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6th grade social studies literature circle pdfs
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Book Unit
Al Capone Does My Shirts
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This is a novel study for Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko. Over 30 pages of student work, plus an answer key!
Al Capone Does My Shirts is divided into eight sections for study. Each section contains four chapters. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary, and a Common Core Standard taught in each section. There are multiple-choice q
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4th - 6th
Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages NONFICTION (18)
Are you looking for BLACK HISTORY MONTH close reading passages? These eighteen non-fiction text dependent passages are perfect for Black History Month in February! If you're looking for a way to incorporate social studies with reading, and a variety of people, this study is perfect. The passage and the questions are all on one page for easy reference.The passages are rigorous to help meet the Common Core standards. Each passage includes mostly text dependent questions that assess comprehension.
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3rd - 8th
The Diary of Anne Frank Novel Study and Project Menu; Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for the bestselling "Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl", a standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every entry as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning diary autobiography in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything you need to use this
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
Survivor - An Introduction to Discussion and Textual Evidence
Welcome to the game of Survivor! This introductory lesson is perfect for any collaborative classroom and utilizes text annotation, finding textual evidence, forming an opinion based on text, and respectful debate all in one fun activity! The Game:Students must determine 5 plane crash survivors to be rescued immediately and 5 to stay and attempt to survive on the island.What's included?Slides to accompany the lessonA student-facing worksheetA full lesson plan with objective and common core standa
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6th - 12th
The Castle in the Attic Novel Study Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning, and language arts lessons. Lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short answer, and f
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5th - 6th
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George Washington's Socks Unit
George Washington's SocksThought Provoking ActivitiesThis unit does not include chapter questions. The activities in this unit are meant to make the students go deeper in understanding and thinking about the story.Students will use the book, George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff, to predict, create chapter titles, analyze characters through trait recognition and comparison to themselves, character conflicts, find factual information in historical fiction, write an opinion piece, plot the
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4th - 6th
Diary of Anne Frank The Play BUNDLE (includes Packet, Quiz, Activities, Test)
A complete unit -- ready to go!Download includes a student packet, activities, quizzes, and final test for the study of The Diary of Anne Frank The Play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.Student packet includes pre-reading, character, vocabulary, and setting work. Plus, character, vocabulary, paraphrasing, and journal responses are provided for every scene, along with enrichment activities. Quizzes for Act 1 and Act 2 provided with keys. 3 activities for students include a Holocaust One Pag
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5th - 12th
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution Literature Study
Jean Fritz's "We're Writing the Constitution" is both informative and humorous, making it an engaging book for students and a fantastic resource for teaching the Constitution. This 57-page PDF includes a Student Reading Comprehension Packet that breaks the book into manageable chunks and is full of short answer comprehension questions as well as vocabulary study. Supplementary activities are included and cover:
content specific vocabulary
key figures
synonyms & antonyms
government branche
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3rd - 6th
Last Week of School Reading Activities Social Studies Projects End the Year Fun
Grab these Greek mythology readers theater scripts for your class! Practicing reader’s theater scripts is a fun way to build reading fluency! When the scripts incorporate gods and goddesses from ancient Greece and play out famous Greek myths this practice becomes interdisciplinary combining reading fluency, vocabulary, public speaking, and social studies. FANTASTIC end of the year project or addition to any reading curriculum!!Included in this resource: ~ FOUR Greek Myths Reader’s Theater Script
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Readers Theater Scripts Fables Folktales Fairy Tales Myths and Legends
Hana's Suitcase: Exploring the Holocaust Literary Nonfiction Study Unit
This book companion for Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine can save you hours of prep for your literature circles or book clubs. Students will learn about the Holocaust through two different lenses while developing reading comprehension skills and vocabulary. This standards-aligned novel study for Hana's Suitcase engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text. Instead, it focuses on getting students to think de
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4th - 7th
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Mega-Pack
Set your reading block on fire with this novel study for "I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871" by Lauren Tarshis! This high-interest book series is always a winner with my students. In my classroom, we use the "I Survived" series for book clubs. They can also be used as a whole class or independent novel study.
