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ELA - Writers' Workshop in Middle Grades (Outline)
By Amanda G
Writer's Workshop - First Twenty Days outline This gives you a twenty day introduction to writers' workshop in the middle grades. From going through the rules of the workshop, to editing vs. conferencing, to the different genre of writing. Everything is covered or introduced in this twenty day plan. Although this is intended for use when the school year begins, it can easily be used at any point throughout the year to teach different aspects that are covered. Updated: March 11, 2014 - Includes reasoning behind the placement of diagnostic writing during the first 20 days. Don't forget to check our my "revised" first twenty days of reading workshop for Junior and Intermediate grades: First Twenty Days of Reading Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!
By YourTeachingDoc
This is a pre-teaching activity where the students translate Archaic Language into common language. The document has "hidden" answers. Highlight the "common language" section and make the text black to see the answers. It is in printable format.
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 8
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
During their final year of middle school, 8th graders engage in preparing for high school by refining and enhancing skills acquired in previous middle school years, while also acquiring new (and frequently more challenging) abilities.
In numerous ways, 8th grade serves as a transitional year since students are anticipated to have mastered middle school skills and start evolving into “high-schoolers.” In particular, 8th graders are anticipated to be self-sufficient thinkers and doers, evaluating and articulating what they understand in both their written and spoken communication.
In the 8th grade, students further develop various skills acquired in previous grades, particularly focusing on aspects such as text evidence, language, and comparisons across different genres of text. Nonetheless, 8th graders deepen their text analyses by exploring the details and writing structures while evaluating how these aspects influence the text.
This ebook contains an in-depth guided reading lesson plan complete with activities, which takes around 90 minutes to complete. Proposed responses are also included.
Lesson Plan on 'The Great Gatsby'
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
While The Great Gatsby provides an in-depth portrayal of American culture during the Roaring Twenties, its storyline mirrors one told many times before, potentially as old as the country itself: a man rises from destitution to wealth, only to find that his fortune does not afford him the privileges enjoyed by those born into their elite status.
The central character is Jay Gatsby, a wealthy New Yorker whose occupation is vague. Gatsby is primarily known for the lavish parties he throws each weekend at his opulent Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is thought to be linked to illegal bootlegging and several criminal activities. The storyteller, Nick Carraway, resides next to Gatsby in West Egg.
This lesson plan for The Great Gatsby is designed to last approximately 90 minutes. The student activities vary and are presented in a separate worksheet. In the end, the answer key for the assignments is given separately at the end of the lesson plan.
Lesson Plan on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
Love in its many forms is the most important theme in *A Midsummer Night’s Dream. *The romantic encounters and subsequent confusions are the greatest cause of conflict in the play.
The play gives us variations on the theme of love – idyllic young love in the case of Hermia and Lysander; passionate and possessive love between Titania and Oberon; love lost and found again as with Helena and Demetrius; love as conquest as in the case of Theseus and Hippolyta. Shakespeare makes a point of infusing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with more than just a two-dimensional notion of romantic love – he shows us the darker side where we see love’s inconstancy, its violence, its possessiveness, and its illusory nature.
This lesson plan is designed specifically for Shakespeare's classic comedy. It lasts approximately 90 minutes (depending on the class size) and has activities for all types of learners. The photocopiable student sheet with the activities is included, as well as a separate sheet with the answers.
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
Twelfth Night incorporates many classic elements of comedic theater. At the core of its structure lies a network of complex romantic liaisons (Orsino loves Olivia, Olivia is smitten with Cesario and later Sebastian, Viola has feelings for Orsino, while Sir Andrew and Malvolio are attracted to Olivia); disguise (the plot centers around Viola disguising herself as a male servant to survive after being shipwrecked in Illyria); mistaken identities (Viola and Sebastian are twins so alike that nobody can tell them apart); trickery and mischief; a rich offering of song and dance; the satire of hypocrisy, excess, and arrogance; a fleeting period of chaos and confusion; concluding with a resolution where all misunderstandings are resolved and three marriages take place.
This ebook features an extensive lesson plan focused on 'Twelfth Night' and includes multiple activities intended to last at least 90 minutes. A unique printable worksheet for learners is included, along with the answer guide.
