20 November Activities - Reading- November Writing Prompts- Thanksgiving Writing

November Passages / Text Dependent / Constructed Response Reading & Writing (4th- 6th) with social media theme (emojis - hashtags - texting). Includes Thanksgiving Writing Prompts and Thanksgiving Activities. Evidence-based Reading & Writing!

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• November's Hashtag Days:

• December's Hashtag Days:

Unit Description

Do your upper elementary and middle school students need more practice with text dependent reading and writing? Do they struggle with evidence-based constructed response type questions? How about the difficult reading skill of summarizing and synthesizing? If so you will love this resource.

In upper elementary and early middle school, it is difficult to find passages that are both rigorous and engaging. This resource was created to offer both experiences. It looks like a lot fun, but has no fluff. Every part of it uses higher-order thinking skills. Upper elementary and middle school students will get daily practice with citing evidence from non-fiction text while finding the passages to be engaging with the creative social media theme of:

• Emojis used for predicting

• Phone texting bubbles for constructed responses

• Hashtags for summarizing and synthesizing

Included in this resource is:

• 20 high-interest #Days of Week Passages

• A social media theme

• Rigorous, text-dependent, evidence-based, constructed-response questions

• Daily text dependent writing prompt with graphic organizer and journal pages

• Google Docs Option to save on paper

The resource could be used for:

• Morning Work / Bell Work / Bell Ringers

• Literacy Stations for reading and writing

• Close Reads

• Annotating and coding text

• Prewriting

• Test Prep

• Daily Five’s: “Read to Self” or “Write to Self” or “Read to Someone”

• Cooperative learning groups

• Homework

• Sub Plans

20 High-Interest Passages (Lexile Range 800-1000):

Mondays in November

• #MayflowerMonday (Living conditions on Mayflower)

• #MazeMonday (Corn Mazes)

• #MotivationalMonday (Mark Twain)

• #MemoryMonday – (2 War Heroes)

Tuesdays in November

• #TravelTuesday (Travel on Thanksgiving)

• #TraditionTuesday (Cornucopia at Thanksgiving)

• #TurkeyTuesday (Interesting facts about turkey)

• #TutTuesday (Discovery of King Tut’s tomb)

Wednesdays in November

• #WonderfulWednesday (Native American Heritage Month)

• #WhoopsWednesday (Discovery of X-ray)

• #WorldWednesday (Thanksgiving in other parts of world)

• #WowWednesday (Gettysburg Address)

Thursdays in November

• TenaciousThursday (Largest rubber band ball world record)

• TrendingThursday (Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade)

• TributeThursday (Eleanor Roosevelt)

• TruthThursday (Myths about first Thanksgiving)

Fridays in November

• #FrugalFriday (Black Friday Shopping)

• #FamousFriday (Claude Monet)

• #FitFriday (Thanksgiving Day calories)

• #FlowerFriday (November Flower)

Enjoy all the uses this resource offers!

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