6th Grade Literature Assessment

Engage your middle school students with a thrilling 5-day detective unit centered around Roald Dahl's gripping short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter." This comprehensive unit combines critical thinking, inferencing, and multimedia analysis, making it perfect for ELA classrooms. Students will step into the shoes of detectives, analyze texts, watch film adaptations, and compare their experiences, all while meeting key CCSS standards.

What’s Included:

• Detailed Lesson Plans: Each day is thoughtfully planned to guide students through reading, analyzing, writing, and discussing "Lamb to the Slaughter."
• Graphic Organizers: Scaffolded organizers for each day to help students track evidence, make inferences, and compare the text with the film.
• Texts and Multimedia: The original short story and a link to the film adaptation, complete with an introduction by Roald Dahl.
• Writing Prompts: Engaging prompts to encourage students to write opinion essays and reflections.
• Class Discussion Guides: Questions and prompts to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions.

Day-by-Day Breakdown:

Day 1: Introduction to the Detective Activity

• Students are introduced to the murder mystery and work in groups to analyze witness statements and evidence photos.
• Focus on inference and deduction skills.

Day 2: Writing an Opinion Essay

• Students write an opinion essay based on their detective work from Day 1.
• Emphasis on textual evidence and structured writing.

Day 3: Reading "Lamb to the Slaughter"

• Students read the short story in chunked sections, making inferences and annotating the text.
• Use of scaffolding techniques to support all learners.

Day 4: Comparing Text and Film

• Students watch the film adaptation of "Lamb to the Slaughter."
• They use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the text and film, analyzing differences in storytelling techniques.

Day 5: Final Analysis and Discussion

• Students discuss their findings and the differences between the text and film.
• Wrap-up activities include reflective writing and sharing insights.

CCSS Alignment:

This unit aligns with CCSS standards for grades 5-8, focusing on quoting accurately from texts, citing textual evidence, and analyzing multimedia elements. Standards covered include:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.7

Benefits:

• Engaging and Interactive: Students love the hands-on detective work and multimedia elements.
• Skill-Building: Focus on inferencing, textual evidence, and critical thinking skills.
• Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: All materials and instructions are included for a seamless implementation.

Bring excitement and depth to your ELA classroom with this 5-day detective unit on "Lamb to the Slaughter." Your students will love stepping into the role of detectives while honing their reading and analytical skills.

his bundle includes quizzes for Julius Caesar Acts 1-5. Each quiz has multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. Each quiz comes with a study guide included. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

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Enhance your students' reading experience with this comprehensive set of comprehension questions based on A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school readers, these thought-provoking questions will deepen understanding and spark engaging discussions about the novel's themes, characters, and plot. Designed to assess both literal and inferential comprehension, these questions can be used for class discussions, homework, or as part of an assessment.

This resource should accompany Tim Tingle's short story Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains. This resource includes 4 student worksheet pages in both color and b/w. There is also a 12 page presentation to accompany the worksheets. The presentation contains answer keys for vocabulary and short answer questions. You will also get an Easel reading quiz with this resource.

This resource includes:

- a pre-reading journal question

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Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are fantastic, higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class text. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, I did the work for you! This packet includes everything you need to conduct a formal and structured set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte - NO PREPARATION NEEDED • Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom • 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fish Bowl” • “Fish Bowl” Preparation Sheet • Conversation Builder Prompts • Observation Sheet • Rubric

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" UNIT QUIZZES product provides students a chance to show what they know. 10 Short Response Writing Prompts, Suggested Uses, and Worksheet Pages to encourage insightful responses from this canonized work. 10th - 12th Graders will love this short writing quiz. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" Speech before a crowd of some 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington, remains one of the most famous speeches in history. Weaving in references to the country’s Founding Fathers and the Bible, King used universal themes to depict the struggles of African Americans before closing with an improvised riff on his dreams of equality. The eloquent speech was immediately recognized as a highlight of the successful protest, and has endured as one of the signature moments of the civil rights movement.

This 11th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to understand the need for standing up for equality and what you believe is right.

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Chasing Vermeer Novel Quizzes and Writing Prompt

Chasing Vermeer by By Blue Balliett is a fantastic mystery novel that will have your kids excited to read and figure out a mysterious theft of a valuable piece of Vermeer art!

Chasing Vermeer is a great read and will keep your students guessing and talking the entire book!

This Chasing Vermeer set includes:

~5 comprehension quizzes with multiple choice and short answer questions for every 4 chapters

~answer keys that include sample student responses for the short answer questions

~a character chart to keep track of the characters and the clues that might point to their involvement in the theft

~ a writing prompt and organizer that requires students to make inferences and support those inferences with text evidence

~a writing page for their final writing.

Check out the preview of the first quiz, the character map, and writing prompt!

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Novel Study Materials:

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· Daily Discussion Questions (with answers)

· Goals and Instruction Pages for Parent/Teacher

· Setting Worksheet

· Character Worksheet

· Conflict Worksheet

· Theme Worksheet

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· 2 Final Unit Test Options (Multiple choice or short answer)-With Answer Key

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· Goals and Teacher Instructions

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Those five stories are:

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- Main Street by Ellen Oh

- Flying Lessons by Soman Chainani

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- Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers

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- pre-reading journal prompts

- story vocabulary (except Main Street)

- tiered reading questions

- questions focused on one specific ELA standard

- answer keys

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SUMMARY:

Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiographical coming-of-age novel. She recounts her experiences as an African American girl growing up in the racially segregated South during the 1930s and 1940s.
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This 6th - 9th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the powerful exploration of the human capacity for prejudice, self worth, and the strength of relationships.

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Tuck Everlasting by By Natalie Babbitt is a fantastic fantasy novel that will have your kids excited to read and follow the adventure of a mysterious family!

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If you are looking for a quiz to accompany Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, you have come to the right place! These quizzes thoroughly assess student comprehension and student understanding. Use each quiz after each section of Tuck Everlasting, or allow students to answer the questions as they read and build a valuable study guide. The Tuck Everlasting Discussion Questions are open ended, higher order thinking questions that work perfectly for whole class or small group discussion.

This Tuck Everlasting set includes:

~6 comprehension quizzes with multiple choice and short answer questions - one quiz for every 4-5 chapters

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5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 2 of the play Julius Caesar. Complete with Answer Key.

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