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Common Core RL.8.4 resources for Easel Assessments
Short Story The Monkey's Paw Analysis and Reading Comprehension Questions
Your students will love this delightfully creepy short story. It's perfect for practicing reading comprehension, literary analysis, foreshadowing, point of view, and irony with your middle school and high school students. And... by the end of the unit, students will have written a literary analysis response.Here's what teachers are saying about this unit: "An AWESOME unit. This resource is put together really well and was really easy to use.""MY KIDS LOVED THIS!!!!! We have been having so muc
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6th - 10th
Connotation Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital
Teaching connotation doesn't have to be complicated! These middle school connotation worksheets lay the concept out in a straightforward way that middle school students can easily understand. Use them as homework, classwork, partner practice, or whole-class test review. They're great for end-of-year ELA test prep - understanding connotation is such an important reading skill for both fiction and nonfiction reading passages!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
The Lottery Short Story Analysis, Writing and Textual Evidence Dystopian Lit
Your middle school students will be captivated by this chilling short story! Students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and foreshadowing. This creepy, unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students. Reasons to love this unit:print and digital versions (Google Slides and PowerPoint)super creepy story is sure to engage your students!includes lesson plans and teacher checklist – makes an ideal sub plan provides literary analysis practice: students will analy
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6th - 10th
Context Clues Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary words in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice with short context clues reading passages. These activities help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. This digital resource includes strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each bellringer slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the un
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
The Fun They Had Short Story Analysis, Reading, and Research Activities
Looking for a relevant short story to share with your students? Isaac Asimov's "The Fun They Had" is perfect for our students grappling with distance learning! Your students will read the story, participate in a mini research project, analyze photos, and write a reflection.This is a great reading and research project for students to learn about education in the past, present, and what is imagined for the future.What teachers are saying about my distance learning resources:"Super easy to use (
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
"The Veldt" A Short Story to Teach Literacy Standards
NO PREP! Standards-Aligned! Distance Learning with Digital Activity!"The Veldt" is a classic story by Ray Bradbury. It centers on a family who has allowed technology to take over the rearing of their children, and the horrible consequences. My students are engaged fully in the reading of this science fiction tale! This resource includes:1. Comprehension questions in text-order ranging from general comprehension to critical thinking questions.2. Vocabulary is embedded within the questions.3
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5th - 8th
Scary Story Collection for Middle School: Escape Room, Task Cards, Printables
This spooky collection of fiction reading comprehension passages combines several standards so that students have an opportunity to practice their skills without isolating each standard. Each fictional story has descriptive characters and settings, drawing your students into the mystery. This unit will reinforce skills that you have taught. Students will use their skills to solve the mysteries (demonstrating comprehension of the text). What your students will discover: Was Dracula real or just a
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6th - 8th
All Summer in a Day Short Story Activities and Close Reading
Your students won't stop talking about the themes of this story! "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury addresses so many themes that resonate with kids! Your students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and the concept of living on another planet. This unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students -- sure to bring up great discussion on bullying, compassion for others, and accepting newcomers. Perfect to teach at the end of the year.This resource includes:p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Bundle Grade 6 7 8 Reading and Writing
Figurative Language Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Figurative Language. Thirty ways to practice idioms, similes, personification, hyperboles, and metaphors. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build vocabulary and apply figurative language to their own writing. This digital resource has slides explaining the types of figurative language. Each bellringer practice slide has an activity and an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. These can also be printed out on
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
The Old Mallory Place: Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit
Suspense is a great way to engage your students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills! That is why I wrote The Old Mallory Place, a high interest tale of a mysterious past that haunts the present. The cliffhanger ending gives your students an opportunity to write their own ending- they get to tell what they think happened!This resource is the perfect combination of fact and fiction. The 39 page resource contains a complete short story, 2 informational text passages, and numer
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
Grammar Practice Worksheet on Avoiding Manipulative and Loaded Language
Use this grammar activity to help middle and high school students communicate ideas professionally and without emotionally charged, manipulative language. Students will practice isolating examples of loaded language (also known as emotive and high-inference language) from more appropriate options, and vice versa. To facilitate this process, the editable worksheet offers several tips for avoiding problematic phrasing. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in a zip file as both Wo
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar Review Worksheets Bundle for High School (Printable)
A Long Walk To Water Figurative Language Quizzes for the Whole Novel
Dear Educators,This product identifies the figurative language found in Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water. This Product Includes:43 PagesTeacher’s notesStudy guide for studentsCut out study guide/game One practice quiz – 12 matching and 12 multiple choice questionsOne modified practice quiz – 12 matching and 12 multiple choice questions3 Quizzes with figurative language quoted from the novelAnswer keys4 Easel AssessmentsOne Easel Activity Quizzes:Chapters 1 – 6 has 21 questionsChapter
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6th - 8th
