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5th grade short stories thematic unit plans
Christmas Activities - Reading Passages - Story Elements - Narrative Writing
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE - Upper Elementary December Christmas Passages that are CCSS aligned with the ELA literature and narrative writing standards. We've added a Google Classroom Option to our popular product. The unit focuses on the reading skill of story elements of inferring character traits, Plot Development, and Theme. This unit is great to use for teacher observation because of the included lesson plans and rigorous activities. You will keep your students engaged during this challengi
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
Grades:
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Summer Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Determine Theme - Identify Theme Literature - Plot Development - Greek Mythology
Determine Theme in Literature - Identify Theme - Find Theme - Develop Plot with the integration of Greek Mythology Stories.Includes: - Plot Development Printouts and Tasks - Literary Theme Printouts and Tasks - Ticket out the door - Foldables - Annotation Coding - Anchor Charts for Plot Line and Determining Theme - Pre-writing graphic organizers - Teacher Samples - Assessment - 4 Greek Mythology Passages - 7 detailed lessonsFor other purchase options, check out our other Greek Mythology Units
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Halloween Writing Pack
This Halloween Writing Unit was designed to create a full month of writing for your classroom. Simply make a copy of each of these pages, staple together (with the cover page provided) and students can work all month on creative, fun, and meaningful writing for the whole month of October.This Writing pack contains two parts – 4 Halloween Writing Assignments and 5 October themed journal pages. Each of the 4 Halloween Writing Assignments have a brainstorm page. These pages have directions for each
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Grades:
K - 6th
The Gift of the Magi Close Reading Unit Bundle
A perfect tale for the winter season, this classic short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, makes the perfect holiday text for my gifted 4th grade students. It has been rewritten to suit the reading level of upper elementary students and includes a wide variety of vocabulary words, intentional literary elements, and loads of figurative language. The literary elements I pair with teaching this text are plot (mainly for the surprise ending!), summarizing, and irony. We spend between 1-2 we
Grades:
4th - 6th
Diary of a Snowman Winter Writing Activity
Your kids will have snow much fun writing about their life as a snowman! This is a great activity for your students to practice "point of view" in a fun way.
What's included:
Cover Page
What’s Included Page
Snowman Journal Entry (Teacher Directions)
Snowman Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Five Different Diary Pages
Acknowledgements
Thank You
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan Short Story Unit for Conflict and Plot
Teaching conflict, plot, and literary devices through "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this interactive notebook, Socratic Seminar, and literary devices dystopian short story unit. This "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan short story unit is exactly what you need to teach your fifth or sixth-grade middle-grade learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response-focused format. This unit digs deep into the RL.3 standard that focuses
Grades:
5th - 6th
Mentor Text Mini Lessons for Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
This three week narrative writing unit centers around the mentor text Eleven by Sandra Cisneros. This story is short and packed full of powerful narrative writing techniques to teach students. Each mini lesson takes you through analyzing this text in depth so that students can hone their descriptive narrative writing skills. Note: the story is not included with this unit but a link to it is. There are seven mini lessons on the following topics: Mini Lesson #1: The Structure of a NarrativeMini Le
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5th - 8th
Drama Unit to suit any story
I have created a 10-week drama unit using various components of drama such as improvisation, characterisation and role-play. Each lesson starts with a warm-up (not linked to main component of lesson), body of lesson and a conclusion where students are asked to reflect on their participation in a drama journal. When I did this unit with my grade 3 students last year, we used the story 'Pumpkin Soup' by Helen Cooper but you can use absolutely any story you wish. Each week builds up to a final pro
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Grades:
1st - 7th
Growth Mindset with Aesop's Fables
This is a Growth Mindset bundle containing four individual lessons using Aesop's Fables.
The Crow and The Pitcher
The Lion and The Mouse
The Ant and The Grasshopper
The Tortoise and The Hare
These fables are really great, simple to understand stories that work so well with many ideas of Growth Mindset. For example; The Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare helps kids think about slowing down and doing their work correctly as well as trying things even if they might not do very well at firs
Grades:
K - 5th
Christmas Auditory Comprehension Pack
Working on having your students answer Wh- questions following short and simple stories? This is the pack for you! We have created a variety of materials that focus specifically on immediate short term memory. This pack includes wh- questions (what, who, where, when, why, and how) pertaining to 1 sentence stories as well as stories of increasing length and complexity.You might also love some of our other Christmas products:Christmas Interactive Bookhttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chr
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Also included in: Christmas Speech Language Activities Bundle
Moral Dilemmas Short Story Unit
Thank you for your interest in this short story unit.
When I created this unit, I had four main goals in mind: (1) To expose my students to a variety of reading strategies, (2) To draw attention to varying levels of information found in text, (3) To have the students practice compare and contrast, and (4) For my students to gain experience in narrative writing skills .
