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Balanced literacy Common Core RI.7.1 lessons
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Novel Unit
Are you looking for a complete novel unit for The Witch of Blackbird Pond that includes fun and engaging activities for middle school students? Look no further!NEW! Updated to include Digital Learning options for Distance Learning!This complete unit includes everything you need to help students understand Elizabeth George Speare's classic novel! With this unit, students will hone their reading and language skills. Resources include Slides presentations, supplemental informational readings, hand
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Middle School Literacy Stations
An entire year's worth of middle school literacy stations. There are eight stations total. I do two full rotations per grading period so there are a total of 64 different activities in this package. We meet once a week in stations and students complete two stations on that day. They spend about twenty minutes in each station before rotating to the next station. Station rotation orders are also included. Stations included are: word work, read aloud, read independently, learn independently, techn
Grades:
5th - 8th
DIGITAL ELA Lesson Plans for Middle School ELA | ELA Sub Plans
This digital ELA reading comprehension unit will have you covered for an entire WEEK of ELA lesson plans. These can be used for an emergency sub day or WEEK because you can use as much or as little of the unit as needed. This includes fictional & information reading passages, academic vocabulary, an extended response, a quiz, early finishers activities, and more! This unit is all focused around the idea of uniforms in school. The vocabulary, passages, making inferences practice, and other a
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5th - 7th
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Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Driving While Distracted: Reading Passages Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the dangers and consequences of driving while distracted (specifically, mobile-devices). The lesson includes a writing response, graphic organizers, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInfor
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6th - 12th
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First Thanksgiving Lesson Kit + Activities | Exploring Different Points of View
This lesson is designed to take at least 90 minutes, either in one block of time or two separate 45-minute blocks. The extension activities included could easily take this core lesson to a week-long mini-unit.Focus on critical thinking skills and exploring various points of view on the popular topic of the first Thanksgiving. This multi-grade lesson plan comes complete with extension activities and a resource guide. What really happened at the very first Thanksgiving? Look at accounts from the E
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4th - 7th
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Informational Article: Who Shrank My Doritos? Reading Passages + Comprehension
This is an informational article that addresses the growing trend of food manufacturing companies providing less food in their packaging while still charging the same Price. And in some instances, providing less food, but charging even more. Accompanying the article is a worksheet with comprehension activities and questions.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wag
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6th - 12th
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Setting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading Skills
Students will be introduced to setting and the way an environment can affect people/characters in stories. Students will then apply their knowledge of setting and how it affects the characters to the respective books they are reading. At the end of class all students will be expected to have applied the strategy for that day.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & Ho
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #5: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
The Port Chicago 50 complete Book Study
The unit covers 33 days with each day connecting to the ELA Common Core standards.
This is a PDF.
This unit has:
5 Power Point Lessons (website is included in teacher notes were you can download the Power Points that were created for free)
3 comprehension quizzes (answer key included)
1 final exam (answer key included)
3 vocabulary sections
Literary Analysis prompts
Research Project (optional)
Discussion Questions for Tabletop Tweets or other class discussions
Skills covered are:
Juxtaposit
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Asking Questions Reading Comprehension Lesson Distance Learning Google Classroom
Asking questions is more than simply asking questions while you read. Use this video or slideshow lesson to help students engage more deeply when they are doing Active Reading. Students use the independent work package handouts to demonstrate their thinking as they read.The slideshow lesson is comprehensive, easy to use and includes everything you need whether you are:DISTANCE LEARNING in Google Classroomor FACE to FACE LEARNING in your real classroomIMPORTANT APRIL 21, 2022 UPDATE!Please don't
Grades:
6th - 9th
Informational Article: Scenes from the Border: Reading Passages + Comprehension
This lesson is based around an article about immigration from Mexico. However, what the article reveals about exactly who and why are crossing over is more surprising that most people would assume. The lesson comes with comprehension questions (written responses and multiple choice) that will help lead to a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Gender Games: Reading Passages + Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the Title IX, and how it has changed the role females play in high school and college athletics, and the effects of those on male athletes, female athletes, and the way institutions handle their sports programs. The lesson includes a writing response, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Ol
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Locked Away Forever: Reading Passages, Comprehension
In this lesson students will read about the debate over whether people under the age of 18 should receive life in prison without parole for crimes they committed. The lesson also includes comprehension and discussion questions to help initiate a meaningful discussion on the matter.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational A
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Informational Article: Birth of India & Pakistan: Reading Passages + Activities
This lesson includes a 4 page article on the origins of India and Pakistan, as countries, free from the imperial reign on Great Britain. The lesson includes a writing prompt, comprehension questions based on the article and student response questions designed to initiate a class-wide discussion.--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving BundlesAncient India Unit - Bundle of 25 LessonsAncient India and Ancient C
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Informational Text Article: Lyin' Eyes Reading Passages, Comprehension Questions
This lesson includes an article about how eyewitness testimony in criminal cases is unreliable, and that the modern use of DNA is now freeing people who were wrongly incarcerated. The lesson comes with comprehension questions and activities. A good article to start a meaningful discussion on an important issue.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? R
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Gun Culture in America Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is crafted around the Junior Scholastic article on gun control in America. Links to the exact article and video are embedded within the lesson plan. There is an additional page that gives a space for lesson planning notes and instructional reflection.
