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Close reading Common Core L.6.5a resources
Figurative Language in Christmas Songs Treasure Hunt - Holiday Vocab Activity
Ignite a festive burst of figurative language brilliance as students embark on an exhilarating journey of memory refreshment! Picture the excitement as they dive into this high-movement Christmas songs-twisted challenge!How it works: Picture your students filling out their answer sheets as they embark on a quest, deciphering 18 intriguing question cards scattered around the classroom. Each answer they uncover brings them one step closer to unraveling the secret code!There are no rigid rules here
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6th - 9th
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Brown Girl Dreaming by J.Woodson: A LISTEN-AND-RESPOND Book Study
Want to make your read-aloud time truly productive? Begin with a magnificent, award-winning book like Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (see awards below). Then add this Listen-and-Respond student booklet to ensure that your students focus and understand and stretch themselves as they listen. You will end up with a concrete assessment of their learning and they will end up with both inspiration and greater understanding. This product is a ready-to-use PDF packet designed for teac
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5th - 9th
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Figurative Language Posters - Literary Device Vocabulary Worksheets - Beginner
Reinforce literary analysis vocabulary with these figurative language posters! These posters double as figurative language worksheets by having students locate definitions and examples for each literary device term. Use their work to create a word wall anchor chart on your classroom bulletin board! Included with these Figurative Language Posters:✏️ 11 Figurative Language Worksheets - Digital & PrintThese templates can be completed by students before displaying them on your bulletin board✏️ D
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6th - 10th
6th Grade Language Arts Full Year Curriculum Bundle | More 50% OFF
Sixth Grade English Language Arts Bundle - 2000+ pages - answer keys included! This huge bundle has everything you need for a full year of teaching 6th grade grammar, writing, reading, and English language arts:A 176-page hands-on interactive grammar notebook including answer keysA 166-page hands-on interactive writing notebook including answer keysA 225-page hands-on interactive reading notebook including answer keys334 pages of scaffolded notes including answer keys175 pages of grammar and wri
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5th - 7th
Graphic Novel Reading Questions Literary Analysis
Graphic Novel Reading Questions and Literary Analysis to use with ANY Graphic NovelThese reading response graphic organizer pages are perfect to use with ANY graphic novel or comic book! You can use all 16 pages or pick and choose; they can also be used over and over for different parts of the story!Areas covered include: character analysis; plot analysis; setting analysis; point of view analysis; design, graphics, and layout analysis; literary devices analysis; conflict analysis; comparing two
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Christmas Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices Holiday Task Cards
Christmas Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices Holiday Task Cards: Bring some of the fun of the holidays into your classroom with this entertaining Christmas figurative language activity. Included are 15 task cards and presentation slides that allow students to label metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia in holiday-inspired examples. Accomplish some ELA goals while getting into the holiday spirit with this themed activity! Included In This Chris
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6th - 10th
O. HENRY | THE LAST LEAF Close Reading Study Guide | Worksheets | Printables
Students enjoy one of O. Henry’s surprise endings as they explore the meaning of friendship in “The Last Leaf,” one of the author’s most famous short stories.Your 16-page, reproducible study guide includes . . .• introduction, background information, audio and video suggestions• full text of the short story• vocabulary pertinent to the short story• comprehension questions that accompany the short story• a vocabulary test• a selection test on the short story• a number of post-reading topics for
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6th - 9th
Also included in: O. HENRY Close Reading Study Guides: Bundle 2 | Worksheets
Literary Device Matching Game - Poetic Device Game Cards with Examples - Poetry
Explore poetic devices and engage students with pop-culture references using this Literary Device Matching Game! These poetic device game cards showcase examples from both classic literature and contemporary song lyrics. Includes 16 literary device vocabulary terms and 32 examples.Included with this Literary Device Matching Game:✏️ Literary Device Match-Up Game Cards - Colour & GreyscaleExplore 16 common poetic devices including simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, alliteration, and onomatopo
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5th - 12th
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Doll Bones, by Holly Black: A PDF and Easel Digital Novel Study
OVERVIEW:Do your students love suspense? If so, this book makes a great novel study for them! This product is a ready-to-use, custom-made, PDF and Easel digital packet is designed as independent work for students in grades 4-7 as they read the 2014 Newbery Honor Book, Doll Bones, by Holly Black. It includes a 29-page student workbook and an answer key. The student pages may be printed and used as a booklet or downloaded as an Easel product and used digitally . The student pages are designed t
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4th - 7th
Edgar Allan Poe and “The Tell Tale Heart” Figurative Language Cut and Paste
This is wonderful extension activity to Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart,” to a study of figurative language in poetry, or it stands alone on its merit, and can be a wonderful use of time and mind and fingers kept busy for sub plans. This activity reviews figurative language, gives students specific examples to highlight, underline, etc. while reading or while following along to a reading by Vincent Price (link included as well as hard copy of short story), and then a hand out which requ
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6th - 8th
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Literary Devices Bundle - Worksheets, Coloring Pages and Jeopardy Game
One bundle and lots of resources to enrich your teaching around literary devices! The Bundle Includes:Literary Device Doodle Coloring Pages ELA Fun Activity Review Early FinishersBlack and White PDF pages, print and ready to go!Great for review, practice, early finishers and sub plans!Terms Included:MetaphorHyperboleSimileImageryPersonificationTwo Versions of Each Term!Version #1: Doodle designs for coloring, term included, and empty boxes for students to write in the definition and example.Vers
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6th - 9th
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Novel Study: Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed - Print + DIGITAL
