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Informational text Common Core L.8.2 resources
Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Middle School Literature Nonfiction Grammar Exit Tickets for Assessment or Quiz
Quick formative assessment of your middle ELA students' grammar and language, literature reading, and nonfiction reading standards mastery has never been easier. This bundles resource has 100 grammar and language exit tickets or quizzes, 85 literature exit tickets or quizzes, and 150+ nonfiction exit tickets or quizzes.The grammar and language exit tickets resource assesses students' mastery of concepts like sentences, clauses, figurative language, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, conjunctions, ver
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Soccer Informational Text and Activities
Soccer : Soccer Informational Text and Activities is a complete set of highly engaging activities for fans of the game and newcomers alike. Students of all ages and abilities can do these self-directed activities over several days or all in one activity-filled day.
•Four sets of standalone informational texts: The History of Soccer, The Laws of the Game, and biographies of Mia Hamm and Pelé.
•A fifth informational text, A Soccer Player’s Kit, with a fun ‘Design You Own Kit’ activity
•A follow-
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 8th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 8. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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United States Founding Fathers Webquest: Biography Summarizing Activity
Studying the lives of the United States founding fathers is extremely valuable in understanding early American history. With these Historical Biography Summaries, students will enjoy learning about the past through researching and documenting some of history’s greats. In a user-friendly template, students will summarize the life and biography of an individual. It’s no-prep for you, but quality content for your students. Enjoy learning history through these historical biography summaries. It'
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ELA Bell Ringers for Middle Grades: TNReady, Set, Go Bell Ringer Race
Overview:Start the year with ‘Ready, Set, TNReady Bell Ringer Races’ for ELA in the middle grades (6-8). Featuring an engaging and motivating theme with independent student tracking built in, this bundle provides bell ringers for you to use the entire year to set your students up for success on this new test.Designed as a race with "passage pit stops" and "race logbooks," students track their progress throughout the year in their very own logbook where they also record answers and explain their
Grades:
6th - 8th
Relative (Adjective) Clauses Trashketball Review Game
Help your students review relative clauses in this fun Trashketball game! It makes teaching and learning grammar more engaging for you and your students. All that you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint presentation, a soft ball, dark tape, and a trash can. Although it’s optional, you may want to provide prizes for the winning team. There are three rounds. In the first round, students write the adjective (relative) clauses. In round two, they write the clauses and underline the
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Grammar Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities - 36 Trashketball Games
Revolutionary War: Summarize American Revolution Biographies | American History
Enjoy studying about the American Revolution through the influential people that contributed to the Revolutionary War. With these Historical Biography Summaries, students will enjoy learning about the past through researching and documenting some of history’s greats. In a user-friendly template, students will summarize the life and biography of an individual. It’s no-prep for you, but quality content for your students. Enjoy learning history through these historical biography summaries in a
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Reading Comprehension Passages & Close Reading Practice Mummies - ELA Test Prep
The Reading Comprehension Passage Unit is high-interest, perfect for ELA test prep, close reading practice, and guided reading in the classroom. You can sneak in testing practice any time of year with this engaging informational reading passage on the bizarre, little-known history of Egypt's mummies. See the preview for more details.✏️ The best part? You'll save valuable time because the reading unit is ready to use!✏️ This differentiated close reading unit requires little to no prep & inclu
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6th - 8th
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6th-8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-Page reading comprehension passages kids actually like! AND A MAJOR TIME SAVER! Over 35 high-interest informational text passages paired with practice tests each targeted to a specific standard so 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice each important skill, one by one, throughout the entire year OR at test prep time! Aligns to Over 40 Standards in All! LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON THE MARKETThis product is over a year in the making. and really is like no other product on the market. I
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6th - 8th
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8th Grade ELA Marzano Learning Goals and Scale Posters for Differentiation
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
Grades:
8th
ELA Test Prep Reading and Writing Digital and Print Bundle
The Reading Test Prep with Nonfiction Reading and Writing Practice includes 2-high-interest reading comprehension passages and engaging ELA test prep activities. The digital & print reading comprehension passages and questions are great to use any time of year. The reading and writing test prep unit is formatted like state testing, yet can be used for classroom assessment. Includes an essay writing option to simulate the challenging performance tasks on state testing. Click the preview for m
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5th - 8th
