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8th grade oral communication literature resources $5-10
Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
The Outsiders Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
The Outsiders Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, The Outsiders, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! ****Now it includes the digital learning version. ****This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle include
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Body Biography, Characterization, Any Novel, Short Story, Film, Analysis
The Body Biography, Characterization, Bundle for any novel, short story, play, or film is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters your students experience in their reading. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, a character study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! This blank template bundle includes 3 characters sketches for an adult female, adult male, and a child. Give your students a relevant an
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Accountable Talk {Talking Stems, Bookmarks, Mini-Folders, Desktags, BB}
Get your students talking with this Accountable Talk resource! Accountable Talk is focused, collaborative talk meant to deepen and extend students’ thinking about a topic. Students respond to and further develop what other students have said. The more they talk, the more the learn! There are many benefits for promoting student talk in your classroom: Student led discussions, increases engagement and student accountability, promotes active classroom participation, evidence based support for disc
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3rd - 8th
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Interactive Character Analysis Posters-100 Character Traits With Organizers
100 character trait posters, matching organizers, and editable character trait poster. Want your students to be m ore interactive with text? This resource is guaranteed to promote character analysis in your classroom! This resource will build new vocabulary and expose your students to higher level character traits.Character traits are introduced/discussed during read alouds, mentor texts, weekly stories, etc. As characters display the trait, the traits are recorded on the post-its with evidence
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Character Analysis Bundle | Character Traits
Of Mice and Men Unit Plan, OMM Bundle of Lessons, John Steinbeck, CCSS
Enjoy this bundle of thoughtful materials designed to take your students through four weeks of lessons covering John Steinbeck’s classic novel, Of Mice and Men. Everything you’ll need is here – just add a class set of novels and you’re good to go.This Of Mice and Men bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly homework assignments (read this file first when you open the bundle) • An extended metaphor activity that helps familiarize students with John Steinb
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8th - 11th
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Semantic Relationships | Speech and Language Therapy | Speech Therapy
Are your upper elementary and middle school speech and language students struggling with semantic relationships also known as word relationships? Or do your speech therapy students need practice or an extra challenge when it comes to semantic relationships? Then stop ✋the scroll! These semantic relationships speech therapy worksheets are the perfect NO PREP, Print & GO tool to help your speech therapy students to comprehend and practice these higher level language skills: Time & sequence
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4th - 8th
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Listening Comprehension WH Questions
⭐️ Do your students need to work on listening comprehension from the most very basic level?⭐️ Listening comprehension can be SO hard for some of our students. By starting at the picture level, we can work our way up to short sentences and even paragraph comprehension!⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ PERFECT FOR STUDENTS WITH ASD OR ELL!!⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ This resource is a comprehensive product to elicit who, what, when, where questions within different levels. With this packet, you can take baseline data, track for progress mo
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PreK - 8th
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Also included in: Listening Comprehension for Speech Therapy
First Chapter Friday Graphic Organizers - Active Listening Sheets Print/Digital
Promote active listening and help students focus during your First Chapter Friday read alouds with this pack of engaging graphic organizers available in print AND digital versions.I designed these worksheets to be "low-maintenance," so that students can ENJOY listening to First Chapter Fridays without doing work that feels like a chore. That's why all of these worksheets include graphics for students to color as they listen. You can pass out a different organizer each week, or print off multiple
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study { Print & Digital }
This is a novel study for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Includes printable and digital versions. 48 pages of student work, plus an answer key! This novel study divides A Wrinkle in Time into six sections for study. The chapters are grouped as follows: Chapter 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12. Includes the following:• A Wrinkle in Time novel study title page for students• Dictionary Look-up sheets (6 total)• Vocabulary Study sheets (6 total)• Understanding the Story comprehension workshe
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Novel Study Bundle - Print AND Digital
Refugee, by Alan Gratz Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
This Refugee Body Biography Bundle for print and digital is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. This novel resource is the most requested novel I receive from teachers everywhere. Here it is! Your students will find plenty of opportunities for creativity. Teachers and students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, your Refugee novel study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography proje
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Reading Genre Poster Set for Upper Elementary and Middle School
Spark up your classroom library! These reading genre posters are the perfect addition to any upper grade classroom reading nook. Each poster displays a description and book covers representing the featured genre.18 genres are included in this set:Historical fictionRealistic fictionScience fictionBiographyAutobiographyFantasyMysteryMythsFolktalesFairy talesTall talesDramaPoetryGraphic novelsAdventureLegendFablesNonfiction
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4th - 8th
The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
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7th - 9th
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The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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Romeo and Juliet Body Biography Project, Great for Characterization Bundle
This Romeo and Juliet Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless play. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! The project bundle includes 7 characters from Romeo and Juliet. Give your students a relevant and modern experience while promoting the 4 C's, character development, Shak
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: British Literature Body Biography Project Bundle
Figurative Language Stories SET 2! Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8+
I created these stories and activities to further challenge my students in comprehending, identifying, analyzing, and revising figurative language. The stories in this set are meant to be longer and slightly more complex than the stories in my original Figurative Language Stories set, shown on the right. The average length for each story in the first set is 150 words, while the paragraphs in Set 2 average 300 words.
