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Common Core RL.6.2 lessons
Finding the Theme of a Story Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Craft Activity
This reading themes bundle contains worksheets, task cards, a PowerPoint and everything else you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn how to determine the themes found in literary works. Some of the activities include test prep elements because theme questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. It is designed to teach students how to analyze a reading passage and identify its theme in a way that will keep them engaged. Students love th
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4th - 6th
Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Why do we often submit our students to long, dull, (dare I say, torturous) poetry units that they hate? Why not make poetry as fun and exciting as it has the potential to be?This unit does just that! Inside this .pdf file, you will find 10 elements of poetry lesson plans and activities plus a pre and post-test. Each lesson comes with everything you need (from links to engaging Google Slides Presentations to note sheets to assignments to answer keys and rubrics) to make your class's poetry study
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6th - 8th
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THE GIVER Novel Study Unit Plan Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading, Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Giver Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study --pre-reading questions, characters, vocabulary, final projects, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (460+ pages and slides -- 230+ print and 230+ digital Google Drive). ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google Forms! Get your
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6th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Lessons with Reading Passages and Questions - Doodle Notes
Finding reading comprehension lessons, passages, and questions that don't completely bore students can be a challenge. That's where these reading doodle notes, engaging reading passages, and fun reading activities come in. This set of reading mini-units focus on making inferences, finding the main idea, summarizing, sequencing and differentiating between facts and opinions. Here's. the best part...everything about these reading mini-units is designed with engagement in mind. Get students excite
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4th - 7th
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Theme Mini Lesson with Notes & Activity Middle School ELA - Distance Learning
*2022 Update* Your students have probably been studying theme since 1st grade. By the time they get to middle school, they need to dive a little deeper into this concept. This lesson will review theme and help students further explore this topic. This Resource Includes:1. Google Slides Notes: 9 creative and colorful slides that covers theme, 3 steps to identify theme, and how theme relates to plot.2. Fill in the Blank Notes: Help your students follow along with the lesson using this fill in th
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6th - 8th
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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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Themes in Reading PowerPoint Lesson with Practice Passages
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce themes in literature to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 41-slide PowerPoint teaches students how to determine a theme within a literary work. Use this theme PowerPoint to create an engaging lesson. **You will need the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo for reference.** PowerPoints filled with visuals are ideal for teaching new content to students b
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4th - 6th
Holes Unit Plan - Louis Sachar Novel Study Reading Unit
Holes Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach Holes by Louis Sachar. With more than 240+ pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, and interactive class activities.What Teachers Are Saying About The Holes Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the best resource I have bought on Teachers Pay Teachers in the past 7 years! Thank you for the effort put forth
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6th - 9th
HATCHET Novel Study Activities - Prereading, Vocabulary, Project - Lesson Plans
Get your learners thinking! Our Hatchet the Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (215+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan jou
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5th - 7th
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Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit & Comprehension Activities
My Esperanza Rising novel study features everything teachers need to lead students through Pam Muñoz Ryan's amazing book. This PDF novel study includes activities, comprehension questions, daily lesson plans, character analysis, word work, and more! Guide your readers through Esperanza Rising while helping them think more deeply about the characters, themes, and literary devices found within it.The theme of this novel is perseverance and the idea that one should never be afraid to start over. Yo
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4th - 8th, Staff
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit Activities for 6th 7th 8th
Teaching literature concepts and literary devices through The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this Socratic Seminar and literary devices novel study. This The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Middle School reading unit and novel study is exactly what you need to teach your seventh or eighth-grade middle school learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response focused format with this realistic fiction book. This unit digs dee
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6th - 8th
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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. 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. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 6: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Characterization (
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5th - 7th
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Mars Patel Podcast Unit Season 1
With this Mars Patel Podcast Season 1 Unit, you can immerse your students in the captivating world of the Mars Patel podcast, an enthralling fictional audio series that follows a group of young friends as they embark on a thrilling adventure, blending mystery, science fiction, and the timeless essence of youthful curiosity. Using the podcast, this resource is a dynamic tool for teaching literary elements and enhancing listening comprehension.This exciting unit is the ultimate companion for educa
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Mars Patel Mega Bundle Seasons 1 - 3
Teaching Plot in 5 Days
Teaching about story plot has never been easier with this 5-day lesson plan! This standards-based (both CCSS and TEKS) interactive lesson study of the literary element of Plot will have your students learning about, discussing, and applying ideas about how plot works and is created in fiction throughout the course of five days.There are five engaging classroom-tested lesson plans that detail everything you will need to do, STEP-BY-STEP, to teach your students about Plot. There are also graphic
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3rd - 6th
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NUMBER THE STARS Novel Study Unit Plan - Activity Prereading Fun Comprehension
Get your learners thinking! Our Numbers the Stars Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (218+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson pl
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5th - 7th
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Aesop's Fables Reader's Theater Scripts and Activities for Grades 4-7
Looking for a fun way to teach fables to your middle grade to middle school students? These Aesop's Fables reader's theater scripts are easy to implement, and students will love them! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating fables into your language arts instruction.These four, one-page, three-character scripts with corresponding reader response questions will give your students the chance to: work on fluency, reading comprehension while learning about the fables genre in a fun and en
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Activities for ANY Novel: Secondary ELA Novel Unit
Engage your students all year long with these activities for any novel (also works for short stories too)! This secondary ELA resource is filled with 32 novel activities that you can use before, during, and after reading any novel!These novel activities are perfect for a class novel study, independent reading projects, lit circles, and more! This resource includes multiple teacher instruction pages to help you seamlessly integrate these novel activities in your classroom, and it is organized int
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6th - 9th
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Main Idea Doodle Notes and Activities - Main Idea Reading Passages
Learning how to identify the main idea in a passage is absolutely essential. That’s why this mini-unit on finding the main idea is a hit! It combines doodle notes (where students sketch notes about how to find the main idea) and actual learning activities to help students improve their reading comprehension skills. It's pretty awesome! First students DOODLE and then they DO activities to help them showcase their learning!Here’s how it works: First, students will complete highly engaging Dood
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4th - 7th
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ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 1
ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 1These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This resource includes:• 4-page high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions• Context Clue Word Work• Summary
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
Teaching Theme Statements in Literature - Find and Determine Theme Worksheets
Finding theme in literature is a difficult skill to master. This unit breaks down the skill into 6 lessons that are scaffolded. It includes lesson plans, passages, printouts, and tasks that assess each learning target. It is so thorough that the teacher will need little prep time. The unit also comes equipped with beautiful classroom posters which include theme statements and that can be used long after the unit is taught.Check out our other ELA Units:Greek Mythology BundleText Structure Un
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4th - 6th
Summarize Fiction PowerPoint with Practice Passages: Somebody Wanted But So Then
Are you searching for a step-by-step summarizing PowerPoint that can be used to teach your students how to write a strong fiction summary in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 53-slide PowerPoint will guide your students through the process of writing a summary using the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" summarizing strategy. It includes FIVE practice opportunities, including two classic stories (Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Emperor's New Clothes) as well a
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3rd - 6th
The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal
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6th - 8th
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Wonder by R.J. Palacio Reading Unit Novel Study Activities 4th 5th 6th | Digital
This Wonder by R. J. Palacio reading unit and novel study is exactly what you need to teach your fourth, fifth, or sixth grade learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response focused format with this realistic fiction novel.Download the HUGE new preview to see what's included. This resource is in the following bundles:Fifth Grade Reading Units Growing Bundle Fifth Grade Reading Curriculum: An entire year of reading curriculumSixth Grade Reading Units Growing Bund
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4th - 6th
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