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8th grade Women's History Month close reading independent work packets
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bundle- Distance Learning Options
UPDATED 4/16/20 This resource now includes TWO versions on the novel study. The first version includes many basic comprehension questions and graphic organizers. The second version is more streamlined and would be appropriate for on level and above level students. The second version is also available in a DIGITAL version for distance learning via Google Slides! I've also made the character graphic organizers available in Google Slides via a separate link from the Version 2 novel study. Updated 2
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5th - 8th
Reading activity: SUPER BOWL in 2024, Chiefs WIN, Taylor Swift celebrates!
This reading comprehension activity is aimed at 8-13 year-olds, and focuses on the Super Bowl in February 2024. This was the 58th Super Bowl, and was contested by the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. It was the Chiefs who came out as victors, cheered on by Taylor Swift! Your students can find this information in the text, and learn much more besides about this wonderful sporting event.They will develop reading comprehension skills through a range of retrieval and inference questio
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4th - 8th
High Interest Reading Comprehension Bundle (Digital + Print)
This is my complete bundle of high interest informational texts covering 21st century leaders, influencers, pop culture, gaming, technology and online trends.These readings are sure to engage even the most reluctant readers and writers, while also offering activities that extend capable students.The 15+ lessons have all been developed for both digital distance learning (using Google Suite or MS Teams) or in-class learning (digital or print).Each lesson includes:pre-reading predictions and vocabu
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6th - 10th
Comprehensions for Star Wars Day, "May the 4th be with you"
These Star Wars-themed guided reading activities, aimed at children aged 8-13 years old, tests children’s retrieval, word meaning, summary and deduction skills. There are two activities - one focused on the Star Wars films across the years and the second focused on the most recent installment in 2019 - The Rise of Skywalker.Questions and answers are provided, with an indication of how many marks are on offer at the end of each question. This is particularly helpful for children preparing for rea
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4th - 9th
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Reading Comprehension Passages and Multiple Choice Questions Google Forms
These reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions are great for students to practice a range of skills. A digital, distance-learning friendly resource, it will be perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages are written on an 8th-9th grade level.Located on Google forms, this product is 100% digital and self-grading! A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. Comprehension skills inclu
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8th - 9th
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Christmas ELA and Reading Activities for Middle School | Holiday ELA
The holiday season can be a very difficult time to keep students on task. Do you need engaging, meaningful activities to keep middle school students focused at Christmas time? If so, this Christmas ELA and Reading Activities Bundle is perfect for you! No prep is required and answer keys are provided to keep this activity very low stress for you! The activities in this bundle were created specifically for students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade.Included in Bundle:Ugly Christmas Sweater Reading and ELA
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5th - 8th
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Achilles
Practice deep reading comprehension with this fun Greek myth based on Achilles. Students will read a one page story about Achilles, the brave Greek warrior with a hidden weakness. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, figurative language, cause and effect, theme, and character traits. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one pa
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Reading Comprehension Activities
Since its release in late 2022, ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm. But what role does this highly sophisticated chatbot have in middle and high school classrooms? Do the benefits of this new artificial intelligence technology outweigh the potential harms? Explore these questions and more with this high interest reading comprehension lesson.Part of my best-selling, ‘High Interest Reading Comprehension’ series, this no-prep, digital and print lesson includes:Hook and vocabulary-focused pre-r
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6th - 12th
Also included in: High Interest Reading Comprehension Bundle (Digital + Print)
New Technology: ChatGPT, AI, TikTok & Cryptocurrency - Reading Comprehension
Are your students interested in new and emerging technologies like ChatGPT, TikTok and cryptocurrencies? Want to integrate meaningful digital literacy in rigorous, standards-aligned reading comprehension lessons?If so, my ‘New Technology: Reading Comprehension Bundle’ is perfect for your digital or in-person classroom, homework program or home-school.Included at a DISCOUNTED rate are my best-selling reading comprehension lessons on:ChatGPT, the highly intelligent artificial chatbot that has the
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6th - 12th
Black Poetry BUNDLE (Digital & Print)
The 'Black Poetry Bundle' has all the materials you need to engage your students in studying, annotating, and analysing some of the most powerful Black poetry of the past 50 years. 6+ complete lessons cover four iconic black poems:Amanda Gorman’s 2021 Inaugural Poem “The Hill We Climb”Tupac Shakur’s autobiographical “The Rose That Grew from Concrete”Maya Angelou’s classic poem, “Still I Rise”Kobe Bryant’s retirement poem, “Dear Basketball”. Focusing on themes of oppression, resistance, survival
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7th - 12th
Reading Comprehensions -Stories of Survival.
