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Common Core SL.6.1 literature circles
Dystopia Literature Circles Any Dystopian Fiction Book Club Activites
Your students won't want to stop reading and discussing when you use dystopian literature in your book clubs. They'll be engaged with the group activities, and the independent practice activities will keep them reading. You'll wrap up the genre study with a debate, essay, or group project.Best part? It's all done for you!Students love dystopian literature ... and ... it kind of feels like we're living in a dystopia today! So, let's bring those popular novels into our hybrid, in person, or di
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Discussion Questions & Creative Writing I Korman's Slacker I Print & Digital
This packet contains two or more questions per chapter for Gordon Korman's middle-grade novel Slacker. The discussion questions are purposely open-ended and subject to opinion to encourage debate and discussion in your classroom.Included in this product:- Two or more open-ended discussion questions, sorted by chapter- These discussion questions reorganized onto printable handouts, suitable for comprehension checks, homework, mini-essays, or preparation for group discussion.- Creative writing pr
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5th - 7th
Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Book Clubs Discussion Bundle
The Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Boom Clubs Discussion Bundle includes three products that will motivate your students to love reading as they learn how to have productive team discussions. The most important component of this bundle is Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy, a series of short videos for the teacher that explain how to implement a fun and effective method for using Literature Circles with upper elementary students. You'll also find all the printables you'
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3rd - 6th
Literature Circles Made Easy Step by Step Lessons and Printables
Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy includes 5 short videos for teachers plus the printables you need to set up and run Literature Circles in your classroom. This method does not include Literature Circle roles, so the program is easy to implement in a flexible manner. Kids love this method because it's more fun than traditional forms of Literature Circles, and teachers love it because it's easy and effective! After you purchase Classroom Book Clubs, look for the PDF with directio
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Book Clubs Discussion Bundle
Literature Circles for Any Historical Fiction Book Club Activities
Ready for book clubs, but not sure where to start? Book clubs and literature circles will be a breeze with this unit that has everything you need to start book clubs with historical fiction today! With these mini lessons, you can provide whole class instruction and your students can read different books. Perfect for differentiation since students can read books that are at their reading level!What teachers are saying about my literature circle resources:"It is amazing! Comprehensive for BDA s
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Literature Circles BUNDLE
This Literature Circle Bundle includes all of our individual literature circle materials at a discounted price. These work well with novel studies, read aloud, or other books that you're reading too. You'll get fun activities or mini-projects, an engaging game that incorporates reading strategies and higher level thinking skills, a literature circle journal, literature circle job cards, student job checklist, student evaluation forms, folder labels for easy organization, and more (see itemized l
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3rd - 8th
Earth Day NO PREP Speech and Language Activities for Engaging Therapy Sessions
This NO PREP download includes 42 pages of fun activities to use in your therapy room for Earth Day...OR MAKE EVERYDAY Earth Day! Use this download to teach about being green/recycling AND to work on articulation and phonological awareness etc. throughout the year! WHAT DO I GET? ♻️ 3 coloring/art pages that coordinate with the teaching materials/lessons.♻️ 2 pages of teaching materials to use for teaching about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) containing child-friendly language and practic
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K - 6th
Restart by Gordon Korman Novel Study
The Restart Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Restart by Gordon Korman. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this popular book. Whether you have taught Restart for years or it is your first time, the Restart Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the
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5th - 6th
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The One and Only Ruby Novel Study Book Unit
The One and Only Ruby Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard-aligned book study to be used with The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate. This download contains both a printable, as well as a Google Drive™, format.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes Google Drive™ format files, additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment that you cannot find in the indivi
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4th - 6th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan, Bob, and Ruby Novel Study Bundle
Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds! This product contains:- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions. - these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparati
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions
Invisible by Gonzalez Graphic Novel Study comprehension, composition, activities
Complete with the option for Google Slides™ and pdf format. This product provides resources for studying the graphic novel INVISIBLE by Christina Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein. The resource is great for comprehension guidance, classroom discussion, literature circles, book clubs, novel studies, task cards, book challenges, reflection journals, and/or student writing prompts. This book is a timely work of fiction that is thought-provoking, humorous, serious, hopeful, assuring, and committed to
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5th - 8th
Skeleton Creek Book Study with Digital Notebook
This is how you change reluctant readers into EAGER READERS! Students BEG to read this book each day and when we finish, they CAN'T WAIT to read the next books in the series!! This is what gets kids reading! What's in it for the teacher?? It's PACKED with figurative language, references to famous literature (such as the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe), and SO MANY standards--even the ones that can be difficult to find good lessons for! Guiding questions help you get students THINKING CRITICALLY and di
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4th - 7th
Literature Circle Resources for Fiction & Nonfiction Texts
Literature circles are a great way to provide students with an opportunity to select books of their choice and to work cooperatively while thinking and responding critically to what they are reading.
