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8th grade balanced literacy guided reading books for Microsoft Word
Abridged Lord of the Flies text
This abridged text allows lower-level learners or shortened unit the ability to engage in a dynamic text! Some of the descriptions are simplified; however, all of the major plot points are fully developed. The margins are enlarged to allow students ample room to annotate.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Rules by Cynthia Lord Novel Unit / Questions / Study guide
This is a comprehensive book group packet based on the novel Rules, by Cynthia Lord. It features guiding questions for students to complete either independently or with teacher support and discuss during guided reading lessons.This novel unit integrates technology for some of the questions, which the students really enjoy, but if you don't have access to computers you can easily adjust those questions. I always have the kids complete a web quest about autism I found online as well. There's a wor
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4th - 8th
The Tiger Rising Novel Unit / Questions / Study Guide
This is a comprehensive book group packet based on the novel The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo. It features guiding questions for students to complete either independently or with teacher support and discuss during guided reading lessons.This novel unit integrates technology and allows students to access online quizzes and look up topics related to the reading, such as the Sistine Chapel, and wildlife conservation.The novel unit has 5 sections which cover 6 chapters each, and I generally have
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4th - 9th
Freak The Mighty Reading Response Log
This reading response log is designed for use in guided reading for the book "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick. It contains vocabulary questions (using linguistic and non-linguistic representations), various levels of comprehension questions, comparison and contrast questions, as well as interpretation of information in the text. There are activities/questions/cues for guided reading instruction provided for each chapter of the book.
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4th - 8th
Freak the Mighty Novel Unit / Study Guide / Questions
This is a comprehensive book group packet based on the novel Freak the Mighty, which is an amazing book with deep themes, tons of voice, and intricate characters. It features guiding questions for students to complete either independently or with teacher support and discuss during guided reading lessons.This novel unit integrates technology with weekly quizes online. If you have access to technology the kids loved these quizes, but if not they are easy to bypass or you could do them as a whole g
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Grades:
4th - 8th
The Music of Dolphins Novel Unit / Questions / Study Guide
This is a comprehensive book group packet based on the novel The Music of Dolphins, by Karen Hesse. It features guiding questions for students to complete either independently or with teacher support and discuss during guided reading lessons.The novel unit has 5 sections which should each take about the same amount of time, and I generally have the kids complete one section a week, so the unit can be completed in 5 weeks.Questions cover a variety of topics, such as theme, figurative language, sy
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4th - 8th
Gregor the Overlander Chapter Review Questions
Chapter by chapter review questions including inferencing, comprehension, and character review for the book Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins.
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3rd - 8th
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - reading questions
I read this book as homework for my ESL/Bilingual class. Its an excellent book for young readers and has won many awards. It is probably best suited for 8th-11th graders. It does contain a few swear words, but for the most part is appropriate for young readers. Reading guide has 115 questions in chronological order, organized by chapter with pages. Also included are 6 follow up discussion questions. If you are reading the book for the first time with the students, these will be useful to yo
Grades:
8th - 11th
City of Ember - "Before We Start" Intro Activity Plus Study Questions Ch. 1-2
The City of Ember is an exciting suspense novel that keeps middle school students guessing until the end. This resource is a double one: It contains a "Before We Start" teaser activity to get students' interests up, and also contains Study Questions for Chapters 1 and 2. Key included. Please see also my complete test for the City of Ember, as well as other chapter quizzes and an enrichment resource called "What is a Generator?"
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â City of Ember Bundle - Test, Quizzes, Enrichment
SSR Daily Reading Journal with Fiction Notice and Note Signposts
Students can keep track of their independent daily reading assignments with this convenient daily reading journal. You can copy multiple pages into a book, or use double entry sheets as bookmarks. All journal entries include a brief synopsis of each fiction Notice and Note Signpost, and also a space for students to log any signposts that they find.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Hunger Games Unit - Reading Intervention
This is not simply a series of questions on the book, this unit contains a wide range of learning tasks which support students to make meaning from this high interest book.
This unit includes a guided reading portion and various supplements and mini lessons designed to develop understanding of theme, literary devices, plot, character, setting, comparing and contrasting.
Materials include a range of graphic organizers to guide students in making meaning from the text. Full lesson plans are prov
Grades:
7th - 10th
Voyage of the Frog Gary Paulsen Lit Unit 28 Pages
PLEASE RATE! This complete unit covers: character traits, brainstorming, rewriting the chapter, health, how to writing, and character traits activities. It also contains comprehension-vocabulary quizzes which include answer keys! Check out all of the units I have produced.
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4th - 8th
A Boy at War - Pearl Harbor Complete 30 Page Lit Unit
This unit contains at least 13 Days of reading and activities for this book. It includes ALL answer keys! Some included activities: comprehensions quizzes, writing activities, parts of speech, vocab activities, text to self, text & world activity, and MUCH MORE!!
