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Writing-essays Common Core RL.3.9 resources
Movie Vs. Book Activities - No Prep Comparing Books and Movies Worksheets
Watching a movie doesn't have to be wasted time - these no prep activities will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart - as well as write an essay! Use these worksheets over and over again with ANY book that has a movie version. This is a great ending activity after completing a novel study. The following is included in this compare and contrast books and movie resource: 2 printables with questions for students to answer afte
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2nd - 5th
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Compare and Contrast Fiction Reading Response Essay Writing Unit
This unit has a total of 6 reading passages, teacher and student anchor charts, and 10 days of lesson plans to assist your students in learning all of the necessary skills to write an essay that compares and contrasts two different stories written by the same author. Students will compare and contrast settings, characters, central messages and more. This is a great unit for test prep writing practice. This unit is intended to be used over a two-week time frame, but this can easily be adjusted to
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3rd - 4th
Also included in:Â Text Dependent Test Prep Writing Units BUNDLE
Crenshaw Novel Study and Digital Resource
Looking for a Crenshaw novel study? Look no further! This resource is NO PREP, DIGITAL & PRINT!This DIGITAL resource includes various types of worksheets with text boxes ready of Crenshaw lesson plans. The worksheets are perfect for virtual learning, small groups, RTI, homework, centers, or whole group instruction for grades 2-4. The combination of technology, rigorous reading engagement, and fun art activities will make your students beg for more!The best part? No more copying endless works
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3rd - 5th
Folktales- TWO Paired Passages Test- Part A Part B Format with Essay Question
This is a 3rd grade test on two passages (folktales/fables/fairytales). The questions are created in Part A/Part B format. The last page includes a constructed response question where students compare the themes of both passages. The two stories are: The Dog and the Wolf and Penny the Princess.
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3rd
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Novel Study Literature Circle - Wings of Fire Dragons
Novel Study Literature Circle - Wings of Fire DragonsA Dragon Book Series with Christian Values!If you have kids who love dragons, but you are frustrated by the lack of dragon books with Biblical values. If your kids hate to read.If you wish you could incorporate a series into your homeschool day that not only meets curriculum requirements but can be used for multiple subjects. If you want your kids to read more books with a message that is compatible with the Bible, then this is it!This novel
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â Mega Bundle - Dragons - Social Studies - Fact and Opinion
The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
Looking for a No Prep DIGITAL & PRINT novel study for The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate? Look no further! This resource contains all that you need!This DIGITAL resource includes various types of worksheets with text boxes ready of questions for The Chocolate Touch. The worksheets are perfect for virtual learning, small groups, RTI, homework, centers, or whole group instruction for grades 2-4. The combination of technology, rigorous reading engagement, and fun art activities will ma
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3rd - 5th
TDA Theme: The Fox and The Crow (Literary Elements, Theme, TDA Practice)
Are you looking for an engaging text to teach theme, literary elements and/or Text Dependent Analysis Essay writing?This product is perfect for you! It can be used in whole class, small group, writing, reading, and as an independent activity. You're students will love the tale of The Fox and The Crow.This product includes the text with engaging clipart, literary elements graphic organizer (with and without definitions), theme graphic organizer, and a Text Dependent Analysis prompt.The Text Depen
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2nd - 5th
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Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats Activities Anti-Bullying Social Emotional Learning
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats is a GREAT book for the start of the year to help with building community and friendship. This DIGITAL AND PRINT bundle will help make your lessons deepen understanding and truly help the book themes have more meaning for your students. HOW TO USE THE UNIT FOR GOGGLES:This unit works well for guided reading, for mentor text lessons, book clubs, and for partner activities. It has both reading and writing activities. It focuses on the theme of bullying, and includes bef
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Ezra Jack Keats Author Study, Reading Activities in Digital and PDF
Literary Essay mini-unit (PRINT and DIGITAL)
Aligns with Lucy Calkins TC Baby Literary Essay for 3rd grade, or serves as a mini-unit to review/reinforce using text evidence when writing about reading.Includes mini-lessons, digital or print anchor chart, teacher slides, and individual student notebooks for print or digital work. Works well with the mentor texts Those Shoes and A Bike Like Sergio's.
