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Common Core RI.7.5 resources for GATE
Informational Text for October and Halloween
Informational Text Halloween Theme
Informational Text for October begins with an article about Frankenstein’s monster. Not only is he one of Halloween’s most versatile characters, he is also a star of stage, screen, and TV. The strange thing is—he has never had a name and he owes everything to his strikingly ugly looks.
The second article takes students back to 1816, known as the Year Without a Summer when people in New England and a few states father south were shoveling out from under
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6th - 9th
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Non-Fiction Reading Skills ELA Question Loop and Middle School Trail Game
Elevate your classroom experience with this captivating Interactive ELA skills lesson that puts students at the center of their learning journey. This engaging activity offers a unique twist on traditional instruction, seamlessly blending rigorous questioning, collaborative problem-solving, and active movement. Ideal for middle school and high school students, this lesson provides a dynamic way to grasp essential non-fiction reading concepts while fostering teamwork and critical thinking.I belie
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Dynamic ELA Question Trails Bundle - Engaging Middle School Activities
Informational Text for April Frogs and Kites
Informational Text
Informational Text for April
In the U.S., April is both National Frog Month and National Kite Month. Thus, the unlikely duo of frogs and kites is the subject of this Informational Text reading resource.
“Frog Background Check,” the first informational text, takes students into the world of frogs and highlights some of their most unusual talents and habits, such as shedding and eating their own skins. Though written to appeal to a student's sense of humor, this text's goal of
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6th - 9th
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Integration of Knowledge using Online Reading Passages
Explore Reading:Informational Common Core Standards using this resource! Three sets of articles and videos have students explore bias, structure, compare/contrast, how authors prove their point, and MORE! Articles can be found online (websites inserted in the file) and are all FREE! The articles are also high-interest as their topics include the Mayan "Doomsday" Prediction, Minecraft and Artificial Intelligence!
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Lesson Plans
Test Prep Questions
Article and Video Links
Discussion Ca
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5th - 8th
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Informational Text: The American Search for Utopia: Free (CCSS Aligned)
This free, original Informational Text reading resource is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman's popular book SCHOOLED.
The selected informational text--"The American Search for Utopia"-- is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Mr. Korman’s story and its characters. However, the text can also stand alone as a independent reading resource with social studies connections. The ten quest
Grades:
6th - 9th
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