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Writing-essays Common Core RL.8.4 resources
The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More
Engage your students in this five-week teaching unit for The Outsiders. This teaching unit for S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders contains engaging activities that will help your students understand and analyze the text. This unit plan will help challenge all learners in your classroom with built-in differentiation and scaffolding. As you read The Outsiders, students will use the comprehension and analysis bookmarks to better understand the story. The foldable bookmarks also align with The Outsid
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7th - 10th
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RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI Complete Study Unit, Common Core Aligned
This Rikki-tikki-tavi no-prep unit is complete and addresses virtually all the CCSS Reading Literature skills for ELA 5,6,7, plus Writing 2 & 3.It is excellent as a Back-to-School review of skills learned the previous year, or as a mid-year review.The unit includes -- student worksheets for the complete story, divided into four parts, and including questions, graphic organizers, and short essay responses,- a post-reading analysis for students to work with,- a two-page test: multiple choice a
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5th - 8th
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Novel Study Unit Plan - Pre-reading Activities Charles Dickens
Get your learners thinking! Our A Christmas Carol Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (180+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journey
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7th - 9th
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Literary Analysis: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Reading & Writing Unit
Are your students confused about text analysis? You know how to do it yourself, but you're not sure how to make it accessible to students? I know the feeling. Analyzing texts is hard, and it rarely comes naturally. It's a difficult concept to break down into a methodical process. Still, it can be done. I created these analyzing texts materials to help my students practice analyzing a variety of texts, including nonfiction, fiction, paired texts, short films, movies, commercials/advertisements, a
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8th - 11th
THE MAZE RUNNER Novel Study Unit Plan Activities - Pre-reading, Characters, Test
Get your learners thinking! Our Maze Runner Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- pre-reading questions, characters, vocabulary, final projects, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (370+ pages and slides). Get your learners enjoying the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journey e
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7th - 9th
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DIVERGENT Novel Study Unit Plan Activities - Prereading Projects Writing Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our Divergent Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (200+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journ
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7th - 9th
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NIGHT by Elie Wiesel - Novel Guide - Print & DIGITAL
NIGHT - This Novel Guide for Elie Wiesel’s Night will keep students thinking and enhance their understanding from the first page of the book to the last. Now includes a DIGITAL version! Section-by-Section Response Pages challenge students to dig into the text to explain and make inferences as they read. Includes a pre-reading Web Quest, Theme Essay writing assignment, and Vocabulary study. The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. To
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7th - 10th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit: Activities, Writing, Quizzes, Bundle
Immerse your students in this engaging To Kill a Mockingbird novel study unit that contains everything you will need for a class study of Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.These To Kill a Mockingbird lessons and activities will help you introduce your students to the novel with a collaborative group research project. Then, begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird with the interactive vocabulary and comprehensive bookmarks that follow along with the book. As you read, engage your students in
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8th - 11th
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THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Novel Study Unit Plan Activities Pre-reading Characters
Get your learners thinking! Our The Fault in Our Stars the Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (288+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your
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7th - 9th
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Novel Study Unit - Pre-reading, Fun Activities, Movie
Get your learners thinking! Our To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 8-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (354+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan jou
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8th - 10th
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity while reading "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury? How about a dystopian short story set in a futuristic society where technology can replace even the most basic of human activities and has one of the most jaw-dropping endings in literature? Look no further than this “The Veldt” Short Story Unit that is is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA . This two week
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6th - 9th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Quizzes & Test Resources
The Refugee (by Alan Gratz) assessment package provides a complete suite of materials to assess your students' ELA skills and their comprehension of the novel. The package includes mini-quizzes for each 3 chapters, 2 vocabulary quizzes, a final literary exam, a comprehension test, and 3 essays all of which were intentionally aligned to cover a variety of critical common core state standards and skills. Answer keys are provided for all resources. Digital Compatibility: This resource is also techn
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
Test Prep Paired Texts - Paired Passages - Close Reading & Essay Writing Bundle
