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8th grade close reading outlines for GATE
Abandoned Places - Creative Writing Activity from Nonfiction (print + digital)
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world abandoned places! Students choose one as a setting for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten abandoned places (in
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7th - 10th
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Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Demystifying Fear - Nonfiction Passage and Vocabulary - Reading Comprehension
Looking for gripping nonfiction activities for your classroom? This nonfiction reading passage comes with close reading questions that promote learning vocabulary in context. Students will explore the contradictory nature of fear and the techniques filmmakers use to manipulate our emotions. Includes suggested lesson plan and answer key. (grades 7-10)What You Get in your Nonfiction Activities resource:1. Nonfiction reading about fear2. Word Work - vocabulary in context with accompanying close rea
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7th - 10th
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Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Tree History-- Leveled Reading Comprehension Activity & Task Cards
Did you know Christmas trees were once illegal in the US!? Let your students explore the history of this popular holiday tradition while strengthening their close reading and critical thinking skills!
We LOVE to celebrate holidays in our classroom, but it can be a struggle to balance celebration time with education time! That's why I created this set of holiday-themed leveled passages and reading response tasks. We get to engage in some fun holiday learning and celebrating while still sneakin
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5th - 8th
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March ELA St Saint Patrick's Day Craft Lucky Charms Reading Passages Activities
✨ The Luckiest Charm: Digital & Print Version of Reading Passage, Crossword Puzzle, & tutorial for a craft that's appropriate for the Upper Grades! (4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, Middle School...etc!) Perfect if you need St. Patricks Day Activities, Spring Activities, St. Patricks Day Craft, Spring Reading Comprehension Passages, St. Patricks Day Morning Work, or Spring Morning Work, you will love this! In this March Activity, that's perfect as a St. Patrick's Day Activity or Spring A
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5th - 8th
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Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Plot Story Structure Roller-coaster Image Worksheet
Use this handy worksheet/organizer when teaching your students about story structure/plot.
The structure of a story is presented as like a roller-coaster. The worksheet contains space for students to plot an existing story or to use when writing their own story.
Headings include:
- Exposition
- Conflict
- Inciting incident
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
Enjoy!
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4th - 9th
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Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen ELA Novel Test - Standards-Based Assessment
End of novel test for Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is the test I use at the end of my novel study. You can email me for an editable copy! This test includes 30 multiple choice questions and one short response prompt.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen - Creative and Engaging Novel Unit
Author's Point of View Cheat Sheet! {Freebie!} (First, Second, Third Person)
Free for all your needs in helping students remember the multiple methods that writers may use to narrate their stories. This author point of view cheat sheet is also super handy for writing units and helping students pick as well as stick to their narrative style.Each point of view is simply defined. Additionally clear examples of word choices that fit with each style are given. If you are looking to nail the common core standard "Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator
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4th - 9th
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Multiple Perspectives Lesson
This highly-engaging multiple perspectives lesson helps students investigate both sides of the conflict between Native Americans and settlers. This product includes nonfiction text, maps, and links to videos supporting the point-of-view for the Native Americans and the settlers. A depth and complexity graphic organizer helps students take synthesize the information and focus their argument. After my students work through the information, we have a debate to decide...who has the right to the land
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5th - 8th, Higher Education
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Off-Limits Places - High School Reading Comprehension + Analyzing Text Features
Cool places you can’t actually visit? Tell me more! This travel blog article is perfect for high school reading comprehension and practicing analyzing text features. Students will be HOOKED and you’ll get awesome writing samples you actually want to read.Your high school reading comprehension resource includes:✅ “Cool Places You Can’t Actually Visit” travel blog article✅ Analyzing Text Features practice or test-prep✅ Travel Blog Project materialsAfter reading the nonfiction passage, students ans
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7th - 10th
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Citing Text Evidence Sentence Stem Poster
UPDATED 6/1/24 with modern fonts!Help your students cite evidence in their writing with these text evidence sentence starters!This poster is part of my RACES strategy poster set:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/RACES-Strategy-Posters-for-Constructed-Response-4312901?st=9480c45fdfd14f655e83f759151c131a\
Grades:
1st - 8th
Nonfiction Mysteries and Creative Writing Activities + Vocabulary in Context
