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Reading strategies Common Core SL.7.1b resources
End of the Year Activities - Team Building - Reading Comprehension Mystery Game
Keeping students engaged before the end of the year break can sometimes be a challenge. Mystery games are a great way to build reading comprehension skills while your students have fun. Also great for team building!A computer virus has taken over at Amplified Finance and $3 million has been stolen! Can you solve the mystery before it's too late?! This digital mystery will keep your students engaged and excited about learning. Innovative and fun, students won't even know they're learning! Do
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4th - 8th
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Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit
The "Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY nonfiction short article or nonfiction book and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit. This
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Literature Circles Made Easy Step by Step Lessons and Printables
Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy includes 5 short videos for teachers plus the printables you need to set up and run Literature Circles in your classroom. This method does not include Literature Circle roles, so the program is easy to implement in a flexible manner. Kids love this method because it's more fun than traditional forms of Literature Circles, and teachers love it because it's easy and effective! After you purchase Classroom Book Clubs, look for the PDF with directio
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Book Clubs Discussion Bundle
Realistic Fiction Middle School Reading Unit
The "Realistic Fiction Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY realistic fiction books and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit.This is a pe
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
End of the Year Activities - Digital Mystery Game - Inferencing - Team Building
Keep your students engaged with this end of the year activity. Great for team building. This is a new spin on the classic mystery games I have created. Keep inferencing skills up during Summer break! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND learn about inferencing! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning. Do your students enjo
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4th - 8th
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Historical Fiction Middle School Reading Unit
The "Historical Fiction Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY historical fiction books and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit.Download t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Memoir Middle School Reading Unit
The "Memoir Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY memoir text and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit. This is an awesome resource for an
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Science Fiction Fantasy Middle School Reading Unit
The "Science Fiction/Fantasy Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY science fiction or fantasy books and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this un
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Narrative Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit (20 Reading Lessons)
The "Narrative Nonfiction Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY narrative nonfiction text and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit. This i
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension Mystery Game - Team Building
The most engaging reading comprehension activities for the classroom and a great team building activity for end of the year. This mystery game is sure to improve reading comprehension skills while team building. Innovative and fun, students won't even know they're learning!Lord Bishop has been killed at the Bluestone Castle! Can you solve the mystery before it's too late?! This digital mystery will keep your students engaged and excited about learning. Do your students enjoy these mysteries?
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4th - 8th
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Modern Myths and Fairy Tales Middle School Reading Unit (20 Reading Lessons)
The "Modern Myths and Fairy Tales Middle School Reading Unit" is a comprehensive, rigorous, and engaging resource that teachers and students alike will love. This reading unit is designed to work with ANY modern myth or fairy tale and is adaptable to a variety of instructional contexts such as whole class novel/text, small group reading instruction (literature circles, guided reading, reading strategy groups), or students independently reading a text of their choice within the genre of this unit
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Reading Curriculum Bundle (140 Reading Lessons Total)
Socratic Seminar & Activities: Poem Analysis “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. This 62-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Poe’s poem. On Days 1-3 students complete several analysis, critical thinking, and writing activities as well as vocabulary
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Ultimate Socratic Seminar Bundle
This bundle of handouts, rubrics, and worksheets will give you everything you need in order to run transformational Socratic Seminars with your students. (Plus two free sample texts to use!).This bundle includes:1) A one-page introductory handout to Socratic Seminar2) A lesson plan for the intro handout3) A reproducible Seminar key for a teacher to fill out (and an example of a perfect one, as well as a guide for how to use it)4) Question Stems for students to draw from to help them formulate go
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7th - 12th
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Small Group Activity Book Club Guide
Are you looking for a convenient method to amplify student voices in your upper grade classroom? Book clubs are an engaging and motivating way to reach all levels of learners. With this book club guide, you'll transform your thinking about small group instruction! This helpful guide: ☀️is low prep, just print and staple ☀️makes planning small groups a breeze ☀️works with any book ☀️is suited for a variety of grades and levels ☀️helps strengthen comprehension and speaking skills Included in thi
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3rd - 6th
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Student-Led Book Clubs (Jekyll and Hyde)
*FULL UNIT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD*This resource contains discussion guidelines, individual student roles, discussion questions, a simple discussion rubric, daily lessons and activities, an introduction, and outlines and worksheets for daily student use. This is a ready-to-print resource to immediately hand to students. While based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this book club unit can easily be adapted to other sources.
