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Free high school informational text handouts
Free KWL Chart Graphic Organizer Handout!
K-W-L charts are an easy to use instructional reading strategy that is used to guide students through a text. Students begin by brainstorming everything they Know about a topic. This information is recorded in the K column of a K-W-L chart. Students then generate a list of questions about what they Want to Know about the topic. These questions are listed in the W column of the chart. During or after reading, students answer the questions that are in the W column. This new information that they h
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Informational Text Activity, FREE, Supreme Court Cases, Easy Sub Plan, CCSS
Whether you need an emergency sub plan or just want to add more informational text to your curriculum, this free and fascinating lesson has what you need. It includes access to a high-interest article from The New York Times on the "10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know," a topic that will hook your students’ attention and inspire lively debate, and a packet of print-and-go handouts to help students work through the text.This FREE activity includes:• A sheet of suggested lesson procedure
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Free Graphic Organizers - CNN10, Ted Talks, SOAPSTONE, & Video Notes
Free Graphic Organizers - CNN10, Ted Talks, SOAPSTONE, & Video NotesHello and welcome to No Prep English! I am so excited you decided to stop by. Included in this freebie product bundle you will find 8 pages of FREE graphic organizers designed to engage students and support learning. These handouts also have the added benefit of holding students accountable for traditionally passive work (viewing videos).PRODUCT LIST:SOAPStone Handout - A graphic organizer handout to scaffold the analysis of
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: The Whole Store - Growing Mega Bundle
Write an Objective Summary
Use this anchor chart to remind students of what to include in an objective summary. It provides a step-by-step process to writing a summary for informational or non-fiction text.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Choice Board, Non-Fiction & Informational Text Activities, FREE Worksheet CCSS
This FREE student choice board works with any informational text article or non-fiction book study. Once students have finished reading an assigned article or chapter of a non-fiction text, use this choice board handout to increase student motivation as they meaningfully reflect on their reading.The choice board worksheet was designed for English/language arts students in grades 7 through 12.Want more dynamic lesson materials designed to engage your teens?Click here for a 5-pack of Listen &
Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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[FREE] Christmas Reading Comprehension Light Pack | Reading Comprehension |
This is the Christmas Reading Comprehension Light Pack. It contains 4 reading comprehension handouts for different levels.Answers keys are included.If you are happy with this product and you want more, please consider purchasing the Mega Pack, which you can find here: Christmas Reading Comprehension MEGA Pack.
Grades:
1st - 10th
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Article of the Week Template - Common Core Aligned
This Common Core-aligned template can be used with any short informational text or Article of the Week. Students read an article chosen by the teacher, and then complete the template to show mastery of the text.
Students begin by reading the text and identifying the who, what, when, where, and why. They then compose objective summaries of the text, using a bank of strong essay verbs to guide their writing. Finally, students respond to the article by choosing from a bank of reflective sentence
Grades:
8th - 12th
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RACE Writing Strategy: Student Bookmark FREEBIE
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. This bookmark reference is something students can keep with them to refer to as they practice th
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Motivational Posters of "Famous Failures," perfect for character education
Included you will find a small collection of "Famous Failures, "
Your students will be able to find encouragement in seeing examples of others that have made failure part of their success.
These are perfect conversation starters with your students. How do you think life would be different if Colonel Sanders gave up trying to sell his famous recipe after hearing 1,008 rejections? I can't imagine life without "finger-lickin' good chicken.
A favorite of mine:
"I've missed more than 9000 shots i
Grades:
4th - 10th
Nonfiction Reading Strategies
These Nonfiction Reading Strategies are the perfect supplement to my Reading Comprehension Interactive Notebook Activities!
A great, ready to use resource to add to your daily curriculum! This product includes 10 nonfiction & informational text reading response resources that will help students analyze and comprehend difficult reading. Just chose which one works best for the reading you are teaching that day, print, and go! There is no additional prep needed! Could be incorporated in any su
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Also included in: Energy Interactive Notebook Read and Apply BUNDLE
MLA In-Text Citation Cheat Sheet
The following PDF's are super helpful in guiding students through writing in-text citations when writing research papers or formal responses that require an in-text citation. Students can see how a sentence can be formed using both the author's last name and page number, or just one or the other. This front and back worksheet can also be used to help students practice this process before writing a larger response.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Article of the Week Template
The Article of the Week template was inspired by Kelly Gallagher and his book “Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It.”
