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Close reading Common Core RI.8.5 resources
Article of the Week Club, 8th Grade | Nonfiction Reading Passages Middle School
Article of the Week Club, Grade 8 (8th Grade Nonfiction Articles + Activities)8th Grade Article of the Week Club is your solution for teaching ALL of the CCSS for Grade 8 Reading Informational Text! You’ll receive 25 nonfiction article + activity packs according to the schedule below. This includes a midterm and final assessment for reading informational text standards. Your students will enjoy practicing all of the common core reading informational text standards with these high-interest inform
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7th - 9th
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Gettysburg Address Activities | Civil War | Print & Digital | Primary Source
Gettysburg Address reading and writing activities! This standards-based close reading and scaffolded summary writing lesson for the Gettysburg Address provides students with a deep understanding of Lincoln's famous speech. Printable PDF AND Google Drive Versions are included. **This resource is part of the Civil War Activities Unit Bundle. It includes 8 engaging Civil War resources at a 30% discount price! Click here to preview all 8 Civil War resources!This resource can be completed on paper or
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: US History Primary Source Analysis BUNDLE | Printable & Digital
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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SPORTS Bundle: Informational Text Close Reading Passages for BIG KIDS
Sometimes it helps to add some “star power” to your reading comprehension activities. I know for my sports-obsessed readers, nothing captures their attention quite like their favorite sports teams and athletes.With that in mind, I created these sets of close reading passages that feature several of today’s best NBA and NFL players. I've also included a set of baseball passages that feature the stories behind the most well-known baseball traditions.This bundle gives you a nice selection sports re
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4th - 7th, Staff
Analyze Text Structure RI.8.5 | Edgar Allan Poe BIOGRAPHY Article #8-8
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-8: Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the strange life of author Edgar Allan Poe. This article is great to pair nonfiction with any Edgar Allan Poe story or poem. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment all related to this or
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Text Structure and Text Features Lessons - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension
Teaching text structures and text features doesn’t have to be boring! Sharpen your students' nonfiction reading comprehension skills with this resource bundle! Students learn to read strategically by using text features, identifying informational text structure, and analyzing the author’s purpose. The materials in this resource include high-interest activities and presentation materials on the five structure types: cause and effect, descriptive, sequence, compare and contrast, and problem and s
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6th - 9th
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Problem - Solution Nonfiction Text Structure - Doodle Notes & 6 Fun Activities
This “Doodle and Do” resource includes DOODLE NOTES to help students develop understanding of the Problem-Solution Nonfiction Text Structure AND six activities that students can DO to help them showcase their learning. Since the doodle notes (or sketch notes) encourage students to color, doodle, and/or embellish their notes as they learn, they are able to increase their retention of the material. Then, they can take their learning to a new level as they progress through engaging activities tha
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5th - 8th
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Rhetorical Analysis Bundle for Secondary ELA
Increase student understanding with hands-on and engaging rhetorical analysis resources. This analysis unit includes many rhetoric resources including complete lessons and activities. Rhetorical Analysis with Sticky NotesThis lesson includes:an editable, 87-slide PowerPoint for teaching rhetorical analysis (with definitions and examples)18 rhetorical analysis organizers9 writing prompts with outlines 2 grading rubricsteacher instructionsa sample week lesson planthree included speechessuggested
Grades:
8th - 11th
Cause and Effect Nonfiction Activity: Read Those Labels
Cause and Effect Nonfiction Activity: Read Those Labels (Aligned with the Common Core State Standards) - This zipped bundle includes a PDF file including an original nonfiction article about product warning labels and frivolous lawsuits, comprehension questions for cause and effect, teacher's answer key, and a 20-slide presentation in editable PowerPoint format so you may customize it for your class. It also includes a link to a video for an optional supplement.Using the famous McDonald's hot co
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Teen Vaping Epidemic | Text Structure w/Paired Poem RI.8.5 & RL.8.5 Article 8-21
8-1: Development of Central Ideas (Walkout!)8-2: Write an Objective Summary (Colonization & Apartheid in South Africa w/Trevor Noah)8-3: Analyze Connections in a Text (Modern Folklore: Urban Legends, Old Wives' Tales, & Superstitions - Paired Text for The Monkey's Paw)8-4: Analyze Connections in a Text (Do Video Games Cause Violence?)8-5: Review (The Disturbing History of Human Experimentation - Paired Text for Flowers for Algernon)8-6: Figurative & Connotative Meaning (The Incredibl
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Compare and Contrast - Nonfiction Text Structure - Sketch Notes and Activities
This “Doodle and Do” resource includes “DOODLE” notes to help students develop understanding of the Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Text Structure AND six activities that students can “DO” to help them showcase their learning. Since the doodle or sketch notes encourage students to color, doodle, and/or embellish their notes as they learn, they are able to increase their retention of the material. Then, they can take their learning to a new level as they progress through engaging activities tha
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5th - 8th
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Middle School ELA Editable and Digital Sub Plans and Close Reading Passages
These 100% editable and digital middle school ELA sub plans include all the information you need to fill out once and re-use over and over again any time you have a sub. Never stress about sub plans again. Fill out the editable PowerPoint or Google Slides sub plans at the beginning of the year and leave any short text to accompany them. I have included three close reading passages to get you started! No more stressing about trying to have a sub teach a lesson that would take forever to type out
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6th - 8th
Common Core Informational Reading Passages and Assessments: Grades 7-8
**ALL GRADE 7-8 COMMON CORE INFORMATIONAL STANDARDS** Engaging, lengthy, and meaningful standards-based non-fiction passages and assessments for ALL TWENTY Common Core Informational Text Standards in Grades 7-8 in ONE bundle of 15 teacher-friendly and student-friendly printables! These passages and assessments are ideal for implementing a close reading program in your Grade 7-8 classroom based around mastery of the Common Core! What does that mean to you as a classroom teacher? It means that thi
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7th - 8th
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Text Structure Graphic Organizers- with paired mentor texts!
