Halloween poetry Common Core RL.6.1 resources

Custom Classroom by Angela

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Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5

Poetry Task Cards Reading Comprehension Poetry Analysis Worksheets & Activities

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Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to poetry? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 poetry task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short Poems will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school students. Teachers of other grade leve

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Reading Strategies

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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Cards Passages with Multiple Choice Fun Activities

Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle

Created by

Mrs Nelson Teaches

Why do we often submit our students to long, dull, (dare I say, torturous) poetry units that they hate? Why not make poetry as fun and exciting as it has the potential to be?This unit does just that! Inside this .pdf file, you will find 10 elements of poetry lesson plans and activities plus a pre and post-test. Each lesson comes with everything you need (from links to engaging Google Slides Presentations to note sheets to assignments to answer keys and rubrics) to make your class's poetry study

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Grades:

6th - 8th

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Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

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Poetry Writing Unit - Poetry Reading and Poem Writing (Google Classroom Options)

Created by

Brain Waves Instruction

This Poetry Writing Unit provides students with a deep understanding of the poetry genre as they read poems and write poetry. In the eleven-day unit, students write ten different types of poetry. (That means that there are plenty of opportunities to excel at writing.) They’ll study figurative language, elements of poetry, and learn how to write a poem. The individual poetry lessons and step-by-step writing guides help students to write traditional and modern poems. In addition to writing ex

Subjects:

Poetry, Reading, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Handouts

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Also included in: Poetry Reading, Writing, and Analyzing - BUNDLE!

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room

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Close Reading, Halloween, Short Stories

Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more

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Grades:

6th - 8th

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Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

Close Reading, Poetry, Reading Strategies

Close Reading Poems | National Poetry Month: Printable & Digital Formats

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ideas by jivey

This resource is perfect for close reading poems for National Poetry Month in April!But, poetry doesn't have to be saved for April! Use this pack to practice close reading poems in your classroom to help grow your students' love for poetry. This resource is designed to help teachers engage students with classic poetry through guiding questions during multiple reads.With three questions to guide different purposes for reading each of the twelve poems, you'll be set to apply a variety of reading s

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables

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Scary Short Stories Unit - Horror Stories for Halloween in Middle School ELA

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

If you’re searching for an engaging scary short stories unit for your middle school ELA students to enjoy this Halloween, stop your search here! This bundle of activities for your favorite horror stories will thrill your students while reviewing short story elements in an unforgettable way. From creative writing activities to short story escape rooms, your students will embrace short story analysis in a whole new way!✔ Check out the preview for more information!Using the following spooky short s

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities

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The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

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Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

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Halloween Reader's Theater & Reading Literature Toolkit for Grades 4-8

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The Happy Halloween That Almost Wasn't... is a Halloween reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Halloween themes into your language arts instruction. This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!Your students will love reading about the characters of Parkersburg Elementary School and how their Halloween tra

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Scripts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

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Literature, Poetry, Reading

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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids

Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital

Created by

English Teacher Things

Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

, RL.6.6

Poetry, Reading, Reading Strategies

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Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital

POETRY Worksheets & Tests: Practice & Assess Poetry No Prep Printables

Created by

Lovin Lit

Poetry Comprehension Activities - includes poems **Grades 6-8 Version** Level BNOTE - Poetry Practice & Assess will only be released in two sets.Set 1 – Grades 4-5 (Level A)Set 2 – Grades 6-8 (Level B)Click here to purchase the differentiation bundle!This set includes dozens of NO PREP worksheets for your students to use when learning about poetry! While these worksheets are specifically designed to be used with my Interactive Poetry Notebook lessons, they can certainly be used to teach any

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Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Reading Strategies

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Also included in: Practice & Assess Poetry: Differentiation BUNDLE!

Poetry Unit: Analyzing and Comprehending Poems- DIGITAL TOO- 4th, 5th, 6th

Created by

Laura Heflin

Overview: In this poetry unit 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students will analyze poems as a class, with a partner, in small groups, and independently. This unit is a great resource for reading comprehension. DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE. Link to Google Slides digital copies available when you purchase and download the document. Great for distance and remote learning.FREE SAMPLE AVAILABLE HERE: Free Sample of Poetry UnitThis poetry unit focuses on:- Analyzing and labeling the text structure of a poem (lines

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

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The Monkey's Paw Escape Room - Digital, Printable, & Editable!

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Literature

Wrap up W.W. Jacob’s macabre tale of "The Monkey's Paw" with an unforgettable (& standards-based) escape room. This literary-elements-themed escape room activity will have your students 100% engaged and 100% challenged! Use this ELA escape room in October or anytime during the school year to review the literary elements. ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Teachers love using this “The Monkey’s Paw” escape room to conclude W.W. Jacob’s short story. It’s highly recommended that y

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

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Also included in: The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs Short Story Activities & Escape Room BUNDLE

The Landlady Escape Room - A Scary Story Activity for Middle School ELA

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English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

Wrap up your reading of Roald Dahl’s scary story with The Landlady Escape Room, perfect for middle school ELA classrooms looking for 100% engagement this Halloween! This literary-elements-themed escape room is guaranteed to challenge and excite your students this year. ✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using The Landlady Escape Room to conclude Roald Dahl’s scary story because it’s printable, digital, and editable. After reading and discussing The Landlady

