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Free 7th grade reading handouts
Weekly Reading Log for Students - Variety of 4
This is a variety of four different reading logs. Each reading log is slightly different to fit your needs. You can choose which one you want to use.
Each reading log features slots to fill in the title of what was read, minutes read and parent initials.
Two reading logs feature a space to fill in the genre read.
Please see the thumbnails to view what each of the four reading logs look like.
Enjoy!
MeMimi
weekly reading log
Grades:
K - 8th
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Common Themes Found in Literature
Use this FREE handout to assist your students when teaching about themes in literature. Enjoy! :)
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2nd - 12th
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Simile and Metaphor Worksheet Practice
This worksheet provides 10 metaphors/similes that allow students to practice their learning. Pictures of example next to each. They must identify if the sentence uses a simile or metaphor and then explain what that use of figurative language is trying to communicate. There are also 4 "Write Your Own" prompts at the end of the worksheet. This has always been a big hit with my students and can work for grades 4-8.
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4th - 8th
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FREE Author's Craft Cheat Sheet and Poetry Stop & Jot Sheet
I created this handy reference sheet of Author's Craft terms and examples. Not only do I access it daily, but I give it to students to use as a reference as well. I even send it home and let the students explain it to their parents.
Students can use the Author's Craft Cheat Sheet with Poetry Stop & Jot Sheet as they read and appreciate poetry during National Poetry Month or any month of the year.
I hope you, your students and your parents enjoy this freebie!
Some fonts by Miss Tiin
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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Plot Diagram Template
This resource includes a Printable and Editable Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer!Parts of the Plot:Exposition (setting, characters, background info, point of view)Rising Action (3 events or details)Climax (turning point)Falling Action (2 events or details)Resolution (denouement)The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows students to visualize the key features of literature as well as helps writers organize narratives.This Plot
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet gives students definitions and examples of: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification and hyperboleThis is a great handout to use when teaching figurative language! Students can glue it inside their interactive notebooks or simply keep it in their folders to reference throughout the year!Download, leave feedback and enjoy!
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Parts Of Speech Desk Helper
Students will be able to use this cheat sheet to remember the parts of speech during their work in the classroom and at home with homework.
The parts of speech included are:
Nouns
Proper nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Articles
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
Synonyms
Antonyms
Exclamatory, statement, question, and command sentences
Subject and predicate
The sheet has two sheets per page and comes in a color version as well as in black and white.
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2nd - 8th
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FREE Figurative Language in Poetry Scavenger Hunt with Easel Activity
FREE Figurative Language in Poetry with Easel Activity. Use this Scavenger Hunt to find figurative language while reading poetry! This is a simple hands-on activity to use with students to get them to recognize figurative and sensory language in poems. Students have to find examples of sensory and figurative language such as idioms, personification, hyperbole, metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, alliteration, consonance, assonance, and rhyme. Students can work individually or in groups. You can ma
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6th - 8th
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Freebie: Transition Words Bookmarks
Free!! Improve your students' writing. Use this bookmark with your students to help them understand using a variety of transition words and the great impact it has on their writing.
Stop the constant use of "and," "then," and "next." Put a kick in your students' writing.
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2nd - 12th
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Choice Boards for ELA and Social Studies - Middle School Choice Boards
Choice boards are filled with tasks and allow students to choose different ways to learn about a particular subject or topic. This resource includes 5 different choice boards. Each choice board is developed around a category. You’ll find a choice board for creative writing, spelling, reading, vocabulary, and even social studies. The tasks on the choice boards encourage creativity and innovative thinking. They also tap into different learning styles and naturally provide differentiation for stude
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4th - 7th
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English Cheat Sheet
The English Cheat Sheet is a grammar, usage, and mechanics quick reference chart for writing that students use during the writing process all year. Upper elementary, middle, and high school students will find this easy-to-use cheat sheet a valuable tool. The resource lists parts of speech, comma rules, capitalization and punctuation tools, and sentence structure. Each category has an example for students to model.The freebie comes in a zip file with two formats so you choose the one that works b
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Digital ELA Mega Resource Bundle | Distance Learning | Google Classroom
Wonder Choose Kind Student Bookmarks & Classroom Poster for R.J. Palacio's Novel
Wonder Choose Kind Bookmarks and Poster - Brighten up your classroom and promote kindness in your classroom with a free ready-to-print poster and student bookmarks inspired by Wonder by R.J. Palacio! The poster and bookmarks feature the most popular quote from the novel, Mr. Browne's first precept, "When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind." - Dr. Wayne W. DyerThis is included in our best-selling unit: >>> Wonder Complete Unit Plan Included in This Wonder C
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3rd - 8th
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Book Review Template
Book Review Template Details:
*Visually appealing layout
*Appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students
*Keep completed reviews in a binder for other students to reference when looking for a new book!
