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Common Core SL.9-10.1 literature circles
Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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Literature Circles Unit Plan for High School 4 Weeks With GOOGLE & Lesson Plans
This complete Literature Circles Unit Plan has everything you need for a successful Literature Circles Unit! With lesson plans and activities that apply to any book, student groups read different novels and focus on a study of nine literary elements. This resource includes detailed lesson plans, daily bell ringers, a Socratic circles discussion activity, a final exam, a reflective writing essay assignment, and engaging activities for the entire unit. Everything you need is included in a well-org
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8th - 11th
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Group Discussion Outline - Classroom Discussion Strategy with Sentence Starters
This group discussion outline is applicable to the Harkness method, Socratic seminar, fishbowl discussion, and other classroom discussion strategies. It includes guidelines for qualitative and quantitative feedback and provides sentence starters, data tracking spreadsheets, and a rubric. Included with this Group Discussion Outline:✏️ 21 Question Prompts for Any Novel✏️ 40+ Sentence Stems for Classroom Discussions✏️ Assessment Guidelines for Group Discussions✏️ Data Tracking Template - Print,
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9th - 12th
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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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RIOT! - The Small Group Reading Game
It's a reading game...It's a card game...It's a small group game!RIOT! is the perfect game to get students who never read in class to read out loud and love it! Your students will ask to play this game whenever it's time to read the class text. It can be even played with both fiction and non-fiction! It's also a great way to liven up literature circles.Game OverviewThe game is best played in groups of 4-5 with each group getting one of the provided printable RIOT! card decks. As students play th
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6th - 10th
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Literature Circles | Book Clubs | Student Led | Project-Based ELA
Literature circles and book clubs are an empowering way to keep up reading and discussion practices. Lit circles are a highly effective way to allow students to connect socially and intellectually and hold each other accountable. With this student-led unit, students will create their own reading calendar and pacing plan, prepare independently for weekly book clubs, schedule and run their own weekly meetings and assess their own work. The teaching philosophy incorporated here is “Student as Worke
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8th - 11th
Of Mice and Men Novel Study
This amazing bundle is a COMPREHENSIVE 5-week set of instructional materials for teaching Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. With over 70+ Common Core aligned resources, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills through close-reading analyses, argumentative writing, background knowledge-building activities and pre-reading lessons, a project that connects the novel to an inquiry of the American Dream, vocabulary, assessments, text-based essays, and more. The sui
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7th - 12th
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN Comprehension Checks (reading quizzes & whole-play test)
A Raisin in the Sun Comprehension Checks includes three quizzes (one per act), a list of reading questions by scene, and a final reading test for the entire play. Also includes A Raisin in the Sun Discussion Questions for Socratic seminar.A Raisin in the Sun Multiple Choice Quizzes:Print view (PDF and DOCX)A Raisin in the Sun questions by scene (PDF and DOCX)Answer keys (PDF)A Raisin in the Sun Test (ready-to-print PDF and master list):42 multiple choice questions7 A Raisin in the Sun short ans
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8th - 11th
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Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan (9-12): Literature Analysis Using Socratic Circles
Encourage your students’ active analytical efforts! Providing a framework for analytical creativity, Socratic Seminar nurtures deep thought through dialogue while encompassing many of the Common Core State Standards for reading, speaking, and listening. This strategy targets competence in analysis aligned with common core standards and expectations.To that end, this resource includes categories with model questions to assist students in their development of pertinent inquiries written to includ
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9th - 12th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
THE JOY LUCK CLUB - Agree or Disagree Pre-reading Activity
This activity has students choose sides on various issues raised in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Works great as a pre-reading or anticipation activity, or perhaps as something to use after the story as a review or reflection exercise. Includes 10 key issues that students have to take a stand on and defend.
My students absolutely love when we do these Agree or Disagree activities. Gets students up and moving, and often leads to great discussions. The key is they have to be able to defend their
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10th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy
Socratic Seminar, high school reading comprehension, task cards, philosophy Socratic Seminars provide an engaging way for students to learn about any topic and build critical thinking skills. It’s a low-prep way for teachers to teach without sacrificing rigor. Furthermore, because it can foster open dialogues among classmates, it builds better classroom camaraderie.What buyers are saying:This was perfect! I had been looking for a way to get my students to think more and engage each other instead
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circle: The Hobbit with Common Core Standards
The Hobbit – Common Core Curriculum Standards
Everything needed to have a student-led group project, a Literature Circle, over The Hobbit s included in this lesson. The unit will require 18 days for students to read the text within their literature circle, with an additional 3 days for reading quizzes.
