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Middle school literature handouts for Google Apps
Literary Analysis Essay, Introduction to Lit. Analysis Essay Writing, CCSS
Help students dig into the elements of literary analysis essay writing with this MASSIVE collection of tools organized into an efficient and effective nine-day writing unit. Using an animated short film on YouTube and a classic short story as source material, students will see how introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs are built. They’ll learn step-by-step building block formulas and deconstruct sample essays. By the end of the unit, students will have the tools they’ll need to be able to
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8th - 11th
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Flowers for Algernon Worksheets, Activities, Reader's Workshop
Are you reading "Flowers for Algernon" with your middle school or high school students? Enjoy these 7-10 days of Common Core activities and writing assignments that can be bundled into a reading notebook. These activities are aligned with the progress reports in the short story, and these worksheets can be used as a whole or as ancillary worksheets. You will receive both the PDF and DIGITAL versions!*Included in the packet are the following activities:1. A pre-reading activity 2. Analyzing and M
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7th - 12th
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And Then There Were None Novel Study (Agatha Christie) - DIGITAL & PRINT
A 100+ page resource, designed to capture your student's attention, enhance close reading skills and facilitate deep thinking and discussion when reading Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel, And Then There Were None. THIS UNIT IS AVAILABLE AS A PDF and DIGITALLY IN GOOGLE DOCS!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"My students are loving this resource. It is so helpful to have for my Intensive Reading students to help them with higher-order thinking skills and keeping track of the plot and characters as we read. L
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7th - 10th
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Four One-Pagers Projects | One Pager Templates l 1 pager rubric
One-pagers combine drawings with text to make ideas come alive in students’ minds and memories. They're a perfect option for a quick and creative one-pager template and assessment with whole-class novels, literature circles, or choice reading. Don't worry—there's a rubric so you can grade your one-pagers quickly and get home early for dinner. But what about your art-haters? The ones who scoff at anything involving colored pencils? I've had plenty of those too. That's why I've designed specific t
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: ELA Curriculum Bundle: The English Teacher's Life Preserver
Shakespearean Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter + Creative Writing, PDF & Google Drive
Get your students excited about Shakespeare with this introduction to the Bard’s sonnet structure and iambic pentameter. Every eye in the room will be glued to the vibrant, information-packed slides in this poetry presentation. This 28-slide deck (downloads in both Prezi and Google Slides format) includes detailed descriptions of iambic pentameter, iams, rhyme scheme, and Shakespeare's sonnet structure. Skills are put into practice with a close look at Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130. You can use the s
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8th - 11th
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NIGHT by Elie Wiesel - Novel Guide - Print & DIGITAL
NIGHT - This Novel Guide for Elie Wiesel’s Night will keep students thinking and enhance their understanding from the first page of the book to the last. Now includes a DIGITAL version! Section-by-Section Response Pages challenge students to dig into the text to explain and make inferences as they read. Includes a pre-reading Web Quest, Theme Essay writing assignment, and Vocabulary study. The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. To
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7th - 10th
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Activities and Handouts for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
This is a 140-page bundle of assorted handouts and activities for the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a great young adult novel about The Holocaust. There is also a film adaptation but the endings are slightly different. This is a great book to introduce a horrible time-period in history to a young audience. Items included in this unit:✤ Anticipation Guide✤ Study Guide Questions for all 20 chapters with answers✤ Character Descriptions ✤ Two D
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
Symbolism at a Glance, Symbolism Cheat Sheet, Symbols Literary Analysis Writing
Help students feel more confident when they analyze literature with this one-page “Symbolism at a Glance” reference handout. How to use: Let students know this handout will serve as a guide to help them decode symbols that writers regularly use in literature. (I call it a “symbolism cheat sheet,” though you might not like that description.) After giving students a few minutes to look over the chart, ask them what other well-known symbols could be added to the sheet? What symbols have they notice
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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“Marionettes, Inc.” Literary Analysis, Ray Bradbury Short Story PDF & Google App
Imagine you could buy a clone of yourself and no one would ever know. Unpleasant chores? Your cyborg will clean the mess. Stacks of essays to grade? “You 2.0” quickly manages that paper load. Dinner with a difficult spouse? Send in the clone.What a great world! And nothing could possibly go wrong in this utopia, right? Right?Ray Bradbury’s short story, “Marionettes, Inc.,” gives us a glimpse of a world where clones are available to solve all of our problems. This compelling 45-minute lesson will
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8th - 11th
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William Shakespeare CSI Inquiry Activity | Did William Shakespeare Even Exist?
