ELA/Writing

Text-Dependent (Based) Questions are a great way to engage students in any text! This resource will help you understand the purpose of deeper questions and aid you in creating deeper questions!Text-Dependent Questions DO...- Engage students in CLOSE...

This PowerPoint presentation is ideal for grade 8/9 students! It teaches kids what theme is and how to find themes in novels. As examples, the themes in Scott O'Dell's novel, 'Island of the Blue Dolphins' and Lois Lowry's 'The Giver' is examined...

The Travels of Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading + QuestionsThis is an excellent resource to include with your unit on West Africa or Mali! In this reading, students will read two excerpts from Ibn Battuta's travels. The first excerpt is from the The...

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the tennis superstar Serena Williams. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for...

Biography Reading Comprehension Assignment worksheet based on US standardized testsThis Assignment contains an Article, Significant impact , Chronological Events, Supporting the Claim, Text Evidence, Readers Understanding, Main Purpose questions and...

20 black and white MLK and related images accompanied by critical thinking journaling or writing prompts. These can be used as debate topics, dialogue starters, story starters, and warm-ups. Can be used as as complete MLK unit (Extra Resources-see below)...

Picture This: Students,K-12, building their vocabulary,improving comprehension, and developing strategies to improve their reading, writing, speaking and language skills.Adding photos and images to your lessons will do all this!A wonderful resource...

This is a Task Analysis sheet that I made for my Special Education, Middle School Level, Life Skill Class. This was used to track growth and progress of my students. Thank you for viewing! Store: Mods4Days

I used this with my yth (special education) reading class with Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, but you can do this project with any book (or an independent reading book).Visualization is an important component to comprehension.This listing includes a...

These are real samples of exemplary peer editing comments. I use these to give the students examples of constructive criticism during the peer editing process.Thank you! Store: Mods4Days  

This unit plan has everything you need to teach the historical fiction novel, "My Brother Sam is Dead".This Unit Includes:Vocabulary Organized by ChapterComprehension Questions Organized by ChapterRevolutionary War Activities and SignsAnchor...

As a middle school teacher, I believe that teaching students to write a research paper is the most important skill that I can give them. This unit is meant to have students go step by step through The Writing Process in order to write a MLA-Style...