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Middle school reading independent work packets
Book Report Projects for Any Book Student Instructions Rubrics & Digital Options
Try these 15 creative book projects to spice up your reading program. These book project worksheets include everything you need for a comprehensive reading unit!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:15 Creative Book ProjectsDIGITAL:Google Slides (no outside materials needed!)Video InstructionsDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintVideo Instructions Self-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! Th
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3rd - 6th
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Finding Theme Worksheets Aesop's Fables with Comprehension Questions Passages
Finding theme worksheets— these Aesop's fables with comprehension questions are a timeless collection of stories that your students will love. Help students master the skills of finding the theme, making connections to the text, and responding with text evidence. This packet contains 15 fables to read, followed by multiple choice and short response questions. Each fable is produced on a ready-to-print and use, one page worksheet, followed by 2-3 questions. Each fable is short and manageable, an
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3rd - 6th
5th & 6th Grade Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Set 3/3
* This resource has (3) no-prep Nonfiction reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to ART, SPORTS, and MUSIC. *** CLICK here for a FILLABLE Google Document Version of this set **** These lessons are:1. Unsolved Art Heist2. Baseball Caps3. Bach's Coffee Cantata*** Check the PREVIEW for a sample of the les
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5th - 8th
A Midsummer Night's Dream Play Study - 4-Week Teaching BUNDLE - Print & Digital
A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit Plan - Over 200 printable and digital pages of resources, worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, and more for teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream in your classroom! Classroom-tested by over 1,500 teachers with a 4.9/5 Rating! Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms. Use with whole-group, small groups, or for individual instruction. Help students gain an appreciation and understanding of Shakespeare with the class
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8th - 10th
Book Reports for 7 Book Genres + Project Ideas for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Writing a book report, no matter the book genre, has never been easier with these no-prep guided reports make it easy for students to show their understanding of the text!Whether your students are reading historical fiction, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, realistic fiction, informational, or biography, this resource is amazing!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Each of the 7 genres includes:A pre-reading worksheet.A 2-page guided book report specific to the genre.A choice board of 4 different creative
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3rd - 6th
Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
This pack contains five Greek myths to help incorporate valuable close reading strategies in your classroom. Passages can be used during whole group or small group reading. This pack is perfect for a unit study on myths or ancient Greece!Each passage offers a one-page, informational passage with ten multiple choice, text dependent close reading comprehension questions. Included in this pack are...★ Achilles★ Pandora's Box★ Medusa★ King Midas★ HerculesEach passage and question set are aligned to
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3rd - 6th
Figurative Language Worksheets - Similes, Metaphors, Idioms and Easel
This figurative language pack includes a types of figurative language handout that defines different figures of speech like similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, and hyperbole and gives an example of each. On the first worksheet students have to identify ten sentences that use metaphors or similes. There are nine additional practice worksheets with practice with similes, idioms, metaphors, personification and hyperbole. No prep. Print and go. Keys included. Ten worksheets in all. Great ac
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4th - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Reading Response Graphic Organizers for Beginning Middle & End Story Elements +
These reading response worksheets are the perfect, ready-to-use way to keep your students accountable for what they are reading. Just what you need if you use an independent reading program such as Reader's Workshop or have multiple small reading groups.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:26 No-Prep Worksheets & Graphic Organizers1 For Before Reading19 For After Reading a Chapter6 For After Reading the Whole BookGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resour
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3rd - 6th
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Text Evidence Activities
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions with Text Evidence Activities - 15 informational and literature reading passages with 100+ text evidence questions. Two games are also included to reinforce RI and RL skills.Students use a variety of text evidence activities including color-coding with highlighters. This can be done on paper, or using the highlighting feature in Google Classroom. Other questions involve deeper thought such as making inferences.The independent work packets
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7th - 9th
Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Get ALL the middle school reading comprehension review activities you need in one bundle! Practice inference, cause and effect, roots and affixes, context clues, story elements, figurative language, connotation, text structure, text features, and fact and opinion with this complete reading skills test prep pack! This bundle includes 10 resources covering the following skills:InferenceStory ElementsCause and EffectRoots and AffixesContext CluesFigurative LanguageConnotationText StructureText Feat
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6th - 8th
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions (Set 2/3) 5th-6th Grade
* This resource has (3) no-prep Nonfiction reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to HISTORY, SPORTS, and ART. *** CLICK here for a FILLABLE Google Document Version of this set *** These lessons are:1. Van Gogh's Starry Paintings2. Cricket, or Baseball?3. Sugar Production*** Check the PREVIEW for a samp
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5th - 8th
Reading activity: SUPER BOWL in 2024, Chiefs WIN, Taylor Swift celebrates!