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Informational Article: Kick Them Out: Reading Passages + Comprehension Questions
In this lesson students will read an informational written by a high school that in which the author supports kicking trouble making students out of school because it severely inhibits other students from learning. Accompanied with the article is a writing prompts and opinion questions for the students to answer. This is an excellent way to start a good, meaningful discussion on the subject.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Oly
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6th - 12th
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Collection of ELA Strategies: Test Prep, Reading Passages and Writing Skills
In this lesson students will apply three different strategies to their own readings. These strategies include setting, conflict, character traits and prediction. The primary goal of this lesson and these strategies is for students to determine how these elements had an affect on, and possibly changed the character(s) they read about.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #1: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
Informational Text Article: Telling Plastic to Bag It Reading Passages Questions
This lesson centers around an article about the ideas behind reducing, or in some cases, eliminating the use of plastic bags (and its effects on the environment, businesses, pollution). The lesson comes with a strong prompt, comprehension questions to help initiate a discussion, and a short extension activity and reading.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage B
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Informational Text for MS Science scientific literacy lesson plans Bundle #1
When you need enrichment for early finishers or emergency lesson plans, use standards based lessons that build critical thinking and scientific literacy skills without taking your curriculum off the rails.Each of these 8 lesson plans are designed to take 1 day to complete and are intended for grades 5-8. They are independent of curriculum but still address NGSS skills. Each lesson contains a 2 page informational text reading and a 1 or 2 page worksheet with analysis questions probing higher orde
Informational Text Article: A Planet Without Apes: Reading Passage Comprehension
This less contains an article around the endangerment of apes around the world, and their dwindling numbers. This lesson also contains a writing prompt, comprehension questions and questions to help initiate a discussion on this topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational Article: How He Drove Drunk & Someone Died:
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Characters in Ancient Egyptian Stories: Reading Passages, Comprehension
Updated in February 2023!Students will be able to analyze a character and use a graphic organizer to later answer a question that will be modeled after the ELA state test. The lesson also includes 2 stories from ancient Egypt, with questions modeled after the ELA test for students to complete.Updated December 2023 to include a PDF version!--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving BundlesAncient Egypt Unit - Bu
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Civilizations Bundle: Egypt, Rome, Greece: Comprehension Activities
ELA: Creating Reading Logs & Reader Responses: Printable Worksheets
Students understand how to write short responses (about character, setting, narrator, etc.) based on their independent reading books. Teacher will walk students through the process of how to create effective logs and responses that show the readers understanding and comprehension of the text. There are teachers model in this lesson, as well as different options of ELA strategies for students to apply to their own reading and respond to.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme
Grades:
6th - 12th
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English Language Arts Review: ELA Skills, Reading Skills, Printable Worksheets
Students will review the ELA skills they learned/were introduced to during this unit. Students will review point of view, inference, multiple choice questions, moral, annotations, cause and effect, plot and specificity in answers.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading SkillsFact &Opinion in Non-Fiction Texts
Grades:
6th - 12th
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