Shakespeare: Did He Exist? A CSI Investigation! Did William Shakespeare exist?This William Shakespeare CSI Investigation is also included as part of the much larger Renaissance Unit Bundle and the CSI World History Bundle!Buy the Bundle and Save a Bundle!---------------------------------In this very hands-on and engaging William Shakespeare CSI Investigation, students embark on a CSI Investigation to determine if one of the greatest writers to ever live, William Shakespeare, ever existed. Studen
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5th - 8th
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Independent Reading Program: "Book of the Month" (Grades 6-8) DISTANCE LEARNING
Ready to add more independent reading to your middle school classroom? Want to try reader’s workshop? Hoping to bring in more fiction that’s differentiated to student interests? Track genres and progress without expensive programs, points, or book reports!My CCSS-aligned “Book of the Month” program was first used in an urban high school class in which students prided themselves on never having finished a book before. By the end of the year, they were no longer reluctant readers and had read a to
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Bell-Ringers & Programs Bundle for MIDDLE School ELA
ELA Skills Digital Escape Room | Google Classroom
ELA Skills Digital Escape Room is the breakout escape room that will keep your middle school kids grades 6-9 asking for more! Students are engaged while practicing their skills in revising and editing, figurative language, and Greek and Latin roots vocabulary! Students use reading skills to infer and draw conclusions from the clues to help them break the locks and free Professor Brown. This digital escape room can be used for asynchronous learning, small groups, or in centers and stations. The r
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Skills Digital Resource Bundle for Middle School | Google Classroom
The Outsiders Full Novel Study
The Outsiders is an incredible book for engaging students. And this complete novel study will make it easy. This complete curriculum for The Outsiders will keep your stress low and your students happily and creatively engaged. You'll be spoiled for choice as you approach each day of your unit, mixing and matching the discussion questions, interdisciplinary activities and creative assessments you like the best. What's Inside: ✓ Chapter Guides ✓ Creative Assessments ✓ 18 Creative Activities ✓ Dis
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7th - 12th
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"Three Skeleton Key" Common-Core Lesson Plans & Activities (Printable & Digital)
This resource for the short story "Three Skeleton Key" has everything you need to teach standards in a meaningful way! The story is included as a pdf, and we guarantee it will be a hit with your students!Here's what's included:Pre-Reading Activities:Anticipation Guide: Ignite classroom discussions with thought-provoking statements related to the story's themes.Vocabulary Preview: Equip students with essential vocabulary words to enhance their comprehension.Informational Article on Lighthouses an
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Suspenseful Scary Story Resource Bundle for Middle School
Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel - Script, Outline, Universal Rubric
Mock trials don’t need to be daunting! Your students will absolutely love this assignment for any short story or novel. It includes a mock trial script, 30+ mock trial roles, an objection cheat sheet, an editable mock trial rubric, and more. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel:✏️ Legal Trial Slideshow - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides®, and PDF✏️ Various Mock Trial Role Descriptions for up
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7th - 12th
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Hatchet Novel Unit ~ Activities, Handouts, Tests ~ Printable & Google Form Tests
If you want a quality standards-based teaching unit for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, this is it! Just check out our preview to see for yourself. This unit contains ready-made handouts to accompany each chapter of this book. These handouts will require students to analyze the author’s craft and literary elements such as flashback, symbolism, and setting. There are four tests, which are printable and Google, included as well as writing assignments and post reading activities. Answer ke
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4th - 7th
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One Pager - use with ANY text | DIGITAL & PRINT
A ONE PAGER is a single-page response to an assigned reading or topic (poem, novel, chapter, essay, historical event). It is designed to promote thoughtful appreciation and understanding of the text. It allows you to create your own representation of the text and your understanding of it. It should be creative and experimental and is a way to respond imaginatively and honestly. It connects the verbal to the visual and connects your thoughts to the text. When a ONE PAGER is completed, anyone who
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6th - 12th
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Nightjohn Novel Study - DIGITAL & PRINT
This product contains a novel guide and all related resources for teaching Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. The guide contains a prereading WebQuest, chapter-by-chapter questions, quizzes, activities, writing prompts, and projects for using Nightjohn in the classroom. This is the perfect novel to study for Black History Month or any unit that covers slavery in American History.This resource includes:A prereading Webquest that helps students build background knowledge about the author and time period o
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7th - 9th
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Theme Essay
Are students rolling their eyes when you give out copies of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? They may not care about Victorian literature, but students will get excited when you talk about leading a double life and the questionable dishonesty of keeping secrets. Ten opinion statements make text-to-self connections with the novel for students before, during, and after reading.Grab this guide, print, and go! No paper? No problem! Assign in Google Forms and have results tallied instantl
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Jekyll and Hyde - Bookend Bundle - Anticipation Guide & Visual Project
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions BUNDLE | Distance Learning | Google
*****NOW WITH GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!!!!*****A great value bundle of these two close reading products. No-Prep Close Reading Passages Non-FictionNo-Prep Close Reading Passages Fiction40 passages and 40 worksheets in total!
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Distance Learning | Google
*****NOW WITH GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!!*****20 Close Reading Passages and Worksheets- Extracts from classic literature and famous folktales- Designed for close reading- Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation.- Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacationassignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or anyother use- Includes 3 levels of questions: main ideas and detail, language and literary devices, au
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6th - 8th
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A Rover's Story By Jasmine Warga Novel Study
This NO PREP, EDITABLE interactive slide unit will monitor your students’ comprehension in the novel A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga. This unit can be used as a read aloud guide, book club questions, a whole class novel, or can be assigned to individual students. Each chapter is complete with assigned pages, questions on editable slides, and an answer key! All slides are the size of an actual piece of paper, so you can print copies for students or upload the slides to a platform of your choice.
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3rd - 7th
The Outsiders PREREADING WebQuest - DIGITAL & PRINT
This 25-question QR Code-based WebQuest is for use with the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Students will scan a QR code, and the QR code will take the students to a website where they will use research skills to answer comprehension questions. I included the URL for each website in case students don't have the ability to access QR codes.Three sections of questions are included:1. The Author2. The Novel3. The 1960s4. A "Tie It All Together" collage activityAn answer key is included.****ALL R
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6th - 10th
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Sophia's War (by Avi) Novel Study - Distance Learning
NOTE: This is the digital version of my Sophia's War Novel Study. If would prefer this content in a PDF version, please click HERE. Do not buy both of these resources separately as they have identical content.This digital resource includes a worksheet and answer key for each set of 5 chapters in the novel Sophia's War by Avi (there are 70 chapters total!). Each worksheet includes 4 of the following headings: Character Study, Quote Analysis, Vocabulary, Cause & Effect, Self-Reflection, Compre
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5th - 8th
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