*Asks students to . . .
Summarize
Reflect on their reading experience
Consider an audience who may enjoy the book
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Teaching Theme: THE MEssage
One way you can help your students decipher the difference between a theme and a summary is to start by simply labeling any charts you create for theme as "THE MEssage." This helps students remember that a theme is a message that you can find and apply to your own life. It can be more complicated than the moral explicitly stated at the end of a fable. Also, a story or novel can have multiple themes woven throughout and go far beyond a word such as "friendship," though identifying a key word is a
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Visualize It Graphic Organizer FREEBIE
Visualize It graphic organizers!! Are you ready to give your students another way to enhance their comprehension? Visualize It charts are the perfect addition for students that need an alternative way to show what they're reading in context in a different way.This packet includes:- 2 different sized graphic organizers (wide and tall)- Link and instructions to download in Google Drive and use in Google Classroom, etc.You can find other graphic organizer companion products here:Vocabulary Doodles
Grades:
PreK - 8th
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Main Idea Notes and Practice ~ FREEBIE!
TEACHER-TESTED! STUDENT-APPROVED!Teaching Main Idea can be a little challenging, especially when introducing Topic and Supporting Details alongside it! This resource is meant to make this task easier for you!In this resource, you'll receive:1. Main Idea Notes (Modified for your learner's needs/abilities - full notes, cloze notes, and blank notes)2. 2 Practice Worksheets3. 2 Answer KeysIf you enjoy this product and would like Review Games/Task Cards to go with it, please check out the following
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Plot Arc Diagram Blank Graphic Organizer for Note-taking
Plot Arc Diagram Blank Graphic Organizer for Note-taking
The organizer can be used with the plot of any short story, novel, play, or movie.
This graphic organizer will help students analyze the parts of any story's plot. Just fill in the story's title, and you're ready to roll!
Parts of Plot included:
Exposition (setting and main characters)
Rising Action (conflict)
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Super easy to follow and take notes along with any work.
Enjoy Studying Plot!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Social Skills - Social Skills Printables - GOSSIP AND RUMORS - Life Skills
Social Skills and Life SkillsGossip and RumorsYour Support and Feedback is Greatly Appreciated.RESPONSIBILITYTEAMWORKCommunication - INTERRUPTING AND BLURTING OUTINTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SKILLSRESPECT - BEING RESPECTFULThank YouSincerely, SLC Education
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3rd - 8th
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Inference Reading Passage - The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga
Get students practicing close reading and making inferences with this short inference reading passage activity for the short story “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga. This is an engaging horror tale that students will enjoy reading and thinking about.Students will read the story, stopping at the designated stop signs to answer inference and evidence-based questions. Questions ask students to make inferences, support inferences with evidence, make predictions, and infer the meaning of vocabu
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Creepy Stories Inference Reading Passage Bundle + Freebie
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
FREE Book Speed Dating: A fun free-choice reading activity and book project
This free-choice reading activity is fun and functional. Students prepare conversations from their book's point-of-view then participate in a book dating event that leads to the next "book match." This is a creative way to foster the love of reading within secondary students!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐If you enjoy this freebie, then I would LOVE to have your positive 5 star feedback!You may also like:❤️ Valentines Day cards from teachers - Valentines for staff - Feb Bulletin Board
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7th - 10th
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FREE List of Character Traits Organized by Connotation and Denotation
These lists of character traits are organized by connotation: positive, neutral, or negative. There are 36 synonym trios – a total of 108 character traits – with options for printing in color or black and white. These character traits are featured in the Connotation and Denotation of Character Traits Word Sort lessons, which are available in a variety of formats:• Connotation and Denotation of Character Traits: Hands-On Word Sorts in printable PDF with teaching slides in Microsoft Powerpoint™• C
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7th - 10th
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Identifying Figurative Language-Free
In this handout, students are asked to read examples provided and identify which types of figurative language exist. (Alliteration, Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, and Imagery). This is a great way to assess what students already know about figurative language or a great review after you have taught this lesson.
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1. simile
2. simile (or personification)
3. metaphor
4. simile (or hyperbole)
5. metaphor
6. personification
7. imagery
8. onomatopoeia
9. simile (
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5th - 12th
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Story Elements Plot Diagram Graphic Organizers with Easel Activity FREE
FREE Blank Plot Diagram: This is a blank plot map for a short story. This printable or digital plot diagram is labeled with the five story elements of plot-exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, and has spaces for your students to write in the sequence of events. Use with any short story, or with my plot diagram activity for Rikki Tikki Tavi, also available in my store. Supports Common Core State Standards. In color and black and white. Print and Digital: Includes an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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