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8th grade reading strategies thematic unit plans
Picture It Visualization
Work on auditory comprehension using a visualization strategy. This pack includes 10 different practice sets using 10 different themes, and it can be used with a variety of ages and skill levels! You can do so much to reinforce this vital skill!***************************************************************************What awesome resources are included?★ Ten themes with eight stories per theme★ Worksheets for each story***************************************************************************W
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music
With these Film in Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music, you can help your students learn about the Elements of Music while listening to some of their favorite movie soundtracks. Each of the no prep lessons include a variety of activities for film in music history, reading comprehension and the Elements of Music listening activities.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesUPDATED RESOURCE DECEMBER 2023Included in the UPDATED Film in Music Lessons and
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Hero or Outlaw? Use Evidence to Decide! Nonfiction Passages and Printables
High-Interest nonfiction reading passages about the controversial wild west figures, Wyatt Earp, William Tilghman, and Jesse James. Each biography contains a biased read or an information list of their activities, a complete life story passage, and several printables that will engage your students in the text, challenge them to find evidence, and encourage them to read for understanding by analyzing the passages and defending their opinions. All answer keys are included.What's Included?• Nonf
Grades:
6th - 8th
Middle School Music Lessons | Complete General Music Curriculum for Entire Year
The Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle 1 is a great collection of music lessons, worksheets and assignments that are suitable for the Middle School and General Music classroom. There are enough resources to teach for an entire year. Each resource is ready to teach, requires little to no-prep, you just choose a lesson or activity and go!For helpful information about this Bundle of Resources for Middle School Music, read this blog post hereThe Music Lessons and Worksheets Bundle 1 includes:THREE
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Close Reading for Middle and High School
Close Reading
This awesome resource teaches middle and high school students how to close read.
Scaffolding the process by starting with cartoons and photos, students are provided with thorough and engaging models to copy, and then interesting pieces to practice with.
Included in this resource are:
-Why Close Read - what the experts say
-Close Reading Strategy Sheet
-3 Cartoons
-3 Photos
-2 Song Lyrics
-2 Poems
-2 Excerpts from popular teen literature
-2 Pieces of nonfiction
-Plus, 6 models fo
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE, Middle and High School English
Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum
The Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School Year Long Curriculum is a great collection of resources that are suitable for the Middle School and General Music classroom. There are enough resources to teach for an entire year. Each resource is ready to teach, you just choose a lesson or activity and go.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releasesThe complete resources included in the Rock Music Appreciation for Middle School | Year-Long General Music Curriculum include:African and
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
Grades:
5th - 9th
African and Jazz Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School & General Music
These African and Jazz Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School & General Music tell the story of how Rock Music began. The resource has been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. It has a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and the use of the Reading Comprehension Strategies to help improve the writing and literacy skills of your students.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the African and
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music
The Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music have been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. These pop and rock music appreciation lessons have a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and include Reading Comprehension Strategies.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the Pop and Rock Music Lessons and Worksheets for Middle School and General Music: TWO versions of the
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets for General Music
These Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets have been created with the Middle School and General Music student in mind. This unit of work on the Instruments of the Orchestra has a focus on the Elements of Music Listening Analysis, Paragraph Writing and the use of Reading Comprehension Strategies.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in the Instruments of the Orchestra Music Lessons and Worksheets for General Music:TWO versions of the Instruments
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Grades:
6th - 8th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
Grades:
5th - 9th
Divergent Novel Study
This novel unit is aligned with the common core standards and is a suggested six week plan that includes:Theme NotecardsQuick Checks/Comprehension Checks (May be used as a quiz)Exit SlipsVocabulary SuggestionsWriting PromptsMid-Term and Final ExamSupplemental MaterialsReader Roles
Grades:
5th - 8th
BUNDLE: Guided Reading High Interest Passages & CCSS Aligned Activities
This BUNDLE includes the very popular HIGH INTEREST READING PASSAGES for Famous Failures, Extreme Sports, Amazing Animals, Amazing Attractions, and Extreme Jobs. THIS BUNDLE IS COMPLETE WITH THESE 5 EDITIONS!These are available for individual purchase or save 27% with the bundle.Vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, grammar, spelling, and sequencing activities for each passage. These HIGH INTEREST reading passages are geared toward grade level students and older students reading at a lower leve
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - 3 Day Unit Group Activities
The Lottery is a great short story that is filled with examples of various literary elements and devices. I always feel like the students get a lot from this text as much as they enjoy reading it. The activities are designed for group work and it's helpful if you've already reviewed elements such as setting, plot, characterization, symbolism and foreshadowing with your class before you have them work on this because it's designed to be student-centered. I "chunked" the text into three sections i
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Of Mice and Men - Close Reading Unit
This resource engages students in close reading strategies to examine five excerpts from the novel Of Mice and Men.
