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This resource is designed to save teachers time and effort while increasing student engagement and learning. Lessons are Common Core aligned, ready-to-print and cover all ELA skills. An 84 page unit planner is included as a bonus file, offering a variety of unit plans.

What’s Included:
Short Stories

• Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara
• Man from the South by Roald Dahl
• Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
• The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers
• The Jacket by Gary Soto
• The Elevator by William Sleator
• The Smallest Dragonboy by Anne McCaffrey
• The No-Guitar Blues by Gary Soto
• Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
• On the Sidewalk Bleeding by Evan Hunter
• Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
• Stop the Sun by Gary Paulsen
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

• Gary Soto Analysis Worksheets
• Coming-of-Age Short Story Analysis Worksheets

Poems

• Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins
• Dear Basketball by Kobe Bryant
• Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
• Harlem by Langston Hughes & The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur (Comparison)
• The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert William Service
• It Couldn’t Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest
• On Turning Ten by Billy Collins
• This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams
• Be the Best of Whatever You Are by Douglas Malloch
• The Lanyard by Billy Collins
• Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
• Billy Collins Analysis Worksheets
• Poetic Device Unit
• Limericks - Poetry Writing

Novels

• The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (Novel Study, Movie Worksheets, Informational Texts + Paired with On the Sidewalk Bleeding and Nothing Gold Can Stay)
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Novel Study, Movie Worksheets, Informational Texts, + Paired with Stop the Sun and The Cremation of Sam McGee).

Informational Texts

• Barack Obama’s Back to School Speech
• Albert Einstein’s Letter to President Roosevelt
• Coming-of-Age Informational Texts
• Greta Thunberg Article
• Malala Yousafzai Article
• Greta and Malala Comparison
• History’s Mysteries Magazine
• Curiosity Rover on Mars Article
• St. Patrick’s Day Article
• Should Students use Chat GPT? Article
• Christmas Themed Articles x 4

Writing
Argumentative

• Formal v Informal Writing
• Transitional Words and Phrases
• Argumentative Essay Writing Guide
• Website Credibility Checklist
• Ethos Logos Pathos Introduction

Informative Writing

• Create a How-to Guide
• Email Writing
• Character Analysis Essay Writing
• Character Comparison Essay Writing

Narratives

• Baseline Writing Sample - Personal Narrative Writing
• Character Diaries, Blogs, Vlogs
• Coming-of-Age Short Story Writing
• Personal Narratives Choice: Comics, Soundtrack To My Life, Sensory Experience
• Sensory Language
• Plot Structure
• Picture Prompts
• Point of View