Articles of the Week can be a great way to incorporate more Non-Fiction into any secondary classroom.
My Article of the Week contains 4 assignments – close reading, summary statement, self-selected vocabulary, and a reflection paragraph.
Included in this freebie are:
*How to Use Articles of the Week guide
*How to Make an Article of the We
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Central Idea Anchor Chart
Help students to find the Central Idea of an informational text. You will receive a PDF file of the anchor chart.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Structured Annotation Guide
Use this guide with students to help guide them through the structured annotation process!
Comments from past students on helpfulness of structured annotations:
“Annotations allowed me to not only highlight important information in the text, but to also identify things I was unsure about or things I already knew” (Mack).
“Annotations allowed me to purposefully read a difficult text with confidence, rather than just skimming through it [because I was confused]” (Dahlia).
"Annotations helped
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - FREE
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
Grades:
7th - 12th
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FREE Complete Unit Plan for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Part 1
Teaching Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 has never been easier! This complete unit plan for part 1 has everything you need to teach Ray Bradbury’s classic tale of dystopian society. Organized into 5 jam-packed lessons, this unit plan will challenge your students in new ways each day.This is the first part of my Fahrenheit 451 Full Novel Unit. You can purchase the full unit by clicking on the link. Every lesson has an activator, activities for the section of text, and a quick write. An alternative
Grades:
9th - 12th
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STAR Skills Close Reading Companion Passages
This product is the FREE portion of my STAR Skills Close Reading and Language Bundle. Geared towards 7th and 8th graders, there are 2 sets of 18 PDF passages included (one set has background images and one is only text).
These passages are split between fictional literature and informational texts. Help get your students engaged in reading again! High interest passages from these novels may inspire them to read the whole book on their own :)
Formatting includes:
- line numbers
- title
- autho
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Author's Point of View in Informational Text
Having trouble finding activities about author's point of view in nonfiction? Bored by the monotonous activities and task cards? Look no further!
I created these reading response activities because I couldn't find an engaging lesson where students analyze an author's position/point of view in a nonfiction text.
This resource includes 3 reading response activities that go along with the following nonfiction articles:
~ "Are Young Athletes Putting Themselves at Risk?" from Junior Scholastic,
Grades:
6th - 9th
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World Cultures: What is Culture?
Teaching Tool for teaching world cultures for social studies. Gives examples, prompts students to create a concept/mind map of the aspects of their cultures. It makes connections to an online travel site for kids (optional), and ends with a critical thinking question about cultures. This is a great way to integrate social studies and literacy common core standards.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Be Clear Speech Strategies - Handout
This is a 'Be Clear' speech strategy handout which is typically used by Speech Pathologist who is working with clients who want to increase their speech intelligibility. Can give to your adult or paediatric clients.It is simple to read and follow Vibrant visual illustrationHope you enjoy this resource.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Informational Text - Teen Topics #5, Middle and High School Engaging Nonfiction
#kindnessnation
#weholdthesetruths
Engage your teens with nonfiction that appeals to them for a change!
This new series provides a close reading opportunity for students to interact with an article that interests them. Included are intro suggestions, close reading directions, comprehension questions, a short writing prompt, and an answer key.
This article is "What If Schools Taught Kindness?” and is timely and topical in an ever-changing world
Not only do I offer these in printable resourc
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Informational Text - Teen Topics GROWING BUNDLE Engaging Nonfiction
Close Reading Current Events Organizer
Close Reading Current Events Organizer by Miss Middle School Teacher~ I use this in my middle school science classes to teach disciplinary literacy skills and close reading of expository text. This same form could be adapted to social studies or math articles as well. This includes the student organizer and a brief lesson plan explaining how I teach with it/use it. I teach annotations of articles along with this as well. It is a great way to help students understand an author's central idea, a f
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Research Paper Outline Guide for Students
This is a two-page outline for students to fill in when working to organize a research paper. It is designed based on students having a minimum of three supporting points as well as a section that acknowledges the opposing side to their arguments (a concession/refutation section). This outline allows students to easily organize their ideas in preparation for writing. Before completing this outline guide, students should have completed at least some research in order to include sources. Stude
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Infographic or Syllabus Scavenger Hunt/EDITABLE
This is a great, engaging way to introduce students to your classroom procedures and expectations. Hand this out and let them work in pairs or table groups to go through your syllabus or infographic on the first day.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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