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Free close reading outlines
RACES Writing Strategy FREEBIE
Use the RACES strategy to teach or review response writing. This freebie set can be used in multiple ways in your classroom. Use it to teach or review the concept, include the pages in interactive notebooks, and use as a template to answer constructed responses.This freebie includes a few pages from a comprehensive response writing resource. Click here to check out the Writing Responses with RACES resource.The acronyms RACES and RACER both included.RACES:*Restate*Answer*Cite evidence*Explain &am
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3rd - 6th
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Author's Point of View Cheat Sheet! {Freebie!} (First, Second, Third Person)
Free for all your needs in helping students remember the multiple methods that writers may use to narrate their stories. This author point of view cheat sheet is also super handy for writing units and helping students pick as well as stick to their narrative style.Each point of view is simply defined. Additionally clear examples of word choices that fit with each style are given. If you are looking to nail the common core standard "Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator
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4th - 9th
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Five-Sentence Summary Graphic Organizer
This two-page graphic organizer helps students organize their thoughts and write a clear, well-structured five-sentence summary of a fiction or nonfiction text. Many students struggle to include the most important details in their summaries, or these details are not presented in a logical order. This document breaks down the task of writing a summary into smaller tasks, beginning with identifying the who, what, where, when, and why of the story.This document contains two pages. The first page as
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Also included in: English Language Arts Graphic Organizers Bundle: Writing and Vocabulary
Citing Text Evidence Sentence Stem Poster
Help your students cite evidence in their writing with these text evidence sentence starters!This poster is part of my RACES strategy poster set.
Grades:
1st - 8th
Main Idea Reading Strategy Guiding Worksheet and Graphic Organizer
This single worksheet can be used in a variety of different ways. In my classroom, I have used to it to introduce the reading strategy, close reading, reciprocal teaching groups, guided reading groups, reading stations, reading rotations, partner work, assessments, anchor chart and a graphic organizer. It helps the students get through the necessary steps with probing questions that lead them into their final conclusion.The best part about this worksheet is that it can be paired with ANY TEXT! I
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1st - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Reading Strategy Guiding Worksheet and Graphic Organizer *BUNDLE*
RACE Reading Response Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer to help student organize and format their thoughts for structured reading response questions. If you are unfamiliar with the RACE strategy, it is a research based strategy to help students: R- restate the questionA- answer the questionC- cite text evidenceE- Explain your answer
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4th - 7th
The Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer that outlines the hero's journey. It provides blank spaces for each of the 12 stages of the journey (the call, the refusal, etc.) for students to fill in as they read a given text or watch a movie. This would likely follow a lesson based on the 12 stages. I use this doc with my AP Literature Kids as we reflect on The Kite Runner. In my World Literature Class, I pair it with The Alchemist. It can be paired with any texts (novel, short story, movie) that portray the cla
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6th - 12th
Thinkmarks Bookmarks For Close Reading or Annotating Text
Thinkmarks Bookmarks for students to use when close reading or annotating text. I will be using these for Social Studies mainly on our World History Studies Weekly Newspaper. Print "Landscape."
I included 2 pages of the same thing so you can change your print settings to print 2 per page if you want smaller bookmarks or desk labels. Just click "Multiple," make it a 1x2 copy, and change the settings to portrait.
A special thanks to Nedti for the arrow graphics!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Annotation Guide for the Elementary Classroom FREEBIE
Annotation is a great way for students to show their thinking as they read... but what do you do with the annotations is more important than the annotations themselves. This is a short guide with some ideas of how to use students' annotations to dig deeply into a complex text.
Looking for more annotation and close reading resources? Follow the links below.
Annotation & Evidence Based Terms Bookmarks
Close Reading That Builds Community
If you enjoy this product, click the green star ne
Grades:
K - 5th
Blank Template for Articles of the Week
Based on Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week concept, my reading articles are typically non-fiction and modeled on Vale Middle School's format. The articles have been chosen by me and all questions have been developed by me. If you would like to see what Vale Middle School does, check out http://vms.vale.k12.or.us/articles-week
This is a blank template to help you create your own articles of the week, an idea I use in my classroom after reading Kelly Gallagher's READICIDE. It is a word do
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Not Grade Specific
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Secondary Literary Analysis Essay Planning Guide (Google Doc)
Allow students to work through essay planning with guided instructions and stems for each piece. This outline includes an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion though this template is fully editable for any language or structure adjustments.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Text Dependent Analysis Organizer
I use this organizer to teach students how to accurately respond to informational text using 5 paragraphs. The organizer requires students to use the Say, Mean, Matter method. This helps my students prepare throughout the year for state testing. The first page is instructional. The second page is blank for student practice.
