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8th grade End of Year short stories resources for GATE
Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room
Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room fo
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4th - 9th
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The Fun They Had: Short Story Study Guide CCSS
Isaac Asimov’s short story, THE FUN THEY HAD, is a compelling snapshot of school in the year 2157. An excellent read-aloud selection any time of the year, this science fiction tale is especially appropriate as a back-to-school study.
This teaching resource for Mr. Asimov’s science fiction classic has
an internet link to a copy of the story
vocabulary activities
10 short answer comprehension questions
16 interpretive thinking and writing prompts
a graphic organizer for wri
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4th - 8th
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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Activities Bundle
These engaging Lamb to the Slaughter activities will help your students with making inferences, citing textual evidence, and persuasive writing. Students LOVE Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, and these activities really bring your short story unit to life.✅ Pre-Reading Simulation✅ Persuasive Essay✅ Optional presentation and discussionLAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER Activities:Pre-Reading Simulation: Students will work to discover Mrs. Maloney's guilt and motive. In this simulation, students will have
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8th - 11th
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Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles BUNDLE - Critical Thinking Escape
Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room BUNDLE! This is great as for a back to school escape room as well as for end of year, after breaks, or just ANY time you want your students collaborating and thinking critically!Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to imp
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4th - 9th
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Podcast Assignment - write your own podcast
Have your students write their own podcast.Are your students listening to podcasts in the classroom and are now ready to take the next steps of creating their own podcast? Is it the end of the year and your students are ready to create a project that will sum up their year?This product includes everything your students need to brainstorm, script, and record their own podcast. Included are: ✱"Podcasts" article that give the students a background of podcasts ✱"How Can I Make My Own Podcast" art
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Podcast Assignment BUNDLE
Math & Art 16 Projects Geometry STEAM Whole Year BUNDLE Middle School Math Craft
Full Year Bundle - 16 Fun Math & Art Activities. This is a perfect Enrichment bundle to practice Area & Perimeter of Triangles and Quadrilaterals, Area & Circumference of a Circle, Area of Composite Figures, Coordinate Plane ordered pairs plotting, Types of Angles & Triangles, Drawing and Measuring Angles with a Protractor, Angle Pairs & Relationships, Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal, Scale Factor, Volume and Surface Area of Prisms, and Special Right Triangles 45-45-90 &a
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6th - 9th
Card Tower STEM Challenge Mini Bundle
This tower building STEM / STEAM Challenges is perfect for summer – or any time of the year! It brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!If you have spare index cards, at least 30 minutes, and a class to inspire, run this challenge as a fun, quick task for a rainy day, or select from multiple options provided to add depth and rigor to extend this activity to days or weeks of active learning!The basic premise: Individually, or in p
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2nd - 8th
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Looking to freshen up your short story playlist? Student favorite, The Wife's Story is super fun story to do with all different levels of students. My student workbook mini units are an engaging way to teach short stories and leave students with a lasting impression. Included is everything you need to teach this short story, including:*Author Bio Page*Pre-reading Discussion Questions*Vocabulary with quiz*Vocab Activity*Short Story with Note Space*Reading Comprehension Questions*Creative Writing
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fun & Creative Summer School ELA Bundle for Middle & High NO PREP!
Math Project Based Learning Whole Year BUNDLE Middle School Math 16 PBL Projects
Full Year Bundle - 16 Fun Math PBL Activities. This is a perfect Enrichment bundle to practice fraction & mixed numbers, decimals, percentages, integers, area and perimeter, algebraic expressions & equations, unit price, volume & surface area of prisms and pyramids, ratios & proportions, and money management. Some projects are seasonal, while others can be used at any time of the year. Save 30% by purchasing this bundle! 1. CREATE YOUR OWN FARM - Math Enrichment Summer Project, P
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6th - 9th
Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking PART 2
Engage your students with the SECOND version of this best selling Team Building Escape Room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year, back to school, and ANY other time of the year! Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or online distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fu
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4th - 9th
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End-of-Year Depth and Complexity Bundle | Frames, Writing Prompts, Venn Diagrams
End of the Year Depth & Complexity BundleRock the end of the year with these Depth and Complexity resources. You'll build skills and develop social/emotional learning as students reflect, write, and create their way to deep analysis of the school year. These End-of-Year Depth & Complexity activities will let your students think differently about summer vacation than is usual.✅In this bundle you'll get:Depth and Complexity Writing Prompts that include:☀️ 20 short-answer writing prompts☀️
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3rd - 9th
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Simon Says Sphero Challenge Card Set Robotics
Practice your Sphero action basics with this fun Simon Says Sphero activity card set.This product has been modified to include full page slides of every card to use for projection.
