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Wonder by RJ Palacio Novel Study Unit
Wonder by RJ Palacio is an outstanding book to read with your middle school ELA students! This Wonder Novel Study Unit gives you all the lesson plans and comprehension activities you need to guide students through the story, and think more deeply about the characters, themes, and literary devices found within it. Your students will be inspired by Auggie and all that he is able to accomplish despite the challenges of being different from his peers. Grab this common core aligned WONDER Novel Unit
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Bud, Not Buddy Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards-Based
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is the perfect novel to share with your students for so many reasons.This Bud, Not Buddy novel study unit includes both a printable PDF and digital version with everything you need to teach this amazing book while covering your reading literature standards. It includes CCSS lesson plans, comprehension questions, character analysis and vocabulary worksheets, and journal activities.Summary: Bud is an orphan living at the Home after his mother passed away.
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4th - 8th
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Teaching Theme | Finding Theme Worksheets Identifying Passages
Theme can be a difficult concept for intermediate-aged students. This extra-helpful, engaging unit makes teaching theme super easy and enjoyable! Students LOVE the hands-on, high-interest activities, and you will enjoy the low amount of prep work involved!Click on the PREVIEW button above to see everything included!Click HERE to save 20% by buying the bundle, which includes Figurative Language, Author's Purpose, and Theme in Literature.This packet includes everything you need for a complete unit
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Theme, Author's Purpose, & Figurative Language Reading Bundle
Myth Writing Unit - 8 days of writing lessons! (PDF and Digital Versions)
In this eight day, CCSS-aligned Myth Writing Unit, students will demonstrate an understanding of the myth genre as they write their own myths. The unit begins with a review of the characteristics of myths and student analysis of a sample myth. Then, following a step-by-step process that includes pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, conferencing, and then writing a final copy, students will write an original and creative myth. In this unit students create a myth that creatively presents an ex
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit - Close Reading Activity
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to wr
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6th - 9th
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Poetry Analysis Resource for Grades 4-8
Poetry can feel overwhelming to teach and even more frustrating for students. I created this resource to help my students learn the poetic devices and demonstrate how we can use them to analyze poems. I've found this approach works well for boosting confidence, engagement, and understanding with my middle school students.This PDF printable resource is broken down into 8 lessons, covering all of the poetic devices and finishing with analysis worksheets for students to demonstrate their understand
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5th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Poetry Unit Bundle CCSS Standards-Based
Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity & Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
The Literary Analysis resource is a great way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay! The Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students. This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysis writing unit includes a rubric and a literary analysis essay example, so all students can succeed. The focus is on analyzing the basic literary elements of plot, setting, character, and theme.✏️ The
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5th - 7th
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The Cay Novel Study [Theodore Taylor] Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for an all-in-one novel study for The Cay by Theodore Taylor? Look no more. This comprehensive unit includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, writing prompts, lessons on sentence errors, dialect, story elements, and activities aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 5–7.Check out both versions of The Cay Book Unit to determine which fits your teaching needs and style best. This is the full printable + digital version, containing digital task cards hosted by Boom Learn
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Novel Study Bundle
Bud, Not Buddy: 10 Creative Activities for the ENTIRE novel!
If you’re looking for engaging and educational activities that will help your students deepen their understanding of the novel, Bud, Not Buddy, then you’re in luck! This resource is filled with ten different activities that will help your students connect to, analyze, predict, investigate, synthesize, evaluate and comprehend the novel Bud, Not Buddy.
