Middle school english language arts thematic unit plans for SMART Notebook

Mrs Kuchta's Corner An Elem Music Wonderland

Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Adventure (SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK Edition)

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My request for Peter and the Wolf clip art finally came to fruition! Thanks to Educlips/Educasong for hearing my plea and coming through for me and several other music teachers!! We can't thank you enough!! Naturally, I couldn't wait to release a product with these adorable new pieces, SOOO, here it is!!! This SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION of the beloved classic story of Peter and the Wolf will be sure to jump out at your students from the beginning of the story! A short composer BIO, an instrument to

Subjects:

Music, Other (Music), Reading

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

The Middle School Classroom

Also included in: BUNDLE: Peter & The Wolf Unit/Activities - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK EDITION

Fantasy Book Club Unit - Smartboard

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This Smartboard presentation can be used to supplement and guide a fantasy book club unit in reading. The Smartboard introduces the genre of fantasy/science fiction and lays out the expectations for book clubs. Students will also be making a "strategy log" to track their progress as they read. The focus of this unit is on comprehension skills so there are lessons on making connections, visualizing, determining importance, quote analysis, synthesis, and questioning. Please rate me and "like" my

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Social Justice S.L.A.M. Reading Response Unit, Smartboard & PDF

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Launching Learning

A BEST seller! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently updated to include BOTH SMARTboard presentation and PDF unit handouts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About the Unit: As teachers we have many jobs! One is to teach and prepare our students, and the other is to inspire! Too often the second is put aside, as we get our students ready for standardized testing. I design

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing

Grades:

5th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.9

, RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

...

6th Grade Literature Unit 3: Heroes

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

In this 6th grade thematic literature unit, the Big Idea is "Heroes". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is argument and the prompt is "In your opinion, what are the three most important qualities of a hero?" Students will be required to cite textual evidence to support the claim. I have included a link to a five-paragraph argument gr

Subjects:

Grades:

6th

Types:

Reading, Writing, Writing-Expository

PERSONAL NARRATIVE COMPLETE UNIT WITH LITERATURE AS INSPIRATION FOR SMARTBOARD

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Miss Creativity

Personal Narrative Writing Unit (about 2-3 weeks) Grades 2,3,4 but can be adapted for older or younger grades EACH LESSON INCLUDES A LEARNING OBJECTIVE! This Unit incorporates the use of literature as inspiration for writing our personal narrative. It's created for a 2nd or 3rd grade Personal Narrative writing Unit. Each day requires: *reading a book *teacher models a graphic organizer *students complete their own organizer *short paragraphs written for each organizer Skills touched upon in

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Grades:

1st - 6th, Staff

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Among the Hidden Unit

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Mallory Holliday

This is a 44 slide unit focused on the book Among the Hidden. It covers topics such as: point of view, propaganda, character traits, writing an autobiographical poem, having a BRAWL discussion (class dicsussion), doing a research project or essay, totalitarian government, and review questions at the end. It also includes a chart where you can compare the population law in the book to the population policy in China (video clip link and text included to use). I have attached all Microsoft workshee

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

6th Grade Literature Unit 2: Fairness

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

In this Smartboard unit, the big idea is fairness. Each of the text selections will relate back to the theme of fairness and the essential questions. The text selections for this unit include: "Nadia the Willful" by Sue Alexander, "Sibling Face-Off" (a nonfiction article on readworks.org), "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros, "Prince and the Pauper" dramatized by Joellen Bland, and "Women's Rights" a nonfiction article by Alice Boynton and Wiley Blevins (found in the Scholastic resource - Nonfiction Pas

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Grades:

6th

Types:

Wonder Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Writing

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

6th Grade Unit 1: Relationships

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English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary

The Big Idea for this unit is "Relationships". Selections come from McDougal Littel Literature, an article from read works.org, and the novel Freak the Mighty. The Smartboard lesson I created has links to Power Points and Smartboard lessons from either the web or presentations I created for different mini-lessons throughout the unit. Enjoy!

Subjects:

Grades:

6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard

6th Grade Literature Unit 6: Acceptance

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Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

In this 6th grade thematic literature Smartboard unit, the Big Idea is "Acceptance". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is informative/explanatory. The student will compare and contrast the Lin and the Gleason families from the Close Read selection "The All-American Slurp". The paper should include evidence of acceptance of the other'

Subjects:

Grades:

6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Halloween Themed Dead Verbs and Zombie Survival Guide Mini-Units

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Arrrsome in Fifth

This is a TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL! Yes, you get a Halloween Themed Dead Verbs Mini-Unit and a Zombie Survival Guide Mini-Unit. What fun! In fact, we have some of our rising 5th graders ask if they'll get to do these activities when they get to 5th grade. So that means that our current 5th graders love these activities so much that they are talking about them outside the classroom! Woo-Hoo! How neat is that??? Everything you'll need to teach both mini-units is attached to the SMART file. How conve

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

6th Grade Literature Unit 5: Success

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English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary

In this 6th grade thematic literature Smartboard unit, the Big Idea is "Success". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is informative/explanatory. The student will create an informational flyer or one-pager that explains how a person can be successful. One required element of the writing will be a timeline with main ideas and supporting

Subjects:

Grades:

6th

Types:

SMARTYPANTS Units with SmartBoard presentations

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.5

...

Smartboard presentation Genre elements of Gothic Horror Romanticism

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Smartboard presentation for Unit Plan Introduction to Gothic Literature This presentation covers the elements, their definitions with activities that help students identify and retain their meanings and significance in creating an atmosphere of mystery, horror and dread. Perfect for use as a prerequisite for the Unit plan for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

Seedfolks Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Literature

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles

6th Grade Literature Unit 4: Responsibility

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

In this 6th grade thematic literature unit, the Big Idea is "Responsibility". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is argument and the prompt is "In your opinion, do you think video games are harmful or helpful?" Students will be required to cite textual evidence to support the claim. I have included a link to a five-paragraph argument

Subjects:

Grades:

6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Bad Beginning Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Literature

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles

Holes Thematic Unit

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