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Common Core RL.8.6 resources under $5
Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Activities Middle School Summer
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect after-testing activities fun!This Reading Comprehension set includes 6 mystery picture activities.The sets have 20 short reading passages with 48 multiple-choice text-dependent questions students have to solve to discover a surprise picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices
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4th - 8th
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Author's Purpose Task Cards & Worksheets Fiction NonFiction Passages Quiz PIEED
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to finding the author's purpose? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 author's purpose task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known fiction stories and modern informational text articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and c
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5th - 8th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Task Cards Reading Comprehension Poetry Analysis Worksheets & Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to poetry? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 poetry task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short Poems will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school students. Teachers of other grade leve
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6th - 9th
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Plot Elements Task Cards Quiz & Passages Elements of Plot Story Plot Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to plot elements? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 plot elements task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school stu
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5th - 8th
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Fiction Reading Comprehension Practice Assessment STAAR Test Prep Paired Passage
Are you searching for an easy way to prep your students for their ELA end-of-year reading test? Look no further! This STAAR fiction reading comprehension Practice Test set has got you covered.✨Engaging Fiction & Paired Passages: This resource offers 6 fiction reading comprehension passages suitable for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, making it versatile for middle school. Use the worksheets for assessments or send them digitally for homework. ⭐ New Item Types: Our carefully crafted STAAR-L
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: STOLEN LAPTOP
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script gives students high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! "The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop" readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis funny and engaging 12 page script is about the theft
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5th - 8th
Also included in: DRAMA FUN | MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA GAMES & READERS' THEATER
Reading Comprehension Mystery Pictures Fun ELA Activities Middle School
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect addition to your classroom reading comprehension test prep.This fun and engaging characters reading comprehension mystery picture activity includes 9 short passages and 36 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their ans
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5th - 8th
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Halloween Reader's Theater & Reading Literature Toolkit for Grades 4-8
The Happy Halloween That Almost Wasn't... is a Halloween reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Halloween themes into your language arts instruction. This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!Your students will love reading about the characters of Parkersburg Elementary School and how their Halloween tra
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe short story non-fiction multimedia PDF & Google
Use “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the gothic short story’s text, and provide opportunities for real-world connections to this grisly story via a high-interest informational text/article about a criminal’s successful use of the “not guilty by reason of insanity” defense. This two-day lesson includes step-by-step suggestion procedures (great to leave for a sub), a full-text copy of the public domain
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6th - 9th
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Saki “The Storyteller” Short Story Literary Analysis & Irony, PDF & Google Drive
Use these materials to reinforce students’ understanding of the three types of irony (situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony) and facilitate a deep reading and discussion of Saki’s attention-grabbing short story, “The Storyteller.”This 10-page PDF package (with Google Drive versions of all student handouts) includes:• Step-by-step suggested lesson procedure (can be left as an emergency sub plan!) with high-quality audiobook link• Warm-up grid worksheet where students determine wheth
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7th - 10th
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Scaffolded One Pager: A Thematic Response to Reading Activity
Are you drowning in essays? Looking for a way to have students show analytical thinking about a text in a meaningful way that won't send you to the crazy house? Try the one pager as an alternative response to literature. Not only does it encourage students to think creatively and abstractly, but also it teaches them how to use quotations, symbolism, and images to convey how they experience a text.This one pager response to literature activity focuses on the theme of a fictional or narrative nonf
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7th - 10th
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Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell, Short Story Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the classic short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes the full-text 9-page story (public domain), an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a simile hunt worksheet (also with answer key), and an optional direct/indirect characterization activity. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for ad
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8th - 11th
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Irony Introduction - Presentation & Assignment Verbal Dramatic Situational Irony
Irony Introduction - Presentation & Assignment Verbal Dramatic Situational Irony: Help your students differentiate between verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony with this ready-to-use presentation and assignment. The presentation includes movie clips, literary examples, and real-life situations to engage all your students in understanding the three different types of this literary device. Students will also complete a fun irony worksheet after they have completed the lesson to
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6th - 9th
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Author's Point of View & Perspective Task Cards Reading Passages Worksheets
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to the author's point of view? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students can be challenging.NOTE: These cards focus on BOTH author's viewpoint (how the author thinks or feels) and point of view (first and third person).These 20 reading skills task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of
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5th - 9th
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Types of Irony: Mini Lesson Notes and Activities for Middle School ELA
In order to understand why an author would use irony, students need to understand irony and the different types. With this mini lesson, you will teach your middle school students the three types of irony, how to recognize it, and the purpose of each type. What's Included:1. Google Slides Presentation: 18 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the basics of argument and claims.2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal I
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6th - 8th
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Digital One Pager for Literary Analysis
Looking for a tech-savvy, convenient way for students to respond to literature? Try a digital one pager! Students can be creative and resourceful as they think about what they have read, incorporate elements that are relevant both to the book and their lives, and practice important technology skills along the way.DIGITAL ONE PAGER CONTENTS:A tech tidbits video to help students get started with Google Slides featuresA secure PDF version of the Google Slides included A link for a Google Slides pre
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7th - 10th
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Figurative Language Task Cards Quiz with Short Story Fiction Passages Practice
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to figurative language in short stories? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students can be challenging.These 20 figurative language task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and const
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5th - 9th
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter Questions, Multiple Uses, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use this chapter-by-chapter question set covering Harper Lee’s classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, to pull your students into the text and inspire them to think deeply about Lee’s themes.This packet includes 31 pages of student handouts (one per chapter) with questions (plot points, inference, and personal connections) covering Scout and Jem’s adventures in To Kill a Mockingbird. A separate 16-page detailed answer key to make grading easy is also included, of course. A total of 47 pag
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8th - 11th
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Emoji Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Reading Activities 6th 7th
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect addition to your classroom reading comprehension practice.This Emoji set includes 6 mystery picture activities.Each picture has short reading passages with multiple-choice text-dependent questions students have to solve to discover a surprise picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answ
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4th - 8th
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Literary Elements Graphic Organizers for Any Narrative Text
Looking for a way to incorporate short stories while also sticking to the literature standards? It's easy to focus on comprehension with short stories, but it's harder to teach students how to analytically think about short stories as they relate to development of characters, setting, theme, plot, and more. These short story graphic organizers are intended for use with any narrative text in a middle or high school classroom. You can use them to model analytically thinking during mini lessons and
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7th - 10th
Reading Comprehension Comprehension Passage with Multiple Choice 7th 8th Grade
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice and feel confident answering reading comprehension questions?This resource was created for a quick four-week review. The 40 questions were written to give your students a chance to review all the reading concepts before end of year testing. The 20 short passages include fiction, information text, poetry, and persuasive text. Concepts: Plot, Author’s Purpose, Detail, Summary, Point of View, Central Idea, Structure, Inference,
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6th - 9th
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SciFi Short Story & Artificial Intelligence Movie Analysis AI Google Drive & PDF
Tap into students' interest in artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT and DALL-E, and teach them how to “read” a movie in just the same way that we closely read literature. This five-day lesson begins with a study of Brian Aldiss’ short story, “Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” and continues will a full-movie viewing and analysis of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, a 2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Aldiss' science fiction short story. After analyzing Aldiss’ futuristic ta
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8th - 11th
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