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6th grade literature lessons
Interactive Character Analysis Posters-100 Character Traits With Organizers
100 character trait posters, matching organizers, and editable character trait poster. Want your students to be m ore interactive with text? This resource is guaranteed to promote character analysis in your classroom! This resource will build new vocabulary and expose your students to higher level character traits.Character traits are introduced/discussed during read alouds, mentor texts, weekly stories, etc. As characters display the trait, the traits are recorded on the post-its with evidence
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Character Analysis Bundle | Character Traits
THE GIVER Unit Bundle: Engaging Novel Study w/ Activities: Stations, Quickwrites
Engage your students with this growing bundle of student-centered resources for Louis Lowry's The Giver. These activities have been designed with standards, critical thinking, and creativity in mind. With print & digital formats, these resources are flexible enough to work for you and your students, no matter your situation!When you purchase this resource, you will receive the following in print AND digital versions. (Print versions are PDFs; digital versions contain editable text/instructio
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6th - 9th
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Esperanza Rising FULL NOVEL UNIT | Bundled
The Best Cross-Curricular & Engaging Novel Unit Out There*Distance-Learning, Print + Digital, Google Apps, Research-Based Strategies**COMMON CORE ALIGNED This bundled teaching unit covers the whole novel, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, from start to finish with powerful literary analysis and comprehension tools that will engage your students, teach key standards, and ignite learning in your classroom. Empower your students to access higher-level thinking skills and explore a pivotal tim
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4th - 8th
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Summarizing Fiction Texts Bundle: Practice Passages, PowerPoint, Worksheets
Teach your students to summarize a fictional piece of literature by using the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy. This bundle of activities includes many practice opportunities! Students will read and summarize FOURTEEN fictional pieces. This bundle has everything you need to keep your students engaged as they learn how to write a strong fiction summary. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These genre a
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3rd - 6th
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All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "All Summer In a Day" by Ray Bradbury. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story by Ray Bradbury, other stories by Ray Bradbury, or science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: April Selection – Click here to read m
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5th - 7th
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THE GIVER Novel Study Unit Plan Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading, Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Giver 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, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (460+ pages and slides -- 230+ print and 230+ digital Google Drive). ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google Forms! Get your
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6th - 8th
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Wonder by R.J. Palacio Novel Study Unit
This 174 page novel study unit on Wonder by R.J. Palacio contains:
List of Chapter Titles organized by Part 1-8
Book Part Teacher Cheat Sheets
• Vocabulary for book part
• Strategies to Focus On
Chapter-related Activities
• Vocabulary for each chapter
• Important Events of each chapter
• Comprehension + Inferring Questions for each chapter
• Use of Figurative Language in chapters when used
• Over 20 additional extension ideas, some chapter specific and some for the book in general
Character
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4th - 6th
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Holes Unit Plan - Louis Sachar Novel Study Reading Unit
Holes Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach Holes by Louis Sachar. With more than 240+ pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, and interactive class activities.What Teachers Are Saying About The Holes Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the best resource I have bought on Teachers Pay Teachers in the past 7 years! Thank you for the effort put forth
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6th - 9th
Plot Diagram and Elements Lesson | Short Story Structure GR 4-7 Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review the elements of plot and plot diagrams. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about plot elements before explaining them in their own wordsmatch each stage of a plot diagram with its descriptionread short stories and sequence the main events on a
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4th - 7th
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HATCHET Novel Study Activities - Prereading, Vocabulary, Project - Lesson Plans
Get your learners thinking! Our Hatchet 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 (215+ 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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5th - 7th
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GIANT Greek Mythology Unit - now updated to include Google Docs & Forms!
