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Free high school informational text activities
General Timeline Template
This general timeline template can be used for biography studies, to track important historical events (such as civil rights movement) or something simple as classroom birthdays. The squares can be used to paste/draw pictures or for a written description (whichever is needed to differentiate for your diverse learners and levels). For the higher grades, the timeline template can be used to compliment a reading response or essay.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Sled Dog Racing | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
FREE! HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thorough, high-interest 2-page passage about sled dog racing for any time of year. Student will preview & practice relevant vocabulary, read the text closely to answer comprehension questions, practice supporting inferences by citing textual evidence, interpret a visual diagram, and compare viewpoints on the race. WOW!!!Fascinating subject matter that puts readers at ease! Kids love reading and writing about dogs and will not
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4th - 9th
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Assistance Dogs | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
Engaging, FREE 1-page informational text passage hooks readers & tasks get them to hone in on central ideas by filling out a web & following steps to WRITE AN AWESOME SUMMARY! Vocabulary activities too! NO PREP PRINTABLES AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VERSION FOR EASY IN-PERSON OR DISTANCE LEARNING! PUTS RELUCTANT READERS AT EASE with its lighthearted (yet highly informative) subject matter of how assistance dogs help people everywhere.Perfect for middle school and older elementary students. A
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4th - 9th
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The Monkey's Paw WW Jacobs COMPLETE Short Story Unit Middle School
The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Unit for Middle and High SchoolThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: August Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of Plot ReviewCiting Text EvidenceContext Clues & Situational CluesTypes of ForeshadowingMood (and Mood Shifts)Analyzing DialogueEssential QuestionSee 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
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7th - 10th
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Holocaust Victims' Identity Cards for ELA, History - Print & Digital (FREE)
These identity cards are designed to help students make personal connections with the victims of the Holocaust, and could be used before a novel study or a history lesson.Images and information within this resource are used with permission from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. You can find the originals as well as more information here.The ID cards can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. This resource includes a print ready PDF as well as Google Drive versions (D
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
Informational Text Activity, FREE, Supreme Court Cases, Easy Sub Plan, CCSS
Whether you need an emergency sub plan or just want to add more informational text to your curriculum, this free and fascinating lesson has what you need. It includes access to a high-interest article from The New York Times on the "10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know," a topic that will hook your students’ attention and inspire lively debate, and a packet of print-and-go handouts to help students work through the text.This FREE activity includes:• A sheet of suggested lesson procedure
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8th - 11th
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Development of Central Ideas RI.8.2 | Walkout! Student Protests Article #8-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-1: Walkout!This is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 8th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading Walkout! and practicing skills, including text evidence, dev
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Science Sub Plans Middle School 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Science Lab Tools
Make Sub Days Stress-Free Days! This resource includes TEN NO-PREP activities perfect for use while teaching routines during the first week of school. These Print and Go activities are ALL-INCLUSIVE- No prior knowledge is needed. Includes an instructional component and plenty of engaging activities, including differentiation choices and fast finishers!Introduce your students to the world of science with INDEPENDENT activities that can be implemented by you or a sub. No science knowledge is requi
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Grades:
7th - 9th
All About Pumpkins Literacy Activities: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Poetry
INTERESTING & FREE! Grab their attention with interesting informational texts about pumpkins, historical literacy passages, vocabulary connections, a poem, fascinating facts that are incorporated into critical thinking activities, writing explanatory text about how to make a jack-o-lantern, writing a short persuasive text about why and how people can eat more pumpkin in their diets, and more challenging yet fun ELA activities. Perfect for the fall season in ELA, including Halloween and Thank
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5th - 9th
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FREE Close Reading Bookmarks - Annotating Text & Post-it Note Strategy
Print these bookmarks for your students and they will never forget how to close read! I print mine double-sided and students use one side for when we can write on the text and the other (post-it) side for when we're close reading something we can't write on!*****************************************************************************CCSS Aligned Interactive Reading NotebooksI use interactive notebooks in my classroom on a daily basis. I've created my own interactive notebook pages that are align
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4th - 12th
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Ice Cream Science Informational Text Passage - Practice Science Literacy in ELA
High-interest NO PREP PRINTABLES OR INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! High-interest topic students will love reading about and be fascinated by. Super interesting & informative informational text passage explains why & how ice cream is a complex substance (It is a foamy emulsion made possible by freezing-point depression!). Teachers have repeatedly told me how much students liked this activity because it is so engaging and relevant to real life!Comes with several ELA and L
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5th - 10th
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The Super Football Game Commercial Analysis (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
Bring the Super Bowl excitement into your classroom for FREE and with a purpose! The Super Bowl is the perfect opportunity to integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally, AND make a real-world connection with propaganda, logical fallacies, rhetorical devices, and persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos). Student Experience: Students review the persuasive appeals. Then, they will watch a commercial from past Supe
Grades:
8th - 12th
Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8
Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8Spice up informative writing with this FUN and different lesson!A zebra on the loose in the city? That's not something you see everyday! Read a reporter's interviews (primary sources!) of four people involved in this outrageous incident:- the kid who took the cell phone video of the zebra running through the city that went viral- the zebra's owner who accidentally let him get away (is that LEGAL?)- the lady who hit th
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4th - 9th
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"Working Dogs" Informational Text Reading Passage & ELA Task (Central Ideas)
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES OR DIGITAL FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thoroughly engaging 2-page informational text passage teaches fascinating information about all the amazing things working dogs have done throughout history. Written with bold vocabulary words followed by a vocabulary activity. Well organized paragraphs make central ideas stand out more clearly for students as they are asked to organize main ideas. Then they use critical thinking skills to classify further information they a
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4th - 9th
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Primary vs Secondary Sources - FREE - Drag & Drop - Digital Distance Learning
If your students need practice identifying the differences between primary and secondary sources, this is a quick and easy practice activity to use with them! Students simply read the example and decide if it's a primary or secondary source. Great for a pre-test, post-test, practice, reinforcement, or intervention. ___________________________________________________________________Benefits to Google Classroom Assignments:Drag and DropEasy to Grade (no messy paperwork)Opportunity to Redo Quickly
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4th - 9th
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Reading in Social Studies: Explore 5 Themes of Geography in Sled Dog Racing FREE
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Bring literacy in social studies into ELA by having students examine 5 themes of geography which are revealed in a fascinating Informational Text Passage full of historical information "Sled Dog Racing." Engaging activity that gets students motivated to use critical thinking skills & locate central ideas!Subject matter motivates reluctant readers! Kids love reading about dogs.NOW IN INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARN
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4th - 9th
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Ethos, Pathos, & Logos Interactive Sorting Activity
For the digital classroom, allow each student (or group) access to edit this powerpoint with the student device (compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides). This simple sorting activity allows students to classify a number of examples (10 advertisement examples and 9 short passages) as either Ethos, Pathos, or Logos. Included is a printer-friendly handout version to use on cardstock for teachers who prefer devoting a little extra time and effort to make a tactile card sorting activity. Thi
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9th - 12th
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Why There Are Seasons - Informational Text Passage & ELA Tasks With Visuals FREE
HIGH-INTEREST informational text passage NO PREP PRINTABLES OR INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! Your students are wondering why there are seasons, so they will want to read this informative text that incorporates visuals (2 diagrams), an interactive hand demonstration, and multiple ELA tasks for practicing important Literacy in Science skills (reading, writing, and language). It explains scientifically and clearly why there are seasons. This is information they'll always remember
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5th - 10th
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Choice Board, Non-Fiction & Informational Text Activities, FREE Worksheet CCSS
This FREE student choice board works with any informational text article or non-fiction book study. Once students have finished reading an assigned article or chapter of a non-fiction text, use this choice board handout to increase student motivation as they meaningfully reflect on their reading.The choice board worksheet was designed for English/language arts students in grades 7 through 12.Want more dynamic lesson materials designed to engage your teens?Click here for a 5-pack of Listen &
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Ideal School Project
This engaging project provides students with the opportunity to do lots of critical thinking as they read, view, speak, collaborate and create. After reading and viewing some texts/videos about the school system, they will work together to evaluate what is working in their school - and what needs to improve. Then students will work in groups to design their ideal school.This is an excellent assignment to do early in the semester. It is very relevant to students' lives and they usually have lot
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9th - 12th
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Genetics and Heredity: Informational Text and Crossword Puzzle FREE
Print and Go activities for Genetics and Heredity! Need work for Sub plans, Pre-Holiday, or a Teacher Catch-Up Day? Don't worry about downloading a puzzle where students don't know the vocabulary or the the clues are just different enough to be confusing. The informational text has all the answers to the puzzle. Includes some choices for differentiation and fast finishers. My goal is simplicity for the teacher and/or sub, and keeping the students engaged, busy, and learning. Everything students
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Inference Murder Mystery
This is a murder mystery slideshow that takes an activity I usually do physically and puts it in a digital format. This is usually used after a student has already learned about inferences, and is then trying to make their own inferences about who killed the man, why he was killed, and how. There are three different areas the students need to explore, including the crime scene, with close up shots on the scene, interviews with the suspects (including audio versions to listen to), and items fou
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7th - 9th
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New Year's Around the World Comprehension, Compare/Contrast, and Vocabulary
Use task cards to learn about New Year's traditions in countries around the World, answer comprehension questions, and compare and contrast. Also includes a list of vocabulary words to discuss while reading. Countries include:
United States
Netherlands
Spain
Australia
Scotland
Japan
Italy
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She has an awesome Christmas Around the World Freebie! Go check it out!
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Podcast Worksheets, Listening Guide for True Crime Series, Digital/Printable
This student casebook is designed to be a set of worksheets your students can use during their listening experience of any popular true crime podcast series of your choice. The no-prep, printable pages provided are designed to work as a whole while students “investigate” along with the podcast’s narrator; however, you could just pull out a few at a time. Plus, this casebook also comes in e-worksheet format, which means it's ready-to-complete in Google! They'll be ready in just a moment's noti
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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