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Promote engagement and curiosity with these interactive guided reading sheets! Guided reading questions promote critical reading and analytical thinking, while built in SEL activities challenge students to relate events in the text to their own lives. Students will use graphic organizers to think critically about character behavior and evaluate personal relationships. Important passages paired with targetted questions empower students to interact directly with the text through close read activ

The Album Analysis Project will get students excited to analyze and foster deeper thinking about the media they already enjoy! Perfect for before breaks or summer, this project empowers students to showcase their expertise and practice independent work skills. The suggested timeline for this project is 3 days (for 50 min class periods). If your students are used to literary analysis, this project is sub friendly! Students will use literary skills to analyze a musical album of their choice. The

Promote engagement and curiosity with these interactive guided reading sheets! Guided reading questions promote critical reading and analytical thinking, while built in SEL activities challenge students to relate events in the text to their own lives. Students will use Cognitive Behavior Triangles to think critically about character behavior. Important passages paired with targetted questions empower students to interact directly with the text through close read activities- with no prep on your

Bring Civil Rights history to life with SELMA (2014). Students will use the film sheet to focus their viewing, and supplement their experience with a reading of HISTORY's Bloody Sunday article. Save valuable prep time by personalizing my template for a parent email and tweaking my suggested timeline for teaching SELMA (over 3 days, includes timestamps, questions for each chunk of viewing, and procedure for each 50 minute class period). Answer Key is included. The HISTORY article (How Bloody Su

Spark curiosity and discussion with your class before you read Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451! Students will use this resource to create well supported opinions and pose thoughtful questions on issues addressed in the novel. Students will first express opinions through writing, and then through a movement-based discussion. Students will also ruse an exit ticket to evaluate how their opinions may have changed during the discussion and movement activity.

Empower your students to design their own work schedule for a larger project. Students will use this worksheet to create goals for each workday and reflect on their work habits.