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Middle school literature activities for Microsoft Excel
List of Character Traits in Spanish
This list is great when teaching character traits. Saying, "bueno, malo, triste" is not enough! This will help build their vocabulary and get them ready for those standardized tests!
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1st - 12th
Literary Sweet 16 Blank Bracket
Have your students vote on their favorite texts from the year by using this bracket. After narrowing down the selections, students will be able to choose the top text or thematic unit of the year. This activity also works as a review before finals and as a way for teachers to receive student feedback about the text choices they read during the year.
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4th - 12th
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Beatrix Potter Stories - Literature-based Learning Unit
Who knew that your child could learn vocabulary, the healing power of herbs, how to cook, and gardening, all in the same learning unit?This is a vocabulary unit for three Beatrix Potter stories, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. In addition to vocabulary definitions, it also includes mini lesson via the links provided. The unit is in Excel format with a main vocabulary page (including the external links to mini lessons and coloring sheets)
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3rd - 8th
Poetry Unit AP Literature
Title: March Madness Poetry: Engaging AP Literature ActivityDescription:Transform your AP Literature classroom into an exhilarating arena of literary analysis with our March Madness Poetry activity! This innovative and dynamic approach infuses energy and excitement into the study of poetry while sharpening critical thinking skills and fostering collaborative learning.In this engaging activity, students will explore a curated selection of poems carefully chosen to represent a diverse range of sty
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8th - 12th
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Coraline Pixel Art (Book & Movie Questions)
A digital activity on Google Sheets that requires the student to correctly fill out each question on the right of the page. If the answer is correct, the side bar turns from red to green and a part of the mystery pixel image begins to appear. If all questions are correct, the whole picture will reveal itself.______________________________________________________________________________________________This is meant to be a self graded, fun, practice opportunity for students with a beloved relevan
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4th - 7th
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Baseball in April and Other Stories Battle Questions & Tracker
These questions are written in the standard Battle of the Book format, "In which book...", shared in an Excel file so you can edit or mix and match questions in your own file.
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5th - 8th
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The Giver (Lois Lowry) Whole Book Kahoot! Blooket & Gimkit Questions
Reward your students for doing their reading, assess their reading comprehension, and have FUN in the classroom with these human-written questions about the WHOLE BOOK of The Giver by Lois Lowry.The questions break the novel down into THREE SECTIONS, with additional files for sections 1-2 and for the whole book (for review).These questions were lovingly written and tested in a real G7 language arts classroom by a working teacher. The questions are designed to be easy to answer for students who h
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6th - 9th
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Parallels between Narnia and the Bible
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"But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
A student read this to me from Voyage of the Dawn Treader and then asked, "Do we ever find out who Aslan is?"
I incorrectly assumed it was clear that C.S. Lewis' Aslan was, in type, Jesus. I read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to the students and created this activity
Grades:
4th - 6th
Twelfth Night Character Crossword (With Answer Key!!)
Are your students struggling to remember who all the characters are in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night? Use this handy worksheet to help them to better understand characters and their descriptions. Included in this is a character crossword puzzle and an answer key!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Speech Therapy Themes By Month MEGA Calendar
This is the ultimate guide for theme selection throughout the year! It is ideal for elementary and middle school aged students. The first tab is a calendar year at a glance with topic, book, and core vocabulary suggestions. There are additional tabs for each month with book suggestions and links to book read alouds. This resource is AWESOME for last minute planning and selecting an appropriate theme/topic based on the time of year. With this resource, you will NEVER have to struggle with finding
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PreK - 8th
Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Card Sort
I did not include a key for either of these card sorts. In many cases, it depends on the level of the anlaysis the students are thinking at. I am more interested in the text evidence and explanation they give for their sorting.This card sort includes 2 levels of determining direct versus indirect characterization. Level one is simple direct and indirect. Level 2 looks more specifically at how the characterization was developed: action, affect, thoughts, words...
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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My Reading Journal: Independent Reading Log
If you are looking for an easy way to have students to track their independent reading then this reading log spreadsheet is for you! This spreadsheet comes pre-loaded with before, during, and after reading sections. Before starting a book students can record novel title, author, total page count, genre, and year published. While reading, the log includes columns with date, pages, read, and time spent. When students enter the total pages read to date the spreadsheet will automatically calculate t
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6th - 8th
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Independent Reading Implementation
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Reading Log with Directions
Excel Spreadsheet for 500-Page Reading Challenge
Grading Converter for 500-Page Reading Challenge
Independent reading is important for all ages. I have found that making independent reading a competitive challenge triggers my students' interest.
The students must complete a reading log, with signatures. Once they've turned this in, the book's length goes next to their name on the excel spreadsheet. I display this chart over the course of the marking perio
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1st - 12th
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Questioning Cards
Use cards as a game to ask questions about a text. Students roll a color dice/spin a color wheel and a number dice. The color dice determines which question they need to answer. When they answer correctly, they get the points that are listed on the number dice.
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2nd - 8th
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Analyzing & Comparing Types of Texts
With this Sheets document, your students will have the ability to analyze and compare/contrast elements across multiple texts within both the Fiction and Nonfiction genres, such as Literary and Informational Texts, among others. The document focuses on concepts such as genre, author's purpose, and audience, and provides opportunities for summary writing as well. This will give students valuable practice in understanding differences between text types after they've been introduced to them through
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6th - 12th
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Discovering Theme for Grades 8-12
This Graphic Organizer asks the student questions about the title, setting, character development, symbolism, emotions, narrator and message of the writer to help move the student toward discovering the theme of the story. A definition and some examples of theme are given.
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English Language Arts
Graphic Organizer
Gale Johnson
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8th - 11th
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Student Reading Log for Excel or Numbers
Students can record the books they read along with the author, genre, book's rating, etc.
This bundle includes files for Numbers and Excel.
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1st - 7th
The Scarlet Letter Crossword Puzzle with Answers
I made an easy review for The Scarlet Letter using Google Sheets. One slide on the spreadsheet has the puzzle that I printed for students, and then on the other tab I have the answers. This served as a good review before we took the summative test.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Scarlet Letter Bundle
Literature Circle / Book Club Reading Response Activities and Rubric (Editable)
This is a great Literature Circle/Book Club Job description. There are 6 jobs that the students rotate between each week.
The jobs to choose from are:
Artful Artist
Discussion Director
Summarizer
Passage Picker
Word Finder
Character Interviewer
Each job has a description of what is expected and how many points they can earn for each element. (Rubric)
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1st - 12th
Theme, Characterization, Figurative Language, Vocab,... TrackingTool Excel/Sheet
We have used this tracking tool in our English class. If you want to use technology in keeping track of all the information from the text, you can use this tracking tool.It can be used for any text. I just happened to use it for The Adventure of Huck FinnDirections for teachers:1. Download and open in Google Sheets2 Assign and make a copy for each student via Google Classroom3. Grade it each week
Grades:
7th - 12th
Character Traits and Definitions for Excel or Numbers
Students often have a difficult time describing characters. Why not allow students to research different character traits and create a list to refer back to when describing a character. Available for Excel or Numbers, students can use this chart to record and organize their character traits and definitions to easily use in the future.
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1st - 7th
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Novel Project Ideas
Here are three project ideas after reading a novel. This was designed to replace the usual book report paper or poster board.
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7th - 12th
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Genre Reading Chart
As students read books from different genres, have them fill in the chart with the characters, setting, plot and title.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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