This is a 135-page, Common Core aligned, no prep novel study for Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed. 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 30+ page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. The final exam includes PARRC-style Part A/Part B questions for increased rigor. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! T
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5th - 6th
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Hatchet 3D Novel Study Project Literature Unit class home distance learning
Novel and literature study and creative final book project for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen including comprehension, imagery, figurative language, elements of fiction, characterization and more!SK Design’s 3-D Novel Studies provide a unique and fun way to study great novels while creating an attractive and informative novel project for display at the end of the study. While many traditional novel studies focus on comprehension worksheets and quizzes, the focus of 3-D novel studies is the creation of
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4th - 7th
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National Poetry Month Middle School Music as Poetry Song Activity Worksheets
Do your middle school students find poetry boring? Engage them with the music of Green Day with this low prep figurative language practice and song lyrics analysis activity. Your students will connect the song lyrics with background information and context to find deeper meaning, practice annotating figurative language, and answer thought-provoking discussion questions. Perfect for an individual class assignment, partner or group work, as an assessment, or on substitute days!✨Includes:Song Back
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5th - 8th
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Two Roads Short Answer Questions
This resource is designed to accompany the novel "Two Roads" by Joseph Bruchac.There are anywhere from 3-6 questions for each given chapter. Not all chapters are included. I chose specific chapters that I felt students would most benefit from reflecting on through their short answer responses. Questions include a wide range of topics like:Finding text evidenceFigurative languageConnotations and denotationsInferencingForeshadowingSummarizingThemeAnd more!This is a google doc, so it can be edited.
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Two Roads Unit: Short answer questions, tests, projects, more!
Hatchet Journal and Activities
Looking for a little different way to teach Author's Perspective, linking it to style? Looking for ways to help your students "see" from the author's perspective when comparing with other media presentations! This journal, aside from covering the standard plot and characterization elements, helps students delve into the author's thinking -- style choices.The teacher guide provides recommended pacing for whole-group, small-group and independent reading. It offers suggestions and some additiona
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5th - 8th
Figurative Language Cheat Sheet
Need a quick way to help students decide which type of figurative language they've encountered? Use this cheat sheet and they'll be literary leaders in no time. (Because we all need an occasional cheat day!)
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5th - 12th
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National Poetry Month Middle School Bundle: Poetry Analysis Figurative Language
Does classic poetry bore your middle school students to tears? Engage them in activities and help them make connections to their own experiences with this✨ LOW PREP ✨ close reading Poetry Bundle! Students will be surprised on how much they can relate to the themes of poems from Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Hayden. Includes figurative language practice.*4-7 days of lessons*Each lesson focuses on 1-2 poems by a poet and includes an introductory activity or PowerPoint
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5th - 7th
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Hatchet Stations & Task Cards
These task cards and station signs are created specifically for use with the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Tasks centralize around the following reading skills: theme, characterization, point of view, citing evidence, and author word choice. Each task card is labeled with its reading skill and a number which indicates the order in which they should be completed in per skill.
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Hidden in Music
Students bridge their actual real world with the academic concept of figurative language in this interactive PowerPoint, Student Reasoning Sheet, and Pair Up! cards. Often students are merely taught common figurative language phrases instead of HOW to "read between the lines" and uncover the deeper hidden meaning intended by the author. This lesson and interactive games use contemporary music lyrics to take the learning much deeper while engaging the entire class. The first 20 slides are step-by
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5th - 8th
Purple Level (6th Grade) IRLA Book Report
This is a book report that is aligned to the Purple Level (6th Grade) skills card for IRLA and can be used with any book. This book report could be used in Purple IRLA small groups, 6th grade level small groups, whole class instruction, or as homework daily or weekly/ bi-weekly. I use this resource with my 6th grade students and 6th grade level readers in general. This book report is based on IRLA, but is an amazing resource that you can use even if you've never heard of IRLA - it's amazing!Stu
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5th - 7th
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Dragons in the Bag Novel Study
Entire book study for "Dragons in the Bag" that I believe is appropriate for grades 3 to 6. Not your typical worksheet that also progressively gets challenging. Focusing on a wide range of ELA skills. Due to the wide variety of activities this should engage every level and type of learner. There's even a virtual field trip included through a QR code!
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3rd - 6th
Using Frozen for Mood vs Tone
Each year, the use of videos in daily lessons is becoming more and more acceptable -- no essential. This mini-unit takes that into account by comparing two trailers to Disney's Frozen. Students will first watch the official trailer and discuss the tone and mood. Next, they will watch Bobby Burn's edited version. He does a masterful job of twisting dialogue and altering color schemes to recreate a horror trailer. After this, students will compare the two. The unit plan then proceeds to Roald Dahl
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6th - 9th
Tell-Tale Heart Complete Study Unit Activities and Assessments
This resource is a complete unit for the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. This resource includes the full text, as well as additional classroom teaching supports, in addition to numerous activities to support student literacy skills. Unit Focus:Making predictions, Close Reading, Tone, Story Plot, Point of View, Inferring, Symbolism Unit Includes: •Teacher Guide•Unit Title Page Poster•Thinking about the big ideas•About the Author•Pre-Reading Predicting Activities•Printable Di
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6th - 9th
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