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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core RL.8.4 resources
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Worksheets and Digital Easel Activity
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Practice with Easel Activity. Using quotes from the story by Charles Dickens, students have to identify types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion. Includes a worksheet based on A Christmas Carol, a worksheet based on the play, a figurative language matching sheet, and a handout on types of figurative language. No prep. Print or go digital for remote or hybrid learning. Keys are included, but not shown in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Bundle of Support Materials
A Christmas Carol Activities Unit Plan | Middle School
This A Christmas Carol Unit Plan is a great way to keep your middle school students engaged in learning activities during the Holiday Season. This PDF resource is complete with detailed lesson plans for each Stave of Charles Dickens' holiday tale, including before, during and after reading activities. Students will analyze characters, setting, theme, and more as they enjoy this classic story! These resources work well with the novella and various dramatized play versions of the story.Best of al
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
Winter Escape Room
Christmas activities are fun, but if you want to include EVERYONE in your class, regardless of the holiday they celebrate, this holiday escape room is PERFECT!Escape the Snowglobe is a winter breakout adventure that has students using teamwork, reading comprehension skills, figurative language practice, puzzle-solving abilities, and creative writing. Kids will be "working" but having so much fun that they won't realize how much they are learning! This escape can actually be used at any time of t
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: HOLIDAY ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE: Snow Globe, Valentine's Day, & Halloween
Christmas Escape Room
This activity features a rigorous yet engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 ELA skills-based puzzles about Christmas - for middle and high school!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Christmas-themed Escape Room. Plan
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Holiday Escape Room BUNDLE for ELA
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides: Use this bundle of high-interest Christmas activities to engage your ELA students in reading and writing in December leading up to the break. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a holiday twist! What Teachers Are Saying About These Christmas Reading and Writing Activities: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was the BEST Christmas resource
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
This resource includes FIVE FULL WEEKS of content for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Additionally, in this UNIT PLAN BUNDLE, you will receive a teacher guide that encompasses an example Unit Schedule/ Pacing Guide!You can purchase each lesson individually (listed below) or save money and get the Bundle!Included in this bundle:A Christmas Carol Full TextA Christmas Carol Anticipation GuideA Christmas Carol Background Information 1840sA Christmas Carol Vocabulary for Each Chapte
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6th - 12th
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Christmas Activity & December ELA Activities - Figurative Language Task Cards
Here's an engaging Christmas activity with a focus on figurative language that's easy to use as a fun December activity during the days before the break. The Figurative Language Task Cards are a perfect Christmas activity to get your upper elementary or middle school students up and moving around the classroom. The figurative language task cards provide an opportunity for introduction and review. Better than a figurative language worksheet, each card has a sentence using figurative language rel
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4th - 7th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Christmas Parts of Speech, Figurative Language, & Vocabulary ELA Bundle
Christmas Reading and ELA Digital Activities | Twas the Night Before Christmas
Do you need a fun, interactive Google Slides comprehension activity that will engage your upper elementary or middle school students and save you time? Your students will love this digital activity that goes along with one of the most famous Christmas Poems of all time- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas! This activity can be assigned in Google Classroom for students to complete. A teacher guide and answer key are included to ensure this is a no prep, stress free activity for you!Skills Covered:⭐T
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5th - 8th
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Christmas Day in the Morning Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
Pearl S. Buck's short story is one of a teenage boy's life-changing recognition of his father's love a few days before Christmas. The study applies the Common Core literary standards. The study includes:1. The story in blocked paragraphs with comprehension questions ranging from simple recall to critical analysis focusing on text evidence. (Includes flashback,dialogue, symbolism, simile, personification, alliteration.) The blocked paragraphing allows for close reading.2. Theme analysis focusi
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4th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol ELA Animated Short Film Middle School Language Arts Activities
FULL LITERARY UNIT! Teach literary elements and devices and plot with this digital short film literary analysis of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked on the slides for a step-by-step, interactive analysis. ❤CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL❤ LITERARY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER TRAITSDIALOGUE, SYMBOLISM, FORESHADOWING, FLASHBACK, INFERENCE, AND COMPARE/CONTRAST, MOODStudents will explore
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7th - 12th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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Questions to Accompany the Movie ELF Christmas Activity!
