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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Readers analyze an excerpt from Kate DiCamillo's novel Because of Winn-Dixie. They read silently, and then hear it read aloud. Definitions for underlined vocabulary words are in the margin, and other potentially difficult words are in...
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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science, and arts...
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English Worksheets Land

Party!

For Students 5th Standards
What could be more fun than two birthday parties in one day? Compare and contrast two parties with a short reading passage and a graphic organizer that focuses on character, setting, and events from the story.
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Organizer
Curriculum Corner

Quick Literacy Centers for Back to School

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use a set of quick and easy to use literacy centers at the beginning of the year as you start to assess your students. The 13-page packet provides writing and reading activities with simple directions that allows new class members to...
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PB Works

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

For Students 5th - 7th
Record the plot elements of The Cay on this worksheet. Pupils note basic information about the book and answer questions about the introduction, point of view, character, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of...
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Scholastic

Developing a Main Character

For Students 3rd - 7th
Asking kids to craft their own stories? Get them starting with a character planning sheet that asks them to identify the character's likes and dislikes, his or her strengths and fears, a goal the character wants to achieve, and the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Medieval Archer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Class members determine the distance a video game character must move to shoot an arrow over a castle wall. Players determine the new equation to enter to represent the trajectory of the arrow and find all the distances the character can...
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Bowland

Pointzero: Confined

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Groups plan their escape carefully. Three three-tiered puzzles help a story character escape their situation, each involving integer sequences, transformations, and geometric constructions. The teacher resource includes slides and...
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Activity
Candlewick Press

A Classroom Guide to Peter H. Reynolds's Creatrilogy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Help young readers find, identify, and use their voices with a set of empowering activities based on Peter H. Reynolds' trilogy of books. Sky Color, Ish, and The Dot focus on recognizing moods and treating each other kindly, and their...
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Worksheet
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What's My Job?: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd
In this comprehension skills learning exercise, 2nd graders read the book What's My Job? and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including setting, character traits, summarizing, main idea/details, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Chapter 1 Questions

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check instructional activity, students respond to 16 short answer questions pertaining to the characters and setting of the novel.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Oral Questions on The Ceremony, Homework, pages 159-166

For Students 9th - 12th
This series of 11 questions addresses plot, character, and setting developments from page 159 to 166 of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony. The edition of the novel is not provided. This activity can be used as a basis for your own handout,...
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Touching Spirit Bear: Chapter 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this Touching Spirit Bear comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer questions covering chapter 3 of Touching Spirit Bear in order to help them better understand the chapter and the novel.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List: Level 3, Set #17A

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling skills worksheet, students examine the words associate, asthma, adolescent, social, character, interest, attitude, statue, awkward, and applied. Students complete flashcard, alphabetical order, sentence, word search, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Creating a Character

For Students 6th - 8th
In this creating a character worksheet, middle schoolers identify an interesting person from their written sources.  Students will create details to describe their character's physical characteristics, clothing, speech, and personality...
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Focus on Genre

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this focus on genre worksheet, students describe the genre they are reading, types of characters, kinds of settings, and examples of other forms of the same genre. Students answer five short answer questions.
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Plot and Conflict List

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students use this check sheet and list to help identify the main problem, character's goal and resolution in a story.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

STORY GRAMMAR

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this story grammar worksheet, students are asked to describe the setting, main characters and events from their book in short-answer form.
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Creative Writing Idea Sheet

For Students 1st - 4th
In this creative writing ideas worksheet, learners create their own stories as they use the setting, character, and objects listed on the worksheet to fuel their ideas.
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Printables
The New York Times

Anatomy of a Scene

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Casting, setting, context, frame, camera angle, lighting, soundtrack. Every choice a writer or director makes is conscious. Here's a worksheet that asks readers/viewers to examine these choices and consider how they are used to to create...
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Identifying Themes in Literature

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
If your language arts learners have a hard time determining the universal theme of a written work, use a straightforward instructional activity to help them find it. After reviewing a list of common themes, kids note the title,...
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Literature Study Guide - The Hobbit

For Students 7th - 9th
With several online resources for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, as well as many reading and literary analysis activities, this novel study guide is a great way to keep your young readers organized during a book report. The guide includes...
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Literature Study Guide - The Prince and the Pauper

For Students 7th - 9th
Offering several reading comprehension activities, such as a character map and a plot flow chart, this book report form will help your class through Mark Twain's Prince and the Pauper. The activities in the lesson lend well to class...
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Worksheet
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

For Students 7th - 9th
After reading the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, give your readers this two-page packet to assess their reading comprehension. These are not your typical recall questions-instead, readers focus on the climax, types of...

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