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High school reading strategies scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
The House of the Scorpion: Teacher's Cornell Notes ALL Chapters
This is the Teacher's Version I created for the entire novel The House of the Scorpion. My students took Cornell Notes as they read, which consist of short key points in the left hand column, longer reading notes in the right hand column, and a 4-5 sentence summary in the bottom section.
My students grumbled at first about being asked to write notes for each chapter, but when it came time for quizzes and paper writing, they were amazed at how much better prepared they were. I find that with a l
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8th - 10th
The Contender Chapter Cloze Activities
This document contains a summarizing cloze activity for each chapter in Robert Lipsyte's The Contender. The activity is excellent for students to use either as a review of the chapters or for struggling students to use as a scaffolding reading strategy.
The Contender Chapter Cloze Activities by Marsha Mentzer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
7th - 9th
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The Pardoner's Tale Reading Guide
This reading guide is designed for students who may otherwise struggle with literature from this time period. It includes a graphic organizer to aid in differentiating the types of irony within the selection. It also includes sequential reading questions about the events of the tale as well as literary devices, such as foreshadowing and metaphor.
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11th - 12th
Serial Podcast Season 1-Listening Notes Organizers (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Listening Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-13 of the Word document.This is a 13-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they listen to Serial Podcast Season 1: Adnan Syed Case. Each page (or slide) has shapes with labels instructing students what to wri
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Paradise Lost Book One Reading Guide
This graphic organizer guides students who would otherwise have great difficulty explicating the epic. It covers an excerpt of Book One from The Argument through line 270. It provides guidance for the background of the story and for comprehension of the literary allusions within the poem.
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11th - 12th
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A Guide to Dialectical Journals
Dialectical Journal entries are designed for students to interact with a text in a number of ways including: questioning the text, identifying literary elements, reflecting on the purpose or meaning, and connecting to their world.
This is a guide that will walk students through how to complete an entry for a dialectical journal. It takes them through the purpose, provides hints and tips for finding good quotes, and includes examples from both fiction and non-fiction pieces.
At the end is a gr
Grades:
6th - 12th
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literary Analysis Archetypal Quest Charts for Ayn Rand's Anthem
The charts, editable in Word, scaffold the reading as a literary analysis. Separated by chapters, following Freytag's Pyramid, the chart is in three columns. Column 1: "big ideas," characterization, setting, plot point, archetypal journey; Column 2 student input for textual information; and Column. 3: explanation/analysis of "why" and "how"-- the backbone of analysis. The chart facilitates students' note-taking. It can be used as an individual assignment or cooperative assignment. The teache
Grades:
9th - 12th
Short Story Elements Cornell Notes
Cornell Notes are a great starting point for every lesson. And they meet the requirements for skeletal notes and Specially Designed Instruction (SDI).I have formatted these pages to be used to introduce the short story unit. The left column contains the primary terms related to short stories while the wide right column has enough space to define the terms during the first discussion but also to return later with examples for the unit. Added Bonus! The whole thing is print and go! Using Microsoft
Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in: Five Short Stories for Freshman!
House on Mango Street Note Taking Guide
Trying to get your middle/high school students to understand the theme of 'growing up' in House on Mango Street?
Look no farther! This resource is an awesome note-taking guide for the vignettes focused on growing up: "Those Who Don't" Family of Little Feet," "A Rice Sandwich," "Chanclas," "The First Job," and “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark”.
Resource includes notes sheet and answer key for teachers!
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Chapter Annotation Guide
This is a ready-to-use annotation guide for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Students actively read and mark the text for give questions. They, then, reflect, comment, and/or write questions about each chapter. This guide covers all 38 chapter of the book.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Central Idea vs. Theme Guided Notes
This handout guides students through the differences between central idea and theme. It can be used in conjunction with my Central Idea vs. Theme PowerPoint.
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5th - 9th
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Structure - Subverting a Generic Code
This series of activites uses a flipped classroom, where students read, highlight and create a series of dotpoints to understand the subversion of generic codes. They then research an example of a tv series that subverts a generic code and in pairs give a three minute lesson to the class on why their tv series is part of a genre but chooses to subvert it. They are given guiding questions to respond to. The last activity is them choosing a scene from a text in a genre they know well and using i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
The Odyssey Story Tracker - Write & Draw the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer
Students note each step of Odysseus' journey through writing and drawing with this EDITABLE Graphic Organizer for 'During Reading' notes. Track his travels and 'Hero's Journey'. Great printed or online!We understand that different student editions of the Odyssey may include / exclude different stops and so this product is EDITABLE for your convenience. For each stop on Odysseus' journey students note the major characters, plot, and parts of the hero's journey. Then students draw a symbol or pict
Grades:
7th - 12th
STORY PLOT TASK CARDS AND WORKSHEETS
A bunch of 10 worksheets and task cards on plot elements of a story.This Resource Includes:Identifying conflict types.Suggesting conflict and plot types for genres.Identifying plot elements.Developing plot and describing.Demonstrating knowledge of plot in writing.Matching plot elements with their meaning.Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:To challenge early finishersFor effective tutoringAs ESL stations and sub tubsAs holiday work and homeworkFor small group collaborationsFo
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: STORY PLOT BUNDLE
Guided Notes for Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Here are 16 pages of high-quality handouts for students guiding them to think critically about characterization, themes, symbolism, setting, and many other concepts in Scott Westerfeld's novel Uglies. Each handout is designed to help facilitate discussion about big ideas in the novel. These are not chapter-by-chapter plot questions, but rather in-depth prompts that ask students to do things like make judgments about characters, write theme statements, analyze symbols, and consider how this novel
Grades:
6th - 12th
Animal Farm Study Guide with Answer Key Word Doc Version, Fully Editable
This study guide gives your students pointers on what they should notice in this classic. These questions lead to high level discussion on the deep meanings and themes of Animal Farm. I use these questions to scaffold my students. After they answer the questions on the study guide we are all on the same page and we all use the same facts. This is a fully editable document. You can customize this study guide to the needs of your classroom. This study guide contains 236 questions.
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9th - 12th
READING FOR TEXT ANALYSIS HANDOUTS BUNDLE
A bundle of handouts on reading for text analysis.This bundle includes:Audience, Register, TonePurpose, Content, StyleComparing Texts Understanding TextsInferringPEE ParagraphExpository TextsPersuasive TextsSkim Scan ReadReading ComprehensionTeachers can use these ready-made resources to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, and reading skills of the learners.Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:To challenge early finishersFor effective tutoringAs ESL stati
Grades:
6th - 10th
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard - Close Reading Activity
This is an excerpt from "An American Childhood" by Annie Dillard.
The story is chunked by paragraph with reading comprehension questions following each paragraph.
The paragraphs are also separated by lines in order to track student reading accuracy.
My students loved this. I hope yours will too.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature with Annotation Guide
This worksheet asks students to read "Nature," annotate in the margin, and respond to a couple of questions. I recommend that a teacher modify the short response questions at the end because these questions were very specific to my class and instruction.
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Crucible: Wrap-Up
How will this benefit my students?This lesson is designed as a wrap-up for The Crucible. Students will analyze select passages for persuasive devices, and synthesize their findings into their coherent arguments, and they will have the chance to do so in a collaborative manner. They will practice their annotation, prewriting, and synthesis skills. They will also be exposed to some of the skills necessary for close reading at the college level (college prep).This resource also includes: -A writing
Grades:
10th - 12th
TuPac Shakur Poetry Analysis Using Cornell Notes
This lesson works well for both Language Arts and Social Studies. The poem is not your typical rap: it's full of allusions to social injustice in American history.
I've laid out a Cornell Notes model for students to fill in things like people, allusions, etc. This would be pretty easy to modify and scaffold by deleting the prompts within the Notes or Recall sections.
For your convenience, I have added helpful websites about each of the political "characters" in the poem: Ronald Reagan and Oliv
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9th - 12th
Their Eyes Were Watching God Active Reading Notes (Digital AND Print Versions)
The first page of this Word document contains a link to a Google Slides version of these Active Reading Notes for digital/remote learning. The slides have labeled boxes for students to fill in that mirror the print-and-go version you will find on pages 2-14 of the Word document.This is a 14-page Word Document that contains pages for students to take notes on as they read the chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God. As some of the chapters are relatively short, I have grouped some of the chapt
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Notes: Annotating a Text
From Electric English...
This is an exercise to introduce students to annotation. AAHhhhh the dreaded annotations!!! I have to say that in my experience truly showing a kid how to process information - pull out what is relevant, what is not; think about new knowledge in terms of what they already know, and what they don't; begin to understand language, and why writers craft their words the way they do; reflect on what is effective, and what is not - all of these are life skills, not just classro
Grades:
10th - 11th
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