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Holidays/seasonal Common Core RL.8.7 resources
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
Scary Short Stories Unit - Horror Stories for Halloween in Middle School ELA
If you’re searching for an engaging scary short stories unit for your middle school ELA students to enjoy this Halloween, stop your search here! This bundle of activities for your favorite horror stories will thrill your students while reviewing short story elements in an unforgettable way. From creative writing activities to short story escape rooms, your students will embrace short story analysis in a whole new way!✔ Check out the preview for more information!Using the following spooky short s
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6th - 8th
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The Little Match Girl Christmas Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
The Little Match Girl is a classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. This analysis applies the common core standards for literature. The goal of the study is to challenge students with critical thinking questions directly connected to the text.
The study includes:
1. The story in block form with questions for each block.
2. Questions that are text-based and require analysis.
3. Using specific text to analyze the development of theme.
4. Analyzing the use of specific words and phrases to c
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal
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6th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol Activities Unit Plan | Middle School
This A Christmas Carol Unit Plan is a great way to keep your middle school students engaged in learning activities during the Holiday Season. This PDF resource is complete with detailed lesson plans for each Stave of Charles Dickens' holiday tale, including before, during and after reading activities. Students will analyze characters, setting, theme, and more as they enjoy this classic story! These resources work well with the novella and various dramatized play versions of the story.Best of al
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Activities Worksheets for the Play Version
Your Middle School students will love these fun and engaging activities for the play version of A Christmas Carol by Frederick Gaines. This interactive resource will help your students examine plot structure, character traits, and theme with discussion questions, scaffolded notes, and more! This "A Christmas Carol" resource is based on the play that is found in 7th grade McDougal-Littell Language of Literature books by Frederick Gaines. It can also be found online separate from the textbook.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: A Christmas Carol Activities BUNDLE for the Play version- Middle School
The Landlady Activities - Middle School Short Stories for Plot Diagram & More!
Looking for short stories for your middle school students? Don't miss The Landlady! Teaching Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is easy and engaging with these literary elements activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep options are included for plot diagram, characterization, & more, making it easy to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.Check out the P
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Unit BUNDLE (Taylor) Novel Study Activities, Quiz
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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6th - 8th
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 Novel Study & Project Menu; Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for "The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963", a standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this Civil Rights Newbery Medal award winning novel by Christopher Paul Curtis in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Please chec
Grades:
4th - 8th
A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Keep students engaged this holiday season with a novel study they'll love! In this A Christmas Carol novel study for middle school, you'll get a variety of skill-based activities for practicing character development, figurative language, theme, and more middle school reading skills. Follow Scrooge on his ghostly Christmas adventure with a complete set of novel activities:Anticipation Guide and Exit Tickets (plus digital)Vocabulary Activities (plus digital)Reading Questions (plus digital)Figurati
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6th - 9th
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The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs Short Story Activities & Escape Room BUNDLE
Make your unit on “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs memorable for years to come with this short story activities & escape room bundle. This resource will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will encourage your students to interact with the text in various ways.⬆️ CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR A CLOSER LOOK ⬆️Teachers love using this resource to review the elements of a short story and incorporate a bit of suspense and creativity with “The Monkey’s Paw.” Several activities *snea
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6th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
This resource includes FIVE FULL WEEKS of content for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Additionally, in this UNIT PLAN BUNDLE, you will receive a teacher guide that encompasses an example Unit Schedule/ Pacing Guide!You can purchase each lesson individually (listed below) or save money and get the Bundle!Included in this bundle:A Christmas Carol Full TextA Christmas Carol Anticipation GuideA Christmas Carol Background Information 1840sA Christmas Carol Vocabulary for Each Chapte
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6th - 12th
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Worksheets and Activities
Teaching Rod Serling's teleplay “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is easy and engaging with these post-reading activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep options are included, making it easy to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging critical thinking a
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6th - 8th
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Game: Fairy Tale Wedding (Mystery Activity Package)
FAIRY TALE WEDDING MYSTERY ACTIVITY PACKET
You are cordially invited to the Fairy Tale Wedding of Prince Charming and Cinderella. Oops! They've been kidnapped! Whodunit? Why?
