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High school reading strategies interactive notebooks for Microsoft Word
Teach Characterization with Video Clips (Disney, Pixar, etc.)
By middle school, students should begin to develop skills in analyzing author craft. One of the easiest ways to introduce kids to the "craft moves" an author makes is through teaching characterization. The reality is that kids already understand this literary term on some level because they unconsciously pick up on all of the clues that an author or a text (be it book, movie, music video, or tv show) provides the audience. We inherently form judgements about characters as we engage with a text.T
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5th - 10th
Character Interactions Graphic Organizer (Primary & Secondary)
This graphic organizer allows students to consider the affects a secondary character has on the plot of a story by considering their influence on the main character. Easily uploaded to any online learning platform. The guiding questions are editable to tweek for your preference or language.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Using Frozen for Mood vs Tone
Each year, the use of videos in daily lessons is becoming more and more acceptable -- no essential. This mini-unit takes that into account by comparing two trailers to Disney's Frozen. Students will first watch the official trailer and discuss the tone and mood. Next, they will watch Bobby Burn's edited version. He does a masterful job of twisting dialogue and altering color schemes to recreate a horror trailer. After this, students will compare the two. The unit plan then proceeds to Roald Dahl
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6th - 9th
Guided Notes for Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Here are 16 pages of high-quality handouts for students guiding them to think critically about characterization, themes, symbolism, setting, and many other concepts in Scott Westerfeld's novel Uglies. Each handout is designed to help facilitate discussion about big ideas in the novel. These are not chapter-by-chapter plot questions, but rather in-depth prompts that ask students to do things like make judgments about characters, write theme statements, analyze symbols, and consider how this novel
Grades:
6th - 12th
American Dream Unit - Anticipation Guide
Use this as a fabulous activator with any unit structured around the them of the American Dream.
You can use this in an Interactive Notebook, as a springboard for class discussion or a simple formative grade to establish a foundation for the unit.
It is offered as a Word document if you would like to change or edit to fit your instruction.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Southern Gothic Elements Info Sheet & Graphic Organizer
My goal was to create a document that could be applied to both To Kill a Mockingbird for freshmen English as well as A Rose for Emily and anything Faulkner related for Juniors. The end result is a graphic organizer that enables students to interact with any Southern Gothic writing on a thematic and structural level to find the underlying meanings and symbolism embedded in the writing. I also compiled many of the information from various sources to create one clean and easily understood informati
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Introduction to Annotation - PPT and Passages
The best way to begin the school year is to give students a glimpse into where they're going - scope of the course if you may. The goal of this resource is to do just that. The resource has four pages of STAAR question stems to be used alongside four passages pulled from novels. The questions have been formatted into Cornell Notes. The left column has space to explain the question and how to find the answer. The right side has been made wide enough to be used throughout the year to make further
Grades:
9th
Reading Comprehension Checklist
Reading ComprehensionThis document can be used while reading any type of text. It provides a bulleted list the student can check off as they read. It asks the student to underline Unknown words, highlight details, look for Sequences, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast structures with examples, Visualize, find Connections, make Inferences, identify the Main Idea and the Author’s Purpose.The Checklist is printed two up so less copies are required.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Secondary Fluency Graph
This resource is an editable fluency graph geared towards older students. There are two pages of graphs. The first graph has WPM entered in the far left column. The second page the column is blank and can be adjusted for ANY age of student. The document is also Google Drive compatible to be used as either a print or digital product.
