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Inference Activities, Assignments, and Presentations - Activity Reading Bundle

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This inference activities bundle includes creative activities and assignments designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Inference can be a challenging reading skill for your students to master, but this best-selling bundle

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, CCRA.R.1

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Inference Activity - Making Inferences in Song Lyrics Music Reading Assignments

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Inference Activity - Making Inferences in Song Lyrics Music Reading Assignments is a creative bundle of activities designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Students will examine the lyrics of four songs that require

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.8.1, CCRA.R.1

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Valentine's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Stolen Love Letter

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This Valentine's Day close reading inference mystery activity is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. The resource includes everything you need to facilitate the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.8.1, RL.9-10.1, CCRA.R.1

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Thanksgiving Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Stole the Pumpkin Pie?

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Thanksgiving Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Stole the Pumpkin Pie?: Engage your students with a captivating close reading inference activity that challenges them to explore and find text evidence, make inferences, and read more closely. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

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Main Idea vs Theme Lesson - Presentation, Posters, and Worksheet Assignment

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Main Idea vs Theme Lesson - Presentation, Posters, and Worksheet Assignment: Help your students develop their understanding of the difference between main idea and theme with this ready-to-use resource. Students frequently confuse these two terms

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

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RL.4.2, RL.5.2, RL.6.2

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Christmas Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Destroyed the Snowman?

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Christmas Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Destroyed the Snowman?: This Christmas close reading activity is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. The resource

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$5.99

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Inference Activity - Making Inferences on Social Media Reading Assignments

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Inference Activity - Making Inferences on Social Media Reading Assignments is a creative activity designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Students will examine three social media profiles and use their reading skills to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, CCRA.R.1

$4.99

353

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Figurative Language Close Reading Stories Assignments Literary Devices Activity

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Figurative Language Close Reading Stories Assignments Literary Devices Activity: This fun and creative activity is an engaging way to bring literary devices into your middle and high school English language arts classes. Students will find and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.7.5, L.8.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a, CCRA.L.5

$7.99

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Inference Activities - Making Inferences in Text Messages Reading Assignments

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Inference Activities - Making Inferences in Text Messages Reading Assignments is a creative bundle of activities designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Students will read six text message conversations that require

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, CCRA.R.1

$4.99

648

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Idiom Activity - Idiom Text Messages Creative Assignments and Task Cards

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Idiom Activity - Idiom Text Messages Creative Assignments and Task Cards: Idioms play an important role in everyday speech, yet we often assume that our students are already familiar with their meanings. This resource is designed to assist your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Task Cards

$7.99

240

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Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices in Text Messages Assignments

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Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices in Text Messages Assignments: Shake up the way your students explore and understand literary devices and figurative language by delving into the world of modern communication – text messages! This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Poetry

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Task Cards

$8.99

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Close Reading Annotation Lesson - Presentation & Annotating Passage Assignment

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Close Reading Annotation Lesson - Presentation & Annotating Passage Assignment: Help your students understand the process of close reading and annotation of fiction with this ready-to-use resource. Close reading is a skill that does not often

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5

$5.99

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Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Activities

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Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Activities: These activities engage students in labelling metaphor, simile, oxymoron, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in high-interest passages. Each week, students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

$7.99

188

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Bloom's Taxonomy Posters, Reading Question Cards, and Assignment for Any Story

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Bloom's Taxonomy Posters, Reading Question Cards, and Assignment for Any Story: Transform your classroom into a hub of critical thinking and engagement with this versatile resource centered on Bloom's Taxonomy. Designed to promote higher-order

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Posters

$5.99

198

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READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT

By Presto Plans

The Reading Mysteries Program is a full-year, 40-week close reading program for middle and high school English language arts teachers that challenges students to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. It includes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10

$196.61

$99.99

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St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Leprechaun's Gold

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St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Leprechaun's Gold: This St. Patrick's Day close reading inference mystery is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$4.99

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Easter Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Stole the Easter Eggs?

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Easter Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Stole the Easter Eggs?: This Easter close reading inference mystery activity is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$4.99

Digital Download ZIP (21.72 MB)

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Halloween Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Stole the Candy?

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Halloween Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Stole the Candy?: Engage your students with a captivating close reading inference activity that challenges them to explore and find text evidence, make inferences, and read more closely. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10

$4.99

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Pun Posters - Funny Classroom Bulletin Board Literary Devices Decor Display

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Pun Posters - Funny Classroom Bulletin Board Literary Devices Decor Display: Bring laughter into your classroom with these 40 hilarious pun posters! Offered in both print or slideshow format, each pun poster includes a funny new pun that you can

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$7.99

103

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Inference Activities - Making Inferences with Pictures Missing Camera Activity

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Inference Activities - Making Inferences with Pictures Missing Camera Activity is a creative bundle of activities designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Students will imagine that they find an old-school camera on the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, CCRA.R.1

$3.00

126

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Bonnie from Presto Plans spent almost a decade in the English Language Arts classroom teaching all grades at the middle and high school level. She also has training and experience instructing English as an Additional Language both in Canada and Internationally and has worked as a resource teacher working with students who have special needs or exceptionalities. She now works full time developing resources and sharing teaching strategies for an amazing community of ELA educators. You can connect with her, and thousands of other teacher, in her free Facebook Group called Presto Plans: The English Teachers' Lounge!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Modeling
Real-world connections
Balanced literacy
Inquiry-based instruction
Student-centered
Cooperative learning

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Graduated with Honors with Distinction
SMART Exemplary Educator Award

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

- Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in English Language and Literature and a minor in French Second Language.
- Bachelor of Education in Middle and High School Education
- Masters advanced certification in literacy education.
- International Baccalaureate Training (English B).
- Training in Resource and Methods (Special Education)

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