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Higher education reading strategies independent works
Vocabulary Builder, PDF & Google Drive worksheet, Use with ANY text, Grades 6-12
Add a little fun to your current unit with this easy-to-use worksheet that can be used with ANY reading assignment, including short stories, novels, plays, and even non-fiction/expository articles. Students just choose a word from the reading assignment they don’t know and then follow the simple 11-step worksheet to become masters of that word.This 2-page file (includes both a printable PDF and Google Drive version) includes a blank form and a completed sample to show students, if you wish. The
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Graphic Organizers | Digital & Print | Writing, Reading, Thinking | All Subjects
These ❤️101 DIGITAL GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for ⭐WRITING, READING and CRITICAL THINKING are a must-have for teachers and students using digital platforms such as GOOGLE CLASSROOM and MICROSOFT TEAMS. These INTERACTIVE TOOLS can be used independently to organize thinking and research skills in EVERY SUBJECT.Our graphic organizers are EDITABLE so that you can customize them.BENEFITS:Enhances writing skills by providing a framework for planning and organizing numerous essays and text types.Supports r
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Activities and Handouts for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This is a 140-page bundle of assorted handouts and activities for the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a great young adult novel about The Holocaust. There is also a film adaptation but the endings are slightly different. This is a great book to introduce a horrible time-period in history to a young audience. Items included in this unit:✤ Anticipation Guide✤ Study Guide Questions for all 20 chapters with answers✤ Character Descriptions ✤ Two D
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
Informational Text & Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Interactive Notebook
Use this Informational Text Interactive Notebook to improve nonfiction reading comprehension. The activities in this notebook can be use with ANY nonfiction text and are designed to increase students' analyzing, writing, and critical thinking skills.This product highlights 35 different concepts related to analyzing and evaluating informational text. It is perfect for a "Friday Informational Text Day" where students focus on a new article each Friday as well as a new concept (this is just one op
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Activities and Handouts for Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
You will find an assortment of activities and handouts to use with the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in this unit. There are 163 pages total in this unit. The files are neatly organized into folders.Items included in this unit:✤Study guide questions with answers for the entire novel✤ Four vocabulary lists with definitions- one for each section of the book✤ A Critical Lens Essay (New York State Regents Exam essay)✤ An activity in which you compare a passage from Speak with a poem by Maya A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
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!!
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Real World Rhetoric #4 Daylight Saving Time Debate, Argument & Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine two essays (one in favor of Daylight Saving Time and one in favor of Standard Time), think about the debate tools used by each writer, and determine which writer is ultimately more effective in swaying the reader. This 10-page download includes:• A full-text copy of two public domain argument essays discussing the debate to end Daylight Saving Time in the U.S.• A paper-saving handout
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Activities and Handouts for 1984 by George Orwell
An extensive unit of activities and handouts for the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Items included in this unit:✥ An anticipation guide✥ Research Scavenger Hunt (Could be done with computers or in the library)✥ Questions for every single chapter. (All three parts of the book.) with suggested answers✥ Character Chart with Suggested Answers✥ Quiz on Part One with answers✥ Quiz on Part Two with answers✥ Unit Test with answers✥ A Research Paper (for advanced classes)✥ Character Diary Project (for any
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: British Literature Bundle
Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Murder of a Millionaire
In this fun murder mystery activity that encourages critical thinking and reading skills, students have to follow the clues to figure out who killed the rich CEO of a powerful company at his home during a dinner party. Who can figure it out especially when he was found in a locked room? With multiple plot lines, this one feels like an old Agatha Christie cozy mystery. Was it a jealous husband? A corrupt lawyer? Whodunit?This is a printable version in PDF. Looking for other versions? Click the li
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Activities and Handouts for the Play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
In this unit you will find assorted handouts, activities and assessments for the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. There are 145 pages of materials including:✤ Study Guide Questions for the whole play with Suggested Answers✤ Vocabulary Lists with definitions (One list for each act)✤ Act One Test (40 Questions: Matching, Multiple Choice, True/False and Fill-in) with answers✤ Act Two Test (35 Questions: Matching, Fill-in and True/False) with answers✤ Act Three Quiz (7 Multiple Choice
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: American Literature Bundle
Analyzing Rhetorical Devices in Movie Speeches - Rhetoric Analysis Activities
Let's face it, sometimes our rhetoric units aren't the most engaging ones of the year. Students often get bored quickly with analyzing rhetorical devices in historical speeches and other dry informative texts. While it is important to teach these valuable documents, students will definitely appreciate some relevant and exciting teaching materials too. This set of 7 different movie speeches contains the perfect resources you need to get your high school (and advanced middle school) students activ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Text Connection Task Cards - Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World
Making text connections is vital to student comprehension and can enhance reading motivation and engagement. This pack includes 28 different task cards which can be used in multiple activities. They can be used with ANY fictional text and therefore can be used throughout the whole year.The task card questions include:- 12 x Text to Self - 8 x Text to Text - 8 x Text to World Simply print these task cards out and laminate them!♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥♥♥
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Reading Comprehension & . Fluency Passages for High School Students
This is a print-n-go - turn-key fluency and comprehension program for high school students. Please look at the preview - it is the print version of the resource.The 10-Minute Fluency and Comprehension is a comprehensive, simple, and research-based program that builds students’ reading fluency in just minutes a day. For students in grades 9-12, this peer-driven solution pairs same-skill-level students to read age-appropriate and record each other's progress with fluency and accuracy to meet today
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Task Cards for The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Are you tired of using handouts? Are you looking for a good way to differentiate? Have you tried using task cards? Task Cards are a great teaching tool that can be used in a variety of ways.
