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Common Core RL.7.3 resources under $5
Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Activities Middle School Summer
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect after-testing activities fun!This Reading Comprehension set includes 6 mystery picture activities.The sets have 20 short reading passages with 48 multiple-choice text-dependent questions students have to solve to discover a surprise picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices
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4th - 8th
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Fiction Reading Comprehension Practice Assessment STAAR Test Prep Paired Passage
Are you searching for an easy way to prep your students for their ELA end-of-year reading test? Look no further! This STAAR fiction reading comprehension Practice Test set has got you covered.✨Engaging Fiction & Paired Passages: This resource offers 6 fiction reading comprehension passages suitable for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, making it versatile for middle school. Use the worksheets for assessments or send them digitally for homework. ⭐ New Item Types: Our carefully crafted STAAR-L
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
Reader's Theater for Grades 4-8: The Cafeteria Catastrophe-A CCSS Pack
No Prep-Print and Go Reader's Theater Script and Comprehension Activities!The Cafeteria Catastrophe is an evergreen reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating high-interest stories into your language arts instruction. This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This 18-page fun pack includes:• 11-character, 9-
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
The OUTSIDERS Test - Whole Novel Test w/ Standards-Based Stems - Print & DIGITAL
OUTSIDERS TEST – This whole novel test will challenge your students to use those higher-level thinking skills required on standardized ELA tests. Now includes a digital version in Google Forms! Question stems include key words and phrases such as author’s tone, text evidence, point of view, author uses the literary device, quotation best reveals, character’s motivation, impacts the plot, demonstrates the meaning, etc.The test consists of 30 Multiple Choice questions and includes an Answer Key.T
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Passage & Questions ELA Color By Number
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect addition to your classroom reading comprehension practice.This fun and engaging Minon reading comprehension mystery picture activity includes 2 short passages and 8 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer cho
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5th - 8th
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Plot Elements Task Cards Quiz & Passages Elements of Plot Story Plot Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to plot elements? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 plot elements task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school stu
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5th - 8th
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STEAL Characterization - Lesson and Activities
STEAL Characterization Lesson and Activities
STEAL is an acronym to help students remember the tools used by author to bring characters to life: speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks. This resource has everything you need to teach students about indirect characterization….
★ An engaging (and editable!) presentation uses real-life examples and provides frequent checks-for-understanding.
★ Students follow along using the Cloze notes.
★ Then students practice applying the S
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6th - 9th
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READERS THEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT: STOLEN LAPTOP
This grades 5-8 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script gives students high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension and writing. Drama and ELA fun! "The Mystery of the Stolen Laptop" readers’ theater script requires your students to perform inference tasks to solve clues. The cast list is intended for 8 readers but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have. PLOTThis funny and engaging 12 page script is about the theft
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5th - 8th
Also included in: DRAMA FUN | MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA GAMES & READERS' THEATER
Reading Comprehension Mystery Pictures Fun ELA Activities Middle School
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect addition to your classroom reading comprehension test prep.This fun and engaging characters reading comprehension mystery picture activity includes 9 short passages and 36 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their ans
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5th - 8th
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Story Elements Posters & Graphic Organizers | Character, Setting, Problem, More
Story Elements are easily reinforced and supported with this beautiful, student-friendly poster set. Designed with bright, eye-catching colors, these posters are ideal for posting in the classroom for easy student reference! Includes ink-saving B/W versions, too!Click HERE to save with the Reading/ELA Poster Bundle!Click HERE to see a FREE VIDEO showing different ways TpT poster sets can be used in the classroom!This packet includes posters for the following story elementsMain CharacterMinor Cha
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2nd - 5th
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Halloween Reader's Theater & Reading Literature Toolkit for Grades 4-8
The Happy Halloween That Almost Wasn't... is a Halloween reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Halloween themes into your language arts instruction. This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!Your students will love reading about the characters of Parkersburg Elementary School and how their Halloween tra
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Point of View Mini Lesson: Notes and Activities: Middle School ELA
Before students can dive deep into analyzing a story, they need to understand how Point of View can impact their experience while reading. This lesson is the foundation for making that happen!What's Included:1. Google Slides Presentation: 19 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the different types of POV.2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- 1st person, 2nd person, and three types of 3rd person POV. There is also a Quizizz vocabulary practice emb
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6th - 8th
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Saki “The Storyteller” Short Story Literary Analysis & Irony, PDF & Google Drive
Use these materials to reinforce students’ understanding of the three types of irony (situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony) and facilitate a deep reading and discussion of Saki’s attention-grabbing short story, “The Storyteller.”This 10-page PDF package (with Google Drive versions of all student handouts) includes:• Step-by-step suggested lesson procedure (can be left as an emergency sub plan!) with high-quality audiobook link• Warm-up grid worksheet where students determine wheth
