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Balanced literacy Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
ESL Lesson Plans: ESL Thanksgiving: ESL Curriculum
Are you looking for an engaging ESL lesson? This ESL Thanksgiving Lesson includes vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening activities for ESL students. Also included in this ESL lesson is a Digital Version! This ESL lesson is perfect for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students. In this ESL lesson students will have access to speaking and vocabulary activities. Also, ESL students will access the four domains of language. Join the Close Read of the Month Club today! Every month you w
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3rd - 12th
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William Shakespeare Webquest - Biography - Grades 9-12
The goal of this webquest lesson is to build your students' research skills and their ability to find reliable resources when asked to research a topic. This is an internet scavenger hunt. Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. This hunt is about the life and works of William Shakespeare. Included are:12 questions a chart for the students to complete 2 short optional writing assignmentsan answer key with the student questions for quick refer
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9th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe | Escape Room for Break Out Groups | ELA
Get ready for two fun-filled days of beginning-to-end excitement with this engaging lesson in ELA skills and critical thinking! This editable product is also available in my Bundle of Fear (200+ Pages and growing). Don't miss out! Your students will love the English Language Arts lessons embedded in this escape room - as they engage in problem-solving and teamwork to break Poe out of the graveyard! No props needed - you'll create student packets and hide keys from the materials provided. This l
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Language Arts Lessons Horror Bundle | Middle School and High School
ESL Lesson Plans: ESL Martin Luther King Close Reading: ESL Distance Learning
Are you looking for an engaging ESL lesson? This ESL lesson includes vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening activities for ESL students. Also included in this ESL lesson is a Digital Version! This ESL lesson is perfect for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students. In this ESL lesson students will have access to speaking and vocabulary activities. Also, ESL students will access the four domains of language. Join the Close Read of the Month Club today! Every month you will have less
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4th - 12th
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Independent Reading Conference Form and Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Logs
Included are three different forms that can be used for conferring with students about their reading. Two of the forms are more comprehensive for independent reading and one is more oriented to quicker check-ins when students are reading any text in class. Some of the aspects in these forms include accuracy, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and student goals. Some of the skills that are included are predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing and synthesizing. I have also included student
Grades:
6th - 12th
36 "Informational Text" Common Core Task Cards - ANY Text -Critical Thinking
Get YOUR students diving into rigorous INFORMATIONAL TEXT with these 36 task cards!
CCSS ALIGNED - Task cards reinforce some of the most important CCSS Mastery Standards for grades 7-12:
Main Idea - RI 7-12.1
Author's Purpose, Perspective and Point of View - RI 7-12.2
Text Organization and Structure - RI 7-12.5
Take a PEEK at this BRAND NEW "ELA Task Card MEGA BUNDLE"...
Product comes COMPLETE with:
36 UNIQUE Task Cards
5 UNIQUE Student Response Sheets
BONUS: "Task Card Activities" that
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â ELA Common Core Task Cards - MEGA Bundle - CCSS Reading and Writing
Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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Buddhism & Buddhists Beliefs: Reading Passages + Comprehension Activities
This activity includes a 3 part chart in which students are introduced to the fundamental beliefs of Buddhism, and questions that is proposes. Secondly, students are given example for all of these beliefs, and lastly, students have the opportunity to express their own opinions and thoughts in regard to Buddhist beliefs.Updated November 2023 to include a Power Point!--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving Bun
Grades:
6th - 10th
Informational Text Article: How He Drove Drunk & Someone Died: Reading Passages
This lesson contains an article about drinking and driving, and the consequences it can cause on those who do it and its victims. The lesson comes with writing and discussion prompts to help initiate a discussion on this very important topic, especially for young adults who are not fully aware of the dangers and potential consequences.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Driving While Distracted: Reading Passages Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the dangers and consequences of driving while distracted (specifically, mobile-devices). The lesson includes a writing response, graphic organizers, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInfor
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6th - 12th
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Article of the Week Template with Signposts-based activity!
