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8th grade close reading games for Microsoft PowerPoint
Figurative Language Game Show Test Prep for PowerPoint or Google Classroom
Fun Review Game for Figurative Language! It can be played by a single student, or a whole class in groups. The answers are shown with a click. The questions are fully editable. The game is in PowerPoint, but you can simply upload to your Google Drive as Google Slides, and share with your students using Google Classroom. Unlike most figurative language games, this one includes BOTH identification AND high-level analysis questions.Example of Identification Question:"Which sentence contains a
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3rd - 8th
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Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Clue by Clues are mystery activities that help students practice critical thinking skills, reading strategies including close reading, critical reading, and inference, and get them discussing and talking! Students work in pairs or small groups to solve a mystery. They get a situation with a mystery. They have to figure it out by reading a series of clues, one at a time. As they receive each clue, they speculate on its significance, what it tells them about the situation, and how it fits with the
Grades:
6th - 12th
Author's Purpose Introduction Presentation and Escape Room Reading Activity
Author's Purpose Introduction Presentation and Escape Room Reading Activity: This author's purpose reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of author's purpose! The detailed presentation introduces the main purposes that an author could have for writing a text like to persuade, inform, entertain, explain, or describe, with clear examples. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where studen
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Argument Writing Introduction & Argumentative Essay Escape Room Reading Activity
Argument Writing Introduction & Argumentative Essay Escape Room Reading Activity: This argument writing reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of argument writing. The detailed presentation introduces the 5 main parts of an argument like claims, reasons, evidence, counterclaims and rebuttals with clear examples. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original n
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Main Idea and Supporting Details Presentation & Nonfiction Reading Activity
Main Idea and Supporting Details Presentation & Nonfiction Reading Activity: This main idea reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of main idea. The detailed presentation introduces what a main idea is, how it's distinct from the topic, what supporting details are, and how to locate the main idea in a text! The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrat
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Ethos Pathos Logos Presentation Rhetorical Appeals Escape Room Reading Activity
Ethos Pathos Logos Presentation Rhetorical Appeals Escape Room Reading Activity: This ethos, pathos, and logos reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of the three rhetorical appeals in persuasive writing! The detailed presentation introduces the 3 rhetorical appeals with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students r
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Irony Presentation & Verbal, Dramatic, Situational Escape Room Reading Activity
Irony Presentation & Verbal, Dramatic, Situational Escape Room Reading Activity: This irony reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of irony! The detailed presentation shares information on verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony with examples for each one. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must escape an
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Parallel Structure Grammar Activity Escape Room Challenge, Presentation, & Quiz
Parallel Structure Grammar Activity Escape Room Challenge, Presentation, & Quiz: This parallel structure grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of parallel structure rules! The detailed presentation introduces parallel structure rules with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start, and a pre or post-assessment quiz allows you to assess student understanding effectively. The highlight of the resource
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7th - 12th
Capitalization Escape Room Punctuation Practice Activity, Presentation, and Quiz
Capitalization Escape Room Punctuation Practice Activity, Presentation, and Quiz: This capitalization grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of capitalization rules! The detailed presentation introduces capitalization rules with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start, and a pre or post-assessment quiz allows you to assess student understanding effectively. The highlight of the resource is the engagin
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Camera Shots and Angles Game + Answers: PowerPoint
Interactive, fun game to build student knowledge of camera shots and angles (as well as testing their movie knowledge). Students are given a few seconds to view a very short clip from a film. For each one, they must identify the name of the film and the correct camera shot or angle. Working in pairs works well!This game generally takes over 1 hour to complete (probably closer to 2.5 hours) or can be slip over multiple lessons. INCLUDED- Camera Shots Game as a Microsoft PowerPoint (123 slides)- A
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton) Family Feud Review Game
This was a review game I used at the end of my Outsiders unit. There are 19 rounds, and they cover the following topics:1) Naming the Greasers2) Different settings in the story3) Naming the Socs4) Naming the different gangs mentioned in the novel5) Identifying main conflicts and conflict types (e.g. character vs. character and character vs. society etc.)6) Identifying minor characters that have an important role in the novel7) Round characters8) Slang words in the novel (e.g. tuff, heater etc.)9
Grades:
6th - 10th
Genres Introduction Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity Challenge
Genres Introduction Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity Challenge: This literary genre reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of a variety of genres! The detailed presentation introduces 19 different genres including historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, autobiography, and much more. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narra
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Distance Learning Critical Thinking Mystery: Murder of a Millionaire PPT