This pack includes 6 original, all new reading passages for teaching and review
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Book Report LapBook
Turn any kid into a bookworm with this fun and academic Book Report Lap Book.Students will easily create the lapbook shown in the picture by using our simple instructions and handouts.The interactive templates and foldables contained in this product can be used with any novel. They are in black and white for economic printing and so that each can be colored in to create an adorable bookworm. With this lapbook the students will: identify all the major characters in the bookhighlight vocabulary wo
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3rd - 8th
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Teaching Theme Slideshow, Notes, Practice, Test Bundle
Teach theme in literature with this animated slideshow in PowerPoint and Google, a choice of student notes, worksheets, and a theme test. Lesson plans and extensions activities are also included in this comprehensive unit! Determining theme in literature is a challenging literary element for middle school students to grasp. (I understand that, but I still wanted to cry when I heard, The theme is you can’t judge a book by its cover, for virtually every work of literature ever written!) Since ne
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5th - 8th
Public Speaking Games
Public speaking can seem like an impossible task to many students, but it doesn’t have to feel that way! Students can tolerate – and even enjoy – public speaking when they learn it in a fun and engaging way. These 4 hilarious public speaking games get students comfortable in front of a classroom and prepare them for more serious speeches later on. This product includes the following:Public Speaking Delivery Game -- Print off these public speaking game cards and cut them into individual pieces
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief Novel Study (Comprehension Questions)
Looking for a quick and easy way to check student's comprehension? These little chapter quizzes include comprehension questions for The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan (The first book in the Percy Jackson series). They are short, simple and easy to grade!What's included:• Comprehension questions for every chapter (22 quizzes, approx. 10-25 pages of reading per quiz, Guided Reading Level W) • Student cover page• End of book test• Free digital version of the comprehension questions and test (made
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5th - 8th
"The Tell Tale Heart" Escape Room for Grades 7-10 ELA
Engage grades 7-10 ELA students with "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Escape Room--now in print OR digital format! Can students piece together the plot and find the Old Man's heart to avenge his killer? Find out with this escape room! To implement this escape room, arrange students into groups of approximately four students each. Give each group a detective file and hide the five clues in designated spots around the classroom OR share the Google Form in Google Classroom and see your stud
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Romeo and Juliet Lessons and Activities for Real Life Connections
ROMEO & JULIET has so many life lessons for our students. Engage them in the study of the play by helping them see the many connections they can make between their lives and those of the characters.UPDATE JANUARY 2024: the resource as been updated with many additions to the slideshow and an editable version that you can use digitally.This resource includes a variety of responses, activities and reflections that are designed to help students make connections between Romeo & Juliet and th
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8th - 12th
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Text Messages for Inferencing & Engagement Reading + Language Comprehension
Highly engage your students with these, relevant, real-world language activity for the classroom or speech therapy. The short text message convos allow students (who are often struggling readers) to read confidently and use these relatable situations to practice lots of language skills (see the list below). They also spark great conversations!⚠️ Be sure to check out the preview to see much more! How to use and which skills are targeted;► Students (or you) read the text messages one at a time, an
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5th - 9th
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Reading & ELA Poster Bundle: 70+ Classroom Posters
Dress up your bulletin boards with these bright and colorful Reading & ELA Posters for Grades 4-8! This is a bundle of my current ELA/Reading poster sets. There 7 different poster sets and a total of 70+ posters in all. These will look great on your bulletin boards to start the school year! {As I have added posters to the set at buyers' requests, I have not changed the item title.}All posters are full color, 8.5x11, and are beautiful when printed.**Not shown in the preview file: Nonfiction G
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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