POWER Prep

Need a short story that can be read in one period? Looking for an appropriate story to share with your kids for Halloween? Look no further...... A favorite for my 6th graders, this lesson is perfect for Halloween. While you read the scary story "Family Dinner," play scary music to set the mood. The story is sure to engage students. There are questions that follow, that most students will be eager to do after reading the story. This is probably one of my favorite lessons to do with my kids.

Scary Halloween Story for (2 days or double block) There are guided notes for 2 days, as well as pre reading, post reading, during reading activities, and an anticipatory guide. The story is The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe day 1 = point of view day 2 = theme and answer the focus question

Scary Halloween lesson for "The Jigsaw Puzzle" by J.B. Stamper. There is a do now, guided notes, guided practice, a demonstration of learning, stop and jot questions (to lead to theme), pre-reading, and then independent practice with the story where students find the theme and two pieces of evidence to support their theme. The lesson is a little long (~60 minutes), but a lot can be cut out. The longest part will be reading the story. I am planning on doing this lesson on Friday with my kids

Text: Death By Scrabble Multiple choice questions for making inferences (8.10F19D)Demonstration of Learning with 6 questions for the text aligned with guided practice questionsComes with a DO NOW & Guided practice (any video with a PLOT can be used)Bonus activity included after DOLGreat for test prepAligned to Texas standardsSTAAR question alignedKEY Included for multiple-choice questions at the end of document

Use this OREO to help your students understand persuasive writing. FREEBIE, please rate and check out my other resources for persuasive writing.

Worksheet goes over finding theme in poetry. The packet features guided notes, and guided activities with several poems. Students will practice finding the theme with multiple poems! Answer key is not provided.

The best way to teach students how to break down a prompt! This was easily one of the best writing lessons for my students. My sped/lep students loved this because it broke everything down enough for them to understand.

Here is a freebie of one of my favorite worksheets I made when I taught 6th grade reading so that you can see some of my work! Teach students all about poetic structure with this packet, where the teacher models a skills and then students practice it! Great for general poetry practice, and poetry units. I no longer have the answers to the guided notes, which is why I am providing this resource for free.

Using the Brown V. Board article, teach students how to respond to articles using sentence stems (perfect for LEP and SPED students, as well as struggling readers). This lesson offers scaffolding for struggling students, but can easily be adapted to increase rigor. The worksheet also utilizes AVID strategies (3-2-1 Nonfiction) Request the ppt in the comments section!

This engaging article on vampire texting includes reading STAAR aligned questions, guided notes, pre, during, and post reading activities, and an extension exercise. My students really loved reading this article, and were engaged after the pre-writing they did. This lesson is #2 after their first introduction to making inferences, use it as a supplement after learning what making an inference is.

Plot and summarization using "The Flowers" by Alice Walker. I introduce plot with my "Paul the Plot Man," where each part of his body represents an element of plot (ex: top of head = climax because the top of your head is important) Then, students do a prereading activity, during reading stop and jots, as well as the elements of plot chart. After reading students summarize the story with a "somebody wanted but so" chart. After that, the students answer 4 STAAR (multiple choice) plot related

Text: Greek Mythology (Arachne)Tiered activities to go with assignment3 assignments for different tiersTexas STAAR aligned questions for FictionCharacters actions and how they effect the plot (characterization)Generic all in learning scantron included on worksheetContext clues do now includedClip used for the "I DO" was a clip from "What Happened to Monday?," which can be found on youtube. Any other video clip could be used for the second chart

Step by Step guide to writing persuasive introductions! Perfect addition to a persuasive writing unit. Contains: Focus questions, key ideas, reflection, and guided notes.

Worksheet and companion powerpoint poetrytopic: gun violence and deathcomes with DOL on separate poemfirst poem can be found by googling PDF Lost Count: A Love Story (if you want students to read along with the video)Ppt comes with videos, and instructions for students

Hello, here is the companion powerpoint for the worksheet listed under the same name. Since the powerpoint itself is very basic, I will be selling it for only $0.50. Includes : DO NOW videostimersinstructionsexample LO/DOL to use

Two articles on sleep paralysis with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for F19E (summarizing) independent practiceexpositoryguided practice

Two articles on "Why do we fart?" with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10C (organization of ideas and structure) independent practiceexpositoryguided practicemultiple choice questionsPowerschool/unified classroom generic scantron included on worksheet (can be deleted if your school does not use this program)

Two articles on "Why do we cry?" with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10A (main idea and supporting details) independent practiceexpositoryguided practicemultiple choice questions

Two articles on crime scene investigations and blood spatter analysis with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for 8.10D (making connections among ideas)independent practiceexpositoryguided practice6 multiple-choice question demonstration of learning

Guided LessonCan be used to reviewMaking inferences based on character actions and dialogueMultiple choice questions with story4 question demonstration of learningTEXAS STAAR aligned question stemsCan be used with any videoEasy to edit for your classIncludes expository text review DO NOWPlease note: if the word formatting messes up when downloaded, I've included a PDF version as well.