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7th grade study skills instrumental music literature circles
Sunny by Jason Reynolds: Book Questions
This is a book study packet that corresponds with the book Sunny written by Jason Reynolds. There are questions that go along with each section to check for understanding as well as a ten questions quiz at the end. There is an answer key included!
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5th - 12th, Staff
*Interactive Countdowns* |Spring Theme| Print. Laminate. Celebrate!
❇Spring theme includes 14 different counters (1-10) for endless countdown possibilities and occasions❇✨Highest Quality PDF (CMYK) for printing✨✨All files include separate pieces, and two sizes for optional customizing of your countdown✨✨Bonus SVG Files for all counters for use with cutting programs/machines✨(Use is optional, regular print files are included)✨★Upon purchase you will receive a zipped (compressed) folder containing both SVG and PDF file formats ★❇Background❇We all know how hard tho
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
The Old Willis Place Literature Circle questions
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn. I created these questions to accompany one of my favorite stories. The students love the book and I love the fact that they like trying to figure out the ending to the story. One of the favorites in my classroom. I hope you will find this helpful.
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4th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol: A Play Told in Six Scenes
This wonderful story written by Charles Dickens is a must for students and teachers looking for a fun and simple dramatic reading or a staged production to share with the school or family and friends. Adapted for the stage by Carol J. Macy. Dickens has an important message about kindness and caring verses striving for material wealth. Each scene asks for only minimal props and costume pieces. Victorian Christmas music can be uploaded online or purchased on a CD. Students will LOVE acting ou
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4th - 12th
Epic of Gilgamesh (Abridged and Simplified): Discussion Prep, Reading Roundtable
This simplified version of the Epic of Gilgamesh is perfect for teaching one of the earliest narratives in the world! This version is very short and gives the highlights, allowing the students to still INFER much about the world of Ancient Mesopotamia. Read this and discuss in an Ancient History unit, or just start the year with the first fictional work in the world. Whippoorwill Humanities’s Short Story Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homewor
Grades:
7th - 10th
Note Taking Graphic Organizer #1
This packet begins with suggestions for taking notes, using a graphic organizer, and writing. Included here is a graphic organizer for taking notes while reading a book. There are 4 identical pages to make printing easier The graphic organizer includes 7 questions with a space for page number(s) and notes as well as a lined space for a chapter summary. The questions focus on how the characters are thinking, making predictions, and making connections to the readers lives. This can be easily used
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4th - 7th
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Science Fiction: Twilight Zone To Serve Man
To use this product present a clip of the Twilight Zones, To Serve Man, then students and I read the story (found online) and then I play the entire show for viewing.
This powerpoint, provides the mini lesson on science fiction. It then transitions to the post questions for "To Serve Man." I use the projector and have scholars practice their restate and answering skills. Each question on the slides are in different colors to help students track their reading.
These questions explore literary
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
PANDORA'S BOX: A Play for Grades 3rd-8th
This adaptation of the Greek Myth, Pandora's Box, is a delightful way to introduce your students to the fun of using their own words and actions to respond to the narration and stage directions in the play. In this way, teachers can create an authentic performance where students do not need to memorize lines, but can improvise with their words and actions throughout the play. This lesson includes a warm-up exercise that will help students to improvise in a scene, using their own words. The na
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3rd - 8th
Three Prompts for Poetry and Acting out Original Poems with 3rd-8th Grade
Three Prompts for Poetry encourages students to write their own poetry based on three exercises. In addition, this lesson includes a simple approach to dramatizing original poetry with students. Music is added to provide atmosphere, to support the actors, and to engage an audience. This lesson is a wonderful opportunity to include language arts, theater, and music in one lesson.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Scholar Talks - Jigsaw
Google slides to guide students (and teacher) through a jigsaw learning activity. TEXT AND EXPERT QUESTIONS NOT INCLUDED.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Literature Circle Rubric: Meaningful and Constructive Assessment
Are you looking for a way to effectively grade your Literature Circle groups? Well, look no further. This Literature Circle Rubric has been classroom tested and many teachers have found success with the ease of this rubric. The rubric is saved as a Word document so that you can customize the grading scale to fit your needs. Students will now have meaningful and constructive feedback with the use of this Literature Circle Rubric.
