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Free Common Core RL.8.7 resources
"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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6th - 8th Grade ELA FREE LESSON PLANS CURRICULUM MAP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Your 6-8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is complete! These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS and designed to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing.Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves.No purchases are necessary to completely use this resource. You can easily use your own resources. An optional
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
3 FREE Learning Tasks for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” Speech!
The following resource includes 3 FREE and RIGOROUS Common Core learning tasks to be used after students have read and studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington “I Have A Dream” speech.
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MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches -
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6th - 12th
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Middle School Compare & Contrast Mini Lesson (digital media vs traditional)
This lesson was used in a middle school reading intervention class. It teaches the skill of comparing and contrasting through the reading of the ancient greek myth of Hercules and the Hydra to the Disney video clip. The purpose of this class is to provide supplemental reading instruction to students who are approaching proficiency in reading in grades 7 and 8.
** The link in this lesson has been removed from youtube. If you don't have the VHS or DVD of disney's Hercules, please message me and
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6th - 8th
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Book Club Chat Cards
Are you struggling to keep your book clubs on task? This FREE Book Chat Cards will help bedazzle any book club. Print and laminate the cards to use year after year. Learning Objective: Students will engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with book club members on topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.Examine character’s motivationsCompare relationships between protagonists and antagonistsExplore themes and author’s purpose Encourages the
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4th - 12th
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Literary Elements Assessment On Google Forms FREE
Literary elements and devices Google Forms test. Covers Plot, conflict, theme, dialogue, setting, and character traits.This assessment is part of a 4 week Google Classroom unit on literary elements. However, it is general information and can be used on its own if your students have been taught plot, theme, conflict, and characters.FIND THE FULL ELA GOOGLE CLASSROOM UNIT HERE!Back To School Complete ELA Google Classroom Unit! Just PLUG and GO! Seriously. It's that easy! Your first month of planni
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5th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol Movie Guide for Any Version - Printable & Digital
Make movie day educational with this handy movie guide for A Christmas Carol! It's the perfect way to help students thoughtfully compare the book to the movie after you've completed a novel study, and it works with any version of the film. Students will analyze several important characters and scenes that appear in both the novel and any film adaptation you choose, focusing on character, setting, suspense, and differences between print and film versions of this classic story.(If you're reading
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
8th Grade ELA Curriculum Map FREE
Your 8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is COMPLETE! This quarterly smart map is perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS which is near exact to most state standards. This map is set up to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing. Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves. QUARTER 1: FICTION & NARRATIVE WRITINGReading LiteratureAna
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
FREE: Comparing Literature to Film
Lights, Camera, Action!
If you are reading a great book with your class, it may increase student engagement to watch all or part of the film adaptation. Save some of the viewing for those days before breaks and holidays when students will probably need a bit more motivation.
What about those students who leave early for holiday vacations? Simply give them our free standards-based handout to complete using a movie version from YouTube.
This activity ask students to compare and contrast literat
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7th - 10th
"Harrison Bergeron" vs 2081
Have student compare Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron" with the short film 2081.Learning Targets: RL 8.7I can analyze how much a filmed production of a story stays true to or differs from the original text.I can evaluate the choices made by the director or actors.
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8th
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Venn Diagram Freebie
This Venn diagram graphic organizer can be used in any subject area to help your students compare and contrast. I have used rounded rectangles to give more room to write and guide lines to help your students keep their writing neat. Enjoy this freebie and check out my other products at Miss Abernethy's Schoolhouse on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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Rikki Tikki Tavi Video and Literature Activity
After teaching this classic story by Rudyard Kipling, I like to show the video (an old animated version from 1975). It's short enough to fit in one class period, but it also stays true enough to the Kipling tale for my comfort. I find a dvd version of the video at my local library, but I also have found the video online at https://vimeo.com/102338357.I created this assessment to address RL.7.7 which asks my students to compare and contrast a written story to its filmed version, as well as anal
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6th - 8th
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The Giver: Novel and Movie Comparison
While watching a movie based on a book I have found it is beneficial for students to critically view the movie. This resource includes a Google doc (and PDF as a print resource) to help your students not only compare and contrast the movie with the book, but also infer why the director and writers changed the novel so much.In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Acceptance Speech she implied The Giver would never be made into a movie. Two decades later it was adapted for a movie, though. Some of the techniqu
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6th - 9th
The Great Gatsby - Chapters 1 to 4 Essay Prompts - Free Resource
Assess your high school ELA American Literature students' understanding and appreciation of the fabulous Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby with these free, compelling essay prompts for Chapters 1-4!Included are three essay prompts:one prompt is about Nick's credibility as a narrator, another addresses color symbolism, and finally, a prompt about Fitzgerald's depiction of the social scene of the 1920s which includes a Fitzgerald quote about "never [being] able to forgive the rich for being rich...."
