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Free high school reading strategies lessons
Interactive Reading Notebooks ~ FREE Bonus Lesson! Making Inferences
This freebie includes a complete interactive reading notebook lesson on making inferences. It is a bonus lesson that is not included in my other notebook products, so be sure to download this if you own those as well.This lesson includes 3 activities and is aligned to CCSS standards for grades 4-8.Are you thinking about using interactive notebooks in your reading classroom? I've also included at the end of this freebie a 3-page Getting Started Guide / FAQ for interactive notebooking.If you are c
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3rd - 9th
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September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8This activity is meant to be an independent activity for students in grades 4-8. Lower level students may need some scaffolding.UPDATED September 2017. Items 6 and 14 have been changed due to changes in the timeline itself. Please re-download this activity to use again. ;) I'm using it in my 6th grade classroom. First, I will use the timeline to go through and discuss with my students the events of September 11th. Then,
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4th - 9th
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Close Reading Mystery Inference Text Evidence Activity - Who Stole the Gnome?
Close Reading Mystery Inference Text Evidence Activity - Who Stole the Gnome?: Engage your students with a captivating close reading inference activity that challenges them to explore and find text evidence, make inferences, and read more closely. This resource provides all the necessary materials to facilitate this fun and creative reading activity in your classroom. Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively, enhancing their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills as they
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
Phonics Activities for Older Students Reading Intervention SOR Dyslexia FREE
FREE! long -a sounds (vowels) phonics activities for older students. Get your students where they need to be in their reading. Struggling readers, dyslexic students and English language learners will gain confidence and reading fluency from this resource. Instructions included.This is a FREE bite-size sample. These passages are BRAND NEW and just released They focus on all spellings of long vowel sounds. You can get them here.These activities were created after my very successful phonics reading
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Phonics Puzzle Activities for Older Struggling Readers Special Education
Observation, Inference, and Prediction Lesson & Image Interpretation Activity
Teaching notes and lesson on Observation and Inference, plus a two-part activity practicing the skills of prediction and inference. Students are tasked with inferring the circumstances of a situation, based upon their observations on several scenarios. They are then given several images, and tasked with inferring what is happening in the pictures. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.**********************Thanks for choosing Simply Novel!Be
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7th - 9th
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Elements of Drama Handout
This 2-page Elements of Drama Handout is perfect for use with any play or drama unit. Simple and straightforward, and a great addition to any reader's notebook or play study! Includes two pages of notes on the elements of drama, including definitions/explanations for drama, comedy, tragedy, character, protagonist, antagonist, setting, plot, conflict, theme, act, scene, stage directions, dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, aside, dramatic irony, foil, double entendre, pun, chorus, iambic pentameter,
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8th - 10th
Memorial Day FREE Unit: Arlington
Memorial Day FREE Unit
Arlington: A Memorial Day Unit for Grades 4-8 ~ Freebie!
I created this freebie unit both as a thank-you to my wonderful followers and as a tribute to the soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I hope that you will share these activities with your students so that they may appreciate this sacrifice as well.
In this unit, students will analyze song lyrics from "Arlington" by Trace Adkins. Then, they'll watch a documentary on Arlington National Cemetery while compl
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4th - 9th
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FREE Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice
Do your students know how to adequately show evidence from the text when they are asked? We often take for granted that students automatically know how to do this.
Use my Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice *FREE* resource to help your students! This resource includes a visual aid to help students remember, as well as ONE nonfiction passage with questions to practice citing evidence from the text. Suggested answers for each question (and identification of evidence from the
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6th - 9th
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Lesson on making inferences NO PREP FREE Good Substitute Lesson
Review and practice making inferences. Includes practice sentences. A good way to practice Fig. 19B for those you you teaching in Texas.
Good STAAR test prep.
Answer key included.
Good substitute plan.
KW: inference substitute no prep secondary TEKS Fig. 19 Fig 19 Fig. 19B subtext
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7th - 12th
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Notice and Note Fiction & Nonfiction Posters
Each poster explains one of the six signposts in Notice and Note by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst. I've also included the 5 NEW sign posts from the upcoming Non-Fiction Notice and Note sequel! The non-fiction signs are in blue. The following are included:
Non-Ficiton:
Big 3 Questions
1) Contrasts and Contradictions
2) Absolute or Extreme Language
3) Numbers and Stats
4) Quoted Words
5) Word Gaps
Fiction:
1)Contrasts and Contradictions
2)Aha Moment
3)Tough Questions
4)Words of the Wiser
5)Aga
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Informational Text CLOSE READING *Freebie* for Interactive Notebooks
This freebie is BEST used in conjunction with my Interactive Reading Informational Text Notebook lessons. If you do not have this product, you may find it difficult to understand the formatting and annotating I use, specifically for main idea and detail structure.
This freebie is meant to be a preview of the passage pack for those who currently own this notebook. However, this full paid product (Informational Text Close Reading Passage Pack)
includes several pages of explicit instructions and e
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4th - 9th
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Teach Characterization with Video Clips (Disney, Pixar, etc.)
