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*Bundle to save and get access to an exclusive bonus activity!*Want to review figurative language with your students digitally? Try these activities using examples from Natalie Babbitt’s classic novel Tuck Everlasting.  Use these activities in order to review CCSS Language Standard 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Activities review examples of simile, hyperbole, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and personificatio

This product is intended to be an post-reading enrichment activity for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling.  It should be used to show students how authors are intentional in their writing choices such as naming of characters and inclusion of specific details. This would be a great extension activity for gifted students, but any student could complete the assignment if they’ve read the book. You could choose to have students directly cite text evidence to back up their answers i

Teach your students to analyze characters in literature with this fun handout based on the novel The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. This activity is based on chapter one of the novel and address Common Core Standard RL 1. This product is also available for a discount as part of our The Bad Beginning Novel Study Bundle. This product includes a one page student activity handout and an answer key for teachers.

Use these fun, picture based prompts to get students excited about writing. These can be used as quick write bell ringers or as launching points for larger creative writing pieces. This product contains twenty-five unique prompts. Use one each day for twenty-five days or stretch them out by using one per week for twenty-five weeks.   Product downloads as an uneditable PDF file. Includes teacher instructions for use and TWENTY-FIVE unique, picture based, creative writing prompts.

Need a fun way to have students track and log their reading? Try a "shelfie". Students can record and decorate the spines of the books they've read. This product contains a color and grayscale version.

Help your students practice analyzing quotes in a text with this quick and easy handout based on The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. This product is also available for a discount as part of our The Bad Beginning Novel Study Bundle. This product includes a one page student activity sheet.

Help you students practice determining point of view in a text with this quick and easy activity based on The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. This product is also available for a discount in our The Bad Beginning Novel Study Bundle. This product includes a one page student activity sheet and an answer key for teachers.

This product is intended to be an post-reading assessment for The Very Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket.  It should be used to hone in on students’ understanding of theme and symbolism and their ability to analyze it in a text.  One-pagers allow students to show their learning and understanding of a piece without having to do extensive writing on the topic.  The student instructions include a rubric.  We recommend making a paper copy for each student and having them create the one-pager on the b

Need a fun game to get your students reading? Try this easy reading bingo sheet. Appropriate for upper elementary grades through middle school. This product downloads as a black and white uneditable PDF for easy printing.

Introduce your student to new books with this printable Book Tasting Log. Students have space to preview six books in a classroom or media center book tasting. The student handout asks students to list the title, author, and genre of the book they are previewing. Students can then reflect on what they thought about the book. Product Includes:Book Tasting Log with spaces for six booksGenre Guide, to help students determine the genre of the book they are tasting.