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English language arts Common Core RI.9-10.4 resources for Easel Activities
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Worksheets Activities Grades 8-9
These 10 pages of reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets contain multiple choice questions for students to practice a range of skills. Passages are high-interest and written on an 8th-9th grade level. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. This Download Contains: 10 passages with multiple choice questions: easy one-page printables answer keyself checking digital version on Easel
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8th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
NonFiction Paired Text High School Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
Preparing students for standardized testing can be a daunting task. Save your time and weekends with already prepared FAST practice tests that are thoughtfully crafted to help you cover everything needed before end-of-year testing. Help your students prepare for the FAST Test by taking these informational text paired passages practice tests.These align with the BEST Standards to help your students feel better prepared and more comfortable with the format of standardized testing.Question Types: m
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8th - 11th
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Tier 2 Vocabulary Intervention with Research, Visuals & Mnemonics
It can feel overwhelming to implement evidence-based vocabulary instruction while trying to engage your older students. These Tier 2 vocabulary activities incorporate research principles gathered from over 20 academic journal articles and textbooks to help your students understand and remember the vocabulary needed to succeed in the classroom. All 21 vocabulary units include real photographs, engaging mnemonics, relatable narratives, graphic organizers and no prep activities that are sure to eng
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4th - 10th
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Reading Comprehension & . Fluency Passages for High School Students
This is a print-n-go - turn-key fluency and comprehension program for high school students. Please look at the preview - it is the print version of the resource.The 10-Minute Fluency and Comprehension is a comprehensive, simple, and research-based program that builds students’ reading fluency in just minutes a day. For students in grades 9-12, this peer-driven solution pairs same-skill-level students to read age-appropriate and record each other's progress with fluency and accuracy to meet today
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Informational & Literature Graphic Organizers Gr 9-10
Common Core Standards Graphic Organizers for ELA Reading Informational Texts and Fiction/Literature for Grades 9-10 (Also includes the organizers for grades 6, 7, and 8 because the skills build upon one another each year.)This IS included in the following bundles: • Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12• Common Core Standards Reading Literature & Nonfiction/Informational Graphic Organizers Bundle for Grades 6-12EDITABLE VERSION AVAILABLE HERE:Google Drive Literature Graphic Organizers (Common C
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8th - 10th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
High-Interest Informational Articles + Questions 1 Middle School Digital + Print
Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Volume 1 contains 3 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Parkour, Ramen Noodles, and Self-Driving Cars will help engage your students and help them prepare for any Common Core State Assessment. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about these three topics because my middle school students picked them.These nonfiction text sets are perfect for
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest Informational Articles Bundle for Middle School
STAAR Non-Fiction Paired Passages with Writing Prompts for High School Reading
Are you searching for an easy way to prep your high school students for their ELA end-of-year test?Look no further! These High School Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions have got you covered.✨Engaging Non-Fiction Paired Texts: This resource offers 6 non-fiction reading comprehension passages suitable for 9th & 10th grade students, making it versatile for high school. Use the worksheets for assessments or send them digitally for homework.⭐ New Item Types: Our carefully c
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp High School ELA Test Prep
Hispanic Heritage Month FUN Facts LEVELED Passages ALL READERS COVERED HW SUB
1st Grade - High School Reading Levels Same Content Same Vocal Same Questions so All Readers have the confidence reading, answering, and learning the exact same information. Perfect for ESE Teachers, Homeschool Teaching, or any educator with multiple reading level students.You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here.NILLY DILLY'S ST
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Not Grade Specific
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Night by Elie Wiesel Reading Guide and Chapter Questions With Theme Development
This Reading Guide for Night by Elie Wiesel will help students gain a deeper understanding of Elie Wiesel’s famous memoir. In this study guide, students define important terms and answer thought-provoking questions for each chapter. Save your precious time, all the prep-work is done for you! This resource includes a detailed answer key and a student version that can be shared in Google Drive.Click the PREVIEW to see this resource in more detail. DETAILS: ⭐ Thought Provoking Chapter Questions
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8th - 12th
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High School ELA Test Prep Reading Comprehension Passages Questions STAAR Review
Are your English I & II students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR reading comprehension practice? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.This Mixed Review task card set has short, engaging texts with text-dependent STAAR 2.0 Questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fable, Drama, Poetry, Informational Text, Argumentative, Fiction, Persuasive, Literary
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9th - 10th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp High School ELA Test Prep
Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - Print & Online
