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Reading strategies Common Core RI.11-12.3 resources
To Kill a Mockingbird 400+ Page Novel Study Unit BUNDLE - Print & Digital
MASSIVE No-Prep To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Unit - Over 400 pages and 7 Weeks of material. Classroom-tested by over 2000 teachers, over 275 reviews for a 4.8/5 rating! SAVE over 30% by purchasing the ENTIRE BUNDLE!Teaching with Simply Novel's To Kill a Mockingbird complete unit gives the rigor you are looking for, while helping your students enjoy the story itself. In both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms!In this comprehensive To Kill a Mockingbird T
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8th - 11th
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20 SUPERHERO Hi Low Reading Comprehension Passages for Grades 5-12: 410L-600L
SET 12: 20 - High interest, low level reading passage for grades 5-12. These passages are perfect for older struggling readers. Included are reading comprehension and fluency. SUPERHERO-THEMED - Google, PDF, and Easel.Passages are at reading level grade 2-3 - without sounding OR LOOKING like it.This resource contains:A printable PDF for packets or classroom work – with lines for students to Easel version.Google Slide Link.These 20 High Interest, Low Level reading passages are for grades 5-12.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: BUNDLE High Interest Low Level Reading Comprehension at TWO LEVELS
Great Minds in Science - 19 Science Sub Plans BUNDLE | Print & Distance Learning
Updated for distance learning. This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for paperless online learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. When we teach science, the important scientific figures behind the science are only mentioned in a cursory way. My Great Minds in Science Series of 19 ARTICLES functions to enliven and deepen the understanding of the people behind the discoveri
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7th - 12th
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel Study - No-Prep Teaching Unit - 95 Pages
Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel Unit - 95 pages of worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, resources, supplemental teaching ideas, and more for Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Used in over 1,000 classrooms, with a 4.7/5 Rating! Please note that this product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom. This Their Eyes Were Watching God Teaching Guide includes:Supplemental informational texts and resources for addressing historical context and th
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10th - 12th
Annotation Chart with Sentence Starters / Stems - Annotating Documents
Useful chart that helps students categorize and write 5 different types of annotations (reading strategies) for any class. They are clarify, question, connect, infer & predict, and evaluate annotations. ► The chart explains to students what the annotation is (a definition), how to do it, and how to start it (sentence starters). The sentence starters have really helped my students understand the different types of annotations they can make as wells as how to practice them. ► This chart can be
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Purposeful Annotation - Printable Chart & Bookmark
Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention Annotation w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for Patrick Henry’s famous Speech in the Virginia Convention also known as his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
"Speech to the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry: Text, PPT, Questions, Voc.
This is a unit on persuasive speech using Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" as the anchor text.This has Word documents, PDF documents, and one PowerPoint, which total 22 pages and 27 slides.The text includes background and footnotes.There are 10 vocabulary words (with answer key) and a quiz that has 10 true-false questions, 10 multiple-choice questions, and 10 vocabulary questions (with answer key).There is also a PowerPoint that covers persuasive speech and is broken into the
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9th - 12th
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Cause and Effect Task Cards
Cause and effect is a reading comprehension skill often found on standardized tests. Amp up the rigor of this important skill with (40) engaging scenario task cards that students can analyze in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Like Task Cards? Like PowerPoints? Try the Teach & Reach Bundle for
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Common Core Reading Skills Task Card Bundle
Close Reading, Metacognition, and Text Annotations Teacher Presentation
Introducing our comprehensive introductory mini-lesson designed specifically for middle school English teachers like you, focusing on close reading, metacognition, and effective text annotation. What's Inside:Our meticulously crafted non-editable presentation comes in Google Slides, Canva, and PDF formats, covering all the essential components of a successful lesson: from setting the stage with an anticipatory set to providing direct instruction, guiding practice, conducting assessment, and fost
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle
The Declaration of Independence Common Core Annotated Speech w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the Declaration of Independence. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos)
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6th - 12th
Common Core Close Reading (The High School Annotation Survival Guide)
Close reading a text is an essential skill to teach, especially in a high school English class following a Common Core aligned curriculum. My annotation strategy teaches students to record the gist of each paragraph or chunk of text on the right and talk back to the text using symbols on the left. For the gist, students first must determine the type of noun the chunk of text is about. They then decide what is being said about the noun.
This mini bundle includes the following:
- The General An
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fun ACT Prep Reading: Final Assessment ACT-Style Passage, Combined Skills
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" is an assessment passage scaffolding all the ACT reading skills from throughout the book, including main ideas, supporting details, context clues, drawing conclusions, author's approach, cause and effect, comparative relationships, and sequence. The passage is an original text about the ever-changing video game industry, with ACT-style questions. The section includes an answer key with explanations and a self-assessment checklist and is recommende
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9th - 12th
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Fun ACT Reading Prep: Cause and Effect Skill-by-Skill Practice
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" breaks down the reading skill of cause and effect. Students will practice the skill in the context of a high-interest passage about a break-up modeled after the ACT, then reflect upon their learning by reviewing the answer key and explanations. The skill will be reinforced with reflective questions, and students' ACT knowledge is strengthened with "Test Tips."
"Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" combines fun, high-interest topics relevant to teens wi
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9th - 12th
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Text Features of Informational Articles About Modern Day India: Reading Passages
This lesson is a contains several short informational articles about India today. The articles are all high interest (monsoons, worlds hottest chili pepper, UFO spotted in India). Using these articles and the accompanied graphic organizers, students will identify and analyze the different text features of these articles and the purpose end effectiveness to which they have been used.--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Analyzing Editorial Cartoons
This lesson includes a powerpoint, activity, and quiz that helps students learn about editorial cartoons. The ability to "read" images involves critical thinking skills emphasized in the common core standards.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Geoffrey Chaucer Author Adventure
This Geoffrey Chaucer Author Adventure is a perfect activity to engage your students in learning about Chaucer and Canterbury Tales, his life, his accomplishments, and his poetry.In this activity, your students will be going on an adventure and learning all about the esteemed poet. In these five activities, your students will go on a road trip to where Geoffrey Chaucer lived, learn about his life, watch a short video about him, analyze his poetry, and dive deeper into his famous quotes.This acti
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Lesson Bundle - Close Reading and Essay Writing
These lessons and activities make teaching argumentative writing and rhetorical analysis easy! Use argument writing bell ringers, an argument research essay unit, rhetorical appeals task cards, research activities, paired texts, graphic organizers, and a rhetorical appeals trashketball game to differentiate instruction and meet the needs of individual students. These fourteen varied activities and lessons also help improve reading comprehension and prepare students for standardized assessments.A
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9th - 12th
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Memoir Reading & Writing ELA Mega Pack
Included in this very extensive bundle: (everything you need for an immersive memoir unit experience for your students)The Glass Castle Memoir Full Unit Slides, Pacing Guide, Handouts, Lessons, Unique Activities, and much, much more50+ The Glass Castle Discussion & Writing Prompts - can be used as a choice board; to spark classroom discussions as whole class, partner work; can be used for memoir reading response journalsParenting Article + Activity - practice with claim and counterclaim, arg
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Current Events for Reading Comprehension_News Articles_Middle & High School_2024
Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Also great for independent readers or gifted learners to use during enrichment time. Use for differentiated instruction by allowing students to choose different articles based on interest.(Politics) New Rules for Drinking Water by the Environmental Protection Agency. (Business) Robotics C
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6th - 12th
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In Cold Blood Study Guide - Close Reading Focus
This detailed study guide does not ask comprehension questions; instead, it focuses on text-dependent questions forcing students to go back to the passage and look at imagery, characterization or other resources of language - a technique great for the Common Core. A thorough answer key is provided.Related ResourcesIn Cold Blood and Capote Viewing GuideIn Cold Blood Resource BundleIn Cold Blood Comparative AnalysisIn Cold Blood Source Based ArgumentIn Cold Blood Creative Writing AssignmentIn Col
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: In Cold Blood Resource Bundle - UPDATED
Fun ACT Reading Prep: Compare and Contrast Skill-by-Skill Practice
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" breaks down the Reading skill of comparison. Students will practice the skill in the context of a high-interest passage about the Joker from the Batman films of the '80s and the Dark Knight films of the last decade with questions modeled after the ACT, then reflect upon their learning by reviewing the answer key and explanations. The skill will be reinforced with a graphic organizer, and students' learning will continue with a "Test Tips" section.
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9th - 12th
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Critical Lenses Mega pack!(Graphic Organizers, Posters, Mindmaps, Concept Maps!)
Critical Lens MEGAPACK!This megapack includes resources for twelve critical lenses. Featuring the following lenses:Reader's ResponseSociologicalFormalistCultural StudiesPsychologicalArchetypes / MythsGender CriticismGenre TheoryHistoricalExistentialism EcocriticismPhilosophical What you get!12 task cards12 posters3 concept maps featuring all twelve lenses1 mind map my life activity1 mind map assignment2 Theory Relays (Analyze a text from six different perspectives.)13 Graphic Organizers (1 for e
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7th - 12th
World_ Russia Advances in Ukraine_Current Events Reading Comprehension_2024
Current events PDF lesson plan. Russian troops captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine. This conquest marks Russia’s biggest gains since capturing the industrial city of Avdiivka. Russia’s advances in the eastern Donetsk region come days after the US passed a $61B aid package to Ukraine.Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling read
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7th - 11th
Fun ACT Reading Prep Assessment: Cause Effect, Comparison, and Sequence
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" is an assessment passage scaffolding the skills of Cause & Effect, Comparative Relationships, and Sequence. The passage is an original natural science piece of ACT reading level with ACT-style questions covering the three topics from the "Relating Ideas" section of the book. Students will enjoy the high-interest passage about some of the absolute strangest natural phenomena that have ever taken place. The section includes an answer key with ex
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9th - 12th
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