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7th grade close reading handouts
Doodle and Do ELA Skills Bundle - 6 Units - Vocabulary, Writing, Reading
Ready to instantly engage students with fun, doodle-y, and challenging English Language Arts lessons?Then, this bundle of Doodle and Do resources is perfect for your classroom! It’s filled with 6 different units that will help your students…Write Responses with Text-Based EvidenceLearn about and practice Figurative LanguageDevelop Skills for Studying for TestsLearn 36 words associated with FictionLearn 39 words associated with NonfictionUnderstand and develop Close Reading skills---------------
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4th - 7th
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And Then There Were None Novel Study (Agatha Christie) - DIGITAL & PRINT
A 100+ page resource, designed to capture your student's attention, enhance close reading skills and facilitate deep thinking and discussion when reading Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel, And Then There Were None. THIS UNIT IS AVAILABLE AS A PDF and DIGITALLY IN GOOGLE DOCS!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"My students are loving this resource. It is so helpful to have for my Intensive Reading students to help them with higher-order thinking skills and keeping track of the plot and characters as we read. L
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7th - 10th
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ELA Daily Reading Journal Full Year Middle School
This journal is DIGITAL!!!! **** Novel Nutritious Creations is MERGING with PittWillow Designs! We are so excited! Please visit and follow our new store! PittWillow Designs~We are in the process of gradually moving all products to the new store. Please go here: ELA Daily Reading Journal Full Yearto purchase the Reading Journal. Thank you. I apologize for any inconvenience! Description: ELA Daily Reading Journal FULL YEAR for Middle and early High School Students!This is an EXTENSIVE journal for
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6th - 9th
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Four One-Pagers Projects | One Pager Templates l 1 pager rubric
One-pagers combine drawings with text to make ideas come alive in students’ minds and memories. They're a perfect option for a quick and creative one-pager template and assessment with whole-class novels, literature circles, or choice reading. Don't worry—there's a rubric so you can grade your one-pagers quickly and get home early for dinner. But what about your art-haters? The ones who scoff at anything involving colored pencils? I've had plenty of those too. That's why I've designed specific t
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: ELA Curriculum Bundle: The English Teacher's Life Preserver
RACE Writing Strategy: Lesson and Practice
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. I used a variation of this lesson for an observation my very first year of teaching and got rave
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6th - 9th
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Martin Luther King Speech Analysis - "What is Your Life's Blueprint?" (Digital)
“What is Your Life’s Blueprint?” - Speech Analysis ****This resource is for an analysis of Martin Luther King's speech, "What is Your Life's Blueprint?" It includes a paper and digital version of student resources. If you would prefer similar resources that are designed to be used in an Interactive Notebook, check out the Interactive Notebook Speech Analysis Mini-Unit HERE.****You and your students will absolutely LOVE this close reading mini-unit for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech, “What
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5th - 8th
Poetry Lesson: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost - DIGITAL & PRINT
"I cannot rave about this resource enough! This really broke the poem down for my students, allowed me to help them understand it better and was thoroughly engaging! Even my struggling students were able to complete the activity guided by me and understand the significance of this poem to the plot and theme. Will be my Go-To resource for this unit!" - Patricia"Loved this!! Helped the kids understand the poem a thousand times better than what I would've come up with. It's a tough poem anyway, but
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Lessons: ** Growing Bundle ** | DIGITAL & PRINT
Interactive Bookmarks for Any Novel: Questions, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary
Use these interactive and foldable bookmarks with any novel in your secondary classroom to help engage your students with the text. With multiple options to choose from, the possibilities are endless. These instructional bookmarks are classroom-tested to improve student engagement and understanding!
This resource includes five different bookmark fronts and nine different bookmark backs to provide secondary English teachers with complete control and customization.
The bookmark fronts include s
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6th - 12th
Hexagonal Thinking: One Pagers l one page templates l one pager for any novel
Hexagonal thinking is a creative way to get students making connections with one pagers. BUT, it's a lot of work for you, as the teacher, to create and cut out dozens of hexagons for your students to connect, arrange, and discuss. Why not get the students brainstorming and designing their own hexagons with hexagonal one-pagers?In this activity, groups of students use critical thinking, close reading, and design skills to create hexagonal one-pagers for characters, style elements, connections to
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7th - 12th
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Connotation and Denotation Activities | Author's Tone & Word Choice Activities
Unleash the power of words with these dynamic connotation and denotation activities! The Connotation Hyperdoc provides an engaging interactive way to present connotation, denotation, word choice, loaded words, neutral words, tone, and mood!There’s no better way to implement 21st century learning! The accessibility and modern design of the hyperdoc instantly engages students while allowing teachers to implement differentiation between tasks. The structured directions for each word choice activity
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Lesson: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost | DIGITAL
Digital Google Resource: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Close Reading Poetry AssignmentThese materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson for a sub.This is a complete lesson for Robert Frost's timeless poem, "The Road Not Taken." This resource includes:A prereading Word Cloud activityA close reading assignment that includes the poem, annotation directions, and stanza-by-stanza questionsA 10-question multiple c
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Lessons: ** Growing Bundle ** | DIGITAL & PRINT
Murder Mystery - Solve two murder mysteries by Agatha Christie
This download contains two murder mysteries written by Agatha Christie broken down to clues and testimonies so the students can try to solve them.
