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Writing-expository Common Core RL.5.4 resources for Gifted and Talented
St. Patrick's Day Escape Room ELA Skills Antonyms Synonyms Homophones & More
UPDATED-Answers go right in the escape room! No Google! Lucky the Leprechaun is having a party, and you are invited. Oh no! You lost your invitation! Luckily, there are some clues to help. Follow the clues and find the codes to find your way to the party. Students will need to use their language arts skills to find their way. The skills needed are:SynonymsAntonymsInference RiddlesContractionsHomophonesHomonyms (Multiple Meaning Words)This fun and engaging digital mystery is NO PREP and completel
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3rd - 5th
The Castle in the Attic Novel Study Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning, and language arts lessons. Lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short answer, and f
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5th - 6th
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Poetry Unit with Fun Lessons and Activities for Introducing Poetry
Exploring Poetry: Tools for Teaching Kids to Read and Understand Poetry is a 2-part poetry unit with lessons and activities for introducing poetic devices, analyzing poetry, and interpreting poetry. The first part of the poetry unit includes a collection of activities for introducing the basic elements of poetry, and the second part is devoted to reading and responding to poetry. Students begin by exploring the structure and elements of poetry, including the meanings of eight common poetic devic
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2nd - 6th
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Any Book Novel Study | Google Slides & Literature Circle Worksheets Bundle
Imagine the excitement in your classroom as your students engage with standards-based practice that feels like fun! This is a 100+ page standards based novel study that can be used with ANY chapter book, fictional book, or novel! This book study seamlessly combines digital and printable components which makes it NO PREP! Designed to work seamlessly with any fiction book, this dynamic novel study will empower your students to dive into their favorite books while engaging with standards-based acti
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3rd - 7th
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The Egypt Game Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This reading guide for The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a low prep novel study. The complete novel unit can be used for reading groups, book clubs, or with a whole group and includes chapter vocabulary, chapter questions, and many fun reading comprehension activities. If you happen to be studying Ancient Egypt at the same time you read The Egypt Game, even better!The resource guide includes a variety of activities that incorporate many critical thinking and language skills. For example
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5th - 7th
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Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
This fables unit offers a complete reading, writing, speaking, and listening experience! It includes lesson plans, 10 stories with comprehension questions, 7 plays, writing, and compare-contrast activities. You’ll have everything you need to teach your third, fourth, or fifth grade students. Open the preview to take a closer look at the components. Lesson PlansThree weeks of ELA lesson plans are ready to go! You may use them to guide your study of fables. (Open the bonus preview to see the plans
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3rd - 5th
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Digital + Printable Novel Study
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit to teach Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable novel study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, and skill practice aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short-answer, and fill-in-t
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5th - 6th
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland ) Novel Study
Here is a set of 33 worksheets with high level, short answer, comprehension questions for the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll. Many questions relate to the logically fallacious reasoning Carroll uses for entertainment and instruction within the book. These questions ask the students to figure out where the reasoning is flawed. Each chapter has a worksheet of 5 to 7 questions. In addition, there are a set of worksheets offering a side by
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5th - 8th
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The Black Stallion Unit | Novel Study with Questions, Vocabulary, Choice Boards
Take your students on an adventure with a timeless adventure novel: The Black Stallion, by Walter Farley. This unit includes questions, vocabulary, writing, and choice boards. Open the preview to take a closer look.Questions: Students construct responses for two prompts after every two chapters of The Black Stallion. This component includes an overview; a response planning sheet; modeling mini posters; four worksheets on describing events, settings, or characters; one worksheet on determining po
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4th - 5th
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Some Places More Than Others Novel Study
This novel study of Some Places More Than Ever by Renee Watson is divided into 6 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comp
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3rd - 6th
5th Grade Esperanza Rising Common Core Novel Study
Custom made novel study aligned to 5th grade Common Core. The unit includes three chapter assessments and a final assessment. All assessments include multiple choice and constructed response.
These activities have multiple uses in the classroom.
Comprehension checks
To take notes during reading
Reading log
Center activities
Close reading
Teaching constructed responses
In addition, clipart, sequence of events, character analysis graphic organizer, and compare contrast graphic organizer are al
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5th
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Holes: 40 Journal Prompts (Distance Learning)
Holes is a wonderful story of a boy who goes through great lengths to help a friend in a difficult environment.Like this book?***Save 25%!***This product is also available in a power pack containing both journal prompts and quizzes!Holes by Louis Sachar Power Pack ***40 Journal Prompts Description:→ Assess student comprehension→ Requires students to use important skills: summarizing, characterization, cause and effect, figurative language, author's purpose, vocabulary strategies, and personal re
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4th - 7th
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"Theme Park" Book Report For Any Novel, Step-by-step Directions!
