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Common Core RI.8.5 resources for Microsoft Word
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
Grades:
7th - 9th, Higher Education
Common Core 7th and 8th Grade Reading Literature/Info. Texts Curricular Support
This item contains 184 pages of materials to use to implement the common core reading standards into your classroom. It includes:
*An Explanation of Each of the Standards
*Examples
*Academic Vocabulary
*Student Response Sheets to Apply the Standards
Reading Literature 7.1. and 8.1.
Student Response Pages To Apply the Standard
*Citing Textual Evidence: Supporting an Analysis of Explicit Statements
*Citing Textual Evidence: Supporting an Inference
*It Says, I Say, and So….
*T-Chart
*Answer /
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6th - 9th
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Grades 6-8 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Bronx Masquerade Full Flexible Unit Plan (Designed for 7th/8th grades)
Updated! Edited lessons, additional questions, 2 new poetry lessons, and 8th grade standards embedded.58 pages of lesson ideas, targeted questions and ideas for implementation! A great go-to unit plan and guide for engaging students while also helping students practice Common Core skills.This unit plan is great for teachers who need an entire unit plan or teachers who just want to get some new ideas for their unit for Bronx Masquerade. What's included:*key details for each chapter*CC aligned que
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7th - 8th
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Paragraph Scramble Game and Text Structure
-assemble puzzle strips to organize paragraph-seven (7) paragraphs with text structure described-answer key included-indentation of paragraphs useful for hinting and reinforcement of structure-includes concept that change in quotations indicate paragraph change -narrative/chronological, procedural/chronological, emphatic, spatial, descriptive by imagery, persuasive
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5th - 12th
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Personal Finance Unit: Pay Stub, Savings and Investing, Budgeting, Credit Cards
This is a comprehensive unit on finances which can be used for students in grades 8-12. I have taught this unit to my 8th graders, 10th graders, and seniors. This unit is good to give an overview to students of how to manage money and understand how finances work. It applies real life skills and scenarios and the students really enjoy it because it is tailored to each individual's future career and income. I live in San Diego, California but these lessons can be easily adapted to any part of
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8th - 12th
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Emergency Lesson/Sub Plans - The Evil Eye Close Read and Superstition Research
These handouts will take students through a Close Read of an informational article about the Evil Eye and provide an extension research activity for further learning about superstitions from around the world. This 2-3 day lesson is what I keep tucked aside in an Emergency Lesson Plan folder, but I have also used it with younger students, reluctant readers, and Fundamentals classes. I would suggest to begin the lesson by asking students about superstitions they are already familiar with. Lead the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Grammar Tip of the Day (#1-15)
Grammar Tip of the Day is here to save the day and start class off on a strong foot! Each box contains the necessary information to provide your students with a quick grammar lesson at the start of the day. This information has been formatted to emphasize the key points of each grammar lesson while being easy to copy and paste into a myriad of other presentation forms. References from well regarded sources across the web are also included for each source.My favorite way to implement these gramma
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Grades:
8th - 12th
ALL ABOUT COLLEGE Unit - Student Packet (Entire Quarter of Work!)
This Packet is designed to help students explore educational opportunities after high school graduation. The packet has over 50 pages of critical readings (with vocabulary work, reflections, author's purpose, and textual evidence practice), videos, speaking & listening activities (including a complete Socratic Seminar guide) a presentation, essay, and huge research opportunities for students. There is also an entire section on setting SMART goals, along with a reflection & re-evaluation
Grades:
7th - 11th
EOG Question Stems
These are question stems for students to use that are pulled from8th-grade released EOG exams in NC. Students can use them to create their own questions when working on literature and informational texts. They are standard-based.
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8th
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Holocaust Informational Article--Assesment
Students will demonstrate their understanding and knowledge of the Holocaust–produced in article form. They are given requirements on sections from the Holocaust (articles retrieved from CommonLit.org). A proficiency scale isattached for standards-based. Students are asked to create an informational article about the Holocaust after learning and reading multiple articles and resources about it. This is to show their demonstration of their knowledge of the historical event.
