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8th grade close reading dbq pdfs
Seuss Socratic Seminar Bundle
Are you looking for a great way to introduce the Socratic method to your class? Do you want to get your students thinking at a higher level in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way? Are you looking to bring close reading into your classroom? Do you need a way to get your kids to go back and cite the text? Seuss Seminars are the perfect way to do all of this! Seuss seminars are also a great way to intertwine history and civics into your LAL curriculum (or vice versa).
This bundle includes five Dr
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4th - 9th
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Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â THREE MYSTERY BUNDLE: Solve the Social Studies Mystery w. Primary Sources!
Emergency Sub Plans: Climate Change 101
This 4 page, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Each page asks students to analyze text and graphs. Print it out, and you're ready to go. This assignment provides a broad outline for the causes, effects and solutions to climate change and requires students to: 1. examine the differences between weather (short term trends) and climate (long term trends).2. connect human activities (carbon emissions) to climat
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-6
Also included in:Â Emergency Sub Plans Bundle (Set of 5)
Wonder Part Two: Via
This packet is for Part Two: Via, from the book Wonder, by R. J. Palacio. It is a close reading packet, to guide students while reading the book. It includes several types of questions including: "right there" questions, inferential questions, vocabulary (synonyms, context clues, choosing the most appropriate definition), figurative language, drawing conclusions, and making comparisons.
This is a helpful tool while teaching the novel to help students pay attention to detail, and understand wh
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5th - 8th
The Temperance Movement Close Reading {History Guru}
Determining the feelings and emotions of moments in history through comics and propaganda is a great way to explain events to students. This close read is going over exactly that for the Temperance Movement. This will break down vocab, references, and context clues. This could easily be a simple DBQ or an in-depth close read opportunity for either a US History class or a Reading/ ELA course.Check out samples on my Instagram: @HistoryGuruTPTCustomer Tips:Be the first to know about my new discount
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7th - 12th
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Kalief Browder, Solitary Confinement Close Reading
Close reading on Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old who spent three years in prison at Rikers Island awaiting trial. Much of the time was spent in solitary confinement. Students will annotate a text to learn about Kalief and explore the issue of mass incarceration. Students will also be required to complete small research. The text includes reading comprehension questions. Topics covered- Mass Incarceration- Prison Industrial Complex- Solitary Confinement- Rikers Island- Bail Money- Sixth Amendment S
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8th - 12th
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2nd Semester of Texas History DBQs | 7th Grade | Civil War to Contemporary Texas
Why This Assignment?Students need to read primary sources and understand them. These assignments give students an opportunity to make inferences and draw conclusions. This gives your students an opportunity to read closely and write about these rich quotations.Includes6 full DBQ LessonsVariety of lessons: short, medium sized, and longer.All of the lessons include quotations and questions.Questions to help students make inferences and draw conclusions.Essay writing prewriting activity and essay w
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7th - 8th
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The Era of Reform Stations Activity
This engaging history lesson will help your students discover the people and movements of the 1800s Era of Reform.This stations activity includes close reading of informational text and text dependent questions including vocabulary and analysis, so it can be used for both history and English Language Arts.Your students will learn about issues like abolition, child labor and women's suffrage as well as the fascinating people who worked to bring about reform. The printable poster includes such ref
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5th - 11th
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Writing Literacy | AP Essays: Synthesis Language (Rhetorical) Analysis Argument
Talking about Essay Types in AP Language & CompositionHi, Friends!Are your students a bit panicky right now? Help calm student nerves and add this handout into your routine RIGHT AWAY! IN FACT, go ahead and let students use this sheet as they get used to the idea that they'll be writing THREE back-to-back essays in May. Add this to your lesson plan—and then keep the inclusion consistent! Have a discussion about each essay type. AP Language & Composition students in Semester 1 (especially
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â | AP Language & Composition | Skills-Based | Enriched | Pre-AP | PUSH
Great Depression Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets 6-Pack
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your Great Depression unit with these curated voices from President Roosevelt, Huey Long, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection: President Hoover throughout his presidency President Roosevelt throughout his presidency Huey Long American citizensThis kit uses the effective HIPPOS framework to target historical & critical thinking skills:Historical ContextIntended AudiencePoint o
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8th - 11th
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African Americans & Women In WWII Primary Sources & Guided Reading Handouts
This packet is focused on the contributions of African Americans and women during WWII. Each reading includes a close reading handout for students to complete as they anaylyze the primary source.
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Executive Order 9981 - abolishing racial discrimination in the US military & DBQs handout for students to answer
For Black Soldiers, same uniform, different rules - article and close reading handout for students
Blacks and America's wars - article and close reading handout
Victories of
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7th - 12th
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Wonder: Part Eight August
This packet is for Wonder: Part Eight, August, by R. J. Palacio. It is a series of questions for guided reading practice, practicing reading strategies such as making predictions, drawing conclusions, inferencing, using context clues, vocabulary skills, and close reading skills. Some questions ask the reading to think deep, and some ask the reader to insert how they feel about a situation.
