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Close reading graphic organizers for Microsoft Word
Article of the Week | GROWING Article Library (Over 125 high-interest articles)
This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to assign articles of the week in your class. Once you purchase this produce, you will have access to a Google folder with over 125 Articles of the Week AND all the reference materials needed to begin using the AOW assignment in your class.Each Article of the Week includes a graphic organizer with power vocabulary words, a central idea box, and response questions to guide students' written reflection. This folder will be frequently updated with new arti
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9th - 12th
Annotation Chart with Sentence Starters / Stems - Annotating Documents
Useful chart that helps students categorize and write 5 different types of annotations (reading strategies) for any class. They are clarify, question, connect, infer & predict, and evaluate annotations. ► The chart explains to students what the annotation is (a definition), how to do it, and how to start it (sentence starters). The sentence starters have really helped my students understand the different types of annotations they can make as wells as how to practice them. ► This chart can be
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Purposeful Annotation - Printable Chart & Bookmark
The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving
Why did the Pilgrims celebrate the first thanksgiving? Teach your students to question history's "official narrative" with this interactive text! This original text dives into the history and context of the first thanksgiving by focusing on the relationship between Pilgrims and the indigenous people of the Wampanoag Confederation, led by Tisquantum (Squanto). Interspersed with the text are maps, graphics, and critical comprehension questions to support deep analysis.☺ Reading Level: 8th gradeRec
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6th - 12th
Lord of the Flies Chapter 9 Analysis of Simon's Death
This is a fully editable word document that walks the students through the analysis of Simon's death in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It asks the students to a specific excerpt from Lord of the Flies using page numbers based on the Penguin Group Publication (the ISBN is included on the directions). It asks the students to answer specific literary analysis questions leading them to a writing prompt. The students could complete the writing prompt and write out the paragraph or they could
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7th - 11th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury differentiated packets for ELLs (Central Idea)
Do you teach ELLs? Do you have a lot of different english proficiencies in the same classroom? Do you have trouble differentiating to meet all of these students needs? LOOK NO FURTHER! These packets will challenge your top students with a grade level text and support your newcomers with images and academic sentence starters!
There are 3 levels of “The Veldt” packet that are differentiated to support all students needs.
Level 1 (Newcomers and Entering)- This packet has the lowest level englis
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7th - 12th
Common Core English Regents Survival Guide (NYS)
This 24-page Survival Guide (including the cover) for the NYS Common Core English Regents Exam is an amazing resource for students. It includes strategies, methods, graphic organizers and models for each part of the exam.
I print this survival guide for my students on bright colored yellow paper to help them recognize the importance of it. This packet is an incredible resource in particular for students who require extra support and/or differentiation. I teach in the worst congressional distri
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9th - 12th, Staff
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If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson
Through this unit, students will learn that archaeologists, like detectives, work to piece together the past through investigation in the text, “If Stones Could Speak” by Marc Aronson. This common core aligned packet emphasizes specific skills that are targeted in each chapter. Through this packet, students are exposed to diverse perspectives and challenge them to analyze data and draw meaningful conclusions about history. Students will learn to analyze how claims support the main idea and h
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5th - 8th
Common Core Close Reading (The High School Annotation Survival Guide)
Close reading a text is an essential skill to teach, especially in a high school English class following a Common Core aligned curriculum. My annotation strategy teaches students to record the gist of each paragraph or chunk of text on the right and talk back to the text using symbols on the left. For the gist, students first must determine the type of noun the chunk of text is about. They then decide what is being said about the noun.
This mini bundle includes the following:
- The General An
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Serial Episode 5: Route Talk
This episode has students consider the timeline of Jay's case. Students are asked to use maps to determine time lines and answer questions related.
At the end, students focus on the target audience of Serial and other features of media.
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7th - 12th
Ambrose Bierce: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" SOAPSTone Activity
From Electric English...This is a template to analyze "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" using the SOAPSTone method :) Sometimes, it seems to me, there is an acroynym for everything.... Lol. I know, I know, but SOAPStone is actually a really effective tool for helping students understand their reading. It asks the students to consider the speaker/writer, the occasion, the audience, the purpose, the subject matter, and the tone of a piece. Although this is typically an activity reserved for non
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10th - 11th
Serial Podcast Episode 2: The Breakup
In this episode, Koenig examines multiple pieces of evidence that were/ could be used against Adnan. However, she also gives the alternative “spin” on the evidence. Students are to consider if each idea supports the State’s case, or is an unimportant detail. Which pieces of evidence (if any) best support Adnan’s motive according to the State?
This exercise helps students understand "spin" in the media and in law. It also develops students' understanding of credible/reliable sources.
Some evi
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7th - 12th
The Outsiders - Reading Guides - Common Core Packet for Full Unit
Reading guides for each chapter of The Outsiders that are skills based rather than basic comprehension questions. Activities for the full unit, categorized by Common Core standard. Great to assign in person or online. The format is a Word document so that you can edit and use as needed. I included an answer key with sample responses, but answers may vary.Chapter 1 -characterization (RL.3)-figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion) (RL.4)Chapter 2-inference (RL.1)-tone (RL.4)-for
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6th - 11th
"The New Colossus" Poem Breakdown and Analysis - American Dream Unit
Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" is perfect to start the American Dream unit with the promise of the dream.
