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Common Core W.7.3 guided reading books
The Egypt Game Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This reading guide for The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a low prep novel study. The complete novel unit can be used for reading groups, book clubs, or with a whole group and includes chapter vocabulary, chapter questions, and many fun reading comprehension activities. If you happen to be studying Ancient Egypt at the same time you read The Egypt Game, even better!The resource guide includes a variety of activities that incorporate many critical thinking and language skills. For example
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5th - 7th
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The Birchbark House Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This literature guide for The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich is a low prep historical fiction novel study. In addition to chapter vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, character charts, and a plot diagram, students can complete a mix of reading and writing activities to enhance their understanding of the book and expand their knowledge of the setting and time period. The Birchbark House provides a look into the life of the Ojibwa Indians at the time that French settlers and fur traders
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5th - 7th
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The Last Cuentista Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera is a high interest low prep novel study in the popular dystopian book genre. This literature guide has it all! Chapter by chapter questions, vocabulary, character charts, ongoing graphic organizers for various literary elements, and many unique activities that help students relate to the text more effectively. The science fiction book earned the 2022 Newbery Award and tackles themes like coming of age, independence, and the value of storytelling. Supplem
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Dystopian Novel Study Literature Bundle
Restart Novel Study Informational Texts & Activities
The informational texts will build your students’ knowledge about memory, the brain, amnesia, and the processes involved in memory formation. Students will learn about the brain’s structures, brain plasticity, and the different types of memories that shape our everyday lives. When synthesized with a reading of Restart by Gordon Korman, the information will prompt critical thinking and analysis about the significance of memory in day-to-day life. By the end of this unit of study, students will ha
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Restart by Gordon Korman Novel Study
CC Aligned -- All the Broken Pieces Guided Reading, by Ann E Burg
This is a Common Core-aligned, guided reading packet to go with the novel All the Broken Pieces by Ann E Burg. This packet stretches the entire novel, providing text-dependent comprehension questions, as well as addressing inferencing, analysis of passages, and figurative language. The packet is baseball themed, and includes pre-reading activities, a reading schedule organizer, and an end-of-book writing assignment, too.
My middle school boys love this story, and it is a great exposure for the
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5th - 8th
Death Coming Up the Hill : A Vietnam War Novel Workbook
This hands-on, engaging workbook acts as a strong supplement to the novel Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe. It is a fantastic resource for engaging students with historical literature and poetry and focuses on both Bloom's Taxonomy and Common Core Standards. Students will come away from the unit with a strong knowledge base of the Vietnam War, the late 1960s, haiku poetry, research sources, and informative texts.The workbook includes:A cover pagePre-reading research activity regarding t
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7th - 12th
The Giver Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a standards-based low prep novel study that engages your students in lots of critical thinking. It is a dystopian science fiction book and Newbery Award winner that tackles themes like independence, free choice, and individuality.There are chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary, and multiple graphic organizers to support text analysis as well as engaging literacy activities to enhance the novel study. Use the materials as a whole group, in reading groups, or with
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Dystopian Novel Study Literature Bundle
A Wish in the Dark Novel Guide by Soontornvat Google Classroom
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat NO Prep Novel Guide is a perfect resource for teaching reading comprehension skills, main idea and details, symbolism, character analysis, themes, cause and effect, new vocabulary, literary elements and MUCH MORE! This resource includes: Learning objectivesChapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsAnswer KeyNew Vocabulary activities Symbolism Activities Themes Activity Essay Questions Cause and Effect ChartCharacter Analysis Activities Characte
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5th - 8th
The Giver Informational Texts & Activities
The informational texts will build your students’ knowledge about memory, the brain, and the processes involved in memory formation. Students will learn about the brain’s structures, brain plasticity, and the different types of memories that shape our everyday lives. When synthesized with a reading of The Giver, the information will prompt critical thinking and analysis about the significance of memory in day-to-day life. By the end of this unit of study, students will have developed their abili
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6th - 8th
Also included in: The Giver Novel Study
Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This Where the Red Fern Grows resource by Wilson Rawls is a common core aligned low prep novel unit that explores multiple aspects of the classic story of a boy and his dogs. It is an autobiographical fiction novel that tackles themes like coming of age, loyalty, and a dog's love.There are many reading activity pages from which to choose in this resource. Product Includes:CCSS 6th gradeSample Pacing Chart to Organize and Plan Daily ActivitiesVocabularyReading Comprehension QuestionsCharacter Cha
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6th - 8th
The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner short story unit with digital option
This short story resource for "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner is a low prep packet and includes a student PDF file with the student activity pages and a second PDF with all student pages, teacher notes, answer keys, student samples, and the link to a Google Drive digital file. There are several activities from which to choose in this "The Dinner Party" unit depending on your class needs. Not only are there reading comprehension and text analysis assignments, there is a fun point of view writi
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle Grades Short Story Unit Bundle with digital option
