All Resources

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

, RL.4.6

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Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5

Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.4

, RL.8.4

Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!

Poetry Interactive Notebook: Poetry Activities for Common Core Grades 4-8+

Created by

Literature, Poetry, Reading

This Poetry Interactive Notebook is a companion to my TpT best seller, Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks.Do you dread teaching poetry? Do your students dread it even more? Spice things up this year with poetry activities and poetry lessons that are fun to teach and fun to learn.This resource is now part of an interactive notebook bundle. Find the bundle here.Download the preview file for samples, a table of contents, and Common Core alignment for grades 4-8. Please view the topics listed

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

, RL.4.5

, RL.5.1

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Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5

Reading Literature Interactive Notebook 2 ~ ALL NEW Add-On Pack for Grades 5-9

Created by

Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies

Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks ALL NEW Add on Pack for Grades 5-9 This Interactive Reading Literature Notebook is full of dynamic lessons and activities for teaching literary elements in grades 5-9 whether or not your district uses Common Core. An alignment is included for Common Core Reading Literature for Grades 5-9. UPDATE: A TEKS alignment is now included as well. *************************************************************************** Already own the original TpT best seller,

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading

, RL.5.6

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Daily Reading Comprehension Passages ELA Bell Ringers Test Prep

Created by

Read Write Middle

Are you looking for a way to have your students engaged and ready for class as soon as they walk in the door? My Daily Reading Comprehension Passages can help you do just that! These printable and digital bellringers are specifically designed to improve middle school students’ reading skills. This resource includes short and engaging daily reading passages that provide meaningful practice with context clues, main idea, making inferences, determining theme, and more!These passages are great for:H

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

, RL.7.1

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"Hunger Games" Unit: Lessons Q&A Tests Activities Quiz Vocab Maps Key

Created by

English Language Arts, Literature, Tools for Common Core

The Hunger Games Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit Bundle with Lessons Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - Digital Download UPDATED for distance learning with a DIGITAL version of my Survival Guide that can be shared on a secured platform with your students. They can type directly into the document!This is a comprehensive literature guide for the entire novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It correlates with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 6-12 in En

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.2

, RL.7.1

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Reading

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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle

ESCAPE ROOM ELA Escape the School: Comprehension and Writing Activity

Created by

Darlene Anne

This Escape the School breakout activity is perfect as a back-to-school team-building activity or can be used ANY time you need a fantastic learning adventure for your students!The back story of Escape the School has your kids trapped in school by a giant who thinks they are way too clever. They will be there forever...unless they can work in groups to solve a series of FUN comprehension and writing challenges and puzzles!WHICH SKILLS ARE PRACTICED IN THIS ESCAPE ROOM?☑ Close Reading☑ Team Build

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.5.4

, RL.8.4

, CCRA.R.1

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Also included in: ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE: School, Forest, and Planet

Veterans Day Activities

Created by

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

Veterans Day Activities for Close Reading, includes DIFFERENTIATED versions and aligns with the Common Core standards you need to teach. This product includes 7 fun, challenging, and engaging reading activities that all have a Veterans Day theme and are aligned to Common Core.Please view the preview file for an in-depth look at these activities.Download, print, and you're ready to teach!Each activity includes multiple versions with varying levels of difficulty and scaffolding to help you accommo

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

, RL.5.1

Created for Learning - ELA Novel Studies

, RL.6.1

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Also included in: Seasonal Bundle for Grades 4-8 Reading & ELA ~ Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!

THE GIVER Unit Plan - Novel Study Bundle (by Lois Lowry) - Literature Guide

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Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.2

Creative Writing, Literature, Vocabulary

, RL.6.7

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Hatchet Novel Study: Digital + Printable Book Unit: activities & quizzes

Created by

Gay Miller

Are you tired of pulling resources from many sources? This comprehensive Hatchet Digital + Printable Novel Study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, skill practice, and language arts lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) for grades 5 – 7. Check out all three versions of the Hatchet Book Unit to determine which best fits your teaching needs and style.Version #1 -- Hatchet [Gary Paulsen] Google Digital + Boom Learning + Printabl

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

CCSS:

, RL.5.5

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Also included in: 6th Grade Novel Study Bundle

Reading Graphic Organizers Fiction and Non-Fiction Grades 6, 7, 8

Created by

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Tools for Common Core

Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for Reading Notebooks Grades 6, 7, 8 - Use with Any Fiction & Informational Texts NEWLY UPDATED! This bundle of organizers has 50 new pages added! Total of 92 organizers, plus 10 bonus pages.EDITABLE ORGANIZERS HERE:Google Drive Literature Graphic Organizers (Common Core Aligned)**If you teach multiple grade levels, purchase the set for the highest grade level you teach. You do not need to purchase both the 6,7,8 and 9-10 packs. The 9-10 builds on th

