Middle School Socratic Seminar Reading Units BIG Bundle 6th 7th and 8th Grade

Description

This HUGE bundle of Socratic Seminar Middle School Reading Units included all of the reading units I have made for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade reading units. The 7th and 8th grade reading units are aligned to the 7th and 8th grade CCSS, while the 6th grade reading units are aligned to the 6th grade CCSS. If the units are created for both 6th and 7th/8th grade they will be about 70-80% similar. The standards will be different, and some questions will be different to align to the correct standards.

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Why buy the growing bundle?

• This HUGE bundle of reading units will increase in price each time I add a unit.
• The sooner you buy, the more you save!
• You will have access to EVERY unit I add to this growing bundle as they become available.
• Right now you are purchasing 10 reading units for 20% savings.

These resources have gotten HUGE updates (August 2020) since creation in 2015:

• Update: Teacher suggested answers for comprehension questions
• Update: Teacher suggested vocabulary words and definitions
• Update: PowerPoint and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions (JPEG images included to upload to Google Slides as well)
• Update: Digital Student Reading Response Notebooks
• Update: Editable PowerPoint Reading Response Rubrics
• Update: Editable Google Slides Reading Response Rubrics
• Update: Small group and individual conference teacher forms
• Update: Lesson plans and the Common Core standard alignments are their own file now so teachers can easily and quickly access the novel lessons.

Now included in a separate file for teachers:

• The Socratic Seminar: research base and strategy in practice
• Using this resource in your classroom
• Different reading workshop set-ups
• Scripted lesson examples
• Reading response notebook examples from my classroom

Included in this bundle are the following 6th grade reading units:

1. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (12 lessons)
2. Al Capone Does My Shirts (16 Lessons)
3. The Crossover (14 Lessons)
4. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (16 lessons)
5. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (13 lessons) Updated 2020
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (28 lessons)
7. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (26 lessons)
8. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (13 Lessons) Updated 2020
9. Ungifted by Gordan Korman (18 lessons)
10. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (22 lessons)

Included in this bundle are the following 7th and 8th grade reading units:

1. A Long Walk to Water (11 Lessons)
2. Animal Farm (11 Lessons)
3. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl (21 Lessons)
4. The Call of the Wild (11 Lessons)
5. The Finest Hours (12 Lessons) Updated 2020
6. Freak the Mighty (14 Lessons) Updated 2020
7. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (13 Lessons) Updated 2020
8. The Outsiders (13 Lessons)
9. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (16 Lessons)

In each unit you will find:

1. Lesson Plans Reading Unit (teacher suggested answers and vocabulary now included)
2. 40+ page Implementation Teachers Guide: Socratic Seminar, Tips and Tricks, Pacing, Student Examples, FAQs, scripted lesson examples, etc.
3. PowerPoint and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions (JPEG images included to upload to Google Slides as well)
4. Digital Student Reading Response Notebooks
5. Editable PowerPoint Reading Response Rubrics
6. Editable Google Slides Reading Response Rubrics
7. Small group and individual conference teacher forms
8. Bonus in some units: Classroom decorations, activities, and engagement ideas
9. Bonus in some units: Book Quote Posters

How are these reading units different?

• This unit digs deep into EVERY SINGLE common core reading literature and main writing standard.
• The backbone of these units is The Socratic Seminar, which pushes students to have discussions with their peers, about the novels (by using the guiding and interpretive questions provided) while using text-based evidence and critical thinking.
• Their thinking and discussion build a strong foundation of understanding for their reading responses (which will blow you away because of how much they grow throughout the year).
• This was designed when I had no reading or writing curriculum: I didn’t want to just “hit” the standards. I wanted to dig deep into every single standard multiple times throughout the year.
• This unit teaches your students about every single fifth grade CCSS literature standard in an engaging, though-provoking, and fun unit and all the work is done for you.
• I still do guided reading, book clubs, literature circles, and Daily 5 in my classroom, so I know this can work with any type of reading program that you already have in place.
• In this unit, your students will get tons of support and conversations from their peers, will be exposed to literature and vocabulary at or above their grade level, and become part of a reading community. Yet it still gives you the flexibility to work with groups of students at their particular reading levels.