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Common Core CCRA.W.9 resources in English (UK)
Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix Novel Study
About the Graphic Novel: In a timely update of Jane Austen''s Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying ne
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Night of the Living Rez Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty. The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.ABOUT THE NOVEL: Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve strik
Grades:
6th - 8th
Julius Caesar: Bundle of Tests for All Five Acts (Assessments CCSS)
Common Core, Smarter BalancedThis "Julius Caesar" test is a Common-Core aligned, Smarter-Balanced type of assessment. It contains a test for each of the five acts from Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar."Click the preview buttons for free for each act and take a larger look at this assessment.Each act’s assessment is worth the percentage of each act's length. In the play, Acts One, Two and Three are almost equal in length. These three acts make up 65% of the play. Acts Four and Five are
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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I Must Betray You: Student Reading and Blogging Guide
This is a reading guide that goes well with the chapter quizzes in my store. Additionally, this handout explains a blogging activity that prompts a deeper analysis of Ruta Sepety's novel.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: I Must Betray You Bundle
Romeo and Juliet: Creative Project IV: Personal Ads- Analysis & Creative Writing
An exercise in persuasive and creative writing that can produce wonderful work for a classroom display. It contains a Slide Show, Activities, Examples and Explanations as well as Printable Instructions. This creative project asks students to consider advertisements related to 'Romeo and Juliet' and found in an imaginary newspaper of 1599 entitled, 'The Verona View.' . I used this resource with students in grades 8-12. They thoroughly enjoyed creating their advertisements and debated loudly abo
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8th - 12th
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Entire English Unit: Diary Writing
English Diary Writing – Complete 1 Week Unit of WorkThis download includes a complete English unit on diary or journal writing. Children will analyse character development, traits and behaviours and then write their own diary entry in character. Everything you need to teach the whole unit is included.This download includes:- Full lesson plans with references to relevant resources- Resources for understanding character and emotion- Activities for every lesson with clear progression- Examples of g
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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The Berry Pickers Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop with The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.About the Novel: A four-year-old girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that remains unsolved for nearly fifty years July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, is seen sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of a field before mysteriousl
Grades:
6th - 9th
Heroes and Villains Unit BUNDLE
Digital at-home learning made easy! Combine a four-week unit on heroes and villains with four novel studies that follow heroes and their challenges, both fiction and non-fiction.Included:Heroes and Villains 4-week unit: research and report writing, persuasive writing, narrative writing, poetry *Includes lesson plans, resources, editable rubricsThe Girl of Ink and Stars Novel StudySamurai Rising Novel StudyThe Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel StudyChildren of Blood and Bone Novel StudyAll objectives
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Lights! Camera! Action! Unit Plan
This 152-page bundle includes five different resources, where students will research, design, write, and evaluate.Learning intentions are planned alongside the 2014 National Curriculum of England, but CCSS and NGSS standards from the United States are provided where appropriate.This pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics. A digital copy of the pack is available for editing and sharing on digital platforms by clicking th
Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Informational Text Group Project
This project is a three day project (two days for working and one day for presentations). Students are asked to analyze an informational text and teach it to the class. It covers the following standards: W.7.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence and make relevant connections to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. W.7.6: Use technol
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Colony Collapse Disorder - Persuasion Text
**Updated with new graphics
In this resource, children will learn about the importance of honey bees before being introduced to Colony Collapse Disorder. Children will then write a persuasive text using modal verbs and Point, Evidence, Explain either persuading their audience to end Colony Collapse Disorder.