By middle school, students should begin to develop skills in analyzing author craft. One of the easiest ways to introduce kids to the "craft moves" an author makes is through teaching characterization. The reality is that kids already understand this literary term on some level because they unconsciously pick up on all of the clues that an author or a text (be it book, movie, music video, or tv show) provides the audience. We inherently form judgements about characters as we engage with a text.T
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5th - 10th
Free Language Arts Task Cards: Differentiation 3 Levels, Grades 4-8
Language Arts Small Group Task Cards: Grades 4, 5 and 6
Welcome to an easy way to implement differentiation into your lessons. Your students will find task cards as a refreshing way to review and use their critical thinking skills at their own pace.
Small Group Task cards are meant to stay in the classroom, emphasize the ELA common core standards, and to alleviate tedious seat work.
This set is highly appropriate for grades 4-6, to reinforce reading comprehension.
I shared these with my col
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4th - 9th
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How To Spot Bad Science Online and on Social Media
This resource is used to teach students to recognize evidence of bias or “fake” science news they might encounter on social media and when doing online research.
#weholdthesetruths #kindnessnation
You will receive:
• A two-sided infographic poster identifying ten signs to look for when analyzing science information for evidence of bias or poor design.
• A card sort activity containing twelve cards which describe fictional examples of social media posts and online articles and news stories
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Grades:
7th - 10th
FREE - The Ice Cream Caper - A Mystery Inference Activity
Here is one mystery inference activity for FREE. If you like this one, be sure to check out my store for some more!
My students love to solve mysteries. I started to create mysteries that they could solve using reading and inferencing skills. They love it!
Grades:
4th - 12th
FREE Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structures Notes Slides & Worksheet
This free Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structures mini-lesson provides an overview of the five organizational text structures found in nonfiction informational and explanatory texts. This sampler from the Nonfiction Text Structures Bundle includes and introduction to description, sequence or chronological order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution.★ Get the complete set of 15 Nonfiction Text Structure lessons and save a bundle!WHAT'S INCLUDED• 17 PowerPoint™ Sl
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9th - 12th
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FREE Grades 6-12 Graphic Organizers for Close Reading: Fiction and Nonfiction
This is a FREE SAMPLE of 8 graphic organizers. Mix and match with any fiction or nonfiction text. These graphic organizers are standards-based, text-based, require close reading/re-reading, and can be used to jump start longer writing too. This sample set for LITERATURE includes such skills as: * Discovering the theme* Characterization* Examining dialogue* Analyzing text structure (how one part fits the whole)This sample set for INFORMATIONAL TEXT includes such skills as: * Backing claims about
Grades:
6th - 12th
Main Idea Game and SCOOT! Directions
This MAIN IDEA GAME & SCOOT is a good method and test strategy to increase test scores by determining the Main Idea of a passage. The MAIN IDEA GAME is a strategy to increase Listening Comprehension Skills and the SCOOT is a strategy to increase Reading Comprehension Skills. This is an explanation and directions for the process. Specific questions to use are available as paid products in this store. This method works well with any size group from small to the whole class. It is a fun ac
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Analyzing a Persuasive (Argumentative) Text - Graphic Organizer
*This graphic organizer can be used during your mini-lesson, with collaborative groups, as homework, or as independent practice. It's very versatile!* I created this graphic organizer for my students while they read an argumentative or persuasive text. They will have to identify the claim and any facts and/or opinions to help prove that claim. They will also have to identify the audience that the main character or person is speaking to. This could be used with fiction or nonfiction genres de
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2nd - 12th
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Directed Reading & Thinking Activities: High Interest for Reading Comprehension
IntroductionWhen Professor Lesley Clear, Ph.D., at University of California, Irvine, conducted this style of Directed Reading and Thinking Activities (DRTA) with her class of future TESL teachers, I knew it was a fun activity, but I love to read. The true testament to this activity is that my high school students, who dislike reading and struggle with it, also think this is a fun activity. Not only does it engage them, but also the strategies that are embedded within this one activity (accessi
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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45-Minute Reading Tutoring Lesson Plan
Basic reading tutoring plan that can be used multiple times.
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Real-Life Narrative Text - Roberta Bondar - Women's History Month - OSSLT
Explore the biography of female astronaut Roberta Bondar with this real-life narrative text! Evaluate students’ understanding using reading comprehension questions in multiple-choice and short-answer format. This resource is perfect for preparing for the OSSLT, teaching the Ontario Literacy Course (OLC4O), or coaching essential literacy. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Real-Life Narrative Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions:✏️ Real-Life Narrative R
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6th - 10th
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Notice and Note Signpost Aha Moment Lesson w/ Story of an Hour Google Doc Slides
Teach the Notice and Note Signpost “AHA Moment” online and/or in-person with this complete 2-3 day digital lesson/assignment. This note-taking strategy, developed by Beers and Probst, is perfect for helping students to identify, understand, and explain literary elements like character development, plot, and conflict in fiction. The lesson works in conjunction with the classic short story “Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin. This resource includes:An 18 page Google Slides lesson covering the “AHA
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6th - 12th
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Mark It Up! An Active Reading Strategy
Informational Text has become the hot ticket because of Common Core Standards. This is tricky for some teachers. BUT, here is your answer! Mark It Up is an ACTIVE READING Strategy that teaches students how to take ownership of their own learning. You will love this strategy too! My entire school uses it and students are more engaged, have a deeper understanding of text as well as motivated to read!
This packet includes: An information guide for the teacher and a 2 page How To Guide for
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education
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