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4th - 7th
Bringing Literature to Life with 3rd-8th Graders
This product is designed to help educators lead their students in the dramatization of stories or scenes from stories. The lesson includes exercises in the art of improvisation for the stage; exercises that will prepare students to improvise more easily when dramatizing a story. In addition, this product includes a scripted version of the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" for students to dramatize. This approach to dramatizing stories involves narration, improvised responses to the narrator on the p
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3rd - 8th
Fahrenheit 451 Independent Investigation Packet: 8 Weeks, Story Wheel
OverviewThis is a themed independent investigation packet. You should read the novel and use these sheets to guide your students with each homework assignment. Each sheet functions as preparation for a discussion in class the next day, especially the Reading Roundtable. I would suggest using the Roundtable twice, once at the beginning and once again at the end of the novel.The attached vocabulary sheets should be used along the way, and include the sentences used in the novel and a definition. T
Grades:
7th - 12th
Completed Far Far Away - Tom McNeal - Pre-reading Activity & Notes
This is a perfect resource to accompany reading Far Far Away by Tom McNeal. There is a chart for recording fairy tale allusions and complete notes to support comprehension. National Book Award Finalist.
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7th - 9th
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Far Far Away - Tom McNeal - Pre-reading Activity & Guided/Cloze Notes/Key
This is a perfect resource to accompany reading Far Far Away by Tom McNeal. There is a chart for recording fairy tale allusions and guided notes to support comprehension. This is a bundle with the key. National Book Award Finalist.
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7th - 9th
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Spiderwick Chronicles Book 3
Study guide for book 3 of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Helps students keep track of what they read and have an understanding of their comprehension
Grades:
4th - 7th
Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes Discussion Preparation: Reading Roundtable
Hughes weaves a tight narrative that students can enjoy and use for a few purposes. Inferring life for early 20th century African Americans is one, but this is a story about caring, empathy, and forgiveness in the face of hardship. Whippoorwill Humanities’s Short Story Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homework and student-centered discussion to be done with a given reading. These activities are for those teachers who might be between books, want
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7th - 12th
Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron Discussion Preparation: Reading Roundtable
Whippoorwill Humanities’s Short Story Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homework and student-centered discussion to be done with a given reading. These activities are for those teachers who might be between books, want to read a thematically similar text (Bergeron is great with any dystopian novel!), or just want a quick Homework then Discussion lesson. Assign the sheets for homework, and when the class next meets the students engage in a discussi
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Short Stories and a Reading Roundtable
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Discussion Preparation: Reading Roundtable
Whippoorwill Humanities’s Short Story Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homework and student-centered discussion to be done with a given reading. These activities are for those teachers who might be between books, want to read a thematically similar text, or just want a quick Homework then Discussion lesson. Assign the sheets for homework, and when the class next meets the students engage in a discussion that is independent of the teacher, whose o
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Short Stories and a Reading Roundtable
Harry Potter Chapter One Discussion Preparation: Reading Roundtable
Whippoorwill Humanities’s Chapter 1 Reading Roundtables are a Literature Circle and skills-based independent activity, homework and student-centered discussion to be done with a given reading. These activities are for those teachers who’ve purchased a book but it’s late arriving! Assign the sheets for homework, and when the class next meets the students engage in a discussion that is independent of the teacher, whose only function is to move the conversation along (only if all else has failed) o
Grades:
5th - 9th
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton: Character Who Am I Assignment
This worksheet tests your students' knowledge about the cast of characters found in S.E. Hinton's book The Outsiders. A brief description/character analysis is given for each character and students are asked to place the corresponding character's name on the blank line!
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6th - 9th
Far Far Away - Tom McNeal - Pre-reading Activity & Guided/Cloze Notes
This is a perfect resource to accompany reading Far Far Away by Tom McNeal. There is a chart for recording fairy tale allusions and guided notes to support comprehension. National Book Award Finalist.
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7th - 9th
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The Road Not Taken Questions with Costa's Levels
A short set of questions for the poem, The Road Not Taken. An area is provided for the students answers, as well as labeling which level of Costa's the question fits under. I have students glue this into an interactive notebook, next to a print out of the poem.
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4th - 7th, Higher Education
{99 Novel} Character Notecards Plus Vocabulary for The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
{99 Novel} Series provides support materials to teachers to facilitate superior instruction. Wouldn't it be nice to have notecards already on-hand to provide to INCLUSION students who need them? How about Kinesthetic activities that cross novel borders...things like sorting Character Cards into stacks of Protagonists, Antagonists, Major Characters, Supporting Characters?
What about vocabulary? Reading Comprehension is impossible without adequate background knowledge and appropriate vocabulary.
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5th - 9th
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