Focusing on the ideas of friendship and loneliness, this Common-Core based lesson asks students to summarize and annotate, concentrating on literary devices, and the reading strategies of making inferences and questioning.
Additionally, there are metacognitive thinking stems that allow students to make personal and real-world connections to the text.
Finally, each excerpt give s
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Piano and Other Keyboards Music Appreciation Worksheets and Lessons
The Piano and Other Keyboards Music Appreciation Worksheets and Lessons is a great addition to the middle school and general music classroom. Your students will learn about a variety of different music keyboards including the piano, rock keyboard, pipe organ, harpsichord and the celeste.Click here to stay up to date with latest product releases Included in The Piano and Other Keyboards Music Appreciation Worksheets and Lessons:TWO versions of the Piano Worksheets and lessons– one printable and t
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Building Vocabulary and Reading Skills Bundle Context Inference Synonym Antonym
The three sets of context clues worksheets are designed for students whose reading and vocabulary need some sharpening or improvement. They can also be used as review in the beginning of the year, for test prep, reteaching, or reinforcing a skill you've taught. The context clues strategies covered include: Defintion or restatement ExampleComparisonContrastMaking InferencesThe word skills worksheets are designed for students whose usage skills in standard English need some strengthening. They can
Grades:
7th - 10th
Reading Genre Posters
This download contains 8 reading genre posters:
~Realistic Fiction
~Non-Fiction
~Biography
~Autobiography
~Fantasy
~Science Fiction
~Historical Fiction
~Poetry
The posters contain colorful designs and feature actual book covers to engage readers!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Wonder by R.J. Palacio/CCSS Aligned Novel Study
This novel study includes everything you will need to have an exciting Wonder experience with you class this year!Included:* Pre-Reading Writing Activity* Chapter questions with plenty of room for student answers* Vocabulary studies* Chapter summaries* Many extra activities including an activity that focuses on theme!This book has taken our elementary and middle grade classrooms by storm! Every child should read Wonder and should be encouraged to CHOOSE KIND.** During this time when we are out o
Grades:
5th - 8th
Basketball Listening for Details
Do you have sports enthusiasts in your upper elementary or middle school therapy room? If so, then your sports lovers are SURE to love this activity pack! They'll practice listening for details with the help of three board games and fiction and non-fiction passages!
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What awesome resources are included?
★ Three open-ended board games
★ Listening for details stories, both fiction and non-fiction
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Summer Reading: comprehension, introduction, conclusion, main idea, speech
Contains 5 summer-themed paragraphs for working on reading comprehension, written expression, and expressive language skills. Click here if you'd prefer the Boom card version of this resource!Practice identifying the text purpose, stating the main idea, using the main idea to generate multiple examples of introduction/topic and conclusion sentences, summarizing, answering critical-thinking questions (why, how do you know), finding the evidence/support for a statement in the text, and defining ti
Grades:
5th - 12th
The Nuremberg Laws--Holocaust Interdisciplinary Activity
A frequently neglected topic of the Holocaust and World War 2 with massive implications for our modern world: How did Hitler marginalize the Jews prior to the Holocaust?
Check out the preview file for what you will receive in this activity. This packet could work in ELA, Social Studies, or Science. You could also work as a team to create an interdisciplinary project where various teachers taught different concepts. The packet contains enough ideas to teach an entire unit (probably up to 15
Grades:
6th - 12th
Heroic Stories of WWII: Non-Fiction Reading Passages and Printables
Your students will be engaged with these exciting tales of World War II heroes. Middle School students love to hear tales of heroic acts. These passages are sure to please even your most reluctant reader. 33 pages include 4 informational text passages about Paul Tibbets, jr. (pilot of Enola Gay), George H.W. Bush (survived plane crash), Reba Whittle (only woman POW), and George Marshall (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize). The resource also includes printables for each passage, a flip book, an
Grades:
5th - 8th
Short Story Unit 1 and 2 Bundle
These lesson plans include all 74 short story lesson plans from Short Story Units 1 and 2.Complete list of stories:“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor “Cypress Swamp Granny” by Vivian Vande Velde “Curses, Inc.” by Vivian Vande Velde “The Elevator” by William Sleator “Hercules” by Various Authors “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “New Chicago” by Kelley Armstrong “The Witch’s Son” by Vivian Vande Velde “When First We Were Gods” by Rick Yancey “Faithful Johannes” by the Br
Grades:
6th - 12th
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