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A simple sheet for recording the types of characterization used in any short story or novel.

This is a three part pretest that I use at the begining of the school year for my 6/7 combined reading class. They learn about the different genres of literature for the first three weeks and then spend the rest of the year studying books of different genres in literature circles.

In my 6/7 reading class, we do a variety of literature circles studying various genres. For our realistic fiction literature circle they read books with the theme of animals (Because of Winn Dixie, Charlie's Raven, Rascal, Shiloh). We study the characterization of the humans and connect to the theme of animals with other texts, personal experience, and real world issues (dissection and research, zoos,fur, etc.) At the end of the unit the students are asked to imagine the animals perspective o

I use this printable with a hands on activity. I give each student an envelope with six synonyms that they arrange from the weakest to strongest connotation. They exchange envelopes and repeat (I have 8 different word evelopes and three copies of each).

This is the easier version of the examples of characterization graphic organizer. I teacher characterization in literature circles, so these are easily adaptable to any text and they seem to work pretty well.

This goes with all the other stuff for my realistic fiction literature circle unit on the theme of animals. The text to text and text to world binders that are referred to are literally binders full of matters such as other texts that are related or recent articles and news stories. The kids love this unit and the 100 points is their favorite part because I don't tell them what they have to do. They get really creative.

This is a simple graphic organizer to break down plot structure. I make it double sided and we read one short story and fill it out together and then they read one with a partner or small group and fill it out on their own. To get kids engaged in the activity, I type up the main events or details in a simple story and cut them into strips. The kids work to arrange them in chronological order and when they are finished we discussed why they thought that event or detail belonged there. This le

This is a great way to differentiate a poetry unit and is an excellent anchor activity. I made my own examples of each project and had a variety of poetry books and a laptop cart available.

My kids love to do reciprocal reading, but they tend to always talk about the same stuff. I made this strategy spinner to get them to talk about a variety of things that they do while they read. If you want it to last more than one lesson, print it on card stock and laminate it. Feel free to change it up.

I teach characterization in literature circles so I needed a graphic organizer that could work for any text. This seems to do the job. I also have another worksheet about characterization of a character (creatively called characterization worksheet)that is easier for kids who are struggling with the concept. For my most advanced kids I make this sheet two sided and ask them to chose the main character and then another character that is not as important so that they really have to sift through

My students each have a reading bingo sheet and they get a prize (that they decide on at the beginning of the year, this year they get to have a soda in class) for each bingo. I also have a blown up version on the wall that we fill out as a whole class and when they get a black out we have a party. It helps students motivate eachother to read and branch out to different genres of literature.

This is a super fun way to introduce prepositions. My high school students loved it.

This is a fun anchoring activity for middle schoolers. I have my students brainstorm different rewards for completing a bingo and then we vote on two to three options. I also have a larger, laminated version on display and students get a party when we achieve a blackout. They really enjoy it and motivate each other so that they can have a party.