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Close reading Common Core RL.8.6 resources
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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Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit (by Daniel Keyes) for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story version of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. 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 science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short
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7th - 9th
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Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 8th Grade)
8th Grade Short Stories & Common Core Aligned Units for the 8th Grade Short Story of the Month ClubGrab this collection of popular short story units tailored for Grade 8! I am creating these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 8, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.This listing is for the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8. Although this was previously a growing bundle, it i
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7th - 9th
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50 EDITABLE Projects and Assignments for ANY NOVEL STUDY
This bundle contains 50 projects and activities for ANY NOVEL STUDY in secondary English Language Arts. Use these projects, activities, handouts, and lessons to enrich your students’ close reading and analysis of any novel unit in your curriculum. THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS BOTH A PDF VERSION AND AN EDITABLE MICROSOFT WORD VERSION SO THAT YOU CAN ADAPT THESE RESOURCE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AS NEEDED!This bundle includes the following projects, activities, lessons, and handouts:1. FreeChoiceReadingChal
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6th - 12th
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Tell-Tale Heart Activities & Assessments (Test) by Poe Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. 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 horror 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: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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7th - 9th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Interactive Notebook - Common Core Aligned
This bundle of activities includes over 90 interactive notebook activities to cover before, during, and after reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Every activity is aligned to at least one Common Core State Standard for reading literature, language (vocabulary), speaking and listening, and writing.
This IS included in my To Kill a Mockingbird Growing Bundle, found here:
To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit & Interac
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7th - 11th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (10 days!) unit for the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. 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 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: May Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:I
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8th - 10th
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Saki “The Storyteller” Short Story Literary Analysis & Irony, PDF & Google Drive
Use these materials to reinforce students’ understanding of the three types of irony (situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony) and facilitate a deep reading and discussion of Saki’s attention-grabbing short story, “The Storyteller.”This 10-page PDF package (with Google Drive versions of all student handouts) includes:• Step-by-step suggested lesson procedure (can be left as an emergency sub plan!) with high-quality audiobook link• Warm-up grid worksheet where students determine wheth
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7th - 10th
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (10 days!) unit for the short story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers. 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 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: January Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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7th - 9th
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ELA Summer School Curriculum Bundle - Grades 6-8 Digital for Distance Learning
Complete ELA Summer School Bundle will provide you all of the lessons, materials, and activities to teach summer school- ZERO prep involved! From introduction activities and procedure slides (introduced using fun memes) to specific reading and writing strategies that have been the most beneficial to my struggling readers and writers. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Goo
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6th - 8th
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Dystopian Literature Bundle Volume I — 5 Short Stories, Literary Analysis
The 5 short stories included in this dystopian literature bundle are:Ray Bradbury - "The Pedestrian"Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - "Harrison Bergeron"Shirley Jackson - "The Lottery"Yann Martel - "We Ate The Children Last"Ursula K. Le Guin - "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"Can't get enough dystopian literature? Check out my second bundle!Dystopian Literature Bundle Short Stories Volume IITeach all the literary elements that encompass dystopian literature such as: allegory, theme, irony, setting, symboli
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7th - 12th
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Unit Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this 6-WEEK unit. The fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, nonfiction readings, extension activities, vocabulary, assessments, project and essays all provide opportunities for your students t
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8th - 9th
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Bierce) Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (9 days!) unit for the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. 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 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: April Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month
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8th - 10th
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Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Unit Plan: lessons, activities, and more!
What better story to teach suspense than Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? This story is one of my all-time favorites and students agree. I love to teach this story in October since it fits right in with the Halloween festivities!
This is a week-long unit plan designed to thoroughly teach 'The Tell-Tale Heart' while keeping students engaged and interested in the content. Throughout the week students closely read and analyze the story with a focus on suspense. In addition, st
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7th - 10th
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Thanksgiving Short Story | Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen Reading Activity
Leave your teacher guilt at the door and challenge students right up until Thanksgiving break with this mini-lesson on irony and theme using O. Henry’s short story, “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen!” A quick and easy download plus clear student directions make this Thanksgiving reading activity perfect for the day before break or a last-minute sub plan!Teach your students about literary irony using the included slides, and show them different examples of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony be
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6th - 8th
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Miles Morales Spider-Man Novel Study Digital and Print
This resource provides an in-depth look at Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds. Great resource for grades 5-9 Grade! This novel study is perfect for whole class, independent, or reading circles. Each activity can be completed independently, in pairs, or in a group setting. Pick and choose which activities work best for your time frame and needs. There are a variety of activities that can be used at any level of learning including short answer, true-false, multiple choice, journal prompts
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5th - 9th
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A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury Close Reading Google Annotation Project
"My students were just breezing by the text just so they could be done. They didn't stop to read closely, make predictions, and notice the literary devices that lent to the tone and theme of the work. Mrs. Anderson's guided reading Google Slides force my students to slow down and really absorb everything. She breaks the text up into digestible chunks that students can tackle while sprinkling in literary analysis and thematic questions in a way that does not intimidate students. What's great is t
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6th - 12th
ELA Halloween Escape Room- Reading Comprehension, Main Idea, & More
☠ Reading Comprehension, main idea, conflict, plot, figurative language, & more!!! The best part... you simply share the link to the Google Form, and students are on their way!! There are also suggestions for how to use this in printable format. ☠**Save 20% when you purchase this in my GROWING Digital Escape Room Bundle!** You can also save 20% by purchasing in my ELA Halloween Growing Bundle!**Students are trying to "escape their fears." There job is to work through each of the "rooms" in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension & Grammar Escape Room GROWING Bundle
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Chapter Questions - Comprehension & Analysis
The comprehension and literary analysis resources for Ground Zero by Alan Gratz will give students repeated opportunities to practice essential literacy skills aligned to the Common Core State Standards. For every chapter grouping in Ground Zero, students will have to answer rigorous, text-based questions that assess not only their ability to comprehend but also their ability to analyze key events. With numerous options for implementation, the resource also allows for differentiation and can ena
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Novel Study
ECHO by Pam Munoz Ryan; A PDF and Digital Novel Study by Jean Martin
Overview: This custom-made, ready-to-use packet is a PDF product designed for students in grades 5-8 as they read ECHO, Pam Munoz Ryan's 2016 Newbery Honor book and Kirkus Prize winner. The 40 student pages can be downloaded to create student booklets or exported as an Easel digital product and used on any device. The student pages divide the text into nine reading assignments with questions and tasks to go with each one. Included also is an answer key, a student bookmark for keeping track of
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5th - 7th
Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
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3rd - 8th
A Christmas Carol Worksheets
Help your students understand, explore, and analyze Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with these workbooks for each Stave. Inside each student workbook you will find comprehension questions, character and theme activities, tasks focused on close analysis of language and literary techniques, and summary tasks.These workbooks are perfect for any middle or high school ELA class, as well as English Literature GCSE.Included for each stave:A student workbook of between 4 - 6 pagesA quiz to test knowl
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6th - 9th
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All Summer in A Day Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit BUNDLE is filled with reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to write a
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6th - 9th
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