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2nd - 4th
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At Home Book Report Take Home Packets Book Report
Inspire your students' creative side with this fun book report project. Students complete graphic organizers, explain character traits, and plot a new ending to a book they have completed in one easy to use packet. This is perfect to use as a whole class assignment after completing a read aloud, with individual books, for early finishers, as a writing assessment piece, and more!Includes the following items:Sample pages for teacher instructionBrainstorming worksheetsCompare and contrast worksheet
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3rd - 6th
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RL.3.9 Compare and Contrast Adventure Stories
If you are looking for a fun way to have your students practice RL.3.9 while still holding all students accountable, this product is what you need! Grab students' interest while they read about the Adventures of Speedy Sally and High Flying Dave.Students will read the fiction text about the differences and similarities between the different adventures Speedy Sally and High Flying Dave encounter. In this text, there are many different comparisons between the them. After reading each text, student
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3rd
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TDA Theme- Aesop's Fables (Ant and the Grasshopper) TDA included
Are you looking for an engaging text to teach theme, literary elements and/or Text Dependent Analysis Essay writing? This product is perfect for you! It can be used in whole class, small group, writing, reading, and as an independent activity. You're students will love the tale of the Ants and Grasshoppers. This product includes the text with engaging clipart, literary elements graphic organizer (with and without definitions), theme graphic organizer, and a Text Dependent Analysis prompt. The Te
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2nd - 4th
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"Rosa" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Bookworms Curriculum: 3rd grade ELA Module 3- Unit 1: Fearless American Females. These slides correlate with the book "Rosa." The slides are for lessons 1-5 of Module 3 ELA.This resource is editable through Google Slides and includes modeling slides, timers when appropriate, discussion questions, vocabulary words, written response assignment, "I can" statements, success criteria, and anchor chart guides. Please know that these are for the Bookworms Curriculum and the slides were created to help
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3rd
Also included in:Â "Grade 3 ELA Module 3 BUNDLE" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
RL.3.9 Compare and Contrast Greek Myths
If you are looking for a fun way to have your students practice RL.3.9 while still holding all students accountable, this product is what you need! Grab students' interest while they read about the Greek Mythology Adaptations.Students will read the fiction text about the differences and similarities between the different myth adaptations. In this text, there are many different comparisons between the them. After reading each text, students will complete their own graphic organizer that distingui
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3rd
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Compare and Contrast With the Three Little Pigs PowerPoint
Compare and contrast the story of The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Don't have these books, don't worry look up the titles on you tube or read along in the PowerPoint. I suggest changing slide number four to reflect on previous compare and contrasts from your own classroom lessons, or look for compare and contrast with Wemberly Worried available on you tube as well. If you need to turn in a lesson plan click over to the outline view of the PowerPoint and copy a
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2nd - 4th
Tall Tales - Thunder Rose & Swamp Angel - MPO - Multiple Paragraph Organizers
Guide students' thoughts as they complete this pair of MPO (Multiple Paragraph Outlines) for a compare and contrast writing task that focuses on the similarities and differences of the tall tales Thunder Rose and Swamp Angel.*This resource is aligned to strategies from The Writing Revolution.
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3rd
RL.3.9. Compare and Contrast Chapters
If you are looking for a fun way to have your students practice RL.3.9 while still holding all students accountable, this product is what you need! Grab students' interest while they read about the story of Molly moving to Missouri.Students will read the fiction text about the differences and similarities between chapters 1-4. In this text, there are many different comparisons between the them. After reading each text, complete their own graphic organizer that distinguishes the comparisons and c
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3rd
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Note Taking: Comparing and Contrasting
Note taking is an important skill for students to learn and practice. One form of note taking is comparing and contrasting.
This note taking form invites students to think about the purpose of their notes before they begin writing. It has one side for pre-thinking and the other side is a Venn Diagram for taking notes.
Traditionally when Venn Diagrams are used we list the similarities and differences. This form challenges students to focus on three elements of the two items being compared.
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3rd - 4th
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Lapin Plays Possum and Tops & Bottoms MPO Compare & Contrast Essay with Exemplar
Guide students' thoughts as they complete this MPO (Multiple Paragraph Outline) for a compare and contrast writing task that focuses on the similarities and differences of the plot events in Lapin Plays Possum by Sharon Doucet and Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens.What's Included?Do-What Strategy Graphic OrganizerExpanded Sentence Graphic OrganizersMultiple Paragraph OutlineH-Chart Graphic Organizer Because-But-So Graphic OrganizersExemplar*This resource is aligned to strategies from The Writi
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3rd
Character Study
This character study can be used with any book. It guides students through choosing character traits and writing a paragraph using evidence for those character traits. It also guides them through comparing and contrasting that character with another character from the book. The study guides them through writing a 2 paragraph essay that compares and contrasts the characters. Finally, it asks students to analyze the big and small problems that the character goes through. They have to look for
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3rd - 4th
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Literacy Essay Writing Guide
This product takes students through writing a literary essay based on a thesis statement on character traits. The packet includes writing an introduction, collecting evidence for each character trait, writing a body paragraph, and writing a conclusion. There are a few pages at the end for students to write their final essay.
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3rd - 5th
Compare and Contrast Constructed Response With Graphic Organizer
This is a generalized constructed response about comparing and contrasting. I took away what topics so teachers can personalize it. I provided a graphic organizer to plan similarities and differences before.
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3rd - 7th
Martin King Luther Jr. Assessment
Use this assessment to test knowledge of character motivations. This can be used after teaching motivations of characters during The Whipping Boy Guidebook Unit or after teaching it with another text. Students will be required to read two texts in which characters have similar motivations and answer questions about both texts individually and then write an essay integrating knowledge from both texts. Both texts can be found in the 4th grade Journey's textbook or with the following links: htt
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3rd - 5th
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Novel Study Handouts For Reading Workshop Format Packet
Over the years, I've created my own novel study handouts and graphic organizers. I've put them all together in one packet to easily be used for your novel study. I've used them in the Reading Workshop format in my classroom for several years. I've included:worksheets on theme, character traits and relationshipsvenn diagramwebbing organizer journal entry formsummary graphic organizertheme/message response worksheetessay test on all components of the unitessay grading rubricIt's everything you nee
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3rd - 6th
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