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Middle school test preparation literature resources for Easel Assessments
Theme Task Cards with Print & Digital Versions Activity Reading Differentiation
Theme is a tricky skill to master, but this resource can make teaching theme easier for you and learning it easier for your students!PLUS FREE BONUS! Write to a theme! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:16 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording Sheets (3 different formats)Answer KeysDIGITAL:Google Slides (3 versions)Google Forms Assessment - Self-CheckingEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonReference PosterAudio Suppor
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4th - 6th
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Cells and Organelles - Science Review Test Prep Task Cards - Digital and Print
It’s test prep season! Do your students groan at the sight of the item sampler? Why not use these task cards for a gallery walk, play a game of SCOOT!, or assign them with a self-checking puzzle via Google? This resource has everything you need to keep students motivated!This set of 20 task cards is modeled after item sampler and practice test questions and aligned with 5th Grade Cells and Organelles standard objectives:Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells such as, the nucleus, cel
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4th - 7th
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MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
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: 8th Grade ELA Mega Bundle ~ Everything Needed to Teach 8th Grade ELA
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: The Cay by Theodore Taylor Bundle - Novel Unit
"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: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
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: Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & 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: Johnny Tremain Novel Study and Vocabulary Bundle
Dark Romanticism & American Gothic Unit; Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson, The Village
In this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to short stories (The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, Rappaccini’s Daughter), poems (The Raven, A Bird Came Down The
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8th - 12th
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Novel Study Unit
This novel study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo, contains 115 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include asking and answering questions, plot, character analysis, point of view, theme, opinion writing, and more!No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the print
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Kate DiCamillo Novel Study Bundle
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Theme Essay
Are students rolling their eyes when you give out copies of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? They may not care about Victorian literature, but students will get excited when you talk about leading a double life and the questionable dishonesty of keeping secrets. Ten opinion statements make text-to-self connections with the novel for students before, during, and after reading.Grab this guide, print, and go! No paper? No problem! Assign in Google Forms and have results tallied instantl
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Jekyll and Hyde - Bookend Bundle - Anticipation Guide & Visual Project
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: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Mythology PowerPoint - What Everyone Should Know From A-Z with Easel Assessment
Mythology PowerPoint - What Everyone Should Know From A-Z PowerPoint and Easel Assessment. Slides on what is a myth, classical mythology, and the main characters and myths of Greek and Roman mythology. Photos of statues and ruins, coins and ancient art, as well as interesting facts about the gods, goddesses, and heroes of ancient Greece. Build background knowledge before starting any mythology unit. 69 informational slides, 50 question/answer slides, and 25 Easel Assessment pages.Includes inform
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5th - 8th
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence Structure PowerPoint
Teach 4 kinds of sentence structures (Simple and Compound sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences) with this PowerPoint lesson on sentence structure with practice. Explains independent and dependent clauses (subordinate clauses), sentence fragments and complete sentences. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Includes 5 practice slides, and a review or quiz with 8 questions for assessment. Students identify the sentence structure of the sentences. Show thi
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
Reading Test Prep Strategies and Academic Terms PowerPoint - Easel Assessment
Reading Test Prep PowerPoint. Gives strategies for success on state tests. Explains standardized test taking strategies for reading comprehension with basic reading academic vocabulary. Test prep for reading on any state standardized reading test using 6 essential steps. Students are given six basic strategies, and the basic academic vocabulary terms (words that they should be familiar with in order to be successful on a reading test). The test-taking strategies include test-taking tips and how
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
The Diary of Anne Frank - Text Based Evidence - Text Analysis Essay Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for The Diary of Anne Frank has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, and an argumentative writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brains
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6th - 8th
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"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
Heredity Genetic Traits - Science Review Test Prep Task Cards Digital Printable
Test prep season is here! Are your students tired of practice tests? Try posting these task cards as a gallery walk, playing a game of SCOOT!, or assigning them in Google Classroom with a self-checking puzzle!This set of 20 task cards is modeled after item sampler and practice test questions and aligned with 5th Grade Heredity standard objectives:Recognize that information is passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.Distinguish between inherited traits and those that can be attributed
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4th - 7th
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3-LS3-2
, 3-LS3-1
Introducing the Literary Analysis Essay: Complete Step-By-Step Guide
Guide your upper middle and high school students step-by-step through writing the Literary Analysis Essay with these easy-to-use resources. Students will learn all the basics of strong thesis statements, clear topic sentences, specific evidence, and thorough elaboration. Graphic organizers include writing tips to help your students succeed. Revision strategies help students take ownership of their own writing.Color-coded samples help you model the expectations of formal, academic writing. This "
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Expository, Literary, and Research Writing for Middle School
Esperanza Rising Reading Comprehension Tests ~ Differentiated Assessments
Dear Educators,This is a complete set; six reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. This differentiated product for Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan was written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Package Includes:6 Tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questions 2 Character study guidesModified sections – sequencing, character and quote identificationDetailed answer keys 96 Pages6 Easel Assessments36 Easel Activities Tests:Chapters 1 – 4 has 35 questionsChapters 5 –
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Esperanza Rising Bundle
Plato Explained: Allegory of the Cave in Plain Language for Students Middle & HS
If you want to teach philosophy to young people, use this lesson plan that introduces students to Plato's theory of reality. I was inspired to create this resource when I retold the story of Plato's allegory of the cave (from The Republic) in plain language. In this story, Plato imagines a world where one man wakes up and questions what is real and what is not real. Have your students read this story with you and use my handy dandy comprehension questions and discussion activities to lead your s
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6th - 10th
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Flow of Matter and Energy Science Review Task Cards – Photosynthesis Test Prep
It’s test prep season! Do your students groan at the sight of the item sampler? Why not use these task cards for a gallery walk, play a game of SCOOT!, or assign them with a self-checking puzzle via Google? This resource has everything you need to keep students motivated while reviewing photosynthesis, the flow of matter, and the flow of energy in ecosystems! This set of 20 task cards is modeled after item sampler and practice test questions and aligned with 5th Grade Flow of Matter & Energy
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3rd - 6th
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5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
Force and Motion - Science Test Prep Task Cards – Review Mass and Distance
It’s test prep season! Tired of practice tests? Why not use these task cards for a gallery walk, play a game of SCOOT!, or assign them with a self-checking puzzle via Google? This resource has everything you need to keep students motivated as they review force and motion! This set of 20 task cards is modeled after item sampler and practice test questions and aligned with 5th Grade Motion standard objectives:Explain the relationships that exist among mass, force, and distance traveled. (Former TN
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
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