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Common Core RL.8.3 centers
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
Story Elements Posters & Graphic Organizers | Character, Setting, Problem, More
Story Elements are easily reinforced and supported with this beautiful, student-friendly poster set. Designed with bright, eye-catching colors, these posters are ideal for posting in the classroom for easy student reference! Includes ink-saving B/W versions, too!Click HERE to save with the Reading/ELA Poster Bundle!Click HERE to see a FREE VIDEO showing different ways TpT poster sets can be used in the classroom!This packet includes posters for the following story elementsMain CharacterMinor Cha
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2nd - 5th
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Literature STATIONS - for ANY Novel, Drama, or Story - Print & DIGITAL
Motivate your students with STATION work centered on standards-based topics using ANY novel, story, or drama! Now includes a DIGITAL version! You get TEN different stations with detailed task cards and inviting student handouts for each. Great for differentiation—you choose the stations that best fit the text and your students’ needs. Use station work while reading a novel or drama (read half the period, move to stations for the other half or at the end of a chapter) or after reading a short s
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6th - 8th
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Literary Elements Graphic Organizers for Any Narrative Text
Looking for a way to incorporate short stories while also sticking to the literature standards? It's easy to focus on comprehension with short stories, but it's harder to teach students how to analytically think about short stories as they relate to development of characters, setting, theme, plot, and more. These short story graphic organizers are intended for use with any narrative text in a middle or high school classroom. You can use them to model analytically thinking during mini lessons and
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7th - 10th
The City of Ember Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Jeanne Duprau's award-winning novel, The City of Ember, 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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4th - 8th
7 Literary Analysis Stations for ELA (Plot, Character, Theme, Setting, Author)
Stations are one of my favorite ways to bring movement into the language arts classroom. In the pandemic world, I have used traditional stations less, but as we start to dig our way out of all this, I have started to dust off some of my favorite stations ideas. In this bundle, you have everything you need to set up 7 stations: Theme StationSummary StationCharacterization StationAbout the Author StationSilent Discussion StationFigurative Language StationPlot, Conflict, and Setting StationStation
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6th - 12th
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Reading Guide for ANY Short Story or Novel - Digital & Print
Short story units are popular with teens...and fun to teach! What's NOT fun is making individual reading guides for every short story we teach. This build-your-own reading guide is a great print or digital resource for anyone who is looking for a practical, reliable tool that students can use for any piece of literature - short story, play, or novel. READING SKILLS COVEREDThis short story or novel reading guide requires students to predict, summarize, connect, question, visualize, infer, and ana
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7th - 10th
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Fiction Independent Reading Journal Log - Middle School ELA
Fiction: Independent Reading Response Logs for ANY Novel or Short Story
Are you wondering how to hold your students accountable for providing text evidence during independent reading? I needed an independent reading response packet that could be used for any work of fiction. I needed one that was easy to grade and included questions from every Common Core Standard. So I created this versatile resource that can be used for ANY novel or short story, independent reading choices, whole-class assig
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6th - 8th
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The Cay Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Theodore Taylor's award-winning novel, The Cay, 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".Everything
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5th - 8th
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Island of the Blue Dolphins Novel Study & Project Menu; Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for "Island of the Blue Dolphins", a 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 by Scott O'Dell in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything you need to use this novel in your classroo
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4th - 8th
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Literary Analysis Essay Writing and Thesis Statement With Short Film Activities
Ready to teach a thesis statement centered literary analysis? Using Pixar shorts films is the ONLY way to go! This bundle offers mini lessons with videos for all of the major literary elements and step-by-step workshops to guide students through thesis writing and each paragraph of a literary analysis essay. And of course, analyses of Pixar short films along with a sample literary analysis for the short film The Present. Students can color-code the sample essay with a digital highlighter! Liter
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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The Crossover Novel Study (10 Prompts and 6 Quizzes) Distance Learning
The Crossover is about twin brothers who are talented basketball players. It's written by one of the boys, Josh, who is challenged when his relationship with his brother changes and when his father experiences serious health problems.Included:10 Writing Prompts→ Two writing prompts for the following chapters: First Quarter, Second Quarter, Third Quarter, Fourth Quarter→ One writing prompt for the following chapters: Warm-up, Overtime→ Assess student comprehension→ Matches the rigor required by
Mood Mini-Unit - 3 Mood Lessons - Paper and Digital Versions
Mood is an essential element of every piece of literature. That’s why helping students to understand how to distinguish and analyze the mood of a text is essential. This mini-unit is designed to do just that! Not only will students understand that mood is the atmosphere of a text, they’ll also develop confidence in their own skills as a reader. This 3-day mini-unit provides lots of opportunities for students to read, write, and discuss mood. Each lesson starts with a fun and engaging activit
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5th - 8th
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Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Theme Task Cards
Teaching theme? Amp up the rigor and proficiency level in your classroom with these (32) Literary Theme Task Cards. Product provides excerpts from classic and popular literature with a multiple choice question addressing the most refined universal message. Turn your students into literary scholars in no time! Answer key included. This Common Core-aligned product is super sub friendly; keep them learning even when you're not there. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and alternativ
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Theme Teach and Reach Bundle
Long Way Down Novel Study
The Long Way Down Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this popular book. The Long Way Down Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 60+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this unit. The literary analysis r
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8th - 9th
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Hunger Games Discussion Questions & Answers
Discussion questions and suggested answers for each part of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Forty-six total questions that are more thought-provoking and encourage critical thinking; contains printable student handout with spaces for answers if you'd like to do as a worksheet, AND paper-saving pages.
