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Middle school literature resources for SMART Notebook $5-10
Smartboard - I Mustache You Text Structure Game!
Do your kiddos need practice with nonfiction text structures? This is the perfect Smartboard game and will quickly become a class favorite! It is loaded with interactive buttons, sounds, and animations. It has two sections to support differentiation. In section 1: Match & Sorts - students play games to practice definitions, signal words, and tricky cause and effect sorts. In section 2: Questions - Choose a question card and answer various questions about text structures.
If you like this p
Grades:
2nd - 6th
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Literacy Unit
This is a SMART Notebook File aimed at years 3 and 4 but can be changed to suit students from year 3 -6.In this unit students will develop their understanding of how stories can be communicated using images– both still images and moving images. Through an in-depth study of a picture book and an animated short film they will explore how visual narratives are constructed. They will engage in interpretation of the settings, events, characters and themes expressed in these texts. They will also lear
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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6th Grade Literature Unit 3: Heroes
In this 6th grade thematic literature unit, the Big Idea is "Heroes". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is argument and the prompt is "In your opinion, what are the three most important qualities of a hero?" Students will be required to cite textual evidence to support the claim. I have included a link to a five-paragraph argument gr
Grades:
6th
The Lovely Bones
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This Smart board file contains writing prompts, discussion starters and vocabulary in relation to the novel The Lovely Bones.
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7th - 12th
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Surviving the Applewhite Complete Unit (Smartboard)
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan complete SMART board unit. This unit includes reading response questions, 28 slides, 2 kahoots, 3 vocabulary reviews, and many smart board activities. Use with my "Surviving the Applewhites" reading response and vocabulary packet or by itself!
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Grades:
5th - 7th
6th Grade Literature Unit 2: Fairness
In this Smartboard unit, the big idea is fairness. Each of the text selections will relate back to the theme of fairness and the essential questions. The text selections for this unit include: "Nadia the Willful" by Sue Alexander, "Sibling Face-Off" (a nonfiction article on readworks.org), "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros, "Prince and the Pauper" dramatized by Joellen Bland, and "Women's Rights" a nonfiction article by Alice Boynton and Wiley Blevins (found in the Scholastic resource - Nonfiction Pas
Grades:
6th
Hatchet Jeopardy
This Jeopardy game is for the novel Hatchet. It focuses on comprehension of the novel. It allows students to review the elements of the novel in a fun and interactive way!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Incantation by Alice Hoffman: SmartBoard Novel Guide
This novel guide was created using SmartBoard Technology. Included here are journal entries and reflection suggestions along with guided reading questions that are based on Common Core Standards for in-depth analysis type of questions. The questions are designed to help students seek deeper meaning of narrative text. There are also character analysis templates for each of the main characters. My students found this very helpful in understanding the novel and its complex issues. The answer key c
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Strategies
This Smart Notebook lesson goes through different reading comprehension strategies with sentence stems.
Included strategies:
Clarify Vocabulary
Text Connections
Visualization
Synthesize
Determining Importance
Inference
Mentor Texts to help teach the strategies!
Grades:
4th - 6th
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6th Grade Unit 1: Relationships
The Big Idea for this unit is "Relationships". Selections come from McDougal Littel Literature, an article from read works.org, and the novel Freak the Mighty. The Smartboard lesson I created has links to Power Points and Smartboard lessons from either the web or presentations I created for different mini-lessons throughout the unit. Enjoy!
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6th
Genre Web
Looking for a fun way to introduce or review fiction and nonfiction genres to your students? The Genre Web uses pictures of spiders dressed in costumes to add a memorable connection to the genres. The first slide is a blank web that you can fill in with your students. On the second slide, each genre bubble is linked to the corresponding slide explaining the genre.
