7th Grade Reading Google Apps

This convenient GOOGLE SLIDE lesson contains a complete Digital EMERGENCY ELA lesson for the NONFICTION BOOK, THE BUFFALO ARE BACK, with hours of fun encompassing multiple reading strategies and skills aligned to Common Core.

EMERGENCY PLAN includes:

• Read-aloud video of the short, nonfiction text, The Buffalo Are Back, by Jean Craighead George. BL 4.9.
• Highly organized & complete package of PDF printables, perfect for any substitute or teacher looking for a total, STAND ALONE lesson for Reading.
• Genre & author information
• 10 bold photo vocabulary slides including part of speech
• Connotation & grammar mini-lesson and sort
• Printable activities and assessments
• Quizlet quiz links
• The lesson is loaded with optional activities (digital and print)
• Fun Fact videos and slides allow the presentation to be adjusted to fill any time frame.

PDF printables: 8 graphic organizers are included both digitally and in the PDF file, designed to coordinate with the GOOGLE SLIDES.

Introduction: slides include genre with link, author bio with link, and setting with maps

Video Link for Read Aloud: link to Buffalo are Back is included (17 min)

Vocabulary Study: flourished, extinct, fragile, crumbled, drought, rippled, wobble, graze, treaty, settler

10 vocab slides include word, bold photo, definition & part of speech, both a Vocab Organizer chart, and a Word Study chart are included (print and digital) to compliment the vocabulary.

Predictions: slides allow for student discussion prior to listening to the read aloud and again reflection on their predictions after the story has been heard.

*Optional Fun Facts: photos of plains animals, links to animal sounds from the grasslands, famous people bios from this time/place with links are all are pertinent to the text

*Optional Activities: these elements are provided within the digital product as well as PDF form. Connotation info/sort, Grammar info/sort, context clue worksheet with word bank

Practice/Assessment: Quizlet links for both a vocabulary quiz and a comprehension quiz are included

Enjoy this convenient GOOGLE SLIDE 'Lesson to Go'!

THIS LESSON IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN POWERPOINT.