Use this (fully editable) unit to help your students explore a disease or disorder of their choice and synthesize information from multiple sources. This product helps to guide your students through a research paper methodically and step-by-step.**If you're looking for a short, more concise option, check out my 1 Day Mini-Research Project | Disease & Pathogens | Google Slides™ Templates**This product is an editable Google Document. The document is 16 pages (15 ready-to-print/ready-to-share +
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7th - 10th
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Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen Full Unit Plan
47 pages worth of material. Included in the unit are short answer question prompts, essay prompts, comprehension questions. There are also in-depth spotlights on people, historical or cultural importance brought up in the book. Links to public domain interviews with survivors and activities to go with them.
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7th
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Also included in: Dual Novel Study Resistance and The Darkest Hour
Mother and Daughter by Gary Soto
This unit is a complete analysis of Gary Soto's short story "Mother and Daughter". It contains the text of the story, vocabulary, characterization analysis, figurative language, point of view analysis, and theme analysis. It is Common Core aligned and contains a final assessment. Teacher answer keys are included.
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6th - 8th
Hatchet 3D Novel Study Project Literature Unit class home distance learning
Novel and literature study and creative final book project for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen including comprehension, imagery, figurative language, elements of fiction, characterization and more!SK Design’s 3-D Novel Studies provide a unique and fun way to study great novels while creating an attractive and informative novel project for display at the end of the study. While many traditional novel studies focus on comprehension worksheets and quizzes, the focus of 3-D novel studies is the creation of
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4th - 7th
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History of Valentines Day Reading Passages & Research Skills Sub Plan CCSS
Make Your Classroom Stress-Free With These Print and Go Reading Comprehension Passages and Research Skills on Valentine's Day History in One Easy to Use No Prep Resource! This resource will make your life easier. It provides a deep dive into the history of Valentine's Day, covering topics such as its origins, evolution, and the life of St. Valentine.Includes: 1. Reading Comprehension Passagesa. Introduction of Origins and Evolutionb. Historical Backgroundc. St. Velentine's Life 2. Discussion Q&a
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6th - 11th
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Academic Writing Lesson 2 Part 1: Introduction to APA Format Basics
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This 2nd lesson in 2 parts instructs on the APA formatting required
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Poetry Madness" Middle School Poetry Tournament--Level 1
Practice your free throws and get ready to rumble! It’s a poetry tournament to end all boring poetry units. Poems are paired up by theme, type, and literary devices in this March Madness style tournament. After each battle, students cast their vote for which poem should move on in the tournament. The voting rules start out basic, but become increasingly complex as the tournament draws to the final round. In order for a student’s vote to count, it must meet all of the requirements set forth for t
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6th - 9th
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Backwards Map for use with 7th Grade Amplify ELA Unit A
This is intended to be used with Amplify ELA. It takes the final essay question and determines what skills and content students will need and where they are taught in the curriculum. In the last column of the map, there are links to supplemental resources to support your instruction.
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7th
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Also included in: Backwards Map for Use With 7th Grade Amplify (Units A-C Bundle)
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