By Amanda G
One outline is for novels, the other for picture books. Areas covered between the two include: * Summary * Characters * Favourite Part * Connections * Problem/Solution (picture book) Two marks from one assignment! Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!
By BigDogCards-SLP
Are you looking for an introduction lesson for teaching main idea? Are your students struggling with main idea and supporting details or just Listening skills in general? The secret to getting the main idea is to teach the student to identify the topic, and then teach the student to identify what the purpose of the narrative was (Entertain/ Inform/ Persuade/ Instruct).
This is A 36 card/slide Lesson with 36 multiple choice prompts and 36 open-ended prompts which allow you to determine if the student can grasp the main idea. Narratives get progressively more complex as the student moves through the cards. A 4 page PDF assessment in included.
The cards work well with any students grades 6-10 or best when used with students who have mild cognitive delays yet basic language skills. An independent lesson will take about 30 minutes however if you are using it as a teaching tool during instruction the lesson can easily fill 60 minutes with breaks in between for group discussion.
The Difficult Path by Grace Lin Short Story Lesson
By Ms. J's ELA
This lesson should accompany Grace Lin's short story The Difficult Path. This resource includes a 12 page slides presentation with pre-reading questions, 7 vocabulary words from the story, tiered reading questions, and questions focused on one particular standard: Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from other stories. The presentation includes an answer key.
This resource also includes student handouts with the same activities. You will see these in the preview. You will get a colored copy along with a b/w printer friendly copy.
Reading - Workshop Set-up, 1st 20 days (Slidedeck)
By Amanda G
Back to School reading program made easy!
Among the lessons included are:
Accessing Reading Materials
Listening to Your Inner Voice
Reasons to Abandon Books
Leaving Tracks of Your Thinking
Different Kinds of Non-Fiction
Reading Response Journals
Creating a List of Your Reading
Book Talks
This resource is the complete first twenty days and is meant for the junior and intermediate classes. Part Fountas and Pinnell, part collaboration, this resource will help you take your students on the next step, beyond the primary level reading workshop. This is a digital accompaniment for my teacher's guides: First 20 Days of Reading - Junior/ Intermediate ELA and First 20 Days - Reading Workshop & Writing Workshop (Bundled). The bundled item is my best selling item on TeachShare!
This file includes both the PPT and a PDF version of the resource.
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Secret Samantha by Tim Federle Short Story Lesson
By Ms. J's ELA
This resource should accompany the short story Secret Samantha by Tim Federle. This story can be found in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories.
This resource includes five student worksheets in color and in b/w for printing. There is also a presentation to accompany the worksheets. The presentation and worksheets include a pre-reading journal entry, vocabulary from the story, tiered reading questions, and post-reading questions focused on a standard about determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court... by Matt De La Peña Lesson
By Ms. J's ELA
This resource should be use with the short story How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by Matt De La Peña. This is the first short story in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. This resource includes a presentation with 11 slides which you can display to students. It also includes a colored and b/w version of 4 pages of student worksheets. The first page focuses on point of view, the second on vocabulary, the third on tiered reading response questions, and the fourth on a focus standard- RL.8.3. The presentation contains an answer key.
The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist LESSON
By Ms. J's ELA
This resource should accompany the short story The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist. The page numbers listed in this resource align with the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. This resource includes 4 pages of both color and b/w worksheets which include a pre-reading journal question, tiered reading questions, vocabulary, and a focus on supporting analysis with textual evidence. A 10 page presentation accompanies the worksheets and includes an answer key.
This is a sensitive story. One of the tiered reading questions addresses coping strategies in times of grief. This question needs to be approached in an open, honest, non-judgmental way. If this is not the way you operate, skip this resource.
Back to School "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" Activity
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features a comprehensive lesson plan with a fun twist that teaches your students not to judge a book by its cover (literally!). I use this lesson during the first week of school in my ELA classroom on the day I introduce my students to our school-wide reading program. The lesson serves as a great reminder that reading should be pleasurable, not a chore, and it teaches students that there are actually tangible ways to pick a book that they are going to enjoy. My students love this lesson and you will love to see them reading, writing, thinking, and speaking all in one class period!
