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Hello Universe Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel. Plus, the fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, Astronomy and constellation readings and extension activity, projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply their l
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5th - 8th
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JURASSIC PARK: NOVEL STUDY, SCIENTIFIC FIELD GUIDE (All Levels Differentiated)
Jurassic Park is one of those books that has captivated readers for decades and made them really think about the implications of modern science. This field guide and novel study includes everything you might need to teach this novel to your class. There are so many great ways you can teach Jurassic Park and so many scientific concepts made real in this book. This field guide helps teachers with this daunting novel providing a balance between literature study and science.INCLUDED: -Standard Fi
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Notebook Style Book Club Growing Bundle (11 Book Clubs)
Dry Novel Study (by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman) Updated Nov 2022
Most of us take for granted that when we turn on the faucet, the water will flow. However, what happens if it doesn't? What if it's not just one sink in your house but all of them? What if it's not just your house, but every house in your neighborhood and for miles/kilometers around? Summary If there was ever a book that inspired me to stock up on water, this is the book. This was so realistic and will resonated with anyone. Neil Shusterman is great about adding just the right amount of gritty d
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6th - 12th
BUNDLE A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel & Film Study Unit (editable)
About this Unit & NovelThis is a Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, adapted from Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 Newberry-winner by Hope Larson. The lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from vocabulary building and literary analysis, to creative writing and argument building to side trips into some of the STEM concepts that surface in the novel. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language app
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4th - 7th
Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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2nd - 8th
Hatchet Novel Unit with Anticipation Guide, Worksheets, Charts, Tests, and More
Experience Brian's Robeson's adventures in the wilderness with this relevant and important material. This comprehensive packet contains: an anticipation guide to prepare students for reading the story.two complete vocabulary units with words from Hatchet, including their parts of speech, review worksheets with answer keys, and vocabulary tests with answer keys.a mood chart with answer key.a motivation chart with answer key.a conflict chart and answer key. a figurative language chart (idioms, sim
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4th - 9th
Lord of the Flies Reader's Theatre Script/Story -William Golding -Quiz
Jack MerridewWhere does the beast live? Percival sagged in Jack's grip. PiggyThat's a clever beast, if it can hide on this island. Jack's been everywhere. Where could a beast live? Jack MerridewBeast my foot! Percival muttered something and the assembly laughed again. Ralph leaned forward. RalphWhat does he say? Jack listened to Percival's answer and then let go of him. Percival, released, surrounded by the comfortable presence of humans, fell in the long grass and went to sleep. Jack cleared
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Shrek: Reader's Theatre Story -Funny Moral Fairy Tale
Summary: Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad. Determined to save their home -- not to mention his swamp-- Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona to be Farquaad's bride. Rescuing the Princess may be small compared to her deep, dark secret. Along the way, Shrek will enco
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Cynthia Lord's Rules: Comprehensive Novel Unit with Worksheets, Tests, and Vocab
This literary packet Rules! Located inside is an anticipation guide to prepare students for reading the story; a complete vocabulary unit from Rules, with 20 words, their parts of speech, a review worksheet with an answer key, and a vocabulary test with an answer key; 25 Socratic seminar/class discussion questions to elicit opinions from students about the book; a mood chart with an answer key; a character chart with an answer key; a 75-point test with matching, true-false, multiple choice, and
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4th - 9th
The Count of Monte Cristo Radio Play Script/Reader's Theatre -Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary:Edmond Dantès has it all: a beautiful fiancé and a caring father, but that is all taken away from him when Edmond is wrongfully imprisoned on the island of Chateau d'If. While in prison, Edmond plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. With help from another prisoner named Abbé Faria, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge and gain his life back.Included in this
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mars Fiction & Nonfiction Unit - Mazes - Reading Comprehension - Space
This MARS UNIT combines a nonfiction reading passage with fun MAZES to solve. Read it before or after reading A Rover's Story to build background knowledge.The no-prep novel study for A Rover's Story, about a rover's construction and mission to Mars, includes vocabulary and reading comprehension skills in manageable chunks for your students.The informational passage explains about different rovers that NASA has sent to Mars. It's perfect as a stand-alone piece or to build background knowledge.