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Sphero Card Set Bundle 1
Test by Theodore L. Thomas Author's Purpose Questions and Activites
This product contains questions which 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/theme of the story. It also includes a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and a short contructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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ELA STEAM CHALLENGE - FIDGET TOY - REVIEW ACTIVITY - Editable!
Empower your students with essential literacy skills and foster creativity through this engaging Flextangle activity! If you've observed your students grappling with written directions, this resource is the perfect solution to not only address that challenge but also provide an exciting opportunity for them to craft their own review toy.Unlock the potential of this activity and witness the transformation in your classroom:Literacy Enrichment: Immerse your students in a unique learning experience
Grades:
6th - 9th
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Quiz & SCR
This product includes a ten question multiple choice quiz and two short constructed response questions based on Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery."
Multiple choice questions focus on parts of a story, foreshadowing, theme, and story events. There are two short-constructed response questions. One is for honors/GATE students, the other is for all students. The SCR's are perfect as SBAC test prep!
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8th - 10th
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Symbolism Flipbook and PowerPoint - Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Are you looking for a fun way to practice analyzing symbolism in “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe? This symbolism flipbook moves from identifying concrete attributes of a symbol to getting into the nitty-gritty analysis. Your “Masque of the Red Death” symbolism project includes:A step-by-step PowerPoint showing how to construct the Flipbook (You can edit the requirements for each flap)A full Teacher's Guide for each flap of the Flipbook for Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe,
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7th - 10th
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Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish Author's Purpose and Short Answer Questions
This product contains questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level rather than content based questions. It also includes a short constructed response question requiring text evidence. Answers are provided for both activities.
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8th - 11th
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The Storm by McKnight Malmar Author's Purpose Unit
The unit contains various activities which require students to analyze the story, identify literary devices and determine why the author used them. It comes with a suggested lesson plan for the order of activities. The vocabulary chart uses context clues, the imagery and literary device charts ask students to find examples, and the higher-level thinking questions have students look closely at the author's words to determine his meaning. It also has two short constructed response questions on ir
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7th - 10th
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End of Year STEM Challenges BUNDLE
These 3 STEM challenges are perfect for the end of the year. Save by purchasing these resources as a bundle. Use on your field day, for an end of year STEM celebration, or a school wide competition. These have been grouped together because they are all great challenges to do outside on a nice day.
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Egg Drop STEM
Bubble Maker STEM
Float a Boat STEM
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2nd - 12th
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Rikki tikki tavi Socratic Seminar
Engage your high-level students after they read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" by hosting a Socratic seminar! This structured, whole-class discussion activity is an excellent alternative to a traditional worksheet or test for checking comprehension and assessing students' analysis of the text.The seminar includes fourteen open-ended questions that invite students to analyze character, plot, theme, conflict, stereotyping, motivation, and personification in this classic animal story. There are also two follow
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
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.
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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.
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7th - 10th
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Radio Theater Units Scary Scripts Grades High School Frankenstein Monkey's Paw
SAVE 30% This bundle includes two radio plays, appropriate for upper middle and high school. This is my best suggestion for needing differentiation in your classroom. Plus, I have given you the unit I use when teaching radio theater! Strengthen students' reading, speaking and listening skills by using radio theater plays. Note: Each radio play can be purchased separately, too! Each product includes: letter for the teacherthe rationale for teaching radio theatera brief biography about the orig
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8th - 10th
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Examination Day by Henry Slesar Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which 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 author's message of the story. It also includes a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and an imagery chart in which students are required to find examples and determine the author's purpose. A short constructed response question is added in which students have to
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7th - 10th
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