Combining Kelly Gallagher's Article of the week and Kylene Beers and Bob Probst's signposts and Book/Head/Heart framework, here is a template that you can use weekly in your class.The assignment is appropriate for all different ability levels!The template has students annotate the article of the week (of your choice!) using the nonfiction signposts. After reading, there is a short paragraph assignment that addresses the book/head/heart. I've also included a rubric for grading.This is a great ass
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7th - 12th
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Informational Article: Who Shrank My Doritos? Reading Passages + Comprehension
This is an informational article that addresses the growing trend of food manufacturing companies providing less food in their packaging while still charging the same Price. And in some instances, providing less food, but charging even more. Accompanying the article is a worksheet with comprehension activities and questions.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wag
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6th - 12th
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Informational Article: Scenes from the Border: Reading Passages + Comprehension
This lesson is based around an article about immigration from Mexico. However, what the article reveals about exactly who and why are crossing over is more surprising that most people would assume. The lesson comes with comprehension questions (written responses and multiple choice) that will help lead to a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational
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6th - 12th
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Mythology in Business Project
Help your students connect Greek mythology to modern businesses! In this 4-5 day project, students will research an assigned Greek God and a given modern business. In their research, they will need to learn about each in order to understand what the allusion is between them. These findings will be presented in a Google Slides which students can present to their peers.I did this project as a preface to Homer's Odyssey, but it will work great for any Greek Myth! The goal of this project is to help
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9th - 10th
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Informational Text Article: Gender Games: Reading Passages + Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the Title IX, and how it has changed the role females play in high school and college athletics, and the effects of those on male athletes, female athletes, and the way institutions handle their sports programs. The lesson includes a writing response, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Ol
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Locked Away Forever: Reading Passages, Comprehension
In this lesson students will read about the debate over whether people under the age of 18 should receive life in prison without parole for crimes they committed. The lesson also includes comprehension and discussion questions to help initiate a meaningful discussion on the matter.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformational A
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6th - 12th
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Student Data Tracking Bundle
Do you want your students to have a stronger idea of their own learning? Would you like them to be able to set realistic goals for their own learning? Student data tracking is exactly what you are looking for!Data tracking is a wonderful way for students to take ownership of their own learning and skill mastery. These easy to use tracking sheet allows for students to track teacher defined pieces of data throughout the quarter, semester or year. Learning targets are common core aligned and can
Grades:
9th - 12th
Informational Article: Birth of India & Pakistan: Reading Passages + Activities
This lesson includes a 4 page article on the origins of India and Pakistan, as countries, free from the imperial reign on Great Britain. The lesson includes a writing prompt, comprehension questions based on the article and student response questions designed to initiate a class-wide discussion.--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving BundlesAncient India Unit - Bundle of 25 LessonsAncient India and Ancient C
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Informational Text Article: Lyin' Eyes Reading Passages, Comprehension Questions
This lesson includes an article about how eyewitness testimony in criminal cases is unreliable, and that the modern use of DNA is now freeing people who were wrongly incarcerated. The lesson comes with comprehension questions and activities. A good article to start a meaningful discussion on an important issue.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? R
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6th - 12th
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Informational Article: Kick Them Out: Reading Passages + Comprehension Questions
In this lesson students will read an informational written by a high school that in which the author supports kicking trouble making students out of school because it severely inhibits other students from learning. Accompanied with the article is a writing prompts and opinion questions for the students to answer. This is an excellent way to start a good, meaningful discussion on the subject.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Oly
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6th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension- NEWS REPORT- ChatGPT - Google Forms
Welcome to our groundbreaking news report reading literacy tool designed to support students preparing for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). It can be used to support reading comprehension goals. Our Google Form is a game-changer, as it marks multiple-choice questions, providing immediate feedback to students. It also covers a high-interest topic-- AI and ChatGPT. Buy the collection of OSSLT tools today and unlock the full potential of your students' literacy skills! This pro
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8th - 12th
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Collection of ELA Strategies: Test Prep, Reading Passages and Writing Skills
In this lesson students will apply three different strategies to their own readings. These strategies include setting, conflict, character traits and prediction. The primary goal of this lesson and these strategies is for students to determine how these elements had an affect on, and possibly changed the character(s) they read about.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #1: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
Common Core Political Cartoon Analysis
This complete and easy-to-follow lesson plan allows us to teach our students something new but necessary, according to the CCSS and standardized tests: political cartoons.
Common Core-aligned, this lesson plan prepares students to analyze funny, controversial, and newsworthy cartoons and teaches them to use the standards they are used to working with in a new medium.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Informational Text Article: Telling Plastic to Bag It Reading Passages Questions
This lesson centers around an article about the ideas behind reducing, or in some cases, eliminating the use of plastic bags (and its effects on the environment, businesses, pollution). The lesson comes with a strong prompt, comprehension questions to help initiate a discussion, and a short extension activity and reading.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage B
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8th - 12th
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