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Literature Common Core W.8.3c resources
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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Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Greek Mythology is a favorite subject among middle school students and yours will love the materials in this Greek Mythology Unit! These no-prep, print-and-go activities will save YOU time AND engage your students while helping them practice important literacy skills at the same time! Students will learn about twelve major Greek gods and goddesses, several famous Greek Myths, and The Hero's Journey story structure along with the stories of 8 Greek heroes and heroines.This Greek Mythology Unit BU
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6th - 8th
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150+ Pages, No-Prep PDF
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150-page novel guide with student worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources for teaching Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Classroom-tested by over 650 teachers with a 4.9/5 Rating! This Printable PDF is perfect for in-person classrooms or distance learning but will need to be modified for use in Google Classroom.In this comprehensive Adventures of Tom Sawyer Teaching Unit, you'll find:Informational Text Artic
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6th - 9th
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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The Glass Castle Engaging Unit Activities & Unit Plans Bundle: Distance Learning
200+ pages of resources! This bundle is full of engaging resources that are guaranteed to save you a ton of time. This resource has been tested and deemed successful in my own personal classroom! Even better, this bundle is distance learning ready with easy-to-use Google-friendly digital resources!This resource just had a HUGE update! If you have purchased this unit previously, please re-download the resource to get all of the new materials!Thinking about purchasing this resource? It's included
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Author's or Writer's Craft Introductory Unit
Everything you need to teach Writer's or Author's Craft. Over 30 pages of slides & activities.
Writer’s Craft is the art of writing.
Studying the writing of good writers makes students good writers. Looking closely at the artistic choices writers make helps students to become even better writers.
Observing writer’s craft also helps students to become better readers. Understanding writer’s craft can help readers to understand a writer’s purpose and voice.
Studying Writer's Craft will help
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6th - 12th
Thank You, Ma'am Narrative Writing Mini-Unit for Grades 7-10
Wondering what to do for Thanksgiving in the middle school and high school ELA classroom? Thank You Narratives is the perfect mini unit that gives students the opportunity to show gratitude to people who have made an impact on their lives. Students read the mentor text "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. After a close read and careful analysis, they brainstorm their own Thank You Narrative using the provided brainstorming slides and plot line. Students draft their narratives, then use the pro
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7th - 10th
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Middle School ELA Curriculum Grammar Literature Nonfiction Writing Units Bundle
Teaching all the Middle School ELA for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Literature, Informational, Grammar, and Writing standards is completely broken down and done for you with this complete ELA curriculum bundle of units. This bundle includes all of my literary devices units, my nonfiction unit, all of my essay writing units, all my grammar units, and all mentor texts and novel studies are included.Here's what's included in each reading or writing unit:12-24 Lesson Plans and ResourcesDaily Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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LITERARY DEVICES ELEMENTS BELL RINGERS PIXAR SHORT FILMS NARRATIVE WRITING
Bring the fun to studying literary elements and narrative writing! This bundle includes: LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY BELLRINGERS, ANIMATED SHORT FILM WORKSHOP/ FOR THE BIRDS, AND A FULL NARRATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP USING SHORT FILM ONE PAGERS. 1- BELL RINGERS: LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY!Students review: Theme, plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, flashback, irony, symbolism, alliteration, point of view, simile, metaphor, imagery, genre, and more! Includes end-of-month test and literary element sketc
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6th - 8th
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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - Assessment Questions
126 reading comprehension questions. The format is multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions organized by chapter. They can be used as a study guide, homework questions, quizzes, or tests. The chapter title and page numbers are listed before each section to make targeting sections that need review very easy. The document is fully editable, and an answer key is also included. Download the preview file for the first few chapters.You might also be interested in my Uglies Close R
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6th - 8th
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Assessment Questions (Reading Comprehension)
174 questions organized by chapter and fully editable. An answer key is included. Questions are multiple-choice, multiple-correct, matching, short answer, and short essay. They include simple reading comprehension questions and more complex questions that require students to make inferences, explain irony, identify figurative language, and answer questions using support from the text. These questions can be used for study guides, quizzes, and tests. Since they are organized by each chapter, it w
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
MyPerspectives 9th Grade ELA Unit 1 BUNDLE
This resource is a comprehensive combination of slides (97 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching American Voices fun, engaging, and efficient. Texts included in this unit:"Music for My Mother""A Quilt of a Country""American History""The Immigrant Contribution""Rules of the Game""The Writing on the Wall""With a Little Help From My Friends""Morning Talk""Immigrant
