Common Core Reading and Writing Bell Ringers Exit Slips BUNDLE, Volume 1 This IS included in my growing bundle: ALL of My Bell Ringer and Exit Slip Resources. Do you need a collection of ready-to-print bell ringers/exit slips that you can use all year long? Try my bundle of 155 unique activities that can be used more than once throughout the year. *Newly updated to include back-to-school icebreaker activities AND signs to hang on your bulletin board or other display to showcase student work. I

Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle (Grades 5-12) A YEAR'S WORTH of activities: over 220 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! This download includes the following products:Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for ANY Novel or StoryInteractive Reading Notebook for Nonfiction Informational TextsInteractive Notebook Mini Books: Bundle of

Updated to Include Distance Learning Options. Each article sub plan comes in two versions with full answer keys: 1) Easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides for paperless classrooms / distance learning. Don't fear, get your emergency secondary science sub plans right here! This bundle contains 52 SCIENCE ARTICLES with questions and full answer keys at 44% OFF the price of them separately. A whole year's worth of s

Updated for distance learning. This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for paperless online learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. When we teach science, the important scientific figures behind the science are only mentioned in a cursory way. My Great Minds in Science Series of 19 ARTICLES functions to enliven and deepen the understanding of the people behind the discoveri

105 Common Core-aligned interactive nonfiction reading notebook foldable activities for secondary students (grades 6-12). These can be used with ANY nonfiction text (passages not included). This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle. Students will practice numerous skills, including: making inferences (inferring); summarizing the text; determining the central ideas; analyzing primary and secondary sources; analyzing the development of ideas; analyzing the relationship betwee

(New Cover) This resource provides five weeks of daily Common Core Reading practice that can be completed in five minutes a day. This document was developed with students that need an extra boost in reading comprehension and English Literature in mind. Use these as students first enter the classroom, as a daily review, or more! ****Click the Follow Button to Find Out about Freebies and New Resources**** Click Here for Weeks 6-10 Click Here for Week 11 Click Here for Week 12 This quick and

Argument Analysis: Regifting - a winter holiday activity now updated with a shareable Google Slides version for distance learning!A complete mini-unit for analyzing nonfiction text, practicing speaking and listening skills, and writing an argument essay complete with original data graphs. Students will analyze both sides of the regifting argument, then write their own arguments for or against regifting. Includes an anticipatory activity, articles, comprehension and critical-thinking questions (d

Lizzie Borden was tried and ultimately acquitted for the MURDER of her PARENTS in the 1890s. The trial was controversial. How could a WOMAN possibly hack her parents to death and why? How could this have happened while she was HOME if she didn't do it? In this nonfiction unit, students will read articles about the case and then decide for themselves if they think Lizzie Borden is INNOCENT or GUILTY. If your students like this nonfiction unit, be sure to check out the Bespoke ELA activity on

Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L

This is a bundle of my Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Literature and Informational Texts BUNDLE for Grades 6-12 *UPDATED Aug. 2014: Now contains over 175 organizers! Perfect for Reader's Notebooks.*Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual anchor standard for Reading Literature and Reading Informational (for non-fiction), and will work for any piece of literature or non-fiction: shor

Common Core ELA Standards Checklists Bundle for High School, Grades 9-12 This bundle combines both the Grades 11-12 and Grades 9-10 Common Core State Standards Checklists for English Language Arts. This IS included in my Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12 You get 120+ pages featuring all of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards in an easy-to-read and record format. All five strands (reading literature, reading informational, writing, language, and speaking and listening) with every

It's impossible to teach Colonial American Literature without first studying Native Americans in Early America. Puritan and founding father texts don't have to be boring. When you pair them with rich creation stories, first encounter tales, and important indigenous issues, students will not only have a better understanding of the literary landscape of America, but will also gain a better perspective of the cost of building this nation. This Native American Literature and Early American Literatur

The Common Core Standards call for students to engage in argumentation as well as collaborative discussion. This 18-day unit for middle and high school (differentiated) hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards. Persuasive writing is a thing of the past -It was all about competition, negativity, and being ‘right.’ On the contrary, argumentation is the art of using evidence and research to support a position in a collaborative, positive way. It is also importan

