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For all subjects Common Core RL.7.2 resources
Creative Activities for ANY Novel or Short Story with Handouts Distance Learning
Creative activities and project ideas for any novel, story, or unit in history. Includes standards alignment for every activity, EDITABLE grading rubrics, EDITABLE list of activities, EDITABLE student handouts that are ready to share in Google Slides, and lots of print-and-go handouts for students. These are perfect for distance learning!This 52-page bundle contains almost 100 creative student activities to use with any piece of literature. It includes 33 pages of templates and worksheets that
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Text Evidence Reading Passages, Sentence Starters, and Finding & Citing Bundle
You'll love using the Text Evidence Reading Passages & Evidence Frames to help teach students how to identify evidence from a text and then cite text evidence as proof. Perfect for informational text and literature reading comprehension, each resource targets finding text evidence and helps students with constructing a response. Citing text evidence can be a challenge, but the proof frames are structured to help simplify this essential reading and writing skill. Click the preview for more de
Grades:
4th - 7th
Summarizing Activities & Graphic Organizers with Steps Checklist, Middle & High
This cross-curricular literacy packet will help you teach - and students to effectively learn - the summarization process. The key is repeated practice of summarizing skills using multiple strategies for differentiation, interest, and reinforcement. ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒Don't let learning to summarize be a boring lesson. These creative lessons will give you options for teaching strategies that best fit what students will be summarizing. Students will begin with t
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Analysis and Assessment Bundle
20 Minute Reading Test Taking Strategy Activity (teacher slides included)
This interactive google doc follows a gradual release model to teach students how to eliminate answer choices and select the BEST choice even when they all seem correct. The activity includes CC informational reading passages and questions with a fun acronym to help students remember the strategy. My students love it, and it has definitely helped to increase their reading scores. Because it is a google doc, you can add more passages as needed. I added Gslides to help better instruct students.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Writing A Summary Template / Graphic Organizer
I always found it difficult teaching students how to summarize literature. For the most part, I received summaries that were too short, or I had the 3 page summary that was longer than the actual text! I stressed how important it was to just "sum up" or "write about the important parts", but the students could never really figure out what the important parts really were. (And maybe I didn't really understand it completely either!)
I found this technique using an internet search where I came
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Activity
A fun and hands-on reading comprehension strategy that uses close reading skills AND keeps kids' interest and attention.
This product puts reading comprehension questions and prompts on the blocks of the game, which students pull out one at a time, trying to make sure the tower does not fall. They must answer the prompt they pull, either verbally with a group or writing on their answer sheet, before the next student's turn. This product uses the game Jenga, which you need to use or purchase i
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Encanto Movie Study and Fun Activities!
Your students will love this Encanto Movie Study! With over 28 pages of activities, there is fun for Grades 2 to Grade 7 and beyond! You will have more than enough activities for years to come, no matter what grade you will teach. This Movie Study Includes: DISCUSSION AND COMPREHENSION • Movie Quiz (2 Pages)*• Discussion Questions (3 Pages - Easy, Medium, Hard).• Word Hunt with Google Translate• Cause and Effect • Venn Diagram, compare Bruno from the song to the real Bruno• Vann Diagram, compare
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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Assessments and Activities Worksheets with Scoring Guides | Language Arts
Save yourself hours and hours of time with these ready-to-go assessments, engaging activities, plus four multi-purpose scoring guides to use over and over.This product is also available in (1) my bundle Teacher's Toolkit Bundle - and in (2) my mega-bundleELA Mega Bundle Collection. Check them out now for some great deals!Includes 30 assessments, 10 self-assessments, and 4 scoring guides. This product is saved as a PDF (for quick and easy printing) and a PowerPoint (so that you can edit). Please
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Man Who Walked Between the Two Towers - 9/11 Interactive Powerpoint
A great interactive powerpoint to use for the week of 9/11! Using the book, "The Man That Walks Between the Two Towers" written by Mordicai Gerstai, the slides ask questions from the book and based off of the videos. The story is a different twist to exposing a younger audience to the events of 9/11. The videos are to give students a visual for 9/11 events and so that you can explain 9/11 and it's historical, tragic, events.The link on the first slides goes to a read aloud video. Enjoy!