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3rd - 6th
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Digital Readers Workshop Model Mini Lesson Template
Do you use Readers Workshop in the classroom? Whether you are using workshop model every day or curious about trying it out, here is a handy-dandy digital mini lesson planning template. Say goodbye to loose papers and hello to an easy to save (and edit) tool to help you plan all the great stages of a workshop mini lesson such as:Unit of studyTeaching PointMaterialsMentor TextSkills to be TaughtStrategies to Reach the SkillsActive EngagementLinkGRAMMAR PARTY!Complete Grammar Bundle (Save Over 50%
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4th - 9th
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Plot Mountain
This plot mountain can be used to analyze a story or novel, it can also be used to construct an original short story (either individually or as a small group/whole class).
Easily used to work on Common Core State Standards Reading Literature 2, 7 and 9 across the grade leves
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2nd - 12th
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Mentor Sentence Weekly Breakdown
This *FREE* product gives an introduction to Mentor Sentences and a breakdown of what happens on each day.
Day 1: Invitation to Notice
Day 2: Invitation to Label
Day 3: Invitation to Edit/Revise
Day 4: Invitation to Write
This method of teaching grammar and writing helps to combine the two skills. This is designed to help children understand the order of words and their uses, and to apply these skills to their own writing.
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3rd - 6th
Table of Contents: There There by Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange's brilliant novel There There is one that I love to teach, but I find that during class discussions and while gathering passages to use in critical essays my high school students often struggle to locate the chapters they are looking for. Enter this TOC for you to reproduce and distribute to students! I put it together so you don't have to.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Analysis Essay Lesson and Rubric for any Literary Text
Help your students improve their analysis essays for any text with this 3-resource set that includes an instructional guide, a multi-aspect rubric, and a reflection. Get your students on track to meet their AP English goals by the end of the year with these resources. In addition, there are extensive teacher notes that will help a beginning AP teacher and give new ideas to an experienced one. The notes include tips on analysis instruction as well as explanations for how to use the rubric and r
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10th - 12th
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Main Idea House Graphic Organizer
This is a main idea graphic organizer that can be utilized when teaching main idea. It has the sun which is where the title goes. The roof is used for the main idea and the levels of the house are the key details that support the main idea. The chimney is where the child can write his/her name.
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PreK - 5th
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Guided reading lesson plan template
A user friendly tool that is designed to support educators in creating effective guided reading lessons. Guided reading is a crucial instructional strategy that helps students develop their reading skills, comprehension, and fluency while catering to their individual needs. This lesson plan template is tailored to streamline the planning process, ensuring that each guided reading group session is engaging, purposeful, and aligned with educational goals.
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Not Grade Specific
Thesis-Conclusion Simple Graphic Organizer
Simple graphic organizer, adapted from a model seen used in classrooms. Use this to take notes on articles, readings, and other texts.Includes:T = Thesis⭐️ = Main Ideas➖ = Supporting DetailsC = Conclusion
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Not Grade Specific
Museum Book Report Project Planning Guide ELA/Reading
This digital resource should be used in the classroom to help 7-10 grade students plan for their final book project where they create a museum inspired by their book. Link to project here!
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Annotation Bookmark
Looking for a way to get students to engage with text in a meaningful way? Use annotation symbols! These simple markings make the task of annotating easy and attainable while also providing the foundations for analytical thinking and discussion.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Literary Film Analysis Vocabulary
A straightforward, easy-to-reference vocabulary list for students to refer to when studying film within an ELA/literature setting.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Steps to Writing a Constructed Response
The following steps delineate the expected actions for students when crafting a constructed response. Given that the majority of standardized assessments at the high school level necessitate students to provide a cohesive response within constrained spatial constraints, it is imperative for students to possess a structured framework to facilitate successful execution of this task.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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