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8th grade english language arts independent work packets for Microsoft Word $10 and up
The Odyssey (Emily Wilson) Reading Assignments, Classworks, and Answer Sheets
[THIS IS FOR THE VERSION TRANSLATED BY EMILY WILSON]The Odyssey is one of the hardest books in literature to teach, but not anymore!Skip the boring parts, zoom in on the important lines, and guide students to a literal understanding that will lay the framework for deeper discussions and access to the story's greatest themes!Instead of having students slog through the ENTIRE text of The Odyssey, jump right to the specific passages, lines, and moments to guide students to a deeper understanding of
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6th - 12th
An Invisible Thread: Young Reader's Edition Guided Reading Bundle
Included in this bundle, you will find chapter questions for the book An Invisible Thread: Young Readers Edition. Each chapter includes a list of vocabulary in context, a figurative language analysis activity, and text-dependent questions. There is also a place for students to summarize what they read.
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6th - 8th
Avatar The Last Airbender Comprehension Questions Seasons 1-3
Comprehension/Standard Based questions for the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last AirbenderQuestions are based on 7th grade Reading StandardsThere are 4 questions per episode for all three seasonsCan align with lessons on theme, central idea, character traits/development, tone, etc.
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6th - 8th
THE EMERGENCY ENGLISH SUB LESSONS BUNDLE
EMERGENCY LESSONSNo more scrambling to get your lesson together last minute! This bundle is great to have in your back pocket for those times you just can't be in class with your students - at 50% off their regular prices!Each product is ready to print/post and go, without any experience needed from whoever is covering your classes that day. There is a nice mix of printable and digital / internet viewing/research tasks, for wherever your classes are at.This Bundle Includes:Reading Strategies: De
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Introduction to Poetry - Whole Unit - Over 20 Poems!
Corresponding PowerPoint Presentation Saved to Google Drive!Daily Step by Step Lesson PlansPerfect for Distance Learning or Printable PacketsPoetry allows for a unique format of written word that can be accessed on a variety ofplanes. As such, it allows us as teachers to correct that false notion that many students hold toward reading: it's boring. Over the course of my years, I have told many students that if reading is boring, they are doing it wrong. It was with that idea in mind that I creat
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7th - 10th
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JOHNNY TREMAIN:NOVEL STUDY/ACTIVITY BOOK/ W.FREE SCIENCE SUPPLEMENT -SILVER
Dear Staff,This is an independent research book on Johnny Tremain. It is a novel-activity book. There are many diverse tasks in the book: such as quizzes, essays, art segments, literary assignments, and research. Use it for a child who is out for an illness, use it for a graded assignment in lieu of an assessment, as well as a class reading project. There is a free science supplement on the element, silver. It is good to have a cross-curricular activity to relate to the story. Thanks ever so m
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5th - 8th
Homes: A Refugee Story Novel Study
Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy, I have created a novel study for the book, Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah. This novel study incorpates questions for each chapter to ensure students' comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, comparing and contrasting as well as making connections.
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6th - 8th
Journaling & Creative Writing: 101 Prompts & Sentence Starters for Daily Writing
Journaling and/or Creative Writing should be a daily activity for all students whether it be for educational reasons or therapeutic output. We have 101 topics and sentence starters that you can use...categories surrounding: personal reflection, creativity & imagination, friendship & relationships, school & learning, future aspirations, inspirational quotes, seasonal & holiday prompts, science & nature, history & culture, social issues & ethics, technology & the fu
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4th - 12th
The First Part Last
This is a reading guide for the entire book "The First Part Last" by Angela Johnson. It is a high interest book for high school and possibly middle school students. The book is about a young African American teenager becoming a father. There are many great discussion points in the book and my students have loved the story for years. It is a 790 Lexile (5th grade level) reading level, which makes it accessible to most older readers and the themes make it interesting and provide for critical thi
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7th - 12th
High School Diagnostic Test
This is a fully editable and adaptable English Language diagnostic test to test learners language ability before or after teaching. It is in-depth, based on Barrett's taxonomy and tests on comprehension, summary, visual literacy, cartoons and language.
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7th - 12th
The Hate U Give Quote Catcher & 5 Paragraph CER Essay
The Hate U Give Unit. Includes Quote Catcher for students to use to keep track of evidence while reading the book and a 5 paragraph CER essay assignment complete with templates for writing introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs, sentence starters, rubric, and self assessment.