In these three lessons, students compare paired texts that have similar universal themes. These detailed lesson plans will provide you with everything you need to help your students meet Common Core English Language Arts Standards as they make connections between the texts and construct effective comparison essays. This 60-page bundle includes the following:-explicit lesson plans with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guides-contextual reading guides with sample annotation
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7th - 11th
THE COMPLETE MAUS | MAUS I & II BUNDLE | TEACHER NOTES, TEST, GRAPHIC NOVEL
THE COMPLETE MAUS | MAUS I & II BUNDLE | TEACHER NOTES, TEST, GRAPHIC NOVELWhat teachers are saying:My students LOVED doing the project ideas that were in this resource. I also really appreciated the tests as they were all around engaging and asked questions that had a variety of Bloom's Taxonomy associated with them. One of the best resources I have found for these novels. Thank you so much!PRINT AND DIGITAL!❤️❤️THIS BUNDLED PRODUCT ON MAUS I AND II IS DISCOUNTED BY OVER 20%! ❤️❤️I teach Ma
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sentence Frames for Literary Analysis Essay Writing High School ELA, ELL & ESL
Use sentence frames (also called sentence starters) for literary analysis in your ELA or ESL classroom to support all students! Research shows that sentence frames are an effective scaffolding technique. Use sentence frames for differentiated instruction and to support ELL and newcomer students. This is appropriate for 7th-12 grade.This resource is a 5-page handout that includes 12 types of sentence frames for writing about literature: Diction/connotation/denotation, hyperbole, setting, irony, j
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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SHADES OF GRAY Novel Study Unit: Common Core Aligned
This post Civil War novel grabs the attention of students from the beginning. Here are questions and activities for every chapter:- reading comprehension, - fact retrieval, - cause and effect, - problem/solution, - character analysis, - opinion/validation, and more.There are no answers provided for these questions.There is a quiz for each of the following: Ch. 1 to 6; Ch. 7 to 10; Ch. 11 to 13; Ch. 14 to 17 ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED.There are vocabulary and spelling worksheets, and a mini-lesson a
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5th - 8th
Paired Texts - Road Not Taken and Harlem (Dream Deferred) - Essay Writing
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "Harlem (Dream Deferred)" by Langston Hughes. Then, facilitate their understanding of the central themes and speakers’ attitudes as they construct connections between the poems. Use this activity to provide practice with a prose constructed response (short essay).This 20-page product includes the following:explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidebuilding b
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6th - 9th
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Text Dependent Analysis Writing, Citing Textual Evidence, Outline, Organizer
Teaching character analysis, irony, theme, opinion, and symbolism using text dependent analysis has never been easier! These in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompts guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay focusing on textual evidence as support. The bundle includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, an argumentative writing outline, instructional video, detailed lesson plans, and the complete texts of
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6th - 8th
A BOY AT WAR Novel Study: Quick Chapter Quizzes & Writing Prompts
Written by Harry Mazer, and with the plot set in World War II, this novel study has quick quizzes which allow a faster pace through the story. This unit contains the following:- 1st and 3rd Person perspective (point of view) board notes - two pages with lesson suggestions - use with doc camera/smart board/overhead- Quick chapter quizzes - two chapters per quiz, usable like exit tickets- Venn diagrams - three, designed for comparing characteristics- Writing prompts - six, in task card format; fo
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6th - 8th
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IF I STAY Novel Study Unit Activities Prereading Quizzes Writing Movie
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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8th - 10th
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Paired Texts - We Wear the Mask and I'm Nobody! - Essay Writing Activity
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "We Wear the Mask" by pre- Harlem Renaissance poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson. Then facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems. The lesson engages students with an icebreaker opening game of "Two Truths and a Lie" and culminates in a writing task that imitates the style of a standardized assessment. Additionally, this
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7th - 10th
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Short stories with comprehension questions, Tell-Tale Heart, ELA activities
Short stories with comprehension questions, Tell-Tale Heart, ELA activities CUSTOMER REVIEW: I appreciate this seller's application of legal, moral & philosophical implications of the story, as well as references to outside works and real-life situations (as she does in all of her products!). This is yet another of her products that I will use every time I read this story with a class--very helpful in taking literary analysis to a slightly higher level than an ordinary discussion would do.
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN Test Maker (Select from 145 exam items.)
A Raisin in the Sun Test Maker includes 145 exam items addressing a wide range of elements and topics. Delete the questions that you do not want and your test is ready.A Raisin in the Sun Test Items:RECALL AND COMPREHENSION questions (51, multiple choice)KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS questions (55, multiple choice)SHORT RESPONSE prompts (27)EXTENDED RESPONSE prompts (12)Resource Notes:A Raisin in the Sun Text Maker duplicated in PDF and DOCX formats. Modify your A Raisin in the Sun exam using MS Word o
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: A RAISIN IN THE SUN Final Assignments: Assessments, Projects, and Essays
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