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8th grade other (ELA) literature circles for Gifted and Talented
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
The Raft By S.A. Bodeen A Complete Novel Study
This is a complete novel study. It is loaded with great activities. Are you tired of the same old novel studies? Take a look at what this one includes! This is a 90 page complete novel study for The Raft by S.A. Bodeen.This novel study would work great for whole class, literature circles, independent, and Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop.Included in this novel study:♦ Pre-Reading Activities♦ Questions For Every Chapter ♦ Vocabulary Lists And Activities ♦ Snapshot Questions♦ Turn-And-Talk, Pair/Sh
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6th - 8th
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Independent Reading Program: Accountability, Engagement, and Organization Bundle
Wanting to create or enhance an independent reading program? Literature circles, intervention lessons, book club, choice reading arrangements? Creating the materials can be overwhelming, but reading choice is crucial to students' growth as readers, perceptions of their abilities, engagement in class, and success in life. These year-long teaching materials are intended to provide natural and enjoyable layers of accountability to your independent reading program, to motivate students to want to re
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7th - 10th
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Year-Long First Chapter Friday Book Talk Guide VOLUME I
Confidently book talk and recommend quality sports novels to your middle grade students using book talk guides. Book talk guides put every important detail about novels at your fingertips.You'll never be at a loss for offering reading recommendations to your students again. You will easily integrate book talks into your weekly lesson plans because book talk guides require ZERO prep to use.When you purchase a book talk guide bundle, you receive each guide at a discounted rate, and you're able to
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6th - 9th
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
This no-prep complete package is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). Components include:*Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheets*Project Choice Board:15 different activities for students to choose from*End of Book Assessment:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all t
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6th - 9th
Fahrenheit 451 Quiz Part Two ("The Sieve and the Sand")
I searched high and low for a basic, close reading test that would simply show me whether students did their outside-of-class reading of FAHRENHEIT 451, and I found that none existed that met my needs (detailed + easy to grade). I was not striving for higher order thinking...just a basic, Accelerated-Reader-type quiz that would demonstrate completion of the assigned reading. The higher order thinking questions come out after my students have completed the reading--through Socratic Seminar. Thus,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fahrenheit 451 Quiz Part Three ("Burning Bright")
I searched high and low for a basic, close reading test that would simply show me whether students did their outside-of-class reading of FAHRENHEIT 451, and I found that none existed that met my needs (detailed + easy to grade). I was not striving for higher order thinking...just a basic, Accelerated-Reader-type quiz that would demonstrate completion of the assigned reading. The higher order thinking questions come out after my students have completed the reading--through Socratic Seminar. Thus,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac Historical Fiction Novel Study- Complete Bundle
Give your students the tools to get the most out of Joseph Bruchac’s rich book Two Roads without endless prep on your end with this Historic Fiction Novel Study bundle. Students will study vocabulary, respond with critical thinking and evidence to each chapter, and complete scaffolded activities along the way to develop their analytical reading skills and writing for the Historical Fiction genre.Bundle Includes:Chapter by Chapter Response QuestionsStudent Questions for ALL 30 chapters.Two short
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6th - 8th
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Left & Right Annotations
Done with gotcha quizzes, question lists, and novel packets?Ready for a more authentic reading experience for your classes but still want to be able to assess students' comprehension and analysis skills?The solution: Left & Right Annotations.Easy to memorize and instantly applicable, this slide deck includes student testimonies, Left & Right Annotations samples, and a slide to present as students become accustomed to this simple, any-subject annotation method.Use it with or without TQE!N
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity
This Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity will be a great resource when implementing literature circles in your classroom. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach with structure, high expectations, and rigor. ****This file comes with editable products! (Need PowerPoint to edit)**** Depth and Complexity will help your students dig deeper in their learning and think in more complex ways. This product encompasses the 11 elements of Depth and Complexity that were
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3rd - 8th
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Accountable Talk Sentence Stems for Student Desks
Thinking about starting to use accountable talk in your classroom but not sure where to start? Use these simple accountable talk sentence stems to get your students talking and using text evidence! They are easy to print and put directly on student desks or inside of interactive notebooks
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7th - 12th
"Towers Falling"- Chapter-by-Chapter Reading Comprehension Questions
I have created reading comprehension questions for the novel "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes. The questions you will receive require students to answer "right there" questions, make inferences, text-dependent questions, and use evidence from the text to support their thinking. I have not included an answer key because there are many "correct" answers to the different questions. These questions are perfect for a read aloud, independent study, book clubs, exit slips, guided reading groups
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4th - 8th
"The Boy at the Top of the Mountain" Chapter-by-Chapter Comprehension Questions
I have created text-dependent comprehension questions for each chapter of the book "The Boy at the Top of the Mountain" by John Boyne. The questions for each chapter are a great resource as a teacher guide for guided reading groups, a way to track student comprehension, exit slips for the end of chapters, and a way for students to make inferences while they read the book independently. The questions vary from "right-there" type of questions, to making inferences, some require a little bit of res
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5th - 9th
Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units
Transform your middle school ELA classroom with this comprehensive bundle of 12 highly engaging short story units. Each unit is meticulously designed to provide a full week of dynamic lessons, complete with detailed plans, interactive slides, a choice activity board, Socratic seminar questions, three STAAR-aligned essay prompts, a film vs. text Venn diagram, and the text PDF. These short stories will captivate your students and enhance their literary analysis skills, making learning both fun and
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6th - 8th
Ninth Ward Novel Study
This novel study is based on the book "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes. This product can be used for students who are working in small groups or It can be for whole group instruction.Included in this study are: procedures and ground rules for the novel study, vocabulary, one constructed response question, and discussion questions for each chapter.
