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Free middle school literature outlines
Story Map - Outline for Story Writing
This product is a graphic organizer to be used in both reading and writing.
Fictional Stories
• It allows students to identifiy the key elements of a story: characters, setting, events, problem, and solutiion. By completing story maps, students increase their understanding and appreciation of selections. This can also be used as a framework for retellings.
Outline for Story Writing
• It can be used during the prewriting stage of a story to help students organize their thoughts.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
FREEBIE Lesson: Introduction to Comics (w. Graphic Novel Journal Pages!
FREE! This is much more than an art lesson! These comic handouts and assignments are specifically and strategically designed to teach about comics AND work with ACADEMIC projects in classrooms. Have students "show what they know" in SCHOOL with COMICS!
This lesson introduces students to the world of comics through handouts and assignments. Use before comic projects or graphic novel reading units! Includes Anatomy of a Comic Strip handout and Comic Vocabulary list! Bonus: Graphic Novel notes!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Comics in Classrooms: Full Bundle Lessons 1-11 (3 Weeks of Lessons!
Response to Literature Essay Frame
Students' literary analysis and thoughts can be presented academically with this response to literature essay frame. Your struggling students and English Learners can use these sentence frames and essay template to write a successful analysis of ANY short story or novel. This essay frame includes simple introduction and conclusion paragraphs, along with paragraphs to analyze characters and their growth, theme, and figurative language. By using this frame, students will have a structured essay th
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4th - 10th
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Pacing Chart for Grade 7 READING (Scope & Sequence)
I am making this available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a free download in response to overwhelming requests to view this document. This is not meant for you to use as-is, but is rather available to provide an example of how I use my various interactive notebooks and other products during the course of a school year.
This download also lists all of the literature/articles/novels/stories that I use during the year and which skills I teach with each one, as well as the resources I use.
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7th
Compare/Contrast Graphic Organizer for Books and Movies
If you teach novels like Holes, Bridge to Terabithia, The Giver, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, etc., you will LOVE this organizer! My students use this Bubble Diagram to compare and contrast events, settings, characters, and themes between a book and its screen version.
It's also a great way to plan a compare/contrast essay or project!
Enjoy!
Grades:
5th - 8th
The Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer that outlines the hero's journey. It provides blank spaces for each of the 12 stages of the journey (the call, the refusal, etc.) for students to fill in as they read a given text or watch a movie. This would likely follow a lesson based on the 12 stages. I use this doc with my AP Literature Kids as we reflect on The Kite Runner. In my World Literature Class, I pair it with The Alchemist. It can be paired with any texts (novel, short story, movie) that portray the cla
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Folktales description (fairy tales, tall tales etc..)
Description of different folktales on characters, setting, problem and solution.
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K - 6th
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Chapter Book Outline Graphic Organizers
My students love to read chapter books during Independent Reading, but I needed a solution to keep them accountable. Stopping to answer questions after each chapter can make reading more of a chore and discourage students from wanting to invest in a good book.
To help with this, I give my students an outline with spaces for each chapter in the book. When they begin a new chapter book, they choose the graphic organizer with the same number of chapters as their book and use this to do a quick su
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Literary Devices & Elements Guided Notes
This is guided notes page goes with a jumbo power point presentation loaded with media clips and engaging boredom busters while teaching the basic vocabulary and domain specific language required for the middle and high school language arts curriculum.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Common Core: Writing Standard: Proofreading and Editing
This download will help prepare your writers to develop good proofreading and editing techniques. It is user friendly, and your students will love it.
Included in your download is:
--7 pages of writing posters
This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!!
Common Core Standards addressed:
-ELACC4W5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
If you have any question
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3rd - 8th
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What to include when writing a summary of a short story or novel outline
Need a short and simple outline of how to write a summary? This handout gives the definition of what a summary is and provides a brief outline which gives your primary student the basics of what to include while writing their summary.