Here is a graphic organizer that helps students focus on individual aspects and literary devices with the poem. It also contains a place to examine the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet and discuss WHY Lazarus chose that highly structured poetic form.
I partnered students based on pretest data, and they completed as much of the document as they could in 90 minutes. The followi
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9th - 12th
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Serial Podcast Episode 4 Inconsistencies
In this episode, students are asked to compare/contrast different pieces of evidence, especially Jay's story as it changes. Using a graphic organizer, students rate the significance of each change in Jay's story. This helps students understand the importance of evidence and what makes evidence significant.
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7th - 12th
Amy Tan: "Fish Cheeks" SOAPSTone Activity
From Electric English...This is a template to analyze "Fish Cheeks" using the SOAPSTone method :) Sometimes, it seems to me, there is an acroynym for everything.... Lol. I know, I know, but SOAPStone is actually a really effective tool for helping students understand their reading. It asks the students to consider the speaker/writer, the occasion, the audience, the purpose, the subject matter, and the tone of a piece. Although this is typically an activity reserved for non-fiction, it can and s
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9th - 11th
Twelve Angry Men Complete Unit
This extensive 160-page unit plan for Twelve Angry Men is faithfully designed around the philosophy of developing close reading skills and text-based responses which require supporting evidence for nearly every aspect of each act within the play. Our Twelve Angry Men unit is completely original and has been keenly tuned to address a wide range of learners with varying reading comprehension skills. In short, this unit will help all students to look closely at Reginald Rose’s craft and encourage
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8th - 12th
Bloom's Taxonomy Questions & Activities: Robot, Detective, Judge, and Inventor
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This is a great product for students to use as a guide to help them form higher level critical thinking questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
It also gives students an opportunity to choose from a variety of activities in each of the following: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, and creating. Each activity page also has recommended computer sites and resources that students can use to present in their work.
Pr
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3rd - 7th
Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 Analysis of the boys Savagery
This is a fully editable word document that asks the students to analyze the boys' savagery in chapter 8 of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. This document asks them to think about their assessment first and then support their ideas with specific quotes from the text. This document also walks to the students through writing a thesis statement in response to a writing prompt. The students can work on this individually or in small groups.
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7th - 10th
Gettysburg Address: SOAPSTone Activity
From Electric English...This is a template to analyze Abraham Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" using the SOAPSTone method :) Sometimes, it seems to me, there is an acroynym for everything.... Lol. I know, I know, but SOAPStone is actually a really effective tool for helping students understand their reading. It asks the students to consider the speaker/writer, the occasion, the audience, the purpose, the subject matter, and the tone of a piece. It can be applied to fiction or non-fiction, and
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9th - 12th
Types of Context Clues (IDEAS) Worksheet
This handout works great in conjunction with IDEAS context clue strategy. The first page includes a graphic organizer where student can see each type of context clue (inference, definition, example, antonym, synonym) defined and it has a column for students to write an example of each. On the second page, there are practice sentences where students identify what type of clue is used and also define the bold word. Normally, I complete practice #1 with students and allow them to work practice #2 o
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5th - 12th
Also included in: IDEAS Context Clue Strategy Bundle
Analyzing Differences Between "Freak the Mighty" and the Movie
Have your students read "Freak the Mighty" and you want them to compare the book with the movie version? Here's a graphic organizer to help them record differences while watching the movie and then three questions asking them to analyze the differences. (You will need the movie "The Mighty" [which can be rented from YouTube].)
Grades:
6th - 8th
Nonfiction (Memoir) Book Club Notes - 3 Levels Bundled
Book club notes designed to help students engage in their reading while focusing on the following skills:
*Creating objective summaries
*Analyzing inner & outer dialogue
*Determining a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot
*Citing the textual evidence that most strongly supports analysis
Notes are designed to support students performing below, at, or above grade-level expectat
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7th - 9th
Complete Unit for Henry Slesar's "Examination Day" - Editable - Answer Keys
This resource is a complete and editable unit for Henry Slesar's short story "Examination Day." What's included in your purchase: a teacher guide for assignments, links needed for the unit, a week's worth of bell work questions, comprehension questions, a plot diagram, foreshadowing analysis, theme analysis, and a choice project. Want more ELA resources? Check out my store!
Grades:
7th - 12th
Template: DIDLS
From Electric English...
This is a template for the DIDLS method :) It asks the students to consider the diction, images, details, language, and syntax of a piece and then use that information to determine attitude and tone. It can be applied to fiction or non-fiction, and all kids benefit from its organization. This is typically an AP strategy, but I think that's a bunch of bologna... I use it for all of my classes and all of my students; it takes a little longer with some classes versus other
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9th - 12th
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