You can:
1) Put all the cards on a ring and give each student (or group) a set of cards.
2) Leave the cards loose and give different students (or groups) different cards depending upon their level.
3) Give students a choice (Pick 28 out of the 32 cards to complete by the end of the memoir.)
There are 32 ca
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: ELA Task Cards Bundle
Introducing Literary Criticism: 3 Note Styles & Charts (Google Ready)
Introducing literary criticism can be challenging, and the resources I could find online were either too simple or too academic. For that reason, I created this set of charts to introduce the basics of reader-response, New Criticism or formalist criticism, historical and biographical criticism, New Historicism, psychological criticism, and feminist and Marxist criticism. This resource includes 3 charts, so you have 3 different styles for introducing lit. crit. to your students. The Google Slides
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Guided Reading Level - Comprehension Question Bookmarks
These bookmarks ask questions based on Guided Reading Levels. Levels A-Z are included! Students can use the bookmarks independently, in partners or small groups, or you can use them as anchor charts and reference materials. The possibilities are endless!Looking for additional Guided Reading Level resources? Check out the products below!Guided Reading Level Characteristics and Student Behaviors
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Guided Reading Level Bundle - Characteristics, Behaviors, & Bookmarks
Close Reading Text Based Strategies, Grades 6-8, Struggling Reader Interventions
Are you looking for strategies and ideas for your struggling middle school readers? Perhaps you are designing a reading intervention, or you simply want to strengthen your content reading strategy toolkit.
This professional development product is a 20-page teacher workbook on close reading and text-based discussion. Using two texts (one Social Studies and one Science text), this product defines and demonstrates 8 different ways to differentiate for readers of varying abilities. These strategi
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
Real World Rhetoric #3, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short article on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools (ethos, pathos, and logos), and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader. The essay in Real World Rhetoric #3 attempts to convince readers that the college admissions process would be improved by using a lottery-based system. This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Graded Discussion Rubric & 50 Discussion Stems for Secondary ELA
This products contains 50 Discussion Starter Stems for Graded Discussions in Secondary ELA! The first file includes the graded discussion guidelines that I use with my students in order to assess their critical thinking, listening, speaking, reading, and persuasive skills. The guide contains the notations that I use to account for each students' comments by using checkmarks and other symbols to award bonus points. The second file contains 50 Discussion Starter Stems that will help students par
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,AP Style
68 page unit on the poem! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 4 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS* 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS* 1 AP STYLE PROMPT* 14 VOCABULARY
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
PLP Bundle!!! (Pre-K to 5th) Present Level of Performance
In the file:*Add any test title that you want*Any state friendly *No prep!Use these checklists (surveys, questionnaires) to identify students’ Present Level of Performance from Pre-K to 5th for: Curriculum & Instruction (Reading|Writing|Math) Independent Functioning Social/Emotional Behavior Communication/Language Transitioning Sensory & Motor
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Literature Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These literature analysis and comprehension worksheets are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig more deeply while closely reading any short story, novel, or literary piece of your choice. Now in printable and digital format -- and no prep for you. Student Experience: The questions and tasks on these graphic organizers correlate directly with not only CCSS anchor standards, but also with higher-level thinking analysis skills on topic
Grades:
8th - 11th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Literature BUNDLE, Printable and Digital Resources
Activities and Handouts for The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
This is a 75 page unit for the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Items included in this unit:✤ Anticipation Guide✤ Pre-Reading Activity✤ Study Guide Questions for the entire book with answers✤ Creative Group Project✤ Creative Writing Project✤ Language Chart with answers✤ Quotes from the book✤ Vocabulary List with definitions✤ Characterization Webs✤ Quiz with answers (10 Multiple-Choice Questions)✤ Writing Prompts (Good for "do now" activity.)✤ 5 Project Choices with Presentation
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Young Adult Literature Bundle
Born a Crime Reading Guides Trevor Noah: Comprehend, Analyze, Synthesize
These creative reading guides for Born a Crime are sure to get your students' attention. They are attractively designed using black and white line art so that students can color them in if they would like. They also come in color. In addition, I added these in Google Slides! Just share the link with students and go! I uploaded the colorful version to catch students' attention, and text boxes are already inserted.I also included a folder with the PNGs of each reading guide in case you want to upl
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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