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Common Core RL.8.2 resources for Gifted and Talented
Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard
The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable.
Three grade level
Grades:
6th - 8th
Touching Spirit Bear Novel Study Guide REMOTE READY DIGITAL RESOURCE
2023 UPDATE: This product has been updated to address a concern brought by TpT.UPDATED FOR DIGITAL/REMOTE LEARNING! This study guide/student workbook is designed to guide your literary students to becoming literary scholars! Two Versions! One is set for Print and go, the other for uploading to a digital classroom! It is designed to teach young scholars critical thinking skills as they conduct deep analysis of the text. It guides students through pre-reading research into the environment and ecol
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: Touching Spirit Bear Novel Study Bundle
Teaching Depth and Complexity with A Bad Case of Stripes (distance learning)
Teaching, reviewing, and engaging with Depth and Complexity Icons is fun when using the picture book, "A Bad Case of Stripes". Your students will practice using all 11 depth and complexity icons (big ideas, details, patterns, multiple perspectives, rules, across the disciplines, trends, ethics, unanswered questions, over time, and language of the discipline) as they analyze text, and dive deep into complex discussion with this lesson! In the book, "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon, your s
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons with Picture Books GROWING BUNDLE
Dystopia: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented
These are enrichment or acceleration activities for gifted and talented middle school students who are about to embark on independent reading of novels with a Dystopian element. Included in this resource are group discussion questions, four project based research learning options which culminate in a presentation, and teacher resources, such as an action plan to help students develop a project timeline. These activities lend themselves to multiple learning styles, and require critical thinking,
Grades:
5th - 8th
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Character Study Book Report (Includes Summary and "Wanted" Poster Assignment)
This Character Study book report includes instructions for students, a sample summary and sample project, as well as an optional grading rubric for the teacher to simply pick and choose from listed choices to grade the student on writing (effective expression), grammar (conventions), and drawing (visual arts).The assignment requires students to write a one-page summary broken down into a beginning, middle, and end. The students must also complete a "Wanted" poster project, focusing on the main c
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3rd - 12th
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Paired Texts Edgar Allan Poe — The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat TDA Essay
Reading Paired Texts: Text-Dependent Analysis and Response To Literature Essay for The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.If you are looking for a pair of awesome texts with similar themes, topics, and literary elements, this product features a compare and contrast chart for the two gothic tales by Edgar Allan Poe "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat."Both feature unreliable narrators who commit heinous crimes. Both narrators claim not to be mad, but are they telling the tr
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7th - 9th
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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - Leiningen Versus the Ants
Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald Dahl NEW July 2018To Build a Fire - by Jack LondonThe Most Dangerous Game - by Richard ConnellThe Possibility of Evil - by Shirley JacksonAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - by Ambrose BierceThe Sound of Thunder - by Ray BradburyThere Will Come Soft Rai
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Not Grade Specific
A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of Stray Critical Thinking Questions
This is a critical thinking reading packet I created to use with my students while we read the book A Dog's Life: The Autobiorgraphy of a Stray by Ann M. Martin. It includes critical thinking questions to go along with each chapter and before-reading and after-reading questions. I focused on the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy when creating these questions so my students had to evaluate, create, and analyze often. See the preview to check it out! This is a perfect packet to use for a guided r
Grades:
4th - 8th
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Quick Literature Study
This literature study is short and sweet, just like the novel. It asks students to extend the metaphorical story of Jonathan into real world aspects. There are questions for Part One, Part Two and Part Three that can be differentiated based on student ability - these differentiation strategies are outlined in the lesson plans. As a final project, students are asked to find parallels between the novel and ideas, other documents or biographies. To do this, students must conduct outside research
Grades:
6th - 9th
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin Thinking Questions & Writing Extension
Contents:-Student pdf packet of Critical Thinking Questions for the entire book Rump that can be printed or sent to students digitally -Student directions for Choose Your Own Adventure Fractured Fairy Tale Writing Extension with graphic organizer-Teacher pdf packet that contains above resources combinedThis is a critical thinking reading packet I created to use with my students while we read the book Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff. It includes critical thinking questi
Grades:
4th - 8th
A Wrinkle In Time - Novel Study, Skill Practice, and Gifted Enrichment
A novel study for the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. This novel study is perfect if you are teaching a population that needs rigorous instruction with the novel, A Wrinkle In Time. Everything inside this resource was designed to be taught in a full-time gifted magnet school classroom. The novel study packet includes 16 pages, with vocabulary and high-order thinking questions for each chapter, and an analysis page every three chapters to promote student discourse. The supplemental r
Grades:
4th - 8th
8th Grade ELA Bilingual Leveled Proficiency Scale Posters - Differentiation
