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Informational text Common Core RL.8.5 resources
The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
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7th - 9th
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Grade 8 Daily Common Core Reading Practice Weeks 1-20 (IAR, SBAC, STAAR, MAP)
This daily Common Core practice is unique because it provides quick Common Core reading practice in just five minutes a day. Students read original literature and informational text passages that use the same writing techniques as award winning writers. The Common Core Standard is written next to each question. A weekly checklist is included that lists all of the skills that were covered during the week. This makes it much easier to track student progress. Students can review literature ski
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8th
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Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 8th Grade)
8th Grade Short Stories & Common Core Aligned Units for the 8th Grade Short Story of the Month ClubGrab this collection of popular short story units tailored for Grade 8! I am creating these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 8, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.This listing is for the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8. Although this was previously a growing bundle, it i
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7th - 9th
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One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
So you want your students to analyze literature and informational texts, but you don't want to grade yet ANOTHER stack of essays. Why not take a creative approach with this one pager bundle? Students will be able to dig deep into literary analysis of both fiction and nonfiction texts, and they will be challenged to fit all of their thinking on one blank piece of paper: the one pager.TWO resources are included in this bundle:1. Literature One Pager: Use this resource to have students analyze any
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7th - 10th
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (10 days!) unit for the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: May Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:I
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8th - 10th
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Text Structures Task Cards Fiction NonFiction Worksheets Quiz Problem Solution
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to text structures? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 text structures 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 Non-Fiction articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response q
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5th - 9th
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Compare & Contrast Non Fiction Passages Test Prep Florida BEST Standards ELA
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students improve their reading comprehension?The Fiction and Non-Fiction Paired Passages will help your students master standardized test questions. Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchThese align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T. test. The questions were designed to help your students feel be
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6th - 9th
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Maui: A Polynesian Mythology Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) mythology unit. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying mythology and folklore in general. Students will analyze two myths centered around Maui of Polynesian folklore. Complete texts for these myths are included with this resource.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: March Selection – Click here to read more abo
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7th - 9th
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Teen Vaping Epidemic | Text Structure w/Paired Poem RI.8.5 & RL.8.5 Article 8-21
8-1: Development of Central Ideas (Walkout!)8-2: Write an Objective Summary (Colonization & Apartheid in South Africa w/Trevor Noah)8-3: Analyze Connections in a Text (Modern Folklore: Urban Legends, Old Wives' Tales, & Superstitions - Paired Text for The Monkey's Paw)8-4: Analyze Connections in a Text (Do Video Games Cause Violence?)8-5: Review (The Disturbing History of Human Experimentation - Paired Text for Flowers for Algernon)8-6: Figurative & Connotative Meaning (The Incredibl
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
I am Malala- A novel study unit
This engaging novel, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, will really get your students thinking. It’s perfect to engage students in higher order thinking and discussion activities. This is also a great novel to teach the skill of using evidence from the text to support opinions. This is NOT for the young reader's edition. This unit can be used to teach the novel as an entire class, in literature circles or individually. I have NOT included lesson plans in this unit. How long it takes will really
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6th - 10th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Your ENTIRE ELA year is completely planned, prepped, sequenced, CCSS aligned, and ready to go! This curriculum is uniquely focused around the 4 major writing requirements with correlated reading materials: Argumentative | Informational | Literary Analysis / Narrative | Research. Each unit comprises a combination of high-interest digital and printable resources to maximize engagement and reduce repetition. NO PREP! NO PLANNING! 30% OFF!❤️ FREE! DOWNLOAD THE SCOPE/SEQUENCE, MAPS, AND LESSON PLAN
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6th - 8th
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STAAR Reading Comprehension Passages Fun ELA Activities Middle School Games 6th
Designed for 6th 7th & 8th graders, these PowerPoint and Google Slides games make test prep fun and effective. Covering key topics like Inference, Main Idea, Theme, and more, they're the perfect way to reinforce reading skills while tackling end-of-year testing questions.✅ What's Included:Exciting Content: Engage students with excerpts from fiction stories, informational texts, and poems.Variety of Question Types: Multiple-Choice, Part A/Part B, Hot Text, and Match Table Grid ensure comprehe