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8th - 10th
Magazine Writing Course
Whether you are teaching a homeschool pod class or want to do a long-term project with your students, this magazine writing class is a fun way to get students excited about writing! The packet features 5 weekly lessons (one lesson activity + homework checklist per week) that will teach your students the basics of creating a magazine!The course features planning lessons, interview procedures, author bios, advertising, letter to the editors, and basic grammatical reviews. This class was taught and
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4th - 12th
Hail to Hatchet
This project will take your students to a new level. It is a combination of higher DOK plus PBL. The majority of the common core standards are used throughout the 19 chapters of this project. You will LOVE it.
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5th - 8th
The Alchemist Editable Analysis Pack
This is an editable pack for analysing The Alchemist. It includes:Character tablesPlot MappingConflictThemesSettingSymbols and Motifs
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â THE ALCHEMIST STUDY PACK
10 weekly PRINT READY independent reading assignments
This common core aligned bundle can be used with ANY BOOK and is PRINT READY for your students. Use along with independent reading as a weekly check-in, activities can be used for a complete 9-10 week quarter! Reading activities get progressively more complex as students work their way through their books and learn more about their novels. The bundle ends with a book review and speed dating activity for students to reflect on their reading and discuss their book with others.
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6th - 8th
Family or Personal History Assignment
This assignment should take you and your students 2-3 weeks. The purpose is for students to practice analyzing how the past connects to the present, but where their own history or their family's history is the content. This word document includes the main assignment and then 8 smaller scaffolding assignments that take 1-2 days each. Students brainstorm whether to write a personal or family history, answer questions about their family or personal history, interview family members about these que
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
'Black Diggers' by Tom Wright unit activities
A comprehensive set of activities designed to enhance the study of Tom Wright’s playwright and Wesley Enoch’s production of ‘Black Diggers’. TEACHER SOLUTIONS INCLUDED!Through a series of interweaving vignettes, Black Diggers reveals the largely untold story of Indigenous service in the First World War. Activities are suitable for students in years 9-11.The resource is organised into four parts:Part A: Pre-reading/viewing activities.This section is designed to equip students with a comprehensive
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Crabbe by William Bell Companion Work Booklet
This 23-page document can be printed into a hard copy booklet (students in the applied level appreciate this) or used digitally. It includes chapter comprehension questions for the novel, plus vocabulary activities, and OSSLT tasks (news report, conflict chart, cause and effect, hero's journey, test outline). Also take a look at my Crabbe Assessment Package
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Fifty Three Character and Story Ideas-Creative Writing Booklet
Fifty-Three Character and Story Ideas is a book that will help students become stronger writers. The book is divided into sections for different genres. FantasyHistorical FictionRealistic FictionAnimal FictionGhost and HorrorScience FictionDystopianRomanceEach genre is introduced and explained briefly. Each character and story idea has questions to kickstart your students' imagination and help them develop their writing. By answering each question, they can write longer and with more details. Pl
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Fahrenheit 451 Reading Questions & Test
Comprehensive reading questions for the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Questions go beyond who/what/where/when, requiring higher levels of DOK, literary terms interpretation, theme identification, etc.
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8th - 11th
Guardian (by Julius Lester) Reading Guide
This is a reading guide for the entire book "Guardian" by Julius Lester. It is a high interest book for high school and possibly middle school students. "In the town of Davis in 1946, life is very black and white. Blacks have their place, and whites rule it. Ansel Anderson (14) didn't think that way, but his father did. So did the town. As a result, Ansel and his best friend Willie Benton (14) must keep their friendship private. When Ansel and his father find the preacher's daughter murdered in
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7th - 12th
The Martian Study Guide: Vocabulary and Comprehension Questions Chapters 1-26
The Martian Study Guide is a STEM tool to target science, technology, engineering, and math content found in the best-selling book, The Martian, by Andy Weir. This guide provides 4-10 comprehension questions per chapter and 4-24 key vocabulary words with page numbers per chapter. This guide is designed for use with 8th-12th graders depending on reading level and maturity. The guide is great for classroom teaching and/or self-paced learning. Some comprehension questions can also be used as quiz q
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8th - 12th
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HS-LS2-5
, HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-2
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Also included in:Â The Martian Stuff: Complete Bundle
"EPICAC" by Vonnegut Full Student Log
This unit includes:-Hemingway pre-read and activity-EPICAC pre-read-Full story-Comprehension Questions-Creative writing assessment instructions and rubric
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7th - 12th
Two Years of Intermediate Literacy Content
The following is a compilation of the high interest, non-fiction units I have developed and used in my classroom over the last five years. Each unit comes with a variety of readings that will provoke debate and discussion in your classroom. Each reading also has questions that allow your students to look beyond the text while working on important skills such as connecting, inferring, and synthesizing. Combined with any fiction you introduce in your class, there is enough content here for two yea
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7th - 10th
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