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Critical thinking other (ELA) Common Core RL.8.7 resources
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Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
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5th - 8th
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Movie vs. Book Comparisons Editable
This editable bundle has over 40 activities for comparing Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird with the 1962 movie version. Teachers can decide to choose between a variety of activities all aligned to the Common Core State Standards.The activities cover the following areas:Character/Actor ComparisonsCharacter ArcTheme AnalysisTheme ComparisonsSetting ComparisonsPlot Analysis (Order of Events)Plot/Events ComparisonCatalyst for Change ComparisonEvaluation of the DirectorCinematography Analysis
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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TUCK EVERLASTING No Prep Unit (Figurative Language & Common Core Aligned)
NO PREP!!!! Print and teach!!! This unit includes everything you need to read "Tuck Everlasting" with your middle school students. Aligned with the common core, this unit digs deeper into the figurative meanings behind this enchanting tale. My students love this book, and this unit is FUN and we always laugh (a lot!) during these lessons!Includes: -Pre-reading Survey-Chapter Questions (students create titles and answer 2-4 higher level thinking questions every chapter)-4 Tiny Tuck Testers (quiz
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5th - 10th
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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (BUNDLE WITH HANDOUTS)
This resource breaks down Karen Russells' "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" and allows students to study the phenomenal short story through creative writing prompts, discussion, and guided questions. Students will also learn about culture shock as it relates to the text. The mini-unit ends with a narrative writing task in which students explore the connections between assimilation attempts and the actual results of assimilation.This bundle includes a total of SEVEN resources with guid
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 6 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises a thematic unit plan of short stories, poems, videos, etc. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 2 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 100 SLIDES corresponding. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This handouts resource includes over ten printable and ready to use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the "Outsiders and Outcasts" unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Asian Literature Unit BUNDLE (SLIDES & HANDOUTS)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 81 Slides for an Asian Literature Unit. The handouts bundle includes over 75 pages of resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which include but are not limited to: Graphic organizers, creative writing prompts, engaging activities, text-based questions and analysis, and so much more!
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8th - 12th
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Gothic Literature BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, Assessments, etc!
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes over 16 printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 1 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes over 16 printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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9th Grade Unit 6: World's End BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises a thematic unit plan of short stories, poems, videos, etc. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This bundled resource also includes printable and ready-to-use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Visual Doodle Notes For Any Film, Movie, or TedTalk: Analyzing Theme & Main Idea
Print + digital!Get your students engaged and hold their attention through any film with these visually appealing doodle notes that allows students to color and doodle. Doodle notes activate both sides of the brain to deepen understanding. While students get to color, they will also answer analytical questions about what they are watching. These questions revolve around determining the film’s main idea, conflict, explain the text's real-world relevance, explain a takeaway, describe a theme, and
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Outsiders and Outcasts Thematic Unit BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 100 SLIDES corresponding. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This handouts resource includes over ten printable and ready to use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the "Outsiders and Outcasts" unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Frozen Movie The Snow Queen Story Compare Contrast Winter Time Fun Worksheet HW
This fully editable short story and film comparison packet is a perfect way to embrace the winter season with a fun movie and story compare and contrast lesson / activity. Have your students read and discuss Hans Christian Andersen's short story "The Snow Queen" (abridged version included in this packet) and then watch the movie (or show clips) that was inspired by this short story -- "Frozen"! Have students answer the comprehension questions about the movie as they watch, and then have them thi
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5th - 8th
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The Green Ember by S. D. Smith Literature Guide
Over 100 reading comprehension questions and answers divided by chapter as well as worksheets on setting, characterization, and conflict. Answer Key is included. Editable!
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4th - 8th
MyPerspectives American Lit Unit 3: Power Protest and Change (SLIDES & HANDOUTS)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 146 Slides for an American Literature unit that encompasses texts which revolve around the spirit of reform. Texts featured in this unit include Frederick Douglas' speech: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments," Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," and more!This resource includes discussion questions, engaging activities, assignments
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives British Lit, Unit 4: (SLIDES & HANDOUTS) BUNDLE!
This thematic unit plan encourages students to explore the question of the necessity of vision and disillusion through various British and World Literature texts, which include: the poetry of John Donne, an excerpt from Gulliver's Travels, Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," Herricks' "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," John Gay's "Youth's the Season Made for Joys," excerpts from Dante's "Inferno," James Joyce's short story: "Araby," and more!These 149 Slides incorporate activities, discussion
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8th - 12th
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Grade 8 ELA Bell Ringers - 45+ Printable Bell Ringers - Full Year Bundle
Lumos Bell Ringers for Grade 8 English Language Arts - To help educators measure and drive standard proficiency.This Bundle Includes 45+ Printable Bell Ringers that cover all 8th Grade ELA learning standards.Answer keys and detailed explanation.Online access to Lumos Teacher Portal to help you easily assign and monitor your student progress.Online access to Lumos Student Portal that provides personalized learning, diagnostics, and remedial practice.Domains Covered:Reading: LiteratureReading: Inf
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8th
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Choice Boards for Fiction & Nonfiction Texts, 6th-8th Grade, CCSS Aligned
*No prep--Just print these resources and let your students choose the rest! These choice boards address the Common Core standards for reading informational texts as well as literary passages. Students can have choices in what they would like to do, and they are therefore more engaged! These choice boards have been proven to be effective in middle level ELA classrooms, and they are rigorous!*View the preview for each product to see exactly what is included.Fiction Choice Board:1. Discussion: Stud
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6th - 8th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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The Seventh Man: Printable Activities, Assessments, Reading Guides, Etc.
This resource allows students to interact with Murakami's "The Seventh Man" in creative and analytical ways. Students will consider different perspectives of the story, create a critical review, write diary entries from the narrator's perspective amid his emotional and psychological peril, and outline/draft an argumentative essay claiming whether or not the narrator should have forgiven himself for his failure to save K.Also included is an alternate assessment as well as a reading guide. All res
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8th - 12th
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Edgar Allen Poe Unit Test w/ The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart Distance Learning
My friend and fellow teacher and I wrote this test after attending a question vetting session. What an eye opener that was for us.We wrote the test with two different passages serving two purposes. They can be used together or separately. We used The Raven excerpt as a cold read to assess if the students could apply all they had studied and learned during our in-depth study of The Tell-Tale Heart. We included a portion on The Tell-Tale Heart because we had spent so much time working on this gr
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7th - 9th
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Choice Boards for Fiction & Nonfiction Texts, Google Slides™, 6th-8th Grade CCSS
*These are digital resources! Your students must have a device and a google account in order to use them.These choice boards address the Common Core standards for reading informational texts as well as literary passages. Students can have choices in what they would like to do, and they are therefore more engaged! These choice boards have been proven to be effective in middle level ELA classrooms, and they are rigorous!*View the preview for each product to see exactly what is included.Fiction Cho
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6th - 8th
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