This reading comprehension activity is aimed at 8-13 year-olds, and focuses on the Super Bowl in February 2024. This was the 58th Super Bowl, and was contested by the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. It was the Chiefs who came out as victors, cheered on by Taylor Swift! Your students can find this information in the text, and learn much more besides about this wonderful sporting event.They will develop reading comprehension skills through a range of retrieval and inference questio
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4th - 8th
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bundle- Distance Learning Options
UPDATED 4/16/20 This resource now includes TWO versions on the novel study. The first version includes many basic comprehension questions and graphic organizers. The second version is more streamlined and would be appropriate for on level and above level students. The second version is also available in a DIGITAL version for distance learning via Google Slides! I've also made the character graphic organizers available in Google Slides via a separate link from the Version 2 novel study. Updated 2
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5th - 8th
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel Study Unit: 172-Page Teaching Guide
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe novel study unit, with comprehensive standards-aligned activities, lessons, assessments, and teacher resources for teaching The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.This comprehensive teaching guide for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe includes: Texts and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and context before readi
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6th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. 5th & 6th grade Social Studies
* This resource has (13) FILLABLE SOCIAL STUDIES reading comprehension passages for 5th and 6th grade students (39 worksheets in total, spread throughout 182 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to SOCIAL STUDIES. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. >>> Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) version of this BUNDLE <<<This bundle includes the f
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5th - 8th
Of Mice and Men Novel Study Unit Plan - 130-Page Teacher Resource
Of Mice and Men Novel Study Unit: 119 pages of student coursework, worksheets, resources, quizzes, tests, and more for teaching John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Classroom-tested by over 1,600 teachers, with a 4.9/5 Rating! Please note that this product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.This Of Mice and Men Guide includes:Informational Text Articles and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and concepts before readi
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8th - 11th
Fahrenheit 451 Novel Study Unit - No-Prep 6-Week Unit Plan
Fahrenheit 451 novel study unit for teaching by Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451! Classroom-tested by over 1,100 teachers with a 4.8/5 Rating. 6-Week unit includes worksheets, supplemental texts, activities, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources. 85-page Printable PDF format; will need modification for use in Google Classroom.In this comprehensive Fahrenheit 451 Teaching bundle, you'll get:Informational Texts to engage and inform students about the historical context of the
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8th - 11th
Animal Farm Novel Study Unit - 160+ Page Teaching Resource Bundle
Animal Farm Novel Study Unit - 160+ pages of lessons, coursework, activities, quizzes, tests, and much more for teaching George Orwell's dystopian classic, Animal Farm. Classroom-tested by over 1,300 teachers with a 4.8/5 Rating! Please note that this product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.This Literature Guide for teaching Animal Farm includes:Texts and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and context before rea
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8th - 11th
Civil Rights Movement DIFFERENTIATED Reading Worksheets (SS5H6b)
Your students will love learning about the Civil Rights Movement with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans!Resource Includes: 24 PagesDifferentiated Passages (Level A is higher than Level B)Main Idea/Key Details Graphic OrganizerWho, What, Where, When Graphic Organizer Matching Activity Mult
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4th - 6th
Lord of the Flies Novel Study 5-Week Resource BUNDLE - 88 Page Unit
Lord of the Flies Novel Study Unit - 88 pages, 5 Weeks of materials for teaching Lord of the Flies, including vocabulary, literary analysis skills practice activities, comprehension questions, quizzes, tests, and much more! Classroom-tested in over 1,900 classrooms, with a 4.8/5 Rating! Please note that this product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.This Lord of the Flies Unit includes:Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce
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7th - 10th
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Holes Novel Study Unit Teacher Resource Activities BUNDLE
Holes novel study unit - 160 pages of fully-reproducible worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources for a complete unit teaching Holes by Louis Sachar. Includes everything you need for a complete study of the novel. Use as a whole-class novel study, small group reading groups, or as independent work. This product is in printable PDF format and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.At over 160 pages, this complete teaching guide for Holes includes:Texts and Pre-Rea
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5th - 8th
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study - Science Literacy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind novel study is based on the young reader’s edition. This exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would ch
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5th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. 5th & 6th Grade Social Studies.
* This resource has (3) no-prep SOCIAL STUDIES reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to Social Studies. *** CLICK here for a FILLABLE Google Drive Version of this set **** These lessons are:1. Language Evolution2. Franklin's Virtues of Life3. Criminal Profiling*** Check the PREVIEW for a sample of the
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5th - 8th
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