In this fun murder mystery activity for Google Slides, students have to follow the clues to figure out who killed the rich CEO of a powerful company at his home during a dinner party. Who can figure it out especially when he was found in a locked room? With multiple plot lines, this one feels like an old Agatha Christie cozy mystery. Was it a jealous husband? A corrupt lawyer? Whodunit?There is also a printable version and a Google Slides version.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Standardized Test Prep Jeopardy: A Fun, Interactive Review Game
This fun way to review Common Core aligned reading, writing, and grammar topics you taught throughout the year is great for preparing for your students' state standardized test. Packed with tough questions and even Daily Doubles, your students will love this fun way to practice for their English Language Arts test!More About This ProductUsing an overhead projector or Smartboard, automatically move through the game using the built-in transitions from the home grid to the questions and back with j
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6th - 12th
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Theme as a Story Element in Fiction Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity
Theme as a Story Element in Fiction Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity: This theme reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of theme! The detailed presentation introduces theme with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must shut down a roller coaster
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Distance Learning Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Weird Break-In PPT
In this fun mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out why criminals broke into a store, but took nothing! A great way to teach and practice critical thinking skills!Also available as a printable Word doc or Google Slides.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-up, filler, or time killer for early finishers. Students are given a mystery to solve--whodunit or how did they do it or why. They have to figure it out by reading a series of clues, one at a time. As they
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Story Elements and Literary Devices Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity
Story Elements and Literary Devices Presentation & Escape Room Reading Activity: This story elements reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of setting, character, point of view, plot, conflict, theme, mood, and tone! The detailed presentation introduces the 8 story elements with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, wher
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Allusion Introduction Presentation and Escape Room Reading Challenge Activity
Allusion Introduction Presentation and Escape Room Reading Challenge Activity: This allusion reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of literary allusion! The detailed presentation introduces different types of allusion like historical, mythological, literary, religious, and pop-culture with clear examples. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative b
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Connotation Introduction Presentation & Escape Room Vocabulary Reading Activity
Connotation Introduction Presentation & Escape Room Vocabulary Reading Activity: This connotation reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of setting, character, point of view, plot, conflict, theme, mood, and tone! The detailed presentation introduces the difference between positive, negative, and neutral connotations with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the resource is th
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Nonfiction Text Structures Slides & Informational Escape Room Reading Activity
Nonfiction Text Structures Slides & Informational Escape Room Reading Activity: This nonfiction text structures reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, sequence, and descriptive text structures. The detailed presentation introduces the 5 nonfiction text structures with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. The highlight of the reso
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl) - Family Feud PowerPoint Game
This was a review game I used at the end of my Charlie and the Chocolate Factory unit.I have included a solid mix of general comprehension questions, as well as higher order thinking questions as well.There are 18 rounds, and they cover the following topics:1) Lucky winners of the golden tickets2) Description of the chocolate factory3) Indications that Charlie and his family are poor4) Descriptions of Willy Wonka5) Negative attributes of golden ticket holders6) Themes of the novel7) Fates of the
Grades:
1st - 9th
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis) Family Feud
This was a review game I used at the end of my The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe unit.
As The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can be read as a children's tale or analyzed at a more sophisticated level, I have included higher order questions as well. For primary/elementary audiences, you still have more than enough questions to fill review period, even if some of the rounds are omitted.
There are 20 rounds, and they cover the following topics:
1) Different settings in the story
2) Events
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Guess the Gift! Inferencing Game for the Holidays!
GUESS THE GIFT! A fun game for the holiday season! *The goal of the game is to be the first one to guess the gift!*Each slide describes a different gift.*Click for each hint. There are 5 clues total. The clues are revealed by clicking, which allows you to build suspense and create a great competition!*The clues make it easier, so the further you go down the list of clues, the easier the game will be. *All the answers are in the Notes/Comments section at the bottom of the PowerPoint.Have fun!Que
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2nd - 8th
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Coordinating Conjunctions Grammar Activity Escape Room Game, Slides, and Quiz
Coordinating Conjunctions Grammar Activity Escape Room Game, Slides, and Quiz This coordinating conjunctions grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their ability to locate coordinating conjunctions! The detailed presentation introduces students to the seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS) with clear examples of them in use. Also included is a pre or post-assessment quiz that allows you to assess student u
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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