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle

Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry

Created by

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1 This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE. Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards. This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.3

Created for Learning - ELA Novel Studies

, RL.8.1

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THE OUTSIDERS Unit Plan - Novel Study Bundle (S.E. Hinton) - Literature Guide

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Your learners will get tuff with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some t

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

Ancient History, Social Studies - History, World History

, RL.7.7

, RL.7.10

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Greek Mythology Unit - Greek Mythology Projects - Ancient Greece Unit Activities

Created by

Creative Classroom Core

This Greek Mythology Unit contains over 200 pages and it is the perfect addition to an Ancient Greece Interactive Notebook or Ancient Greece unit. These Greek mythology projects and activities include full text versions of a variety of Ancient Greek myths, telling the tales of the Olympians and other Greek Gods and Goddesses. It contains all of the resources, foldable activities, graphic organizers, and mythology worksheets you need to teach your students about the gods, goddesses, heroes, and m

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

, RL.4.10

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Also included in: Ancient Greece Unit Projects - Ancient Greek Mythology - Interactive Notebooks

ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle Grades 4-8

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This ELA Sub Plan Bundle includes 6-sets of my best-selling emergency sub plans for language arts! Well over 120 pages and 12 days worth of reading literature and informational text fun (including answer keys!) for your students to work on in your absence!Emergency ELA Sub Plans because EMERGENCIES happen!As a veteran teacher with three children I have learned that life happens. While I tend to be a warrior when I am under the weather and come to school no matter how close to death I may be feel

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 8th, Staff

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

CCSS:

Created for Learning - ELA Novel Studies

, RL.4.5

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WONDER Unit Plan - Anti-Bullying Novel Study Bundle (Palacio) - Literature Guide

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Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training

Subjects:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

, RL.5.7

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Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Pack for Any Novel or Story

Created by

Literature, Reading, Vocabulary

Interactive Notebook Reading Literature Bundle for Any Novel or Story (Grades 6-12)This IS included in my Interactive Reading Notebook Mega Bundle. A YEAR'S WORTH: Over 90 Common-Core aligned interactive reading foldable activities for secondary students. (Many can be used for 5th grade students, as well.) You do not have to use the Common Core State Standards to utilize this bundle! Read on for all the skills practiced.Students will practice numerous skills, including: making inferences (inferr

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle

Reading Literature Printables - Worksheets and Tests Grade 6

Created by

Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies

**Grade 6 Version** Level BThe topics included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Reading Literature Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 24 lessons, there is a 20-item practice, followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment.Most lessons are 2 pages, so I run

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

, RL.5.6

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Also included in: Practice & Assess Reading Literature: Differentiation BUNDLE!

The OUTSIDERS Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL - Standards-Based

Created by

Joy Sexton

OUTSIDERS: This Outsiders Novel Study Unit now includes both a print and digital version! Engage your students with standards-based literacy activities as they read S.E. Hinton's classic novel. The Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or independent study! The Free-Writes topics facilitate great discussions, and students enjoy choice on the essay and creative writing tasks. The DIGIT

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th

CCSS:

The Daring English Teacher

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Literary Analysis with Sticky Notes: Activities, Writing, and PowerPoint

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Teaching literary analysis can be fun, engaging, and accessible for all students! Increase student engagement and understanding in your next literary analysis unit (whether it be short stories or novels) with interactive and hands-on close reading organizers and scaffolded writing responses. Students will enjoy using sticky notes in class as they analyze the author's use of various literary devices in complex short stories and novels. This is a complete literature unit in itself!This sticky note

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.3

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Special Education

, RL.8.1

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Also included in: Sticky Note Analysis Bundle: Literary, Rhetoric, Poetry

Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard

Created by

Marie Andreu

The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable. Three grade level

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

, RL.6.6

, RL.6.7

, RL.6.9

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Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids

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Reader's Theater for BIG KIDS! Cover your reading literature standards while engaging your students with these high-interest reader's theater scripts and reading literature toolkits. Your students will LOVE the chance to perform while working on fluency, comprehension, context clues, and writing. Each unit is a NO PREP, PRINT AND GO resource with ANSWER KEY!This MEGA bundle includes 12-different reading literature toolkits. The scripts included are:• Aesop's Fables Reader's Theater Toolkit •

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

CCSS:

, RL.4.5

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The GIVER Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL - Standards-Based

Created by

Joy Sexton

GIVER – This Novel Study Unit for The Giver now includes both a print and digital version! Engage your students with standards-based literacy activities as they read Lois Lowry’s acclaimed novel. Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or remote teaching!The DIGITAL version offers colorful, beautifully designed slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. Test a

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

CCSS:

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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Created by

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Holidays/Seasonal, Literature

The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS: