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Reading Common Core W.8.5 resources
REFUGEE by Alan Gratz - Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL
REFUGEE - This Refugee Novel Unit will instantly engage your students with thought-provoking, standards-based learning activities. Now includes both a print and digital version! Students will enjoy analyzing the text, discussing important ideas, and acquiring new vocabulary as they read Alan Gratz’s gripping novel!The DIGITAL version offers colorful, beautifully-designed slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. Test and all quizzes are accessed with links to Google Fo
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6th - 9th
Romeo and Juliet, Complete R&J Unit Plan for Shakespeare's Play, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of tragic love will enthrall your students when you use this collection of five weeks of lesson materials designed to challenge and entertain advanced middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores.This Romeo & Juliet unit is one of my favorites of the year. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen.This bundle includes:• A day-by-
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7th - 10th
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Trevor Noah's Born A Crime Engaging Novel Study Unit Bundle - Distance Learning
300+ pages of print and digital resources to make teaching Born A Crime meaningful, engaging, and low prep. This unit is the one-stop shop for teaching Born A Crime. It has everything you need and more! This novel study unit is based on the original version of Born A Crime. If you are looking for an engaging and discounted novel study unit for the Adapted for Young Readers version of Born A Crime, ★ Check out this resource here! ★Engage your students in Trevor Noah's popular novel Born A Crime t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Glass Castle Lesson Plans & Resources Novel Study Unit - Distance Learning
350+ pages of print and digital resources! This product includes everything you will need to teach the popular, inspiring memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls including ready-to-go digital materials for Google Classroom/distance learning! Everything in this bundle has been tested out in my own classroom and deemed successful for engagement, challenge, and accuracy. It is guaranteed to save you A TON of time. This resource just had a HUGE update! If you have purchased this unit previously,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Midsummer Night’s Dream Unit Plan, Four Weeks of MSND Materials/Activities, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into A Midsummer Night’s Dream? William Shakespeare’s hilarious tale of love and magic will engage your students when you use this MASSIVE bundle of fun and creative lessons. This package includes four weeks of complete materials designed to challenge and entertain middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores.This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly homework assignments (read this
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7th - 10th
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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
Unbroken Complete Study Unit
Captivate your students with the incredible story of Louie Zamperini in Unbroken. This complete unit will engage your class right from the start with interactive activities, thought-provoking discussions, and even fun creative assignments! You and your students will LOVE this deep dive into the world of Louie and World War II!With this teacher time-saving unit, students will go beyond basic comprehension questions and learn and practice ELA content and skills! This Unbroken Unit is divided into
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8th - 10th
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Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Ground Zero Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Ground Zero by Alan Gratz. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this 6-WEEK unit. The fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, the History of September 11th nonfiction readings and extension activities, vocabulary, assessments, project choice board, and essays will all provide opportunities for your stu
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7th - 9th
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The Hobbit Bundle: Quizzes, Close Readings, Vocab Games, Projects, Test (Google)
Evaluate reading comprehension, promote vocabulary development, reinforce close reading practices, and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this comprehensive bundle for teaching J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit. Included are the following: an introductory Google Slides presentation, a guided reading handout, plot-based quizzes, vocabulary application activities, close reading analysis worksheets for every chapter, crossword puzzles, word search games, creative project options (w
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6th - 12th
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The Diary of Anne Frank Play Study Unit Bundle of Projects, Exam, Activities
This Diary of Anne Frank Play Study Unit Bundle is chock-full of engaging Projects, Assesments, & Activities. There are ten complete and ready-to-go (no prep!) resources for you and your students as you begin your Diary of Anne Frank Unit. If you need new ways to get them excited about reading, this Anne Frank unit will have them thinking deeply, connecting with characters, and even writing creatively. HERE IS WHAT IS INCLUDED:(THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK THE PLAY COMPLETE UNIT BUNDLE for The Di
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7th - 10th
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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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Whole Novel Unit Bundle | Printable & Digital
This Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Whole Unit Bundle is everything you need to teach Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood! During this unit, your students will read and analyze both graphics and text, practice argumentative writing, and create their own comic book!This Persepolis unit is designed as a five-week unit (although it can be very flexible) and focuses only on Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (not the sequel). Look at this FREE Persepolis Pacing Guide for details on standards, outc