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2nd - 6th
TPCASTT- Guided Poetry Analysis
This great resource helps students analyze poems using the TPCASTT method. It's a simple chart that includes the meaning for each letter in the acronym. Can be easily accommodated for those who need modifications.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Pacing Chart for Grade 8 READING (Scope & Sequence)
I am making this available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a free download in response to overwhelming requests to view this document. This is not meant for you to use as-is, but is rather available to provide an example of how I use my various interactive notebooks and other products during the course of a school year.
This download also lists all of the literature/articles/novels/stories that I use during the year and which skills I teach with each one, as well as the resources I use.
I do not h
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Grades:
8th
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas for Middle School: COMPLETE UNIT OF WORK
A complete scheme of work with activities to cover every chapter of 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'. The unit starts by introducing students to the context of the Holocaust, Auschwitz and Nazi Germany. It then moves on to covering reading, writing and oracy skills whilst moving through the novel.This is designed for middle school. Key vocabulary per lesson and assessment ideas are also included alongside learning objectives and differentiated learning outcomes. Each lesson has also been mapped
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â The Boy in the Striped Pajamas for Middle School: Lesson Bundle
Writing Template (CER Format)
This template is designed for students to compare literary characteristics for 2 pieces of literature. Students will generate a well-written claim statement, organize textual evidence, and provide reasoning support. Students will also learn how to address and respond to a counterclaim through a rebuttal with this writing organizer. Students will hit all the essential components of CER writing with this guideline to organize their ideas.
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6th - 10th
Break These Chains: A Christmas Carol Project
Jacob Marley appears to Scrooge carrying the heavy chains that bind him from a lifetime of greed. As you examine Jacob Marley and Scrooge's regretful neglect of caring for their fellow men, your students will reflect on their own life choices and "break the chain with love."This project will require them to show acts of kindness they have practiced through illustrations or photos on chain links. Combine all of your class's acts of love to create a beautiful and heart-warming display!
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5th - 8th
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Literary Analysis Essay Outline Organizer & Transition Page
With the assistance of this literary analysis outline, your students will be able to write a thorough five paragraph literary analysis essay pertaining to any piece of literature they read.
Included is an example of using transitions to aid in the flow of the essay as well as a list of possible transitional phrases to use within the essay.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Book Review Essay
After students finish a novel have them write a five paragraph book review. This book review is an excellent resource that lays out the format for students and includes sentence frames to help guide all students, but is especially helpful for second language learners. This resource covers many of the common core standards.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Folktales Graphic Organizer
This is a basic graphic organizer for outlining the events of a folktale. It includes a spot for setting, characters, sequencing, and identifying the natural event the folktale is explaining.
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2nd - 8th
Literary Analysis Basic Outline
Basic literary analysis graphic organizer. Helps students organize ideas and quotes for a literary analysis essay. Targeted for middle school, but can be adapted for younger or older students. Could work for a variety of novels, short stories, plays, poems, or songs.
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5th - 8th
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Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story Comparison Chart and Essay Activity
This is a chart and essay outline I created to use with my 9th graders with disabilities. The students really enjoy finding the parallel characters while watching West Side Story (after reading Romeo and Juliet). The essay outline is very detailed, which my students needed, but can be modified to fit the needs/levels of your students.
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Story Mountain - Plot Diagram Worksheet
Worksheet to use for plot diagram. Zooms in on elements students learn in the Exposition and Resolution of a story. Companion to Story Element slide show in my store!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Keyhole Essay Graphic Organizer
Here is a great student friendly "keyhole" graphic organizer that can be used for any essay! I found this most helpful to use with my 7th graders when writing compare and contrast essays.
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5th - 9th
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Life Lessons from Atticus Finch and To Kill A Mockingbird
This worksheet is designed to help students process the bigger ideas of the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". Students are asked to think about what readers could learn about life and living from reading this novel. They must find textual evidence to support the life lessons they choose. This is a great brainstorm activity for paper writing, and for identifying themes of the novel.
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8th - 10th
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