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Free 8th grade informational text thematic unit plans
Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
World Adventures Kids introduces the first program in our Newest Series!
Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia
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Other titles in the series include:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
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Ancient Mesopotamia contains over 40 pages of information and activities! Suitable for the clas
Grades:
1st - 8th
Unit Plan Template
This template is meant to be a tangible resource in which you can organize your year. It works best with middle school and high school unit planning because it is organized in terms (9 weeks). Most of the organization comes from my background in both Reader's Workshop and LDC modules, which are student centered curriculum integration models. There is a place to write down texts, as well as planning each week briefly in order to create a comprehensive unit. I've used this model I created for 3
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Supersize Me as Literary and Informational Nonfiction
Students will love this lesson !! Teaching nonfiction and struggling to capture your students’ interest? This uses the much-loved documentary, Supersize Me, as the vehicle to teach the pros and cons of the fast food technology, as well as the link between literary and informational nonfiction. Supersize Me is a wonderful combination of both story and facts. It reaches the balance students need to provide important information that will impact their health today and in the future, as well as
Grades:
6th - 12th
CCSS:
PROGRESSIVE ERA & GILDED AGE HISTORICAL VOCABULARY with PRIMARY SOURCES
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This includes a succinct informational text and primary source pictures to introduce the Progressive Era and Gilded Age with style!!! I would love to see if I could get at least 200 people to leave feedback on this listing!
GREAT PAIRED WITH A NOVEL! Combines primary source pictures and secondary source informational text to introduce students to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era time period. This is an interactive way to allow st
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Reading List and Website Sources for Texts About Diversity
If you like this freebie, click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA and receive product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways. Given all of the tragic events that have happened in our world and continue to happen in our world, I have compiled a reading list of 75 texts for grades 6-12 about DIVERSITY, RACISM, INCLUSION, TOLERANCE, and MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS. I truly believe that it is crucial to our world that we diversify our students' reading experiences beyond the standard cannon
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis (2014-2016) Interactive Close Read
Looking for an engaging, topical informational text for your middle/early high school students?
This is an interactive close read for a mini-unit on the Flint water crisis. The overall objective of this mini-unit is: By the end of this mini-unit, students will be able to use textual evidence to discuss the short and long-term environmental and social impacts of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
This item is the bulk of the mini-unit. It is an interactive close read (with various student pro
Grades:
6th - 9th
Are We Getting Anywhere? Analyzing Civil Rights and Humanity
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.
This thought provoking lesson guide takes students on a journey discussing historic civil rights documents, speeches, poetry, and music. This lesson guides students to think deeply, analyze and synthesize the material in a manner, which will encourage discussion and
Grades:
6th - 9th
Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Fiction Reading Unit Plan
Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Fiction Reading- incredibly detailed unit plan on reading skills that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, comparing texts, text types, inference and implication and more.To work in conjunction with our Grade 6, 7 and 8 Non-Ficti
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Grade 6, 7, 8 Non-Fiction Reading Unit
Ghandi, the Great Soul
Story of Ghandi's life with a comprehension and answer sheet.Interesting reading piece with interactive pictures.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Rita Moreno (ENG) - Great Contemporary Hispanic Women Series
Series: Great, Contemporary Hispanic WomenRita Moreno was the first Hispanic female to win an Oscar. She is one of the few people in history to have an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). She is known for her artistic flair!Document available in English and Spanish.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
ANGLO-SAXON (OLD ENGLISH) WITH FUN LEARNING ACTIVITIES!
This, as uploaded today 1/6/2016, begins with basic information about Anglo-Saxon which is also called Old English.
There’s a handy page with language background and pronunciation tips; a phrases/dialog section with: Hello, What’s your name?, I don’t understand, Again please, Thanks, What is that?, How much?, I want one, No , two, Yes, good; Where is a/the toilet?; Here, There; Goodbye.