No-prep, Book Report to Celebrate Any Novel! After reading any novel, your students will create a theme park based on their novel's overall theme using the guidelines included with this resource.With this project, your students will take an in-depth look at the theme and main ideas of their novel to create their exciting theme park. The students will be responsible for turning in their ride descriptors, planning sheets and complete "Theme Park Guide" to handout to their visitors as they enter
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4th - 6th
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Complete Wonderland and Looking-Glass Comprehension and Logic Unit Combo
This is my complete combo for both the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" books. It has chapter comprehension worksheets for both books. This also includes my logic unit study which teaches a basic introduction to formal logic as well as analyzes a lot of the hidden logic lessons within the first Alice book.Logic Unit Description:This is a collection of worksheets and tests that work for a month long introduction to formal logic and fal
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5th - 12th
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor Novel Study
This novel study of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the foll
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3rd - 6th
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Comprehension Questions and Logic Unit Combo
This is my complete offering for the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland also known as Alice in Wonderland. It contains both my Alice based logic unit and my Alice chapter comprehension questions worksheet collection. Buy this to get both of them cheaper than if you buy them separately. If you would also like the comprehension questions for this book's sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, buy my Complete Wonderland and Looking-Glass Comprehension and Logic Combo instea
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5th - 8th
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Number the Stars Literature Response Journal
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is a must have in any upper elementary classroom. The friendship between the Johansens and the Rosens is torn apart after the Nazis invade Denmark and the Rosens lives are put in danger. It poses the question "What would you do to save the life of someone you care about?"This packet includes a total of 54 writing prompts - 3 per chapter. There are 2 versions of this journal in this packet. The first version is in the correct order – chapters 1 to 17 and the after
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4th - 6th
ESSAYS: How to Write Them: A Literary Analysis of a Character Trait
Your complete guide for writing essays and paragraphs.This writing resource has 70 pages of examples, handouts, and how-tos for:thesis statementstopic sentenceshooksevidenceelaboration/analysistransitionsconclusionsThis is a how-to for writing stand-alone paragraphs and complete essays for students in grades 5–10.It also includes:TBEAR definitions, breakdown, and color codingteaching timelineanchor essay and text for the story, "The Emperor and His New Clothes."frames for new conceptsUnderstand
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4th - 10th, Higher Education
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Novel Study for ANY CHAPTER BOOK | FREEBIE
This novel study freebie is printable, and you can use it with ANY NOVEL OR CHAPTER BOOK! Your students will have fun reading their new favorite book while working on their reading standards.WHAT DOES THE FULL RESOURCE INCLUDE?The full resource chapter book novel study includes worksheets that will help your students become readers who reflect on what they read. This resource is perfect for at-home reading or in-class reading because it is both printable and digital. This resource allows stud
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3rd - 7th
STAX Independent Reading Program for Advanced and GATE
Need to differentiate for advanced readers?
Everyone seems to have one or two readers who are simply beyond the group. With the Novel STAX Independent Reading Program, you’ll be differentiating instruction today!
Why purchase independent reading guides for your advanced and GATE readers when they can create and share their own? With STAX, your independent study framework is already developed for Common Core Standards, critical thinking, and variety in learning styles. Teachers serve as g
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented for BUSY CLASSROOM TEACHERS Volume 2 - 400+ Pages
Reading Enrichment Project
Excite your accelerated students with this reading enrichment project. Students will extend their thinking about reading by creating a novel unit. Students that are ready for the challenge will create a unit that includes: *Essential or Guiding Questions *Pre-reading Activities *Vocabulary *Story Element Activities •Characters •Setting •Plot •Conflict - Problem/Solution •Theme •Mood •Point of View *Literal Comprehension Questions *I
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Enrichment Activities Bundle
Stories With Loopholes: Vocabulary Practice for Gifted & Talented Students
This activity promotes critical and divergent thinking as students dive deeper into homonyms/multiple meaning words.Students are given a story/riddle that has a multiple meaning word embedded into the text. They must use inferencing skills to draw a conclusion and solve the riddle.The riddles were adapted from Nathan Levy’s, “Story With Holes”. You can implement this engaging activity in a whole group setting or as an early finisher task.Answer key is included!
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2nd - 6th
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Historical Fiction Book Club for ANY Historical Fiction Book
This complete book club set includes all the components you need to run historical fiction book clubs in your classroom from START to FINISH! Get students interested in how a setting actually plays a role within the text and allow them to think about a text creatively, analytically and critically.
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Lesson Ideas
5 Assignments
Group Project
Individual Reflections
Discussion Chips
Discussion Cards
Discussion Notes Recording Sheet
TAG Feedback
Book Review
Assignment Rubric
Project Rubric
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4th - 6th
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Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There Comprehension Questions
Here is a set of worksheets with high level, short answer (sentence and paragraph) comprehension questions for the book Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. Each chapter has a worksheet of 5 to 6 questions. Also included is a double-sided character information worksheet which can be filled in for each major character in the book. Finally, there is an essay prompt worksheet which can be used a final writing assignment upon completion of the book. An answer key is
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5th - 8th
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