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Close reading Common Core RL.6.3 resources
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 6th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, 6th GradeGrab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for 6th grade reading! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 6, but they can absolutely be used in grades 5-8 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 6 using short stories that I promise you
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Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Characterization (
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5th - 7th
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room
Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more
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6th - 8th
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The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher Short Story Unit (Drama/Play)
This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Story Devices - Flashback, Suspense, ForeshadowingElements of PlotFinding Text EvidenceComparing Written, Audio, & Video VersionsVocabulary Practice Standardized Test FormatConstructed Response Questions for RL.6.5 - Analyzing Development of PlotIdentifying Supporting Details (Informational Text)See the list of activities below for a COMPLETE l
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5th - 7th
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ESCAPE ROOM Plot Elements: Fractured Fairy Tales & Creative Writing
This PLOT ELEMENTS ESCAPE ROOM breakout activity uses fractured fairy tales to teach and reinforce the elements of a plot. It is a fun, team building ADVENTURE that requires reading comprehension skills, understanding of plot elements, creative writing, inferencing, and problem-solving.
The adventure begins when YOU, the most awesome teacher in the history of the world, take the kids on a little trip to a publishing house. Things go a bit awry, and the kids have to save the day by rising to th
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5th - 9th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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Myths and Legends Close Reading Comprehension - Print and Digital Resources
Elevate your students' reading comprehension with these comprehensive Myths & Legends Comprehension activities. Designed to meet educational standards, this resource is perfect for students in 4th to 6th grade, bridging critical gaps in the curriculum. Dive into a world of diverse myths and legends, from Native American to Greek mythology, and enhance reading skills with activities designed for various learning styles. PRODUCT FEATURES:Versatile Learning Formats: Includes both printable PDF
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4th - 6th
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Literary Analysis Elements Activities using Pixar Shorts Videos or Commercials
Your students are going to love these literary analysis lessons. Add Pixar Shorts, commercials, or cartoon clips and you're ready to teach literary elements. Fun way to engage students as they analyze character, plot, setting, theme, and conflict (coming soon). Then, transfer them to more complex texts like short stories and novels. Your students will love practicing analysis skills with these easy-to-use digital or print lessons! The perfect way for students to truly understand literary el
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5th - 8th
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Folktales Unit: Fairytales, Tall Tales, Fables, Legends, & Myths
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen as well as several other folktales (included). These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying folktales. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: – Click here to read more about the Short Story of th
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5th - 7th
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Reading Intervention Fluency Passages & Comprehension 6th Grade (Year Long)
Fluency & Comprehension Reading Intervention for All Seasons – Sixth Grade Level Flesch Kincaid Readability Grade Levels range from 6.1-6.9 in chronological order. They are all on a sixth reading level. This bundle contains 35 original fluency passages I wrote and 3 comprehension and/or extension activities to accompany each one. Using one fluency passage per week, this would provide interventions for the whole school year. For each passage there is a teacher copy that you can print in color
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading Intervention Bundle Fluency & Comprehension Grades 5 & 6
Fish in a Tree Novel Study: 17 Writing Prompts and 17 Quizzes
Fish in a Tree will make your students realize that people who learn differently are some of the most talented people they will ever meet.Included:17 Writing Prompts:→ Assess student comprehension→ Requires students to use important skills: summarizing, characterization, cause and effect, figurative language, author's purpose, vocabulary strategies, and personal reflection→ Match the rigor required by the CCSS→ One writing prompt for every 3 chapters→ Prompts clearly state the chapter after whic
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Novel Studies for Five Books With Determined Girls as the Main Character
Literature STATIONS - for ANY Novel, Drama, or Story - Print & DIGITAL
Motivate your students with STATION work centered on standards-based topics using ANY novel, story, or drama! Now includes a DIGITAL version! You get TEN different stations with detailed task cards and inviting student handouts for each. Great for differentiation—you choose the stations that best fit the text and your students’ needs. Use station work while reading a novel or drama (read half the period, move to stations for the other half or at the end of a chapter) or after reading a short s
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6th - 8th
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6th Grade Reading Comprehension Mini-Lessons Middle School Reading Comprehension
If prepping thorough & engaging mini-lessons to improve 6th grade reading comprehension has made you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, or unsure, I’ve designed this year long standards aligned bundle just for you! This middle school reading comprehension kit will help you deliver engaging & effective mini-lessons to teach the major elements of literature.✔ Check out the preview for more information!As any 6th grade language arts teacher knows, there’s a lot of ground to cover with ELA standa
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5th - 7th