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7th - 10th
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The Landlady Escape Room - A Scary Story Activity for Middle School ELA
Wrap up your reading of Roald Dahl’s scary story with The Landlady Escape Room, perfect for middle school ELA classrooms looking for 100% engagement this Halloween! This literary-elements-themed escape room is guaranteed to challenge and excite your students this year. ✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using The Landlady Escape Room to conclude Roald Dahl’s scary story because it’s printable, digital, and editable. After reading and discussing The Landlady
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Reading Response Projects for Secondary ELA
Standards based reading responses do not have to be boring! The Best Ever Reading Responses for Secondary ELA cover many of the major Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text standards, but they're also tons of fun! You're students are going to LOVE these 5 engaging reading response projects!Projects include: The Paper Airplane Book Report: The most engaging book report EVER, students add protagonist passengers on one side and antagonist characters on the other. Students also analyze ch
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6th - 10th
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Sequencing Doodle Notes and 5 Activities for Finding the Sequence of Events
Help students learn all about sequencing with this super fun Doodle and Do mini-unit! This resource includes sequencing graphic organizers, reading comprehension worksheets and passages that help students determine the sequence of events in a text, and hands-on learning activities to help students understand sequencing.Here’s how it works: First, students will complete highly engaging Doodle Notes about sequencing. They’ll learn about how to determine the sequence of events in a passage, sign
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4th - 7th
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Introduction to the Elements of Fiction - Interactive Notes Short Story Elements
Launch your short story unit STRESS-FREE with this introduction to the Elements of Fiction mini-lesson! The ready-to-use short story elements PowerPoint and interactive doodle notes will walk your students through the story elements, including plot, conflict, characters, setting, and theme. This easy-to-use mini-lesson offers a quick and easy way to refresh students’ skills with fictional literature.✔ Check out the preview for more information!This Elements of Fiction Introduction Refreshes:Cha
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5th - 7th
Scaffolded One Pager: A Thematic Response to Reading Activity
Are you drowning in essays? Looking for a way to have students show analytical thinking about a text in a meaningful way that won't send you to the crazy house? Try the one pager as an alternative response to literature. Not only does it encourage students to think creatively and abstractly, but also it teaches them how to use quotations, symbolism, and images to convey how they experience a text.This one pager response to literature activity focuses on the theme of a fictional or narrative nonf
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7th - 10th
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The Monkey's Paw Escape Room - Digital, Printable, & Editable!
Wrap up W.W. Jacob’s macabre tale of "The Monkey's Paw" with an unforgettable (& standards-based) escape room. This literary-elements-themed escape room activity will have your students 100% engaged and 100% challenged! Use this ELA escape room in October or anytime during the school year to review the literary elements. ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Teachers love using this “The Monkey’s Paw” escape room to conclude W.W. Jacob’s short story. It’s highly recommended that y
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6th - 8th
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The Veldt Escape Room Activity for Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Short Story
Make your students’ final experience with Ray Bradbury’s chilling dystopian short story “The Veldt” unforgettable. This engaging The Veldt escape room activity will give your students that “just right” challenge as they work to break out of the different tasks. Use this spooky escape room in October or any time of year to review short story elements.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️It’s highly recommended that you read, discuss, and interact with The Veldt before putting students
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
Book Report, Clothes Hanger Book Mobile Reading Project
This Clothes Hanger Book Report works with any fiction book! It’s incredibly detailed, so students can complete every aspect of this project independently! First, students complete a draft packet while reading their books.They’ll fill the packet with details about the plot, setting and characters.After finishing the book they’ll analyze its theme and write a personal review. Next, they’ll fill in clothing shapes with final copy versions of their work! Finally, they’ll assemble their work onto a
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4th - 7th
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The GIVER Test - Whole Novel Test with Standards-Based Stems - Print & DIGITAL
GIVER TEST – This whole novel test will challenge your students to use those higher-level thinking skills required on standardized ELA tests. Now includes a digital version! Question stems include key words and phrases such as author’s tone, text evidence, point of view, author uses the literary device, quotation best reveals, character’s motivation, impacts the plot, demonstrates the meaning, etc.The test consists of 30 Multiple Choice questions and includes an Answer Key.The print version inc
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6th - 9th
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Character Development & Analysis Minilesson - Indirect & Direct Characterization
Give your students the tools they need for character analysis & character development with this done-for-you minilesson. Using the editable slideshow, you’ll teach your students about direct and indirect characterization, protagonists and antagonists, analysis using STEAL, and more. The best part is that many of the included activities can be used again and again with any text! Check out the PREVIEW to see more! Help your students understand character development with this resource by:Teachi
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5th - 8th
Character Traits Graphic Organizers | Editable PDF | Digital | Google Classroom
Support character analysis with 10 printable, editable, and digital character traits graphic organizers! Each organizer is editable, so you customize the text to meet your specific needs. Also, a digital version of each graphic organizer is included for use in your Google Classroom! Printable PDF and Google Drive versions are included.This resource can be completed on paper or online with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or any device that supports Google Slides. The included Teacher's Guide inclu
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4th - 7th
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