Then come some additional extra vocabulary: woman, already, go, speak, in, house; man, see, much, food,
Grades:
6th - 12th
FREE! Thankgiving The Mayflower Journey
Students will go back in time to meet Elizabeth Tilley as she leaves England on the Mayflower traveling to America.Set in a historical facts, the drama will allow your students to walk in the shoes of a girl that courageously endures a journey to the New World.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Vietnam War Gallery Walk: Hawks vs Doves
This Gallery Walk is to accompany the slideshow (Vietnam War: Musical Resistance). Students view a variety of images to compare the Hawks and Doves - such as their style, protest posters, beliefs, and political cartoons. The images were provided as a free resource from a TeachRock conference.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
IN SPANISH - 12 World Holidays - Slideshow with pictures & descriptions
In this product, teachers can present 12 World Holidays with descriptions in Spanish to students using this slideshow with pictures and descriptions of each holiday.Included are:DiwaliNowruzOrthodox ChristmasKwanzaaDay of the DeadLunar New YearBodhi DayHanukkahRamadanWinter SolsticeNew Year's EveCarnival+ 5 Activity sheets to explore a countryStudies have shown that learning about different cultures at an early age expands our horizons, and allows us to be open to criticism, as well as to be pat
Grades:
5th - 10th
Aaron Rodgers: The Green Bay Packers QB - A Close Reading Touchdown!
Do you love football as much as I do? Then you'll want to snag this freebie just right for the upcoming playoffs! Aaron Rodgers is a great Quarterback and humanitarian and a great role model for students young and old. Read about his life and community involvement with a close read. Play a football game sure to "tackle" close reading strategies. Have your students use their schema and evidence to infer, Rodgers style. View QR codes for the extra point(s). Go Pack Go!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Celebrating Easter
This 7 page book contains Christian symbols of Easter and explains what they mean. Students are asked to write 'What Easter Means to Me' after reading about the Easter Lily, the Cross, the Dogwood, the Easter Bells, the Lamb, and Easter Eggs. Answer keys are included. Perfect for churches and Christian schools.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
March Madness Paired Text Questions
These questions go with a paired text that can be accessed for free online.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
READING: THE HOWLING WOLF DOG MYSTERY
CONTENTS AND FOREWORD
The Howling Wolf Dog Mystery is an original fiction. The people in it are not real, but the story does mention some real places and Hispanic legends. Besides the story it has:
15 True-False Questions And Answers Key
Word Search;
Answers Key For The Word Search
Numbers Cryptogram;
Answers Key For The Numbers Cryptogram
Letters Cryptogram
Answers Key For The Word Search
Links For The Story’s Places And Legendary Creatures
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Written in the Stars: Romeo and Juliet - Unit Map - FREEBIE
Need inspiration for your Romeo and Juliet unit? Download this FREE unit map and check out a spin on this classic text that includes narrative writing and paired texts.Unit Description: This abridged unit in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is intended to deep dive into character development and narrative writing. Through this unit, while not read the entire play, students will engage with several extension texts that will enrich their reading of the complex text.This unit is available as a growin
Grades:
8th - 10th
GERMAN AUTHORS JIGSAW PUZZLES (Great End And Start of School Year Activities}
GERMAN AUTHORS JIGSAW PUZZLES is a set of three cut-out jig-saw puzzles for helping students learn famous German authors. Select the DOWNLOAD PREVIEW to see a sample.
What you do after a purchase is scroll down to see the puzzles, then once there print a copy of one then cut its parts out along the lines. Reassemble the parts by gluing or pasting the pieces onto a different sheet of paper. It’s that simple. Repeat whenever you want to use the other two cut-out jigsaw puzzles, too.
The stud
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Travel Writing Unit Plan
Travel Writing - incredibly detailed scheme of work on writing skills (non-fiction, information text) that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include sentences, purpose, audiences, text types, sentence starters, paragraphs, punctuation, vocabulary and more!To work in conjunction with our Travel Wri
Grades:
6th - 9th
ELA Unique Research & Writing Unit: Automotive Technologies!
A fresh and unique approach to teaching high school students critical reading and research!Students do not just need vocabulary strategies and research skills for their classes in school. We all use technical vocabulary as we talk about the things we do, whether it's our classes in school, jobs, or hobbies. Without vocabulary strategies, we can't learn new things or try new hobbies!And without research strategies, when you first learn how to change the oil in your car - or bake a cake, or croche
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Thoughtful Thursday: Powerful Results
Thoughtful Thursday activities are designed for students to explore content and themes related to literature units. This Thoughtful Thursday presents two famous psychology experiments on authority. It provides an opportunity to reflect on what was learned through each experiment and to apply understanding to concepts from Lord of the Flies.
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Career Success_Vocab & Networking Chart
SKILLS: vocabulary, reading, networking, graphic organizerStudents practice relevant academic vocabulary related to career development and answer questions with personal examples, read tips about successful student practices and practical steps toward career success. Finally, students use this knowledge to create their own networking chart and organize a "board of directors" who can advise them as they advance their lives toward jobs and careers.
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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