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Oral communication Common Core RL.7.2 resources

READERS THEATER MYSTERY SCRIPT with Elements of Drama Questions

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This high interest Readers’ Theater whodunit mystery script activity will give your grades 5-8 students drama and ELA fun! Students will practice reading aloud, comprehension, and reflect on elements of drama using a drama elements anchor chart. Questions and a multiple choice quiz are included."The Mystery of the Crooked Competition" readers’ theater script will require students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. Transform your ELA and drama students into 'whodunit' detectives! This 9 p

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Oral Communication

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.5

, RL.5.10

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.5

...

Also included in: READERS' THEATER WINTER MYSTERY SCRIPTS - Fun winter drama & ELA whodunnits

Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards

Created by

ELA Teacher Toolbox

Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun

Subjects:

Literature, Oral Communication, Reading

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.10

, RL.7.1

...

The Last Cuentista Novel Study Vocabulary in Context and Discussion Questions

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Middle School Bookworm

Enjoy this engaging novel study for the Newbery Award winning novel, The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. Students will love reading this novel and completing the corresponding worksheets with comprehension questions, analyzing quotes, summarization, figurative language, setting, and so much more. Vocabulary as used in context is vital to student success. 284 vocabulary words have been pulled from the text, textual context is provided, and students create their own definition based on the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Vocabulary

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.4

, RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

...

Student-Led Book Clubs (Jekyll and Hyde)

Created by

Kassicks Corner

*FULL UNIT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD*This resource contains discussion guidelines, individual student roles, discussion questions, a simple discussion rubric, daily lessons and activities, an introduction, and outlines and worksheets for daily student use. This is a ready-to-print resource to immediately hand to students. While based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this book club unit can easily be adapted to other sources.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.10

, SL.7.1

...

Grapes of Wrath - Six Thinking Hats Strategy- Lesson Plan

Created by

Kathleen Vo - Teaching Toolbox

This lesson plan is based on an excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. It focuses on purposeful annotation, connotation and theme. The lesson uses tools to lead students to a meaningful discussion about the the text using the six thinking hats strategy. All lesson materials are linked to the lesson plan! This is a great two day lesson and can be used for many grade levels.

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Oral Communication

Grades:

7th - 8th, Staff

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.4

Guided Discussion with Excerpts from The CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander

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Teach At Your Own Risk by Kimberly G

This can be used as a guide for a group discussion or as individual assignments. This resource includes two excerpts from CROSSOVER with questions to guide a discussion or for independent work.

Subjects:

Close Reading, Oral Communication, Reading

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Homeschool Curricula

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

...

FREE Creative Book Reports - 50 Fun Book Talk Projects for ANY Play or Novel

Created by

Brilliantly Lit

50 fun end of book individual and group activities and assessments for ANY novel or play: these FREE book report projects and creative book talks with rubrics are a win-win! All of the extension activities and assessments end-of-book projects are no-prep, paper-less ways for your students to show their comprehension of a book that they have read either with the class or on their own. This resource supplies individual creative oral presentation ideas, along with a number of presentations for grou

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Oral Communication

Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.8.1

, RL.8.2

...

Also included in: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE ACTIVITIES AND GAMES | 37 games, a board game & a debate

Number the Stars Questions for Class Discussions or for Socratic Seminars

Created by

Debbie's Den

Allow your students to "shine" as they use their critical-thinking skills to analyze 12 topics for class discussions or Socratic Seminars. Using characters and themes, readers will have a chance to delve further into Number the Stars as they recap details and voice their opinions. This ideal exchange will help participants to gain a better understanding of various aspects of the story as well as share and gain perspectives. It's a terrific group activity.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Oral Communication

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5