Grades:
4th - 12th
The Amazing Reading Race - Travel Around the World! **Increase reading mileage**
The Amazing Reading Race!This resource can encourage our students to read and achieve finishing books. Here is a great class challenge to gain reading engagement!This is a big wall display.What's included?Title bunting "The Amazing Race"RulesLeader board list45 different flags of countries/territories around the world (not all flags are shown in the preview)A start and finish markNot included:MapStudent's names/photos that you can attach a pin to so they can move themselves aroundRules:Students
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Not Grade Specific
Close Reading Unit-"The Jacket" by Gary Soto-Figurative Language-Theme
Unlock the magic of literature with this unit for "The Jacket" by Gary Soto! Bring the love of reading to your classroom and watch as your students become active participants in their learning, all while exploring the beautifully written memoir by Gary Soto. Your students will gain a deep understanding by closely reading the text while annotating! After close reading activities, your students will discover themes and figurative language within the story! Students will learn how to respond to r
Grades:
6th - 8th
Ready To Use QUIZ in Google Forms over _Holes_ by L.Sachar book vs film
A ready to use quiz over the similarities and differences (compares and contrasts) between the written version of the novel Holes by Louis Sachar and the film version of the same text (Disney, 2003). Total number of points is set to 103 (so extra credit is worked into the questions!) Contains 11 total questions, including multiple choice and true or false formats. Focuses on main differences and THEME. (The Message) Includes a question for them to type their names, and Google Forms will import t
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5th - 7th
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Reading Comprehension Time Capsule Activity | Main Idea Summary Template
Are you in need of a creative way for your students to find the main idea or summary of any assigned text or reading? This Time Capsule guide will help students summarize any historical, fictional, non-fictional, article or text book reading using illustration and writing. The following items are included in the student directions: ☞This resource is also included in my Emergency Activities Bundle. Right now, save more than 20% on this resource and more!☜What's Included:A complete set of teacher
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Not Grade Specific
Testing as a Genre Unit: 12 Lessons, Practice Tests, Slideshow Lesson Companion
End testing anxiety by empowering your students with the tools they need to be successful! This 12 session unit for grades 3-5 will help prepare your students for success with standardized reading tests.Standardized testing isn’t going anywhere soon. Any quality teacher knows that we don’t “teach to the test”, however, teaching a child how to test is imperative! These skills can not only help students reach success with standardized testing and/or college prep or placement tests, but also allevi
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3rd - 6th
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Identifying Theme | Taylor Swift | Crossword | Printable | Answer Key
Resource includes a Swiftie-themed crossword puzzle and answer key. Puzzle clues include the themes of 20 popular Taylor Swift songs. The answers are the song titles.Fun resource for students to collaborate on to figure out the song titles. Even non-Swifties have fun trying to solve it. Great for upper elementary through high school.File includes:Printable PDF
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Literature Circles Unit
Want to do literature circles, but are not sure how? This unit plan gives you everything you need to implement literature circles successfully time after time. Includes:Unit Overview 5 lesson plansHandouts for each lessonSelf-Assessment Rubric Use this in a high school or middle school classroom while doing literature circles. Will work for any content area. Follow our store to be notified when we list new content or have a sale. For more information about using literature circles in your class
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Grades:
7th - 10th
TWEET IT! A Summarizing Strategy
Make summarizing fun with this TWEET IT! resource! Tap into students' prior knowledge and skills and build 21st Century Literacy. Use this resource to respond to a text or class discussion, or as tickets out the door. The Group Tweet It page can be used as a write-around (where students pass their papers in a circle), or as a way to respond to other student’s posted work. This resource includes:3 Graphic Organizers4 Tickets Out the Door1 Group Response Sheet
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2nd - 12th
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Worksheet
This worksheet is meant to be completed while watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe running time is about 2hrs and 34minsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie TrailerSummaryAs Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for students. Though Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) suspects there are new dangers lurking within the castle walls, Dumbledore is more intent than ever on preparing the young wizard for the final battle with Voldemor
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Distance Learning Movie/TV Bundle
Meet the Author
Students are presented with classical authors in the classroom daily and are exposed to a universal scope of reading material. Included in this package is a modern author that explores the culture in which our students live in today. I have presented three novels with a mini-lesson plan and printable worksheets with each.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Art + Students = Deep Thinking, Discussion & Writing
"A picture is a poem without words." Horace
Using art in a lesson can evoke creativity in students that even they didn't know existed.
Use these 32 distinct and thoughfully chosen pieces of art in a wide variety of lessons thoughout the year. In addition to the name of the painting and the artist, each card has a coding on the back which allows students to be easily grouped for discussion purposes.
In addition to the cards, there are 11 Common Core connected lesson plan ideas that allow
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Social Media Summaries
With our tech-savvy students using so many different types of social media, this graphic organizer incorporates social media (no computer necessary) and summarizing. The Flex Post Summaries can be used in any subject area (a chapter in a history text book, chapter summaries in a novel, etc.) to assist students in pulling out the main idea and details to create a one-sentence summary of their reading and learning. Students are limited to only 140 characters (spaces included). This graphic orga
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4th - 12th
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Chapter Study Guide and Review Notes: Student Led Discussion Quiz Alternative
Don’t give your students study guides, they can make their own! They will be accountable for their reading, and can even teach each other, if you let them with this resource template. You can use this over and over, for every chapter, of any book.
Use this resource in many ways:
*as a quiz alternative
*as a self-directed study guide
*to have students initiate review
*to guide class discussions
*Require student accountability individually
*Compile all notes into one super directory of relevant
Grades:
7th - 10th
Tracking My Data: Goal-Setting Self-Assessment
Please write a review, even if it's just 2 words. I really appreciate it! This is a great way to get your students into tracking their own data and setting goals.Using this resource:students will track their data by standard (CCSS and GSE versions are included)set standard-specific goals for future assessmentstrack their progress towards meeting their goalsreflect on their learning (including strategies and next steps)Also included in this resource:a teacher's guide to using the resourcean optio
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Not Grade Specific
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