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Reading strategies Common Core WHST.6-8.2d resources
Hana's Suitcase: Exploring the Holocaust Literary Nonfiction Study Unit
This book companion for Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine can save you hours of prep for your literature circles or book clubs. Students will learn about the Holocaust through two different lenses while developing reading comprehension skills and vocabulary. This standards-aligned novel study for Hana's Suitcase engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text. Instead, it focuses on getting students to think de
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4th - 7th
The Roaring Twenties: Introductory Article (Magazine Format Reading)
If you are looking for an overview of the Roaring Twenties, this 4-page magazine format article will not only allow your students to practice reading with non-fiction text features, but is high interest and well-rounded.This article is set up similar to a magazine with 4 pages of reading that contain text features (ex. headings, fact boxes). I like to staple the article to form a booklet. Comprehension questions and answer keys are included!The article covers the following content:-What were the
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5th - 7th
The Phantom Tollbooth 3D Novel Study Dodecahedron Project w Rubrics
Novel study and final book project for The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterSK Design’s 3-D Novel Studies provide unique and fun ways to study great novels while creating attractive and informative novel projects like this dodecahedron for display at the end of the study. While traditional novel studies often focus on comprehension worksheets and quizzes, the focus of 3-D novel studies is creating three-dimensional representations of the novel with faces that provide information about literary
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4th - 7th
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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Google Classroom Novel Study
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel Guide. Ideal realistic fiction resource that masterfully tells the story of September 11th, the fallen towers and their legacy, which lives on in all of us. History is alive. This pack includes:Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions and answers. Character(s) analysis New VocabularyCause & Effect ChartKLW ChartThemes ActivityEssay TopicExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for: Teaching about American HistoryTeaching about Septem
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4th - 7th
Captain Superlative 3D Novel Study w Final Project Class and Distance Learning
Novel study and final book project for Captain Superlative by J. S. Puller SK Design’s 3-D Novel Studies provide unique and fun ways to study great novels while creating attractive and informative novel projects for display at the end of the study. While traditional novel studies often focus on comprehension worksheets and quizzes, the focus of 3-D novel studies is creating three-dimensional representations of the novel with faces that provide information about literary elements, language usage
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4th - 7th
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Roman Chariot Race Reading Comprehension
Contains an article about ancient Roman chariot racing, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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5th - 7th
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Main Idea! Details! Drawing Conclusions! #21 The Terrible, Beautiful, Merciless
Understanding the stark reality of predation - kill or be killed - in the natural world, gives students and all human beings a chance to think about the wonders of civilization, and to want to continue and promote our cultures and traditions. Well, this accessible, non-fiction piece, written in verse, deals with the gruesome and ruthless life of one of nature's most beautiful insects: the praying mantis. Accompanying the piece are 24 professionally written, evidence based multiple-choice questio
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7th - 11th
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All About the Benjamins! Compare/Contrast Reading Unit
This is a lesson is a close read comparison/contrast lesson that allows students to read about two men who were contemporaries during colonial times and had very much in common, yet their lives followed very different paths. Students read two passages closely --one about Benjamin Franklin and the other about Benjamin Banneker, and then complete a Venn diagram (A Ben Venn) comparing/contrasting the Benjamins. They then write an essay comparing/contrasting the two men.
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8th - 12th
Martin Van Buren: Eighth President in the Presidential Series
Reading an historical summary of the administration of Martin Van Buren would be dry and lifeless because it is merely a factual account, but Van Buren's life and presidency were actually quite interesting. Want Proof? This latest edition in my "presidential series" is written in the first person in real time as a letter from President Van Buren to your students. Your class will feel the President is speaking to them from 1836!The passage is accessible and riveting, filled with interesting facts
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7th - 10th
Main Idea! Details! Drawing Conclusions! #23: Insects!
Reading comprehension is afforded much practice and reinforcement in this narrative verse passage about insects. The writing is accessible, engaging, provocative and startlingly realistic. Though the topic is insects, my goal was to write a passage that your students would read and thoroughly enjoy with no prompting from you, the teacher. Since accountability is the operative word in teaching today, and since you want to know whether your students grasped the material, there are 40 professionall
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7th - 10th
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