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8th grade literature resources for GATE
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
The Fun They Had: Short Story Study Guide CCSS
Isaac Asimov’s short story, THE FUN THEY HAD, is a compelling snapshot of school in the year 2157. An excellent read-aloud selection any time of the year, this science fiction tale is especially appropriate as a back-to-school study.
This teaching resource for Mr. Asimov’s science fiction classic has
an internet link to a copy of the story
vocabulary activities
10 short answer comprehension questions
16 interpretive thinking and writing prompts
a graphic organizer for wri
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4th - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit - Drama and Analysis Activities for AMND
Are you ready to make your A Midsummer Night’s Dream unit truly magical? Immerse your students in the world of this William Shakespeare play with an interactive drama unit, an abridged version of AMND to perform, and two escape room games to introduce and review key concepts. Your A Midsummer Night’s Dream teaching unit is:✅ Interactive✅ Adaptable✅ EngagingYour A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit includes:Drama Unit for Interactive NotebooksAnalyzing dramaActing mini-lessons and activitiesIntroducti
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7th - 10th
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Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
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3rd - 8th
Text Analysis | Critical Thinking | Outside the Box Project
This Text Analysis project (which can be used with narrative, expository, and persuasive texts) will have your students thinking long after they have finished the project, and will help them think more objectively about future readings!Students will be required to talk about the text, its author, as well as the purpose, goals, and more.With six mini-projects to complete (which includes the student's name), this is sure to be a thought-provoking experience for students.Included in Your Purchase T
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6th - 8th
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Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Esperanza Rising Lapbook Interactive Activity
This is our most popular project! Students love creating these interactive lapbooks during and after reading Esperanza Rising. Activities include:VocabularyCharactersChapter SummariesDialogueLiterary TermsResearch Includes two cover choices: a pre-printed coloring page and the same image as a directed drawing.www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-teacher
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4th - 8th
Lord of the Flies Escape Room (paper + digital) - Unit Review Activities
Are you ready for an engaging review for your Lord of the Flies unit? Students review the novel by William Golding by completing a series of puzzles to demonstrate understanding of plot, character, figurative language, conflict, and theme. There’s even a TWIST ending!Highlights✅ Paper game (no locks required)✅ Digital game with automatic answer validation✅ Full teacher’s guide and set-up instructions✅ ~45 minutes for on-level 9th gradersEach version contains the same Lord of the Flies review act
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7th - 10th
Blueback by Tim Winton HIGHER ORDER THINKING NOVEL STUDY
This novel study contains 14 pages of questions (60 questions in total) organised by chapter (most chapters have 5 questions, though some shorter chapters have been combined with 6-8 questions for the 2 chapters) plus 15 final activities to do at the end of the story. The questions ALL involve higher order thinking, and most questions involve multiple parts. All questions are purposeful- none are there to just fill time!! The questions are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, First Steps Reading Strategi
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5th - 8th
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Character Traits ELA Project-Based Learning Activity Using Wonder PRINT&DIGITAL
This ELA project-based learning activity is a fantastic way to teach students about internal and external character traits using the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio! Your students will also learn about and apply writing skills, collaboration, and more during this PBL. It includes text about character traits, teacher directions, and student pages to walk your students through each part of the project. A pacing calendar is included, but it's flexible in order to be easily molded to your classroom and
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3rd - 8th
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Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Looking to freshen up your short story playlist? Student favorite, The Wife's Story is super fun story to do with all different levels of students. My student workbook mini units are an engaging way to teach short stories and leave students with a lasting impression. Included is everything you need to teach this short story, including:*Author Bio Page*Pre-reading Discussion Questions*Vocabulary with quiz*Vocab Activity*Short Story with Note Space*Reading Comprehension Questions*Creative Writing
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fun & Creative Summer School ELA Bundle for Middle & High NO PREP!
The Tempest - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare)
This version of The Tempest is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged The Tempest is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. The Te
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Abridged Shakespeare - 8 Play Bundle - Shakespeare in 30 minutes
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare) - Poor Malvolio
This version of Twelfth Night is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged Twelfth Night is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. **
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Abridged Shakespeare - 8 Play Bundle - Shakespeare in 30 minutes
Character Traits Choice Board
Since describing a character in depth is one of the CCSS, I created this product to use in my classroom to assess student mastery of this concept. Brain-based teaching supports the use of choice boards as a motivational instructional strategy to increase student learning because students love choices. They feel empowered when they have a say in how they demonstrate what they know.
The choice board can be used in many ways:
- Laminate the choice board and use as a center activity
- Use in lite
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3rd - 8th
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Island of the Blue Dolphins I Have Who Has? Game
Students love our Island of the Blue Dolphins I Have...Who Has? game! We've separated the game into two sets--one for each half of the novel. A challenging, fast- paced review of the main characters, setting, story elements and more! This game can be used in grades 4th and up and works best with a class size up to 32. Answer Key included!Print, laminate and enjoy years of no-prep fun! Time the class, and repeat often to beat the class record! To complete your no-prep Island of the Blue Dolphins,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Island of the Blue Dolphins Visual Novel Study & 3 Games Bundle
Shrek Themed Escape Room Traditional Literature
This resource is great to use during your Traditional Literature unit. The escape room includes four puzzles for students to solve while putting their knowledge of fairytales, fables, tall tales, myths, and legends to the test. This activity can be done in teams, individually, or as a class!
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Traditional Literature Unit Bundle
Harry Potter Themed Escape Room Text Structures
This resource is a fun way to test what your students know about text structures! The escape room includes four puzzles for students to solve while putting their knowledge of text structures to the test. This activity can be done in teams, individually, or as a class!
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3rd - 8th
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Script:The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
16 single-sided page script
Recommended for grades 4 through 8 (or younger, GT students)
Play is approximately 45 minutes long
A perfect culminating activity after enjoying the magic and symbolism of C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Enjoy!
(Long live Aslan; Long live Christmas!)
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3rd - 8th
Annotating Sonnets: COMPLETE Common Core Standards Unit for Middle & High School
Annotating Sonnets is a Common Core Standards Unit for all students grades 6-12, created to address close reading, annotating and then, WRITING ABOUT what one has found! This activity has long been practiced at the college level because it encourages nuanced and flexible thought, critical thinking and a holistic approach to tackling difficult text and hopefully all kinds of real-life issues once students move on after graduation. In preparation of this college practice, close reading and the pr
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6th - 12th
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A Single Shard Thinking and Writing Prompts
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Parks
A Single Shard Thinking and Writing Prompts is a set of 27 open-ended prompts to accompany Linda Sue Park's 2002 Newbery Winner. (4 pages)
Each idea or question is based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy.These items also align to CCSS.
Download the free page of sample items for a closer look.
A Single Shard Novel Teaching Guide with this product and a series of chapter-by-chapter objective tests and a whole book test (objective matchi
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6th - 8th
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The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare in 30 (abridged Shakespeare)
This version of The Comedy of Errors is part of my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. This abridged The Comedy of Errors is perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. This abridged Shakespeare play has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William S
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Abridged Shakespeare - 8 Play Bundle - Shakespeare in 30 minutes
Novel Study Student Packet & Key - The Name of this Book is Secret (Bosch) - U
****This packet is intended for printing / copying. If you are looking for a digital novel study for this book, please visit my store; I have a Google Slides version that is interactive.This 25 page Novel Study / Book Club Packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch, which is a Guided Reading Level U. The first page is an assignment page for students to use and to record due dates (which you may want to handwrite before r
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4th - 8th
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