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Napoleon Dynamite Unit

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This includes five different lessons for English Language Arts for the film Napoleon Dynamite. It is CCSS-Aligned. It is designed for seventh grade but could easily be adapted to fit any middle school grade level.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Lesson

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"The Rose That Grew from Concrete" accountable talk

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Included are five text-dependent, CCSS-aligned accountable talk questions to use with your class. I like to use these in a think, pair, share format where students write down their answers, share with a classmate, then participate in a whole-class

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

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The Outsiders Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Included are sixty text-dependent accountable talk questions that challenge students to do higher-order thinking. I use these questions at the end of each chapter. Students write their answers in their notebooks independently, share with a partner,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Poetry Warmup Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Would you like a higher-order question that is text-dependent to use each day of the school year? This product can be used in many ways; however, this is how I use it: The poems can be read on Monday (I would read them each morning to do a close

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.L.5

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The Village Blacksmith Accountable Talk and Writing Activities

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This product contains four open-ended accountable talk questions about "The Village Blacksmith". All four are text-dependent questions. I use these questions with my seventh graders in a "think, pair, share" format where they use their journals to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.4, W.7.1, W.7.3

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"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" Accountable Talk and Writing Activity

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This product includes three CCSS-Aligned text-dependent accountable talk questions. Also included is a writing activity using "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" as a mentor text.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.4, RL.7.5

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Demeter and Persephone Accountable Talk

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This flipchart includes six questions your students can use to have an accountable talk/academically productive talk. These questions promote higher-order thinking and are great used in a "think, pair, share" format.UPDATE: this is now sold as a

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activboard Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1

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Malala's Address to the UN Accountable Talk

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

These six accountable talk CCSS-aligned questions discuss the content in Malala's address to the UN given July 12, 2013. They discuss the delivery of the speech as well as the content in her speech.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.2, SL.7.3

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"All Summer in a Day" Lesson plan

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This CCSS-Aligned lesson includes fourteen accountable talk questions, one activity where students create their own multimedia version of "All Summer in a Day", and an evidence-based narrative writing activity. It includes a rubric, standards,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.7, W.7.3e

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The Bad Beginning Novel Study

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This is a novel study for The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket.This includes:Discussion questions for each chapter (2-3 per chapter)A testThree writing lessons: introductions, thesis statements, conclusionsTheme activityStandards tracking sheets for

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

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CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4

$20.00

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The Outsiders Chapter 1 Discussion Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Included are six text-dependent accountable talk questions that challenge students to do higher-order thinking. I use these questions at the end of each chapter. Students write their answers in their notebooks independently, share with a partner,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Accountable Talk Sentence Starters

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

This product includes sentence starters for students to use during accountable talk. These are great to display in your classroom while students learn how to respectfully challenge each other to keep conversations text-dependent.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Posters

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Twitter Literature Circles

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Students will choose a novel to read. Throughout the reading, students will post information about the book and their critiques on Twitter using a consistent hashtag to filter the posts. Students will be required to respond to posts others have made

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.2, W.7.6, SL.7.1c

$3.00

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The Outsiders Chapter 3 Discussion Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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The Outsiders Chapter 2 Discussion Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Included are four text-dependent accountable talk questions that challenge students to do higher-order thinking. I use these questions at the end of each chapter. Students write their answers in their notebooks independently, share with a partner,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Peer Editing Groups

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

Peer editing can be difficult. Students tend to only check for grammar. With this peer editing activity, students are divided into groups of four. Each person in the group is assigned a number 1-4. There are very specific things students are looking

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment

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"Sun and Moon in a Box" Accountable Talk Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

These are six CCSS-aligned text-dependent accountable talk questions about "Sun and Moon in a Box".

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3

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The Jungle Book Text-Dependent Questions (Stories 1-6)

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

***PLEASE NOTE I only have questions for the first six stories. I do not like reading the seventh with my seventh graders, so I have not created questions for that story.***These 29 text-dependent, CCSS-aligned accountable talk questions can be used

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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The Magician's Nephew Text-Dependent Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

These 23 text-dependent, CCSS-aligned accountable talk questions can be used with your class in a variety of ways. I like to use these in a think, pair, share format where students write down their answers, share with a classmate, then participate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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The Phantom Tollbooth Text-Dependent Questions

By Seventh Grade Shenanigans

These 22 text-dependent, CCSS-aligned accountable talk questions can be used with your class in a variety of ways. I like to use these in a think, pair, share format where students write down their answers, share with a classmate, then participate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$5.00

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This is year five in seventh grade reading and language arts! My passion is writing accountable talk questions for any pieces of literature. haleybliss@gmail.com

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Google Certified Educator, Apple teacher, Symbaloo certified, Sophia flipped classroom certified

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Tennessee Technological University BS Wilkes University MS University of Central Missouri EdS Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics summer program

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary, Science, Social Studies, ELA Test Prep, For All Subjects, Literature, Short Stories, Writing, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text