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3rd - 8th
Romeo and Juliet Social Media Activity
Here is a fun Romeo and Juliet Social Media Reading Comprehension Activity. We have created a Facebook activity for the book Romeo and Juliet. This activity contains a blank "Facebook" template page, a template page with directions, a step-by-step instructional page, and a grading rubric.
For this activity, students are asked to complete several tasks. First, they are asked to write the name of the book at the top of the Facebook page. After that, they are asked to draw a colorful picture abou
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5th - 8th
The Demon Headmaster 15 Lesson SOW Guided Reading Plan
This is a 15 lesson scheme of work that I designed as a guided reading task. This essentially meant that the children worked through this independently in groups (I used one lesson per week for this), and it was so successful, that I went on to produce 5 more schemes of work like this. It has been used for mid-ability 11-13 year olds, and low ability 14 year olds.
Each lesson lasts for one hour, and is self explanatory, right down to the homework tasks. Activities range from hot-seating, to diar
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5th - 8th
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F & P Reading Level Tracking Sheet
Are you looking for an easy way to keep track of the levels your class is reading at? Do you want to be able to see their progress over time? If so, this sheet is for you. It is editable in Microsoft Word and allows you to keep all this information either digitall or you can print it out and put it in your guided reading binder. Enjoy!
Grades:
K - 8th
Utopian/Dystopian Lit-Book Guide
With this resource, students are set up to take notes, choose activities, and move at their own pace as they read a utopian or dystopian novel. I give students a choice on which book group they want to be in, but don't always guarantee first choice. Reading and completing the lit-book guide could take anywhere from a month to two months, depending on the frequency of your meetings. Choice activities include character mapping, finding vocabulary, writing a poem or song, making a graphic design, c
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6th - 10th
Facebook Reading Comprehension Character Profile Activity Common Core
Facebook Reading Comprehension Character Profile Activity. As many of you know, Facebook is becoming a very popular way for kids and adults to communicate with one another. So, in an effort to help connect reading to the lives of students, Wiseguys has created a Facebook activity. This activity contains a blank "Facebook" template page, a template page with directions, a step-by-step instructional page, and a grading rubric.
For this activity, students are asked to complete several tasks about
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5th - 8th
Grant Proposal: Orca Sounding Hi/Lo Library {85 novels worth over $900}
As a secondary remedial reading teacher, I have struggled to find books that meet students at their reading level while keeping them engaged in the story.
I found this library of 85 hi/lo novels and immediately decided to write a grant to obtain these books: http://us.orcabook.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=8294&CategoryTile=School Resources-School Collections
Here are a few details about the set:
Orca Sounding Collection with Resource Guide
Teen Fiction for Reluctant Readers
Includes 85 differ
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Wringer - Comprehension and Extened Response Questions
This packet provides comprehenion and extended response questions for the novel, Wringer. Chapters 1-12 are included in this purchase.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Running Out of Time Text Messaging Reading Comprehension Activity
Running Out of Time Text Messaging Reading Comprehension Activity
Common Core Reading Standards: 2,3,5,6
This is a 5-page reading comprehension activity that will work with any novel but is set up for the novel Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This activity will have your students send "text" messages to the author, a character in the story, a friend about a favorite part, and a teacher about what he/she liked about the story. I have found this to be a very enjoyable activity th
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4th - 8th
Masterpiece by Elise Broach Literature Circle Activity (11 pages)
Novel: Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Lesson plan: Literature Circle Activity
Reading Common Core Standards: 1,2,3,4,5
This is an 11-page Literature Circle activity that will work with the novel Masterpiece by Elise Broach.
Masterpiece is about a beetle named Marvin who lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompaday's apartment in New York City. James, an 11-year old boy who lives in the apartment, becomes friends with Marvin. When James gets an ink set for drawing from his dad for
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Masterpiece Novel Study Unit Bundle
Masterpiece Higher Level Discussion Questions Common Core Standards
Novel: Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Lesson plan: Discussion Questions
Common Core Reading Standards: 1,3,6
This is a 5-page packet that includes over 75 plus discussion questions that goes with the novel Masterpiece by Elise Broach. Masterpiece is about a beetle named Marvin who lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompaday's apartment in New York City. James, an 11-year old boy who lives in the apartment, becomes friends with Marvin. When James gets an ink set for drawing from hi
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Masterpiece Novel Study Unit Bundle
Minion Reading Strategies
Minion themed reading strategies including look for small words or chunks, look at the picture, sound it out, make the first sound, skip the word then reread, flip the vowel sound. Poster size, smaller size for reading groups and reading bags, as well as bookmarks for the students to use.
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Minion Bundle!!!
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