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A Long Walk to Water Reading Comprehension Tests for the Whole Novel
Dear Educators,This is a complete set. All three reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. This differentiated product for A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park was written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Package Includes: 3 Tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questions3 Character study guides Modified sections ~ sequencing, quote and character identificationDetailed answer keys62 Pages21 Easel Activities3 Easel Assessments Number of Questions:Chapters 1 – 6 has 59
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6th - 8th
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Hope Was Here Reading Comprehension Tests for the Whole Novel
Dear Educators,This is a complete set; all four tests cover the whole book. These differentiated reading comprehension test for Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer were written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:4 Tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questionsCharacter study guidesModified sections for sequencing, quote and character identificationDetailed answer keys101 Pages4 Easel Assessments 28 Easel Activities Number of Questions:Chapters 1 – 5 has 64 questionsCha
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7th - 8th
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The Outsiders Reading Comprehension Tests ~ Differentiated Assessments
Dear Educator,This is a complete set. All four reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. This differentiated product for The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton was written for use in traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:Four tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questionsFour character study guidesModified sections ~ sequencing, character and quote identificationDetailed answer keys Abridged answer keys96 Pages24 Easel ActivitiesFour Easel AssessmentsTests:Chapters 1 –
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8th - 9th
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Poetry Analysis: Using Taylor Swift & Katy Perry Songs
This exciting lesson plan offers a captivating way to introduce students to poetry analysis by showing how poetry is just like music. This makes the idea of poetry analysis less daunting and more fun for students. It includes - An interactive Easel presentation that covers the essential foundations of poetry analysis, alongside a fun class activity using Taylor Swift's song "All Too Well" as a relatable example. - It breaks down imagery, symbolism & similies. -A lesson plan for teachers whic
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7th - 8th
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Figurative Language Quizzes
This product contains six quizzes with one hundred eighty figurative language quotes from Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling. These differentiated assessments were written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:144 PagesTeacher’s notesStudy guideCut out study guide/gameFive practice quizzesFive modified practice quizzes6 Quizzes with figurative language quoted from the novel6 Modified quizzes with figurative language quoted from the novelPage a
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6th - 8th
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin: a CCSS novel study/PDF/Google Drive
This is a close reading guide to the book The Truth About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin, author of The Next Great Paulie Fink. With this close reading guide to this amazing book, your students will practice making inferences and predictions, summarizing, and identifying character development. Perfect for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA, especially, this novel study includes over 120 vocabulary preview Google slides, reading response questions that encourage use of the R.A.C.E. strategy for
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6th - 9th
The Outsiders Figurative Language Tests and Quizzes
Dear Educators,This product identifies the figurative language found in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. This differentiated product was written for use in traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:168 PagesTeacher’s notesStudy guideOne practice testCut out study guide/gameOne modified practice test4 Tests with figurative language quoted from the novel4 Modified Tests with figurative language quoted from the novel8 Quizzes with figurative language quoted from the novel8 Modified
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7th - 8th
The Outsiders Reading Comprehension Test Chapters 4 - 6
Dear Educators,This ELA reading comprehension test for chapters 4 – 6 of The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton was written for both traditional and inclusion classrooms. This differentiated assessment was written for regular and inclusion classrooms.This Product Includes:One test Page and paragraph numbers for most questionCharacter study guideDetailed answer keyAbridged answer keyModified sections ~ sequencing and character identification Twenty-four pagesFour Easel ActivitiesOne Easel Assessment Type
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7th - 9th
Figurative Language in Song Lyrics
Dear Educators,This figurative language quiz includes thirty-eight questions with quotes from the following eleven popular songs by these artists: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams“Just a Cloud Away” by Pharrell Williams“Best Day of My” Life by American Authors“I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Song by Justin Timberlake“All Too Well” by Taylor Swift“Mean” by Taylor Swift“Shake It Off” by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift“Roar” by Katy Perry“Firework” by Katy Perry“Bre
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5th - 8th
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The Outsiders Reading Comprehension Test for Chapters 1 - 3
Dear Educators,This reading comprehension test covers the first three chapters of The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. This is a differentiated assessment written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:One reading testPage and paragraph numbers for most questionsCharacter study guideAnswer keysModified sections ~ sequencing and character identification Twenty-two pagesOne Easel Assessment Six Easel Activities Type and Number of Questions:18 Multiple choices 8 Sequencing 10 Tru
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8th - 9th
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Night by Elie Wiesel, Instructional Unit, Includes Quizzes & 2 Research Projects
This engaging and easy-to-use unit for Night has recently been expanded and improved. A second, entirely different, research paper assignment has been added. An answer key for the quizzes, as well as self-grading Easel assessments have been added.This is a unit I have used to teach the novel Night by Elie Wiesel to 8th, 9th, and 10th-grade students with great success. Obviously, it has evolved and improved over the years. The students learn not only about Elie Wiesel and his family but also are
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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