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Common Core RL.8.2 interactive whiteboards
PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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THANKSGIVING Writing Short Films Inference Theme Plot Text Structures
Guaranteed fun learning with this Thanksgiving animated short film workshop, SALT. Students practice inference, theme, conflict, setting, and dialogue. Writing tasks allow students to practice text structures while creating recipes, dialogue, stories and a TURKEY PARDONING ACTIVITY. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young aspiring chef makes a lovely pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, but accidentally uses salt instead of sugar. His family's reaction is priceless!LITERARY DEVICES:❤ Making Inferences❤
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5th - 8th
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Extended Metaphor, Symbolism, Literary Analysis, John Steinbeck Text, CCSS
Analyzing literature doesn’t have to be boring. Instead, show your class the awesomeness that great writers tuck into their works and help them use symbolism to make connections between the text and their own lives.In this visually vibrant presentation, you’ll use a small slice of John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath (link included) to take students through an easy-to-follow 45-minute lesson where they analyze a stand-alone piece of text. You do not need to study any Steinbeck in y
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8th - 11th
Short Films Literary Elements Devices & Techniques Inference Character Theme
Guaranteed fun and laughter with this animated short film workshop that teaches character motivation, inferencing, providing evidence, and summary writing. Students are guided through the interactive Google Slides as they learn the importance of creating characters with motivation and how other character's motivations can cause conflicts. This workshop is simple and would work great for struggling students, ESL learners, or for a light lesson in general ed. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young girl
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Task Card Digital Boom Cards ELA Test Prep
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering reading comprehension questions. This bundle includes 12 sets of Boom task cards: Inference, Main Idea, Summarizing, Theme, Summarizing, Author's Purpose, Drawing Conclusions, Point of View, Informational Text, Context Clues, Character Traits, Prediction, and
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5th - 9th
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! - Google Slides - Middle School ELA Review Game
INTERACTIVE PRACTICE/ REVIEW (GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION):* I created this for my 8th grade ELA class but it can be used across the middle grades.*Skills Included in Jeopardy Game:- Structure - Nonfiction- Theme- Main Idea/ Details- Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd Person Omniscient/ Limited)- Author PurposeDirections: Click on the category amount of your choice. THINK carefully, and guess the answer (partners, whole class, or independently). Press the “Click to see answer” button, and then click the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Theme and Main Idea Task Cards - Digital Boom Cards for Distance Learning
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and non-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice finding the theme and main idea.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and m
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
February Pixar Short Films Theme Plot Setting Summary Valentines Day Activities
Perfect for February and Valentine's Day activities! To with a Pixar -like short film, Bear With Me, is a highly engaging way to theme, setting, plot, summary writing, and more. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. URL LINK TO THE VIDEO INCLUDEDSynopsis: A newly married bear must wait patiently for her husband to come out of hibernation. She gets a sweet surprise when he wakes up on Valentine's Day!❤MORE VALENTINE'S DAY ACTIVITIES!❤CHECK OUT T
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels, modern non-fiction articles and kid-friendly poems, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering reading comprehension questions.This bundle includes 12 sets of Boom task cards: Reading Skills, Poetry, Text Evidence, Text Structure, Claim & Evidence, Inference in Informational Text, Language Skills, Plot, Figurative Language, Auth
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5th - 9th
Short Film Workshops Literary Elements THEME SETTING CHARACTER CONFLICT
Looking for a fun and meaningful way to teach the elements of literature? This Pixar short film workshop bundles can meet the needs of all students, regardless of access to technology. Includes both 8.5x11 printable worksheets, task cards, and Google Slides. ❤They may be cute, but they are packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make
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5th - 8th
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Summarizing Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering main idea questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction & Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS and CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads,
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Skills Task Card Bundle Digital Boom Cards
Short Films Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Mothers Day Theme Inference
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love! This workshop teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. Great for Mother's Day! ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: Zuri grapples with trying to style her own hair as she watches her mother's video blog about hair. The viewer is led to believe that Zuri's mother has passed away because her father is struggling to help with her hair. But, a wonderful plot twist awaits and students learn the importanc