This is a great tool to assess student engagement with the text, or to use while reading it in class.
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3rd - 8th
Basic Level English Reading Comprehension Stories Passages Paragraph Questions
This 175 page PDF file includes 100 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topics include, but are not limited to, animals, food, sports, cars, family, science, school, and much more!These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5. Online distance learning6. Class work7. Independent
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Civil Rights in Texas | a DBQ | 7th Grade | Texas History
I love teaching with DBQs. That's why I started writing them. DBQ's expose students to primary source documents and more. Hearing from the people who lived through the time brings it all to life. Real people fought for Civil Rights in Texas! And they wrote about it and talked about it.Your students will be fascinated by these Texas pieces about Civil Rights. And they will engage with the question about ethics: How does living by a code of ethics impact the way a person lives during hard times?In
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â A Full Year of Texas History DBQs | 7th Grade | Close Reading | Writing
Primary Doc: Horace Mann, Report to the Massachusetts Board of Education (1848)
This document is an excerpted reading from Horace Mann's address on the importance of public education. The document includes:-Contextualization Introduction-Chunked Excerpts-Vocabulary Development Assistance-Scaffolding Questions-Answer Key
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American History Primary Document Bundle
William and Mary Graphic Organizer Round-Up
Student friendly graphic organizers for use with The College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Education Literary Reflections and Perspectives units. These organizers can be used with any fiction and nonfiction material and provide a framework for developing constructed responses, preparing for Socratic Seminar and DBQ analysis.
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4th - 12th
AP Language Rhetorical Analysis: Greta Thunberg UN Speech Excerpt-Quiz
These 13 MCQs are based on the excerpt from Greta Thunberg's Climate Action Summit Speech at the UN in September 2019. Questions are based on specific lines and focus on: author's purpose, thesis-claim, evidence, tone, diction, syntax, parallelism, and juxtaposition. The text is free and available online from College Board.***If you love quality and price of this resource and want to help others find it, then please select My Purchases, choose Ratings, and leave Feedback. The more ratings you le
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Giver-Book/Unit Exam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Individuals & Communities." The exam has five subsections. There is a multiple choice, matching, definitions, quote analysis, and short answer section. This test requires deep knowledge of the text and the thematic unit. Students will have to craft their responses for most of the test. The test document includes sample answers for all crafted answer questions.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â The Giver-Engaging Readers in the Classic
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian -Book/Unit Exam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Finding My Place" The exam has four subsections. There is a multiple choice, matching, quote analysis, and short answer section. This test requires deep knowledge of the text and understanding of the themes therein. Students will have to craft responses for half of the test. The test document includes sample answers for al
Grades:
7th - 10th
Seedfolks-Book Exam/UnitExam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmen. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Individuals & Communities." The exam has two major sections with two subsections each. There is a matching chart where students must identify the contributions to the garden and place of origin for several characters. There is a multiple-choice section with questions for basic reader knowledge of the book and some thematic elements. The written portion of
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Seedfolks-Engaging Readers in the New Classic
Document Based Question: The Battle of Seven Oaks
Through an examination of five primary and secondary sources students are guided through a series of questions regarding the sources, and prompted to respond to the question: "Who should be held most responsible for causing the Battle of Seven Oaks?"
All necessary items for lesson, including a articulated rubric are provided in download.
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8th - 12th
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Performance Task: Life in a Dystopia
In this Performance Task, students are asked to read 4 sources, two fiction and two nonfiction, on the topic of dystopias. Students must complete 3 research questions related to the sources, citing textual evidence.Students then complete a writing task based on what they learned from the four sources they read.Could be used as SBAC prep, a 3-4 day lesson on close reading and writing, or an assessment
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6th - 10th
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Introduction to Feudalism/Primary Sources with ELA Aligned Questions
In this product, you'll get 2 slides(or handouts) to practice literacy with your students! On each slide, the students will read an engaging primary source and answer questions to show their analysis. This activity is great for modeling text analysis and spiraling back on previously covered standards. Your students will analyze the passage for context clues, main ideas, and textual evidence. There is a writing prompt at the end of the DBQ analysis! It's a good idea to model a strong paragraph fo
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6th - 10th
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AP Lang V1 |Rhetorical Choice | Features & Effects | Essay Organization Planning
WAIT! Do you want the companion piece (in photo 3) that guides students through thinking and writing about rhetorical choices and working towards stronger effects as well?Working towards Effects in the AP and Pre-AP ClassroomAre your students prepared to discuss the effects of language features? Help calm student nerves and add this handout into your routine---EARLY! Give students a way to critically think about an author’s rhetorical choices and their effects. If both you and your students are
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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