Bring literature to life while writing your own ending to a highly interactive event that immerses students in literary terms and research first hand. After engaging in discussion and research into the fairy tale genre of literature, players take the roles of various fairy tale characters and function as both suspe
Christmas Reading and ELA Digital Activities | Twas the Night Before Christmas
Do you need a fun, interactive Google Slides comprehension activity that will engage your upper elementary or middle school students and save you time? Your students will love this digital activity that goes along with one of the most famous Christmas Poems of all time- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas! This activity can be assigned in Google Classroom for students to complete. A teacher guide and answer key are included to ensure this is a no prep, stress free activity for you!Skills Covered:⭐T
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5th - 8th
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Dystopian Short Story Activities & Escape Room
Looking for an engaging dystopian short story to study with your students? Look no further than The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. This story element focused activities & escape room bundle will ensure your students practice meaningful skills while experiencing a scary short story that will be memorable for years to come. You’ll receive engaging and creative activities that will encourage your students to interact with the text in various, high-level ways.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more informatio
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6th - 8th
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A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Short Story Unit Lesson and Activities
This "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle and high school students leading up to the Christmas/Holiday break. Capote's classic touches upon the themes of "friendship" and "innocence" connect perfectly to the ideas centered around the holiday season.Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities, and discussion prompts. Assess thei
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7th - 12th
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Horror short story unit-Middle School-October/Halloween-slides/docs
This is a fun, spooky, easy to use and ready-to go 1-2 week unit, perfect for the week before Halloween. It will work best for Middle School ELA, Reading, or English.There are Google Docs, PDFs, an editable Powerpoint that can be opened as Google Slides, and a Google Forms Quiz. I created this for my 8th grade ELA class, but it'll also work for 6th and 7th graders. All but one of the documents are completely editable. Here's how it works: Each day, the students read one scary story, then comple
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6th - 8th
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Home Alone Movie Guide Questions & ELA Activities for Middle School
The 1990 Home Alone movie starring Macaulay Culkin is a humorous and well-written story that your middle-grade ELA students will LOVE!. This 22-page resource supports watching the classic holiday Christmas movie Home Alone. Students will engage in pre-reading statements, comprehension questions, character development, plot structure, character dialogue, inference skills, compare and contrast, a dynamic character essay, word search, and maze. The main character in Home Alone, 8-year-old Kevin, i
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Middle School Movie Bundle
The Gift of the Magi Bundle One Week Unit Plan - O. Henry - Holiday Activities
Unlock the magic of teaching "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry effortlessly in just one week with these four fabulous time-saving resources! What’s included in this bundle?⭐️ Day 1: The Gift of the Magi Text Questions + VocabularyDive into the story, annotate with flair, and conquer those tricky words!⭐️ Day 2-3: The Gift of the Magi Bloom BallCapture characters and events in a truly unique way with this engaging activity!⭐️ Day 4: The Gift of the Magi Figurative Language MazesChallenge your st
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6th - 9th
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Christmas Holiday Activities Middle School ELA
Searching for Holiday Activities to use with Middle School Students prior to leaving for Winter Break? This Christmas Activity Bundle will keep your ELA classes engaged all through December! These resources include Holiday Writing Assignments, Informational Text Readings, Slides Presentations, Fun Activities, and more!FIVE Great Holiday Resources Included: (Find detailed descriptions of each below!)A Christmas Carol Guided Reading ActivitiesHow to Write a Business Letter (to Santa)Celebrating Di
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Dystopian Short Story Activities & Worksheets
Interacting with the dystopian short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury is easy and engaging with these activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep activities are included, making it easy for you to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging critical thinking activ
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
Are you searching high and low for engaging & interactive activities featuring Ray Bradbury’s short stories? Stop the search and look no further than this Ray Bradbury Short Story Bundle that includes activities, worksheets, and escape rooms for “The Veldt” and “Zero Hour.” These two dystopian short stories offer a chilling warning about the dangers of technology and the minds of our youth. Review literary elements like plot, conflict, characterization, setting, mood, foreshadowing, and much
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6th - 8th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." 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. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
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