Has your literacy block gotten a little stale? 
 
Are you looking for a superhero to swoop in and save the day in your classroom? 
 
“Holy reading and writing restlessness, Batman!” I’ve been there!
 
This 165-PAGE SUPERHERO LITERACY UNIT is the ULTIMATE ELA and Writing collection to revive your reading and writing blocks!
 
I have included my favorite SIMPLE, PRINT & GO planning tools, activities, organizers, and more for teachers looking for a fun and fresh way to get their students EXCITED FOR READING & WRITING!
 
I know you don’t have a lot of planning time to fool around, so I’ve included everything you could possibly need to EASILY design a month or more of ELA, writing, and center activities around superheroes! All you have to do is print the activities that you want to focus on with your students and add them to your plan book. 
 
INCLUDED IN THIS PACK:
★ LESSON & UNIT PLANNING GUIDES - Planning for your literacy block can seem like a big job if you don’t have the right support, so I’ve included the EXACT TOOLS I USE to plan my own units.
2-week ELA Lesson/Unit Planning pages in color & BW versions (Intentionally left BLANK, so you can organize your weekly lessons to suit your students' needs!)
2-week Writing Lesson/Unit Planning pages in color & BW versions (Intentionally left BLANK, so you can organize your weekly lessons to suit your students' needs!)
Planning Guide support pages to help you coordinate your literacy block with other academic areas to help save you time and make your day more cohesive
Center Activity guide pages to give you ideas on how to structure independent student activities using this pack
Language Arts Activity Ideas page
Writing Activity Ideas page
Writing Exemplar information page
Vocabulary Activity Ideas page
“Super” Sentences Implementation page
 
★ READING - Why waste your time searching the school library, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon for superhero books when I’ve done all the work for you?
20 superhero picture book recommendations with reading hyperlinks to YouTube
6 superhero chapter book recommendations with trailer hyperlinks to YouTube
12 QR code cards linking students to video readings of each book on YouTube
Story Map template
Fiction superhero book review worksheet
Nonfiction book review worksheet
 
★ WRITING - Connecting reading and writing lessons are an important part of planning smarter, not harder. To help you out, I’ve included superhero writing tasks for all 3 writing text types - narrative, informative, and opinion, and all of the teacher exemplars you're ever going to need.
Plot Diagram for Readers (The Three Little Superpigs by Claire Evans)
Superhero Class Book Cover (color & BW)
Superhero Acrostic Poem (color & BW)
 
Informative/explanatory writing task
Sample writing exemplars (first draft & revised draft)
Narrative writing task
2 sample writing exemplars (first draft & revised draft)
Opinion/persuasive writing task 
2 sample writing exemplars (first draft & revised draft)
 
★ PARTS OF SPEECH LEARNING - You can’t write good sentences until you understand how each part (the parts of speech) works together. That’s why I’ve included superhero-themed parts of speech posters and activities.
 
Parts of Speech posters included:
Interjections
Adverbs & Temporal Words
Articles
Adjectives
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Prepositional Phrases
8 Parts of speech word cards for practicing arranging and rearranging sentences
“Super” Sentences master word list (exemplar)
“Super” Sentences master word list (blank)
Writing “super” sentences practice worksheet
 
★ CENTER/SEAT WORK ACTIVITIES - I’ve made centers a no-brainer! Centers are a huge part of any literacy block, so I’ve included a list of 20 center activities that can be done using nothing more than this very superhero literacy pack! In it, I tell you what center activities I recommend and which master templates to use. 
Superhero Word Search - Level 1
Superhero Word Search - Level 1 (answer key)
Superhero Word Search - Level 2
Superhero Word Search - Level 2 (answer key)
Superhero Crossword Puzzle - Level 1
Superhero Crossword Puzzle - Level 2
Superhero Crossword Puzzle - Levels 1 & 2 (answer key)
Superhero Scrabble Activity Pages
Superhero Tile Manipulative Pages
 
★ IDIOMS GAME - Superheroes and idioms go hand in hand!  The idioms Matching Game/Activity included in this pack is a fun way for students to practice. Early finishers can play alone at their seat OR put the game in a center for students to play together while you meet with small groups!
36 Idiom Matching Cards
 
★ READING AND WRITING TEMPLATES - I know you don't have time to write your own exemplars ahead of your lessons or create your own student templates, but it is a CRITICAL COMPONENT and is often the one "make it or break it" part of reading and writing lessons that can have your lesson soaring through the air or crashing and burning upon delivery.  So, I've included all of my teacher exemplars for you.  No need to write or create new ones...Just use mine!
 
STUDENT MASTERS:
Blank Bubble Map
Superhero Characterization
Superhero Bubble Map
Villain Bubble Map
Venn Diagram (2 circles)
Venn Diagram (3 circles)
Superheroes Can, Do, Are (lined)
Tree Map (blank, lined)
Superheroes Can, Do, Are (unlined)
Tree Map (blank, unlined)
Story Map - Level 1
Plot Diagram (story map) - Level 2
Narrative Drafting Pages with editing checklist and writing scaffolds
Informative Drafting Pages with editing checklist and writing scaffolds
Opinion Drafting Pages with editing checklist and writing scaffolds
Generic Drafting Pages with editing checklist and writing scaffolds
Publishing Pages with editing checklist
Comic Book page templates
 
TEACHER EXEMPLARS:
Superhero Bubble Map (exemplar)
Villain Bubble Map (exemplar)
Superhero/Fire Fighter Venn Diagram (exemplar)
Are, Can, Do Brainstorming Map (picture exemplar)
Are, Can, Do Brainstorming Map (exemplar)
Plot Diagram for Readers (narrative writing story outline exemplar - The Three Little Superpigs by Claire Evans)
Plot Diagram for Writing (The Adventures of Fly Girl and Puppy Boy exemplar)
Story Map for Writing (Fly Girl and Fluffy exemplar)
Story Starters/“Super” Sentences Chart (exemplar)