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8th grade close reading literature circles for homeschool
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Basketball Paired Texts: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 5-6)
This resource includes high-interest paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.Contents:→ 6 Nonfiction Articles→ 3 Quizzes → 1 Writing Prompt→ 1 Answer Key***Topics Covered:→ The Childhood Years:1 nonfiction text about LeBron's childhood1 nonfiction text about Michael's childhood1 quiz to cover these texts→ Pro Basketball Ca
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Texts: Basketball Stars Bundle
THE GREAT GATSBY Complete Unit: EDITABLE Chapter Questions, Worksheets, Writing
UPDATED in 2024: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 240-page MEGA-BUNDLE on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading slideshow, daily quizzes, discussion questions, close-reading exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights. The
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Book Thief Novel Study
The Book Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials with over 100+ resources for teaching The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. With these Common-Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy skills. The suite includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA unit. The Book Thief Novel Study Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:34 Literary Analysis Assignments34 Close Reading Assignments (literary skills-
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8th - 11th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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Poems for Kids: Over 600 poems for teaching poetry terms & poetic devices
If you're teaching a poetry unit in grades 3-6, you need poems...lots and lots of exemplar poems! Need poems for teaching similes? Metaphors? Personification? How about haiku or narrative poems? From rhyming poetry to free verse, this anthology collection has them all (with picture support) to make it completely painless to teach the elements of poetry to students of all abilities in grades 3-6. So if you're a teacher who likes to teach poetry lessons by example, there are more than 600 poems t
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3rd - 6th
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READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
Close Reading - Graphic Organizer, Guided Reading Responses, Bonus Reading Log
Explore the depths of literature and informational texts with our "Close Reading Toolkit Bundle." This comprehensive set is an essential tool for guided reading sessions, providing a wealth of graphic organizers, reading responses activities, journaling prompts, and a bonus reading log. Tailored to meet reading standards, this bundle is the perfect resource to enhance your close reading curriculum. ✨What's included in this GIANT BUNDLE?Instructions and Tips - Straightforward guidance to make the
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2nd - 8th
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish is a great packet for early elementary students to practice reading fluency and answering questions with visual clues. Depending on the reading level of the student(s), the stories and questions can be read by the teacher or read independently by the students. This packet includes a variety of themes (listed below) in both English and Spanish with the passage and question on the same page to support students finding evidence in th
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PreK - 3rd
Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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“Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” Complete Novel Study Guide | 3rd-5th
The perfect novel study for the book “Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes”! Activities contain higher level thinking comprehension questions. Complete answer key is included. About Sadako & the Thousand Paper CranesThis is the biography of Sadako Sasaki, who developed leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima. The crane was believed to bring good luck. If a sick person folded 1000 paper cranes, then the Gods would grant him or her a wish. Sadly, Sadako died from leukemia when she was 12. Th
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3rd - 5th
Fall Non-Fiction Passages | Reading Comprehension
This pack includes 10 non-fiction stories with themes centered around the fall season. High-resolution photos are included for each story. Stories are perfect small group instruction, tiered intervention or as a whole class activity. Each story is common core aligned and targets vocabulary and comprehension. Stories were written for 2-5th grade students. Review the preview story for complexity. Each story includes a student copy, vocabulary cards, "printer-friendly" copy with comprehension quest
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Seasonal Non-Fiction Passages Bundle | Reading Comprehension
Critical Lenses to use with ANY Fictional Text!
Sometimes it takes a little tactile learning to grasp difficult concepts. This lesson uses fun props as a way to teach students how to analyze literature through critical lenses. This lesson also includes examples for each lens from Harry Potter.
