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Other (social studies) Common Core RL.7.3 resources
Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Guide
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Guide is ideal for teaching world history, current events, scarcity of natural resources, world conflict and MORE! A story about the Lost Boys of Sudan, water crisis, and world history. This pack includes:Chapter by chapter comprehension questionsBackground information and mapsKLW ChartCharacter AnalysisVocabularyCause & Effect ChartEssay and discussion questionsPost Reading Questions Writing WorkshopExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for:Teachi
Grades:
5th - 8th
Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Classroom Murder Mystery Activity: Frankenstein: Who Killed the House Maid?
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set right after Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. No knowledge of the novel is necessary; however, this is a great activity if you've read the novel.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or just for a fun and enga
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Theater Arts Comical Play Script Unit | Abdullahs Gold Middle Eastern Folk Tale
Part of a Bundle This engaging, comical unit and play (30 pages in length) with roles for 20+ students is suitable for students whether Social Studies class studying the country of India, Pakistan or used in a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. In addition, a teacher could use this unit with students who are distance learning. #DistanceLearningTPTBased on the Hindu folk tale by the
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5th - 6th
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35 Discussion Task Cards for Literature Circles
Spark engaging conversations with Literature Circle Discussion Task Cards!Are your students struggling to keep conversation going during book club meetings? Do they love their novels, but don't know how to engage in discussion? These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's character, theme, setting, mood, and plot. Simply cut
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
The Only Road Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for The Only Road, a realistic fiction by Alexandra Diaz, about a boy and his cousin who flee their Guatemalan village to live with a brother in the United States. Even though this story is fictional, it is like the millions of real immigrants whose "only road" is to travel illegally into the United States. Themes are: immigration, undocumented immigrates, gangs and violence, bravery and fear, family and friendship. This lit log could be used as a guide for direc
Grades:
6th - 9th
Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to help students see the plot of a short story or novel, understand how events affect each other, list the processes in a science lab, or chart the occurrences in news article or current (or historical) event. The item is editable so that the categories can be changed to meet the needs of individual subject areas.
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6th - 12th
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A Long Walk to Water EDITABLE Hexagonal Thinking Activity Digital & Printable
A Long Walk to Water Editable Hexagonal Thinking ActivityThis is set of printable and digital hexagonal thinking activities for the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. The activity is included in both PowerPoint and Google Slides. This activity could be used as a formative or summative assessment, as well as a review activity.EDITABLEThe hexagons and rubric are both editable.The hexagons include the major terms from the unit. However, blank hexagons are included, and the hexagons are
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6th - 9th
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Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen NOVEL STUDY
This resource supports Gary Paulsen's novel Soldier's Heart about Charley Goddard, a young Minnesotan who enlists to fight for the Union in the Civil War. The story is based on a real historical figure and can also be used to introduce events and battles in the Civil War.The product includes the following:Dialectical Journals: dialectical journal directions, practice journal, four blank journals, writer notebook insert optionCharacterization Graphic Organization - Charley Goddard"Who Was Charley
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Minnesota + Me | Minnesota History Course GROWING BUNDLE
Until I Find Julian Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for Until I find Julian by Patricia Reilly Giff. The themes of this contemporary realistic fiction are: immigration issues, family, helping others, survival, and responsibility. The lit log can be used as a guide for a read aloud or for direct reading instruction (guided reading, novel study, or literature circle). It can be used for distance or classroom learning. The key focus skills of the lit log are: cite textual evidence, describe plot/characters, and expla
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5th - 8th
Warrior Gospel
"Warrior Gospel" is a comparison of the betrayal and arrest of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew with the account given in the Heliand. The Heliand is a verse poem originally written in Old Saxon which recounts the life of Christ in the style of a Germanic epic like Beowulf. It is a fascinating look at how the Truth of the Gospel can be translated into a different historical context. Keywords: Gospel, Germanic, Bible, Catholic, Heliand, Missionary
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5th - 10th
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Lucky Broken Girl Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar. The themes of this historical fiction based on the author's childhood are: immigration and refugees, family, friendship, hardships, and school. This lit log can be used as a guide for a read aloud or for direct reading instruction (guided reading group, literature circle, or novel study). It is also a great book to be used as part of a history/social studies unit and/or a discussion on immigration/refugees. It can be used for
Grades:
4th - 7th
Summary Graphic Organizer
Utilizes IVF for a strong topic sentence and SWBST to help students prioritize moments from the text in order to produce a well-organized summary.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Front Desk Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log by MrsDsEducationalTools for Front Desk by Kelly Yang This is a realistic fiction written from the point of view of a fifth-grade girl who recently moved with her parents from China to America. Themes include: immigration, prejudice, tolerance, racism, bullying, poverty, multicultural, Asian American, family, and friends. The key focus skills of the lit log are:- use text to explain/draw inferences- determine theme/summarize- describe/compare/contrast/analyze character
Grades:
4th - 7th
Refugee: A Literature Study
This comprehensive literature study will get your students excited and talking about a real world issue! The study combines Alan Gratz's Refugee with informational texts, videos and photographs designed to help students better comprehend the novel and to expand their understanding of humanity. Through the integration of both types of texts, students will develop a deeper understanding of the novel and the struggles faced by refugees throughout history. They will also critique Gratz's ability to
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5th - 7th
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The Dancer: A Chapter Book
This semi-autobiographical chapter book chronicles the life of a young girl in post-war Eastern Europe and touches on a number of universal themes through content rich text. Though not specifically a Holocaust story, the plot inextricably weaves the lives of people held in camps during the war into the dialogue and narration and presents a new and often startling vision of how the effects of war endure far beyond the date that ended the hostilities. Teachers looking for a companion piece to Holo
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Essential Question Bell Ringer
This is a worksheet I use as a bell ringer. I have an essential question for our Lord of the Flies unit on it. You could use it un-altered in any unit that discusses what it means to have a "civilization." This could be used in both Social Studies and English Language Arts classrooms. You can also easily change the essential question to fit whatever you need.
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Lord of the Flies Unit Bundle
A Story Like the Wind (Gill Lewis/Jo Weaver) Novella Discussion Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this masterful novella about refugees and the power of hope. Arranged by Common Core standards and written by acclaimed author Karen Lynn Williams, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes.About A Story Like the Wind: Rami is in a small dinghy filled with strangers, all of them refugees seeking a safe harbor. But with no motor, no oars, and a rising tide, their situation looks
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4th - 9th
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The Verdigris Pawn, Curriculum and Reading Guide
The Verdigris Pawn, by Alysa Wishingrad, a 2021 JLG Gold Standard Selection, is an upper middle-grade fantasy novel that explores issues around power, privilege, and social justice. Use this guide to facilitate meaningful conversations and deepen the reader’s engagement around the issues, or power, politics, social structure, and class structure. The questions and extension activities are designed to prompt middle school readers to explore the world of the book as well as their own lives ex
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4th - 8th
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