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Reading Common Core W.8.3d resources
Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Greek Mythology is a favorite subject among middle school students and yours will love the materials in this Greek Mythology Unit! These no-prep, print-and-go activities will save YOU time AND engage your students while helping them practice important literacy skills at the same time! Students will learn about twelve major Greek gods and goddesses, several famous Greek Myths, and The Hero's Journey story structure along with the stories of 8 Greek heroes and heroines.This Greek Mythology Unit BU
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6th - 8th
La Llorona Story and Activity - Halloween Alternative - Hispanic Heritage Month
This La Llorona Story and discussion activity is perfect for Halloween (or Halloween alternative) in middle school! This spooky story includes background on La Llorona, an illustrated story, story variations, four discussion questions, and a creative writing prompt. FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS LA LLORONA STORY AND ACTIVITYRecommended for: Grades 6-9Language: English onlyEditable: noFormats: PDF and Google Slides (you only need one)Number of pages: 10This makes a great Halloween alternative lesson for
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6th - 9th
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Tuesdays with Morrie Mega Bundle Novel Study Unit - Activities, Quizzes, + more!
300+ pages of resources! If you are looking for complete, engaging, rigorous, relevant, low-prep, and meaningful Tuesdays with Morrie novel study unit resources for your students, look no further than this novel study unit! This product includes everything you will need to teach the popular, inspiring novel Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom including ready-to-go digital materials for Google Classroom/distance learning! This bundle is full of engaging resources that are guaranteed to save you a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Author's or Writer's Craft Introductory Unit
Everything you need to teach Writer's or Author's Craft. Over 30 pages of slides & activities.
Writer’s Craft is the art of writing.
Studying the writing of good writers makes students good writers. Looking closely at the artistic choices writers make helps students to become even better writers.
Observing writer’s craft also helps students to become better readers. Understanding writer’s craft can help readers to understand a writer’s purpose and voice.
Studying Writer's Craft will help
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6th - 12th
The Hero's Journey Greek Mythology Unit - Middle School
Achilles, Perseus, Atalanta, Theseus! The Greek Heroes and Heroines stories are among the most exciting in all Greek Mythology. Introduce middle school students to The Hero’s Journey or monomyth and eight Greek Hero myths with these fun and engaging resources and lesson plans!This No-Prep, Print-and-Go Greek Heroes unit will save YOU time and your students will enjoy the thrilling stories and engaging activities. Student assignments are balanced with practicing literacy skills, writing and creat
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Eighth Grade Reading Writing Grammar Full Year ELA Curriculum | Mentor Text Unit
Teaching all the eighth-grade middle school ELA Literature, Informational, Grammar, and Writing standards is completely broken down and done for you. Your entire year of eighth-grade reading, writing, and grammar curriculum is complete with this mentor text bundle of units. This ELA curriculum bundle includes five literature and literary devices units, a nonfiction or information reading unit, five essay writing units, the complete volume one grammar bundle, and five mentor text novel studies. E
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8th
English Curriculum for the Entire Year Bundle - CCSS Aligned for Grades 8 & 9
This entire year of ELA curriculum will take you from the first day procedures and syllabus to the final end-of-year activities. Every day and every lesson is planned and created for your 8th or 9th grade students which leaves you with a no prep, no planning school year! A detailed curriculum map outlines the entire year, as well as the CCSS standards met within each unit. Each lesson comes with detailed lesson plans and teaching suggestions to leave you feeling prepared for the lessons while sa
What is the Horror Genre By Sharon A. Russell HMH 8 Nonfiction Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the nonfiction article What is the Horror Genre? by Sharon A. Russell. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 8.This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include main idea, context clue vocabulary, notes, inferencing, summary writing, comprehension question, and narrative writing.This unit now includes a copy of all the activities for Google
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
Literary Elements Mini-Lesson Bundle
Looking to refresh your narrative writing unit or teach the basics of literary elements? Download my Literary Elements Mini-Lesson Bundle! With this all-inclusive resource, you'll be able to teach your students all about the literary devices plot, conflict, dialogue, setting, character, and pacing. Each of these six mini-lessons is both digital (Google Slides) and printable (PDF) and will help your students learn the content and practice with reading and writing exercises that will help them get
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7th - 10th
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All of My Poetry Resources Mega Bundle
This mega bundle of poetry resources includes all of my poetry-related resources from my store AND will include all of my future poetry materials.The following products ARE included:Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 1Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2Figurative Language in Song Lyrics Growing Bundle*READING AND WRITING POETRY*Writing Like Poets: How-To Presentation and Activities for StudentsPoetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert FrostPoetry 911: 40+ formulas for writing poemsThe War Poe
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8th - 11th
Greek Mythology Unit - Gods and Goddesses - Middle School
Greek Mythology is full of interesting characters, but perhaps none so intriguing as the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece! This FUN no-prep middle school unit examines each goddess and god individually. Students will be able to recognize each deity’s Greek and Roman name, his or her title or realm, the symbols associated with him or her and become familiar with the major myths involving each god or goddess. Not only will this resource save YOU time, but your students will enjoy learning abou