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world maritime mysteries! Students choose one as inspiration for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten maritime mysteri
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7th - 10th
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Bundle of 23 I Survived Book Report Brochures
Each book title includes 2 pages PDF printable. PLUS a blank template you can customize with your own questions. If you print front and back it’ll be a one-page brochure. Size: 8.5"x11" The section questions include the following:What event took place in this story?What year did this event happen?What location did this event take place?Was this a natural disaster, manmade disaster or something else entirely?List impactful quotes.Give your rating 1-5 stars.What did you learn from this book?List s
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4th - 12th
Five-Sentence Summary Graphic Organizer
This two-page graphic organizer helps students organize their thoughts and write a clear, well-structured five-sentence summary of a fiction or nonfiction text. Many students struggle to include the most important details in their summaries, or these details are not presented in a logical order. This document breaks down the task of writing a summary into smaller tasks, beginning with identifying the who, what, where, when, and why of the story.This document contains two pages. The first page as
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3rd - 9th
Also included in: English Language Arts Graphic Organizers Bundle: Writing and Vocabulary
Halloween Collection of Stories and Poems with Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This collection includes the the poems "Annabel Lee" and "Beware: Do Not Read This Poem" and the short stories "Ruthless" and "Death by Scrabble." The poems and stories all have higher-level rather than content based questions, and there is a graphic organizer.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Depth and Complexity Literature Discussion Prompts
Are you tired of flimsy book talks and group discussions? Bring focus, energy, and insight to your students' literature discussions with these prompts. Use them with any fiction text to facilitate thinking about characters, plot, theme, writing style, and real-world connections.What's IncludedYou’ll find a separate page for each element of the Depth & Complexity framework, filled with questions that students can address in discussion and/or writing. Print these out on colored paper or card s
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8th - 12th
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Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
Unlock the mystery of a stolen painting with GATER Educator's Fall-Themed Crime Scene Investigation and Engaging Color by Code Reading Comprehension Activities. Learn all about Edvard Munch and his famous Expressionism painting while reinforcing reading comprehension skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off of each individual resource!This bundle includes two resources to help students draw conclusions, make inferences, use deductive logic, and practice reading comprehension using
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5th - 8th
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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.
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8th - 11th
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Reading Strategy Guiding Worksheet and Graphic Organizer *BUNDLE*
This bundle can be used in a variety of different ways. In my classroom, I have used to it to introduce the reading strategy, close reading, reciprocal teaching groups, guided reading groups, reading stations, reading rotations, partner work, assessments, anchor chart and a graphic organizer. It helps the students get through the necessary steps with probing questions that lead them into their final conclusion.The best part about this worksheet is that it can be paired with ANY TEXT! It provides
Grades:
2nd - 10th
St. Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension -Leveled Texts & Reading Response Tasks
St. Patrick didn't wear green, he wore BLUE! Fact or Fib?! Let your students explore the myths and facts of this popular holiday while strengthening their close reading and critical thinking skills!
My students love celebrating holidays, but they are always a little curious about why we take part in certain traditions. I always like celebrating holidays in my classroom but worry about spending time on activities that were really just for FUN. So that's why I created this activity pack. It all
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4th - 8th
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ELA - 8 Crossword Puzzles + PLUS + 3 FREE Harry Potter Novel Study Posters!
8 Color Crossword Puzzles & 8 Informational Texts: English Language Arts Bundle Pack*Thesis Statement *Plagiarism, & Citing Sources*Narrative Writing, Sequence, & Theme*Plot Structure*Poetry Terms #1*Poetry Terms #2*Figurative Language #1*Figurative Language #2Color Crossword Puzzles are a new and fun way for students to learn important concepts in Language Arts! Students uncover each puzzle, by coloring brilliant designs to reveal each crossword puzzle, using a color-by-letter, colo
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5th - 12th
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Close and Critical Reading Strategies A Nationally Published Teacher Resource
My resource is nationally published located in the SBAC Teacher Resource Library, UCLA. A must have for all teachers when it comes to teaching reading strategies that deal with complex text. Excellent for all subject areas. My students thrive when working with various complex text after mastering these strategies. It also shows on their state test scores. I published this in 2013 and yes these strategies still work today! Support your students by giving them the tools that will help them break d
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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