The Skin I’m In Nonfiction Readings & Activities
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The Skin I’m In Nonfiction Texts & Activities – Snapshot of Included Resources:
- 8 Nonfiction Readings & Questions
- 6 Extension Activities – Movie Analysis, TED Talk & More
- 5 Mindfulness Strategies
- 3 Final Projects
- Digital Links for Google Drive™
- Includes Google Slides™!
- Answer Keys!
The materials in this product will help your students engage and understand mindfulness, positive self-talk, and help develop strategies to boost their confidence and self-compassion through a thoughtful, objective lens as they develop critical skills aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
Nonfiction Close Reading Lessons: The close reading lessons develop students’ background knowledge about mindfulness, self-esteem, positive self-talk, and various strategies for using each. With these informational texts, students will learn about mindfulness, self-compassion, and the importance of positive self-talk. Each close reading includes questions that will develop essential skills aligned to the reading of informational texts under the Common Core State Standards. After practicing these skills over the course of the unit, you can be confident your students will have mastered numerous standards, such as:
- Citing textual evidence to support analysis of the text.
- Summarizing the main idea of a text with supporting details.
- Determining the meaning of words or phrases as used in the text.
- Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text.
- Determine an author’s purpose in a text.
- Compare and contrast how multiple texts portray a subject.
Mindfulness Strategies: The resource provides five different mindfulness strategies to practice with your students. They can be used in a myriad of ways – from a bell ringer, to an exit ticket, or as a transition activity. The exercises engage students in the present moment and encourage self-compassion and positive self-talk. The activities are:
- Mindful Moment with the Glitter Globe
- Three Times a Chime
- Thankful Thoughts
- Pen with Zen
- Noticing Notebook
Answer Key: The key provides potential answers for every question asked in every assignment if applicable. Of course, not all analytic questions have just one answer! Part of the strength of the analysis questions is the room they leave for students to demonstrate their unique thinking and use textual evidence to support their stance. Therefore, use the answers at your discretion but know they provide a solid foundation for the type of performance that makes for quality work.
The entire resource and its inclusive set of questions allow for multiple potential uses based on your determination about when and where it would be most helpful, either in-class or for homework. Regardless, every question is aligned to one or more essential Common Core State Standard.
- ZIP file (PDFs and Word Docs for Digital Links)
- Non-editable
- 18.6 MB
- 95 Pages
- Links for Student Pages in Google Slides™
- This downloadable resource supplies one single-teacher license for use in your classroom.
- Photocopying of this product is allowed only for the classroom use of the purchaser.
- Replication of this product, in whole or in part, for commercial sale or broader distribution is strictly prohibited.
- This product also may NOT be shared electronically, digitally, or otherwise in a manner that violates the Terms of Use detailed by LIT Lessons.
- For explicit information on permissions, please see the Terms of Use document included with this resource. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
The Skin I’m In Nonfiction Texts & Activities – Snapshot of Included Resources:
- 8 Nonfiction Readings & Questions
- 6 Extension Activities – Movie Analysis, TED Talk & More
- 5 Mindfulness Strategies
- 3 Final Projects
- Digital Links for Google Drive™
- Includes Google Slides™!
- Answer Keys!
The materials in this product will help your students engage and understand mindfulness, positive self-talk, and help develop strategies to boost their confidence and self-compassion through a thoughtful, objective lens as they develop critical skills aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
Nonfiction Close Reading Lessons: The close reading lessons develop students’ background knowledge about mindfulness, self-esteem, positive self-talk, and various strategies for using each. With these informational texts, students will learn about mindfulness, self-compassion, and the importance of positive self-talk. Each close reading includes questions that will develop essential skills aligned to the reading of informational texts under the Common Core State Standards. After practicing these skills over the course of the unit, you can be confident your students will have mastered numerous standards, such as:
- Citing textual evidence to support analysis of the text.
- Summarizing the main idea of a text with supporting details.
- Determining the meaning of words or phrases as used in the text.
- Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text.
- Determine an author’s purpose in a text.
- Compare and contrast how multiple texts portray a subject.
Mindfulness Strategies: The resource provides five different mindfulness strategies to practice with your students. They can be used in a myriad of ways – from a bell ringer, to an exit ticket, or as a transition activity. The exercises engage students in the present moment and encourage self-compassion and positive self-talk. The activities are:
- Mindful Moment with the Glitter Globe
- Three Times a Chime
- Thankful Thoughts
- Pen with Zen
- Noticing Notebook
Answer Key: The key provides potential answers for every question asked in every assignment if applicable. Of course, not all analytic questions have just one answer! Part of the strength of the analysis questions is the room they leave for students to demonstrate their unique thinking and use textual evidence to support their stance. Therefore, use the answers at your discretion but know they provide a solid foundation for the type of performance that makes for quality work.
The entire resource and its inclusive set of questions allow for multiple potential uses based on your determination about when and where it would be most helpful, either in-class or for homework. Regardless, every question is aligned to one or more essential Common Core State Standard.
- ZIP file (PDFs and Word Docs for Digital Links)
- Non-editable
- 18.6 MB
- 95 Pages
- Links for Student Pages in Google Slides™
- This downloadable resource supplies one single-teacher license for use in your classroom.
- Photocopying of this product is allowed only for the classroom use of the purchaser.
- Replication of this product, in whole or in part, for commercial sale or broader distribution is strictly prohibited.
- This product also may NOT be shared electronically, digitally, or otherwise in a manner that violates the Terms of Use detailed by LIT Lessons.
- For explicit information on permissions, please see the Terms of Use document included with this resource. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
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The 16 fiction close reading lessons explicitly focus on critical Common Core Standards to develop students’ literary proficiency. Using The Skin I’m In as the foundational text for close reading, each lesson focuses on a particular skill, such as setting, conflict, tone, and plot, and provides students an opportunity to develop and demonstrate their ability to perform that skill. Each assignment also requires students to use textual evidence to support their claims. The resources could supply homework, facilitate guided reading groups, or stimulate whole class literacy discussions for each chapter grouping. You can choose the purpose that best suits your students and your classroom.
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