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This is a mega resource pack for Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Perfect for students reading the book independently, in small groups, o...
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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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Got a few extra minutes? Ask your students one of these intriguing Would You Rather questions about the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
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A set of activities for every two chapters for the book, "City of Ember", by Jeanne DuPrau. These are independent activities that students can c...
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The Hunger Games Character Analysis Graphic Organizers: Katniss Everdeen
This is a zipped folder graphic organizers for a close reading and char...
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This is a novel study on Magic Tree House: Thanksgiving on Thursday. Included in this packet are plans for each chapter. Students will make pre...
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Character Cell Phone Creative and Critical-Thinking Activity Common Core Aligned for Grades 6-12 ELA-Literacy
Creative activity that is especial...
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This easy to follow "menu" gives kids categories from which they can choose their own activities within each of those categories. There are thre...
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Depth and Complexity
You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literat...
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Lifelong Tool
Use this worksheet after you have read the book and then seen the movie version. Great for comparing and contrasting and thinking critically abou...
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This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry A...
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You can use these journal topics with your students throughout reading the novel In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Some are quotes ta...
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This anticipatory guide is a great way to begin. Prior to reading to reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, this allows you to get...
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Depth and Complexity
These bookmarks are a simple and easy way to get your students to think critically, and they can be used with fiction liter...
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Lifelong Tool
Got a few extra minutes? Ask your students one of these intriguing Would You Rather questions about the The Harry Potter series by J.K.Row...
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Reading Response Journal
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I have worked on developing and modifying a “Reading Response Journal” over the past 15 years b...
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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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This packet contains instructions for the teacher,12 book project ideas including book report and alternatives, and 12 easy-to-follow rubrics to ...
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This is a lesson I used for one of my instructional observations under the new Tennessee guidelines. I am a librarian at a K-2 school. I have a g...
In every book that they read, students will react emotionally to some of the content. This project enables them to keep a list of memorable quot...
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1 Year
This Hatchet unit includes five modules written by Brenda Kovich: Hatchet Overview, Answering Questions with Hatchet, Vocabulary with Hatchet, Pr...
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This is a teacher made test for the book "Sophie Simon Solves Them All" by Lisa Graff and Jason Beene. The test contains 20 higher-order thinking...
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Depth and Complexity
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Col...
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This is a 5-page document that contains student page notes and teacher overhead notes on mythological heros and quests. This works best with tea...
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The twelve characterization discussion question cards promote higher order thinking in a very FUN way! These cards are influenced by Bloom's Taxo...
This is a 10 page document that includes a step-by-step unit and all handouts for students to follow to complete an author and book study either ...
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The novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" offers an excellent opportunity for discussion and debate because of the major conflict in the latte...
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Depth and Complexity
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry's The Giver. This Depth and Co...
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This product consists of 80+ act by act comprehensive and analytical questions for the study of The Crucible. It also includes an answer key for ...
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This is the same product that I downloaded before, but with a white background, for those teachers who would prefer no color. Spark your students...
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This novel study packet includes a menu that students can pick from. Each activity can be used with any book a teacher chooses for a novel study....
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Depth and Complexity
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief. This ...
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Catching Fire FREE "What If" Journal Discussion Prompts Part One
"What if President Snow had gone to Peeta first and told him about Katniss and ...
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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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Quiz over chapter one for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Quiz has fill-in-the-blank for the setting, character matching, vocabulary matc...
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This ten side Power Point can accompany Markus Zusak's award winning novel. It uses the elements of literature to explore, analyze, discuss and w...
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This is a short response quiz on chapter 8 of A Separate Peace. It provides students with significant quotes from the chapter, and they must ide...
Students will create a scrapbook page each month. Students are given components for the scrapbook page and examples of how to complete it.
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Many of Orwell's prophecies have come true.
Research and discuss one of the following topics.
How is our world becoming as frightening as O...
After reading the novel Wonder by RJ Palacio, my students used this activity brainstorm all that we had learned from each perspective that the st...
Anne Frank KWL Organizer Chart for Notetaking
We've livened up the traditional KWL chart to accompany the study of the memoir -- THE DIARY OF A ...
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These questions can be put onto a classroom blog OR they can be typed up and used for a novel study, guided reading group, or literature circle. ...
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With limited space and wanting posters and charts to be more structured and typed, we created several smaller math and reading charts. This set ...
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This FREE ten slide presentation enables teachers to help students to analyze literature in depth. Each slide offers a visual lesson for Setting,...
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Out of the Dust; Novel Study and Extensions
Comprehension is the goal (and the most mysterious part) of reading. Research shows that readers must...
Number the Stars: Introductory Lesson and Possible Questions
Comprehension is the goal (and the most mysterious part) of reading. Research shows ...
For this Valentine's Day Freebie, students will choose the Best Couple of the Year from characters in any book or story that they have read for a...
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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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1 page--activity asks students to think critically about their own values, and compare them to Beowulf's values. This activity creates great disc...
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This is a project that is designed to be used with the novel Twenty One Balloons by William Pene Dubois. It can be given to be completed during t...
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