The mysteries included are:
1. Sparkling Cyanide
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 26 clues
2. After the Funeral
- detailed teacher's instructions, solution to the case
- worksheet for students
- 8 testimonies to infer information from
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crime Scene Investigation Police Reports - Worksheet Activities for Any Text
Unlock the door to real-world learning experiences with Crime Scene Reports! It's the secret ingredient you've been missing for immersive learning that brings text and characters to life. This resource is perfect for inferencing skills, mock trials, pretend investigations, or any scenario where your students can put their critical thinking and creativity to the test.Included are three versatile templates: ✅ Police/Incident Report: Dive deep into the world of law enforcement as your students beco
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7th - 12th
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Notice & Note Signposts Bookmarks - Fiction and Nonfiction
Students will never forget the Notice & Note signposts with this easy-to-use, bright and fun bookmark! These pair perfectly with my most popular product, the BITMOJI Notice & Note Signposts Posters!Checkout some of my other fun bookmarks:Watercolor Annotation Bookmarks with SymbolsUse Your Voice BookmarksCheckout my other ELA resources and follow along on @taughtbytoll!Adapted from Beers & Probst's Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading.
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4th - 12th
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Identifying Author's Point of View Practice Pack (First, Second, Third Person)
Simple and effective practice is here to save the day! This package of practice includes multiple short passages that give students multiple opportunities to read carefully and identify if each text is written using first person, second person, or third person as the narrative point of view. Students are also asked to provide their reasoning for each answer they choose.Each set of practice includes an extension activity that asks students to create their own examples of writing using first, seco
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4th - 9th
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Close Reading Task Cards for any text, grades 6-10, editable
Help your middle school and high school students close read a text INDEPENDENTLY! These 32 completely editable close reading task cards help middle school and high school students to practice and perfect the close reading skills of annotating, identifying author's purpose, unlocking the meaning of challenging words, identifying central idea, and answering text based questions. The best part? These task cards can be used over and over throughout the school year and with any text. Included is a
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Reading Response Activities - 20 Creative Reading Response Sheets
Do your students crave creative ways to respond to their reading? How about you? Do you long for fun activities that motivate students to read while simultaneously developing students’ reading comprehension skills? Well, then you’re going to LOVE this resource filled with 20 Creative Reading Response Activities! Perfect for reading response journals or reading response notebooks, these sheets make responding to literature fun!These activities give students an opportunity to share their thoug
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4th - 7th
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The Ransom of Red Chief FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study (Standards-Based)
“The Ransom of Red Chief” will be fun to read and analyze with this interactive FLIP BOOK! Students easily assemble the flip books and practice higher-level thinking skills in pairs, small groups, or independently. Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, examine irony, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key included!Your students’ artwork will adorn the cover page, where they draw and col
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6th - 8th
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"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Poetry Unit - DIGITAL & PRINT
"Hands down the BEST resource I've used to teach this poem. Very thorough and very easy to implement." Jasmine J."I really enjoyed the pages with the poem and space to annotate. The students liked looking at the Wordle image; I'll start with that page next time I teach the poem. Thank you!" - Gina B.**Aligned with Common Core Exemplars in Poetry for grades 6-8**This is a complete lesson for Alfred Noyes's timeless narrative, "The Highwayman." This resource includes:A prereading Word Cloud activi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Lessons: ** Growing Bundle ** | DIGITAL & PRINT
The Elevator William Sleator Short Story Unit, Analysis, Activity, Plot, Quiz
“The Elevator" by William Sleator is a fun and creepy short story that is a particularly wonderful tool to teach and discuss characterization, mood/tone, theme and motif. This short story unit for "The Elevator" is fully print and teach ready, the handouts are nicely organized to facilitate student learning and the product is thorough and comprehensive!This short story unit for William Sleator's "The Elevator" includes:-Pre-reading vocabulary -Activating activity with phobias-During reading an
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6th - 9th
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SBAC Secondary ELA MEGA Bundle - Test Prep - Writing - Escape Rooms - Task Cards
Attention, Secondary ELA superstars! Feeling the SBAC (or CAASPP) heat? Don't sweat it—we've got your back with the ultimate test-tackling toolkit! Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to confidence with EIGHT unbeatable resources bundled together to help you and your students conquer the test like a pro!Here's what's included:⭐️ SBAC ELA Performance Task Escape Room Dive into a thrilling adventure that'll have you prepped and pumped to ace the performance task in style! ⭐️ SBAC ELA Computer Adapt
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6th - 11th
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New Year's Poetry Analysis and Project for Secondary ELA
Are you a middle school or high school English Language Arts teacher seeking a meaningful, standards-based project for the post-holiday return to school in January? Look no further! Our New Year's Poetry Analysis and Project is designed to save you time while delivering a rich and engaging learning experience.Key Features:Poem Analysis: Students delve into the exploration of five unique New Year's or New Year's Resolution themed poems, fostering critical thinking and literary analysis skills.Tim
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7th - 10th
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Authors Claim Worksheet and Notes
This analysis activity for author's claim, use of evidence, and counterclaim will help students understand this challenging reading skill. This ready-to-go author's claim printable with guided notes, 2 passages, and a graphic organizers is the perfect author's claim lesson. Students can use this graphic organizer to practice identifying the author's claim or an author's argument, the evidence used to support the claim/argument, and the counterclaim. The author's claim graphic organizers can b
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6th - 12th
Theme Mini-Lesson, Theme Activities | PDF & Digital Version
This product will provide with a theme mini-lesson and theme activities to help improve your student's understanding of the important literary device.THEME is an integral part of understanding the main idea and the lesson thereader can learn throughout a text, and this 10-minute mini-mastery lesson will have your students comprehending, practicing, identifying, and mastering themes in a text in a short amount of time. In addition, your students will also be able to identify how a theme can teach
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Literature Activities Bundle, Oh My!
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