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Middle school literature printables $5-10
Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Character Traits & Analysis Graphic Organizers Character Map & Development
Get ready for an amazing reading resource tailor-made for your 3rd, 4th or 5th-grade students: "Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers"! These awesome graphic organizers are designed with captivating layouts to grab your students' attention and take their understanding of characters in literature to the next level.This reading resource will help your students delve deep into the story's characters. Your readers will visually organize important traits and relationships, while also keepi
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Character Graphic Organizers Bundle: Printable and Digital Resouce
Classroom Library Alphabetical Book Spine Labels for Class Library Organization
Looking for classroom library labels to organize your library? These book spine labels are the perfect way to keep your classroom library in alphabetical order, just like books are organized in bookstores and libraries! This product includes six different options to help keep your library organized! You need access to PowerPoint to use this product!OPTION 1: BLANK Classroom Library Book Spine Labels (These are the original book spine labels!)This option allows you to label your classroom library
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Alphabetical and Informational Classroom Library Book Spine Label Bundle
Reading Log Alternative: "Tower of Books" {An Independent Reading Challenge}
Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log assignment. Printable and digital versions included!The challenge is built on two core ideas: to encourage students to read some different genres of books and authors they may not try otherwise, and to give them a fresh and motivating way to keep track of thei
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1st - 6th
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The Outsiders Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis
The Outsiders Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, The Outsiders, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! ****Now it includes the digital learning version. ****This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle include
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle
Book Activities BUNDLE | Reading Response Fiction Nonfiction | Print & Digital
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This resource is a BUNDLE of Book Activities to use with Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. There are 20+ activities that can be used with fictio
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3rd - 6th
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Context Clues and Vocabulary Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages
Determining the meaning of unknown words is a daunting task for many students - and we see them just skip over unfamiliar vocabulary frequently. My Context Clues Passages are designed so that students can use context clues from the text to determine the meaning of new vocabulary. I have intentionally included vocabulary that will be unknown or only vaguely familiar to students, so that they are forced to rely on restatements, synonyms, antonyms, inferences, examples, and parts of speech to deter
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3rd - 6th
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Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages Short Stories Story Elements Plot
It’s difficult for a student to truly analyze a story without a firm grasp on the elements of a story and plot. My Story Elements and Plot Reading Passages are intentionally written so that students begin to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Students will learn to recognize the structure of a story and learn when authors begin introducing characters, setting, action, conflict, a climax, and the resolution. With lack of recognition of these plot elements, students will struggle
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3rd - 6th
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The Tale of Despereaux Novel Study
This 200+ page unit is packed with comprehension, vocabulary, character and story analysis materials, extension activities, answer keys for multiple choice and true/false questions, and more! Most content is NO PREP! There are optional low prep materials also included.Perfect for Guided reading small groups, whole group read alouds, or even independent readers.Packet CoversVocabulary CardsPrintable Book Specific Glossary/DictionaryVocabulary Recording FormsVocabulary Practice Pages (Multiple C
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3rd - 6th
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Character Traits Reading Comprehension Passages | Character Analysis
Analyzing characters is a complex skill. It's requires students to interpret implicit and explicit clues from behaviors, thoughts, and dialogue (not exactly straightforward). My Character Traits Reading Comprehension Passages make character analysis simple! Students will practice repeatedly with passages that help them analyze characters in a targeted, efficient manner. With 3 differentiated levels for each of my 10 character analysis passages, your students will have the repeated practice they
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3rd - 6th
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Citing Text Evidence Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Short Stories
Finding text evidence is a skill introduced to entering third graders, but once the who, what, when, why, and how is answered - we want students to cite evidence to support inferences and quote accurately from a text to PROVE their answers! Finding text evidence and then correctly citing that evidence is a huge cognitive leap for students. These Citing Text Evidence Reading Comprehension Passages will lay the foundation for higher-level reading comprehension. With 3 differentiated levels for eac
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3rd - 6th
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Determining Theme Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages Theme Passages
Determining the theme of a passage can be tricky because it depends on a student’s ability to properly infer the main message of a passage. My Finding Theme Reading Comprehension Passages are written so that students can master finding a single theme within a short story by pushing past the details and elements to pull out the main message. With 3 differentiated levels for each of my 10 passages, your students will have the repeated practice they need to master theme in no time! Best of all, th
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3rd - 6th
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Book Activities | Reading Response Worksheets | Print & Digital | Fiction