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The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain Nonfiction Unit HMH 8 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the nonfiction article The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain by Jeanne Miller. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 8. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include common core aligned questions, main idea, context clue vocabulary, inferencing, author's purpose, and more.This unit now includes a copy of all the activities for Google D
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
Reading Comprehension Passages & Close Reading Strategies - ELA Test Prep
The Reading Comprehension Passage on bog mummies is the perfect high-interest close reading unit that provides ELA test prep and classroom work for guided reading lessons. This engaging informational reading comprehension passage is just what you need for teaching upper elementary or middle school reading comprehension skills during those weeks when you want to sneak in test practice with summarizing nonfiction any time of the year.✏️ The best part? You'll save valuable time because the reading
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passage & Close Reading Practice - Vampire Bats
The Reading Comprehension Passage with ELA test prep type questions is high-interest, differentiated, and perfect for close reading practice in the classroom or for independent work packets. This engaging informational text on vampire bats is no prep and includes graphic organizers, vocabulary work, and text-dependent questions to help students analyze the passage.Great for upper elementary or middle school reading comprehension activities to practice nonfiction summary, close reading practice,
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5th - 7th
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Inquiry Research Project & Pop Culture Writing Unit Plan for High School English
This research unit gives you EVERYTHING for a no-prep student pop culture inquiry project. This unique and engaging inquiry based learning unit plan focuses on inquiry questions, source evaluation, research process, expository writing, conclusion writing, presentation skills and more! This unit was designed to give students a voice and also a real-world audience in the format of a presentation (or pitch) of their researched findings. It is important for students to think critically, to ask quest
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8th - 11th
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Hockey : Informational Text and Activities
Hockey Informational Text and Activity Pack is a complete set of highly engaging activities for fans of the game and newcomers alike. Students can do these self-directed activities over several days or all in one activity-filled day.
In this ‘Hockey’ package you will find:
An informational text about hockey, including its history and the play of the game
Follow-up activities for demonstrating comprehension, complete with answer keys
An informational text about the positions of play followed b
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4th - 12th
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The Sports Bundle : Basketball, Football, Soccer, Ice Hockey, and Baseball
In The Sports Bundle contains EVERYTHING from the informational text and activity packages of Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, and Hockey combined into one bundle at a significant discount. Each package sells separately for $4.00. Buy the bundle of ALL 5 for $14.00, a savings of 30%!Just like with the individual packages, whenever a page is updated (if for example, a player featured in a bio. retires or standings or records change) or an activity is added, you will automatically be notifi
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4th - 9th
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"The First Basketball Game" Close Reading Questions (Historical Nonfiction)
Incorporate historical nonfiction into the English Language Arts classroom and support the development of high school close reading skills with this set of questions covering "The First Basketball Game." The essay addresses the origins of basketball, as well as the sport's gradual evolution. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)By completing this close reading activity, students will
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8th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Test Prep Task Card Bundle for Digital Boom Cards
Help your students review reading comprehension skills and prepare for standardized testing in a fun and strategic way! This bundle of reading boom cards includes 12 sets of Boom task cards: Comprehension, Inference, Author's Purpose, Central Idea, Summary, Word Meaning, Character, Text Evidence, Theme, Author's Claim, Analyzing, Test Prep, and Editing. Each set uses excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern informational text to engage your students and help them practice their reading s
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6th - 9th
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The History of the Bicycle
Dive into the fascinating history of the bicycle with this comprehensive educational kit, designed specifically for students in grades 6-8. This lesson package offers a multi-faceted approach to learning, combining history, creativity, and critical thinking through a variety of engaging activities. From the earliest designs to modern innovations, students will explore how bicycles have evolved and impacted society.Includes:Informative Short Story (3 pages)Comprehension Question Worksheet (with a
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Digital Test Prep | Reading & Writing Practice Google Classroom™
Why not do ELA test prep with activities your students find interesting? The Reading Test Prep with Nonfiction Reading and Writing Practice are digital and include 2-high-interest reading comprehension passages and engaging ELA test prep activities. The reading comprehension passages and questions are great to use any time of year. The reading and writing test prep unit is formatted like state testing, yet can be used for classroom assessment. Includes an essay writing option to simulate the cha
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Test Prep Reading and Writing Digital and Print Bundle
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