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Literature activities $5-10
Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Elements of Poetry Unit, Drama, and Prose Poetry Comprehension 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for a ready-to-teach unit that covers the elements of poetry, drama, and prose in one place? This print and digital unit is a complete set of engaging teaching materials filled with original poems, mini-plays, and pieces of prose that your students will enjoy. You'll find everything you need, from teaching pages to kid-friendly poetry, drama, and prose to analyze, 32 task cards, sorts, posters, handouts, graphic organizers, a Poetry Flipbook with nine types of poems, and MORE! It contain
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3rd - 5th
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No Prep Emergency Sub Plans - Substitute Activities 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Teachers
These no prep emergency sub plans make sick days much less stressful because the activities can be used over and over again; easily use these substitute plans to create 3 day of emergency sub plans (or more)! There are 2 sets of substitute plans - 1 that can be used with any fiction book and one that can be used with any nonfiction book. Simply make several class sets of copies to easily create emergency sub plans that you can always have on hand! Include a different book with each class set.
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2nd - 5th
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Book Club Fiction and Nonfiction Bundle Digital and Printable
I LOVE that this can work for ANY book. I have packets made for my small group and I can easily have them flip to the page to work. It is awesome! Thank you!” - Amy B.You’ve heard Book Clubs (or Literature Circles) are a fun way to get your students reading and talking about books. You’ve even heard Book Clubs make reading fun for your most reading-averse students. But how do you start them? How do you run them effectively? How do you make sure all your students—regardless of reading level—ge
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2nd - 5th
The Outsiders Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
The Outsiders Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, The Outsiders, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! ****Now it includes the digital learning version. ****This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle include
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Fiction Graphic Organizers: Story Elements, Character Traits Reading Response
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom. This pack includes 100 graphic organizers that can be used with any fiction books or reading passages. If you are looking for a paper and digital version, click here!This resource is packed full of a wide variety graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed while reading fiction! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 1-6. Take
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2nd - 5th
Body Biography, Characterization, Any Novel, Short Story, Film, Analysis
The Body Biography, Characterization, Bundle for any novel, short story, play, or film is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters your students experience in their reading. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, a character study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! This blank template bundle includes 3 characters sketches for an adult female, adult male, and a child. Give your students a relevant an
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Book Activities BUNDLE | Reading Response Fiction Nonfiction | Print & Digital
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This resource is a BUNDLE of Book Activities to use with Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. There are 20+ activities that can be used with fictio
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3rd - 6th
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Room on the Broom Unit, Crafts, Sequencing, Puppets, Character Sorts, & Writing
This Room on the Broom inspired unit is packed with essential ELA skills! Practice retell, sequencing, writing, rhyming, number words, cause & effect, Science of Reading aligned word mapping skills, and so much more! Your students will love creating the unique paper towel retell craft and the showstopper extra large broom craft. You will love that students are working on key writing and sequencing skills!These activities pair perfectly with the book written by Julia Donaldson.You will find
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PreK - 1st
Charlotte's Web Comprehension Questions for Each Chapter!
