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Middle school critical thinking literature lessons for Google Apps
Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in
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8th - 11th
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Science Fiction Bundle, Sci Fi Short Stories & Movie Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Take a trip to another dimension as you introduce your students to the delights and horrors of modern science fiction. Using the works of writers such as Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and Isaac Asimov, this two (or three, depending on pacing) week mini-unit will entertain and challenge your advanced middle school and high school classes.Student handouts are included in both PDF and interactive worksheet/Google Drive versions.Here’s the order in which I present these science fiction lessons, b
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8th - 11th
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Summarizing Fiction Texts Bundle: Practice Passages, PowerPoint, Worksheets
Teach your students to summarize a fictional piece of literature by using the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy. This bundle of activities includes many practice opportunities! Students will read and summarize FOURTEEN fictional pieces. This bundle has everything you need to keep your students engaged as they learn how to write a strong fiction summary. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These genre a
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3rd - 6th
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Plot Diagram and Elements Lesson | Short Story Structure GR 4-7 Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review the elements of plot and plot diagrams. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about plot elements before explaining them in their own wordsmatch each stage of a plot diagram with its descriptionread short stories and sequence the main events on a
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4th - 7th
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Night by Elie Wiesel Unit Plan With 3 Weeks of Lesson Plans, Activities & More!
This complete Night Unit Plan and literature guide has everything needed to teach Elie Wiesel's famous memoir. My best resources for Night are bundled together in a novel study and connected with lesson plans, a reading guide, engaging activities, a reflective essay, and so much more. The first two weeks are spent in an in-depth study of the literature and the third week is spent writing a reflective essay. Includes PDF to print and writeable Google Slides. DETAILS: ⭐ 15 Detailed Lesson Plans &a
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8th - 12th
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Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
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5th - 10th
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
The Tell Tale Heart Unit | Print & Digital | Close Reading | Full Text
Use this standards-based unit to introduce students to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” This resource is packed with activities your students will love, including audio support! Everything you need for a comprehensive and engaging unit is included in printable and digital formats! Printable PDF and digital Google Drive versions are included. Included With Your Purchase:Teacher's Guide "The Tell-Tale Heart" Full Text with Audio Support Introductory ActivityInference
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6th - 9th
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Organization 101; Full Curriculum; Study Skills; Executive Funct; Summer School
This is a BUNDLE of Organization 101 modules containing a full curriculum that will help your students establish a strong foundation for academic success. This is a giant bundle of 10 separate modules covering so many aspects of how to be organized mentally and physically in school.This is a perfect unit to use remotely with students through Google Classroom. The Student Playlists are a stand-alone Google doc that can be copied for students. Students will independently work through the activitie
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6th - 12th
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The Glass Castle Lesson Plans & Resources Novel Study Unit - Distance Learning
350+ pages of print and digital resources! This product includes everything you will need to teach the popular, inspiring memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls including ready-to-go digital materials for Google Classroom/distance learning! Everything in this bundle has been tested out in my own classroom and deemed successful for engagement, challenge, and accuracy. It is guaranteed to save you A TON of time. This resource just had a HUGE update! If you have purchased this unit previously,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Teaching Theme Statements in Literature - Find and Determine Theme Worksheets
Finding theme in literature is a difficult skill to master. This unit breaks down the skill into 6 lessons that are scaffolded. It includes lesson plans, passages, printouts, and tasks that assess each learning target. It is so thorough that the teacher will need little prep time. The unit also comes equipped with beautiful classroom posters which include theme statements and that can be used long after the unit is taught.Check out our other ELA Units:Greek Mythology BundleText Structure Un
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4th - 6th
Figurative Language Types Lesson and Activities GRADES 4-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review the seven common figurative language types: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idiom, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about the difference between literal and figurative language before explaining
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4th - 7th
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High School English Sub Plans for Language Arts Classes With 10 Lesson Plans
Looking for emergency sub plans for your high school English class? If you don't have time to make detailed sub plans, or need some creative lesson plans to use in-between units, this is the resource for you! Don't let sick days be wasted days - these no-prep lessons are meaningful for students and easy for substitute teachers to implement! All student materials are available in PDF to print and writeable Google Slides. DETAILS:⭐ 10 Days of Lesson Plans ⭐ 8 Individual Lesson (two lessons last f
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8th - 12th
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HOLES Novel Study - Print & DIGITAL - Novel Guide 5 - 8