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6th - 8th
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poetry Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (10 days!) unit for the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying Paul Revere's Ride or narrative poetry in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: February Selection – Click here to read more about the Shor
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7th - 9th
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Bierce) Short Story Unit for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, 2-week (9 days!) unit for the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: April Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month
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8th - 10th
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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
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6th - 8th
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Informational Text & Reading Literature with Film Clips: Grade 6-8 Lesson Bundle
Teach EVERY middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using inspirational and engaging videos (Printable & Digital! 15 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with VIDEO CLIP ACTIVITIES - plus grade 9 - 12 lessons for scaffolding, differentiation and gifted
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Langston Hughes and “Harlem” Study – Doodle Article, Doodle Notes, Flip Book
Help students learn about Langston Hughes and analyze his poem, “Harlem” or “Dream Deferred,” with this incredibly engaging “Doodle and Do” resource. Designed with doodling, interaction, and creativity in mind, you’ll find a Doodle Article about Hughes, Doodle Notes to respond to the nonfiction passage, and an interactive poetry flip book in this resource. First, students read a nonfiction passage about Hughes that includes information on his childhood, influences, the Harlem Renaissance, and
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5th - 8th
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Frost, Angelou, Hughes, and Dickinson – Poet & Poem Studies Doodle Notes BUNDLE
If you’re looking for the most fun and engaging way to teach students about different poets and poetry analysis, then you’re going to LOVE this set of Poet and Poem Studies! They’re designed with doodling, interaction, and creativity in mind! That’s because they include informative Doodle Articles about each poet: Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou. The coolest part is that students answer questions and create doodle responses to the nonfiction text about the poe
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5th - 8th
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7th & 8th Grade Daily Reading Warm-Ups (Common Core Aligned)
NEW - YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD THESE PRESENTATIONS IMMEDIATELY:)This item was created to help students practice reading and answering questions based on the Common Core Standard.In my classroom, I wanted to be able to have students read short passages and then answer questions in preparation for the Smarter Balanced Assessment. I also wanted them to practice the particular standard we would be working on in the classroom. This item is in PDF format, but if you email me I can share your own copy with
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7th - 8th
Test Prep Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle | OST Ohio AIR | Print & Digital
Help your students prepare for the common core ELA end-of-year test (Ohio's AIR Test) in a fun new way. This mega bundle includes all my best test prep items. 10 fiction practice tests that use exciting novel excerpts, 10 informational text practice tests on engaging topics, 4-week review, 20 graphic organizers, AIR question stems, vocabulary cards to help prepare, a test-taking strategy to get ready for the big day, and 8 sets of reading tasks cards. Digital with TpT's Easel. Question types: mu
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5th - 9th
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ELA Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle | PSSA Test Prep | PDF & Digital
Help your students prepare for the PSSA test or standardized test in a fun new way. This mega bundle includes all my best test prep items. 12 fiction practice tests that use exciting novel excerpts, 12 informational text practice tests on engaging topics, 4-week review, 20 graphic organizers, PSSA question stems, 10 sets of reading comprehension task cards, vocabulary cards to help prepare, and a test-taking strategy to get ready for the big day. Question types: multiple-choice, evidence-based s
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5th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle 2nd thru 8th Grade
High quality Common Core reading comprehension passages with questions. Our reading passages have helped students reach their growth rates and beyond in NWEA MAP, State Tests, NAEP, Smarter Balanced, and PARCC. Our First Generation Reading Passages have tremendous reviews and many of you have requested more. Here they are!There is no longer any debate about what is effective practice in today’s classroom; formative assessment, feedback, and student self-assessment around clearly identified esse
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2nd - 8th
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Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers Unit Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers. This short story is about a boy who decides to play wheelchair basketball. Skills covered in this unit include reading comprehension, listening comprehension, mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, short answer response questions, compare and contrast, theme, and point of view.The activities, questions, and standards are
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
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