Fill your bilingual word wall with learning objectives! Whether you teach ELL, ESL, Spanish Immersion, or just want to communicate better with your Spanish-Speaking students; these bilingual posters will give you the exact language you need to keep your students engaged in content while they master English. These poster pages present Learning Goals and Scales aligned to a growth mindset and the Common Core Math standards, as well as Florida and most states. Inspired by Marzano's research in “The
Grades:
8th
Teaching Depth and Complexity with The Big Box for 6-8 (distance learning)
Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons is fun and easy for your 6-8 middle school students when using the picture book, "The Big Box". Your students will practice using all 11 depth and complexity icons (big ideas, details, patterns, multiple perspectives, rules, across the disciplines, trends, ethics, unanswered questions, over time, and language of the discipline) as they analyze text, and dive deep into complex discussion with this lesson! In the book, "The Big Box" by Toni Morrison, your stude
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons with Picture Books GROWING BUNDLE
"I Like to See It Lap the Miles" Emily Dickinson PowerPoint and Activities
Emily Dickinson's "I Like to See it Lap the Miles" PowerPoint Lesson & Activity!Your students will lap up Emily Dickinson's "I Like to See It Lap the Miles" with this interactive, engaging lesson plan. You'll get an interactive PowerPoint (yes, that's a thing) to share with a word-for-word transcript for you. Your students will then play the part of "Literary Device Detectives" as they apply what they've learned in an activity sheet. If you know me at all, you know I only make gorgeous Power
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5th - 11th
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Also included in: Poetry Unit CCSS Exemplar Texts Upper Elementary Middle School BUNDLE
House of Stairs Interdisciplinary Unit
Looking for something engaging and challenging for you gifted middle school students? Delve into William Sleator’s sci-fi novel, House of Stairs. Explore how science mirrors reality with your students. This interdisciplinary unit focuses on character change, theme and human psychology. Links to paired nonfiction text are utilized for further study of classical and operant conditioning. Enrichment activity incorporates scientific method. Essential questions encourage students to think deeply ab
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6th - 8th
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Dystopian Literature Circles for English Language Arts
This unit provides daily group activities for dystopian-themed literature circles. There are Monday questions, Wednesday questions, and Friday questions all themed around issues of power and self-sacrifice. I recommend having students answer these questions in blog format, such as Schoology, Google Classroom, Kidblog, or Moodle, but they could be answered on paper or any other way available to the classroom teacher.
There are also Tuesday/Thursday activities, which involve students reading thr
Grades:
6th - 12th
Immigration Book Club and Choice Menu Project
As I was taking AIG courses through my school district, I completed this unit that I am currently using with my students. Students first complete book clubs or literature circles (however you want to structure this part) and then complete projects related to immigration issues on a choice board. Though I made this for AIG learners, it can be adjusted and modified to fit all learners.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Question Cubes for Reading; differentiate through Bloom's!
These cubes are designed to make differentiation look the same, but serve the purpose of asking different questions based on the Bloom’s Taxonomy (thinking levels). The cubes that include Knowledge and Understanding also prompt students to think at the higher level as this is what is required through the Common Core.
They would be a great help for teachers, homeschoolers, tutors and parents who want to stretch their child's reading ability at home.
This work is licensed under a Creative Comm
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Fiction Novel Choice Board
This resource is a fiction novel choice board that can be used in and out of the classroom in a variety of ways. The choice board can be used with any novel and focuses on the four main categories of: theme, conflict, characters and creativity. Each of those categories has three different activities that the students can choose from to challenge and extend their thinking, as it relates to their novel.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Mood Music and Tone Tunes
I created this activity to use after reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" however I have made the instructions general so that you can apply it to any short story.
This common-core aligned activity explains to students that they will "bust out mad music skillz" in order to create a soundtrack for the story.
The activity usually takes a few days because of the multiple components:
1. The students create an album cover to depict the theme of the story
2. The students choose two song
Grades:
8th
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ELA Test Prep Task Cards Grades 6-8
These cards are designed to to help students practice the skills needed to succeed on, not only state assessments, but in everyday class. Plus, it is an excellent tool for teachers to target strengths and areas needed for re-mediation.
Grades:
6th - 8th
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General Summary Writing (No Sentence Stems)
Please enjoy this free summary writing activity! This activity is meant to be for stronger writers that do not need sentence stems to begin their writing. There is also a built-in self-editing tool for students to use when they have completed their summary. This is a great way to receive formative/summative feedback about students' written construction skills.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Casting Call Character Poster Activity for ANY TEXT
ENGAGE STUDENTS with this RIGOROUS activity that matches text analysis with celebrity! Students are asked to create a Movie Poster featuring a celebrity they cast for the movie version of the text. This EDITABLE activity is designed to work with ANY text (novel, short story, etc.) and helps students analyze and understand the deeper meaning of character while incorporating celebrities! The finished products work well as classroom decor.I would suggest assigning this activity at then END of a sho
Grades:
6th - 12th
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