554 results
Middle school informational text study guides under $5
Informational Text Comprehension Review
Rapid Read and Review is the perfect way to engage your students in relevant and rigorous review of reading content! This digital and printable review set is the perfect way to keep your students' informational text skills sharp. It can be used in centers, small groups, whole class, or as homework to review essential informational text comprehension skills and standards. The same question is never asked twice and skills are never reviewed in the same way, so students will stay engaged and exc
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | Fiction and Informational Mixed Skills
Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion
Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film.
This product is broken up into three parts:
Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film.
Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Farewell to Manzanar, Japanese Internment, Chapter Questions, PDF & Google Drive
Use this package of chapter-by-chapter questions as you take your class through Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s compelling true story, Farewell to Manzanar. As we work to pull more non-fiction materials into our Common Core-aligned classrooms, this autobiographical account of life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII is an important title to include. The worksheet questions (both printable PDF & interactive Google Drive versions included) were designed to pull your students into the Wakatsuk
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Non-Fiction Text Structure Flip Book
This resource will serve as the perfect addition to your unit on non-fiction text structure. This resource covers all five of the different text structures. When assembled, this flip book will provide your students with a description, a graphic organizer, the signal words, and an example of each text structure. Your children can utilize this resource to help them identify the appropriate text structure when reading different pieces of non-fiction text.
Note: When printing the flip book,make sur
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Five Non-Fiction Text Types ~ Passages & Organizers
Non-fiction text types are always difficult for my students to learn. I created this packet as a way to increase student engagement as they learn about the five text types: description, sequence, comparison, cause & effect, and problem & solution.
For each of the five text types, there is a definition, a Minecraft inspired reading passage, a list of signal words, and a graphic organizer.
Students read the passages and complete the graphic organizers for each text type. I have also
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Chew on This: Informational Reading Skills Practice -Student Reading Guide
**note...This product is a component of the full unit including the 97 slide digital presentation for $6.00 (a great value). You can find it at my TPT store. If you are looking for resources to help your students informational text skills, then this is for you. I have been teaching nonfiction reading using this text for years, and it is always one of our favorite units. The book is both an excellent example of quality nonfiction writing and highly engaging for middle school students. This produc
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text of Malcolm X's famous "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, allusions, themes aligned with the RI1, RI2, RI4, RI6, and RI8 standards from the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the identified figurative language, rhetorical devices, etc., the docume
Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
Annotation Chart with Sentence Starters / Stems - Annotating Documents
Useful chart that helps students categorize and write 5 different types of annotations (reading strategies) for any class. They are clarify, question, connect, infer & predict, and evaluate annotations. ► The chart explains to students what the annotation is (a definition), how to do it, and how to start it (sentence starters). The sentence starters have really helped my students understand the different types of annotations they can make as wells as how to practice them. ► This chart can be
Grades:
5th - 12th
CCSS:
Also included in: Purposeful Annotation - Printable Chart & Bookmark
Text Structure Organizational Patterns Foldable Learning Guide (Grades 5 -8)
Foldable for teaching text structures and having the students create a study guide on the organizational patterns: cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem/solution, concept/definition, chronological order, and process.
Students must identify the different types and be able to analyze signal words and text examples to match with correct text structure.
Included:
Organizational Pattern terms, definitions, and visual graphic
Signal words associated with each text structure/org. pattern
S
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Lesson in Rhyme Scheme - Examples, Worksheets, Answer Key
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. and therefore, it is the pattern of end rhymes or lines.
