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7th grade reading 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
Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Figurative Language Worksheets - Similes, Metaphors, Idioms and Easel
This figurative language pack includes a types of figurative language handout that defines different figures of speech like similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, and hyperbole and gives an example of each. On the first worksheet students have to identify ten sentences that use metaphors or similes. There are nine additional practice worksheets with practice with similes, idioms, metaphors, personification and hyperbole. No prep. Print and go. Keys included. Ten worksheets in all. Great ac
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4th - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Figurative Language Assessment & Review Worksheets - PDF & Digital
Focus on figurative language comprehension with this 28-question figurative language assessment and study guide. With this printable or digital skill-based test, you'll easily and thoroughly cover six types of figurative language: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, idiom, and symbolism.(Don't miss the rest of my Figurative Language Activities Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Easel Assessment (
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
Tone and Mood Task Cards Set 1 and Digital with TpT Easel
These 16 high-interest task cards in set 1 provide an opportunity for middle school students to practice identifying the tone and mood of reading passages based on key phrases and figurative language.Digital for TpT Easel Activity:This product includes student directions, 3 pages of tone and mood word lists, and self-grading task cards for time-saving grading. Digital for TpT Easel Assessment:This product also includes a self-grading assessment version of the task cards. Includes:16 half-page c
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Reading Task Cards Bundle Set 1 for STAAR Reading Review
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
Text Structure Worksheets - Printable & Digital
When it comes to teaching nonfiction text structure, you need LOTS of examples to help students really get it! These text structure worksheets are here to help, supplementing your nonfiction lesson with clear, concise examples of the five main nonfiction text structures: chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and compare and contrast.(Virginia teachers, there is now a separate SOL version included for you with text structure and description replaced by
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Making Inferences Worksheets for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Making inferences in middle school can be such a challenging skill to teach and practice! These short, student-friendly inference reading passages offer a mix of narrative and informational text examples for your middle school students to hone their skill with questions guiding them to use details in the text to make inferences and find text evidence. (They'll also practice the related skills of prediction and characterization!)(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
The Cay PowerPoint Introduction
The Cay Introduction PowerPoint is an engaging and interactive preview of The Cay by Theodore Taylor. If you are reading The Cay, this digital resource introduces students to the setting, characters, plot, theme and vocabulary, and builds background knowledge needed to comprehend the book. Great book for hurricane season. Students can discuss with partners how they would survive on a desert island in severe weather. They can also write about this and share with each other. Then discuss how dif
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â The Cay by Theodore Taylor Bundle - Novel Unit
Inferences and Text Evidence Reading Comprehension Passages
These informational text quick reads provide students with an opportunity to work on their inferencing skills. Students will read a passage about a different nonfiction topic and then answer two multiple choice questions.Distance Learning Update: This product now comes with a Google Forms option. Each passage has been converted into a separate Google Form.These 10 short informational text passages are designed for quick practice. The first multiple choice question focuses on making inferences an
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6th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Making Inferences & Citing Evidence Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Cause and Effect Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital
Your students probably know what cause and effect are, but it can be much trickier to identify them in a nonfiction reading passage! These cause and effect activities with informational reading passages are perfect for reading test review! There are 16 short reading passages with comprehension questions asking middle school students to identify and analyze causes and effects, including signal words, as they learn fun facts about a variety of animals.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Inside Out and Back Again Novel Activities, Tests
This teaching unit is designed to accompany Thanhha Lai's novel Inside Out & Back Again. This powerful novel is divided into four parts. This teaching unit includes a vocabulary list for each of the four parts, an activity for each part, and a test for each part. Post reading activities are also included! With this packet, no prep is needed! All of the work is planned out for you! Use these activities and tests to teach the novel as a whole-class read, for homework, for group work in l
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 8th Grade ELA Mega Bundle ~ Everything Needed to Teach 8th Grade ELA
"The Prince and the Pauper" Play Activities - Printable & Digital
Plan your story unit in no time! If your class is reading "The Prince and the Pauper" by Joellen Bland, these skill-based reading comprehension activities are the perfect tools to help your students practice context clues, inference, theme, characterization, and more as they enjoy a dramatization of this classic story. The following activities are included:Anticipation guideVocabulary worksheetsReading questions for each sceneInference activitiesTheme with text evidence graphic organizerNewspape
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5th - 8th