In the past, I have introduced this outcome by teaching lessons on three consecutive days in the styles of Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Communism. The children then write their persuas
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4th - 7th
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Julius Caesar: Test for Act 2 (Assessment aligns with Common Core)
Common Core, Smarter BalancedThis "Julius Caesar" test is a Common-Core aligned, Smarter-Balanced test. It contains an assessment for Act Two from Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar."Click the preview button for free and take a closer look.Assessment Weight for Act TwoEach act’s assessment is worth the percentage of each act's length. In the play, Acts One, Two and Three are almost equal in length. These three acts make up 65% of the play. Acts Four and Five are shorter but also equal i
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Shakespeare Introduction PowerPoint with Julius Caesar Assessment
Heroes & Villains: Write a Persuasive Speech from a Villain
Students will research different significant speeches from history before writing a persuasive speech from the point of view of the villain.The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources, and lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics. All learning outcomes are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS are noted, where appropriate.A link is provided to access an editable file for sharing over digital platforms with download.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Heroes and Villains Topic
Explain How the Eye Works with Diagrams
Children will participate in a science investigation about pupil dilation before doing a study of how light affects how we see.Children will write an explanation text about how the eye works, including detailed diagrams, with scaffolds, lesson plans, and detailed rubrics provided.Learning intentions are planned alongside the 2014 National Curriculum of England, but CCSS and NGSS standards from the United States are provided where appropriate.A digital copy of the pack is available for editing an
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Lights! Camera! Action! Unit Plan
End of Year ELA Culminating Activity: Blog Writing
A great end of year culminating activity that can be used to build your student-writer's voice, audience and purpose for writing. This guided month-long project is best used to facilitate collaborative groups (suggested no more than 5 per team) with 8 targeted writing assignments. Activities include an introduction to blogging, a team web quest, setting up a blog and specific posts which include opinion, how-to, original media, feature story and more. Each activity comes with a detailed rubri
Grades:
9th - 11th
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Heroes and Villains Topic
This bundle includes four different resources where students will focus on heroes and villains, including everyday, historical, and anti-heroes:Research and write a report about everyday heroismWrite a political speech from the point of view of a villainCreate a black-out poem and write an odeWrite a powerful paragraph in the second personThe pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics.All learning outcomes are aligned with
Grades:
4th - 8th
Kensuke's Kingdom Thematic Bundle
In the past, I have used the resources in this bundle while doing a study of Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, but the resources can be used independently as well with some slight modifications. This bundle includes four different resources where students will:Shipwrecked! – Narrative (40 pages)Island Flora & Fauna – Informative (35 pages)Field Guide of Island Organisms (49 pages)Survival Invention – Explanation (66 pages)The pack includes different graphic organisers, resources for low
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Julius Caesar: Test for Act 1 (Assessment aligns with Common Core)
Common Core, Smarter BalancedThis "Julius Caesar" test is a Common-Core aligned, Smarter-Balanced test. It contains an assessment for Act One from Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar."Click the preview button for free and take a closer look.Assessment Weight for Act OneEach act’s assessment is worth the percentage of each act's length. In the play, Acts One, Two and Three are almost equal in length. These three acts make up 65% of the play. Acts Four and Five are shorter but also equal i
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Shakespeare Introduction PowerPoint with Julius Caesar Assessment
Viking Unit BUNDLE
Digital at-home learning made easy! Combine a half-term unit on Vikings with two novel studies that inform the class about Vikings during the unit.Included:On the Move 6-week unit: persuasive writing, narrative writing, research, STEM, explanation writing *Includes lesson plans, resources, editable rubricsThe Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable Fib Novel StudyViking Boy Novel StudyAll objectives are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS and NGSS are li
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
My Own Lightning Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop with My Own Lightning by Lauren Wolk.About the Novel: It’s been several months since the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, and the routine of daily life in Wolf Hollow has slowly returned. But for Annabelle McBride it’s hard to move forward and make peace with what feels like threadbare justice.Newly warm summer days are about to bring a jolt of change on the winds of a powerful storm. In its wake, the search for he
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Lauren Wolk BUNDLE
Julius Caesar: Test for Act 3 (Assessment aligns with Common Core)
Common Core, Smarter BalancedThis "Julius Caesar" test is a Common-Core aligned, Smarter-Balanced test. It contains an assessment for Act Three from Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar."Click the preview button for free and take a closer look.Assessment Weight for Act ThreeEach act’s assessment is worth the percentage of each act's length. In the play, Acts One, Two and Three are almost equal in length. These three acts make up 65% of the play. Acts Four and Five are shorter but also equ
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Shakespeare Introduction PowerPoint with Julius Caesar Assessment
Reading Comprehension Passage - Fictional Text, Inferencing and Writing Activity
Dear Educators, this fictional comprehension passage (an extract from a popular fiction novel) will hep your students learn the process of interpreting texts and making inferences. While developing reading skills, students also get to study the bond between long-lost daughter and her mother, feel for kids who are less privileged and reflect on their role in the general society. The pack contains:a print-friendly comprehension passage 10 comprehension questions (contextual, interpretative, infere
Grades:
5th - 8th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Close Reading and Listening Comprehension Bundle
Writing Planning Templates
Writing Planning Templates specific to each text type. Originally designed for use in a Grade 6 classroom but could be used from Grade 4 onwards.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Bridge to Terabithia Novel Study
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Bridge to Terabithia by Katharine Paterson. *Updated to include additional opportunities to show understanding under "Digging Deeper", including theme, setting analysis, and excerpts from the text.ABOUT THE NOVEL: Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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