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High school reading strategies resources for GATE under $5
Depth and Complexity Icon Posters
Depth and Complexity Icon Posters complete with explanations of what each icon means, examples and sentence starters. All written in student- focused language.
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Man in the Well by Ira Sher Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking activities which require students to identify strategies used by the author to convey his purpose. The questions have students make inferences in the selection, the vocabulary chart has students define words according to context clues, and the literary device identification charts can be used to have students either identify examples in the text or determine the device used from the example provided and discuss the author's purpose for each. A short co
Grades:
7th - 10th
GATE Themed Literature Circle Jobs
This is a set of GATE Icon frames that utilizes depth and complexity within lit circle jobs.You may also enjoy my Depth and Complexity/Content Imperative Class Cards I sell as well:Depth and Complexity & Content Imperative Icon CardsKEYWORDS: GATE icons, Literature circles, Lit Circle jobs
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions focus on the strategies that the author used to create the humor. The focus is on verbal irony, so it includes the definition and examples of verbal irony. This lesson requires higher-level thinking skills.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Hey, You Down There by Harold Rolseth Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. A vocabulary chart is included which expects students to define the meaning of words based on context clues. Writing activities give students a choice on how they want to cover the story. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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They're Made Out of Meat Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author and the purpose for each. It also has a vocabulary chart in which students are given a word in context and asked to identify the meaning. Answers are provided for both activities. Writing suggestions are included to give students choices for practice.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Skin by Roald Dahl Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also includes a chart that asks students to discuss the flashback in the story. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Science Fiction Collection Author's Purpose Questions and Graphic Organizers
Beware: Do Not Read This Poem by Ismael Reed Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. I have also included teacher notes for class discussion.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This song describes the tragic loss of twenty-nine men when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the rhyme scheme, literary devices, and various strategies used by the author to convey his message. A summary chart is included and answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Perils of the Sea Unit: A Collection of Shipwreck Poems and a Song
Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions explore the literary elements used in the story and ask students to determine for what purpose they were used. The higher-level thinking questions help students to determine the message and theme of the story.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Valentine's Day Collection Stories of Love and Obsession
Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde Author's Craft/Purpose Questions with Summany Chart
This product contains a copy of the poem on a summarization chart. It also includes author's craft/purpose questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey her purpose. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Answers keys are included with each activity.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
Marigolds and To Kill a Mockingbird Mrs. Dubose Excerpt Author's Comparison
This product contains the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier and the Mrs. Dubose incident excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird. Each selection has author's craft/purpose questions which require students to identify the strategies the authors use to convey their purpose. Paired passage comparison questions are also included. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The selections also have vocabulary identification charts and a literary device identification cha
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Black History Month Martin Luther King Jr. Activities, Reading, MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Activity for Close Reading instantly makes your lesson engaging and rigorous! Martin Luther King Jr. CLOSE Reading includes four different quotes from Dr. King tailor-made to invigorate your students' learning experience, fostering cooperation and critical thinking. Overview: Our Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Activity is a ready-to-use, print-and-go solution that brings history to life in your classroom. Immerse your students in the profound words of Dr. Martin Lut
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Black History Month Middle School Martin Luther King Jr Activities CLOSE Reading
Celebrate Black History Month with this Middle School Martin Luther King Jr. Activity for Close Reading instantly makes your lesson engaging and rigorous! Martin Luther King Jr. CLOSE Reading includes four different quotes from Dr. Kingtailor-made to invigorate your students' learning experience, fostering cooperation and critical thinking. Overview: Our Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Activity is a ready-to-use, print-and-go solution that brings history to life in your classroom. Immerse
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Not Another Book Report! (The Lapbook and Other Activities)
This packet includes alternative activities compared to the traditional book report. These activities easily allow for differentiation. The activities include foldables, lapbook ideas, tic tac toes, and projects. Facilitate appropriate reading comprehension while allowing your students to have fun!
Grades:
1st - 12th
The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury Author's Purpose Questions and Activites
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also has imagery identification and literary device identification charts. Answers are provided for each of these activities. A short constructed response question and essay are included for writing practice.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Falling Girl by Dino Buzzati Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies used by the author to determine his purpose for using it. There is also a vocabulary chart which asks students to define the words according to context clues. Suggested writing activities are included to give teachers and/or students choices. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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The Veldt Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Vocabulary/Characterization Chart
The questions require students to identify and analyze the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The chart requires students to determine the meaning of vocabulary words and find quotes to describe the characters.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â The Ray Bradbury Collection Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Organizers
The Hanging Stranger Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Imagery Chart
The questions require students to identify the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The graphic organizer requires students to find examples of imagery and discuss what they describe and the author's purpose for using them.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Depth and Complexity Frames
Frames are a fabulous resource to use in the classroom to promote higher level thinking. They can be used in any subject across the curriculum. The Depth and Complexity Icons to be used are already chosen for the students and there's even one frame left blank for student choice. Social Studies and Reading are excellent subject to introduce the use of frames. A completed frame can be displayed in the class for Back to School Night or even Open House.
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Sticks by George Saunders Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
In this piece of flash fiction, the narrator describes the bizarre importance of a metal pole to his father. The activity includes questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies the author uses to convey his message. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The product also contains a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for both activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to determine what strategies the author used to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which asks students to use context clues to determine the meaning of the word and a literary device identification chart which expects students to identify the device used and explain why the author used it. Answers are provided for each of these activities. A short constructed response question is included
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Scarlet Letter Excerpt Author's Craft/Purpose Analysis
This excerpt describes the setting of the novel and the contrast between the prison door and the rose bush. The activity includes questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather then content based questions. The activity also comes with a key for annotating the passage.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies the author uses to convey his message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. It also has a stanza summary chart and a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
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