Product Includes:
- Full lesson plan lesson with objective, materials, warm-up, explanation, application, and closing activity
- Accompanying student worksheet
- 3-slide powerpoint for warm-up
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The Berenstain Bears Halloween is Sweet Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
The Berenstain Bears Halloween is Sweet comprehension questions product is useful for students that read the book and are getting ready for Halloween. The questions are placed in order with the book. Students can answer these questions as the book is read or after they have finished reading the book or listening to the book. While reading this book and answering these questions, students will learn about the traditions that people participate in when they celebrate Halloween, how to stay safe on Halloween when going trick or treating, why parents/guardians make rules to follow, and the importance of being kind.
Students can answer these short answer questions and multiple choice questions as they read book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished. Vocabulary words, their meanings, and examples of the words used in sentences are presented. Students have the opportunity to use those words in sentences as well.
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Kwanzaa Comprehension Passage and Questions
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To Kill a Mockingbird Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features an anticipation guide for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, and a meticulously-explained lesson plan that is in my opinion, the absolute best way to approach a new novel. Using a non-intimidating method called "Numbered Heads", this activity will get your students thinking, writing, conversing, and reporting about themes you will be encountering during your study of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Product Includes:
- 2 Page Anticipation Guide with 7 Debate Statements
- "Numbered Heads" Lesson Plan
I am confident that your students will enjoy this thoughtful, engaging activity as much as my students have for years!
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Introduction to Mystery Genre Lesson Plan - 60-Minute, Print & Go, Guided Notes
By TooBookedUp
Uncover the excitement of mystery writing with this engaging, print-and-go lesson plan!
Designed to introduce middle school students (grades 5-8) to the elements of the mystery genre, this comprehensive, 60-minute lesson plan is perfect for kicking off a new unit. With a focus on deduction, clue-finding, and critical thinking, students will explore the foundations of mystery stories in a fun and interactive way!
What’s Included:
- Guided Notes: Fill-in-the-blank format for easy comprehension and engagement as students learn the essential elements of a mystery.
- Teacher Slides: Ready-to-use slides that cover key elements such as crime, suspects, clues, red herrings, and more. Perfect for both in-person and virtual teaching!
- One-Page Mystery Story: "The Case of the Missing Trophy" is an original, age-appropriate mystery that encourages students to apply the elements they’ve learned to solve the case.
- Answer Keys: Complete with answers for the guided notes and mystery-solving tasks, making grading and discussion a breeze.
- Movie Trailer Activity: Includes a fun activity where students watch the Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase trailer and identify mystery elements.
Key Features:
- Print & Go: All materials are ready to use, requiring no prep time!
- Interactive & Engaging: Combines visual learning through slides, critical thinking with guided notes, and hands-on problem-solving with a mystery story.
- Assessment Included: Students are tasked with identifying the elements of a mystery using the provided story, with clear rubrics and answer keys.
- Flexible for Classroom Use: Adaptable for a wide range of students in grades 5-8, perfect for both in-person and remote learning.
- Builds Critical Thinking Skills: Encourages students to analyze evidence, question suspects, and solve a puzzle, preparing them for deeper reading comprehension.
Perfect For:
- Teachers introducing a new mystery unit.
- ELA classrooms looking for a fun and structured one-day lesson.
- Educators seeking an engaging, low-prep way to teach genre elements and get students excited about mystery stories.
Grab this engaging introduction to the mystery genre today, and watch your students become master detectives!
Figurative Language and Writing Activities
By Beth Hammett
Help student writers conquer figurative language terminologies and usages. Includes: Definitions Color Coded Examples Visuals Writing activities Peer Workshopping activities Figurative Language Strategies: Poetry terminologies: Similes, Metaphors, Adjectives, Adverbs, Onomatopoeia Five Senses: Hear, See, Smell, Taste, Touch Appositive phrases Stretching sentences with -ing words. Large download at 17 slides...can be used in pieces. Mind Mapping Handout Figurative Language Checklist handout Use with individual students, small groups, or whole class.Use for introduction, mastery, or assessment. Meets CCSS guidelines.
The Alchemist "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity
By Language Arts Excellence
Sometimes the best classroom discussions arise when students say nothing at all!
This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during the study of Paulo Coelho's allegorical tale about overcoming obstacles and achieving one's dreams, The Alchemist. Centering around 5 different provocative passages from the book, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your unit on The Alchemist!
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- 5 "Silent Conversation" worksheets with 5 different quotes from the novel
- Full lesson plan
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