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Informational text Common Core RL.8.7 resources
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 8th Grade)
8th Grade Short Stories & Common Core Aligned Units for the 8th Grade Short Story of the Month ClubGrab this collection of popular short story units tailored for Grade 8! I am creating these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 8, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.This listing is for the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8. Although this was previously a growing bundle, it i
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7th - 9th
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Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit (by Daniel Keyes) for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story version of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short
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7th - 9th
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THE OUTSIDERS Drive-In Movie Times Schedule - Non-Fiction Text Docs
Students are challenged to answer questions about the non-fiction movie times for the 4 drive-in theatres in town -- The Dingo, Jay's, Rusty's, and The Way Out. The best movies from 1967 are used -- BONNIE AND CLYDE, COOL HAND LUKE, THE DIRTY DOZEN, THE GRADUATE, IN COLD BLOOD, THE JUNGLE BOOK, AND BLOW-UP.SUGGESTED ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATIONStudents will use a drive-in movie theatre schedule that uses movies from the time period to answer non-fiction-style common core questions about timing and ag
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7th - 9th
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Tell-Tale Heart Activities & Assessments (Test) by Poe Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or horror genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the M
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7th - 9th
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Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe short story non-fiction multimedia PDF & Google
Use “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the gothic short story’s text, and provide opportunities for real-world connections to this grisly story via a high-interest informational text/article about a criminal’s successful use of the “not guilty by reason of insanity” defense. This two-day lesson includes step-by-step suggestion procedures (great to leave for a sub), a full-text copy of the public domain
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6th - 9th
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ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Your ENTIRE ELA year is completely planned, prepped, sequenced, CCSS aligned, and ready to go! This curriculum is uniquely focused around the 4 major writing requirements with correlated reading materials: Argumentative | Informational | Literary Analysis / Narrative | Research. Each unit comprises a combination of high-interest digital and printable resources to maximize engagement and reduce repetition. NO PREP! NO PLANNING! 30% OFF!❤️ FREE! DOWNLOAD THE SCOPE/SEQUENCE, MAPS, AND LESSON PLAN
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6th - 8th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Maui: A Polynesian Mythology Unit for Middle School
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) mythology unit. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying mythology and folklore in general. Students will analyze two myths centered around Maui of Polynesian folklore. Complete texts for these myths are included with this resource.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: March Selection – Click here to read more abo
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7th - 9th
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Middle School Literature Nonfiction Grammar Exit Tickets for Assessment or Quiz
Quick formative assessment of your middle ELA students' grammar and language, literature reading, and nonfiction reading standards mastery has never been easier. This bundles resource has 100 grammar and language exit tickets or quizzes, 85 literature exit tickets or quizzes, and 150+ nonfiction exit tickets or quizzes.The grammar and language exit tickets resource assesses students' mastery of concepts like sentences, clauses, figurative language, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, conjunctions, ver
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6th - 8th
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Informational Text & Reading Literature with Film Clips: Grade 6-8 Lesson Bundle
Teach EVERY middle school reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard for grade 6-8 using inspirational and engaging videos (Printable & Digital! 15 no prep lessons include editable lesson plan, student handouts, rubric, Answer Key, PowerPoint slides and Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with VIDEO CLIP ACTIVITIES - plus grade 9 - 12 lessons for scaffolding, differentiation and gifted
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6th - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Test Prep Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle | OST Ohio AIR | Print & Digital
Help your students prepare for the common core ELA end-of-year test (Ohio's AIR Test) in a fun new way. This mega bundle includes all my best test prep items. 10 fiction practice tests that use exciting novel excerpts, 10 informational text practice tests on engaging topics, 4-week review, 20 graphic organizers, AIR question stems, vocabulary cards to help prepare, a test-taking strategy to get ready for the big day, and 8 sets of reading tasks cards. Digital with TpT's Easel. Question types: mu
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5th - 9th
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Literary Devices and Nonfiction Concepts Reading Units Growing Bundle | 6th-8th
Teaching Nonfiction and Literature in middle school is finally broken down with these complete reading and analysis units. This bundle includes 6 complete reading units Realistic Fiction and literary devices, Historical Fiction and literary devices, poetry and poetry devices, Literary Nonfiction, Introduction to Drama, and Dystopian and literary devices.Each unit includes 20+ done-for-you lesson plans, reference pages, 30-50 literary nonfiction or literary analysis reading response examples wit
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6th - 8th
HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 8th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 8. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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Reading Information & Literature Mini Lesson Whole Year Bundle Grade 8
Digital + Print! No planning! Save tons of time using these mini lessons to teach all your 8th grade reading information texts and reading literature lessons! Spend more time helping your students and less time planning and searching for resources!Plus, you can use these lessons with any texts. You'll be able to:scaffolddifferentiate workshopconferencework on test prepand dig down into those reading skills every day without a ton of work!You'll love that this resource gets you back to teaching
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8th
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8th Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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8th
Close Reading & Compare/Contrast Nonfiction, Poetry, Artwork Distance Learning
Close Reading and Compare Contrast of Nonfiction, Poetry, Artwork; Includes Mini Research and Creative Activities with Interactive Notebook Foldable - Aligned with the Common Core State Standards. This is a great activity for distance learning. You can share it with your students on a secured platform. Did you know that Beyoncé's perfume "Rise" was inspired by Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise"? Or that Apple® used song lyrics from Seal in an advertising campaign to make a huge comeback in the l
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Test Prep Reading Comprehension Passages | Common Core AIR Practice Tests
Help your students prepare for their common core end-of-year exam or Ohio's ELA AIR Test in a fun new way. This practice test bundle includes 10 fiction practice tests that use exciting novel excerpts and 10 informational text practice tests on engaging topics. The tests include paired passages, question breakdown by CCSS, and an answer key. They are formatted after the AIR 6th through 8th-grade practice tests to help your students better prepare for the big day. Question types: multiple-choice,
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5th - 9th
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Reading and Writing Bundle for Grade 8 Mini Lessons Back to School
Everything you need to teach 8th grade ELAR! All the CCSS are addressed with this gigantic bundle! You'll be set for the year with all the mini lessons, lesson plans, checklists, and mentor texts. Digital and Print.This is going to save you so much time!This is what you'll get:Reading Literature (23 mini lessons)Reading Information Texts (25 mini lessons)Argumentative Writing (23 mini lessons)Narrative Writing (21 mini lessons)Writing a Memoir (20 mini lessons)Persuasive Writing (20 mini lesso
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8th
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Reading Workshop Minilessons Guide: Create Fiction & Nonfiction Scope & Sequence
Where did the idea for this resource originate?Sometimes at the middle school level, teaching reading gets confused with teaching books. Middle school students still need strong minilessons on the strategies and thinking readers need to do in order to be successful. Minilessons aren’t reading tasks, they show students that reading is thinking. Beyond that, minilessons need to be mini chunks of information that readers can digest and apply bit by bit. What we teach readers should originate fr
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6th - 8th
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A Monster Calls Novel Unit with Differentiated/Interactive Notes
This unit was updated 4/18 with a few typos and more prereading activities only. Redownload for free.
Please see the MEGA BUNDLE for ALL A Monster Calls activities at over 25% off the individual price when bundled!
A Monster CallsMEGA BUNDLE includes:
Student Tab Book ***NEW***
Original Novel Unit with Differentiated Notes with a test, project, and writing lesson updated in 2018 ***NEW***
FREEBIE!!! 15 questions to be loaded into Quizizz or Google Forms
5 Stages of Grief Activity
Crossword Ex
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6th - 10th
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ELA SUPPLEMENTAL BUNDLE READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W LESSON PLANS 6-8TH
Middle School ELA Supplemental Bundle. This bundle supplements my FULL YEAR ELA CURRICULUM and was created for teachers who teach multiple grade levels. Full year curriculum described below. Your ENTIRE ELA year is completely planned, prepped, sequenced, CCSS aligned, and ready to go! This curriculum is uniquely focused around the 4 major writing requirements with correlated reading materials: Argumentative | Informational | Literary Analysis / Narrative | Research. Each unit comprises a combin
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6th - 8th
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8th Grade Common Core Practice ALL 17 Reading Standards CIM mini-lessons
Use this LOW PREP resource to give your students targeted practice on the 8th grade ELA Reading: Literature and Reading: Informational Text Common Core or LAFS standards.
This is a bundle containing ALL 17 of my Continuous Improvement Model (CIM) lessons for 8th grade Reading: Literature and Reading: Informational Text Common Core standards: RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.7, RL.8.9, 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.
NOTE: Because o
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8th
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Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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6th - 8th
MARCH ELA 360 TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM & BELL RINGER GRAMMAR BUNDLE
Need help motivating students who are burnt out on test prep AND helping students improve their writing skills? This St. Patrick's Day March 360 ELA TEST PREP digital escape room paired with daily grammar bellringers will do the trick! CCSS AND COMPATIBLE WITH MOST STATE STANDARDS.The escape room is divided into thematic forest scenes, each designed to simulate a different part of the test. Students will read passages, compose ECR/SCR (constructed responses) and an argumentative essay, analyze w
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6th - 8th
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