Text Structure Graphic Organizers with Paired Mentor TextsWe all hope that students come into our middle and high school ELA classrooms with the ability to identify text structure. However, this is not always the reality! Even if students do come into class with some knowledge of text structure, they lack the ability to make connections between elementary level cause and effect understanding and the high expectations demanded by Common Core writing. This print and go resource bridges the gap so
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6th - 9th
Article of the Week Non-Fiction Articles Bundle #1
Article of the Week Non-Fiction High-Interest Articles Bundle #1 | PDF and Digital Formats: This resource contains 10 high-interest non-fiction articles and reading activities to assist with reading comprehension, standardized test prep and cross-curricular learning. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom as well as Google Slides formatted lessons for 1:1 schools. Resource Includes:10 high-interest non-fiction articles 7 Readi
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6th - 8th
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Analyze Text Structure RI.8.5 | Maggots as Medicine Article #8-9
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-9: Maggots as MedicineTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the use of Maggots as Medicine. This article is great to pair nonfiction with a related short story or novel. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the ninth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activi
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
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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10 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 100 Portfolio Assessments
This set has 10 full length passages. Each passage has 10 individual quizzes--each quiz tests a specific skill. There are a total of 100 quizzes. This book is designed so that classroom teachers can quickly ascertain whether or not the students within the class are ready to begin a new reading skill or if they need to continue practicing a reading skill they have not mastered. Great formative assessment tool. There are 10 passages and 100 formative assessments. Each story set is composed of a st
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4th - 8th
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Reading TEST PREP: 8th Grade Reading Informational Text TEST PRACTICE
This is the reading informational text TEST PREP unit for Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-22: Test Practice w/Question Analysis & TipsThis resource isn't simply a practice test but rather includes a second column to help students understand and analyze each test question before selecting an answer.All questions are CCSS-style multiple-choice and open-ended assessment for skills RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.7, RI.8.8, and RI.8.9. These are all the skill
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Fears and Phobias Nonfiction Unit Aligned with HMH 6 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive nonfiction unit covering the article Fears and Phobias by kidshealth.org. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include text structure, author's purpose, main idea, summary writing, context clues, figurative language, point of view, and supporting answers with textual evidence.This unit now includes a copy of a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Review RI.8.4,RI.8.5, RI.8.6 | Should You Eat Like a Caveman? Article #8-12
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-12: Should You Eat Like a Caveman?Review reading informational text standards RI.8.4 (Analyze Word Choice & Connotative Meanings), RI8.5 (Analyze Text Structure and Text Features), and RI.8.6 (Analyze Author's Point of View (Conflicting Viewpoints) and Purpose) with this high-interest article on the pros and cons of eating like a caveman, or the paleo diet.Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, litera
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream: Week-long Unit with Station Activities
MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Week-long Unit with Station Activities!Why teach “I Have a Dream” with Stations? Frankly, there are just so many wonderful concepts to explore with this great American speech that it would be a shame to only devote your classes’ attention to one or two aspects. “I Have a Dream” is a treasure trove for English teachers! Not only is it one of the most significant speeches in American history, it also provides the perfect opportunity to utilize nearly all the Common Core info
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7th - 10th
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Groundhog Day Non-Fiction Article
Have your students embark on an educational journey with this Groundhog Day Non-Fiction Article created for middle school students. Discover the historical and current traditions of the holiday with this Groundhog Day Non-Fiction Article. This resource contains 3 post-reading activities for students to practice their reading comprehension skills and encourage cross-curricular learning.Resource Includes:Engaging Non-Fiction Article: This article will help students learn about the origins and trad
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Article of the Week Holidays Around The World Non-Fiction Articles
The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle Non-Fiction Article
The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle Non-Fiction Article PDF and Digital Formats: Students will learn about the mysterious disappearances of ships and planes while passing through the Bermuda Triangle in this non-fiction article. This resource contains 1 non-fiction article and 3 reading activities to assist with reading comprehension, standardized test prep and cross-curricular learning. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Article of the Week Non-Fiction Articles Bundle #1
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