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

Halloween, Literature, Reading

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Also included in: The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School

Bunnicula Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests

Created by

Nothing but Class

This novel study for Bunnicula, by Deborah and James Howe, contains 97 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, asking and answering questions, character analysis, opinion writing, and plot.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ** The book must be purchased separately to be u

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

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Also included in: Bunnicula, Best Halloween Ever, Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve Novel Study Bundle

Poetry Analysis Resource for Grades 4-8

Created by

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

Poetry can feel overwhelming to teach and even more frustrating for students. I created this resource to help my students learn the poetic devices and demonstrate how we can use them to analyze poems. I've found this approach works well for boosting confidence, engagement, and understanding with my middle school students.This PDF printable resource is broken down into 8 lessons, covering all of the poetic devices and finishing with analysis worksheets for students to demonstrate their understand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

5th - 8th, Staff

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

Innovative Teaching Ideas

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Also included in: Poetry Unit Bundle CCSS Standards-Based

Elements of Poetry Unit | 19 Types of Poems | Editable Lessons & Tools | 4 Weeks

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This POETRY UNIT is packed with Mini-Lessons, Graphic Organizers, Slides, Templates, student Writing Examples, assessment tools, and more to help you confidently teach the ELEMENTS OF POETRY in a FUN and ENGAGING manner for an entire MONTH.✔ Check out the preview and take a closer look!This HUGE Poetry Unit has everything you would want and need to teach your students to write and analyse amazing poems. Still, because it is FULLY EDITABLE, you can tailor it to your teaching style and set it as a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.3.1

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English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

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Also included in: POETRY UNIT BUNDLE | ANALYSIS, WRITING POEMS, POETIC DEVICES, ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Out of the Dust - Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL

Created by

Joy Sexton

This Out of the Dust Novel Study is sure to engage your students with meaningful, standards-aligned learning activities. Now includes a DIGITAL version! Get students thinking deeply, close reading, acquiring new vocabulary, and discussing meaningful ideas as they read Karen Hesse’s compelling novel. Section-by-Section Response Pages challenge students to dig into the text to explain and make inferences. Perfect for partner work or small groups! The pre-reading Web Search acquaints students with

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Grades:

6th - 9th

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Custom Classroom by Angela

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Figurative Language Task Cards Quiz with Short Story Fiction Passages Practice

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Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to figurative language in short stories? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students can be challenging.These 20 figurative language task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and const

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

Martina Cahill - The Hungry Teacher

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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Cards Passages with Multiple Choice Fun Activities

Elements of Poetry Unit Interactive Notebook Activities | Verse Novel Book Clubs

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Teach literary devices and poetry devices while your students participate in the analysis of texts alongside deep discussions in verse novel book clubs with this complete poetry and verse novels reading and analysis writing unit. This unit includes 19 done-for-you lesson plans, daily lesson slide presentations and interactive notebook lessons, poetry and literature reference pages, 50 literature analysis reading response examples with explanations and teaching for students, and book club resourc

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

7th - 8th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

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Also included in: Middle School ELA Curriculum Grammar Literature Nonfiction Writing Units Bundle

Writing, Poetry and Novel Study Activities - ELA Bundle

Created by

Addie Williams

Over 150 pages of WRITING, NOVEL STUDY, AND POETRY RESOURCES will benefit any middle/high school ELA teacher! This bundle includes three of my top-selling ELA packs and can be used with various age groups and abilities due to the ease with which they can be differentiated! Includes 18 different activities! Just print and go!Looking for a DIGITAL VERSION? CLICK HERE.WRITING ACTIVITIES - includes all templates, rubrics, and mentor texts needed to teach the following types of writing. Easy to

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Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

Literature, Poetry, Reading

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Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital

Created by

English Teacher Things

Hook your students on poetry this year by introducing them to Langston Hughes, one of America's best-loved poets! In this engaging middle school poetry unit, students will analyze six Langston Hughes poems: "Madam and the Rent Man," "Dreams," "Harlem (Dream Deferred)," "Harlem Night Song," "Mother to Son," and "I, Too."All resources include the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)This bundle includes the following poetry resources:"Madam and

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

Close Reading, Poetry, Writing

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Song Lyric Analysis Lesson - Introduction to Poetry Through Song Lyrics -Digital

Created by

Mondays Made Easy

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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Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

Other (ELA), Poetry, Writing

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Also included in: MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA BUNDLE English Lesson Plans 29 weeks of Middle School Literacy

Poetry Unit Writing 5 Types of Poems Haiku, Limerick, Free Verse, I am, Shape

Created by

Chalk and Apples

Engage your students in poetry writing with this comprehensive poetry unit! Your students will spend time learning about and analyzing 5 different types of poetry and then they will practice writing their own poems. Lead your students to discover haiku, limerick, I am, shape and free verse poetry. Quick and easy set up makes this poetry unit perfect for any classroom in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. Plus, there is a teaching powerpoint to help with direct instruction. Here’s what you'll get in this poet

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.1

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