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This unit includes questions and detailed keys for each chapter. Each question features a panel from the graphic novel for reference. This unit is designed to help students make the more difficult inferences (such as those requiring WWII background knowledge). These reading guides are ideal for independent or partner work prior to a discussion in which the teacher builds upon student answers, but it is easily adaptable to other types of delivery.  The students will need to read all of the panels

This unit was designed using Google Docs and will download to your Drive. The files can also be converted to PDF for additional accessibility. This unit was designed for struggling readers in high school, but it can be used with younger students as well. The lexile of this novel is 560. This unit contains reading guides with questions over every chapter, 3 quizzes, a unit test, and 3 ACE writing prompts, 3 close read activities. All of the content for this unit can be edited. The fonts and desig

*Updated version made on Google Drive and consists of PDF files, Google Docs, and a Google Slide presentation.* I have a ZIP-file version in my store as well. This unit includes full lesson plans (from beginning to end) for 7 days. Activities, video and audio clips, handouts, articles, text excerpts, etc. Handouts have a simple format. If you download a PDF converted, these can be easily edited. Answers included. This unit takes the students from the Indo-European languages to present-day Engli

This is a sentence unit that covers subject, predicate, independent clauses, dependent clauses, simple sentences, compound sentences, FANBOYS, complex sentences, subordinating conjunctions, compound-complex sentences, and introduces the comma rules. This unit was designed on Google and is compatible with Canvas. All items can be assigned digitally or printed for student use. All items are editable. The unit includes an animated PPT (Google Slides version) that introduces concepts and provides p

Here is a bundle of four supplemental items for a Holocaust Unit. -Information about Hanukkah -Information about Jehovah's Witnesses -Information about Kristallnacht -Close Reading of a letter from Himmler, "Final Solution" Activity

After finding some resources for Born a Crime, I developed a few more to better round out the unit. This set contains a CLOZE Summary of the entire novel, a writing task, a point of view activity, and several close reading passages.

This unit was designed for high school students in a special education setting, but the resources in this unit can also be used with younger students. The items in this unit are for Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. While the novel is written on a 4th/5th grade level, this unit is designed for older students who struggle with reading. The questions are written to reach toward middle and high school state standards while offering the students the support of an easier text. Each question is label

This unit is designed for older students who have low to very low reading levels. I used this unit with my high school students who attend English/Language Arts in a special education setting. The questions are designed with high school standards in mind as well as readers who are on or below about a 4th grade level. These questions can also be used with younger students. This unit includes 8 Reading Guides, 2 Close Reading Passages, and Two Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Activities. This unit is r

This unit is designed for older students who have low to very low reading levels. I used this unit with my high school students who attend English/Language Arts in a special education setting. The questions are designed with high school standards in mind as well as readers who are on or below about a 4th grade level. These questions can also be used with younger students. This unit includes 8 Reading Guides, 2 Close Reading Passages, and Two Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Activities. The reading g

The items in this unit are for Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. While the novel is written on a 4th/5th grade level, this unit is designed for older students who struggle with reading. The questions are written to reach toward middle and high school state standards while offering the students the support of an easier text. Each question is labeled with the skill/type of questions (recall, inference, connection, explain, analysis, etc.). There are three close reading excerpts, two quizzes, a tes

This is a close reading for activity that uses an article about Instagram. It is side-by-side style with the text on the left and questions on the right. It can be printed out or typed into as it is a digital product.

This short story can be found in the Young Adult Anthology Fresh Ink (edited by Lamar Giles). This is a Google Word Doc. It has 20 questions and requires deep, reflective thinking. I have also included focus passages from the text to guide student answers. The students will have to read the entire story to answer the questions accurately. however, as they cannot rely on passages alone. I cannot provide a copy of the story due to copywriting, but I made the questions as I was unable to find exi

These questions were made for special needs students reading Maus in a co-taught setting. We paused after Chapter 4 to review the novel, then tested after Chapter 5. This review consists of strips of paper than can be organized into chronological order to review not only what happened, but the order in which events occurred. This is a challenging activity. This is an editable Microsoft Word 2 page document so that you can modify content or adapt it to be printed or digitally accessed. Answe

These questions were made for special needs students reading Maus in a co-taught setting. I pulled images from the text so that the students would have a side-by-side design so that they could focus their attention on making inferences and comprehending the text. This is an editable Microsoft Word document so that you can modify content or adapt it to be printed or digitally accessed.

These questions were made for special needs students reading Maus in a co-taught setting. I pulled images from the text so that the students would have a side-by-side design so that they could focus their attention on making inferences and comprehending the text. This is an editable Microsoft Word document so that you can modify content or adapt it to be printed or digitally accessed.

These questions were made for special needs students reading Maus in a co-taught setting. I pulled images from the text so that the students would have a side-by-side design so that they could focus their attention on making inferences and comprehending the text. This is an editable Microsoft Word document so that you can modify content or adapt it to be printed or digitally accessed.

Give out a single document for daily starters on Monday and collect it on Friday. There is also a "Bonus Box" for a pop quiz, extra credit question, etc. to use as needed.

This is the spelling skill checklist that I put together for my students. I am a SpEd English teacher and my kids greatly struggle with spelling, so I review elementary spelling skills. I put this list of skills together so to guide me in knowing what specific skills to assess for and teach. This is not aligned with any specific program, set of standards, or school. This file is editable. Worksheets and resources corresponding to the skills are not included in this download.

This download includes my go-to lesson plan template, a variation of the template, and a guide explaining the assessment terminology on the templates. This template is editable. It was designed for ELA classes, but can easily be adapted. It includes grouping, time for a mini-lesson or instruction, and time for closure. I have been complimented on this template by evaluators. These can be filled in digitally or, my favorite, printed and written on.

This activity presents the students with a translated version of Himmler's orders for the final solution. It then relates to Night and the documentary Prisoner A26188.