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Narrative Writing, Poetry Writing, and Fable Writing Units (Google Compatible)
Save with this bundle of 3 writing units. The bundle includes a Narrative Writing Unit, a Fable Writing Unit, and a Poetry Writing Unit. Together they span 31 days of instruction!Great news! These writing units include a traditional PDF version of the student writing packets, as well as links for Google Slides. This means that these units are ready for Google Classroom! The digital versions of the packets are accessible from any computer and allow students to complete their work online. You’ll
Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
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6th - 12th
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Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
My Favorite Chaperone - Alternative Assignments: Creative Writing, Vocab, & more
Thank you for stopping by and looking at my product! If you purchase it and find it useful, please consider leaving me a review, or just a quick 4 star rating at the top of the page! Remember to click on the FOLLOW button, so you'll be notified of my sales.These are alternative assignments that you can do with your students during or after reading the short story, "My Favorite Chaperone," by Jean Davies Okimoto from the 8th Grade English Language Arts Collections book by Houghton Mifflin Harcou
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7th - 9th
Middle School Memoir Unit | Memoir Writing Unit | Memoir Mini Lessons
This editable unit provides the foundation your students need to be successful with memoir/narrative writing this year! This unit includes 50 mentor text options! The mini lessons mainly utilize The Jacket by Gary Soto, but because this unit is editable, you can easily use other mentor texts for the mini lessons.There are ten mini lessons on the following topics: Mini Lesson #1: Traits of a Memoir Students will learn that memoirs have typical plot elements because they are a type of storytelling
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6th - 8th
Ghost by Jason Reynolds Quick Write Prompts for Novel Study
During your next novel study, try using these writing prompts paired with key moments from Ghost by Jason Reynolds as Quick Writes. Quick Writes, short bursts of writing, are excellent brainstorming tools for getting students’ creative juices flowing for writing. In this resource, students will share their experiences by either borrowing the author's writing style or by connecting a personal experience to a key moment in the novel.Each page of this resource includes:1 section of the novel to rer
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6th - 8th
Module 1 8th Grade Wit and Wisdom lesson slides
This product contains all lesson slides for Wit and Wisdom Module 1 Poetics and The Power of Storytelling. The slides will include journal prompts, writing prompts, Think-Pair-Share, Stop and Jot, Activities, art images, video clips, vocabulary, and more.
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8th
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Perks of Being a Wallflower Engaging Novel Study Unit Bundle of Activities
Printable and digital versions are now included for distance learning!This product includes A LOT and is guaranteed to save you a ton of time. This resource has been tested and deemed successful in my own personal classroom. I read through the novel and divided it into sections that fit well together creating a clear reading schedule which is included in this product.Also included are my creative activities for each part of the novel that challenge students to use higher-order thinking and relat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Novel Study Realistic Fiction Reading Unit
Teaching literature through Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this Socratic Seminar and literary devices novel study.This Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Middle School reading unit and novel study is exactly what you need to teach your sixth, seventh, and/or eighth-grade middle school learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading-response-focused format with this realistic fiction book.This unit digs deep into EVERY SIN
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Novel Study Reading Units Growing Bundle Activities | 7th 8th
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BUNDLE | UNIT & DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM
DANIEL KEYES' SHORT STORY "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON" IS MADE INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE IN THIS UNIQUE BUNDLE. With this bundle, you will get a 76 page unit plan and 25 minute escape room to complete over a 4-6 time period at over 25% savings when you buy them together.FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON UNIT PLAN: Explore the elements of literature and figurative language in Daniel Keyes' classic short story. This 4-6 week unit will guide students through understanding of characters, point of view, theme, p
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6th - 9th
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Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by Kwame Alexander Unit Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by Kwame Alexander. This is a story about a boy named Monk who accidentally gets the power to read other people's minds. This story is told in verse and is a very quick read. The short story is from the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Common Core Standards. Skills covered include mapping the plot, supporting your answer wi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Grades 6-8 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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6th - 8th
Short Story Unit Bundle for Distance Learning or Print & Go
Get all my short story resources in this money-saving bundle! All of my resources can be used for distance learning and in-person print and go. This bundle includes resources for both reading and writing short stories. You can use some with ANY story but I also included resources for specific stories. It is a growing bundle, so I'll be adding new resources to it soon!See the individual previews for each product.Created and copyrighted by Tracee Orman
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7th - 10th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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What types of reading resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
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Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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