
This was designed when I had no reading or writing curriculum: I didn’t want to just “hit” the standards.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).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.This unit digs deep into EVERY SINGLE common core reading literature and main writing standard.This unit is exactly what you need to teach your fifth grade learners in a fun and engaging format with the award winning book, Titanic: Voices from the Disaster. Small group and individual conference teacher forms.Editable Google Slides Reading Response Rubrics.Editable PowerPoint Reading Response Rubrics.Digital Student Reading Response Notebooks.PowerPoint and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions (JPEG images included to upload to Google Slides as well).40+ page Implementation Teachers Guide: Socratic Seminar, Tips and Tricks, Pacing, Student Examples, FAQs, scripted lesson examples, etc.Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Fourteen Lesson Reading Unit (teacher suggested answers and vocabulary now included).Reading response notebook examples from my classroom.The Socratic Seminar: research base and strategy in practice.

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