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4th - 7th
Alice in Wonderland Radio Play/Reader's Theater Script -Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland Summary:A young girl named Alice falls asleep in a meadow while her sister reads a book. Alice dreams that she sees a White Rabbit running by her with a pocket watch, so she follows the White Rabbit down a burrow. She has many bizarre adventures with illogical and very strange creatures. She encounters the Dormouse, Caterpillar, the Duchess, The Cheshire Cat, The March Hare and the Mad Hatter. She plays a game of croquet with a flamingo for a croquet mallet and hedgehogs for
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Home Alone: Reader's Theatre/Radio Play -Christmas
Summary:When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother, Kate McCallister, makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true, but his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men named Harry and Marv, who call themselves the Wet Bandits, plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Wind in the Willows Reader's Theatre Script with Questions
BadgerToad, I want you to solemnly repeat, before your friends here, what you fully admitted to me in the smoking-room just now. First, you are sorry for what you have done, and you see the folly of it all? There was a long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that, while the other animals waited in grave silence. At last he spoke. ToadNo! I am not sorry, and it was not a folly at all! It was simply glorious! BadgerThen you do not promise, to never touch a motor-car again? ToadCerta
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue: Reader's Theatre/Radio Play -Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary:An amateur detective named C. Auguste Dupin and his friend, Poe, investigate the murder of two women on the fourth floor of the Rue Morgue. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken by the suspect. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. The Gendarmerie are baffled as to who could have committed the murders, leaving Dupin to use his uncanny ingenuity to solve the case.I have read th
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew Reader's Theatre Script -Questions & Rubric
Lou MaxwellIt's all a lie, of course, but I… don't understand. The cynical exultation in Dan's smile grew. At last, he was bold enough to bring the affair to a crisis. Dan McGrewDo you dare to ride with me to the town, to test the thing for yourself?Lou MaxwellDo I “dare?” What do you mean? Dan McGrewI mean just that. You've begun already to be afraid of the truth. Do you dare to ride to town with me, and so test the truth with your own eyes? The taunt provoked her to a new anger, to a new stren
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: The Shooting of Dan McGrew Reader's Theatre Script & Slide-Show Unit
Code Orange Grade 5 Common Core Multi-Disciplinary Literature Unit
This newly expanded, multi-disciplinary Common Core Literature unit, based upon the realistic fiction book Code Orange, by Caroline B. Cooney, is exciting and interactive...perfect for middle school grades, or upper elementary GATE programs! Tried and tested personally within my 5th grade GATE program, this unit includes pre-reading Internet search activities which touch upon geography, science, and vocabulary, guidelines for a corresponding research Power Point/Prezi with Peer & Self-Evalua
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5th - 7th, Staff
Jurassic Park Reader's Theatre/Radio Play Script -Park Project
65 Million Years in the Making.Welcome to Jurassic Park!In the beginning, Isla Nublar lay silent, untouched...uninhabited...but a startling scientific experiment and a wealthy man's fantasy have turned the small island into a place of terrible wonder. It is called Jurassic Park. Where ancient jungles thrive and primitive life is renewed. Dinosaurs from 65 million years ago walk the earth once again. Dr. Ian Malcolm, chaos theorist, says: "scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could br
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Australian Biomes - Animal and Plant adaptions
Australian Biomes - Animal and plant adaptations has been developed to facilitate students understanding of how animals and plants adapt to their specific biomes.
There are 4 Australian Biomes each with a graphic organiser for students to use.
1. Desert Biome
2. Coastal Biome
3. Wetland Biome
4. Tough Leafed Forest Biome
This product can be used as a guided reading tool, science based learning or as a geography learning tool. Australian Biomes can also be used as an independent autonomous activi
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4th - 7th
The Pit and the Pendulum: Reader's Theatre Unit -Edgar Allan Poe Scary Story
Summary:Numerous stories have been written about the Spanish Inquisition, during which thousands of innocent people suffered cruel torture at the hands of their tormentors. This is the story of one of those innocents, as penned by the legendary Edgar Allan Poe. A prisoner is unfairly judged by the inquisition and is sentenced to a dungeon, where he is mentally and physically tortured, while being observed by the judges of the Inquisition. The prisoner stumbles in the dark near a giant almost bot
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Literature Circle Packet
As I got to the end of my honor's class with my juniors, I decided it was time to hand over the reigns and make them the drivers of their own learning. I wanted them to practice their communication skills and to just find the joy in reading again while still applying the standards they've learned to the book... so I created this workbook for them! Every day, the students meet with their groups and read together and discuss. They decide their schedule, pace, and agenda each day. It's so fun check
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6th - 12th
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The Last Cuentista Discussion Questions, Vocabulary Activities & STEM Slideshows
An editable, Common Core-aligned set of discussion questions, vocabulary resources, and STEM slideshows for use with The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera.This super bundle includes a bonus Google doc where all elements are linked in one place. No need to unzip files!Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The resource is editable, so you can pick and choose which sections will work best for you. From Goodreads: The
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4th - 8th
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Earthquake - Jackie French - Shared Reading Unit - Stage 3 - Natural Disasters
This is a 56-page unit I created for Stage 3 classroom on the text "Earthquake" by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley. It was designed to be integrated with the Stage 3 Science unit "Earth and Space", specifically the strand which focuses on natural disasters and their impact. This is an Australian text, however the content of the unit is not Australian specific. It examines earthquakes throughout the world and how governments and engineers "earthquake proof" their cities. The text i
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3rd - 8th
Shining: Reader's Theatre/Radio Play Script Unit
Shining Synopsis:Down on his luck Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. Jack plans to write a novel while in winter seclusion, but he and his family are not prepared for the haunted madness that lurks within the walls of the Overlook Hotel.Included in The Shining Reader's Theatre Unit:197 pages of the spooky main story.71 page Prologue divided into 5 chapt
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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