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3rd - 6th
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6th Grade Literature Unit 6: Acceptance
In this 6th grade thematic literature Smartboard unit, the Big Idea is "Acceptance". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is informative/explanatory. The student will compare and contrast the Lin and the Gleason families from the Close Read selection "The All-American Slurp". The paper should include evidence of acceptance of the other'
Grades:
6th
6th Grade Literature Unit 5: Success
In this 6th grade thematic literature Smartboard unit, the Big Idea is "Success". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is informative/explanatory. The student will create an informational flyer or one-pager that explains how a person can be successful. One required element of the writing will be a timeline with main ideas and supporting
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6th
Freak the Mighty Novel Activities and Review Questions
This SmartBoard file comes complete with pre-reading activities, review questions for all sections of the novel, and vocabulary activities. There are 21 slides full of talking points (review questions), thinking maps, and a graphic organizer for students to use for vocabulary. I created all of this when I taught the novel, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick.
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6th - 9th
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Three Cups of Tea SMART board lesson
This is an interactive tool using the SMART board. There are maps pertaining to the story, interactive games like matching and vocabulary. It includes ideas for extension after reading.
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5th - 7th
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Presentation: Symbolism, Theme, Irony & Mood in "The Tell Tale Heart" (Notebook)
This is a 14-slide presentation in SMART NOTEBOOK FORMAT. (Please note, there is a PDF version available for a discounted price.)
This product includes the following:
-practice identifying, discussing, and writing about SYMBOLISM, IRONY, THEME and MOOD
-practice identifying particular quotes from the story as verbal, situational or dramatic irony
-practice identifying symbols from pop culture as well as symbols that relate to the story
-practice converting topics into theme statements
-pract
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Rules By Cynthia Lord Guiding Questions
This is a smart lesson that goes chapter by chapter with comprehension and guiding questions. Includes writing prompts and visuals.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Smartboard presentation Genre elements of Gothic Horror Romanticism
Smartboard presentation for Unit Plan Introduction to Gothic Literature This presentation covers the elements, their definitions with activities that help students identify and retain their meanings and significance in creating an atmosphere of mystery, horror and dread. Perfect for use as a prerequisite for the Unit plan for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Holes by Louis Sachar SMART Files
SMART Files for entire book. This includes, activities, vocabulary, as well a recipe for spiced peaches! Always a big hit with our students!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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6th Grade Literature Unit 4: Responsibility
In this 6th grade thematic literature unit, the Big Idea is "Responsibility". All text selections (both fiction and nonfiction) will connect back to the theme and the Essential Questions. The unit will end with a culminating writing performance demonstration. The writing type is argument and the prompt is "In your opinion, do you think video games are harmful or helpful?" Students will be required to cite textual evidence to support the claim. I have included a link to a five-paragraph argument
Grades:
6th
Ender's Game Unit (Smartboard)
This is a smartboard unit on the book "Ender's Game." It contains 42 slides including T-charts, compare/contrast, response questions for each chapter, 2 Venn Diagrams, 5 smart activities (including vocabulary and perception checks), 3 Kahoot links, animated gifs and activities. A great unit that is all ready to go! Use it with my Ender's Game Resources for all included worksheets and materials.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
The Odyssey Smartboard Review Matching Games
This is a Smartboard game with 4 matching screens for students to briefly review The Odyssey. Content includes a plot timeline, character matching, conflict matching, and exposition and resolution of scenes. My students love these simple matching games to help them prepare for the end of unit test. This is used as one stations for a centers review activity completed at the end of the unit.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Idioms
Use this fun and engaging idiom lesson with your students! Everything is bundled together in a Smart Notebook lesson. First the students will learn the definition of an idiom and look at examples. (I always review the difference between the words literal and figurative first.)Next, have your students look for idioms that were used in the story you are working on in your literature textbook. (Any text rich in idiom use will work.)Then the students will learn new idioms while moving through 6 cen
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Night of the Spadefoot Toads Lesson 1 IMPROVED
This lesson has ALL the components from the ReadyGEN teacher guide. It has the main standard, enduring understanding, questions, modeling, timers, tasks, and scaffolded instruction.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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