This is one lesson that can be difficult to teach to students. This mini lesson defines rhyme scheme with various examples from well known poetry stanzas. Students will then have a chance to decipher other poetry patterns on thei
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Night Study Guide - Elie Wiesel - Chapter-by-Chapter Questions
This resource provides chapter-by-chapter questions for Elie Wiesel’s haunting memoir, Night, that will help connect your students to the story, ensure they comprehend key plot developments, and are able to analyze events, characters and themes at a deeper level. Questions range in complexity level--from comprehension to analysis and evaluation—so that students can practice a variety of standards and skills while getting the most out of this critical work.If you are teaching classes online, this
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
RI.2-Objective Summary/Central Idea (Slides/Activity/Student Notes)
This resource contains links to three resources: a Google slides teacher presentation, a Google slides student presentation (guided note), and a PPT student notes edition (editable). As an ELA teacher for nearly a decade now, getting students to write an objective summary is the hardest, easiest thing to do. It seems simple--just write a summary, right? However, most students find it very challenging to identify the text structure, the central idea(s), and the key ideas/details. Due to this, I h
Grades:
6th - 12th
CCSS:
Non-Fiction Text Features Bookmark (Study Guide)
Non-Fiction Text Features Bookmark (Study Guide). (3 per page)
PDF
Includes the following features: table of contents, index, glossary, caption, bold print, italics, graphs, charts, and maps.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Human Body Systems Study Guide Digital and Print
Biology Study Guide for Human Body Systems. A set of seven handouts for the study of different human body systems. Includes handouts on the nervous system, the digestive system, the circulatory system, the respiratory system, muscular and skeletal system, the integumentary system, and the immune system. Each handout is accompanied by a worksheet for defining vocabulary terms, which can also be used as assessment. Use this resource as a supplemental study guide for your unit. Also includes exposi
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
President Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address” Common Core Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for President Abraham Lincoln’s ”Second Inaugural Address” delivered on March 4, 1865. The rhetorical analysis includes 21 marginal comments with Common Core State Standards alignment. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsof
Grades:
7th - 12th
British Literary Periods: 12 Charts
These charts of British Literary Periods can be displayed in a number of ways. Each period includes: Genre; Style; Effects; Aspects; Historical Aspects; Historical Perspectives; and Literary Examples. A good resource to blend history and literature.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
The Declaration of Independence Common Core Annotated Speech w/Marginal Notes
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the Declaration of Independence. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos)
Grades:
6th - 12th
Historic Event Report Template
This historic event report can be printed out or edited and used electronically as a Google Slides document. This historic event report template can be used for any chapter of a fiction book, and the sections align to grades 4-6 Common Core State Standards for Literature.The sections that students fill out include:*Source title and author*Date and where it took place*Why it was important*3 Most Interesting Facts Learned*Important Quote (and why quote was chosen)*1 Question for People InvolvedMy
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Book, Article, Event Report Template BUNDLE
I Am Malala Young Readers Edition Questions
This includes questions for every chapter of I Am Malala: Young Readers Edition. These questions include a variety of skills including: comprehension, figurative language, summarizing, interpreting, foreshadowing, vocabulary, using textual evidence, and student opinions. There is also a final reflection assignment included. This Word document is editable. You can give this to your students as an entire packet or in sections as they read. They can also be used as assessment questions or a rev
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Citing Textual Evidence: Common Core Aligned (5 Easy Steps for Students)
This easy-to-use citing textual evidence resource highlights the 5 most important steps when highlighting textual evidence to prove a claim. This resource was particularly made for students who need extra help and are having trouble with traditional teaching methods. Use this resource as a step-by-step guide to help your students learn how to explain a quote and as well as how to introduce a quote. This is the perfect resource to apply to a Common Core lesson on Citing Textual Evidence in an Inf
Grades:
4th - 12th
Types:
Biography Bank: Athlete JIM THORPE 17 Comprehension Qs FACT/ OPINION, INFERENCES
This Minilesson has a 3 page biography of the famous Native American sports figure, Jim Thorpe. Most agree that he was the best athlete of the first half of the 1900s, but was he the best ever? Following the biography are 17 multiple choice questions. They each have 4 choices and some use "none of the above" or "all of the above." Their phrasing is designed to help students do better comprehending standardized test selections. The reading comprehension skills emphasized are: Main Ideas, Finding
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Text Structure - Interactive Notebook Student Page and Practice Page
This is a page to add to a student interactive notebook as a reference after teaching the text structures. In addition, there is a student practice page (also for the interactive notebook) to practice identifying the type of text structure appropriate for certain topics. These are sized so as to fit into a composition notebook. Even if your students aren't using an IN, this would still be a useful chart to keep in a binder, etc.
** 1/31/13 - I just added a new product you may be interested i
Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Prepare a Great Speech
This Handout is a step-by-step guide on how to prepare an effective PUBLIC SPEECH.
The step-by-step process examines:
1. Selecting a topic
2. Application
3. Research
4. Developing a speech outline
5. Organizing and writing your speech
6. Conclusion
7. Delivering your speech
Giving speeches can be terrifying for many students…..but if you know how to do it’s not so bad and is an important life-long skill.
Like Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Speech is power”.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Declaration of Independence - Presented side by side with Modern English
The Declaration of Independence with side by side transcription for easy understanding.
Makes clear that the Declaration was written as an argument.
T-Chart Exercise included on the Declaration (as an act for profit or as an act for the Common Good)
Some information on Declaration History and Influence
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 554 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands