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8th grade reading strategies cultural activities for Google Apps
Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations
Whether you're celebrating Black History Month in February, elevating Hispanic voices in September, or simply looking for easy and meaningful ways to expand the voices present in your curriculum, these digital choice board activities will help students gain exposure to 25 different articles, videos, poems, and stories on each different board.WATCH A VIDEO PREVIEW INSIDE THE PRODUCT HERE!The goal of each choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate the
Grades:
7th - 12th
A Virtual Field Trip to Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Building background for students before reading a novel is one important scaffolding measure that teachers can take. Before starting A Thousand Splendid Suns, send your students on a virtual field trip to Afghanistan!WHY THIS ACTIVITY IS SO IMPORTANT:Besides building background knowledge for students, helping kids see a place in the world different from home and negatively pictured in the media is helpful for expanding their world view. This product features video by Afghani filmmakers, the be
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in: A Thousand Splendid Suns: COMPLETE NOVEL UNIT
Tierra Incógnita Teaching Resources - Episode 2
Resources to teach Tierra Incógnita from Disney+. Preview all episodes due to some "jumpy" content that might scare younger students. Appropriate for middle school through high school. 100% Editable! You can edit this resource to fit your context.This resource is broken into halves and includes two lecturas with comprehension activities. We watch 1/2 an episode on one day and complete the embedded reading together. Then on the following day, we review the embedded reading, complete the comprehen
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Tierra Incógnita Teaching Resources COMPLETE SEASON 1
I Am Every Good Thing - Story Book Reflection Activity
This resource is made in connection to I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James. This activity is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on themselves, who they are, and what moments define them. This beautiful story inspires students to embrace who they are and understand that their potential is endless. My students truly enjoyed this story and activity, I hope that this brings your room the same joy. Included in this Google Slides resource:One activity sheet with
Grades:
1st - 8th
Stolen Words Mini Unit | A Truth and Reconciliation Resource | Digital & PDF
** Perfect for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt) Day **This mini unit is designed to help students in grades 6-8 explore the themes of cultural identity, language, and resilience through the picture book, “Stolen Words” by Melanie Florence. This mini unit includes a variety of activities that promote critical thinking, empathy, and a deeper understanding of Indigenous history and culture in the context of residential schools in Canada.Activities included in this product:1. Introduction to
Grades:
6th - 8th
Analyzing Picture Books: CHARACTER DEEP DIVE
Students dive into character development by exploring how characters grow/shift and changeIncluded in package:- Digital Character Deep Dive activity- Printable Copy of activity- Character Growth Map teachable- Suggested Diverse and culturally Responsive Book List, for character Growth
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Langston Hughes Poetry Study
This slideshow was developed to use CommonLit assignments. The link to the graphic organizer used in this assignment is on slide #2 in the speaker notes.Includes the following poems: "I, Too," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I Look at the World", and "Mother to Son." This presentation also includes the short story "Thank You, M'am."
Grades:
7th - 8th
Le jour des morts - Compréhension de lecture
Cette ressource de 5 pages servira à enseigner à tes élèves les traditions du jour des morts et leur significationInclus :Un article de 350 mots décrivant les traditions du jour des morts et leur significationDes questions de compréhension de lecture qui font appel à des stratégies de lecture (idée principale, inférence, etc)CorrigéVersion Google Slides adaptée à Google Read & Write pour faciliter la différenciationIdéal à utiliser dans les situations suivantes :DevoirsTravail asynchroneBloc
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6th - 8th
Black History Month Bell Ringers and Reading Comprehension for Middle School
Ten bell ringers / reading comprehension assignments / worksheets are included in this highly engaging resource for upper elementary and middle school students.Students will practice standards based skills while learning about icons during Black History Month. Here are the included biographies and the corresponding activities: Women: Oprah Winfrey- Read biography; answer questions and explain Oprah's quote in their own wordsRuby Bridges - Read biography, complete crossword; make connections / wr
Grades:
6th - 9th
Religion Graphic Organizer
Use this tool to help students organize information about the religion to help with comparisons and easy review.The central bubble should hold the religion or philosophy title and the rest will be provided by the teacher or researched by the student to complete.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Novel Study: Animal Farm
This interactive set of google slides provides background information needed to read the novel, double entry journal for each chapter, and other activities such as identifying propaganda techniques all in one place! Check out the other Animal Farm activities in my store that I used for the novel study as well. Super successful and edit to fit your needs!
Grades:
6th - 8th
Six Minutes Podcast Discussion Questions (Remy's Life Interupted)
This is a Google Slides download of discussion questions for episodes 1 - 26 of the newest season of the Six Minutes Podcast. Podcast episodes are linked in each slide and can also be found here: https://app.kidslisten.org/pod/Six-Minutes Discussion questions sources: https://missmorstadrocks.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/six-minutes-podcast-questions/
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3rd - 8th
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Nacirema Culture Close-Reading
Teach students the value of background knowledge by having them read all about their own culture in disguise. What?!In 1956, anthropologist Horace Miner published an article, "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," in the journal American Anthropologist. The article described an exotic culture that worshipped medicine men and conducted a mouth ritual in which they stuck a bundle of hog hairs in their mouths! Shocking, right? What if I told you that Nacirema is American spelled backwards, medicine men
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6th - 9th
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Bless Me Ultima Pre-Reading QR Activity
Prepare your students by front loading them with relevant information about the author, setting, and history of New Mexico to prepare them to fully experience the magic of the novel Bless Me Ultima. This QR code activity was differentiated to meet the needs of various reading levels within a class while still engaging and challenging all students alike. Suerte!
