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Middle school ELA test prep homeschool curricula
Complex Sentences - Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This product focuses on complex sentences and identifying independent and dependent clauses. There is a variety of activities for your students to practice identifying the independent and dependent clauses of a complex sentence. Your students will be challenged and learning needs will be met. It’s a comprehensive look at complex sentences and how they are different than compound sentences as well. These are great activities for the classroom for in-class work, small group work, or homework. All
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Grades:
5th - 7th
SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
Grades:
4th - 8th
INFORMATIONAL READING PASSAGES FOR OPINION WRITING: Video Games
This is a text-based opinion writing prompt. It includes 2 "articles" about the pros and cons of video games. The articles are at a 5-7 grade reading level, but younger students can understand the material with support. The articles are written to give students all the information they need to write an opinion essay. Links to additional articles and videos are provided. Also included is an opinion writing rubric aligned to the Common Core and the SBAC, a self-assessment rubric and a prompt
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Superhero Close Reading & Writing Theme Unit {Bundle}
Unleash your student's close reading powers with this superhero themed bundle. Inside you will find SIX passages for close reading, homework, assessments, and guided reading instruction. I have designed this unit to meet common core complexity ranges for grades 2-5.
It can also be used to encourage close reading and citing textual evidence in secondary grades.
Each passage has 5 activities (1 Graphic Organizers, 3 pages w/ dependent questions, snd an extended writing response).
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Claim, Reasons & Evidence Google Slides Lesson DISTANCE LEARNING
I created this to go with my unit on Argument Writing. Students need to be able to understand how an author makes a claim. They also need to understand the difference between reasons and evidence. I give explanations and examples of each, and I also provide 4 different examples of claims with a reason and evidence for each. For my students, I added another slide where I put a short article I found online on the left and a note taking side on the right where they need to write the claim, reasons,
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Activities for Sequencing of Events - No Prep
These are activities for learning about sequencing of events and sequencing transition words is important. Students need to be able to understand which transition words go where and how to use them. Students will have a full comprehensive review of how to put events in sequential order. This will help and challenge your students. My students have used these activities and have helped them immensely. I know this will help your students as well. All you have to do is print and go!These activities
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Helping and Linking Verbs - No Prep
Helping and linking verbs are an important part of learning grammar. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish between the two for students. These activities will help you in your classroom. These would be great as an in-class activity or sent home for homework. All you have to do is print and go!These activities include labeling the verbs, filling in the blank, and writing sentences. These are comprehensive activities that will teach and challenge your students. If you like these activities,
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â The Ultimate Verb Bundle | Understanding all Verbs
Find Context Clues in Nonfiction 5 Types of Context Clues with Easel Pages
Do you need a resource that has a variety of ways students can practice identifying and finding context clues in by reading text, practice pages, task cards, and writing for your back to school materials? If you do, this one has a lot of variety. It's a great supplement to online district resources that might not have this kind of variety and a springboard for further research for science themes.Finding context clues in text is a challenge for many students including my ESL students. I designed
Grades:
4th - 6th
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TEXT BASED OPINION WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an opinion writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based opinion writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong opinion essays. The prompts and articles are designed to engage and interest students.
Included are mini-lessons on:
thesis statements,
writing claims,
supporting claims with anecdotes,
supporting claims with facts,
reading and using multiple texts
writing strong opinion essays.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Pronoun Case {Subject, Object, Possessive} Foldable, PowerPoint, Chart, and Quiz
Pronoun case {subjective, objective, and possessive} is HUGE in sixth grade. However, you could easily use this file as a preview or review of pronoun case. This file contains:
***A PowerPoint of pronoun case with examples
***A foldable for students' interactive journals or notes WITH a blank version, a Cloze Notes version, an answer key, and teacher tips
***A classification chart that you can use for ANY mentor text, short story, poem, or class novel
***A quiz over pronoun case WITH an answe
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Pronouns and their Antecedents - No Prep
Understanding pronouns and their antecedents is another important area of learning in the classroom. These activities will give your students a variety of ways to learning this. It will challenge and teach your students. They will be great for in-class work or for homework. All you have to do is print and go!These activities include finding the pronoun and the antecedent and writing in their own pronoun to complete each sentence that agrees with the antecedent. If you like this resource, ple
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Subject-Verb Agreement - No Prep
Subject-Verb Agreement, its an important part of learning grammar. These activities will help students to recognize subject-verb agreement and write it correctly. All you have to do is print and go!The first activity is choosing which verb best completes each sentence. Another activity is rewriting sentences. Students will fix the sentences and write them correctly. The next two activities is again choosing the correct form of the verb, writing their own sentences and identifying if the sub