This download provides resources for you to start literature circles in your own classroom. By using these resources, students will self-assess and reflect on their answers and their participation.
You will receive:
*Literature Circle contract
*Literature Circle book selection form
*Fiction Lite
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3rd - 6th
Stop & Jot Reading Comprehension Bookmarks
These bookmarks have been designed to encourage critical thinking and increased comprehension during book clubs & independent reading time. Quick-print and laminate as a student tool that promotes group discussion during small group reading. Alternatively, provide students with a Stop & Jot bookmark and sticky notes to monitor comprehension and track thinking during independent reading time. My students LOVE to Stop & Jot, and I find it holds them accountable for monitoring their
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3rd - 9th
New Kid Jerry Craft Graphic Novel Study PDF and Digital Resource
Complete with the option for Google Slides™ and pdf format. This product includes 110+ cards to use as resources for studying the graphic novel, New Kid by Jerry Craft. The resource is great for comprehension guidance, classroom discussion, literature circles, book clubs, novel studies, task cards, book challenges, reflection journals, and/or student writing prompts. This book is a timely work of fiction that is thought-provoking, humorous, serious, hopeful, assuring, and committed to engaging
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4th - 8th
Socratic Circles Lesson Plan
Socratic Circles: Engage your students in high-level dialogue through Socratic Seminars. This resource details the steps for implementation of Socratic Circles, and it includes great templates and student guides.
Included in this lesson plan:
• CCSS and suggested learning targets
• Step-by-step instructions to implement Socratic Circles
• Colorful templates for grouping students
• Student guides for reading text and writing effective questions
• Student worksheets
• Exit slip for student re
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5th - 12th
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Love That Dog | Literature Study | Distance Learning Printables
Join Jack on his amazing journey with poetry! With over 50 pages of print and go resources, this product will give you everything you need to lead your students through a literature study of this amazing novel. Engage your students in rich discussions, vocabulary, comprehension, sound devices, character analysis, evidence gathering, visualizing, prediction, and writing tasks.This 58 page resource contains everything you will need:• Teacher Directions & Samples• Pre-reading Activities• Vocabu
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3rd - 6th
Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
ELA Resources I The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise I Digital Learning
Save time and energy with these discussion questions for Dan Gemeinhart's middle-grade novel The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. The discussion questions are purposely open-ended and subject to opinion to encourage debate and discussion in your classroom. Also included are creative writing prompts and scoring rubrics.Included in this product:- Three or more open-ended discussion questions, sorted by chapter- These discussion questions reorganized onto printable handouts, suitable for com
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6th - 8th
Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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6th - 8th
Holes Questions - Holes Novel Questions - Read Aloud Discussion Questions
Reading the Holes novel aloud with your students? Build a classroom community with these Holes questions. They will save you time and you will be prepared to get the discussion started after you read each chapter aloud.>>Looking for more Read Aloud Questions? Grab the whole bundle here! <<These Holes questions are the perfect way to guide your students through the novel. After reading each chapter aloud, start a discussion with your students.How do I use the Holes discussion question
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4th - 6th
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The Wild Robot Chapter Questions Bundle - The Wild Robot Novel
The Wild Robot novel and The Wild Robot Escapes are amazing books that can lead to lively classroom discussions with your students. These Wild Robot chapter questions will help you get the conversations started after you read each chapter aloud. The Wild Robot novel questions are NOT meant for students to answer on their own. They are to be thought about and discussed in partners, groups or as a whole class. The chapter questions are NOT meant to be a comprehension check or used as a written res
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4th - 6th
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All Summer in a Day by Bradbury short story unit with digital option
This short story resource for "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury is a low prep packet and includes a student PDF file with the student activity pages and a second PDF with all student pages, teacher notes, answer keys, student samples, and the link to a Google Drive digital file."All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story. Students identify features of science fiction before reading the story. There are a variety of reading and writing activities from which to choose. It is also a
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle Grades Short Story Unit Bundle with digital option
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