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Middle school Women's History Month informational text resources for products for TpT sellers on sale
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View BigFoot
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes Bigfoot exist? Or is he just a made up legend? Students will read two nonfiction articles to compare and contrast both sides of the Bigfoot debate! This is a fun, but educational, lesson. Included is BOTH print and digital versions.I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted no
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Reading Stations Activity for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Analysis
This fun reading activity "progressive dinner"™ works with any fiction, nonfiction, and poetry unit texts of your choosing! Practice close reading skills and textual analysis in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the reading activity for you! Have students preview literary criticism articles, read thematically-connected poetry, engage in close reading of a complex fiction or nonfiction text, and engage in small group discussion. These are just some of the possibilities!I use this close re
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Women's History Month | The Role of Women in the Past, Present and Future
Women's History Month is a month of great importance to all of us. This month should serve to commemorate each contribution and each victory of women and to reflect on the importance they have within society and the obstacles that still remain to be overcome.This resource can be used both physically and digitally. It can be used for both Women's History Month and International Women's Day. It includes: - Cover page. - How to do Page. p1: - Introduction. p2: - Why Do We Celebrate Women's History
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Women's History Month | For All Ages | English + Spanish
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Google Ready!
Main IdeaTask CardsReading Comprehension Skills Do you love to read about unsolved mysteries? Capture your students' attention with nonfiction paragraphs about aliens, UFO's, crop circles, and much more! This is my students' favorite lesson. It is a great way to teach the main idea without boring the kids to death. I have two YouTube videos that preview and explain this lesson. Please check them out and like them! Unsolved MysteriesMeet Nala Bella in this video as she explains what this le
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
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5th - 9th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Speaking and Listening Activities for Google Drive Based on Humans of New York
Do you love Humans of New York? Are you looking for a fun way to engage students while teaching important speaking and listening skills? These versatile speaking and listening activities teach students to conduct an effective peer-to-peer interview in order to get beyond surface-level response and discover the stories that make people unique. Use at the beginning of the school year as a getting to know you activity, as a public speaking activity, or as a part of your next memoir, personal narrat
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8th - 11th
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MLK March on Washington Close Reading Passages & Response Pack
Celebrate Black History Month with this Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and The Great March on Washington focused product. Inside you will find four informational text passages providing the reasons for the march, Dr. King's speech, the Civil Rights Movement, and the results of The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Use for guided reading, close reading, text evidence lessons, social studies or homework. • • Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! • • High interest passages a
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2nd - 6th
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Nonfiction Summary Reading Intervention Unit
Close Reading Nonfiction Summary Intervention PackRunning out of ideas to help your struggling readers?Tired of being observed by your principal only to be caught without a lesson plan?Too busy to write learning targets?These are the reasons I wrote this intervention unit! I was frustrated with the lack of time and resources to plan for my small reading groups. I knew I needed data and lots of skill practice for my struggling readers. That's how this unit evolved. It has taken months of work
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle
Compare and Contrast Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast The World's Deadliest Island Nonfiction ReadingDid you know there is an island that has never been explored by modern day man because of a deadly tribe living there? Did you know there is an island in Brazil so deadly you have to have a doctor travel there with you? North Sentinel Island and Snake Island are two of the World's Deadliest Islands. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two islands, or go deep
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Rhetorical Analysis Argumentation & Persuasive Writing Rhetoric BUNDLE
One-stop rhetorical analysis resources of argumentative texts! Teaching rhetoric and persuasion can be fun!! And you can teach argumentative writing, rhetorical devices, & rhetorical appeals to any student with confidence, given the right rhetoric activities! This persuasion bundle encourages student engagement, critical thinking, and rhetorical analysis of multimedia and print nonfiction texts.There is more here than you'll need, and that's the plan. Options create flexibility and freedom.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Rhetorical Analysis of Ted Talks Worksheets - Persuasion & Ted Talk Activities
These no-prep TED talk worksheets encourage rhetorical analysis and critical thinking about nonfiction texts! Whether you use these TED talks as a part of an rhetorical analysis and argumentative essay unit, a stand-alone lesson, or a reading and discussion resource, this resource is sure to engage learners while holding them to high expectations! I created this resource for my English 10 students who LOVE all things visual and technology-based. This activity builds nonfiction reading, analysis
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8th - 11th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction ArticlesDid you know the blue-ringed octopus is so venomous that one bite will paralyze you? Did you know the bite from a snail could kill you? The blue-ringed octopus and cone snail are two of the world's most deadly sea animals. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two animals, or go deeper and teach them to compare and contrast the author's point of view. I