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Casey at the Bat Poetry Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the narrative poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying Casey at the Bat OR simply poetry in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: March Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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5th - 7th
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The Veldt Escape Room Activity for Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Short Story
Make your students’ final experience with Ray Bradbury’s chilling dystopian short story “The Veldt” unforgettable. This engaging The Veldt escape room activity will give your students that “just right” challenge as they work to break out of the different tasks. Use this spooky escape room in October or any time of year to review short story elements.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️It’s highly recommended that you read, discuss, and interact with The Veldt before putting students
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
ELA Summer School Curriculum Bundle - Grades 6-8 Digital for Distance Learning
Complete ELA Summer School Bundle will provide you all of the lessons, materials, and activities to teach summer school- ZERO prep involved! From introduction activities and procedure slides (introduced using fun memes) to specific reading and writing strategies that have been the most beneficial to my struggling readers and writers. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Goo
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6th - 8th
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6th Grade Close Reading Comprehension MEGA Bundle Lexile Passages Anchor Charts
⭐️This 6th Grade Reading Comprehension bundle contains over 250 passages including articles, stories, poems, dramas, and plays aligned to each 6th grade Common Core standard. Includes all of the CCSS informational text and reading literature standards. All qualified passages contain certified Lexile® measures in the 6th Grade Common Core Text Complexity Band. If you do not use Common Core, this packet is still perfect for teaching 6th grade reading comprehension skills.⭐️Each unit includes ancho
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6th
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Plot Development & Character Response - RL.6.3 Close Reading Passages Question
⭐️These 14 digital & printable dramas & Lexile® leveled stories are perfect for teaching, developing, or reinforcing plot development & character response skills for RL.6.3. Printable PDF & Digital Google Slides versions make this resource perfect for classroom and distance learning. Students learn how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.⭐️If you do not use Commo
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6th
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Escape Room
Is there a better way to wrap up and review The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street teleplay by Rod Serling than with an escape room? I think not! This literary-elements-themed escape room activity will challenge and engage your students while delivering a standards-based review. Perfect for your scary short story unit, your drama unit, or during October! ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Teachers love using this “The Monsters of Maple Street” escape room to conclude Rod Serling’s sh
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6th - 8th
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Just Once by Thomas Dygard Short Story Unit Grade 6
This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Basic Story Elements (Review)Elements of PlotFinding Text EvidenceIdiomsUsing Context CluesConstructed Response Questions for RL.6.5Main Idea & Supporting Details (Informational Text)See the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of all of the skills covered. The ones above are simply the FOCUS of this unit.Editable and digital versions
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5th - 7th
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Peter Pan Novel Study BUNDLE with discussion guide, journals, and test
This BUNDLE for JM Barrie's Peter Pan includes a no-print discussion guide, student journal, and test. Students will practice a variety of reading skills including characterization, compare/contrast, sequence of events, setting, figurative language, inference, and prediction.Your purchase includes 5 downloads:TWO Discussion Guides and Answer Keys (Unabridged and Classic Starts Versions--perfect for differentiation!)TWO Response Journals (Unabridged and Classic Starts Versions)ONE Unit Test (Appl
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3rd - 6th
Story Elements Digital ELA Escape Game with Plot, Setting, Characters, & More
Use this digital escape room to review story elements. This game focuses on plot, characters, conflict, setting and how it impacts a story, and basic dialogue rules to help students write their own stories in the future! Students can work as a whole class, in small groups, or individually to complete this digital challenge. This is a high-engagement activity! No setup required! Students go to the web page and will search through notes, videos, texts, and small games to find the codes of the gam
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5th - 9th
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Myths and Legends Reading Comprehension | Traditional Literature Print & Digital
Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our close reading passages and questions. NOW INCLUDES A FULL DIGITAL OPTION. This pack includes five differentiated Grade Four and Grade Five (Year Five and Six) traditional literature passages with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are also great for test prep, end of year reading activities, your guided reading program, or as homework tasks.Click HERE to SAVE with our Myths and
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3rd - 5th
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon Novel Study: Assessments, Vocab., Distance Learning
This comprehensive, 160-page novel study includes everything you need to guide your students through a rich and meaningful study of Kelly Barnhill’s Newbery-winning The Girl Who Drank the Moon. This novel study breaks the book into twelve sections with about 30 pages of reading per section. To support distance learning, each component of the novel study can be completed on paper or digitally (via Google Forms & Google Slides). Novel Study includes: Scaffolding GuidesThese guides ask students
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4th - 7th
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