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High school reading graphic organizers for Easel Activities
Close Reading Passages For Middle School - Close Reading Guide and Strategies
Close Reading For Middle School Students Featuring Excerpts from Stories from Classic Literature. These NO PREP close reading activities are great for practicing close reading and annotation skills. Everything needed to get your students started with Close Reading is included – detailed step by step instructions, annotation guide, reading passages, and graphic organizers. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and teach!Story excerpts include:•Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving•The B
Grades:
6th - 9th
Theme Graphic Organizer (using text evidence)
Theme is difficult for many students to infer from a text. Use this graphic organizer to help students organize the information from the story and help them discover a theme or even multiple themes and support them with text evidence
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5th - 12th
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Chapter Summary Template
I use this template to have the students take time to reflect on each chapter as they read. It allows them to recall and summarize the chapter events, give their thoughts and opinions on the chapter, and predict what might come next in the book. It has also been updated as an Easel activity. Enjoy!!
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity
Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word
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6th - 9th
Regions of Europe Centers Activity for European Geography or Culture Study
Introduce your students to the regions of Europe with this easy to prep Centers or Stations Activity. At each regional center, students will read geographic information on the region, view maps and discover physical features and statistics, view data from the region on cultural and human characteristics, and read current articles on the regions of Europe (using internet links provided in teacher directions). Included:Reading Cards on each RegionImage Cards on each RegionMap Cards on each Regi
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6th - 10th, Higher Education
Biography Research Project
This step-by-step biography research project is a fun and creative way to teach students about any remarkable individual. Allow students to choose an interesting person to research or assign one to them. The directions and graphic organizers are easy to follow. This project was created for my advanced ELL students and they love it! Click on the preview button to see examples of the completed project.Here is what is included:★Biography Project Outline★Information Gathering Organizer★Introduct
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Story Elements: Setting/Characters/Plot/Theme Organizer
Here is a great tool to help breakdown and analyze a book/short story/or even an article! Students are guided through charting key characters and information relevant to the setting for their source. Next students will analyze how the characters and setting feed into the conflict/problem. From the conflict students will identify the solution or answer. Finally looking back at their filled in organizer students will be able to recognize the theme/lesson/moral of their source. Enjoy!______________
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
The Landlady by Roald Dahl Short Story Unit for Middle School
The Landlady by Roald Dahl is the perfect suspense story for middle school! This unit will help your students learn how to make predictions with a world cloud, infer with an inference detective chart, develop characterization, learn vocabulary, identify the major events in the plot with an Instagram template, reflect on character relationships with a text chat template, compare the short film & story, and write a creative business letter to make the short story and TV mini-series!__________
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6th - 9th
Frayer Model Vocabulary Organizer Printable and Digital Activity
This freebie includes 10 Frayer model vocabulary organizers. Each organizer includes space for a definition, facts/characteristics, examples, and non-examples. A blank space in the middle allows you to customize the terms studied to your unit or content area. I print 6 per page (2x3), double-sided for a quick reference sheet. You may wish to print full-page and staple together as a unit vocabulary journal, or develop a creative way to use the organizers in collaborative groups or interactive not
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4th - 12th
Reading Mystery Unit Detective Log & Questions
Common Core Reading: Mystery Unit Detective Log & Critical-Thinking Questions
Use my detective log graphic organizer and critical-thinking questions during your mystery or detective-story unit. The log helps students organize all the facts and the questions are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12 for reading literature. (See preview download for specific standards.)
There are 10 higher-level questions that require students to use evidence from the text; they can be u
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
Brave New World Reading and Discussion Questions for Chapter 3
Ease your high school ELA students' frustration when they read Chapter 3 of Huxley's Brave New World! This dialogue chart activity has kids organize the characters and their messages, so they can see the essential themes being presented. The activity is a great way to keep reluctant readers on track. Includes a detailed answer key with text references. No prep.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Easel Activity It's important for students to recognize the satirical parallels that Huxley creates between
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9th - 12th
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Notice & Note Signposts Flip Book (for any novel/book)- Google Classroom & Print
Notice & Note Signposts are a great way for students to get deeper into their reading. This flip book can be used for any novel, book, or passage. It comes in a variety of versions: a color cover version or a black & white cover version, a black and white version of the flip pages that students can enjoy coloring, or a colorized tab version of the flip pages for each signpost.How to use:1.Each page comes with a brief description of what the signpost is that students are looking for in t
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Harrison Bergeron Short Story Unit Projects - Questions - Dystopia Short Stories
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. Harrison Bergeron short story questions, an engaging propaganda poster activity, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed images and descriptions abo
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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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Grades:
6th - 9th
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer for use with ANY story!
