Annotation for Close Reading in 3 Steps!

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9 FREE Close Reading Passages & Weekly Independent Practice Sheets!

STAR Skills Q1: Common Core Close Reading & Language Skills {Middle Grades}

Synthesizing Sources to Create Brochures for the Underworld!

Our last "creative" 8th grade project before watching The Odyssey was to take multiple reference sources describing the underworld and make a travel brochure:

Hyperbole Popsicles

Fun day of figurative language with paper popsicles and real popsicles!

Unpacking Common Core: 6th Grade Reading

As the end of April winds down, my mind is already on next year and all the things I plan to improve! Starting with organization...

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Project Based Assessment for ANY Novel! {Great for end of year projects}

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Proofreading Reference Sheet {Free for April!}

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Save Paper: Make Weekly Assignments In To Booklets

All Bell Work products updated for the 2015-2016 school year! New paper saving ideas: make a booklet for a while quarter on 11"x13" paper= only three pages a quarter per student!! So wish I'd thought of this sooner!

All packages now have an additional

Vocabulary square template:

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Chalk Wall Success!

Questions students had for the story "All Summer in a Day":

Earth Day Freebie!

 Free Seasonal Bell Work! Link here :)

Spring Figurative Language Practice: Interactive Group Centers

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Annotating = Taking Notes; Not Just Underlining and Highlighting

8th grade example of independent annotation: 

 "aNOTEtation" is our key phrase to remind ourselves that close reading and annotating is not just underlining and highlighting a page. Making it colorful does not show a reader's understanding!

Color Symbolism in Poetry: "Green is..."

Body Biographies

Completing our body biographies for characters from The Lightning Thief!

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