Charlotte's Web Comprehension QuestionsAre you looking for a variety of comprehension questions to go with each chapter of "Charlotte's Web"? This pack contains a variety of questions that address the main ideas and themes throughout each chapter of the story. Questions are formatted in an engaging and interactive way that provides students with multiple opportunities for response. Questions are formatted to be answered using multiple choices, short answer, paragraph writing, graphic organizers,
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2nd - 3rd
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Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages Short Stories Story Elements Plot
It’s difficult for a student to truly analyze a story without a firm grasp on the elements of a story and plot. My Story Elements and Plot Reading Passages are intentionally written so that students begin to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Students will learn to recognize the structure of a story and learn when authors begin introducing characters, setting, action, conflict, a climax, and the resolution. With lack of recognition of these plot elements, students will struggle
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3rd - 6th
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Story Elements | Characters, Setting, and Plot
Teach story elements to your kindergarten and first grade students with this unit focused on the story elements Characters, Setting, and Plot. Use classic the classic folktales and nursery rhymes in this set, as well as books of your choosing with these anchor charts, whole group activities, small group activities, stations, and no-prep printables! Listed are ALL the activities included in this set!Characters:• Poster• Poem• Main Character/Other Character chart for The Little Red Hen• Character
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K - 1st
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The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
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7th - 9th
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Book Activities | Reading Response Worksheets | Print & Digital | Fiction
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This reading response collection includes 20+ Book Activities that can be used with any novel or short story. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. Each of these engaging, easy-to
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3rd - 6th
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2nd Grade Reading Fluency Passages | Level K-M | Comprehension | Timed Practice
This resource includes 15 timed reading fluency passages with comprehension questions, for students reading at a 2nd Grade reading level, Levels K-M. These reading fluency passages are great for quick timed fluency assessments and to work on improving students' fluency.Fluency is such an important skill to work on, and assess, as it helps many literacy skills, including comprehension. The purpose of this pack is to help students develop their fluent reading skills. The goal is not to be the fas
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2nd
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First Day Jitters Back to School Activities DIGITAL & PDF First Day of School
This Back to School Bestseller includes differentiated, low-prep activities that are perfect to use for back to school and distance learning. Use this First Day Jitters Book Study resource with the book, First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg, my First Grade Jitters Book Study, and my First Day Jitters Banner to engage students at the beginning of the year. More importantly, it includes a variety of activities to put up in your room and have it ready for Back to School Night, Open House, Meet t
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: First Day Jitters Back to School Activities BUNDLE, Digital & Printable
1st Grade Reading Fluency Passages | Level E-J | Comprehension | Timed Practice
This resource includes 15 fiction timed practice reading fluency passages with comprehension questions for students reading at a 1st Grade reading level, Levels E-J. These passages are great for quick timed fluency assessments and to work on improving students' fluency.Fluency is such an important skill to work on, and assess, as it helps many literacy skills, including comprehension. The purpose of this pack is to help students develop their fluent reading skills. The goal is not to be the fast
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1st
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First Chapter Friday Graphic Organizers - Active Listening Sheets Print/Digital
Promote active listening and help students focus during your First Chapter Friday read alouds with this pack of engaging graphic organizers available in print AND digital versions.I designed these worksheets to be "low-maintenance," so that students can ENJOY listening to First Chapter Fridays without doing work that feels like a chore. That's why all of these worksheets include graphics for students to color as they listen. You can pass out a different organizer each week, or print off multiple
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study - Roald Dahl Novel Unit Activities
Teaching the beloved novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl in your classroom this year? Then you need to grab this comprehensive Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study to help your students get the most out of it! This Roald Dahl novel study unit comes complete with differentiated worksheets and activities to reach all levels of learners. Plus, you will love that this Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study Unit is substitute teacher ready! That’s right, just provide
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1st - 3rd
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The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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Fairy Tales Story Sequencing
Fairy Tales Story Sequencing helps teach story comprehension, story recall, and sequencing skills. After reading these 18 popular fairy tales to children, use these cards or sheets during a Small Group Literacy time.★ Includes printable blackline cut-and-paste sheets for independent work.★ Includes printable full color and blackline cards for centers (can be used on flannel boards or magnet boards).The blackline sheets are easy prep! Includes 18 fairy tale sets!Fairy Tales include:• Beauty and t
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Fairy Tales BUNDLE: Activities for Pre-K, Preschool
Romeo and Juliet Body Biography Project, Great for Characterization Bundle
This Romeo and Juliet Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless play. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! The project bundle includes 7 characters from Romeo and Juliet. Give your students a relevant and modern experience while promoting the 4 C's, character development, Shak
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: British Literature Body Biography Project Bundle
Refugee, by Alan Gratz Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
This Refugee Body Biography Bundle for print and digital is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. This novel resource is the most requested novel I receive from teachers everywhere. Here it is! Your students will find plenty of opportunities for creativity. Teachers and students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, your Refugee novel study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography proje
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Main Idea and Details Activities
This instructional pack was designed to help you scaffold your instruction and bring activities into your classroom that will help your students master main idea and supporting details. These activities will move your students progressively towards a stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence when it comes to identifying main idea and key details.What's Included:Student Anchor Charts and Graphic Organizers (5 templates)Main Idea & Supporting Details Crafts (4 different cra
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1st - 2nd
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