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Creative activities and project ideas for any novel, story, or unit in history. Newly updated with rubrics & additional activities and handou...
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Based on Suzanne Collins novel "The Hunger Games," this board game activity is fun for all levels of students. It comes with the printable game b...
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Students can track their own reading progress with these handy bookmarks that fold over the pages (which stay in the book much better than a regu...
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Character or Book Playlist / Soundtrack Activity Handout for Creative and Critical Thinking
Do your students like to listen to their iPods or mp...
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This is a fun, creative activity that challenges students to think critically about a character from literature or a historical figure. They must...
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Decorate your classroom or office with the words of author Suzanne Collins from her novels "The Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire." They come in a...
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These whimsical task cards engage and enhance student work. Whether you assign individual, group, or whole class instruction let May Task Cards e...
Use this cootie catcher to summarize what you have read! Students can cut it out and answer the questions. How surprised will they be when they...
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Are you tired of getting copy & pasted reports or dull summaries of a book from your students? If you give them CHOICES of FUN activities and...
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Create a Caricature, South-Park Style: Most high school students are familiar with South Park or at least the style of cartoon character from the...
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This is a free download for you to enjoy while reading The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
I created these using the text of the song...
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This powerpoint presentation is meant as an introduction to the brain disorder, Autism, as discussed in the novels, Al Capone Does My Shirts and ...
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Showing a movie tomorrow? These three movie guides can help you be ready on a moments notice. Great to leave as a substitute lesson plan too. The...
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Spurred by complaints of the hassle of standard reading logs, this one has been created to take the pain out of tracking reading minutes at home....
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This 5-page packet explains the 5 roles of Literature Circles: Discussion Director, Summarizer/Illustrator, Passage Master, Connector, and Word R...
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ALIGNED with the ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS! Students love to tag one another in pictures on Facebook. By using that same concept in a novel study...
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These tasks cards are cute and loaded with tons of dogs and fun!! Great for units that have a dog theme. I am using these with my Shiloh Unit.....
These are not your typical one sentence answer comprehension questions!!! They were developed to teach my students how to write a comprehensive a...
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This test includes multiple choice, sequencing, short answer, character matching, and an essay question. It is four pages and is used to assess s...
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Students work in groups - debating and discussing with each other - to come up with a list of items they would take with them for survival if the...
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In honor of the final Harry Potter movie this week, enjoy these FREE printable Harry Potter bookmarks. Contains several different designs for six...
Story Structure Posters. May be used as a reference tool to create a bulletin board or archer chart.
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You & your students can create a mockingjay-themed carved pumpkin using this template. I also included the template in outline form and other si...
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This is a two page book report form. It can be used with any book. It includes questions for fiction and nonfiction books.
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Students can draw the story sequence on this book report template.
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In this packet there is everything a teacher needs for Independent Reading assignments; clear expectations/deadlines, various assignments categor...
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This rubric was created to be used during guided reading discussions, but proved to be useful in math, science and social studies. The first pag...
Now aligned with the Common Core Standards!
Students love to tag one another in pictures on Facebook. By using that same concept in a novel stud...
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Here I put together three separate types of spreadsheets that can be used as a study sheet. Then each of the three types have 3 separate pages f...
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KWL Organizer Chart for Notetaking
I've taken the traditional KWL chart and livened in up with a cool font.
K = What you KNOW = students write...
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While my students read choice books, I require them to record new and challenging words on this document. It requires them to find/create an app...
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This is a 41 page packet of draw and write writing prompts. They are sorted by month and there are 3-5 for each month. There is also a story elem...
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More visual than typical graphic organizers, this reciprocal learning organizer will help students focus on their use of the four specific strate...
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This is a 20+ question reading comprehension quiz for the novel "The Red Pyramid" by Rick Riordan. Included are questions that you can use after ...
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This tic-tac-toe is used as a fun and interesting way for kids to think about books. "More fun then a book report!" is what a third grader told m...
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Students create a Pinterest profile for a character from a short story, novel, play or movie. The assignment and instructions are laid out in a m...
This is a HUGE 42 page novel unit to use with Lois Lowry's The Giver. The novel unit is classroom tested so the kinks have already been worked ou...
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This study guide is focused more on the literary elements of The Great Gatsy instead of the standard comprehension study guide. It includes a ful...
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This assignment includes the prompt, an outline, and a rubric from a critical analysis essay over the novel Red Badge of Courage. The prompt give...
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Students can draw their favorite scene for their book report.
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Please visit my blog: The Clutter-Free Classroom (www.CFClassroom.com) for daily tips on classroom organization & management.
This 30 page p...
Tired of grading endless stacks of essays? Want to lighten your grading load while still having students write and receive meaningful feedback on...
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This is an excellent handout for students reading any literature on their own. It also allows them to choose from a long list of Reflection quest...
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Comprehension questions for the novel, Tornado.
I created this powerpoint while teaching NIGHT to help my students put a "face" to the people who suffered and died during the Holocaust. I chos...
This literature guide includes chapter by chapter comprehension questions for Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures book, Great Egyptian Grave Robb...
Introduce your students to the novel The Red Badge of Courage through this spectacular PowerPoint presentation. Jam-packed with information that ...
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Includes a POPULAR variety of BOTH picture books and chapter books as well as a table of contents page!
*Includes title/picture of book, autho...
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Decorate your classroom or office with the words of author Harper Lee from her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." They come in an array of eye-pleasi...
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This is a terrific project for students to complete after they have read a utopian/dystopian society novel. I use it after they have read A Handm...
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