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Hispanic Heritage Month geography Common Core RL.7.1 resources
Hispanic Heritage Month Activity — ELA Bundle of Short Stories Hispanic Authors
Short Stories by Hispanic Authors | Bundle for Hispanic Heritage MonthCulturally responsive teaching promotes perspective, tolerance, empathy, and overall kindness both in and out of the classroom. In this bundle, you will receive lesson plans for 5 short stories all written by Hispanic authors. With each product, there are detailed literary analyses, reading questions, answer keys, and accommodating activities. Diversify the literature in your classroom and use these stories to broaden your stu
Grades:
6th - 9th
Eleven by Sandra Cisneros — Short Story Analysis
This resource for "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros includes awesome reading questions as well as an activating strategy and an after reading project!At first glance, “Eleven” appears to be a simple story about a traumatic event experienced by a young girl on her birthday. However, upon a deeper look, this story reveals a struggle of facing unjust assumptions and stigmas. This story is a great opportunity to challenge students to consider additional struggles people face on top of the universal growin
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Pie by Gary Soto — Worksheets and Short Story Analysis
This resource is a great way to teach the short story "The Pie" by Gary Soto!In 872 words, this flash fiction story is about a boy who steals a pie at a German market. The pacing of this piece is masterful as the protagonist struggles with the tension between his desire to eat the pie and his feelings of shame and guilt for stealing it. This story always inspires fun discussions of situational ethics and how easy it is to rationalize things that should be objectively wrong. There are also surpri
Grades:
7th - 11th
Names Nombres by Julia Alvarez — Short Story Analysis
Names Nombres by Julia Álvarez is a personal essay where Julia Alvarez recalls her family’s early years as Dominican immigrants in America. She describes her reactions to the mispronunciation of her family members’ names. Eager to fit into school, Alvarez allows herself to be called American names and nicknames. Although proud of her heritage and native language, young Alvarez struggles to fit in.Alvarez calls attention to the layers of difficulties when it comes to adjusting to not only a new l
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7th - 10th
Introduction to Geography / Think like a Geographer - Geography PPT Lesson
Think like a Geographer lesson plan includes a power point presentation, sample foldable activity or students, as well as a note-taking worksheet. Topics include:1. Geography2. The five themes of geography3. Types of geographers4. Geographer's tools5. Geography CareersThe presentation includes a quick pop quiz at the end to review main points throughout the lesson as well as a think pair share wrap-up activity. Students can complete the note-taking worksheet or the foldable or complete bot
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Scholarship Jacket Short Story Analysis — Reading Questions and Quiz
This product includes several literary analysis activities for "The Scholarship Jacket" Short Story by Marta Salinas.Included in this purchase:Powerpoint Presentation: Academic Vocabulary with Background on the story, Setting, and AuthorVocabulary Graphic OrganizerPre-reading Journal PromptReading Comprehension QuestionsAfter Reading Discussion QuestionsPlot Diagram Plot AnalysisAfter Reading Summarizing StrategyShort Story QuizAnswer Keys
Grades:
6th - 9th
Thunder Cave By Roland Smith Novel Study
This is a 90+ page Common Core aligned NO PREP novel study for Thunder Cave by Roland Smith. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 30+ page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet and review quiz are available as Google Drive files. A vocabular
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5th - 7th
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US States & Territories: 55 Reading Comprehensions w/ Questions & Answer Key
One reading comprehension for every state and territory! That's 55 reading comprehensions!Each state and region has a rich history and offer something unique to the country. How did the state form? How did it become part of the country? What significant events happened there? What's unique about it? These passages answer these questions and can help teach your students about the importance of each US state and the history behind it. Additionally, you'll find information about heritage, traditio
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sol Painting, Inc. by Meg Medina — Short Story Analysis
This resource for "Sol Painting, Inc." by Meg Medina includes before, during, and after reading activities for reading comprehension. “Sol Painting, Inc.” by Meg Medina is told from the voice of Merci, a seventh grade girl who hopes to take over her father's painting business one day. Meg Medina is a Cuban American writer whose stories focus on how a person’s family, heritage, and culture influence them. This story teaches different perspectives that multiple characters can have in one situation
Grades:
6th - 9th
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto — Short Story Analysis
This resource for "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto includes before reading, during reading, and after reading activities! Add it to the collection of stories to read during Hispanic Heritage Month! Your students will be highly engaged in this lesson about seventh grade and the desire to impress others!Included in this purchase:Suggested Lesson Procedure for teachersBefore Reading Activating ActivityVocabulary Terms and Graphic OrganizerBackground Information on the author Gary SotoReading Comprehens
Grades:
6th - 9th
DANCING HOME Reading Quiz Chapter 1 - 4
DANCING HOME by Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta Google Form Reading Quiz Chapter 1 - 4FORCE COPY! EDITABLE!NO PREP NECESSARY! 10 questions - 10 pointsScore automatically! Want reading quizzes for the rest of the text? Check out my store for the bundle! If you encounter an issue with your file, notice an error, or are in any way experiencing a problem, please contact me, and I will be more than happy to help sort it out. You can email me at mrsmintonedu@gmail.com.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Navigation: Similes, Metaphors, Vocabulary and a Polynesian Voyage
This lesson uses lyrics from a 1988 rock song by Crowded House to give students practice in interpreting similes and metaphors to discover underlying meaning. While the song seems to be about a stormy relationship between the speaker (or singer) and his lover. another interpretation indicates that the song describes a voyage of homecoming. I have used this song to teach students about similes and metaphors but was happy to realize that it also relates to the navigation theme of the cross-curric
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6th - 9th
5 Quick 7th grade ELA formative assessments. Standards based!!
A great way to get a snapshot of student abilities at the start of the year, or anytime. These standards based questions cover RL7.1-RL7.4. Each prompt is 300 words or less, and has the standard listed with it. These are designed to be quick and give just a snapshot of data! More to come (8th grade one is available too, and free!)
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7th
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Gilded Novel Common Core Guide grades 7-10
This guide contains several lessons that align with Common Core standards for grades 7-10. Lessons include Pre-reading questions, pre-reading geography lesson, geography activity, foreshadowing writing lesson, proverb/adage printable lesson, write your own myth printable lesson, vocabulary lesson and definitions of all the Common Core standards these lessons align with.
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Sixteen-year-old Jae Hwa Lee is a Korean-American girl with a black belt, a deadly pro
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7th - 10th
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