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Critical thinking Common Core RL.8.7 resources for ESL-EFL-ELL
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Special Education Assessments Bundle(K-8th)Baseline Data & Progress Monitoring
Assessments for special education: Grades K-8. GREAT for YEAR-LONG PROGRESS MONITORING, BASELINE DATA, and IEPS! Special Education Teachers / Resource Specialists / General Education Teachers! This BUNDLE includes these YEAR-LONG products: K-3rd Reading Comprehension Assessments4th-8th Reading Comprehension AssessmentsWriting Prompts Version 1Writing Prompts Version 2Writing Prompts Version 3SPED Math Assessments Version 1SPED Math Assessments Version 2SPED Math Assessments Version 3Prefer or n
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PreK - 8th
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Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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Middle School English Entire Year: Full Year, Junior High, 6th, 7th, 8th Bundle
Perfect for in-class OR distance learning! Nearly 40% savings and tons of free material! Now nearly 100% Google compatible. This purchase provides you with your entire middle school curriculum and lessons in a single purchase! Easily adjustable material suited for advanced students (6th grade) looking for enriching work, or struggling students (8th grade) who need visuals and constant engagement. Included in your purchase are over 70 presentations and nearly 2,500 slides. These presentatio
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6th - 8th
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Counting By 7s Book Worksheets | Counting By 7s Bilingual Workbook | Quiz
A 240-PAGE review packet and ANSWER KEY for the moving book, Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan! This workbook can be used as a chapter-by-chapter reading review, chapter review quizzes, book club discussion group templates, or whole-class discussion resources! Did I mention that this is a bilingual resource!? YES! The entire resource is available in English and Spanish--including the answer keys!This meticulously crafted review packet is designed to help middle school students deepen their
Grades:
5th - 8th
30 READING STRATEGIES - BUNDLE - DIGITAL AND PRINT - GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
30 READING STRATEGIES - DIGITAL AND PRINT - GRAPHIC ORGANIZERSSAVE $15 with this BUNDLE of 30 Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers!Empower your students to become proficient readers with this comprehensive bundle, set of 30 Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers. Designed to foster critical thinking, improve comprehension, and enhance reading fluency, this pack is an invaluable resource for educators striving to cultivate strong literacy skills in their students. All resources contains both a PD
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
No Prep 2 Shakespeare Plays Mega Pack Romeo & Juliet & Macbeth Grades 7-12 ESL
Does the thought of having to adapt every inch of your Shakespeare unit fill you with dread? Use this instead. The materials in this pack, for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth, are designed with the needs of English Language Learners in mind. These materials can also serve mainstream students who may struggle with Shakespeare and need extra language support. The complete descriptions of each resources are listed below. How To Use:I like to use No Fear Shakespeare when teaching Shake
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Understanding Allegory & Symbolism with Fairy Tales
This is a complete set of worksheets and guiding questions that will enable students to understand allegory well. This is a concept many of my students have struggled with, but by first going through familiar Aesop Fables and then Dr. Seuss, they have been able to understand the more complex meanings behind stories.This a 7-sheet set that can be used in several ways and several lessons or extensions. I use all of them together to introduce George Orwell's Animal Farm, but other teachers have u
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7th - 11th
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Author Study Project Menu, Choice Board, & Rubric!
Want to wrap up your Author Study unit in a fun, engaging, & NEW way?! Your students (& administrators ;) will love these Author Study Project options! Even your most reluctant students won’t be able to resist the allure of choice when it comes to showing off what they discovered. The Choice Menu is also great for allowing students to engage with their own personal learning style.The Author Study Choice Board & Product Menu will give you confidence in the rigor, Depth of Knowledge,
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3rd - 9th
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Edgar Allen Poe Unit Test w/ The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart Distance Learning
My friend and fellow teacher and I wrote this test after attending a question vetting session. What an eye opener that was for us.We wrote the test with two different passages serving two purposes. They can be used together or separately. We used The Raven excerpt as a cold read to assess if the students could apply all they had studied and learned during our in-depth study of The Tell-Tale Heart. We included a portion on The Tell-Tale Heart because we had spent so much time working on this gr
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7th - 9th
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A Midsummer Night's Dream character map w/ film images
Created especially for struggling readers, this character chart is a visual companion to the play and 1999 film featuring Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfieffer.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Elements of Fiction: Analyzing The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
This comprehensive 16-page worksheet, accompanied by a 5-page memorandum, is designed to engage students in an exploration of the classic short story, "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, while teaching them the fundamental elements of fiction. This educational resource is ideal for the spooky season and Halloween festivities and can be used for independent work.The worksheet includes: Full Short Story: The worksheet includes the complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart," allowing st
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8th - 9th
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RL8.7 Comparing Text to Film - Flowers for Algernon and Charly (1968) film clips
Once students have finished reading Flowers for Algernon, take 3 days to watch and analyze clips from the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson. Three worksheets (graphic organizers) have been provided to assist students in the comparison - hitting RL8.7 (comparing text to film). Students are first asked to summarize the clip of the day, and then analyze when/how the film departed from or stayed true to the original text. There are specific directions to pay close attention to the actor Cli
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8th
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Stand By Me Movie Worksheets
If you have read Stephen King's The Body this is a great packet for you!
