Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold middle-grade anthology features stories written by notable authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and more. This collection, published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
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Coming of Age: 13 B'nai Mitzvah Stories
This short story collection highlights the varied and diverse experiences of coming of age in the Jewish faith.
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Bio-Poem Examples
This reading contains 3 examples of a bio-poem, an 11-line poem describing a person.
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Chunking Worksheet: What is a Community?
Students use this worksheet to help them decode text and paraphrase key ideas using the chunking strategy.
What is a Law? What is a Custom?
Students use this Venn diagram handout to reflect on examples of laws, examples of customs, and examples of laws that are also customs.
Turning Us against Them
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig describes an encounter with hate propaganda at a French movie theatre months before the start of World War I.
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Transformation Thematic Essay Paragraph Sort
Give students this dissected essay and ask them to rearrange it into the correct order to help them think about how to effectively structure an essay.
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Literary Devices Definitions Match
Use this definition match to refresh your students' memory on a range of useful literary devices.
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Where I'm From Brainstorm
Use the handout below to help students create their very own “Where I’m From” poem.
Where I'm From Brainstorm
Students use the prompts in this handout to describe the place where they are from.
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Equality vs Inequality: Anticipation Guide
Give your students this anticipation guide to help them to think about social equality and inequality in the UK.
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