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Common Core SL.7.1b literature circles
Literature Circles Made Easy Step by Step Lessons and Printables
Classroom Book Clubs: Literature Circles Made Easy includes 5 short videos for teachers plus the printables you need to set up and run Literature Circles in your classroom. This method does not include Literature Circle roles, so the program is easy to implement in a flexible manner. Kids love this method because it's more fun than traditional forms of Literature Circles, and teachers love it because it's easy and effective! After you purchase Classroom Book Clubs, look for the PDF with directio
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Literature Circles Made Easy | Classroom Book Clubs Discussion Bundle
READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL MYSTERY SCRIPTS: YOUNG HOLMES INVESTIGATES BUNDLE
Save 25% on this Middle School Readers’ Theater Young Holmes brain teaser mystery script activities bundle. These fun whodunnit scripts will entertain both drama and ELA classes. The scripts and activities give grades 5-8 students high interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and even some writing. A FREEBIE is included. Question sheets and answers are included in both scripts. Also provided are quick peer and self assessment forms, and a reading rubric for easy marking.Young Holmes Inv
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5th - 8th
Book Clubs & Lit Circles Made Easy with Google Docs! Updated for Online Learning
Now updated to include a remote, asynchronous online book club option due to COVID-19! Note: If you are moving to all-online learning due to the pandemic, I would suggest students choose public domain books that can be found for free online. Here is a great site to visit for public domain books! Want to infuse more student choice in your classroom? Need to facilitate deep literary analysis? Desperately need a better way to hit and assess those speaking and listening standards? Class book clubs (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Giver Novel Study
The Giver Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching The Giver by Lois Lowry. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this classic book. Whether you have taught The Giver for years or it is your first time, The Giver Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the no
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7th - 8th
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VIRTUAL LITERATURE CIRCLES Digital Book Clubs Digital Literature Circle Notebook
Facilitate Digital Book Clubs using this Virtual Literature Circle bundle! This folder for Google Drive® includes literature circle roles, peer-evaluation forms, participation rubrics, virtual discussion outlines, and a digital notebook for students to organize their work for each of their literature circle meetings.This folder includes all of the digital handouts needed to set up independent literature circles with your students, including literature circle roles and an organizational task char
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7th - 10th
Holocaust Literature Circles Unit Bundle
Get all my Holocaust Literature materials and save! This product includes all the materials you need for a powerful student centered learning experience. The Holocaust Literature Bundle is a collection of my favorite resources for teaching students about the atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust through fiction. Kick of you unit with a Book Tasting, then use student's selections to organize them into Literature Circles. Included: Printable Materials to transform your classroom into a literary dining
Grades:
7th - 10th
Socratic Seminar Discussion Toolkit for Secondary ELA - FULLY EDITABLE IN GOOGLE
ALL instructional materials in this Socratic Seminar Discussion Toolkit are COMPLETELY editable!This resource is perfect for middle or high school secondary ELA teachers who are looking to introduce socratic seminar to their class, engage their students in high-level discussion, or extend their students understanding and thinking on a text! The Socratic Seminar Toolkit will challenge students to be critical, high level thinkers. This resource provides easy-to-follow instructions for before the S
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7th - 10th
Literature Circle Classroom Book Clubs How to Organize Manage and Differentiate
Literature Circle Classroom Book ClubsHow to Organize, Manage, and Differentiatemay be used with any novel(s) Literature Circle Classroom Book Clubs were a favorite with my students. When I first began using Literature Circles, I found the model of student-assigned roles became challenging to manage; unexpected student absences and assignments not completed had impact on the planned weekly small-group discussions. I combined parts of the format of Literature Circles with a Book Club approach tha
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3rd - 8th
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Symbolism Tiny House Project: A Body Biography Alternative
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Intro Symbolism activities and pointers for getting students startedA link to a digitally editable planning page House plan and furniture printable blueprintsProject grading rubricExemplar images for a completed Tiny House projectOption for extension activity with a video tutorialThis is a wonderful project to use after or in place of a body biography!Students will create a tiny home for a character. They must use symbolism to identify an aesthetic and design a place where
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â 7th Grade ELA Unit 3 Bundle: Argumentative Texts
Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
Do your students need a little guidance when discussing their novel in literature circles? Foster meaningful, student led discussions with three of my best selling literature circles activities!In this bundle, you will receive:✔ 35 Disucssion Task Cards for Literature Circles - These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's ch
Grades:
7th - 10th
35 Discussion Task Cards for Literature Circles
Spark engaging conversations with Literature Circle Discussion Task Cards!Are your students struggling to keep conversation going during book club meetings? Do they love their novels, but don't know how to engage in discussion? These task cards offer 35 creative, critical thinking questions to prompt engaging, in depth discussion around literature circle or choice reading novels. Each card has one prompting question that addresses the novel's character, theme, setting, mood, and plot. Simply cut
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Book Club Discussion Activity BUNDLE
Dystopian Literature Circles: Engagement Through a Popular Genre
Dystopian Literature | Dystopian | Literature Circles
Dystopian literature is a popular genre with young adult readers. This engaging genre has motivated readers who were reluctant to pick up and enjoy a book. This unit capitalizes on the popularity of this genre while getting students in your class to read and enjoy a novel while using the literature circle method for comprehension, discussion, and structure.
