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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core RI.8.6 resources
Argument Analysis: Regifting for Distance Learning
Argument Analysis: Regifting - a winter holiday activity now updated with a shareable Google Slides version for distance learning!A complete mini-unit for analyzing nonfiction text, practicing speaking and listening skills, and writing an argument essay complete with original data graphs. Students will analyze both sides of the regifting argument, then write their own arguments for or against regifting. Includes an anticipatory activity, articles, comprehension and critical-thinking questions (d
Grades:
6th - 11th, Staff
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Christmas Text Structure Passages - Printable & Digital
Plan some Christmas fun this year with holiday-themed nonfiction reading passages! You and your students will love this set of Christmas text structure passages, graphic organizers, and reading comprehension questions, and they're the perfect high-interest activities to fill those crazy days before Christmas or winter break. (Virginia teachers - the vocabulary page is also adapted for teaching this topic as organizational pattern!)For more Christmas nonfiction, pair this resource with Christmas
Grades:
6th - 8th
Article of the Week Holidays Around The World Non-Fiction Articles
Help bring more diversity into your classroom with this holidays around the world non-fiction articles bundle. This resource contains 14 high-interest non-fiction articles and post-reading activities to assist with reading comprehension, standardized test prep, and cross-curricular learning.Article Topics:Chinese New YearLunar New YearGroundhog DayValentine's DayDaylight SavingSt. Patrick's DayApril Fools' DayEarth DayRamadanHalloweenDiwaliHanukkahChristmasKwanzaaResource Includes:14 high-intere
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Persuasive Christmas Letter LESSON and ACTIVITY - Ethos, Pathos, Logos -No-Prep
This is a great CHRISTMAS-inspired lesson and activity to use if you are trying to teach your persuasive techniques to your students for the FIRST time or to use as a REVIEW of ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS (i.e. persuasive writing techniques)!! Take a look at the preview to see what exactly comes with this product, but here are just a few highlights:PowerPoint Lesson on the 3 Elements of PersuasionPersuasive Christmas Letter Activity Original Persuasive Techniques Graphic Organizer"Elements of Persua
Grades:
6th - 12th
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History of Christmas Reading Informational Text, Quiz, & Writing Activity
An informational text, reading comprehension, close reading, ready-made quiz that's automatically graded, and holiday journal prompts.... this has it all! The digital & printable resource is exactly what you need for your students to have a fun and engaging lesson prior to Christmas Break! It includes everything you need with ZERO PREP! You can share the link and go or print!Check out the video preview to see more!***SAVE 20% by purchasing this in the GROWING Holiday Bundle!***Your students
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities Bundle
"A Christmas Carol" intro Informational texts w/ Google Forms Quizzes
Save $$ by buying the bundle!These texts pair perfectly with the drama “A Christmas Carol.” The texts introduce themes of greed vs. generosity and introduce students to the Victorian Era. Give students their choice of 4 texts to annotate before completing the accompanying Google Forms Quiz. Quizzes are 5-6 questions long and use multiple choice, text entry, and multi-select question types - good practice for the redesigned STAAR! Questions cover: text structure, main idea, inferencing, author
Grades:
6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol/ Cloze Reading Activity/ Seasonal / DIGITAL
In this file you will find a short story about A Christmas Carol. I have included the pdf and the digital version. There are 19 pages and the theme is Christmas. You can use this as a mini book or as simple worksheets. More specifically you will find the following:A short story about A Christmas Carol.Cover and back pagesShort story questions, vocabulary questions, fill in, multiple choice, questions about your students, reflection time, summary and drawing, put the events in chronological orde
Grades:
3rd - 9th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Christmas Stories /Cloze/ Reading Comprehension Activity/ Digital
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus: A Short Study for the Common Core
The classic response to a little girl's honest question has become one of the most famous editorials of history. It offers rich vocabulary and an argument for students to study and discuss. The study includes questions matched side-by-side with the text for close reading. Writing is embedded as well.
The study includes:
1. Text with questions in annotated style.
2. Defining vocabulary with questions to facilitate understanding of the vocabulary.
3. References to Biblical scriptures (as p
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Christmas Stories /Cloze/ Reading Comprehension Activity/ Digital
In this Cloze/ Reading Comprehension Activity file you will find the following products:The Story of the Little Christmas TreeThe Story of the Night Before ChristmasThe Story of WinterThe History of the MistletoeThe History of La BefanaA Christmas CarolThe story of the NutcrackerThe Little Match GirlThe Shoemaker & His GuestThe Birth of JesusYou will find both the Digital and the PDF version. More specifically, in each story there are:Front + Back pages (Students write their names)Fill in th
Grades:
PreK - 9th, Adult Education, Staff
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Living in the London of Charles Dickens - Text and Google Form Quiz
This informational text - "What was it like to live in the London of Charles Dickens?" has an accompanying Google Form that is 6 questions long and uses multiple choice, text entry, and multi-select question types - good practice for the redesigned STAAR. Questions cover: text structure, main idea, inferencing, graphic features, author's purpose, and vocabulary.This pairs perfectly with "A Christmas Carol"!Check out my other Informational text listings -"5 Ways Giving is Good For You", "The Gri
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Shared Humanity Unit: Close Reading and Discussing the WWI Xmas Truce
This step-by-step 17-page packet offers students a meaningful lesson before they head off for winter break. Reading about the 1914 World War One Christmas Eve truce and other instances of shared humanity is a great way for you to teach some meaningful themes and skills during the weeks leading up to the break. Students are guided toward higher level thinking as they consider what we all have in common.
This packet has:
* an articulated purpose
* a look at basic human needs (with help from Ma
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
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