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8th - 12th
"Bored and Brilliant" English Unit
This is my version of the Unit "Bored and Brilliant"Some of the material was part of the unit that we were told to teach but this is my version of the actual day to day material that we usedI taught this in 6 days but that's because we were rushed to finish. This SHOULD and very well COULD be a 14 day unit.We have daily access to Google Classroom, Chromebooks, Google Drive and Docs so this unit includes use of those resources.The unit connects to the Bored and Brilliant Challenge that you can al
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Rosa Parks Change Agent
Teach students about the Civil Rights Movement by understanding Rosa Parks as a historical figure and change agent. Help students think about how they can be a change agent within their communities. This research-based lesson plan uses hyperlinks to all materials. NO PREP and interactive.Students will explore, create and showcase about the following:How do we understand Rosa Parks as a historical figure?What do we know about and how do we understand the Civil Rights Movement?What are the charact
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
JUNETEENTH DIGITAL READ INFORM TRANSFORM DISTANCE LEARNING
Hi There! Thanks for your purchase!What a great opportunity to introduce this important celebration through a digital and interactive resource to your kids. This activity provides students with an eye-opening and engaging topic where they can compare two major historical celebrations.Table of Contents slide2- the interactive read-aloud living room with hyperlinked books and videos.Slide 3- Juneteenth flag4th slide Juneteenth text5th slide Juneteenth discussion questions.6th slide Juneteenth inte
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Strategies for Middle School
This activity includes students reading five short selections about five African Americans women who are presently positively impacting our world. Not only do your students get to learn facts about each person, but they also get to demonstrate reading comprehension strategies by answering 10 rigorous, open-ended questions.Provided:Five selections about 21st century African Americans womenTen rigorous, open-ended questionsA link to a picture of each personAnswer KeySources
Grades:
6th - 8th
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park - Introduction Activities
Before reading the novel A Long Walk to Water, introduce the idea of identity and the factors that shape it using this Culture, Time, and Place worksheet. Included is a hard copy of notes as well as slides I present with links to videos from YouTube that you are welcome to use. Additionally, use the map worksheet to analyze Salva's route and the varying geographical challenges he came up against on his journey, and the text-structure activity to notice/wonder about text color, symbols, dates, et
Grades:
4th - 10th
Worksheet on African Americans Reading Comprehension Strategies - Middle School
This activity includes students reading five short selections about African Americans who are presently positively impacting our world. Not only do your students get to learn facts about each person, but they also get to demonstrate reading comprehension strategies by answering rigorous questions on making inferences, genre, context clues, etc.Provided:Five selections about 21st century African AmericansTwelve reading comprehension questions that requires critical thinkingA link to a picture of
Grades:
6th - 8th
JUNETEENTH DIGITAL READ INFORM TRANSFORM DISTANCE LEARNING
Hi There! Thanks for your purchase!What a great opportunity to introduce this important celebration through a digital and interactive resource to your kids. This activity provides students with an eye-opening and engaging topic where they can compare two major historical celebrations.Table of Contents slide2- the interactive read-aloud living room with hyperlinked books and videos.Slide 3- Juneteenth flag4th slide Juneteenth text5th slide Juneteenth discussion questions.6th slide Juneteenth inte
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Right to Vote Digital (Distance Learning)
Hi There! Thanks for your purchase!This resource is an excellent opportunity to introduce this monumental occasion through a digital and interactive resource to your kids. This activity provides students with an eye-opening and engaging topic where they can compare Black and Women's Voting in the United States. WHAT IS INCLUDEDHyperlinked booksInteractive JigsawVideo about voting Document-Based QuestioningReading about the Black vote and the Women voteQuestioningCompare and ContrastContent Vocab
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Explore Board
FULL VERSION!!! This is my first product to sell, so it is very important I get some feedback. I want to know what you think about it. Is it useful, are there some suggestions that would make it better, or just letting me know that you were a big fan, that always helps!As a Reading Teacher of ELL's, my students struggled to have rigorous discussions in class because they were unfamiliar with the content. This was only because they didn't have the background knowledge that the other students had.
Grades:
PreK - 8th
Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading CCSS.ELA.R.6 (EDITABLE)
Hyperdoc/Worksheet: Rhetorical Reading (EDITABLE)77 Slides, can use with any textWorksheet or Hyperdoc optionAdapted from "Critical Reading and Rhetorical Analysis" in Argument Today by Johnson-Sheehan and Paine[CCSS.ELA.R.6]
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Unit: Manifestoes for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
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