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Free middle school literature resources for GATE
Weekly Reading Log with Depth and Complexity Icons Bundle
Help your readers stay on track with this weekly reading log. We use this as homework but it could easily be used in the classroom as well.Students track their daily reading, including title, time spent reading, and pages read. On the back, there is space for a text response. At the end of the week, readers add up their pages and time spent reading. A space for a parent signature is the final piece.The icons of depth and complexity (often called GATE Icons) are added so that students may thi
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3rd - 8th
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Cereal Box Book Report - Project Based Learning
This is a fun way for students to show their understanding of either a book you've read together as a class or a book they've read on their own. This resource includes printable pieces that students can fill out, cut, and glue directly to a used cereal box. There is structure, but also the opportunity for creativity. The following template pieces are included in this resource:-Front of box: Students create a cereal name and look for the cereal-Back of box: Students create a game/activity that re
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2nd - 8th
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Menu of Independent Reading Projects FREE Enrichment and GATE
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3rd - 10th
Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Teaching Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" can be a really exciting time in a high school classroom with the potential for powerful discussions and a new distaste for the idea of conformity. Student favorite! This short story student workbook makes your life and the lives of your students easier. Students love having their own little workbook and teachers have zero prep to do!This short story student workbook includes:-Author bio and quiz-Pre-reading discussion guide-Vocabulary organizer with
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7th - 12th
Animation and Critical Thinking for GATE and Generation Z -- The Piano FREE
4th Graders through adults find this video and activity fascinating. Let's try it FREE!Maybe your students will ask the same question mine did, "When can we do this again?"Using a short 2 minute video and an accompanying "Visual Inference Guide," students quickly become engaged in a critical analysis as they share insights with classmates--connecting video and literature.This format works for upper elementary through high school honors classes because students respond according to their abilit
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Westing Game Wanted Posters
Directions and rubric to make Wanted Posters for The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. This will work well for 5th thru 9th grade. These can be passed out directly to students to use as directions and then scored by the teacher for a grade. Can be adapted for other books. Excellent for GATE students. Standards covered: Drawing Conclusions, Character Analysis, Noting Details
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5th - 8th
The Giver Characterization using Icons of Depth and Complexity
A lesson plan including thinking map (graphic organizer) which uses characterization to make predictions for future events. Complete lesson plan is written using a five step (direct instruction) format and incorporates higher order thinking skills, Sandra Kaplan's icons of depth and complexity, check for understanding questions, and sentence frames for English learners. This lesson plan/organizer is written to be used after students read about the Ceremony of Twelve in The Giver.
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6th - 8th
FREE Blood on the River Novel Choice Board Project
Harness students' creativity as they display their learning with this fun and engaging Blood on the River novel project! After reading the book, students will analyze the novel's plot, characters, conflicts, themes, and especially the historical context by creating a project of their choice - from a persuasive speech to a Jamestown newspaper to a piece of visual art. Whatever they choose, student will be challenged to write about different points of view and look at history with fresh eyes.If yo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
GATE reading response log
Reading response log using GATE icons of depth and complexity. For use when students are finished reading a chapter book. Can be used with all students, not just GATE students. This response log makes responding to literature a more meaningful and challenging activity.
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2nd - 6th
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Teaching Perspective and Point of View with Because of Mr. Terupt
This activity goes along with the first 7 chapters (personal stories) in the book Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea.
Students explore how life experiences, perception, and tone help shape a character's perspective. The author's craft is also a focus as students discuss how the author writes to form each character's personality.
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Information Collection for the first 21 pages of the book
Discussion Cards
Writing Prompt
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4th - 6th
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Book Project Menu
Students love book projects! They allow students to demonstrate their understanding of a novel or chapter book in a creative way. They also love to make choices about their work! In this product, students can utilize their multiple intelligences to best showcase their comprehension of basic literary elements (characters, plot, setting, etc.). Students may choose the format of their book report/project.