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â The Ultimate Verb Bundle | Understanding all Verbs
WRITING Introductions & Conclusions PPT Slides Examples Practice & Notes 4, 5, 6
NOTE: If you prefer a Google Slides-format for this presentation, and you don't want to have to fix formatting issues, I have that posted separately in my store HERE. All other resources in this product line are also available in Google Slides or Google Docs formats in my store.Thanks for checking out this product! This download includes an editable PowerPoint presentation to instruct students on a simple "formula" to write introductions and conclusions. The PowerPoint is divided into 2 distinc
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Grades:
4th - 6th
ELA PRONOUNS Subject/Object, Possessive, & Reflexive/Intensive PowerPoint PPT
This is a 24-slide PowerPoint presentation to introduce pronouns to students. It covers subject/object, possessive, and reflexive/intensive pronouns.The presentation is editable to delete slides for which your students don't need instruction.The presentation includes:1) an overview of subject pronouns (with examples);2) an overview of object pronouns (with examples);3) practice identifying subject and object pronouns (with answers);4) an overview of possessive pronouns (with examples);5) practi
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â ELA PRONOUNS Subj/Obj, Possessive, Reflexive/Intensive PPT, 3 Wkshts, Assess
Sequencing: Understanding Sequence of Events - No Prep
Sequencing and understanding the sequencing of events is a common core standard. Do your students need to understand or practice putting sentences or stories into the correct sequence? Or learning about transitional words or phrases, these activities are for you! These activities are comprehensive and challenging for your students. It’s always important to challenge students so that they continue to learn and be better. All you have to do is print and go!These activities range from reading para
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Grades:
4th - 6th
1st Quarter | Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work | Nine Weeks
Download a FREE two-week sample here!Kick off the academic year with a robust vocabulary unit! 1st Quarter Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work is designed to help your middle school students expand their vocabulary in a strategic, engaging way.Every week, students will explore six new words and their associated synonyms, recognizing patterns and the nuances of language. This dynamic approach not only equips students with a wider vocabulary but also cultivates a keen understanding of con
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 1st Semester | Middle School Vocabulary Words & Word Work | Eighteen Weeks
Mood & Tone Poems
Mood and tone are literary/poetic devices that can be confusing concepts. That's why it's helpful to have lots of mentor poems to really show students, rather than simply tell them what mood and tone is all about. Mood is the overall feeling the poem creates for the reader. Tone is more a reflection of the writer of the poem and their attitude toward the audience.This collection of mentor poems is organized by subject. This allows you to show students that poems written about the same subject
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
This bundle contains: Foundational Writing, Narrative Writing, Text-Based Informational Writing, Text-Based Opinion Writing. Over 250 pages of prompts and instruction for a complete year-long curriculum for grades 4 & 5 (also appropriate for strong 3rd graders and struggling 6th graders). All Common Core writing standards are covered in these units. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based informational and opinion writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The prompts
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Quiz and Answer Key Pack
This quiz and answer key packet is for the first novel in the Percy Jackson series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. The questions and answers follow Florida Standards AND Common Core Standards. ALL of the question stems come from FSA and Common Core released test specs. The quizzes require the students to apply their reading skills at a high level. Created by Julie Grunther, masters in reading education and current 5th grade teacher.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Question Stems - 6th Grade Standards Based
Looking for an easy way to ensure you are asking questions that are aligned to your reading standards? This product will be perfect for you!Each card lists the standard code and the wording for the standard. There are a variety of questions for each standard, including questions of lower complexity and those of higher complexity. There are 5-11 questions for each standard. There is a LAFS (Florida) version and a Common Core version included.This is also a b/w version and a colored version of
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Grades:
6th
Also included in:Â Question Stems 1st - 6th Grade BUNDLE
Ethos Pathos Logos Notes Worksheet, Unit Slideshow Introduction Powerpoint
This is a fun introductory ethos pathos logos slideshow and note-taking guide/ worksheet to introduce ethos pathos logos to your middle or high school students. This is my go-to slideshow that I use with my tenth graders when I introduce ethos pathos logos on the first day of our rhetoric unit. The included editable 51 Google Slides review Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals in depth so that students gain a strong understanding of ethos pathos logos and begin building a solid foundation for eac
Grades:
7th - 12th
7th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with 7th grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehensi
Grades:
6th - 8th
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
Grades:
7th - 9th, Higher Education
NARRATIVE WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an narrative writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong narrative stories. The prompts are designed to engage and interest students.
Included are mini-lessons on:
dialogue
similes
setting description
character description
starting sentences
run-on sentences
focusing on an interesting problem
Students are given two specific prompts for every mini-lesson designed to practice the skill taught. Th
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
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