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8th - 11th
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Argumentative Writing Instructional Workbook Grades 7-10: The Paper Chain
This is a 80-page exciting student-friendly ebook instructional manual and workbook for writing an argument / argumentative paper - perfect for grades 7 - 10. This unit addresses WRITING, READING, and LANGUAGE in Common Core Language. These are reading and writing techniques that can be used for cross-curricular writing in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education... you name it! Want a HARD COPY printed, bound, and delivered directly to you? CLICK HERE.With this student-friend
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7th - 10th
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Dystopia Literature Circles Any Dystopian Fiction Book Club Activites
Your students won't want to stop reading and discussing when you use dystopian literature in your book clubs. They'll be engaged with the group activities, and the independent practice activities will keep them reading. You'll wrap up the genre study with a debate, essay, or group project.Best part? It's all done for you!Students love dystopian literature ... and ... it kind of feels like we're living in a dystopia today! So, let's bring those popular novels into our hybrid, in person, or di
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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Writing a Shape or Concrete Poem - Creative Writing - Mentor Texts
Make reading and writing poetry fun with this lesson for Shape (Concrete) Poems. After reading poems, students use mentor texts as models for their own writing as they take their creative ideas through the writing process with a focus on the six traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions).The lesson starts with a “puzzling” warm up (using online links to Rebus puzzles); then, students read and analyze sample shape poems including "Seal" by Willi
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: Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Rhetorical Analysis Essay Writing with Rhetorical Appeals Persuasion and Devices
Teaching Rhetorical Analysis in middle school is finally broken down with this complete reading and essay writing unit. This unit includes 23 done-for-you lesson plans, reference pages, completed essays, speeches, and analysis reading response examples with explanations and teaching for students. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Here's what you'll get:Rhetorical Analysis Unit: 23 Lesson Plans and Res
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6th - 8th
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The Outsiders | Novel Study | Complete Unit Bundle | 100+ Pages of Activities
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton | Novel Study | Complete Unit Bundle | 100+ Pages of ActivitiesNeed an engaging, complete novel study for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders? This complete novel unit is filled with lessons, novel study resources, and assessments that will take your students on a reading journey from the beginning of The Outsiders to the very last page. Spark your students' interest in reading with a Timeline Unit Project that will encourage engagement throughout the novel. Have them take a
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7th - 10th
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Literature Circles for Any Historical Fiction Book Club Activities
Ready for book clubs, but not sure where to start? Book clubs and literature circles will be a breeze with this unit that has everything you need to start book clubs with historical fiction today! With these mini lessons, you can provide whole class instruction and your students can read different books. Perfect for differentiation since students can read books that are at their reading level!What teachers are saying about my literature circle resources:"It is amazing! Comprehensive for BDA s
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for.Seriously. They DON’T!Spice up your lesson plans with this DIFFERENT differentiated unit for Thanksgiving!Your students will:• View and analyze a video clip about innovative humane practices at turkey farms and processing plants.• View a
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4th - 9th
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Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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Journey Poems - Reading, Analyzing, and Writing Poetry
This five-day unit is a perfect way to teach students to effectively analyze poetry and write original poems as well.In this unit students will read and analyze three famous poems with the common theme of journeys. During each lesson, students will complete multiple readings and analyze the poem in four different ways. The repeated readings enable students to have a much deeper understanding of the poem and the scaffolded analysis skills allow students to build on their interpretations of the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Incredible Journeys Bundle - Short Story, Research, Poetry, Nonfiction
Crossing the Wire - Novel Guide - Print & Digital (Standards-Aligned)
Here’s a Crossing the Wire novel guide sure to get your students thinking deeply, close reading, acquiring new vocabulary, and discussing meaningful ideas. Now includes a digital version! Chapter Response Pages allow students to analyze characters, settings, dialogue, figurative language, and important plot details through the entire novel.The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides where students type their responses directly into text boxes.To access the DIGITAL version of this resource, you wi
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6th - 8th
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Interactive Phonics Activities
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Word Hunts
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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
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Comparative Analysis
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