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8th - 12th
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READING FOR TEXT ANALYSIS WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS BUNDLE
A bundle of 10 sets of task cards and worksheets on reading for text analysis.This bundle includes task cards on:Audience, Register, TonePurpose, Content, StyleComparing TextsUnderstanding TextsInferring for MeaningPEE ParagraphExpository TextsPersuasive TextsSkimming, Scanning, Close ReadingReading ComprehensionTeachers can use these ready-made resources to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, and reading skills of the learners.Here are some other possible uses for these in your
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6th - 10th
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Spring Poetry/Figurative Writing
Using cooperative learning groups, students will review their main parts of speech (nouns and verbs) as they learn to write figuratively using personification. With careful, step by step guardrails, students can assist each other in creating a poem and then draw art to accompany it. With inspiration from classic cinema, the notion of figuratively speaking and figuratively writing can be gently worked into the schema. This topic is at least a two-period segue.
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6th - 8th
Informational Article of the Week - Football player in a book club
Based on Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week concept, my reading articles are typically non-fiction and modeled on Vale Middle School's format. The articles have been chosen by me and all questions have been developed by me. If you would like to see what Vale Middle School does, check out http://vms.vale.k12.or.us/articles-week
These articles are current events from a variety of news outlets. They include space for annotations and multiple choice questions that reflect the new common core
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7th - 8th
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Tom Sawyer Novel Guide - Distance Learning!
THIS IS A WHOLE UNIT WORTH OF STUDENT WORK!!!AMEN.Here's what you'll get...1. Essential Questions & Main Focus: Legacy2. Author Exploration of MARK TWAIN, complete with links, quotes, a short biography, and photos for students to analyze.3. A close/critical reading of an article that explains the SETTING, exploring the idea of steamboats, the Mississippi River, political climateof the Civil War, etc.(links to videos, full articles included, quotes, etc)4. CHARACTER CHART for EVERY character.
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6th - 9th
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Grade 8 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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Grades:
8th
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Quiz and Review
"A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord quiz, answer key, and review for students. Objectives covered include inference, drawing conclusions, word meaning, descriptive details, genre, text evidence, and word choice. Based on common core and higher-order thinking skills and questioning techniques, this quiz comprehensively covers chapters 1-10. Check out other resources from the novel:A Night to Remember Chapter 3 Close Reading AnalysisA NIght to Remember Vocabulary
Grades:
7th - 12th
Current Event Report and Rubric
Overview: In this Current Events Report WebQuest, students will engage in comprehensive research and reporting on a recent news event. The assignment aims to develop critical thinking, research, and communication skills as students analyze the chosen current event and communicate their findings effectively.Directions for Teachers:Introduction to Current Events:Provide an overview of the importance of staying informed about current events.Discuss the relevance of critical analysis and varied pers
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5th - 12th
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Classic Poems to Teach Specific Themes and the Paired-Texts to go with them
Have you searched and searched for poetry to match the theme you are teaching? Unit planned? Check out the lists of poems, quotes, short stories, songs, articles, novellas, novels, and excerpts that can be used to pair with the themes below. Check out the other lists available in the store as well. Cross-curricular and great for test prep. In person on online teaching. The lists included in this pack Back to School, New Beginnings, Perseverance, and How Sports Inspire Us. Check out some of the p
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
CCSS 8th Grade ELA Curriculum Pacing Guide Year Long
8th grade, year long in 4 quarters, CCSS used in Ohio, all of ELA
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8th, Staff
Sharon Draper's "Darkness Before Dawn" - 21 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 21 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Darkness Before Dawn." This novel is the 3rd in her Hazelwood High series. The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This re
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6th - 10th
Semester 1 (English 8) Final Exam
May be used as a Final Exam (for either semester) of ELA 8. Contains 50 multiple choice questions and 3 constructed response prompts. Exam contains grammar, and both literature and informational passages with standards based questions - hitting 25 different Common Core standards. An answer key is provided on the last page.
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8th
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READING FOR TEXT ANALYSIS HANDOUTS BUNDLE
A bundle of handouts on reading for text analysis.This bundle includes:Audience, Register, TonePurpose, Content, StyleComparing Texts Understanding TextsInferringPEE ParagraphExpository TextsPersuasive TextsSkim Scan ReadReading ComprehensionTeachers can use these ready-made resources to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, and reading skills of the learners.Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:To challenge early finishersFor effective tutoringAs ESL stati
Grades:
6th - 10th
Hidden Figures Week 1 - grades 3-8 Ch 1-5 Questions, Vocabulary, Background
Thematic ELA Unit Plan Week 1 with background resources for math, SS, and Science included.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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