When You Trap a Tiger by Keller NO PREP Novel Guide | Google Classroom
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Novel Guide | 2021 Newbery Medal | Middle School Novel Guide | Themes of loss, family, perseverance, and coming-of-age. This resource is great for teaching literary elements, figurative language, symbolism, character analysis, themes and much MORE! This resource includes: Learning objectivesPre, during, and post reading activitiesChapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsText-to-self questionsVocabulary in contextLiterary elements/ Figurative languageS
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4th - 7th
Ground Zero by Gratz Google Classroom Novel Guide Patriot Day
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Google Classroom Novel Guide A novel of 9/11American History This resource includes: Learning objectives Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions Answer KeyNew Vocabulary Character(s) analysis activities Cause & Effect activity Types of characters activity KLW Chart Extension Resources - background information Themes Activity Post reading questions Teacher section with answer key Vocabulary in Context Activities Post-reading questionsThis resource is great
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6th - 9th
The Candymakers Novel Study
So who's story is the real story? Can anyone recount an event exactly as it happened or are stories all about perspective? Learn all about perspective, prior knowledge and internal struggle as four twelve year old candymaking contestants seek to win the annual contest and have their new idea on shelves all over the country. Help your student(s) stop and take the time to look beyond the words on the page. Through this unique novel study, students will actually spend time with the text, rolling th
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6th - 8th
The Shakespeare Stealer Complete Book Study
This comprehensive, 161 page study guide begins with a list of included activities as well as suggestions for how to enrich and extend learning. The packet provides vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, writing activities, passages to enrich the understanding of Shakespeare and the time period as well as a number of other fun activities like writing in shorthand and creating your own shorthand symbols. There is a concluding essay assignment which includes a thorough graphic organizer as
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6th - 8th
Dystopian Novel Study Literature Bundle
These 4 standards-based guided reading novel studies are dystopian literature. The novel units for The Giver, The Last Cuentista, Among the Hidden, and The White Mountains would work well for book groups to compare features of the dystopian genre.All novel units include chapter vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, character charts, teach answer keys, notes, and student samples. IN ADDITION, each novel unit has activity pages unique to the specific novel (see lists below).PLEASE READ: Thi
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6th - 8th
Among the Hidden Novel Unit and Literature Study Guide
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a standards based, low prep novel unit that includes reading and writing activities that really engage students! This book is the first in the Shadow Children series and is a dystopian novel that tackles themes like independence, free choice, and having your own identity.Along with plot-based chapter comprehension questions and easy-to-use graphic organizers for tracking character traits, there are multiple extension activities that deepen understa
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Dystopian Novel Study Literature Bundle
Sled Short Story by Thomas E. Adams short story unit with digital option
This short story resource for "Sled" by Thomas E. Adams is a low prep packet and includes a student PDF file with the student activity pages and a second PDF with all student pages, teacher notes, answer keys, student samples, and the link to a Google Drive digital file. There are several activities from which to choose in this "Sled" unit depending on your class needs. Not only are there reading comprehension and text analysis activities, there is a descriptive writing activity using sensory de
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle Grades Short Story Unit Bundle with digital option
A Long Way From Chicago Standards-Based Unit
Students read or listen to the story A Long Way From Chicago and complete 3 major activities that all tie to 7th Grade Reading Standards.Literary Elements Analysis- Students must analyze setting, mood, connotation, characterization, point of view, and conflict through out the story. All elements have guided questions and sentence starters Narrative Essay: A Family Story- In the story, the main characters spend their summer vacations at their grandma's house. Students are asked to write a narrati
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5th - 7th
Blank Check, A Young Adult Novel - Study Guide
From the thrilling Young Adult Book, Blank Check.Educators designed the study guide for educators.What’s included in this Study Guide?All 50 state standards for English / Language Arts Grades 6-12 Over 30 Pre and Post Reading Activities 300 Vocabulary & Literary TermsDesigned for Distance Education & Traditional ClassroomThe Study Guide provides teachers with lessons that entail excitement and engagement.Activities include multiple websites that create critical thinking and student-cent
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7th - 10th
The WordSmith Common Core Literacy Units for Grades 6-8 (13)
This is the thirteenth of seventeen stand-alone ELA literacy units built around the highly acclaimed ‘Paka Mdogo – Little Cat’ (the first in a series of three animal adventure stories).
Each unit is based on a single chapter from the book, and includes the text itself…so over the course of a semester students will be able to enjoy the whole story as a piece of fiction ‘with excellent literary credentials’ (Library Thing review) – appropriate to Grades 6 to 8 but offering engagement, suspense,
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6th - 8th
Teacher Guide for middle grade realistic sci-fi One Giant Leap
Developed in collaboration with teachers, this Teacher Guide for One Giant Leap by Ben Gartner contains the related core standards, comprehension questions, vocabulary bookmarks, and fun activities! Download it for free today and blast off into learning!Thank you for all you do for our kids!!
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4th - 7th
The Wolf of Cape Fen Readers Guide
As kids read The Wolf of Cape Fen by Juliana Brandt, they can use this readers guide to think through and discuss the themes of the story.Book Summary:Beyond the Bright Sea meets Echo in this story of a young girl who must break a magical bargain before an enchanted wolf steals her sister away.First Frost has touched Cape Fen, and that means Baron Dire has returned. For as long as anyone can remember, Baron Dire has haunted the town come winter, striking magical bargains and demanding unjust pay
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3rd - 8th
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