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Critical thinking music Common Core RL.8.7 resources
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Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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"Thriller": Citing Textual Evidence, Conflict, Theme and Video Analysis
Just in time for Halloween, students will love interacting with Michael Jackson's classic "Thriller" as they:
•Make inferences from the text and cite textual evidence to support inferences.
•Analyze the development of theme through the analysis of plot, setting, characters, and conflict.
•Compare and contrast the lyrics and video adaption of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.7
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6th - 9th
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CHRISTMAS SONG ANALYSIS [ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS] [MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL EDITION]
Are you stumped about what to do with students for the week(s) prior to the Winter Break? Don't worry about it! Let them analyze Christmas/Holiday music! The Christmas Song Analysis& Projects product for middle and high schoolers dispels the end of year chaos for you and adds excitement for them. This product has 6 PROJECTS and assignments, 17 songs with videos, lyrics provided to display on your Promethean OR for annotations, worksheets for the songs in the product, and a general set of que
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY BUNDLE
DEAR EVAN HANSEN | MUSICAL THEATER AS LITERATURE
I am a huge Dear Evan Hansen fangirl, and so many of my students are too! The writing is brilliant and offers so many opportunities to meet ELA standards in creative and engaging ways. This week-long unit includes background materials, activities and links for:Anybody Have a Map?Waving Through a WindowRequiemYou Will Be FoundStudent will practice characterization, metaphor, using text-based evidence to support claims, literary analysis, and essay writing. For a full explanation of how to use eac
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8th - 12th
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THE LOVE SONG ANALYSIS [ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS] [MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL EDITION]
Are you stumped about what to do with your students for Valentine's Day? Don't worry about it! Let them analyze LOVE songs! The LOVE Song Analysis& Projects RESOURCE for middle and high schoolers can be used for one day, one week, or up to a month or unit of love and adds excitement for them, even if they don't have a "boo" or "bae." This EDITABLE resource has 9 PROJECTS and assignments, a whopping 25 popular love songs with videos, lyrics provided to display on your Promethean OR for annota
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6th - 12th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Edgar Allen Poe Unit Test w/ The Raven and Tell-Tale Heart Distance Learning
My friend and fellow teacher and I wrote this test after attending a question vetting session. What an eye opener that was for us.We wrote the test with two different passages serving two purposes. They can be used together or separately. We used The Raven excerpt as a cold read to assess if the students could apply all they had studied and learned during our in-depth study of The Tell-Tale Heart. We included a portion on The Tell-Tale Heart because we had spent so much time working on this gr
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7th - 9th
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Elements of Fiction: Analyzing The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
This comprehensive 16-page worksheet, accompanied by a 5-page memorandum, is designed to engage students in an exploration of the classic short story, "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, while teaching them the fundamental elements of fiction. This educational resource is ideal for the spooky season and Halloween festivities and can be used for independent work.The worksheet includes: Full Short Story: The worksheet includes the complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart," allowing st
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8th - 9th
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RL8.7 Comparing Text to Film - Flowers for Algernon and Charly (1968) film clips
Once students have finished reading Flowers for Algernon, take 3 days to watch and analyze clips from the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson. Three worksheets (graphic organizers) have been provided to assist students in the comparison - hitting RL8.7 (comparing text to film). Students are first asked to summarize the clip of the day, and then analyze when/how the film departed from or stayed true to the original text. There are specific directions to pay close attention to the actor Cli
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8th
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ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES UNIT Distance Learning
This comprehensive unit is the product of years of work and teaching. If you don't have a copy of the novel, or have enough for all of your students to have a copy, you could probably find copies of most of the novel - in a variety of formats on the internet. When you have google Docs to mix with the elements on line, it's amazing the resources that are available. I have taught The Adventures of Ulysses to both seventh and eighth-grade classes at all levels from struggling level one readers to
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7th - 9th
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Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Venn Diagram Templates -- Paper and Digital Versions
Classic Venn Diagram Templates that can be adapted to any compare/contrast lesson. Product is a Word doc that includes links to make a copy of Google Drawing files: one diagram has text boxes/placeholder text for students to complete digitally and the other is meant to be printed.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: The Big Computer Bundle
Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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Hip Hop Structure
Hip hop structure lesson for English Grade 6, 7 and 8. These resources are designed for an extra curricular club that helps to engage students in lyrics and therefore poetry. In this lesson we explore how structure in lyrics can engage listeners/audiences, and discuss what effects they can have, including the use of verses and refrains. Could be used for before/lunchtime/after school clubs or edited to be used for lessons on poetry and figurative language. Leave a review and we’ll send you a
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Hip Hop Poetry English
"The Utterly Perfect Murder" Worksheet (or Test) with Detailed Answer Key
Using this worksheet is an "utterly perfect" way for teachers to provide their students with a thorough review of this popular short story. Fifteen questions highlight the characters, setting, events, and plot of this Ray Bradbury piece. This printable is so versatile that it can be implemented as an individual, pair, or group assignment. A detailed answer key is included.