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension, and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Paired Texts - A Midsummer Night's Dream & Newspaper Article
Make teaching Shakespeare relevant with connections to nonfiction texts. Students complete close readings of two texts: an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The New York Times online article (link provided) “Modern Love--Breaking our Parents’ Rules for Love.” Using an excerpt from the play will make Shakespeare manageable and engaging for many of your students.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Stu
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9th - 12th
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Any Time NEW DAY Resolutions | Social Emotional Learning | Reading Comprehension
You don't have to wait until the New Year to make resolutions. Use these Any Time "NEW DAY" Resolutions to re-engage students! Your Middle School and High School students will laugh at the funny reading comprehension passage.There are three parts to this Social Emotional Learning Skills / Life Skills resource:1) The Goal Setting worksheets are for everybody (4 pages)Help students develop SELF AWARENESS and adjust to a changing world. Reflect on the challenges and successes from the past.Brainsto
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7th - 10th
The History of Halloween Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Activities
Are you looking for a no-prep resource to help your students learn more about the history of Halloween? Save yourself precious prep time and guide your high school students (or middle school students with some support) through these easy-to-use activities that will enlighten your students to the ties that Halloween has to the past! Just print the student pages, and use the included reading passage as a whole class close reading or independent assignment. With easy-to-follow directions, this res
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9th - 11th
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Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
The Gettysburg Address | Annotation, Parallel Structure, & Rhetorical Précis
With a focus on parallel structure and repetition, this 9 page document contains an annotation-friendly version of the text, an annotated key, and a rhetorical precis wordbank and template.Since it's so short, I always do MULTIPLE reads of "The Gettysburg Address." There is a good audio version on YouTube from Jeff Daniels as well. After the first de-coding read, I discuss why Lincoln structured his speech the way he did. The three paragraphs signify the past, the present, and the future. Then
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9th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Henry David Thoreau & Newspaper Article
In this lesson, students read and analyze nonfiction texts: excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and an online newspaper article “Tiny House Movement Thrives Amid Real Estate Bust." After close reading the texts, they select a writing activity from a choice board that makes relevant connections.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.Students begin by writing a journal about their most essential activities and consider how they
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading and Speech Writing Lesson
Make your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. a literacy lesson with a primary source. Students complete a close reading of Dr. King's prophetic speech “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” and use their reading as inspiration for their own writing. In pre-reading activities, students learn about the context of the speech and define vocabulary. Next, they complete an activity to understand allusions, and then after reading the speech, they analyze its structure using a graphic organizer. They use the sa
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing with Mentor Texts - American Authors
STAAR Context Clues High School Task Cards Determining Meaning of Unknown Words
Are your English I & II students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR Context Clues practice? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.This Context Clues task card set has short, engaging texts with text-dependent STAAR 2.0 Questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Drama, Poetry, Informational Text, Argumentative, Fiction, Persuasive, Literary Non-Fiction, C
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9th - 10th
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NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)
In this fantastic Latin Folktales and Magical Realism unit, you will study characteristics of Latin folktales, analyze Latin cautionary folktales (El Silbón, El Sombrerón, La Llorona, La Siguanaba) and Latin animal folktales (Boitatá, El Cóndor y El Colibri, El Zorro, Jukumari), then explore genre elements of Magical Realism, and identify elements of Latin folktales and Magical Realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel García Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
STAAR Word Meaning, Context Clues, & Dictionary Task Cards Quiz High School
Are your English I & II students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR Word Meaning and Dictionary Questions? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.This Word Meaning & Dictionary Questions task card set has short, engaging texts with text-dependent STAAR 2.0 Questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fable, Poetry, Informational Text, Argumentative, Fic
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9th - 10th
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Chinese New Year 2024 | Lunar New Year 2024 Reading Passage and Activities
Do you need some no-prep, easy-to-use Chinese New Year 2024 (Lunar New Year 2024) worksheets for your middle or high school students? Save yourself precious prep time and allow your students to learn more about this holiday that over a billion people in the world celebrate! With several activities accompanying a one-page reading passage, these activities can be used by advanced readers independently or in small groups or whole class settings with the support of a teacher!With easy-to-follow dire
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7th - 9th
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Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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