This 62 page novel study is aligned with ELA Common Core standards and includes the following:
*Lesson Plans (10 days)
*Reading Comprehension Questions and Answer Keys
*Chapt
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2nd - 6th
Novel Study: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 100+ page Common Core aligned NO PREP novel study for the 2012 Newbery Medal winner, Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 31-page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, crossword puzzle,
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4th - 6th
Also included in: 4th, 5th, & 6th Newbery Bundle
Historical Fiction Passage for Reading Comprehension Questions Salem Witch Trial
Keep student interest in middle school with The Salem Witch Trials historical fiction passage for reading comprehension with questions. This engaging, low prep resource will be welcome in your classroom and your kids will love it! The story and student pages may be printed as worksheets or used digitally through Google or Easel documents. Easy set up makes this perfect for centers or substitute teachers.Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the middle school reading c
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6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Novel Guide
Actor and activist George Takei details his life in his graphic novel memoir They Called Us Enemy. This packet comes with 14 pages and an answer key.COMPREHENSIONPre-Reading Questions5 Comprehension QuizzesFinal ReflectionBook ReviewVOCABULARYVocabulary Worksheet ListVocabulary Word MapOTHERThemesCompare/ContrastGeorge Takei paragraphJapanese Internment Camps paragraphExtended Resources
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6th - 8th
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The Scarlet Stockings Spy {Unit ONLY}
The Scarlet Stockings Spy is a wonderful Historical Fiction picture book to use in your classroom when you teach the American Revolution or Literary skills.I have created a five day suggest lesson plan with everything you need except for the book and one other American Revolution historical fiction text.I covered RL.3 & RL. 6 using this text.In this bundle you will find:Vocabulary Cards (18 words)Student Vocabulary bookHistorical Fiction SheetCharacter Traits SheetCharacter Traits graphic or
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3rd - 6th
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Pink and Say - Book Study Activities
Pink and Say written by Patricia Polacco. This product is a reading unit to use with the book Pink and Say written by Patricia Polacco. It includes discussion questions to use before reading the book and several pages of questions that can be used during and/or after reading the text. This product also includes a graphic organizer for comparing the characters Pinkus and Sheldon and two writing prompts related the text, centered on the theme of friendship. This is a wonderful book that can be use
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3rd - 6th
Galveston Hurricane Nonfiction Text Features Sort & Questions distance learning
This nonfiction text features sort contains a two page article on the Galveston hurricane of 1900, 11 text features (pictures, map, captions, and headings) to cut and sort, and eight comprehension questions to answer. The questions are STAAR stemmed questions. Use as a lesson on text feature placement within a text, or use in small groups or literacy centers.Google slide version of this product is also included.GET THE NONFICTION TEXT FEATURE SORT BUNDLE!!! Get this product along with: The Unde
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Text Features Sort Bundle with Comprehension Questions
Beth - The Story of a Child Convict by Mark Wilson - First Fleet
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Beth - The Story of a Child Convict by Mark Wilson. This document contains six worksheets for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are two pages of comprehension questions, a dictionary activity, a Venn diagram task and two research activities. A teacher answer sheet is provided for the comprehension questions.This bo
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3rd - 6th
Read Aloud Play: The Newsies--The Newsboy Strike of 1899
Originally published in the March 2015 issue of Scholastic’s Scope magazine, "The Newsies" tells the story of a young immigrant girl who goes to work selling newspapers just before the 1899 New York City newsboy strike in which kids stood up to William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It's a historically more accurate version than the Disney musical (a completely different story). Suitable for reader's theater or stage production, this historically-accurate, kid-friendly script includes elev
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4th - 7th
War Horse Novel Study: Comprehension Book Unit for Book by Michael Morpurgo
This novel study for War Horse by Michael Morpurgo will save you hours of planning for your next class novel study. The engaging comprehension activities help students dig deeper into the plot while targeting high-impact comprehension skills that they can transfer to other texts.This War Horse novel study is purposefully designed to engage students with an approachable format. It doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text, inste
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6th - 8th
Mini-Guide for Middlers: The Hiding Place Interactive
This is a mini-guide (a two-week literature study) for the book titled The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. The Hiding Place relates the true story of a woman who lived her faith -- despite tremendous costs. The mini-guide contains ten sections that include: vocabulary words and exercisesdiscussion questionsreading activities: idiom, suspense, viewpoints, alliteration, metaphor, personification, critical thinking, theme, compare/contrastlife applications/Biblerelated activitiesweb linksa cr
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6th - 12th
Fever 1793 Novel Activities
These novel activities supplement and help guide your instruction of the historical fiction novel, Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. This is a 62 page resource with 60 useable pages! Activities are based on the common core with a focus on finding text evidence to support ideas and opinions. Engaging activities will keep your kids focused on theme; exploring figurative language; describing characters, settings, and events; analyzing and evaluating characters; summarizing using tweets; and so m
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4th - 8th
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Seaman Novel Study Questions (The Dog Who Explored with Lewis and Clark)
Are you studying Westward Expansion? This product would be a great addition to your unit! This is a packet of discussion questions for the novel, Seaman. Seaman is a novel about a dog that traveled out West with Lewis and Clark to discover the Pacific Ocean.
It would be a great way to enhance Social Studies standard: SS4H6 The student will explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861 as well as cover the Common Core Literature standards for grades 3-5.
This packet include
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1st - 7th
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