This packet includes:
Parent Permission Slips
30 BINGO sheets (each one is unique!)
One page to take notes (on each of the four boys)
One outline for a paragraph based on the notes
One Quiz (10 questions: 9 multiple choice, 1 open answer)
Answer Key and Teachers Notes
Don't be intimidated by the R rating, this movie is great for classes aged 12 and older (especially if you can find the made for TV version).
Other The
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES UNIT Distance Learning
This comprehensive unit is the product of years of work and teaching. If you don't have a copy of the novel, or have enough for all of your students to have a copy, you could probably find copies of most of the novel - in a variety of formats on the internet. When you have google Docs to mix with the elements on line, it's amazing the resources that are available. I have taught The Adventures of Ulysses to both seventh and eighth-grade classes at all levels from struggling level one readers to
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7th - 9th
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Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Understanding Allegory & Symbolism 2 with 2 New Fairy Tales!
This is a complete set of worksheets and guiding questions that will enable students to understand allegory well by comparing 2 short fables (included in the packet) with people or situations they may know. This is a concept many of my students have struggled with, but by first going through familiar and simple stories, they have been able to understand and make more complex connections.This a 10-sheet set that can be used in several ways and several lessons or extensions. 1.) A basic introduc
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
MAUS Chapter 2 Short Answer and Common-Core Test Style Questions
Save money and time by downloading the entire unit.zip file!: MAUS I: A Survivor's Tale - Common Core Unit for $12
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MAUS-I-A-Survivors-Tale-Common-Core-Unit-1125382
This specific download includes Chapter 2.
Questions include
- plot recall
- short answer
- analytical
- vocabulary
- 4 pages of worksheets with answer key
- 10 common-core test style questions!
As we read the chapter, we discuss the short answer questions aloud before students write. O
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6th - 12th
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MAKE INFERENCES - DIGITAL AND PRINT - ONE PAGER - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
The Make Inferences Graphic Organizer is crafted to sharpen students' analytical skills. Tailored for educators, this resource fosters critical thinking by guiding students in drawing conclusions from texts. This resource contains both a PDF & Google Drive version.With clear instructions and intuitive layouts, it accommodates diverse learning styles, promoting active engagement and deep comprehension. Each section prompts students to reflect on prior knowledge, analyze evidence, make predict
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: 30 READING STRATEGIES - BUNDLE - DIGITAL AND PRINT - GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Venn Diagram Templates -- Paper and Digital Versions
Classic Venn Diagram Templates that can be adapted to any compare/contrast lesson. Product is a Word doc that includes links to make a copy of Google Drawing files: one diagram has text boxes/placeholder text for students to complete digitally and the other is meant to be printed.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: The Big Computer Bundle
Analyzing Shakespeare's Macbeth Using a Psychological Lens
This scaffolded introduction to literary criticism gives students a structure to analyze the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth using textual evidence. The graphic organizer defines in simple language a number of psychological conditions that are thought to be represented in the play, from PTSD to sociopathy. Students examine the play by populating the organizer with textual evidence for each condition, then articulate a "diagnosis" for each character using sentence frames/stems. The activit
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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"The Utterly Perfect Murder" Worksheet (or Test) with Detailed Answer Key
Using this worksheet is an "utterly perfect" way for teachers to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Fifteen questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this Ray Bradbury piece. This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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