This is a set of 20 movie questions to accompany the hilarious movie ELF. While enjoying this great holiday movie your students will identify the conflict, the resolution, character traits, dramatic irony and figurative language. This activity is perfect as a reward or for those days when you have to be out unexpectedly. You might also like: Christmas Tree Figurative Language Color by Number Christmas Sentence Structure Color by NumberChristmas Verbals Color by Number FOLLOW ME! Just click the g
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Language Arts Movie Questions HUGE Bundle! End of the Year Activities
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote Short Story Unit Lesson and Activities
This "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle and high school students leading up to the Christmas/Holiday break. Capote's classic touches upon the themes of "friendship" and "innocence" connect perfectly to the ideas centered around the holiday season.Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities, and discussion prompts. Assess thei
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7th - 12th
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Twas the Night Before Christmas Activities | Christmas Middle School ELA
Do you need an engaging, interactive Christmas comprehension activity that will engage your students and save you time? Your 6th, 7th or 8th grade students will love this activity that goes along with 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, one of the most famous Christmas Poems of all time. A teacher guide and answer key is included to ensure this is a NO PREP STRESS-FREE activity for you! Activities Included:•Copy of poem by Clement Clarke Moore•Annotating Text Activity•Text
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Christmas ELA and Reading Activities for Middle School | Holiday ELA
The Little Match Girl Christmas Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
The Little Match Girl is a classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. This analysis applies the common core standards for literature. The goal of the study is to challenge students with critical thinking questions directly connected to the text.
The study includes:
1. The story in block form with questions for each block.
2. Questions that are text-based and require analysis.
3. Using specific text to analyze the development of theme.
4. Analyzing the use of specific words and phrases to c
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4th - 8th
Christmas ELA Activity Free : Holiday Figurative Language Coloring 4th 5th 6th
Need a FREE Christmas ELA Activity? This free no-prep holiday themed coloring activity will be great for the season. Keep your kids focused and engaged while the year comes to an end. This product does not specifically mention Christmas or any other holidays by name. It does mention "holidays" and the things people do to celebrate during the season. I made sure the images and content were all as secular as possible so it would be appropriate for most, if not all, students. This Download Contains
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA Color by Number Activities Bundle | Figurative Language & more!
A Christmas Carol Vocabulary Study
A Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Vocabulary Study addresses the perplexing vocabulary of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Christmas redemption. The goal of this product is to give students and teachers a resource that will demystify at least some of the difficult vocabulary and apply it to modern usage.
The Vocabulary Study includes:
A alphabetized list of the 135 words chosen for study with stave numbers. Including the specific page numbers is problematic since thi
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6th - 9th
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The Gift of the Magi Bundle One Week Unit Plan - O. Henry - Holiday Activities
Unlock the magic of teaching "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry effortlessly in just one week with these four fabulous time-saving resources! What’s included in this bundle?⭐️ Day 1: The Gift of the Magi Text Questions + VocabularyDive into the story, annotate with flair, and conquer those tricky words!⭐️ Day 2-3: The Gift of the Magi Bloom BallCapture characters and events in a truly unique way with this engaging activity!⭐️ Day 4: The Gift of the Magi Figurative Language MazesChallenge your st
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6th - 9th
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The Gift of the Magi Digital Escape Room
Your students will love solving puzzles in this 360° Digital Escape Room for the short story "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.This activity is designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. This is a great way to get students to work collaboratively and practice problem-solving skills. It is designed to be used AFTER reading the story as a review.Included in this download are teacher instructions, student instructions, the master lock graphic organizer, answer keys, printable clues (op
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: The Gift of the Magi Bundle
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Activities - Printable & Digital
Ready to help your students REALLY understand the figurative language in Dickens' A Christmas Carol? These engaging figurative language worksheets (part of my complete A Christmas Carol Novel Unit) make a perfect addition to your middle school novel study. You'll analyze over 35 figurative language examples from all five staves of the classic novel, practicing identifying types of figurative language and analyzing the meaning of many important quotes from the story.This resource includes a digit
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Short Story Holiday Unit
This "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle school students leading up to the Christmas/Holiday break. This classic by Hans Christian Andersen will have students rethinking their desires for more gifts and material items, with his thought-provoking main character and plot.Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities
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6th - 9th
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Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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A Christmas Carol Literary Analysis FULL UNIT with Animated Short Film
DECEMBER IS COVERED! Take your students through a timeless journey with this short film literary analysis UNIT of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Animated short film is divided into 6 scenes and linked for a step-by-step analysis.❤ DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE: EACH VERSION HAS BEEN UNIQUELY FORMATTED FOR EITHER DIGITAL INTERACTIVITY OR TRADITIONAL PRINT FORMAT.❤ CAN BE USED WITH ANY VERSION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROLStudents will explore the themes of Dickens' world-changing message of poverty, kind
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6th - 9th
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