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10th - 12th
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8th Grade Exit Slips for Common Core ELA
CCSS Exit Slips for 8th Grade with the Reading IntellexThe American Reading Corps is pleased to announce its second set of Exit Slips designed to informally assess student knowledge/skill on the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts.This resource includes:-36 Exit Slips aligned to the CCSS:Reading: Literature• RL8.1• RL8.2• RL8.3• RL8.4• RL8.6• RL8.7Reading: Informational Text• RI8.1• RI8.2• RI8.3• RI8.4• RI8.5• RI8.6• RI8.7• RI8.8• RI8.9Writing• W8.1a• W8.1d• W8.1e• W8.2c• W8.2d•
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8th
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2 FREE Common Core Learning Tasks for W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw"
The enclosed file contains 2 rigorous common core learning tasks that address the core text of W. W. Jacobs’s “The Monkey’s Paw.”
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Frank Stockton’s “W. W. Jacobs’s “The Monkey's Paw” – 20 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
2 FREE Common Core Learning Tasks for W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" by Dr. Joel C. Boyce is licensed u
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6th - 10th
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Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Character Traits Graphic Organizer
This handout can be used in the classroom when showing the film version of Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This graphic organizer includes sentence stems and covers character traits and static/dynamic characters.
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6th - 8th
Narrative Point of View Writing -The Outsiders (PARCC ready)
This product is a PARCC narrative writing assignment. Students will re-write a chapter from "The Outsiders" using a different character's point of view. Included in this 5 page document is a narrative point of view writing assignment, a point of view brainstorming graphic organizer, a character checklist, and a narrative point of view peer critique worksheet.
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6th - 8th
Free, The Giver Character Analysis and Symbolism Analysis, Print and Practice
This free resource is built to compare/contrast the novel, The Giver, with its movie version. Students will analyze the changes in characters and symbols as they compare/contrast the novel and the film.
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6th - 12th
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Tell-Tale Heart Dramatic Reading Project
***Great way to differentiate the reading and/or assessment experience for gifted learners!***
This project is designed to get students speaking and listening after they have finished reading "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe. For this assignment, students will work in pairs to analyze the tone and mood of a brief excerpt from the story, develop a script for conducting a dramatic reading, and complete an analysis of their performance.
Included in this product are: instructions and sug
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6th - 8th
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson-Final Writing Project
The letter writing assignment encourages students to show/express their understanding of character development, thematic elements, and personal growth within a narrative context. It also provides an opportunity for students to practice writing in the first person and to demonstrate their ability to use language effectively for different purposes and audiences. Elements of persuasive writing can be intertwined.The purchase will include:2 versions of directions and explanationsThese can be modifi
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5th - 8th
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Play vs.Movie Compare/Contrast Activity
Diary of Anne Frank Play Acts I and II and Masterpiece Theatre Movie Comparison Extension
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This is an extension activity for after reading the play version of the Diary of Anne Frank by Goodrich and Hackett.
The Diary of Anne Frank play version is the perfect play to introduce the genre of drama, as well as teach students about WWII and the holocaust. It is also a story of coming of age and of courage. Even reluctant readers get absorbed in this based-on-r
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6th - 10th
Text-Video Comparison Activity (RL7)
This worksheet is generic enough to be applied to any story/movie combo, yet specific enough to hit the standard (RL7) every time.
After reading the story, the students have to decide what three events the movie absolutely needs to feature, in their opinion. After they view the film clip, if their chosen events were not included in the movie, they have to explain why the director would have cut that particular scene.
They also have to chart how the movie "stays faithful to or departs from" t
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7th - 12th
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Episode 1 Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handout
If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.This resource includes:A double-sided handout for episode 1This handout cont
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5th - 8th
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