Reading informational text and writing bundle for grade 6 - 12! Now includes Google Doc perfect for distance learning!Practice or assess all 9 reading informational text common core standards (RI.1 - RI.9) for grades 6 - 12 using interesting nonfiction texts about emotional intelligence.All 9 Editable Products Include:Nonfiction Article to teach Emotional IntelligenceCommon Core Reading Informational Text Questions: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1 - RI.9Opinion Writing Prompt: W.1Informative/Expository W

Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" is one of the most influential speeches of all time. However, many students don't find it as interesting as the teachers do. This unit will keep students engaged with the text while also allowing them to have some fun. First, students will dig into the speech in order to win a competition. Instead of you lecturing on the speech, students will be sifting through the speech to find answers in order to gain puzzle pieces. The first group to put

Making a Murderer Teaching Unit Season 1, Episodes 1-10 Engage your students in meaningful debate and critical-thinking exercises using my materials for teaching "Making a Murderer," the popular Netflix® documentary about Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey. Students will not only view and analyze the episodes, but they will read and research primary documents. This is nonfiction your students will WANT to read, research, dissect, and evaluate. The "Making a Murderer" Teaching Unit for Season 1, E

Common Core Reading Science & Technical Subjects Graphic Organizers for Grades 6-12 *UPDATED* Now includes a DIGITAL Google Slides copy for distance or remote learning!This IS included in the following bundles: • Common Core Bundle for Grades 6, 7, 8• Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual standard for Reading in Science and Technical Subjects (RST) grades 6-8, 9-10,

Teaching students to meet the Common Core’s expectations for argumentative writing can be a challenge. Teenagers seem very skilled at making claims (perhaps due to their natural inclination to having very strong opinions!?), but seem to struggle to find and use effective evidence to support those claims. This 3-day lesson is designed to ease students into using evidence to support claims. Students first learn to identify and evaluate the six main types of evidence before being asked to find ev

Looking for best instructional practices to use with informational or nonfiction texts? Meeting rigorous RI standards can be challenging when students are frustrated or disengaged. Secondary teachers can scaffold the comprehension process to help students feel confident and achieve success.This teaching resource works with any nonfiction or informational text you select for your students. It is appropriate for periodicals, exemplar texts, speeches, and informational chapter book excerpts. Use th

Editable Common Core ELA Standards Checklists Grades 11-12 - easy to use and customize!This IS included in my Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12ANDCommon Core ELA Standards Checklists for High School Grades 9-12This 60-page resource features all of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards in an easy-to-read and record format. All five strands (reading literature, reading informational, writing, language, and speaking and listening) with every single standard is included. Each format has p

Teach students how to analyze an author’s arguments with Atticus Finch’s Closing Arguments! This no prep-no plan unit bundle will teach your students rhetorical devices and the process of analyzing arguments. Then, students will analyze the closing arguments given by Atticus Finch in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This is also digital resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. Each unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Google Doc/Slides for each acti

Use short film clips to evaluate argument and specific claims - assessing valid, relevant and sufficient evidence and reasoning (common core ELA standard #8) in secondary reading informational texts (Printable & Digital) - Includes lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint, Google Doc, Google Slides, answer key and rubric for no prep Google classroom, distance learning activities or traditional classroom lesson!2 products for the price of 1: Grade 6-8 lesson & two Grade 9-12 lessons!Pro

"Unzip and go" introduction to rhetorical appeals and fallacies. This lesson bundle is an introduction to rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and different types of fallacies. It includes: *a README file to help teachers use the lesson bundle *a PowerPoint introduction to the concepts, which contains film clips from commercials and speeches that demonstrate the appeals and fallacies *a Guided Notes handout to aid students in taking notes on the presentation * UPDATE 1/27/2015 a new les

This activity has students making connections between Shakespeare's play Macbeth and the real world through the topic of corruption. In this scavenger hunt activity, students are to locate three Real World Macbeth figures who became corrupt as a result of their ambition. Students are then to write paragraphs that explain their connections using textual evidence from the play and from nonfiction articles.Included in this product you will find:The Scavenger Hunt Assignment Page with Common Core