You will get:
8 Critical lenses with explanations for each lens
*Religious Connection Lens
*Psychoanalytical Lens
*Feminist or Gender Lens
*Historian Lens
*Archetype or Narratology Lens
*Marxist Lens
*Reader Response Lens
*New Criticism Lens
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Martin Luther King Jr. Activity (Martin's Big Words Book Study)
Activities to accompany the Martin Luther King, Jr. biography Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport! This book study is perfect for Martin Luther King Day or Black History Month! All the activities are designed to help students read for understanding, think, and write critically about the text and its historical time period. --The following activities are included:• Comprehension Strips: Comprehension strips allow students to practice returning to a text to find key information to answer spe
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Esperanza Rising Quizzes for Google Classroom (Distance Learning)
This product includes quizzes for each chapter that will help you monitor your students' comprehension as they read Esperanza Rising. There is also a 10-question quiz you can give at the end of the story as a final assessment.You must have a Google Classroom account to use these resources.These self-grading quizzes were created using Google Forms. The digital assessments allow you to:→ Save paper by assigning the quizzes digitally! → Save time by using quizzes that instantly tells you each stu
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4th - 7th
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Reading Guide for Independent, Partnership,Book Clubs {any fiction novel}
This resource is a tool for your students to use when reading independently, in Reading Partnerships, or in a Book Club. The guide comes in three versions, which are all the same except to state Independent, Book Club, Reading Partnership. These 6 pages can be copied front and back, then stapled together to give students a purposeful task when reading their novel. The document guides students through their novel and asks questions about the characters, setting, plot, etc. The guide could be
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2nd - 5th
BRAIN TEASERS MYSTERY STORIES GRADES 5-8 Making inferences
Mystery short stories are not only fun brain teaser activities, but also practice inference making skills. Grades 5-8 students practice close reading and critical thinking as they search the passages for text evidence and context clues to make predictions, draw conclusions, and solve the mysteries. These 15 mini-mysteries are carrots for the end of the day, warm ups, bell ringers or even for fast finishers. Alternatively, you could assign them as high interest home study tasks for students who t
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5th - 8th
Also included in: END of YEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA ACTIVITIES BUNDLE- 3 WEEKS OF FUN!
The Bad Guys Novel Study (Book #1)
This resource includes 28 Common Core aligned questions and 20 vocabulary words. I created this resource to use with my guided reading groups. However, you may want to use this as a whole group or independent activity. The text, The Bad Guys, is at a level P. It is the first book in The Bad Guys series. My students loved the book and working on these questions!This practice includes:✓comprehension questions✓ text dependent questions✓ inference based questions✓ vocabulary practice✓ multiple choic
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: The Bad Guys Series Comprehension and Vocabulary Questions Bundle
Eerie Elementary: School is Alive! Book Companion | Novel Study | Comprehension
"Eerie Elementary: The School is Alive!" is the first book in the Eerie Elementary Series.I love this series for a few reasons.First of all, it's a great series for both boys and girls. It has great characters that are easy to relate to, as well as an incredibly riveting story line.Secondly, It's an easy read for a chapter book. A lot of chapter books can be pretty hefty for second grade readers and this series is spot on. You get the feel and length of a chapter book on an easier to read level.
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1st - 3rd
First Chapter Friday Book Talk Guide VOLUME 2
As a middle school ELA teacher, I know just how time-consuming the job is, and I know that it is impossible to read and keep track of every title, plot line, mature moment, and the best pages to read aloud to a class for a book talk. Book talk guides change the game!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>&
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5th - 8th
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Digital Literature Circles for Any Novel
If you're looking for a way to implement literature circles in the EASIEST way possible, this is your answer! These Digital Literature Circles for Any Novel are easy to share by link or through Google Classroom and include: Teacher InstructionsModel AnswersRubrics for gradingOptions for fast feedbackLiterature circle implementation guideLesson PlansReader's notesDigital Book Fitting (included--this product is listed separately in my store at a $3 value!)Week One, Two, and Three literature circle
Grades:
7th - 9th
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Novel Study
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer Novel Study (155 pages)
Make reading fun by integrating this product which includes the integration of vocabulary, comprehension questions, assessment, and extension activities (e.g., writing, compare/contrast, character characteristics, sequence, setting focus). An answer key is also included for all of the student activity sheets.
Do note that I have grouped the activity pages to reflect two chapters at a time (see preview file). However, it is still set
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3rd - 8th
Reading Response Worksheets & Graphic Organizers (for any fiction chapter book)
These 27 Reading Response Worksheets & Graphic Organizers are designed to be used with ANY fiction chapter book, making this packet very versatile and reusable throughout the year! These pages can be mixed and matched to supplement any chapter the student is currently reading in his/her book.
This product is a great tool to keep your students accountable for their reading, while giving the teacher a clearer assessment of the student's comprehension, chapter-by-chapter. These worksheets and
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Unit Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this 6-WEEK unit. The fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, nonfiction readings, extension activities, vocabulary, assessments, project and essays all provide opportunities for your students t
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8th - 9th
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