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Free high school reading strategies projects
NonFiction Student Worksheet
NONFICTION STUDENT WORKSHEETS
My non-fiction student worksheet template is best used with non-fiction books, autobiographies, biographies, articles and fact based texts.
It's a great tool to help kids become familiar with nonfiction text and is aligned with the Common Core's section titled Reading Informational Text.
Included on the last page of the packet, is a note about the blank box. I like my students to include a sketch of something that relates to the topic.
Feedback and Followers
Grades:
1st - 12th
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"The Most Dangerous Game" Characterization Activity
"The Most Dangerous Game" Body Biography is an activity to help students with characterization. In my class, we always begin the year with this story to review basic literary terms. I always want to have a lesson the first week of school that is engaging, yet high-level. This activity is aligned with both TEKS and Common Core Standards. A grading rubric is also attached. I would recommend having students work in pairs or groups of three, however, this works well individually as well. This lesson
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Book Project: Outline of If you give a mouse a cookie project
A great project for all kids of any age to learn logic, reasoning, and mathematics! The whimsical Laura Numeroff story of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie gives a logical step by step of actions one after another. Project is best given after the story is read first.
For younger ages: Have students write a story using hypothesis and conclusions.
For students in Geometry: Have students compare it to geometry. Best given when learning conditional, converse, and bi-conditional.
If you give a mouse a
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Grades:
2nd - 10th
Reading 180 Workshop 8 Vocabulary Differentiated Activity Menu
This includes a menu of student choices for the vocabulary words in workshop 8 of the Reading 180 program (green R-Book). You assign students the number of points and they choose from the 16 listed activities to complete the assigned number of points. (The preview only includes 4 of the 16 activities).
This is included in my Reading 180 Vocab Differentiated Activities file that is also for sale. If you are interested in the menu, along with the activities that accompany it, you may prefer to pu
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Fever 1793 Internet Field Trip
Students use the internet to discover more about the 1793 Yellow Fever outbreak in Philadelphia. They must visit a few websites and jot down their answers on this sheet. My students have loved completing my internet field trip projects after finishing novels!
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Reading Inference Context Clues Christmas Passage and Question Set FREEBIE
Using the Christmas holiday as the basis of this passage, students will use inference to respond to the question set.
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4th - 12th
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Short Story: Analysis Project - "The Lottery"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short Story: Analysis Project. Lots o
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Grades:
10th - 11th
Cereal Box Book Report
Here is a freebie! Cereal Box Book Reports are so fun!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial
This is a 3-5 day, 2 page culminating project for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. It is aligned to 8th grade standards, but is appropriate for grades 7-10. This project focuses on making evidence-based inferences and argumentative writing. Students are asked to determine if they find the defendant (the narrator) guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. First the collect evidence for both sides. Then, they choose their side and develop their argument. Finally, they conduct their tria
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7th - 11th
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Short Story: Analysis Project - All Stories
From Electric English...
This is a zip file for all of the stories in the Analysis Project.... Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them.... Are you ready for the list? Here we go :)
- "The Baby Party": Fitzgerald
- "The Enormous Radio": Cheever
- "EPICAC": Vonnegut
- "The Far and the Near": Wolfe
- "A Good Man is Hard t
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Grades:
10th - 12th
Short Story: Analysis Project - "A Rose for Emily"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short Story: Analysis Project.
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Grades:
10th - 11th
STAAR Surgeons
This is a great way to start working on STAAR passages with your students after the holidays. It is a very bright idea a coworker shared with me about four years ago to start implementing STAAR simulations in the classroom. I modified it a bit and gave it a name as well designed the thinking tracks that go along with it. It is a extremely engaging way to apply all knowledge previously taught in the classroom. Students will definitely enjoy the process. I hope it helps someone out there!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
The Hate U Give Map
Students bring Garden Heights alive while reading The Hate U Give by creating a map of the places Starr goes. Students design a map to help them see how the settings can affect the plot, theme, and character development, along with noticing the symbolism with location names.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos Rhetorical Appeals Project
Ethos, Pathos, Logos Rhetorical Appeals Project**FREE RESOURCE**-This project is designed to teach students to recognize ethos, pathos, and logos appeals in everyday media-The document contains simple, straightforward instructions and affords opportunities for student choice to boost understanding and student interest across all levels-Completely editable-Print saver (two sets of instructions per page)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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FREE Book Report Template
Free Editable Anything, But a Book Report Template. All your students need is this template packet and a box. Cereal box, Cheez-its box, fruit snack box, any will do. Students will be able to demonstrate their reading comprehension by creating a cereal box advertisement for their book. On the box they will create a new book cover, summary, analyze the characters and setting, rate the book, and give some details such as how many pages, the title, author, theme, and author's purpose. It's Anything
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2nd - 12th
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Short Story: Analysis Project - "The Sound of Thunder"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short Story: Analysis Project. L
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Grades:
10th - 11th
One of Us is Lying Suspect Boards
The Suspect Boards for One of Us is Lying, novel by Karen M. McManus, allow students to put the characters from the novel on trial and make an argument for which character killed Simon. After chapter 4, students must use textual evidence and analyze the character's motivations and secrets to prove their character is the killer!Directions: Put students in groups and have them pick one of the four main characters (or assign) Cooper, Addy, Bronwyn, or NateHave them find 5 characters that have or ar
Grades:
9th - 12th
Short Story: Analysis Project - "The Yellow Wallpaper"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short Story: Analys
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Grades:
10th - 11th
Teaching Rhetoric: 100+ Ideas, Suggestions, & Steps for Teaching Rhetoric
Hello Fellow Teacher,Are you looking for new ideas about how to teach rhetoric to high school students, or are you teaching these concepts for the first time? Either way, this detailed document will help your students learn what rhetoric is, how to identify it, and how to incorporate it in their writing. The first 1 1/4 pages include 10 steps with ideas and suggestions for teaching rhetoric to high school students.The remaining pages include between 10-15 suggestions, ideas, and explanations for
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Short Story: Analysis Project - "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Conner. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short Story: Analysi
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Grades:
10th - 11th
Book Jacket:(Theme, Conflict, Plot, Setting, Character)/ Detailed Rubric
Created by Paul Conlon.
A Book Jacket is an alternative to a traditional Book Report. This Book jacket asks that the students discuss theme, character, conflict, plot, and setting. In addition, students create a catchy cover.
This is a great assignment once a class has finished a whole class novel, or for students to use after finishing an independent reading book.
Students often enjoy this task because it asks them to do more than they are used to. For example, students do not just identi
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6th - 10th
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Textbook Tips: Keep Calm and Use Informational Text Features
What is included: A presentation to teach students HOW to use a textbook and a class poster to remind them. When I was teaching, I found a lot of students were completely unfamiliar with HOW to read nonfiction, informational texts, and textbooks. This is a necessary life skill and one worth teaching in EVERY classroom. 85% of what we read as adults is nonfiction, not to mention the fact that if our students are going to make it through middle school, high school, and college a few tips about how
Grades:
6th - 9th
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FREEBIE Peer Evaluation for Presentations
This is a format I love using when my kids are doing presentations in class. This way they're actively engaged and understanding what the other person is talking about and can also offer positive comments about why he/she enjoyed the presentation.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Short Story: Analysis Project - "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
From Electric English...
This is a fresh, clean copy of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates. I have widened the margins here and minimized the number of pages you would have to copy. Coupled with double sided printing, you can use these and not feel too guilty about the trees :) As an English teacher, sometimes I cringe at all the paper, but alas, at least there are great words being written on them....
These stories are the ones I have chosen to accompany the Short
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Grades:
10th - 11th
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