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Middle school close reading resources for Microsoft Word
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Reading Comprehension Strategies: Definitions & Activities
A guide to introduce READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES to your students. Designed to help identify things they should be doing as ACTIVE READERS!The importance of being able to read isn’t something that can be overstated; Reading strategies are a gateway for any and all students to truly understand and engage with a text. By integrating reading strategies into their lessons, teachers can help students develop the understanding and critical thinking skills they need.THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:- A Read
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Bloom Ball Book Report, Full Size - Editable
Here is a full size Bloom Ball completely editable.
You can delete and add questions that best fit the needs of your students.
This activity can be done in class, as an individual project and or homework.
I will be posting other Bloom Balls at a later date with questions you can chose at different levels to make it easier to differentiate according to your students' needs.
* The template you are purchasing is for the large Bloom Ball.
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3rd - 6th
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Media Literacy: Logical Fallacies as Propaganda in Current Events
This engaging lesson takes a comical approach to examining the common use of logical fallacies as propagandistic techniques in product advertising, popular press news coverage, and political campaigns. Rest assured, your students will become much more savvy information consumers after they have purposefully used fallacies to mislead others in this active assignment. The lesson begins with a fictional news article that uses logical fallacies to prove that a visit to the doctor is deadly and to
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 5 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative 20-question multiple choice quiz on Act 5 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet! ANSWER KEY INCLUDED!Quiz questions cover Romeo's return to Verona, Romeo's personal motives, the role of the apothecary, Romeo and Juliet's deaths in the Capulet vault, literary devices in context, Friar Lawrence's confession, and interpreting quotes. The questions move chronologically through each of the three scenes in Act 5.This quiz is a companion to my Rom
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning on Act 3 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!This 20-question quiz includes 15 multiple choice questions and 5 True/False statements. Question topics cover character motives, Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths, Romeo's exile, literary devices in context, and Juliet's predicament.Answer Key Included!This product is the companion for my Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Powerpoint and Romeo and my Juliet Act 3 Guided Notes Handout.Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that cont
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 2 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative 15 question multiple choice quiz on Act 2 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.Answer Key included!Multiple choice questions cover the prologue and sonnet format, the balcony scene, literary devices in context, quote completion, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse's involvement, and Romeo and Juliet's union.This quiz is a summative assessment and can be used in conjunction with my Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Guided Notes Powerpoint and Romeo and Julie
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7th - 12th
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Fahrenheit 451- Test and Answer Key
50 question multiple choice summative assessment on Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451. Answer Key included!Exam includes 45 questions on characters, plot, and rhetoric in the novel, and 5 passage analysis questions.**This exam was written for AP Language and Composition students, so 10 of the questions ask students to identify rhetorical devices. The product is a word document, so you may edit and remove questions that are not applicable to your class.Want to bundle this test with powerpoints
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Fahrenheit 451 Bundle- Powerpoints and Test
Romeo and Juliet- Act 1 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this 20 question multiple choice quiz on Act 1 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Quiz questions cover the following topics: character identification, plot in all five scenes, literary devices in context, and behavioral traits.Answer Key included!Check out my Romeo and Juliet Bundle that contains Powerpoints, Guided Notes Handouts, Quizzes/Answer Keys, and Test/Answer Key-- enough for a whole instructional unit!Individual Resources for teaching Romeo a
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7th - 12th
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Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - Detailed Reading Questions with Answers
This is a complete set of questions (297) to provoke and test students' learning when studying the novel by Rick Riordan.
This product features a number of different types and styles of questions. Some focus on reading and basic fact-finding. Some seek opinions from students on action or character, and encourage them to justify those opinions. Others ask students to explain terms, or words from the text. By paying close attention to the text, and with occasional use of their dictionaries, stude
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5th - 8th
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First They Came For The Jews + Terrible Things dual text analysis, Holocaust
This product is in the form of a Google Doc, so it's perfect for uploading right to Google Classroom for Distance OR in-person learning! After you purchase, you'll see a word doc that contains the link to the Google Doc. Make a copy and you're good to go!This paired text analysis requires students to first read and analyze the allegory "The Terrible Things". There are questions that ask about author's purpose, symbolism, and comprehension. Next, students will read, annotate, and analyze the
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6th - 9th
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Reading Circles: LITERATURE / FICTION Group Reading Mini Unit & Assignment
Reading/Literature Circles are group activities/assignments that put your students in charge. Stop telling your students what's happening in the books your read, and have them start telling each other! This works for a whole class book, or for each group to be able to select their own - Great for differentiation!Your class is split into groups (between 4-6 members works best), and are then given a piece of literature (a novel or short story) to discuss. The text is then split into sections (by c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
The Watsons Go to Birmingham Test & Key
This is a multiple choice test that I have administered to my students after reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham. The first page is 13 matching that asks the student to match the name of the character to their description, and most of the characters are actually a part of the Watson family, but I included several others from the book as well. The rest of the test is 32 multiple choice question that span the rest of the book. There is a total of 45 questions on the test. I have included they key
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4th - 8th
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I Will Always Write Back Novel Guide
This novel guide includes 39 pages of comprehension and high-order thinking questions. It has vocabulary for each chapter as well as at least one question even if the chapters are short.