Stories of SurvivalHow did 33 miners survive for almost three months underground? How did NASA manage to get a malfunctioning spacecraft safely back to Earth? What did the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes eat to stay alive? What would you look like if you had spent 16 months at sea?Answer these questions and more in this exciting Guided Reading resource looking at some fantastic stories of human survival against the odds.This collection of four guided reading activities, aimed at children
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4th - 8th
Kobe Bryant ‘Dear Basketball’ Poem Analysis (Digital & Print)
This lesson guides students through an annotation, analysis, and creative response to Kobe Bryant’s 2015 retirement poem, ‘Dear Basketball’.‘Dear Basketball’ is a moving meditation not just on sport but also on aging and the necessity of change. The poem is all the more poignant due to the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant in 2020.Fully optimised for online and/or in-person delivery, the lesson/s include:Pre-learning context (and linked video)Figurative language revisionGuided annotation and analysi
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Black Poetry BUNDLE (Digital & Print)
Complete & Engaging Unit Plan/Novel Study for Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Are you teaching Walter Dean Myers' beloved young adult novel Monster this year? This unit plan has been used in my classroom of moderate special needs high schoolers for years. You have everything you need to teach Monster, hold students accountable to their reading, and build reading and writing skills, while creating amazing memories with an unforgettable book.This bundle includes:Monster anticipation guideWriting tasks and journalsReading comprehension questions for every chaptervocabulary f
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8th - 12th
Newcomer & Beginner ESL Inside the USA Worksheets & Digital Books - Mega Bundle
This bundle includes ALL of my resources and supplements for a WHOLE YEAR of teaching newcomer and beginner ELs. This material can be used with Inside the USA or without the textbook.This Product Includes:Digital PDF file of student reading books which complement Units 1 - 10 (10 digital books!!) for Inside the USA.Worksheets for Unit 1 - 10 (100 pages!!) that supplement Inside the USA textbook. Each unit has 10 worksheet pages.Vocabulary Packets Units 1 - 10 (7 pages for each unit; 70 pages t
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
19th Amendment & Women's Suffrage Political Cartoon Analysis Activity
Teaching the 19th Amendment? This activity includes 10 political cartoons featuring arguments about women's suffrage. Use political cartoons to help students understand the work of suffragists to gain support for the 19th Amendment!ZIP FILE INCLUDES: 12 page PDF with background reading & 10 political cartoons and analysis questions (ready to print/post)Teacher directions + summarizing questions to use as an exit ticket or assessment questionCHECK OUT THE PREVIEW! The political cartoons cover
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8th - 12th
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Videogames & New Technology: Reading Comprehension Bundle
These high interest informational texts on videogames, technology and online trends are sure to engage any student! Updated for 2021, each lesson has been developed for both digital distance learning (using Google Suite or MS Teams) or in-class learning (digital or print).The 5+ lessons each include:pre-reading predictions and vocabulary activityhigh-interest original stimulus articlemultiple choice and short answer questions (Google Forms or print)extended writing prompt with rubricfull student
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6th - 10th
The Tell Tale Heart Interactive Close Reading with Google Slides!
"My students were just breezing by the text just so they could be done. They didn't stop to read closely, make predictions, and notice the literary devices that lent to the tone and theme of the work. Mrs. Anderson's guided reading Google Slides force my students to slow down and really absorb everything. She breaks the text up into digestible chunks that students can tackle while sprinkling in literary analysis and thematic questions in a way that does not intimidate students. What's great is t
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7th - 12th
Making Inferences: High School Reading Skill Development Passages & Questions
The passages from literature and non-fiction in this set can be an effective supplement to any high school teacher’s reading skill “toolbox”. Each task card offers practice in making inferences and drawing conclusions with enough complexity to provide an appropriate challenge for students in grades 9-12. Text dependent questions for each entry include examination of characters, setting, language, tone, and theme. A detailed answer key is provided. The file includes:20 Teaching slides14 passages:
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Amanda Gorman “The Hill We Climb” Inaugural Poem Analysis (DIGITAL & Print)
This lesson guides students through an annotation and close analysis of Amanda Gorman’s 2021 Inaugural Poem, “The Hill We Climb”. The lesson is fully optimised for Google Slides, MS PowerPoint or Print and includes:Pre-learning hook and figurative language revisionAnnotation scaffoldClose analysis questionsExtended responseEVERY question includes a full worked example to assist with marking and peer/self-correction.“The Hill We Climb” is a powerful and moving poem which is bursting with relevanc
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Amanda Gorman: Value Bundle (Context, Annotation & Analysis)
TikTok Ban: Technology Reading Comprehension (Digital & Print)
Can the US Government really ban TikTok, the most popular app in the world? And if this happens will other countries like Australia and the United Kingdon follow suit? Believe it or not, a comprehensive TikTok ban is being considered in 2023, with wide-reaching implications for students, teachers and everyday people.In this lesson, explore the arguments for and against a TikTok ban with your students, before they formalise their own opinions by writing a persuasive email to an elected representa
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6th - 12th
Hispanic Heritage Month: Reading Comprehension Bundle (Digital and Print)
Covering the arts, literature, law and sport, these high interest informational texts celebrate the unique contributions of four prominent and inspirational Hispanic figures.Featured individuals are:Playwright, actor, composer, and filmmaker Lin Manuel MirandaSupreme Court Justice Sonia SotomayorSoccer superstar, Lionel MessiAuthor and activist, Isabel Allende.Specifically designed for Hispanic Heritage Month and updated for the 2022-23 school year, each lesson includes digital and print activit
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6th - 12th
Veterans Day Reading Passage & Questions
Celebrate Veterans Day with this nonfiction close reading passage. Students will discover how Veterans Day originated during World War 1, the similarities and differences between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and some interesting facts about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.This reading passage offers ten higher level thinking questions. The questions include key reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, affixes, comparing and contrasting,
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2nd - 8th
Choice Novel Project - An Independent Novel Study
Do you need to assign choice novels to your students, but want to hold them accountable for their reading? Try this Choice Novel Project - a complete independent novel study that works with any novel!The project includes:Comprehension & Analysis ActivitiesPre-Reading, During Reading, and Post Reading AssignmentsScaffolds that build to higher-level thinkingChoice AssessmentsAssignment Pacing OrganizerThis independent project is designed for grades 6-12 and could be easily adapted to work with
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6th - 12th
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