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7th
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Middle School ELA Project Based Learning
Print Only-Project Based Assessment (PBA) is an excellent way to assess your classes understanding of topics review in class in real-life situations. Your students will take on the role of film school students to complete an anti-bullying commercial for teens in middle school and high school. Students will have the opportunity to take on the role in their group as a screenwriter, actor/actress, casting director, film editor, costume designer, or director. Each team member will complete at lea
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School English Project Based Learning Bundle
Chasing Lincoln's Killer Anticipation Guide
Anticipation Guides are great ways to get students interested in a novel study unit before you begin. It's also a great way to assess how a novel has changed student perspective over time.I usually go over the statements with students, elaborating on their meaning and giving examples if necessary, while they write down their responses to each statement. I then have all students stand up and move to one side of the room or the other, depending on whether they agree or disagree with each statement
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6th - 8th
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The Outsiders Chapters 1-4 Discussion Questions and Expectations
One of my favorite parts about teaching S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders to 7th graders is letting them have the opportunity to talk about the text with each other!It doesn’t take much to get them making inferences and connections, but I still like to have a handy list of questions in my back pocket to get them going.This resource has six questions for each of the first four chapters as well as a graded discussion guide and reflection!This resource can be printed or assigned digitally, and feel free
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7th - 9th
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Socratic Seminar - Introduction (What Is Socratic Seminar?)
Transform students' critical text analysis and discussion skills by running Socratic Seminar (also known as Paideia and Harkness in some circles) with them. Not all discussion should go through the teacher - students need to be able to respond to each other. Both the physical layout of the classroom as well as the expectations for the Socratic Seminar will facilitate this. This document will orient you and your students to know what to expect when beginning your Socratic Seminar journey.Included
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Socratic Seminar Bundle
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (+ ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES!)
This document contains 25 discussion questions pertaining to the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Questions are listed in chronological order of events to adhere to different editions of the text.This document also includes 5 discussion strategies/activities to provide ideas on how to engage students in productive conversation.
Grades:
6th - 8th
The Outsiders Mock Trial
This is a fantastic end-of-the-unit activity for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. With this product, you will be able to hold a classroom Mock Trial that is run by the students, with a student judge, student lawyers, student witness, and student jury. Students will be assigned roles with assignments that correspond to each role, and it's a great activity for differentiation because the roles have different difficulty levels. Teachers will guide students in their preparation for a couple of days bef
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: The Outsiders Mock Trial Bundle
The Westing Game Literature Circles
Literature Circle Sheets for The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
These sheets are designed to be used in small groups. Each group of 3-6 students should follows the directions on the sheet after having read the corresponding chapters. The group works together to fill in the discussion guide at the top of the page and answer the question. Then each students individually writes a response to the journal prompt and shares their response with the rest of the group. The group can further discuss their
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5th - 7th
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Project Based Learning | Media Literacy| Distance Learning
The Google Slides/digital Version of Film School Project Based Assessment (PBA) is an excellent way to assess your classes understanding of topics review in class in real-life situations. Your students will take on the role of film school students to complete an anti-bullying commercial for teens in middle school and high school. Students will have the opportunity to take on the role in their group as a screenwriter, actor/actress, casting director, film editor, costume designer, or director
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6th - 9th
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Close Read excerpt "Travels with Charley" John Steinbeck
Students take a small but powerful excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley" and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and participate in a student-led and teacher-facilitated dialogue involving text-dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and len
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5th - 12th
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