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6th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hip Hop Poetry Rhyme
Hip hop rhyme lesson for English Grade 6, 7 and 8. These resources are designed for an extra curricular club that helps to engage students in lyrics and therefore poetry. In this lesson we explore lyrics and how the writers use different types of rhyme to engaged listeners/audiences. Could be used for before/lunchtime/after school clubs or edited to be used for lessons on poetry and figurative language. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@en
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Hip Hop Poetry English
Hip Hop Poetry Structure
Hip hop language lesson for English Grade 6, 7 and 8. These resources are designed for an extra curricular club that helps to engage students in lyrics and therefore poetry. In this lesson we explore lyrics and how the writer uses iambic pentameter to engage listeners/readers. Could be used for before/lunchtime/after school clubs or edited to be used for lessons on poetry and figurative language. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgc
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Hip Hop Poetry English
"March" Graphic Novel, Week 2: Comprehension Guide
This is a comprehension guide for the Graphic Novel March by John Lewis. Keep in mind that this is for 7th grade standards, although it can be altered to work for 8th grade as well. There will be parts that say "refer to the article ...." There are a NUMBER of great articles that I paired with the graphic novel. All of which were found on NEWS ELA. Please use that resource while reading this book. It is truly amazing!
Vocabulary words, not definitions are included in this. I however do have Qu
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7th - 8th
Free, The Giver Character Analysis and Symbolism Analysis, Print and Practice
This free resource is built to compare/contrast the novel, The Giver, with its movie version. Students will analyze the changes in characters and symbols as they compare/contrast the novel and the film.
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6th - 12th
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Learning Language & Plot With Jabberwocky
Today's busy classrooms must use lessons that must teach and provide practice for many skills, standards, and concepts. This fun engaging unit begins with students learning about the function of the parts of speech. Additionally, students learn about the impact on language and how parts of speech can be used as context clues for comprehension. Later the lesson incorporates student creativity while working to understand and reinvent the poem with appropriate tone and story completion. The unit
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6th - 9th
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Post Pandemic - Grade 6, 7, 8, and 11 ELA Planning Guide - Accelerate Learning
This guide provides grade 6, 7, 8, and 11 teachers with a list of the most essential standards' based comprehension, writing and research skills that students in their grade level should have firmly in place by the end of the school year. By using the lists of queries and Smarter Balanced ELA item stems as language arts lessons are developed, teachers can be assured that they are providing their students with regular practice on higher-levels skills designated by the state as most essential
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6th - 11th
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Dystopian Literature Circles for English Language Arts
This unit provides daily group activities for dystopian-themed literature circles. There are Monday questions, Wednesday questions, and Friday questions all themed around issues of power and self-sacrifice. I recommend having students answer these questions in blog format, such as Schoology, Google Classroom, Kidblog, or Moodle, but they could be answered on paper or any other way available to the classroom teacher.
There are also Tuesday/Thursday activities, which involve students reading thr
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6th - 12th
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CLUB BYLAWS AND ORGANIZATION [MEGA-PACK]
Are you starting a new club, organizing an old one, or in charge of an after school program? This product is for you, regardless! Completely EDITABLE, Sample Bylaws, Sample Minutes, Sample Meeting Agenda, Member activities for member buy-in and retention, and so much more!****ALSO GREAT FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ASSEMBLIES****This PRODUCT Includes:1. EDITABLE SAMPLE BYLAWS2. 2+ Member Activities for retention and bonding3. 4 Projects/Assignments4. Welcome Letters5. Member Recommendations6. B
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7th - 12th
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