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7th grade U.S. History literature circles
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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Historical Fiction Passage for Reading Comprehension Questions Salem Witch Trial
Keep student interest in middle school with The Salem Witch Trials historical fiction passage for reading comprehension with questions. This engaging, low prep resource will be welcome in your classroom and your kids will love it! The story and student pages may be printed as worksheets or used digitally through Google or Easel documents. Easy set up makes this perfect for centers or substitute teachers.Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the middle school reading c
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The Diary of Anne Frank Novel Study and Project Menu; Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for the bestselling "Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl", a standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every entry as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning diary autobiography in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything you need to use this
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
Atomic Bombing of Japan - Socratic Seminar (Was the U.S. justified?) WWII
Atomic Bombing of Japan - Socratic Seminar (Was the U.S. justified?) WWII - A 20+ page package related to the atomic bombing of Japan during World War Two (WWII). This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the atomic bombing of Japan. The discussion centers on the question: Was the United States justified in using the atomic bombs on Japan to end World War Two?
This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, m
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6th - 12th
Civil Rights Movement - I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King - Socratic Seminar
Civil Rights Movement - I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King - Socratic Seminar - A 20+ page package related to the Civil Rights Movement and the "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King. This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King.
This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, meaningful and engaging learning related to the Civil Rights Movement. Students
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6th - 12th
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Novel Guide
Actor and activist George Takei details his life in his graphic novel memoir They Called Us Enemy. This packet comes with 14 pages and an answer key.COMPREHENSIONPre-Reading Questions5 Comprehension QuizzesFinal ReflectionBook ReviewVOCABULARYVocabulary Worksheet ListVocabulary Word MapOTHERThemesCompare/ContrastGeorge Takei paragraphJapanese Internment Camps paragraphExtended Resources
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6th - 8th
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Read Aloud Play: The Newsies--The Newsboy Strike of 1899
Originally published in the March 2015 issue of Scholastic’s Scope magazine, "The Newsies" tells the story of a young immigrant girl who goes to work selling newspapers just before the 1899 New York City newsboy strike in which kids stood up to William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It's a historically more accurate version than the Disney musical (a completely different story). Suitable for reader's theater or stage production, this historically-accurate, kid-friendly script includes elev
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4th - 7th
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains (Scott O'Dell) Novel Study with Paired Texts
Product DescriptionThunder Rolling in the Mountains is one of Scott O'Dell's many historical fiction novels for young readers. This book is ideal for 4th and 5th graders and relates to Social Studies standards for these grade levels.This document includes:*Guiding/analysis/comprehension questions for every chapter*Short vocabulary lists for every chapterTo extend and integrate with history lessons:*vocabulary and definitions for key terms related to the topic of Native America studies*3 Student
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4th - 8th
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Seaman Novel Study Questions (The Dog Who Explored with Lewis and Clark)
Are you studying Westward Expansion? This product would be a great addition to your unit! This is a packet of discussion questions for the novel, Seaman. Seaman is a novel about a dog that traveled out West with Lewis and Clark to discover the Pacific Ocean.
It would be a great way to enhance Social Studies standard: SS4H6 The student will explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861 as well as cover the Common Core Literature standards for grades 3-5.
This packet include
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1st - 7th
Fever 1793 Novel Activities
These novel activities supplement and help guide your instruction of the historical fiction novel, Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. This is a 62 page resource with 60 useable pages! Activities are based on the common core with a focus on finding text evidence to support ideas and opinions. Engaging activities will keep your kids focused on theme; exploring figurative language; describing characters, settings, and events; analyzing and evaluating characters; summarizing using tweets; and so m
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4th - 8th
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Literature Circle Questions for "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thoughtful, higher-order thinking discussion questions for literature circles or book clubs. The book is broken down into six different sections, based upon chapter length and difficulty level. Questions target reading skills, as well as social studies ideas. Appropriate for fifth grade and above.
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5th - 8th
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Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric
Civil War - Emancipation Proclamation - Socratic Seminar with Rubric - A 18 page package related to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. This package contains all of the necessary documents to facilitate a Socratic Seminar related to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
This is a fantastic activity and lesson to assist students in fostering deep, meaningful and engaging learning related to the Civil War. Students will read a common text (the Emancipat
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6th - 12th
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story Book Study (Printable and Digital Options)
This great book by Nora Raleigh Baskin tells about the day of September 11, 2001 from four middle school students' perspectives. This book study packet helps readers think through the chapters of the book and break down vocabulary.This is a printable or digital learning packet. You have three options as a teacher:1. Print and go!2. Google Doc3. Google Forms for each section of the book
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3rd - 7th
Pledge of Allegiance/ Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag - Bilingual
This product includes 4 posters. These posters can be used at a fluency center, or to simply post next to the classroom flags. This product is in English and Spanish.