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4th - 8th
Book Review Worksheet
I use this worksheet as a task for early finishers. Students can write a book review after they finish reading a book. This is a word doc so you can edit it for your personal use.
reading, worksheet, early finisher, GATE, book, book review, 6th grade, 5th grade, 4th grade, 3rd grade, language arts, ELA, A.R., setting, genre, title, author
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Sentence Starters and Expectations for Paideia Seminars
Do you conduct Paideia Seminars with your students using novels, poetry, or other text or media selections? If so, you will want this product! You will receive "Sentence Starter" cards and "Expectations" cards--there are 2 on a page. Simply print and copy the cards on colored card stock, cut them out, and place them on students' desks before a Seminar. Students can refer to their Sentence Starters to keep Seminars and discussions lively and interesting! The Starters also encourage them to use sc
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2nd - 6th
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Anticipation Guide and GATE Frame for Maniac Magee
Get your students ready to enjoy the Jerry Spinelli's novel, Maniac Magee, by having them explore four different stations. Through the lens of the GATE icons, students will get thinking about issues that affect society today, just as it did back when Maniac ran around Two Mills, Pennsylvania.
As students rotate through the stations, they can take notes on the icon frame (included).
Access to a device that can scan QR codes is required.
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5th - 8th
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The Veldt: Creating a Graphic Novel
After reading Ray Bradbury's short story entitled "The Veldt", students will create a graphic novel version of the story that incorporates dialogue taken directly from the text. This assignment provides students with a creative outlet to illustrate their understanding and comprehension. Playing the song "The Veldt" by the artist Deadmau5 while students work provides some other stimulation and motivation to students. The song is based directly on the story!
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7th - 10th
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Design Your Character's iPhone Apps
Get your students thinking critically by having them design the apps that might be found on their character's phone! This is such a fun activity to complete as you read a novel or even as a culminating activity once a book has been read.You can use this for historical figures, characters from novels, or even tied in with current events.I have my students cut these out and share with classmates!
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3rd - 8th
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Poetry vs. Prose Lecture Notes
This resource will serve as an excellent tool for students to easily identify the similarities and differences between prose and poetry.
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6th - 10th
Generating Literature Discussion Questions
When students generate their own questions for literary discussions, they are moving beyond passive consumers of information. This routine prompts students to ask questions, moving from basic comprehension to higher order thinking. Students move from creating individual questions on a selection (potentially done before class in flipped instruction), to working with a group to create and evaluate questions, then returning to individual work to answer a question of their choice. Like all routine
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5th - 12th
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Dialectical Journal Double-Entry Journal The Outsiders
This 3-page PDF includes:
1) A beginner level template with an MLA-formatted example on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.
2) An intermediate–advanced level template with an MLA-formatted example (including a lead-in to the quotation) on the left side of the page and sentence starters/sentence stems for responses on the right side of the page.
3) An example of lead-in construction- deciding the most important 5Ws/H to giv
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6th - 9th
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GATE Universal Theme Posters
Eye-catching posters to display the Universal Themes in your classroom. Inspire your GATE students to make connections in every content area!
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3rd - 8th
LEGO Labyrinth from LEGOLab Volume 1
LEGO Labyrinth is just one of the exciting lab activities from my LEGOLab series (available on my TpT store).In this lab, students will read the story of Theseus and the Minotaur and construct a maze using LEGO elements.LEGOLab is a series of STREAM-based, hands-on challenges that engage students in collaborative learning and problem solving using higher-order thinking skills.Most labs can be completed using the elements in LEGO set #10698, the Large Creative Brick Box. If you already have a go
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3rd - 8th
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Close Reading GATE or Advanced Character's Actions vs. Words
I am always looking for specific, student-friendly ways to help students dive into a deeper reading—a more analytical and critical thinking view—of any text.
This activity (and discussion) works well in my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade GATE literacy groups, but there’s no reason it cannot be used up through 10th grade. The students will simply think at different levels; however, the format remains the same (see Common Core Standards below).
We need this in my school to help students move to “advanc
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3rd - 10th
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"Sherlock Holmes & the Deathly Howl" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sAll profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a script that is about 30 minutes long give or take a few. It is very friendly to produce, and should be quite enjoyable for your acting group. It is based upon the radio script, "The Tolling Bell" (in association with Gerald Murphy). A significant amount of notes are available that should be helpful to you. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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