All of the activities are hands-on, interactive, engaging and tap into different learning styles that require students to become actively involv
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5th - 8th
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The Alchemist Novel Study: Reading Guide and Chapter Comprehension Questions
UPDATED: APRIL 2024 TO INCLUDE AN ANSWER KEY!UPDATED: August 2023 with a PDF version also included!This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 7 sections, with each section focusing on 20-25 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruc
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6th - 12th
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Poetry Unit for 4th - 6th Grade
This comprehensive unit on the reading, writing and performance of poetry is a student and teacher favorite! It's 50 pages of poetry fun!This Common Core aligned unit has the following:-Essential Questions-A list 10 unit appropriate I Can statements-Unit vocabulary and definitions with suggestions of mini-unit pairings-List of Common Core standards and the aligning lessons/activities for Grades 4 and 5-A comprehensive list of assessments and materials needed for the unit-A poetry pre-test and a
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4th - 6th
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The Giver Novel Study Guide: Chapter Comprehension Questions & Vocab Activities
This novel study unit for The Giver by Lois Lowry is perfect if you're looking for a new way to introduce your school students dystopian fiction. Try these innovative novel unit activities that will save you hours of planning time and give struggling and reluctant learners the support they need. The Giver Novel Study Unit is a book unit that includes comprehension questions, text-based vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and more - all in a ready-to-use format.UNIT TEXT: The Giver by Lois
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5th - 7th
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A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study: Comprehension Questions & Literature Activities
This A Wrinkle in Time novel study includes lesson plans, comprehension questions, and vocabulary for the classic book by Madeleine L'Engle includes everything you need to get students excited about the book. Comprehension questions require students to focus on analyzing A Wrinkle in Time and responding to literature, and the vocabulary focus builds word knowledge and academic vocabulary. This no-fluff A Wrinkle in Time novel study engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with cou
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6th - 8th
Middle School ELA Curriculum | Emergency Sub Plans for 6th, 7th, 8th
Want peace of mind for those last-minute sick days? These ELA Emergency Sub Plans are just what you need! This resource includes 5 full days of lesson plans and activities. Students will read an engaging passage and discuss it using text evidence to practice their ELA skills with multiple activities for each passage. Complete step-by-step lesson plans and sample scripts are included, so it's easy for subs to follow. Or, these passages and activities can also be used anytime throughout the year f
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6th - 8th
Digital Wonder Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards-Based
This Digital Wonder Novel Study Unit includes everything you need to teach R.J. Palacio's amazing book while covering your reading literature standards. It includes CCSS lesson plans, comprehension questions, character analysis and vocabulary worksheets, and journal prompts.Wonder by RJ Palacio is a MUST READ for your middle school students! They will take inspiration from Auggie and all that he has managed to accomplish in spite of the numerous difficulties he faces.This 70-page DIGITAL and PRI
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Belonging SEL Social Emotional Learning Activities Print Morning Meeting Slides
Enhance students’ sense of belonging with this social emotional learning unit focused on setting up and building a classroom community where everyone feels that they belong. Whether you use this unit during morning meeting or another social emotional learning time, the lessons, discussions, and student journal will engage your students in social emotional development, character education and community building. You'll experience proud teaching moments as your students gain awareness of the impor
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4th - 5th
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"Casey at the Bat" Unit - Poetry Lessons and Poetry Activities
This is an extremely detailed, CCSS-aligned unit. Student read and analyze the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. It is designed to help students analyze what the poem says explicitly as well draw inferences from the text. Students will determine the poem’s theme and analyze the theme development over the course of the text. In addition, students will investigate word choice, figurative language, and mood. Students will acquire a range of general academic and domain-specif
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5th - 8th
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The Maze Runner Novel Study: Reading Guide + Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for The Maze Runner by James Dasher, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 15 sections, with each section focusing on 20-25 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even better!The Maz
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6th - 12th
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The Breadwinner - a complete novel study
The Breadwinner is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts and social studies. It aligns with many of the common core state standards. The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, predicting, making inferences, writing for clarity and conciseness, writing to persuade, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, analyzing, justifying, eval
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5th - 8th
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6th-8th Grade Central Idea & Theme | Middle School Reading Unit
This 6-day unit has everything you need to teach central idea and theme. Students will take notes about concepts related to central idea and theme from an instructional slideshow, practice applying the skills using provided passages, and apply what they have learned to a teacher-selected short story. An assessment and answer key are included. Full Reading Unit Includes:Pacing Guide6 Days of Lesson PlansInstructional SlideshowPractice PassagesGraphic OrganizersExit TicketsAssessmentWriting Exten
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6th - 8th
Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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"A Christmas Carol" - Interactive Notebook Lessons and Activities
Interactive Notebook “A Christmas Carol” - Drama StudyThis resource is for Interactive Notebooks or File Folders. If you would prefer more traditional resources or a digital version of the student packet, check out the "A Christmas Carol" Drama Study HERE.This resource is the perfect companion to “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens and dramatized by Frederick Gaines. As students read the drama about Ebenezer Scrooge, a man obsessed with greed, and then visited by spirits that change
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5th - 8th
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ELA Test Prep - Teaching Students How to Respond to Short Answer Questions
In this 5-day Test Prep Unit, students learn specific strategies to promote success on standardized assessments and daily practice. Students will learn test-taking strategies for answering short-response questions. They will learn how to include textual evidence in their responses to short answer questions with instruction, guided practice, and independent activities.During the mini-unit students develop and practice the “READ” strategy to promote thoughtful and thorough responses. Using the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Test Prep BUNDLE! - Short Answer Questions and Motivation!
Refugee By Alan Gratz Novel Study
Introduce your students to the experiences of refugees around the world with this captivating Refugee Novel Study, designed specifically for middle school classrooms. Dive into the compelling stories of Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud, skillfully crafted by acclaimed author Alan Gratz, as your students explore the challenges faced by these characters.These thoughtfully structured lessons not only immerse students in the narratives but also provide a dynamic platform for learning and reviewing literar
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6th - 8th
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