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PreK - 12th
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Reader's Theater Scripts--Texas History (eBook)
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension qu
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4th - 7th
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine Novel Unit and Answer Key
These are worksheets with comprehension questions accompanying the novel The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. They are grouped by every 4 chapter (ex: 1-4, 5-8 etc.) with the last worksheet being the final 5 chapters. They focus on key events as well as character tracking charts. Update: An answer key is now included!I also have a student response journal for sale that has at least 1 reflective topic for each worksheet that I created and used. They help students to make text to self con
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6th - 9th
Mini-Guide for Middlers: Johnny Tremain Interactive
This is a two-week literature study for the book titled Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes. In this book, a young apprentice silversmith is caught up in the danger and excitement of Boston in the 1770s. The guide contains:vocabulary activitiesdiscussion questionsreading activities – Students will: narrate a story, read background information, draw a cartoon, summarize a prediction, fill in a literary map, and play a quote game. Students will learn about: personification, similes, alliteration
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6th - 9th
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L Holm: A PDF & EASEL Novel Study
This is a ready-to-use, no-prep packet for teachers to use with students in grades 4-7 who are reading Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm. It includes 17 student pages that can be used as printables or digitally (the buyer simply exports it to Easel from the My Purchases page). A separate answer key in addition to a list of research topics for further reading and deeper understanding is also included.. The student pages divide the text into five reading assignments of about 35 pages each
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4th - 7th
Reading Comprehension and Writing Task Cards for Blood on the River
These task cards contain higher order thinking comprehension questions from Elisa Carbone’s novel, Blood on the River. This novel is one of the best tools I've found for teaching students about Jamestown and the relationship between the Powhatan Indians and the English settlers. These cards emphasize the main points I want students to understand from the social studies as well as the reading comprehension standpoints. The forty-eight discussion cards have several questions from each chapter. The
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4th - 8th
New Salem Witch Trials: Non-Fiction Task Cards
This nonfiction resource helps your students learn to read informational text and find supporting evidence. Students answer a variety of comprehension questions after reading the nonfiction passages. This helps them learn to analyze informational text. Learning to analyze informational text is the first step in learning to find supportive evidence. The varying nonfiction structures (descriptive, compare/contrast, chronological, problem/solution, and cause/effect) of the passages also plays a key
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6th - 8th
History of Johnny Appleseed Student Reading and Activity
Johnny Appleseed: What is the story with this guy? A guide to Johnny Appleseed!This Johnny Appleseed lesson is included in the 14-lesson Holiday Collection, located here! This pack includes lessons on Johnny Appleseed, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, President's Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Saint Patrick's Day (St Patrick's Day), Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day! Enjoy these 14 hands-on activities at one great price! ------------------I
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5th - 8th
"Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom" Chapter-by-Chapter Comprehension Questions
I have created chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions for the novel "Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom" by Lynda Blackmon Lowery. The questions provided are text-dependent questions that require students to make inferences, use evidence to back up their thinking, and a few require students to use research to help with their comprehension of the text. Reading the novel will require students to read a piece of literary nonfiction while also learning details about segregation, Voting Rights Act
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4th - 8th
The Parker Inheritance Novel Study
SummaryIn The Parker Inheritance, 12-year-old Candice has to spend the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, due to her parents' divorce. When she and her mom take up residence in her deceased grandmother's house, Candice finds a letter alluding to a town tragedy and offering clues to a mysterious fortune. Candice teams up with bookish neighbor Brandon, and the two ingeniously puzzle out clues, scour the internet, and sift through old yearbooks and photos. Scenes shift easily between past and prese
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4th - 12th
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker American Revolution - Novel Study
This is a 26 page study guide for Magic Tree House American Revolution Fact Tracker. This is the nonfiction companion toMagic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday. Every page of this study will encourage students to use nonfiction text features and practice skills necessary to successfully complete their own research. This packet is divided into chapters, so students can easily navigate through the book and complete the questions.
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2nd - 12th
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