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast Close Reading Lesson Yellowstone Wolves
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastLots of options for differentiation!Check out my YouTube video that explains this lesson: Click hereTwo original articles about the Yellowstone Wolf controversy. Each article takes a different point of view. Students will have fun reading about each side and will form their own opinions about the controversy. Great way to teach close reading for the point of view without boring the kids to death. :)I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesti
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Close Reading Interactive Notebook 2nd-6th Grade Text Coding Structure Genres
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade Close Reading Interactive Notebook Text Structures Compare Contrast Informational Text Sub-Genres Historical, Technical, Scientific, Argument & Claim and more. Celebrate Close Reading with this unit! Inside you will find text based question cards, bookmarks, text coding supports, posters, graphic organizers, discussion tools and lesson plan templates. Each of the above are aligned to Literature and Informational Text Common Core State Standard.Tools to develop t
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2nd - 6th
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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Unsolved Mysteries
Main IdeaTask CardsMini LessonsUnsolved MysteriesAre you looking for engaging, high interest topics to teach main idea with? This is the unit for you! The theme is unsolved mysteries. If you liked my first Unsolved Mysteries Unit, then you will love this one!This lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice. You can also use the literacy center for your reading intervention groups. I used it both as a center and as re-te
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Argumentative Writing Rhetorical Appeals Handouts - Ethos, Pathos, Logos
These rhetorical appeals handouts give student-friendly ethos, pathos, logos definitions - with tips for building effective argumentation. Help students to build a foundation for rhetorical analysis and argumentative writing and speaking. The ability to analyze a nonfiction text and build an effective argument are important college readiness skills!*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Three informational handouts (3 Pages), one for each r
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Argumentation & Persuasive Writing Rhetoric BUNDLE
Valentine's Day Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Articles
Valentine's DayCompare and ContrastNonfiction ArticlesGoogle Slides Included!How did Valentine's Day begin? How do other countries celebrate Valentine's Day? Students will read two original articles all about this! Then they will analyze it using close reading skills. They will compare and contrast using a double bubble map or Venn diagram, fill out two column notes, and finally write an essay. There is also a summary assignment- The Gossip Gazette, and a COOTIE CATCHER! Included is both bl
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
FALL: October Main Idea Task Cards: Common Core RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2, RI.6.2
Celebrate October with 24 Informational Text--- October Themed--- Main Idea Task Cards for Common Core Standard RI.2.. Also included is a Main Idea Anchor Chart specific to Stated and Implied Main Ideas.Two styles of answer sheets: The first set has space for students to write the main idea of each task card and then circle "Stated" or "Implied". The other set of answer sheets have space for students to write the main idea without having to indicate whether or not it is a stated or implied main
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3rd - 6th
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Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda Triangle
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda TriangleTwo high interest nonfiction articles, written from two different points of view! Students will read "Killer Sea Farts" and "Alien Vortex." Both are original articles, two pages long, nonfiction, written by me. They investigate The Bermuda Triangle. Hundreds of planes and ships go missing in The Bermuda Triangle each year. Are the disappearances due to a hidden alien vortex? Or is there a logical explanation for these disa
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Google Ready!
Close ReadingCompare and Contrast the Author's Point of ViewGoogle Classroom ready or just print and go!Should killer whales (orcas) be held captive in zoos and aquariums? Strike passion in your students with an engaging topic!Explore both sides of this controversial debate. Students will close read to discover the author's point of view in each nonfiction article. Do you need a digital lesson plan quickly? This lesson comes with the Google Slides that are completely digital! Just assign in
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Day Bundle: Compare and Contrast
Text Dependent Question Stems, Frames {Common Core TDQ Cards for Close Reading}
With text complexity increasing for all grade levels and the need for Close Reading of text as stated in the first two words of the reading Anchor Standards this set of Text Dependent Question Stems and Frames will serve your class fruitful. Easy to read font! Four Cards to a Page! Standard is Printed on Each Card! 72 TDQ CardsUse these stems and frames in your guided reading groups or any time you may be reading closely. This set is aligned to the Common Core Anchor Standards. Help your studen
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Main Idea Shared Reading Lessons and Literacy Center
Main IdeaShared Reading and Literacy CenterPLUS Guided Mini Lessons!This is a 26 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, main idea. It is nonfiction and ocean themed with high interest topics for 4-6th grades. Common Core Standard:English Language Arts Standards: Reading: Informational Text : Grade 5 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. The first part of this lesson is a shared/guided
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Articles
Nonfiction Article Reading Passages Pack This pack includes 12 nonfiction topics, and each one has two articles that are written from two different points of view. The reading level of each article is about a fifth or sixth grade level. I used these when I taught fifth grade and again when I taught sixth grade. This year I am teaching fourth grade, and I plan to use them again. This pack gives you a total of 24 nonfiction articles. Each article is original and is written by me. T
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4th - 10th
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