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4th - 8th
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Main Idea Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering main idea questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction & Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questionsThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and more. They are self-checkin
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Skills Task Card Bundle Digital Boom Cards
Animated Short Film Theme Inference Plot Characters Setting Dialogue more
A FULL YEAR OF digital Pixar Short Films! What a fun way to teach literary elements, aka story elements such as theme, inference, character, setting, plot, etc! These Share-&-Go workshops make learning convenient for teachers and enjoyable for students.CCSS FOR READING LITERATURE AND WRITING❤ NOTE: Each workshop includes CCSS aligned, thought-provoking questions, activities, and writing tasks specific for EACH film. (They are not simply generic graphic organizers).❤ INTERACTIVITY AND SHARING
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5th - 8th
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ELA Academic Vocabulary BUNDLE | 6th, 7th, 8th | Literature | Test Prep
This no-prep bundle includes Google slides interactive lessons, for middle school students to practice standard-aligned academic vocabulary on RL standards through critical thinking, academic conversation, and formative assessment. This resource is perfect for introducing a lesson, end of year test prep and review, station rotations, and small group instruction.⭐️ This resource includes academic vocabulary for all literature standards ⭐️ Each resources within this bundle incudes:Teacher instruct
Grades:
6th - 9th
Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
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4th - 8th
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THANKSGIVING Writing Prompts & Activities Text Structures Mini-Lessons & MORE
Digital Thanksgiving Writing Prompts with rubrics, mentor sample answers, and mini-lessons for constructed response, summary, instructional, and cause and effect writing. This resource is packed with engaging learning tools, videos, and articles. STUDENT APPROVED! ❤ INCLUDES:4 Writing Lessons4 Writing Prompts4 Digital Rubrics w. Moveable Pieces4 Mentor Sample ResponsesInstructions2 Informational Articles2 Short Documentary VideosShareable Slides for Peer Review and Scoring Stations❤ WRITING PROM
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5th - 8th
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Pixar Shorts Films for Teaching Theme Character Plot Setting Carl and Ellie
This P animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP, is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn how to trace the conflict to determine th
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5th - 8th
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RL.2 Standards-Based Vocabulary Interactive Lesson - Theme & Objective Summary
In this no-prep Google slide interactive lesson, middle school students will practice standard-aligned vocabulary on RL.2 (theme & objective summary) through critical thinking, academic conversation, and formative assessment. This resource is perfect for introducing a lesson, test review, station rotations, and small group instruction.This resource includes:Teacher instructions for use5 academic vocabulary terms aligned to RL.2 (editable definitions)A critical thinking drag and drop activity
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Academic Vocabulary BUNDLE | 6th, 7th, 8th | Literature | Test Prep
Theme Lesson Pack for "The Necklace"
-This package includes:
-Four page, four day lesson (.doc): The lesson plan is extremely detailed and comprehensive. The plan walks the teacher through all of the supplemental materials which include learning themes through fables, tracing the theme in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, directions on reading "The Necklace" with responsive reading techniques, directions on tracing the themes in "The Necklace", and finally detailed directions for a Socratic Seminar on the story.
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6th - 8th
Poetry Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from kid-friendly poems, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering reading comprehension questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short Poems- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and more. They are self-checking and make learning fun
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
Theme Task Cards Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice finding the theme.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questionsThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and more. They are self-checking and make learning fun!Please see the Playable Preview to try
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Skills Task Card Bundle Digital Boom Cards
IF- BY RUDYARD KIPLING - READING A DIDACTIC POEM - GOOGLE SLIDES
"If-" by Rudyard Kipling is a didactic poem that teaches valuable life lessons through vivid imagery and storytelling. This resource is designed to help students improve their poetry reading comprehension by analyzing the poem's structure, literary devices, and themes. Through guided discussions and activities, students will learn to identify and interpret key elements of the poem, such as metaphor, repetition, and tone. By the end of the resource, students will have a deeper understanding of th
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: IF BY RUDYARD KIPLING - READING A DIDACTIC POETRY - BUNDLE
Reading Skills Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and non-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering reading comprehension questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learning℠! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iP
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
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