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Flowers for Algernon short story reading questions and activities

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These questions and activities go with the short story "Flowers for Algernon" The questions are split up into two parts. The questions are higher level thinking questions and require students to make inferences and cite examples from the text.

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English Language Arts

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2

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Refugee by Alan Gratz Map the Journey Activity

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For this activity students will use the maps provided to trace the journey each of the three young people take as they are fleeing their countries. Students will trace the journey and provide a map legend as a key.

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Literature

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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The Hunger Games paired informational texts

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This set of 5 information articles is a great way to add non-fiction to your Hunger Games unit. Each article connects to The Hunger Games in some way. They are about survival, protests, or the themes of Hunger Games. Each article comes with

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English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.6

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Refugee by Alan Gratz Escape Room

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This escape room activity walks students through 4 tasks which they have to complete in order to "escape" the room. Students love the competitive aspect of this activity and it is a great way to review before the final test. The tasks focus on

Subjects:

Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3

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Reading Strategies Courage Study with poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling

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This short anticipation guide and poem study focuses on introducing or reviewing important reading strategies. These strategies include summarizing, schema, determining importance, predicting, visualizing, and inferring. The anticipation guide

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Poetry

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2

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Unwind Final Exam

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This test contains both right-there recall type questions and open-ended questions. The questions also align with the standards from the common core. Test covers literary elements such as plot, theme, mood, setting, and point of view. Test is 50

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English Language Arts

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Assessment

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Argument Writing Digital Escape Room

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Do you want your students to review and practice argument essay skills? Would you like to try an engaging, review activity with your students to reinforce what you’ve been working on in class? In this escape room, there are four different tasks and

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English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b

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Middle School Poetry Analysis with Assessment

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This product includes 6 poems that are often studied in or relate well to middle school or junior high students. The poems are: "Jabberwocky", "Hope is a Thing with Feathers", "On Turning Ten", "If I were in Charge of the World", "This is Just to

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Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

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The Diary of Anne Frank play final test

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This test that goes along with the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" covers various elements that align with the common core. It tests students on characterization, theme, foreshadowing, plot, subplot, symbols, and flashback. See also for sale in my

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English Language Arts

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Assessment

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The Hunger Games anticipation guide

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This file includes 13 controversial statements that relate to Hunger Games in some way. Students must decide if they agree or disagree with each statement. This activity leads to great classroom discussion, with students on both sides of each

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Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Worksheets, Activities

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"Flowers for Algernon" pre-reading activity

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This activity is a way to introduce the short story 'Flowers for Algernon" as well as work on students' inference skills. Students will participate in a quotation mingle and then will make inferences based on what they read. They also have to

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.8.1

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Central Idea Assessment

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This is a short 5 question assessment over finding the central idea of a short article. The article is about a program for Palestinian and Israeli teens. The questions cover topic sentence, important details, and central idea.

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English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Assessment

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Zane and the Hurricane pre-reading inferences picture slideshow

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This power point teaches inferences as well as introduces students to Hurricane Katrina. Students will benefit from seeing the images that will help them visualize as they read Zane and the Hurricane. It is also an engaging way to introduce or

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English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1

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Verbals practice and tests

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This is a set of practice worksheets and 2 tests for teaching verbals. There is a worksheet to introduce gerunds, participles, and infinitives. Then there are 3 practice worksheets which review all three verbals. Finally there are 2 tests with

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Grammar

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Worksheets, Assessment

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Among the Hidden- Haddix Anticipation Guide

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This worksheet includes a variety of agree/disagree statments that encourage students to begin thinking about some of the issues that will come up during the reading of Among the Hidden. After discussing with the class, students will practice

Subjects:

Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Activities, Handouts

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Idioms, Similes, and Metaphors in Schooled by Gordon Korman

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In the new common core standards for both 7th and 8th grades students must identify idioms, similes, metaphors and other figures of speech. I created this worksheet to go along with Schooled by Gordon Korman. The characters in the book use quite a

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English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Lesson

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham Inference and Characterization worksheets

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This set of three worksheets focuses on inference and characterization. Students are provided with a quote from the chapter and they must infer what personality characteristic is being described by that quote. It forces students to do higher level

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1

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Monsters are due on Maple Street reading unit with test

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The first part of this product includes vocabulary questions for Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Students must predict the meaning using context clues before learning the real definition. Then it goes over elements of scary stories like

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.6

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"A Christmas Carol" the play Act 1 and 2 questions

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This assignment is for the play "A Christmas Carol." The questions are split up by Acts. Questions focus on characterization and plot. The packet is a good way for students to keep track of what is going on in the play as well as forcing students

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English Language Arts

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Study Guides

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Schooled by Gordon Korman final test with review

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This test is for Schooled by Gordon Korman. The test aligns with the common core standards. Skills tested are characterization, plot, setting, theme, conflict, and point of view. There is also a section covering idioms, similes, and metaphors.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Assessment

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