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8th - 12th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
This is a discounted bundle for two products:Close Reading PowerPoint:This 151-slide PowerPoint is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, u
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6th - 8th
Reading and Writing Bundle for Grade 8 Mini Lessons Back to School
Everything you need to teach 8th grade ELAR! All the CCSS are addressed with this gigantic bundle! You'll be set for the year with all the mini lessons, lesson plans, checklists, and mentor texts. Digital and Print.This is going to save you so much time!This is what you'll get:Reading Literature (23 mini lessons)Reading Information Texts (25 mini lessons)Argumentative Writing (23 mini lessons)Narrative Writing (21 mini lessons)Writing a Memoir (20 mini lessons)Persuasive Writing (20 mini lesso
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8th
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Text Based Evidence, Text Dependent Analysis in Writing - Middle School Bundle
Teaching text dependent analysis writing has never been easier! This in-depth literature based writing prompt bundle includes lessons for 400 of the most popular novels, short stories, and poems taught in middle school! The lessons include argumentative, expository, compare & contrast, narrative, and persuasive prompts. Each lesson includes a writing graphic organizer, rubric, writing quiz, detailed lesson plan, an instructional video, and a writing template.All aspects of writing are cove
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6th - 8th
ELA SUPPLEMENTAL BUNDLE READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W LESSON PLANS 6-8TH
Middle School ELA Supplemental Bundle. This bundle supplements my FULL YEAR ELA CURRICULUM and was created for teachers who teach multiple grade levels. Full year curriculum described below. 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 combin
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6th - 8th
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MyPerspectives Grade 9, Unit 1: American Voices (Slides, Activities, Assessment)
This resource is a comprehensive combination of slides (97 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching American Voices fun, engaging, and efficient. Texts included in this unit:"Music for My Mother""A Quilt of a Country""American History""The Immigrant Contribution""Rules of the Game""The Writing on the Wall""With a Little Help From My Friends""Morning Talk""Immigrant
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8th - 10th
Also included in: MyPerspectives 9th Grade ELA Unit 1 BUNDLE
MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 1: Inside the Nightmare
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises OVER 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!
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8th - 12th
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Argument and Debate QUARTER 2 BUNDLE
This bundle covers ELA 2nd QUARTER-ARGUMENT AND DEBATE and INFORMATIONAL TEXT using digital, interactive workshops. Appropriate for the 6th-8th grade CCSS standards band. Students will explore a variety of argumentative literature, websites, videos, podcasts, and essays to learn about and analyze the elements of argumentation. They will use the digital, interactive workshops with scaffolding to craft their own debate, argumentative essay, objective summaries, and short constructed responses.
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6th - 8th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan
Explore George Orwell's "Animal Farm" through a comprehensive unit of twelve engaging lessons. Beginning with an introduction to allegory and historical context in Lesson 1, students progress through various literary elements including characterization, point of view, argument analysis, vocabulary strategies, tone, mood, theme, plot, and figurative language. Lessons also include comparative analysis between the novel and its cinematic adaptation. The unit culminates with discussions on a final r
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7th - 12th
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Module 1 8th Grade Wit and Wisdom lesson slides
This product contains all lesson slides for Wit and Wisdom Module 1 Poetics and The Power of Storytelling. The slides will include journal prompts, writing prompts, Think-Pair-Share, Stop and Jot, Activities, art images, video clips, vocabulary, and more.
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8th
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Perks of Being a Wallflower Engaging Novel Study Unit Bundle of Activities
Printable and digital versions are now included for distance learning!This product includes A LOT and is guaranteed to save you a ton of time. This resource has been tested and deemed successful in my own personal classroom. I read through the novel and divided it into sections that fit well together creating a clear reading schedule which is included in this product.Also included are my creative activities for each part of the novel that challenge students to use higher-order thinking and relat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MARCH ELA 360 TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM & BELL RINGER GRAMMAR BUNDLE
Need help motivating students who are burnt out on test prep AND helping students improve their writing skills? This St. Patrick's Day March 360 ELA TEST PREP digital escape room paired with daily grammar bellringers will do the trick! CCSS AND COMPATIBLE WITH MOST STATE STANDARDS.The escape room is divided into thematic forest scenes, each designed to simulate a different part of the test. Students will read passages, compose ECR/SCR (constructed responses) and an argumentative essay, analyze w
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6th - 8th
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Character Development Graphic Organizer and Writing Activity Digital | Print
Looking to introduce characterization, character traits, and character development with a fun and engaging activity? Use this creative and collaborative writing activity to introduce students to the techniques authors use to develop their characters!What's the Activity? Students start the activity with a fun and collaborative writing activity in which they develop a character and write a postcard from that character's perspective. In the postcard, students use direct and indirect characterizatio
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6th - 12th
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