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3rd - 8th
"Power and Propaganda" Dystopian Novels Literature Circle Full Unit
This project-based learning resource gives students the ability to analyze and critique multiple texts in order to discover the commonalities of a genre. In this case, the genre is dystopian literature. This unit plan is designed to take place over one quarter with a reading day once per week. It could also be assigned as outside reading with meeting days assigned ahead of time. In my classroom, I use The Hunger Games, Matched, Divergent, Legend, and Unwind, but you can use ANY dystopian novels
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Contemporary Literature Full Semester Curriculum Project-Based Bundle
Book Club Literature Circle Novel Study Reading Reflection Response & Job Sheets
These printables can be used for Book Clubs, Literature Circles, and Novel Studies, and are an amazing way to increase student vocabularies, evaluate the texts, and practice reading comprehension strategies. Keep your students accountable for what they are reading through the use of jobs, as well as letting them set expectations and goals with their group. Also, the discussion will be so much smoother, as they will have more things to talk about with their response and reflection sheets.There ar
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3rd - 12th
Tone and Mood in Music - Differentiated Group Activity
This is a wonderful lesson to do with students in smaller groups! I love this activity because you can put students in homogenous groups according to their close-reading abilities. There are three songs students can analyze: Taylor Swift "Red" for more advanced students; Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." for students below or at grade level; Black Eyed Peas "Where is the Love" for students who need an additional challenge. It's a wonderful activity because students are able to view the videos an
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6th - 9th
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Book Study Brochures: non-fiction and fiction templates
In this download you will get two brochure templates students can use for a book study in a reading center, independent project, or a full class read aloud. These brochures work best if printed on 11 inch by 17 inch paper (but also work okay on regular sized paper).
The fiction brochure has the following sections:
-title
-book cover design
-book rating and explanation
-setting
-theme
-moral
-character description and character trait
-character description and character trait
-summary with 5 se
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3rd - 8th
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Kingdom Keepers Disney After Dark Literature Circle Journal Student Packet
This is a ten part literature circle packet, made specifically to go with the novel Kingdom Keepers Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson, to be done in a span of 8-9 weeks. My goal in creating this product was to minimize the need for any other resource while conducting your novel study.
The parts one and two contain weekly literature circle reading assignments, as well as weekly literature circle roles. The reading assignments are broken up into a seven week span, and the last one or two weeks
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4th - 10th
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Book Reports - Novel Series Study - RAFT
Novel Series RAFT is a book report option designed to creatively assess novel series, pushing students beyond simple recall to synthesis, evaluation and application levels of understanding. Here’s what teachers are saying-♥ I love this for independent reading. The teacher notes are great and I like the selections the students have.♥ There are some fun ideas in this product.RAFT is an acronym for Role Audience Format Topic. Students choose a role they want to assume and, based on that role, are
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4th - 8th
Mini Projects & Extension Activities for ANY NOVEL
SIX Mini Projects / Extension Activities that can be used for ANY Novel.Each activity comes with EVERYTHING you need including directions, prewriting and brainstorming pages, graphic organizers, rough & final draft sheets, rubrics and MORE.The following activities are included in this novel:"A New Perspective" - A Point of View Activity - Students tasked with rewriting a chapter from a different character’s point of view!"Create a Character Collage" - A Character Analysis Activity - Students
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5th - 8th
Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Power Point
This is a Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief power point that covers the CCSS and follows along with the novel chapter by chapter. This is a great novel study for the start of the year to hook readers & teach all of the CCSS Literature Standards or at the end of the year to hold your students attention while you review the standards taught. Perfect for grades 4-8 and completely able to be modified to meet your classroom needs (this is why it was created in power point). Every chapter has
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4th - 8th
Accountable Talk: for Middle School and High School
50 DIFFERENT SENTENCE STEMS AND QUESTIONS WILL KEEP YOUR STUDENTS TALKING AND ENGAGED!! These Cafe Conversation Cards were created to help students learn how to ask thought-provoking questions and engage with classmates for an academic purpose. Simply make enough copies for each group, have students choose a question or prompt and then sit back and enjoy listening to your students take over the class! When the conversation fades, students simply read off of the cards and fill in the blanks w
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5th - 12th
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