This Holes Novel Study is sure to engage your students with meaningful, standards-aligned learning activities. Now includes both a print and digital version! Get students thinking deeply, close reading, acquiring new vocabulary, and discussing key ideas as they read Louis Sachar’s excellent novel. Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig into the text to explain and make inferences. Perfect for partner work or small groups! The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides that allow students
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5th - 8th
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Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL
Where the Red Fern Grows Novel Unit will instantly engage your students with beautifully-designed activities that allow for deeper thinking! Now includes both a print and digital version! Students analyze the text on Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages, complete a fun Web Quest, and express themselves with journal-style Free-Writes. Specific standards-based skills are addressed throughout the unit, and a full answer key is included. The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides that allow students to
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5th - 8th
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Point of View Mini Lesson: Notes and Activities: Middle School ELA
Before students can dive deep into analyzing a story, they need to understand how Point of View can impact their experience while reading. This lesson is the foundation for making that happen!What's Included:1. Google Slides Presentation: 19 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the different types of POV.2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- 1st person, 2nd person, and three types of 3rd person POV. There is also a Quizizz vocabulary practice emb
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6th - 8th
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Introduction to Coding in Python - 35 LESSONS | Computer Science & Programming
Unlock the full potential of your students with this engaging, exciting, and interactive Python coding course! This resource includes 35 lessons that will help your students develop fluency with computer science and computational thinking. And the best part? The preparation has already been completed for you, so you can jump right in! With easy-to-follow lessons, activities, assignments, and quizzes that reinforce key concepts, your students will become confident coders in no time. Take a look
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6th - 10th
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ENDER'S GAME Novel Study Unit Plan Lesson Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL Ender's Game Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (433+ pages and slides -- 199+ print and 234+ digital Google Drive).⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google Forms!Get your learners enjoying the rigor and creat
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7th - 9th
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Tone and Mood in Literature with Connotation Digital Resource- Distance Learning
This digital and printable bundle will teach your students to fully analyze tone and mood in literature! This entire unit is ready for digital distance and e-learning situations. Teach mood and tone through engaging and scaffolded opportunities for text exploration, collaboration, discussion, creative projects, and games that will ensure a deep, rigorous analysis of tone! Lessons on connotation and denotation will get your students thinking about the impact word choice plays on a text, both as a
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7th - 10th
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Scratch Computer Coding 25 Lessons | Computer Science and Programming
Empower your students to become confident coders with this engaging, exciting, and interactive Scratch Coding course that includes 25 lessons! Your students will develop fluency with computational thinking as they create their own interactive projects that include sprites, sounds, math operations, and logic. And the best part? The preparation has already been completed for you, so you can jump right in! The lessons, activities, and Scratch games are easy to follow, with step-by-step instruction
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3rd - 6th
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Types of Irony: Mini Lesson Notes and Activities for Middle School ELA
In order to understand why an author would use irony, students need to understand irony and the different types. With this mini lesson, you will teach your middle school students the three types of irony, how to recognize it, and the purpose of each type. What's Included:1. Google Slides Presentation: 18 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the basics of argument and claims.2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal I
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6th - 8th
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"A Christmas Carol" - 5 Day Unit Plans Drama Study - Digital Incl.
This resource is for ”A Christmas Carol” Drama Study. You'll find a paper and digital version in this resource. If you would prefer similar resources that are designed to be used in an Interactive Notebook, check out the "A Christmas Carol" Interactive Notebook Resource HERE.This resource is the perfect companion to “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens and dramatized by Frederick Gaines. As students read the drama about Ebenezer Scrooge, a man obsessed with greed, and then visited by
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5th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plans for English Language Arts Classes in High School
Looking for emergency sub plans for your high school English classes? If you don't have time to make detailed sub plans, or need some creative lesson plans to use in-between units, this is the resource for you! Don't let sick days be wasted days - these no-prep lessons are meaningful for students and easy for substitute teachers to implement! All student materials are writeable in Google Slides. DETAILS:⭐ 5 Days of Lesson Plans ⭐ Lesson #1: Students read, respond to, and write a mimic poem for
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8th - 12th
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Dystopian Literature: Mega Bundle of All Resources
Refresh, rebuild, and reimagine the possibilities of teaching dystopia with access to every single dystopian item in the Mud and Ink Teaching store. This bundle contains every dystopian literature product in the Mud and Ink Teaching store and will continue to grow as more products are added.To see each included item, please take a look at the individual previews for the included items. Remember, purchasing this bundle also grants you access to updates for life!
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7th - 12th
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