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Close reading Common Core RL.6.4 resources
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 6th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, 6th GradeGrab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for 6th grade reading! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 6, but they can absolutely be used in grades 5-8 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 6 using short stories that I promise you
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Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
This digital download includes the following three resources:Figurative Language StoriesFigurative Language Stores, Set 2Informational Text Close Reading Passage PackPlease visit each product link above to view previews and other information about each included product.Please check out these other Bundle Palooza items!Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5Seasonal/Holiday Bundle for Grades 4-8 Reading & ELAGrade Level Practice & Assess Bundle: GRADES 4-5Grade Level Practice & Assess Bu
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4th - 8th
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Finding Theme Worksheets Aesop's Fables with Comprehension Questions Passages
Finding theme worksheets— these Aesop's fables with comprehension questions are a timeless collection of stories that your students will love. Help students master the skills of finding the theme, making connections to the text, and responding with text evidence. This packet contains 15 fables to read, followed by multiple choice and short response questions. Each fable is produced on a ready-to-print and use, one page worksheet, followed by 2-3 questions. Each fable is short and manageable, an
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3rd - 6th
Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Characterization (
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5th - 7th
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Close Reading Poems | National Poetry Month: Printable & Digital Formats
This resource is perfect for close reading poems for National Poetry Month in April!But, poetry doesn't have to be saved for April! Use this pack to practice close reading poems in your classroom to help grow your students' love for poetry. This resource is designed to help teachers engage students with classic poetry through guiding questions during multiple reads.With three questions to guide different purposes for reading each of the twelve poems, you'll be set to apply a variety of reading s
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4th - 6th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher Short Story Unit (Drama/Play)
This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Story Devices - Flashback, Suspense, ForeshadowingElements of PlotFinding Text EvidenceComparing Written, Audio, & Video VersionsVocabulary Practice Standardized Test FormatConstructed Response Questions for RL.6.5 - Analyzing Development of PlotIdentifying Supporting Details (Informational Text)See the list of activities below for a COMPLETE l
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5th - 7th
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Fish in a Tree Novel Study: 17 Writing Prompts and 17 Quizzes
Fish in a Tree will make your students realize that people who learn differently are some of the most talented people they will ever meet.Included:17 Writing Prompts:→ Assess student comprehension→ Requires students to use important skills: summarizing, characterization, cause and effect, figurative language, author's purpose, vocabulary strategies, and personal reflection→ Match the rigor required by the CCSS→ One writing prompt for every 3 chapters→ Prompts clearly state the chapter after whic
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Novel Studies for Five Books With Determined Girls as the Main Character
Casey at the Bat Poetry Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the narrative poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying Casey at the Bat OR simply poetry in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: March Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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5th - 7th
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Folktales Unit: Fairytales, Tall Tales, Fables, Legends, & Myths
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen as well as several other folktales (included). These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying folktales. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: – Click here to read more about the Short Story of th
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5th - 7th
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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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6th Grade Reading Comprehension Mini-Lessons Middle School Reading Comprehension
If prepping thorough & engaging mini-lessons to improve 6th grade reading comprehension has made you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, or unsure, I’ve designed this year long standards aligned bundle just for you! This middle school reading comprehension kit will help you deliver engaging & effective mini-lessons to teach the major elements of literature.✔ Check out the preview for more information!As any 6th grade language arts teacher knows, there’s a lot of ground to cover with ELA standa
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5th - 7th
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6th Grade Close Reading Comprehension MEGA Bundle Lexile Passages Anchor Charts
⭐️This 6th Grade Reading Comprehension bundle contains over 250 passages including articles, stories, poems, dramas, and plays aligned to each 6th grade Common Core standard. Includes all of the CCSS informational text and reading literature standards. All qualified passages contain certified Lexile® measures in the 6th Grade Common Core Text Complexity Band. If you do not use Common Core, this packet is still perfect for teaching 6th grade reading comprehension skills.⭐️Each unit includes ancho
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6th
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The Veldt Escape Room Activity for Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Short Story
