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Middle school literature resources for homeschool on sale
Story Structure ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets GRADE 4 & 5 (RL.4.5/RL.5.5)
Students will refer to structural elements of stories and a poem, and explain how a series of sentences, paragraphs, lines and stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure of the text. Specifically, students will identify and describe the role parts of a text have in developing a story's plot and/or its elements (setting, main characters, problem, solution). These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson and reference notes at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by a fi
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4th - 5th
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Story Structure: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3 (RL.3.5)
Students will refer to parts of stories and a poem when answering questions about a fictional text, and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections (RL.3.5). This includes identifying which sections of a text contain specific story elements (i.e. setting, characters, problem, solution), and describing the impact certain parts of a story (i.e. dialogue, paragraphs) have on the plot. These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson and reference notes at the top to serve
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3rd
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Finding The Theme & Details: ELA Practice Worksheet / Exit Ticket
This is a quick reading exercise that can be used as guided or independent practice after teaching students the concept of a story’s theme, lesson, or central message. You can also assign as homework or use as an exit ticket to assess which students mastered the concept.This handout has 1 short story, adapted from Aesop's Fables, with 4-5 assessment questions including a detail/character-related question. ♥♥ PLEASE NOTE: This worksheet can be found within a comprehensive value pack on main idea
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3rd - 5th
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library - a complete novel study
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. It contains several interactive activities that engage students in critical thinking. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts, and it aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, decoding new words, predicting, critical thinking, analyzing, understan
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5th - 8th
Among the Hidden - a complete novel study
Among the Hidden is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is great for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, supporting a position, understanding point of view, recognizing imagery, creative writing, skimming and scanning for quotes, doing book reports, and solving puzzles.This resou
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5th - 8th
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Unit
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is a classic. We all have bad days, and you can use this EASY TO USE and MEANINGFUL activities highlight the book's themes.HOW TEACHER USE THE ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY UNIT:This bundle includes a variety of comprehension focused activities to make reading the book meaningful. Teachers can choose the skills that best mesh with their standards and student needs. I suggest using the material
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2nd - 4th
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Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home Lessons BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary and Middle School StudentsFor Distance Learning - Teachers can assign the Reading Response Booklet to students using Google Slides or PowerPoint (for Teams.) The booklet is editable, and students type their responses in editable text boxes. Online copies of Fatty Legs can be found at Epic!(I believe teachers can sign their students up for free!)In-class Environment - The hard copy novel study units were created to support a s
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4th - 8th
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Point of View in Stories (RL.3.6): ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets GRADE 3
Students will identify the point of view (POV) from which a story or poem is told (i.e. first person, third person). Readers will also distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of characters in a story. Last, students will determine the perspective of a narrator/author. That is, what he or she thinks about a topic. These ELA reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson and notes at the top to serve as an anchor, followed by a fictional reading passage (or p
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3rd
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The Breadwinner - a complete novel study
The Breadwinner is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts and social studies. It aligns with many of the common core state standards. The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, predicting, making inferences, writing for clarity and conciseness, writing to persuade, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, analyzing, justifying, eval
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5th - 8th
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Hatchet - a complete novel study
Hatchet is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with very little preparation by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, using context clues, understanding the five types of literary conflict, sequencing, prioritizing, defending a position, writing a paragraph, creating opening and closing senten
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5th - 8th
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Underground to Canada - a complete novel study
Underground to Canada is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. This resource is a great fit for middle school language arts and social studies. The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, persuasive writing, writing for clarity and conciseness, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, making inferences, analyzing, justifying, understanding figurative language, evaluating and prioritizing
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5th - 8th
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ELA Jeopardy - an interactive language arts game
ELA Jeopardy is an interactive game in which students answer questions about ELA. This resource reflects the popular TV game show, but adaptations have been made so it can be played in the classroom.The categories are:PluralsFairy TalesParts of SpeechAnagramsSpellingFigurative LanguageTypes of SentencesLiterary CharactersScrambled SyllablesMultiple MeaningsELA GlossaryPoetryAll in Order*SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER OF “OFF THE PAGE” AND GET NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY SALES FROM OUR STORE AS WELL AS ALERTS OF
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5th - 8th
Hatchet Jeopardy - an interactive ELA game