Plot Diagram Graphic organizer. Analyze the plot of any work of fiction!Use this to map/chart/summarize any work of fiction, literary non-fiction, or drama. Two versions of the plot diagram are included:One uses the terminology "Resolutions" and the other uses the terminology "Dènouement" to align to Texas state learning standards (TEKS) for some grades This graphic organizer can be used as an assessment, or in literacy centers. There are many ways to implement it in your classroom!This product
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 4 - Reading Questions for Comprehension and Analysis
This activity includes engaging Chapter 4 reading and discussion questions for The Great Gatsby. Use as a comprehension check, discussion guide, or study reference. Assess your high school ELA students' recall and understanding, while encouraging their analysis and speculation. Your students explore plot, characterization, symbolism, and imagery through higher-order questions and graphic organizers. Includes a detailed answer guide with text references. No prep.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Ease
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Great Gatsby - Complete Unit - Activities, Reading Guides, Assessments
One Pager Novel Study Projects: Journals, Literary Analysis, Book Reports, Notes
One Pager Novel Study Projects: Journals, Literary Analysis, Book ReportsThis resource includes options for creative notes, one pagers and projects. These notes and project options are a great way to reinforce learning, reading comprehension, deepen literary device comprehension and include a creative element to literary analysis. This now includes self checking Easel activities too!***This resource now includes a PDF and a GOOGLE SLIDES option. Creative notes are a great option to allow student
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â One Pager, Book Report, Literary Analysis Workbook Bundle: Notes, Worksheets
Reading Comprehension Activities Printable & Digital
These differentiated reading comprehension responses, in both printables and digital, work with any book and will encourage your students to review and reflect on their reading material in imaginative and creative ways!The activities are differentiated into a total of 24 activities: 12 brief and 12 more extended tasks (making them suitable for a variety of grades and ability levels) and are self-explanatory for students to complete meaning no preparation needed from you! Students could select th
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Greek Mythology Unit Close Reading Passage - Heracles Myth - Ancient Greece
Mythology of Ancient Greece: The Myth of Heracles - Close Reading Story and Resources - Perfect for your upcoming Ancient Greece unit or Greek mythology unit, this package of close reading resources asks students to think deeply about the text. A full text version of the Labors of Heracles Myth is included, along with targeted common core aligned comprehension questions and graphic organizers. All materials needed to teach students how to use close reading strategies are included. These resource
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Greek Mythology Unit - Greece Myth Close Reading - Myth Projects Activities
Characterization Worksheet - Generic
This worksheet can be used with any book or movie. Students are asked to characterize the person by their appearance, thoughts, actions, what they say, and what others say about them. Also includes a body silhouette that you can have your students color to look like the character.For my Characterization PPT click here.For an additional characterization worksheet click here.
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 6 - Reading and Discussion Questions with Detailed Key
These comprehension and analysis questions addressing Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Chapter 6 can be used as a comprehension check, discussion guide, or study resource. Engage your high school ELA students in an exploration of Fitzgerald's masterful use of diction and symbolism to develop their understanding and appreciation of The Great Gatsby. Includes detailed answer key with text references. No prep.Printable PDF or TPT Digital Easel Activity 5 pages 29+ questions Questions about Gatsby's t
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Great Gatsby - Complete Unit - Activities, Reading Guides, Assessments
Divergent Novel Factions Reading Graphic Organizers
Divergent (& Insurgent) Novel Factions Reading Graphic Organizers - Common Core Aligned
This IS included in my Divergent Novel Unit - Common Core Aligned.
Use these Factions organizers while reading Divergent by Veronica Roth; they can also be used with Insurgent (book 2).
Students will practice the following Common Core skills:
Reading: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidenc
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Divergent Novel Unit Bundle Common Core Aligned {Editable}
All Summer in a Day Ray Bradbury Figurative Language Worksheets - Digital Easel
Reading the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury? Two figurative language worksheets, one on similes and metaphors, and one on personification with explanation and practice. Students look for examples of figurative language to sort on the Figurative Language Chart (metaphors, similes, and personification) and write them down on the graphic organizer. Included is a chart filled in with possible answers for class discussion. Goes along well with my PowerPoints on All Summer in a Day.
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Bundle
Halloween Close Reading Passages for Middle School - Halloween Activities
Halloween Close Reading Article and Resources! Everything needed for a no prep Halloween activity all about Black Cats is included - reading passage, close reading questions, and student annotation guide. This close reading activity is sure to engage students!Close Reading is a highly effective Common Core strategy that helps students better understand text; it asks them to dig deeper into what they have been reading, and to back up their thinking with text evidence. This engaging package of re
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Halloween Close Reading Passages for Middle School - Annotations Activities
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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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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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