Make your students’ final experience with Ray Bradbury’s chilling dystopian short story “The Veldt” unforgettable. This engaging The Veldt escape room activity will give your students that “just right” challenge as they work to break out of the different tasks. Use this spooky escape room in October or any time of year to review short story elements.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️It’s highly recommended that you read, discuss, and interact with The Veldt before putting students
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
Song Lyric Analysis Lesson - Introduction to Poetry Through Song Lyrics -Digital
This song lyric analysis lesson introduces poetry analysis through the use of your students’ favorite song lyrics! Practice annotating with the worksheets and graphic organizers provided. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Song Lyric Analysis Lesson Plan:✏️ Poetry in Song Lyrics Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint® & PDF✏️ Poetry in Song Lyrics Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Practice Close Reading
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6th - 12th
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Just Once by Thomas Dygard Short Story Unit Grade 6
This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Basic Story Elements (Review)Elements of PlotFinding Text EvidenceIdiomsUsing Context CluesConstructed Response Questions for RL.6.5Main Idea & Supporting Details (Informational Text)See the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of all of the skills covered. The ones above are simply the FOCUS of this unit.Editable and digital versions
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5th - 7th
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ELA Summer School Curriculum Bundle - Grades 6-8 Digital for Distance Learning
Complete ELA Summer School Bundle will provide you all of the lessons, materials, and activities to teach summer school- ZERO prep involved! From introduction activities and procedure slides (introduced using fun memes) to specific reading and writing strategies that have been the most beneficial to my struggling readers and writers. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Goo
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6th - 8th
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel Study: Assessments, Vocab., Distance Learning
This comprehensive, 160-page novel study includes everything you need to guide your students through a rich and meaningful study of Kelly Barnhill’s Newbery-winning The Girl Who Drank the Moon. This novel study breaks the book into twelve sections with about 30 pages of reading per section. To support distance learning, each component of the novel study can be completed on paper or digitally (via Google Forms & Google Slides). Novel Study includes: Scaffolding GuidesThese guides ask students
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4th - 7th
Peter Pan Novel Study BUNDLE with discussion guide, journals, and test
This BUNDLE for JM Barrie's Peter Pan includes a no-print discussion guide, student journal, and test. Students will practice a variety of reading skills including characterization, compare/contrast, sequence of events, setting, figurative language, inference, and prediction.Your purchase includes 5 downloads:TWO Discussion Guides and Answer Keys (Unabridged and Classic Starts Versions--perfect for differentiation!)TWO Response Journals (Unabridged and Classic Starts Versions)ONE Unit Test (Appl
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3rd - 6th
Word Choice Figurative Language 6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages RL.6.4
⭐️These 12 printable and digital poems & Lexile® leveled stories are perfect for teaching, developing, or practicing 6th grade word choice & figurative language skills for RL.6.4. Students learn how to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings, and how to analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone⭐️If you do not use Common Core, this packet is still perfect for teaching plot development and c
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6th
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Reading Intervention Bundle Fluency & Comprehension Grades 5 & 6
I created this bundle for those of us who provide reading intervention for multiple grade levels. This bundle includes the Fluency and Comprehension Reading Intervention for All Seasons Fifth and Sixth Grade Packets. Flesch Kincaid Readability Grade Levels range from 5.1-5.9 for the fourth grade packet, and 6.1-6.9 for the fifth grade packet. They are all in chronological order. Each of the 2 packets contains 35 original fluency passages I wrote and 2-3 comprehension and extension activities to
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4th - 7th
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10 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 100 Portfolio Assessments
This set has 10 full length passages. Each passage has 10 individual quizzes--each quiz tests a specific skill. There are a total of 100 quizzes. This book is designed so that classroom teachers can quickly ascertain whether or not the students within the class are ready to begin a new reading skill or if they need to continue practicing a reading skill they have not mastered. Great formative assessment tool. There are 10 passages and 100 formative assessments. Each story set is composed of a st
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4th - 8th
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The Skin I'm In Novel Study
A comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 80+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:21 Lesson Plans, Standards Alignment, Pacing Guide, Instruction PPT16 Literary Analysis Assignments16 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-based)8 Nonficti
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5th - 7th
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SBAC Secondary ELA MEGA Bundle - Test Prep - Writing - Escape Rooms - Task Cards
Attention, Secondary ELA superstars! Feeling the SBAC (or CAASPP) heat? Don't sweat it—we've got your back with the ultimate test-tackling toolkit! Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to confidence with EIGHT unbeatable resources bundled together to help you and your students conquer the test like a pro!Here's what's included:⭐️ SBAC ELA Performance Task Escape Room Dive into a thrilling adventure that'll have you prepped and pumped to ace the performance task in style! ⭐️ SBAC ELA Computer Adapt
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6th - 11th
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