*****UPDATED! NOW EACH MYTH INCLUDES A GOOGLE DOCS/GOOGLE FORMS SET OF SHORT ANSWER OR MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS!*****Perfect for use with distance learning, Google Classroom, Schoology, or virtual learning platforms!!This GIANT bundle is all you will need to teach Greek Mythology!! Inside you will find over 53 separate files that you can follow in sequential order to introduce your students to the basics of mythology all the way to critical thinking about the modern impact that mythology still
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6th - 12th
The Tell Tale Heart Unit | Print & Digital | Close Reading | Full Text
Use this standards-based unit to introduce students to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” This resource is packed with activities your students will love, including audio support! Everything you need for a comprehensive and engaging unit is included in printable and digital formats! Printable PDF and digital Google Drive versions are included. Included With Your Purchase:Teacher's Guide "The Tell-Tale Heart" Full Text with Audio Support Introductory ActivityInference
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6th - 9th
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Socratic Seminar for ANY Text: Literary Analysis - Distance Learning
The Socratic Seminar is named after Greek philosopher Socrates, who believed in the power of social learning and deliberate discussion. Socrates believed that humans learned best from questioning and discussion. He believed discussion helped individuals critically think through complex ideas and learn better than they could on their own. You can think of a Socratic Seminar as an “intellectual discussion,” but you can also see it as a conversation where you “think out loud” and “talk it out.” Ess
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 7, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are reading "The Lottery" or science fiction/dystopian in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: March Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month C
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6th - 8th
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit Activities for 6th 7th 8th
Teaching literature concepts and literary devices through The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this Socratic Seminar and literary devices novel study. This The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Middle School reading unit and novel study is exactly what you need to teach your seventh or eighth-grade middle school learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response focused format with this realistic fiction book. This unit digs dee
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6th - 8th
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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
A Christmas Carol Drama/Play by Israel Horovitz Short Story Unit Grade 7
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Acts I & II, by Israel HorowitzThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of DramaTrace the Development of ThemeConnotation vs. DenotationConflict: Man vs. SupernaturalProvide an Objective SummaryCompare Historical vs. Fictional AccountsComparing Multiple Versions in Multiple FormatsSee the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of
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6th - 8th
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Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Characterization (
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5th - 7th
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First, Second, & Third Person - Point of View Worksheets
Do you need a quick and easy way to teach point of view? These worksheets will show students how to identify the perspective from which a story is told which will help them effectively analyze literature, improve their critical thinking skills, help them understand the author's purpose, and increase their ability to recognize potential bias. It is important that students are able to accurately identify the main points of view commonly used in texts to gain a deeper understanding of what they a
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5th - 9th
The Landlady by Roald Dahl Short Story Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 7, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: May Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Text Evidence, Supporting Argum
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6th - 8th
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NUMBER THE STARS Novel Study Unit Plan - Activity Prereading Fun Comprehension
Get your learners thinking! Our Numbers the Stars Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-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 (218+ 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 pl
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5th - 7th
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Literary and Nonfiction Genre Reading Unit Elementary Middle School | Posters
This resource includes a digital Google Slides reading unit to teach genres to upper elementary students. This genre reading unit includes reading response examples, mini lessons, interactive notebooks pages, genre reading posters, rubrics, and assessments. Important Links: This unit now includes my editable Genre Posters Resource. This unit is now 100% Digital. This unit includes everything you need to teach, and dig deeper, into reading literature genres and nonfiction genres in middle school
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Theme Unit Character Traits Unit and Genre Unit Bundle for Middle Grades
Doodle Vocabulary - Elements of Fiction - 36 Fiction Vocabulary Words & Doodles
This Doodle Vocabulary resource will introduce your students to 36 words associated with fiction. Students will not only learn the new vocabulary words, they’ll also showcase their learning with doodles!You can use this resource in a variety of ways! You might:Create a single packet filled with the doodle vocabulary pages that students can reference all year long.Select specific pages that relate to particular pieces of literature that students are studying and highlight words.Teach all the wo
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Doodle and Do ELA Skills Bundle - 6 Units - Vocabulary, Writing, Reading
Activities for ANY Novel: Secondary ELA Novel Unit
Engage your students all year long with these activities for any novel (also works for short stories too)! This secondary ELA resource is filled with 32 novel activities that you can use before, during, and after reading any novel!These novel activities are perfect for a class novel study, independent reading projects, lit circles, and more! This resource includes multiple teacher instruction pages to help you seamlessly integrate these novel activities in your classroom, and it is organized int
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6th - 9th
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