Instructions for the teacher are included. A daily position sheet is included for assigning each member of the group to complete the written activities they are required to do during the 18 d
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8th - 11th
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Romeo and Juliet In Urban Slang Shakespeare Modern English Adaption
Suitable for a whole class read, literature circle, independent reading, or drama class, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang makes a study of Shakespeare's play fun and accessible even for reluctant, struggling, or ENL readers. It is a 74-page PDF that retells and condenses the events of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into contemporary, urban slang. This product was updated in 2021 to reflect recent urban slang from its 2008 debut.Divided into five acts, Romeo and Juliet in Urban Slang can functio
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8th - 10th
Book Clubs for Secondary ELA
Get your secondary students talking about books with this literature circle inspired book club activity designed specifically for older students. Perfect for choice books or whole class novels. This approach to teaching literature puts the students in charge of their learning and accountable to their peers. Included is a guide to help the teacher organize and plan for the needs of your students. Included in this product: ⇝ Before, During and After planning sheet ⇝ Suggest Unit Plan Calendar (Pac
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Student Led Discussions | Book Clubs | Book Talks Bundle
Group Discussion Questions, Sentence Starters for Academic Conversation
Student-friendly discussion starters for academic conversations will add depth and rigor to your next discussion activity, literature circle, Socratic seminar, or fishbowl conversation! A discussion starters menu of options and slideshow provides student choice as they engage in small group or whole class discussions of any fiction or nonfiction text(s) of your choosing. If you're looking for a way to grow academic conversation and discussion skills, this is the speaking and listening resource f
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5th - 8th
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Literature Circles Discussion for Any Book with Socratic Circles for High School
Use this Socratic Circles resource to guide students in discussing any book! Perfect for Literature Circles, students discuss books in small groups while partner groups observe and evaluate. Prior to the discussion, students use Bloom's Taxonomy to write complex open-ended discussion questions. The depth of conversation in these student-led discussions will blow you away! This includes a link to a student version in Google Drive and it can be shared and completed digitally. ⭐ This assignment c
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8th - 12th
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FAHRENHEIT 451 - Agree or Disagree Pre-reading Activity
This activity has students choose sides on various issues raised in Fahrenheit 451. Works great as a pre-reading or anticipation activity, or perhaps as something to use after the story as a review or reflection exercise. Includes 10 key issues that students have to take a stand on and defend.
My students absolutely love when we do these Agree or Disagree activities. Gets students up and moving, and often leads to great discussions. The key is they have to be able to defend their point of view
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9th - 12th
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Digital LITERATURE CIRCLES for Upper Grades - 3 Week Unit
Why use Literature Circles in the Upper Grades?
Literature Circles are the perfect way to be the “guide on the side” instead of the “sage on the stage.” That release of power can be quite scary, but oh boy can it be rewarding if you give students the right tools to take control of their own learning! Literature Circles get students engaged with their independent reading by promoting meaningful daily discussion and debate. This three-week unit will get students collaborating and critically thinki
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7th - 12th
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VIRTUAL LITERATURE CIRCLES Digital Book Clubs Digital Literature Circle Notebook
Facilitate Digital Book Clubs using this Virtual Literature Circle bundle! This folder for Google Drive® includes literature circle roles, peer-evaluation forms, participation rubrics, virtual discussion outlines, and a digital notebook for students to organize their work for each of their literature circle meetings.This folder includes all of the digital handouts needed to set up independent literature circles with your students, including literature circle roles and an organizational task char
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7th - 10th
Holocaust Literature Circles Unit Bundle
Get all my Holocaust Literature materials and save! This product includes all the materials you need for a powerful student centered learning experience. The Holocaust Literature Bundle is a collection of my favorite resources for teaching students about the atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust through fiction. Kick of you unit with a Book Tasting, then use student's selections to organize them into Literature Circles. Included: Printable Materials to transform your classroom into a literary dining
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7th - 10th
Social Justice Literature Circle Unit Bundle: Black Lives Matter
Looking for an engaging social justice literature circle unit? Teach speaking skills, engage students in social justice issues, and encourage collaboration through lit circles with this Black Lives Matter-themed Social Justice Literature Circle Unit Bundle! This Social Justice Literature Circle Unit Bundle includes material for teaching The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Dear Martin by Nic Stone, and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Students will choose one of these three nov
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9th - 12th
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Long Way Down Elevator Activity & Close Readings
Through the Long Way Down elevator trip close reading activity and whole novel analysis activities, students will deeply engage with Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. The novel study resource provides them repeated opportunities to think critically and apply their understanding of essential literary elements. Its rigorous tasks also encourage close reading and the use of textual evidence. With numerous options for implementation, the Long Way Down novel study close reading resources allow for dif
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8th - 9th
Also included in: Long Way Down Novel Study
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