"Hatchet Jeopardy" is included in Hatchet available at our store. This is an interactive game in which students answer trivia questions from the novel. This resource reflects the popular TV game show, but adaptations have been made so it can be played in the classroom. The categories are:Ways to Get AroundFireBy the NumberCritters and CreaturesFood and DrinkPut It to Good UseUp in the AirWhere Does It Hurt?Givers and TakersFill in the ColorMinor CharactersIt's a Bug's LifeSurvival Pack*SIGN UP A
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5th - 8th
A Stranger at Home Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusion Learning for Elementary and Middle School Students This product is also available in a bundle: Fatty Legs and a Stranger at Home BUNDLE, that includes the first novel unit, Fatty Legs.For Distance Learning - Teachers can assign the Reading Response Booklet to students using Google Slides or PowerPoint (for Microsoft Teams.) The booklet is editable, and students type their responses in editable text boxes. In-class Environment - This novel study unit
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4th - 8th
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Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco Literacy Activities Mentor Text Book Study
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco is perfect choice to tie in with your weather unit. This time saving unit will keep your kids focused as you work on reading skills like characterization and summarizing in PRINT or with GOOGLE SLIDES TM. HOW TO USE THIS THUNDER CAKE UNIT:This bundle is perfect for small group instruction or as a mentor text with it's rich vocabulary and description. This resource is set up in a before/during/after format in digital using GOOGLE SLIDES TM and PDF Printables. It n
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant Activities for Comprehension and Writing
These activities for The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant are easy to use and engaging for students. This comprehension focused book companion is perfect for the middle grades and includes before, during, and after activities in both PDF and Digital for Google Slides TM. HOW TO USE THE RELATIVES CAME READING ACTIVITIES:The Relatives Came bundle works well for mentor text lessons, book clubs, for guided reading, or for partner work. You can project the color version for modeling and use the print
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2nd - 3rd
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Bud, Not Buddy - a complete novel study
Bud, Not Buddy is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with very little preparation from the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, researching, expanding understanding vocabulary, recognizing figurative language, making predictions, critical thin
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5th - 8th
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox Activities
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox is a wonderful story of helping others. This unit is perfect for a second to third grade classroom any time of year. This unit includes before/during/after activities in PDF and Google Slides TM.HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THIS WILFRED GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE UNIT?Teachers can use the unit as a mentor text, in guided reading groups, for paired reading or in centers. Students can work on the activities with paper/pencil, on electronic one-to-one devices and
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2nd - 3rd
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Retell A Story Unit: Story Elements, Anchor Charts, Graphic Organizers,
Empower your students with a comprehensive suite of resources designed to ignite their narrative skills and storytelling prowess!Included Activities:Anchor Charts & Posters:Visual aids highlighting story elements and sequencing to reinforce narrative concepts.Story Sequencing (Cut and Paste, Writing):Interactive activities encouraging students to arrange story sequences, cut, paste, and write to bring stories to life.Elements of a Story WorksheetsHands-on exercises dissecting and comprehendi
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1st - 2nd
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Reptiles and Amphibians Math and Literature "No Prep"
Reptiles & Amphibians Math and Literature•Color and trace alligator•Color and trace chameleon•Color and trace crocodile•Color and trace frog•Color and trace gecko•Color and trace lizard•Color and trace newt•Color and trace salamander•Color and trace snake•Color and trace toad•Color and trace tortoise•Color and trace turtle•Trace the Reptiles and color 1 page•Trace the Amphibians and color 1 page•Trace the sentences and color (3 pages)•Trace the sentences and color-cut-glue the correct pictur
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PreK - K
The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Guided Reading Worksheet, Crossword and Wordsearch
This lesson packet contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 29 questions (with answer key), a crossword puzzle (with answer key) and wordsearch puzzle (with answer key) for The Raven, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
Key vocabulary words from the poem are used for the crossword and wordsearch puzzles. The word bank from the word search list are the same words used in the crossword puzzle. You will love this lesson set.
Great value
The 29 question worksheet should take about 60-70 minute
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8th - 12th
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I Wanna Iguana Activities in Digital AND PDF for Persuasive Writing and Reading
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff is a great choice as a mentor text for persuasive writing. This comprehensive unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented AND provide great examples for writing a persuasive letter. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE I WANNA IGUANA UNIT FOR READING AND WRITING:The unit is organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice. As you use the book for reading, you can use text examples as
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2nd - 4th
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Amos and Boris by William Steig Reading Activities in Digital and PDF
Amos and Boris by William Steig is a great choice any time of year. Kids love and need stories of friendship. This unit includes before/during/after activities for the book as well as an extension option for writing using the book as a mentor text. You get both PDF and digital for Google Slides TM, so you're ready to go no matter the setting.MORE ABOUT THE AMOS AND BORIS UNIT:The activities work well for guided reading, as mentor text lessons, with paired reading experiences, or for book clubs.
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: William Steig Author Study Bundle in Digital and PDF
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - a complete novel study
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is a great fit for upper elementary language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, understanding setting, drawing, making predictions, identifying adjectives, skimming and scanning for quotes, identifying context, learning vocabulary, finding refer
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4th - 6th
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