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Close reading Common Core W.8.4 resources
Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Elements Activities using Pixar Shorts Videos or Commercials
Your students are going to love these literary analysis lessons. Add Pixar Shorts, commercials, or cartoon clips and you're ready to teach literary elements. Fun way to engage students as they analyze character, plot, setting, theme, and conflict (coming soon). Then, transfer them to more complex texts like short stories and novels. Your students will love practicing analysis skills with these easy-to-use digital or print lessons! The perfect way for students to truly understand literary el
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5th - 8th
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Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Weekly Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Song Lyric Analysis Lesson - Introduction to Poetry Through Song Lyrics -Digital
This song lyric analysis lesson introduces poetry analysis through the use of your students’ favorite song lyrics! Practice annotating with the worksheets and graphic organizers provided. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Song Lyric Analysis Lesson Plan:✏️ Poetry in Song Lyrics Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint® & PDF✏️ Poetry in Song Lyrics Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Practice Close Reading
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6th - 12th
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Crime Scene Investigation Police Reports - Worksheet Activities for Any Text
Unlock the door to real-world learning experiences with Crime Scene Reports! It's the secret ingredient you've been missing for immersive learning that brings text and characters to life. This resource is perfect for inferencing skills, mock trials, pretend investigations, or any scenario where your students can put their critical thinking and creativity to the test.Included are three versatile templates: ✅ Police/Incident Report: Dive deep into the world of law enforcement as your students beco
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7th - 12th
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Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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Ugly Christmas Holiday Sweater Descriptive and Persuasive Writing Editable
Keep your students engaged as you wait for the holidays with this fun, creative Ugly Christmas or Holiday Sweater writing challenge. Students will design, describe, recreate based on a description, and persuade.They'll be practicing writing and reading skills in a fun, unique way, and your lesson planning is finished!This resource is completely editable -- you can have students create any kind of holiday sweater.Students will:design an original ugly Christmas or Holiday sweater following a pro
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
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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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity while reading "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury? How about a dystopian short story set in a futuristic society where technology can replace even the most basic of human activities and has one of the most jaw-dropping endings in literature? Look no further than this “The Veldt” Short Story Unit that is is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA . This two week
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6th - 9th
High School Poetry Unit - Reading, Annotating, Analyzing, and Writing Poetry
This modern high school poetry unit will hook even your most reluctant learners! This bundle provides over 300 pages of materials including slideshow lessons, vocabulary activities, poetry writing workshops, assignments, rubrics, and more. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️Included in this High School Poetry Unit:1. Elements of Poetry Anchor Chart and Introduction to Poetry Slideshow LessonThis lesson explores common poetic forms a
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7th - 12th
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ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 6
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 6These 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:• A high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary Stra
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
Test Prep Paired Texts - Paired Passages - Close Reading & Essay Writing Bundle
In these three lessons, students compare paired texts that have similar universal themes. These detailed lesson plans will provide you with everything you need to help your students meet Common Core English Language Arts Standards as they make connections between the texts and construct effective comparison essays. This 60-page bundle includes the following:-explicit lesson plans with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guides-contextual reading guides with sample annotation
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7th - 11th
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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The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton - Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing
This 8 day short story unit for "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as an adapted play, differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions.Students will LOVE that they are in control of deciding the resolution to thi
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton - Short Story Unit - Task Cards
The Great Gatsby Unit - Novel Study Guide - Characterization, Theme, Setting
Challenge students to move beyond online summaries and get lost in the exhilarating world of The Great Gatsby! This unit plan includes pre-reading activities, chapter-by-chapter quizzes, fun and engaging group projects, summative assessments, WebQuests, assessments, and more!⚡️⚡️ Save over 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Included with this The Great Gatsby Unit Plan:✏️ 5 Gallery Walk Stations with Primary Sources - Digital & PrintExplore the music, setting, photography, and current ev
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8th - 11th
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Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Assessment Questions (Reading Comprehension)
174 questions organized by chapter and fully editable. An answer key is included. Questions are multiple-choice, multiple-correct, matching, short answer, and short essay. They include simple reading comprehension questions and more complex questions that require students to make inferences, explain irony, identify figurative language, and answer questions using support from the text. These questions can be used for study guides, quizzes, and tests. Since they are organized by each chapter, it w
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
True Crime Reading Comprehension Passages | Close Reading | Middle & High School
Do you need an engaging activity to get middle and/or high school students excited about learning informational text standards? If so, this True Crime Reading Comprehension Close Reading Activity (for the ENTIRE YEAR) is a must have! This easy, no-prep solution that will provide 36 weeks of nonfiction articles about True Crime cases that will grab student interest! Students will practice using Close Reading strategies, annotating text, citing textual evidence, determining central idea, analyzi
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle- CB
Paired Texts - Ain't I a Woman and Phenomenal Woman - Essay Writing Test Prep
In this lesson, students complete close readings of a speech by Sojourner Truth and a poem by Maya Angelou. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to consider and compare central ideas and themes. This 20-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guides-think aloud with sample annotation passage-text of the speech-links to aud
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Harrison Bergeron Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep argumentative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions. This bundle includes a scaffolded reading unit and 36 CCSS-Aligned task cards to accompany thi
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6th - 9th
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The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty - Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that takes place during the Irish Civil War and features a pair of snipers? Look no further than “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an ongoing discussion of t
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6th - 9th
The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton - Short Story Unit - Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as an adapted play, differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions.Students will LOVE that they are in control of deciding the resolution to thi
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Strategies for Middle and High School - OLC4O, OSSLT, OLC
Explore essential reading comprehension strategies with this bunded unit! Teach students how to make inferences, make predictions, interpret text features, and summarize narrative and nonfiction texts with the lessons and activities included in this unit. Includes digital resources for Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Reading Comprehension Bundle:✏️ Making Inferences Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® & Google Slides®✏️ Inferencin
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6th - 12th
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7 Essay Alternatives BUNDLE - Independent/Group Novel Study Projects
This bundle includes 7 essay alternatives to using during and/or after reading. They are perfect for individual, group, and whole class novels, and can even work for short stories!In these projects, students use key essay skills to analyze the elements of story, including character, plot, conflict, theme, and setting. By highlighting important parts of the story, providing textual evidence, and arguing a point, students will be working on their essay skills with creative twists.Assign the projec
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6th - 8th
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