Grades:
1st - 10th
Hamlet: Act IV Anticipatory Guide
Prior to reading each act in Shakespeare's Hamlet, my students spend one class period working on decoding 8-10 of the most important pieces of the dialogue from the act. This anticipatory strategy creates a basic summary for the students as they prepare to read challenging verse. As we read, they can navigate the text much better because they have a basic understanding of the setting/plot/characters. Here, the dialogue is separated in chronological order within the act and asks the students to
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Novel Packet
Given the current situation, with the coronavirus pandemic closing schools, likely for the remainder of the year, this packet will still allow you and your students to do an in-depth study of The Great Gatsby.Do you want to help your students discuss the big ideas in The Great Gatsby?Do you want them to analyze the meanings and relationships present to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them?This is the novel packet that you need! With guidance from you, much of the n
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10th - 12th
Hamlet: Act V Anticipatory Guide
Prior to reading each act in Shakespeare's Hamlet, my students spend one class period working on decoding 8-10 of the most important pieces of the dialogue from the act. This anticipatory strategy creates a basic summary for the students as they prepare to read challenging verse. As we read, they can navigate the text much better because they have a basic understanding of the setting/plot/characters. Here, the dialogue is separated in chronological order within the act and asks the students to
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9th - 12th
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Digital Interactive Literacy Graphic Organizers --- Notebook
Interactive Literacy Graphic Organizers or NotebookGoogle SlidesDownload as Power PointDigital or PrintEditable SlidesDrag and Drop ActivitiesUse in GroupsAssign Slides in Breakout RoomsPost Individual Slides as Assignments in Google ClassroomDownload as PDF and Use in KamiGreat for HomeschoolsGreat for Face to Face LearningGreat for E-Learning---Virtual Hybrid Online Digital
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Achieve 3000 Notebook
Need an accountability measure for students and teachers using Achieve 3000? The file includes an editable word document for teachers to adapt to their students' need.The editable notebook includes:*Cover Page*Checklist of Tasks Completed*Data Graph*Graphic Organizer Recorder*Dictionary for Students to Record Vocabulary Words and Definitions*Notes Page*Sticker/Stamp Chart for Students Earning 75% or Better
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Hamlet: Act III Anticipatory Guide
Prior to reading each act in Shakespeare's Hamlet, my students spend one class period working on decoding 8-10 of the most important pieces of the dialogue from the act. This anticipatory strategy creates a basic summary for the students as they prepare to read challenging verse. As we read, they can navigate the text much better because they have a basic understanding of the setting/plot/characters. Here, the dialogue is separated in chronological order within the act and asks the students to
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9th - 12th
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Step-by-Step Strategic Poetry Analysis Tool
This is a generic step-by-step analysis tool, based on best practices, to help students make meaning of poetry.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Graphic Organizers
Use these Graphic Organizers in your Google Drive while reading. It includes:
*Point of View
*Theme
*Inferences
*Summary
*Main Idea
*Alike/Different
*Problem/Solution
*Fact/Opinion
*Author's Purpose
*Plot
*Character Traits
*Text Clues
*Generalization
*Cause/Effect
*Prediction
There are multiple forms of each graphic organizer available.
Grades:
1st - 12th
4 Questions: A Reading and Thinking Strategy
4 Questions is a strategy that can be used with any text (articles, textbook chapters, graphics and pictures, graphs and maps etc.). First, students are introduced to the 4 question types (Right There, Pulling it Together, Inference and On My Own) using a foldable. Students then practice writing their own questions about a given text using sentence stems. Finally there is a great graphic organizer that can be assigned with any text to help students learn good close reading and critical thinkin
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Digital Reader's Notebook Rubric
Assess your students' digital notebooks with this rubric!***Works well with any digital notebooks in my store!***Could also be used for non-digital notebooks!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Digital Reader's Notebook Bundle
MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING WORKSHOP Sample Post Its and Long Writes
Use this to help show students how to transform their thinking about their reading into Post Its, and how to transform their Post Its into their long write.
This model is used with the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Hamlet: Act I Anticipatory Guide
Prior to reading each act in Shakespeare's Hamlet, my students spend one class period working on decoding 8-10 of the most important pieces of the dialogue from the act. This anticipatory strategy creates a basic summary for the students as they prepare to read challenging verse. As we read, they can navigate the text much better because they have a basic understanding of the setting/plot/characters. Here, the dialogue is separated in chronological order within the act and asks the students to
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Hamlet: Act II Anticipatory Guide
Prior to reading each act in Shakespeare's Hamlet, my students spend one class period working on decoding 8-10 of the most important pieces of the dialogue from the act. This anticipatory strategy creates a basic summary for the students as they prepare to read challenging verse. As we read, they can navigate the text much better because they have a basic understanding of the setting/plot/characters. Here, the dialogue is separated in chronological order within the act and asks the students to
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9th - 12th
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Venn Diagram How to -RI9 & RL9
Here's a simple 4 step process for teaching scholars how to complete a Venn Diagram to compare two text on the same subject-works for literary and informational texts.
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2nd - 12th
Reading Plus Combo Chart
If your school uses Reading Plus this chart is a great way to keep students motivated while they are using Reading Plus. I use this in my classroom and it creates great competition. Every time a students earns a combo in the program they will get a sticker added to their chart. Whenever they reach the 5's column they earn a small prize. The goal is to reach 50 stories to win an even bigger prize.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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