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"Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test and Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Prep for your "Rikki-tikki-tavi" story unit in minutes with these printable and digital questions and story test! With these skill-based activities, you'll be able to check comprehension during reading, assess student understanding after reading, and spark great discussions anytime during your lesson.(If you find this resource helpful, you won't want to miss the rest of my complete Rikki-tikki-tavi Short Story Bundle!)There are 24 deep-thinking questions covering the following reading skills:Plo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
Elements of a Story Graphic Organizer & Passages - PDF & Digital
Quickly teach or review elements of a story with this handy graphic organizer and short story reading passages! This no-prep resource makes it simple for students to practice reading for plot, setting, character, conflict, and theme. All five elements are packed into one versatile plot diagram, and each reading passage focuses on one element for deeper comprehension!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!) This resource includes the following digital versions:Google
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Johnny Tremain Literature Guide - Story of the American Revolution with Easel
Johnny Tremain Literature Guide - Novel Study. A great story based on the American Revolution. This packet has vocabulary and word mapping activities for the novel, discussion comprehension questions for each chapter, a novel word search puzzle, a reader's response journal assignment, a web research assignment, and a final test on the book, with key. Your students will enjoy this historical fiction story. Includes answer keys. Please see preview. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Johnny Tremain Novel Study and Vocabulary Bundle
Fact and Opinion Worksheets & Passages - Printable & Digital
Differentiating between fact and opinion might sound simple, but noticing them in context can be a little trickier! These fact and opinion worksheets help students review the difference between facts and opinions, identify them in reading, and support opinions with relevant facts.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Easel Assessment (link in My Pur
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Functional Reading Comprehension Questions Real World Text Passages Worksheets
These functional text passages are a HILARIOUS way to engage students in real world reading!There are 5 real-world reading passages:Vacation Rental Description (of a gingerbread house)Product Review (for a chicken harness)Obituary (for a crayon)Resignation Letter (from Jack and Jill)Transcript of a Sportscast (rock, paper, scissors championship game)This resource is called "Real World Reading with a TWIST" because while they are real life examples of functional text, the content is funny, engagi
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4th - 7th
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Analogies PowerPoint and Easel Assessment
Analogies Interactive PowerPoint. What is an analogy and how do you solve one? This presentation defines what an analogy is, how they are written, and what relationships to look for when solving analogous pairs. There are 10 practice analogies for students, with answers and explanations. The guided practice helps students develop critical thinking skills and prepares them for standardized tests. Use on a whiteboard or on Chromebooks. Great to use at the end of the year before summer break or for
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5th - 8th
Blood on the River Novel Test - Printable & Digital
Need a rigorous way to assess your novel study? This end-of-book test (part of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit) covers comprehension and reading skills in Elisa Carbone's Jamestown novel, Blood on the River. It contains eight vocabulary matching questions, 22 multiple-choice story questions, and a paragraph response about how Samuel (the narrator) changes throughout the novel.Concepts covered include:VocabularyPlotCharacterConflictSettingThemeCause and effectInferenceand more!This r
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Central Ideas Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
These informational text quick reads provide students with an opportunity to determine the central ideas of passages. Students will read a passage about a different nonfiction topic and then answer two multiple choice questions.Distance Learning Update: This product now comes with a Google Forms option. Each passage has been converted into a separate Google Form.These 10 short informational text passages are designed for quick practice. The first multiple choice question focuses on central ideas
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6th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Informational Text Quick Reading Bundle
Tone and Mood 5 Day Activity Bundle
Engage students with 5 days of fun tone and mood activities designed to teach how authors use figurative language to contribute to the tone and mood of the text. The texts included are high interest and will keep students engaged as they are introduced to tone and mood, independently practice, and are assessed in this full cycle of activities. Please click on the preview above to see what is included.Includes:Task cardsLesson Plans for 5 daysMini Mood BookAssessmentKeysRecording SheetsStudent IS
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5th - 7th
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Literary Terms TEST - Story Elements of Fiction Easel Activity and Assessment
Literary Terms for Fiction TEST. Elements of Literature multiple choice test on 40 critical literature terms or story elements of literature that are important to student understanding of fiction texts, such as plot, theme, conflict, setting, etc. It is based on my literary terms for fiction handout which is also available to use as a study guide. Digital and Print: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign it for students to complete on the TPT platform in Google
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
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:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
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Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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