This unit is designed with six current young adult novels. They range in reading le
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6th - 8th
Esperanza Rising Comprehension Questions for Novel Study, Writing, & Discussion!
Take the guesswork out of planning differentiated comprehension questions for Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan!This attractive set of slides for the novel delivers a complete set of questions for discussions and writing prompts, organized by chapter for comprehension of character, setting, plot, themes, and author's craft.Suggested Use for Novel StudyUse this resource forGuided reading questions,Socratic Seminar,Whole group discussions,Study Guides,Assessments,Writing prompts, and more!This r
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Esperanza Rising Bundle - WebQuest & Leveled Discussion Questions + Bonus!
Conversation Starters Package on Bad Habits- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bad habits.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bad habitsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Gun Violence
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on advertising.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of gun violenceActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Gun Violence Bundle: Class Discussions and Debate
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on sitcoms.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of sitcomsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Romance Genre Discussion Guide for Literature Circles
Elevate your students' engagement in romance novels with my Romance Discussion Guide for Literature Circles! Unleash the power of meaningful discussions centered around captivating stories by downloading this helpful guide. Whether you're exploring full-class novels, organizing literature circles, or encouraging independent reading, this resource is tailored to enhance comprehension and foster rich conversations.Equip your students with the tools they need to delve deep into their chosen romance
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Romance Genre Literature Circles or Choice Reading Unit
DRAMA CIRCLE BASKETBALL MYSTERY Activity - Mystery of the Basketball Prank
Develop listening skills, as well as team work, observation and presentation skills, all in one fun activity! Grades 4-7 students love drama circles and they love solving mysteries; the two together are an unbeatable combo. After the 40 card drama circle is complete, students have two minutes to discuss the solution to the Mystery of the Basketball Prank before you reveal the answer to them. This humorous brain teaser mystery narrative about a prank on a player in a middle school basketball tea
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Drama Circle Sports Mysteries Bundle: 3 fun drama activities for grades 4-7
Pig - Roald Dahl Short Story - 7 Day Lesson Plan
The irrational behaviour of Roald Dahl's characters in his fast paced short story Pig will have students laughing and engaged from the very first paragraph. What's included:- Teaching guide- Common core standards- Pre-reading activities- Literature circles guide- Vocabulary activity- Post-reading (comprehension and close reading) questions- Persuasive essay activity with guidelines and rubric- Creative writing activity- Online jeopardy game- Answers to all of the aboveThe story story is not prov
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Most Popular Middle School Short Stories - Classic Authors
Walk Two Moons | Socratic Seminar Questions + Slides (Perfect for Novel Study!)
This resource is your one-stop shop for students to effectively participate in a Socratic Seminar for the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. Each H-O-T (Higher-Order Thinking) question has been strategically worded to best allow students to think deeply and critically about the text while also extending their thinking to author's purpose, character analysis, and complex themes touched on in the text.Included in this ResourceSlides PresentationTeacher's NoteStudent InstructionsGroup One Questi
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Walk Two Moons | Socratic Seminar BUNDLE!
Literature Circle Role Sheets
Five role sheet options for literature circles. These provide extensive directions for students, scaffold and cater to multiple learning styles, bring modern relevancy through current events and research skills, and allow students to develop their own Higher Order Thinking Questions to move their discussion along.
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6th - 8th
Conversation Starters Package on Influencers
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on influencers.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of influencersActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
War Horse by Micheal Morpurgo Novel Study
War HorseBy Micheal Morpurgo29 page Novel Study including:-Vocabulary-Critical Thinking questions-Geography-Map work-Letter Template-Ven Diagram-Newspaper Article Template-Word Search-Answer KeyThis novel study contains everything you need for your students to have a deep understanding of the book. It includes two critical thinking questions per chapter with a teachers answer key. The questions can be short answer or full paragraphs. There is an activity for every three chapters, totaling si
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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