It is always my goal to provide useful, easy-to-use lessons and units, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if you hav
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing an African Folktale - Project
Students will enjoy using their creativity when writing their own African folktale! After reading several examples students use this 7-page packet to walk them through writing their very own African folktale. This packet includes: an overview of purpose and description of African folktales, directions/checklist for writing their own, writing brainstorm and plot outline, how to publish the final draft story, evaluation sheet, and a handout for a read around to share classmates finished folktal
Grades:
4th - 8th
Winter Writing Workbook Christmas Themed Writing Book for December
This is a Winter themed writing pack perfect for a Christmas themed writing unit for December! Help your students become authors with these three story starters to choose from. Each story starter contains a brainstorm page to help your students organize their thoughts before they begin writing.(This is a non-denominational winter/Christmas writing activity booklet.)Included in this download:-teacher instruction page-student instruction page-grading rubric-mini-lesson journal -3 writing brainsto
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Spooky Story Writing for Middle School: 6 Week Creative Writing Unit
This creative writing unit on How to Write Spooky Stories is designed to provide a flexible framework with a wide variety of individual, group and full-class lessons. The unit can be taught in four to six weeks depending upon the amount of class time available. This unit includes 115 pages of materials, including five full short stories that correspond with particular lessons.The unit is broken down as follows:IdeasWhere do we get good ideas for stories? Because students often struggle with idea
Grades:
5th - 12th
Speech Therapy Virtual Vacation - Maui - MIXED GROUPS, Articulation & Language
Want something fun and exciting to do in speech therapy? Need something to engage your mixed groups? This fun and engaging plan for your ENTIRE caseload is just what you need. Multiple and leveled targets that include both articulation and language means that this is the only thing you will need this week! No time to prep? The digital version with interactive Google Slides is ready go to in seconds. Prefer print? Need mixed groups to stay engaged? The Print and Go is perfect to keep everyo
Grades:
1st - 12th
Realistic Fiction Reading Passages – 5 Short Stories & Questions 4th & 5th Grade
Looking for age-appropriate realistic fiction passages? Five original short stories, created for fourth or fifth grade students, can be used for reading comprehension or a part of your genre study. Questions and organizers are included. Open the preview to take a closer look at the components:An anchor chart clearly defines elements of realistic fiction.Five age-appropriate stories immerse kids in contemporary situations. Each reading passage presents a unique problem or goal, as well as clearly
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Fairy Tale Paper Template Half Sheets
FAIRY TALE or FRACTURED FAIRY TALE castle themed pages for students to use to make a book. This product includes HALF sized pages of castles with writing lines and spaces for adding student drawings or photos. The title page includes the classic "Once Upon a Time..." while the other pages are adaptable for your own title, writing, or illustrations. (SEE THE PREVIEW!) The last page includes an outline for your students to create a puppet of the characters. Children will love how professional the
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Grades:
K - 12th
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Folktales Flipbook,Posters,& Unit(tall tales,fairy tales,legends,myths,& fables)
This product is the perfect supplement to any folktales unit. It include unit plans for one week that cover the five different types of folktales. The unit plans include things the teacher needs to know, literature connections, and web-based resources. As a formative assessment, there is a flipbook to use with your unit. Also included is an adorable poster set! Just for fun, there are a few cute graphic organizers as well! Enjoy :)
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Bilingual Classroom Management System
Grades:
K - 6th
Christmas Fun Bundle
This is a bundle of Christmas fun including:⭐ Colour Santa Christmas board game ⭐ Christmas, Christmas , what do you see? Story⭐ What do you want for Christmas? Christmas play to act out⭐Christmas 'Ten in the bed' - song to act out⭐ Art and craft project - Upcycled Glass gift for parents/care givers
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Grades:
PreK - 6th
The Great Kapok Tree - Outstanding English Writing Unit - 11 Lessons
Take your students on an engaging literacy journey to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, inspired by Lynne Cherry’s enchanting story, “The Great Kapok Tree.” This unit enhances writing skills while fostering an appreciation for the rich biodiversity and ecological significance of rainforests. Through a series of enjoyable activities, students will develop their descriptive writing, persuasive techniques, and analytical skills. These lessons are suitable for Grades 3 - 5.This unit includes:☆ 11
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
"How to Catch a Star" Speech Activities (NO PREP)
This NO PREP unit will save you astronomical amounts of time and stress and includes 11 stellar comprehensive activities for speech sound goals, expressive and receptive language goals, and even a self-assessment page for fluency targets. All of the activities pair well with "How to Catch a Star" by Oliver Jeffers. {A wonderful book with text perfect for beginning readers, vivid but non-distracting visuals for kids on the spectrum, and content that lends itself well to language goals.} The activ
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Narrative/Imaginative Writing Bundle AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM YEAR 5
Included in this resource is everything you need to plan, teach and assess your students in their narrative writing.
- pre test analysis sheet with prompts so that you can analyse individual students and then find common patterns for the class/cohort
- writing program with assessment items, sequence of learning and all english outcomes covered in the unit
- writing rubric for assessment where audience, text structure, vocabulary, character/setting, ideas/plot, sentence structure, punctuati
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Myths, Legends and Folktales Cooperative Unit
In this unit students will identify the characteristics of myths, legends, and folktales, apply thinking skills to reading, listening, and writing, and demonstrate knowledge of plots and major characters of myths, legends and folktales.
Students work in cooperative groups to read Native American and Japanese myths and legends. They learn about trickster tales and the characteristics of them.
Included is the unit test.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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