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This reading response collection includes 20+ Book Activities that can be used with any novel or short story. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. Each of these engaging, easy-to
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3rd - 6th
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Reading Genre Poster Set for Upper Elementary and Middle School
Spark up your classroom library! These reading genre posters are the perfect addition to any upper grade classroom reading nook. Each poster displays a description and book covers representing the featured genre.18 genres are included in this set:Historical fictionRealistic fictionScience fictionBiographyAutobiographyFantasyMysteryMythsFolktalesFairy talesTall talesDramaPoetryGraphic novelsAdventureLegendFablesNonfiction
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4th - 8th
The Diary of Anne Frank DRAMA Unit for Play Version (Goodrich & Hackett)
This is an extremely thorough, full 3-week (14 days!) unit for the short story/drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or drama genre in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: November Selection – Click here to
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7th - 9th
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Classroom Library Genre Book Spine Labels
Looking to organize your classroom library using genres? Then these classroom library genre book spine labels are for you! This product includes colorful labels with white icons (which is the similar style as my other book spine label products) AND colored icons on white labels. The colored icons are perfect if you already organize your classroom library using my alphabetical labels, but you would like to add a genre label to your books as well!There are 5 label options total, including 3 colorf
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Classroom Library Genre Poster and Book Spine Label Bundle
Summarizing Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages | Summary Graphic Organizer
How many times have you read a student summary or response with irrelevant details? Summarizing is a critical skill for readers because summarizing important information allows students to make connections and integrate information efficiently. These Summarizing Passages were written specifically to sharpen students’ summarizing skills. Graphic organizers provide students with a practical summarizing process to follow. Short passages and questions help students learn how to "check all the boxes"
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3rd - 6th
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Summarizing Fiction Texts Bundle: Practice Passages, PowerPoint, Worksheets
Teach your students to summarize a fictional piece of literature by using the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy. This bundle of activities includes many practice opportunities! Students will read and summarize FOURTEEN fictional pieces. This bundle has everything you need to keep your students engaged as they learn how to write a strong fiction summary. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These genre a
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3rd - 6th
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Flowers for Algernon Short Story Unit (by Daniel Keyes) for 8th Grade
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week (12 days!) unit for the short story version of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 8, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: September Selection – Click here to read more about the Short
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7th - 9th
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Figurative Language Stories SET 2! Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8+
I created these stories and activities to further challenge my students in comprehending, identifying, analyzing, and revising figurative language. The stories in this set are meant to be longer and slightly more complex than the stories in my original Figurative Language Stories set, shown on the right. The average length for each story in the first set is 150 words, while the paragraphs in Set 2 average 300 words.
This pack includes 6 original, all new reading passages for teaching and review
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Literary Essay Analysis Writing About Reading 3rd 4th Grade ELA Test Prep
Are baby literary essays or extended constructed responses an expectation for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? This all-in-one print and digital reading pack is exactly what you need to help your upper elementary students succeed with writing essays about the books that they read!Help your grade 3, 4, and 5 students master the skill of writing these reading essays with the included easy-to-use modeled example writing, graphic organizers, templates, tasks, sorts, checklists, rubrics, and mu
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3rd - 6th
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All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "All Summer In a Day" by Ray Bradbury. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story by Ray Bradbury, other stories by Ray Bradbury, or science fiction in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: April Selection – Click here to read m
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5th - 7th
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Short Stories Figurative Language Reading Comprehension Passages | Similes
So many students take texts literally and are shocked when exposed to figurative meaning! My Figurative Language Reading Comprehension Passages are packed full of short stories with figurative language to help students practice with similes, metaphors, idioms, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and personification. With 3 differentiated levels for each of my 10 passages written specifically to practice figurative language, your students will be interpreting and writing their own figurative l
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3rd - 6th
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Restart Novel Study Unit -Literature Circle Unit- Comprehension Questions
Restart Novel Study UnitDigital Version now included!! Whether your students are virtual learning or you would just like to have your students complete this novel study digitally, this product now includes BOTH a paper and digital option. Once you download the file, you will be able to click a link within the PDF document that will have you create a copy of the digital Google Slides file. From there, you can send the document to your students through Google Classroom or another platform.This nov
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Novel Studies Unit- Growing Bundle (Save Me a Seat & Restart)
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