There are two text to text connection poems at the end of the document and the unit guide has an anticipation guide and two questions for reflection after the epilogue as well.
Students will need to know literary elements about plot, dynamic and static characters, as well as figurative language like similes,
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6th - 12th
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Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
5 Types of context clues - Student Worksheets
This document contains 5 types of context clues - I.D.E.A.S. Inference, Definition, Example, Antonym and Synonym. Each page is dedicated to one of they types of clues. There are example sentences in the left column with clues underlined and definitions of the unknown word. In the right column are sentences for students to try. This is a great tool for students to practice using context to clues to guess the meaning of unknown words in a text. Once the worksheets are finished they can be saved as
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6th - 10th
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Theme Activity - Fables, Worksheet, and Answer Key!
Using Aesop's fables, the students will identify the theme of each story in the attached chart. This could be done individually, in pairs, small groups, or used as one station in centers. Discussions can be completed afterwards. Students can also be given each of the fables and highlight the facts that lead them to finding the lesson/moral.
This activity can be used in conjunction to teaching theme or as a separate review and follow-up activity.
Please rate and give feedback if you use it a
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5th - 8th
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Counting by 7s - Detailed Reading Questions with Answers
This is a comprehensive ready-to-go set of questions (262) to provoke and test students' learning when studying the novel Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. This product features a number of different types and styles of questions. Some focus on reading and basic fact-finding. Some seek opinions from students on action or character, and encourage them to justify those opinions. Others ask students to explain terms, words, or pieces of dialogue from the text. By paying close attention to the
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Counting by 7s - Study Guide: Activities Bundle for Mixed Ability
Romeo and Juliet Assessments: Self-Grading Google Forms Quizzes
This resource uses Google Forms to create self-grading quizzes for each Act of Romeo and Juliet.These assessments are meant to be difficult and help prepare students for the increasingly difficult forms/types/styles of questions they will experience on tests such as the ACT, SAT, and SBAC. Be sure to read the teacher notes so you can find out how to bet deliver your resources to your student,s as well as help with collecting responses, preventing cheating, and allowing students to review/fix the
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7th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet- Act 4 Quiz and Answer Key
Assess student learning with this formative quiz on Act 4 of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet!Quiz includes 15 multiple choice questions an 1 short answer question. Question topics cover soliloquies, Friar Lawrence's plan to assist Juliet, Juliet's "death," and the Capulet family response. The short answer question asks students to identify who Juliet relied on for support, but can no longer count on.Answer Key Included!This quiz can be used in conjunction with my Romeo and Juliet
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7th - 12th
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The Veldt - Test (DOC)
This is a 25 question multiple choice test (DOC) for the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury . This test requires the answering of higher-level questions that require complex application aligned with common core standards (i.e., analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills). The test will determine whether or not students read the short story critically and if they are able to:Draw inferences from the textIdentify elements of the settingAnalyze how complex characters develop over the course of
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7th - 9th
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Jamaica Kincaid's ANNIE JOHN (+ the story "Girl") | 3 Weeks of EDITABLE Lessons!
NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 80-page EDITABLE unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. Invite your students to engage in student-driven discussions that promise to be profoundly stimulating! The discussion prompts, daily quizzes, short writing prompts, and final paper will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights! Hold your students
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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Paired Passage- Poetry, Song Lyric Questions for "Mother to Son" and "Dear Mama"
This assignment is a set of 8 response questions for a paired reading of "Mother to Son" poem by Langston Hughes and "Dear Mama" song by Tupac Shakur. Poem and song lyrics are not included due to copyright restrictions, but can easily be found online.
Each question asks for a written response that includes text evidence. I suggest using this as a two-day activity in which students spend the first day doing close-readings of both the poem and the song lyrics, and the second day spent writing the
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8th - 11th
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8th Grade English ELA Lessons & Printable Materials for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
These 8th Grade ELA Lesson Plans span an ENTIRE year – 42 weeks – of instructional practice. I spent countless hours creating them. Heaps of original, rigorous, and creative standards-based activities, reading comprehension quizzes, Unit tests, projects, text-based vocabulary in context, and other supplemental materials are included. I even have a few of my own original works in here – a poem entitled "Passing" along with 2 short stories, "A Boy's Escape from Time" and "A Halloween Addition to H
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6th - 9th
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