In addition, 10 follow-up questions for students to make connections to their own lives AND 11 quotes for students to relate to themes, symbols, characters, events, etc..
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Logs and Reading Comprehension Prompts Bundle
Have you been looking for reading logs for your upper elementary & middle school students that are versatile & perfect for increasing reading comprehension and responding to literature or nonfiction text? Here they are! Teach your students to write responses to independent reading and class reading with the Reading Logs With Reading Comprehension Prompts that include a full year of reading response activities for independent reading novels, class novels, short story work, and nonfiction
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4th - 8th
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Greek Mythology Unit Stations
I have included 10 learning stations, 9 Greek Myths.Here is a list of the myths that are included: Arachne, Pandora, Apollo and Daphne, Perseus and Medusa, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus, Orpheus, Orion, Pan, and AtalantaClick here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Buckle up for an exciting roller coaster ride of learning. Using stations with older students creates interest and adds engagement to any lesson. A student that was
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8th - 11th
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MINI-BOOK FOLDABLE for Literature Response (Standards-Aligned)
MINI-BOOK for Literature Response – Delight your students with this Mini-Book foldable assessment after reading ANY short story, short drama, or section of a novel! Students will enjoy creating these mini-books while analyzing literature and practicing standards-based literacy skills. THE TOPICS OF THIS MINI-BOOK ARE:---Main Character Analysis---Significant Event and Its Impact---Important Quotation---Sketch of a Character with Text Details (Physical Description)---Figurative Language and Meani
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5th - 8th
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Reading Response Journal Questions & Prompts for Discussion and Reading Response
The Reading Response Journal Questions and Prompts will reduce your workload by having what you need at your fingertips. The reader response prompts focus on story elements and provide higher-order thinking questions and insightful comprehension checks. Perfect for literacy centers, guided reading, independent reading, reading logs, literature circles, book clubs, discussion, & more! Click the preview for more details.The Reading Response Journal Questions and Prompts are great for partner d
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Reading Logs and Reading Comprehension Prompts Bundle
Literary Devices Coloring Sheets & Bookmarks | Literature Element Coloring Pages
Add literary coloring sheets to your classroom! Study literary devices and literary terms with fun coloring sheets and bookmarks. Students can individually express themselves while diving deeper into literature. Study literary elements, figurative language, and poetic devices with these literary coloring pages. These literature coloring sheets are versatile and allow students to write definitions, examples, and analysis—whatever you need!You will receive TWENTY literary coloring sheets for stude
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5th - 8th
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340 Middle School Reading-ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 6-8
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6th - 8th
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Story Elements - Setting | Complete Unit | Location | Time | Mood | Writing
This COMPLETE UNIT teaches students the skills and craft of READING, ANALYZING and WRITING A GREAT SETTING IN A STORY. Learn why SETTING is more than just a place but also drives other STORY ELEMENTS such as CHARACTERS and PLOT.This EDITABLE resource is set up for you to deliver through a GUIDED PROCESS of PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES that makes sense and your students will love. ❤️ ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED ❤️ Just download and start teaching.Explore the PURPOSE, and PROCESS setting plays am
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5th - 9th
Also included in: STORY ELEMENTS BUNDLE | CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, ENDINGS in NARRATIVES
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