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Common Core W.8.4 resources for Easel
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
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6th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week Grades 6-8 with Digital
❝ This resource is fantastic for teaching paragraph structure, adding details to writing, and supporting opinions with reasoning. My students enjoyed completing the paragraphs each week and I saw growth in their writing by the end of the year. Thank you! ❞ -Molly TParagraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn and practice writing a paragraph.You'll get everything you need for argument
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6th - 8th
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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The Outsiders Novel Study Unit - Questions - Outsiders Projects Activities Tests
The Outsiders Novel Study Unit contains 250+ pages with a complete unit plan for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Perfect for an Outsiders Interactive Notebook, these Outsiders activities include chapter by chapter questions, interactive class activities, graphic organizers, and printable assignments. A full set of Outsiders questions are included, which focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detailed answer keys are also included.✅Be sure to
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6th - 8th
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The Giver Novel Study - Comprehension Questions - Activities - Final Projects
The Giver Novel Study Package contains a complete 115 page novel study on The Giver by Lois Lowry. Everything you need to teach a complete The Giver unit is included. Detailed Giver questions, answer keys, Giver activities, vocabulary words, character analysis, and engaging Giver final projects are all included in this Giver literature guide. A variety of graphic organizers and Giver worksheets are also included. All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information shee
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5th - 8th
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Bud, Not Buddy Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards-Based
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is the perfect novel to share with your students for so many reasons.This Bud, Not Buddy novel study unit includes both a printable PDF and digital version with everything you need to teach this amazing book while covering your reading literature standards. It includes CCSS lesson plans, comprehension questions, character analysis and vocabulary worksheets, and journal activities.Summary: Bud is an orphan living at the Home after his mother passed away.
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4th - 8th
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Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit & Comprehension Activities
My Esperanza Rising novel study features everything teachers need to lead students through Pam Muñoz Ryan's amazing book. This PDF novel study includes activities, comprehension questions, daily lesson plans, character analysis, word work, and more! Guide your readers through Esperanza Rising while helping them think more deeply about the characters, themes, and literary devices found within it.The theme of this novel is perseverance and the idea that one should never be afraid to start over. Yo
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4th - 8th, Staff
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ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 1
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 1These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• 4-page high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
Freak the Mighty Novel Study Unit Projects & Activities - Lesson Plans - Test
This Freak the Mighty Unit Novel Study contains a complete unit plan for Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. The perfect addition to your Freak the Mighty lesson plans, these resources contain a Freak the Mighty pre-reading activity, chapter questions and graphic organizers that encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detailed answer keys are also included.✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and descriptions of some of the engaging resource
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Novel Study Bundle | Freak the Mighty | Maniac Magee | Wishtree | Units
Close Reading Passages For Middle School - Close Reading Guide and Strategies
Close Reading For Middle School Students Featuring Excerpts from Stories from Classic Literature. These NO PREP close reading activities are great for practicing close reading and annotation skills. Everything needed to get your students started with Close Reading is included – detailed step by step instructions, annotation guide, reading passages, and graphic organizers. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and teach!Story excerpts include:•Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving•The B
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6th - 9th
Creative Writing Unit: Short Story Activity | Prompts, Rubric, Graphic Organizer
Need a no-prep Creative Writing Unit activity for middle & high school? This Short Story unit is ready to go. Guided writing prompts walk your students through each part of the short story process. A 34-slide engaging PowerPoint will help you easily teach this unit and quick and easy rubric will help you get through grading with a breeze!55 Total pages/slides!Here is what is included:1) Teacher Instructions2) Teacher PowerPoint Cheat Sheet3) 15 Page Student Packet: ✎ Plot Diagram
Grades:
5th - 8th
Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Argumentative Writing UNIT Common Core Grades 6-12 Editable
Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argumentative Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts.Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organize
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
The Gift of the Magi Short Story Unit - Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages
This "The Gift of the Magi" Short Story Unit contains a 50 page close reading unit on “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. Perfect for a short story interactive notebook, this Gift of the Magi teacher guide contains Gift of the Magi comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, Gift of the Magi activities, vocabulary words, foldables, close reading resources, graphic organizers, creative writing, and essay activities are all included. All activities are classroom tested and include creat
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6th - 9th
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Arthurian Legends Unit - King Arthur Projects - Knights and Chivalry Activities
A fully integrated English, Social Studies, and Art unit on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This King Arthur unit or Arthurian Legend unit includes reading passages, questions, and activities on Lancelot, King Arthur, the Sword in the Stone, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the code of chivalry, and more! These make great additions to an Arthurian Legend Interactive Notebook. This unit can be done on its own as an English unit on Legends, but also makes an excellent complement to
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4th - 8th
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Tuck Everlasting Novel Study Unit for Middle School Common Core Aligned
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Novel Unit: Common Core Aligned!
This Print and Go! Tuck Everlasting Novel Unit is a 58-page novel study that includes:
• Lesson Plans
• Main Idea Chapter Titles
• 18 pages of reader response questions
• 5 pages of context clue word work with more space for writing all of the information needed
• character analysis work
• figurative language work
• post-reading reflection journals
• a character map
• End of Novel Project
• a table of contents to keep track o
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Novel Study Unit Bundle for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Back to School First Day Jitters Reader's Theater Script for Grades 4-8
First Day Jitters? If you love the back-to-school book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg, your students will love performing the reader's theater script even more. Based on the events from the silly picture book, I have created a reader's theater and reading literature toolkit that BIG KIDS will love to perform in those first days of school.This First Day Jitters for BIG KIDS resource includes:• 2-page 4-character reader's theater script• context clue word work• reader response questions• po
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
The Lottery Short Story Unit - Shirley Jackson Middle School Short Story Project
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The Lottery short story questions, a biography activity, a giant pennant project, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed images and descriptions about everyt
Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Write a Paragraph | Mini Unit Middle School
Middle school students often need explicit instructions on how to complete seemingly simple tasks--like writing paragraphs! Teachers often assume students can successfully compose a well-written paragraph, when in fact many of them struggle and need extra support. This writing paragraphs mini unit breaks down the process of writing a paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and concluding sentences) into simple, understandable terms to which students can relate. Ample exam
Grades:
6th - 8th
RACES Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts for Text Evidence
This product contains 5 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACES strategy. RACES is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. → Need a 100% Digital Google Slides compatible version? CLICK HERE!Why use the RACES strategy? This mnemonic device is especially helpful for struggling writers and students w
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
Rules Novel Study Unit - Common Core Aligned
A no prep, print-and-go novel unit for Rules by Cynthia Lord. Includes chapter-by-chapter reader response questions, engaging journal prompts, character analysis work, lesson plans, answer key, and more! If you are looking for the perfect summertime novel to inspire your upper elementary to middle school readers, Rules by Cynthia Lord is a must read.This 61-page print and go novel unit includes:• lesson plans for seamless implementation• 22-pages of chapter by chapter reader response questions•
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4th - 7th
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Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Writing Workshop Mini Lessons Print Digital
Print and Digital Formats! No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching memoir writing a snap! In six weeks, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a thoughtful personal narrative. Because the lessons are already finished, you'll have time to work with them every step of the way! Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manag
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6th - 9th
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