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Common Core RL.8.5 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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Poetry Task Cards Reading Comprehension Poetry Analysis Worksheets & Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to poetry? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 poetry task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short Poems will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school students. Teachers of other grade leve
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6th - 9th
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Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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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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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
Pop Music Song Lyrics and Classic Poetry, Compare & Contrast, PDF & Google Drive
Use this two-day poetry lesson to help your students connect modern music/song lyrics to classic poetry. On the first day, students will compare and contrast the song, “Stereo Hearts,” by Gym Class Heroes, to Robert Burns’ classic poem, “A Red, Red Rose.” Both poems use simile and metaphor to describe the feeling of falling in love. On the second day, students will compare and contrast The Script’s song, “Breakeven,” with Edmund Spenser’s “Sonnet 30,” as both works discuss the paradox of emotion
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8th - 11th
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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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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
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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Text Structures Task Cards Fiction NonFiction Worksheets Quiz Problem Solution
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to text structures? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 text structures 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 and modern Non-Fiction articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response q
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5th - 9th
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Compare and Contrast Paragraph Writing Graphic Organizer Frames and Handouts
Comparison and contrast paragraph writing support materials. Handouts, graphic organizers, writing frames and templates for students to be successful at writing paragraphs that compare and contrast. Includes how to write a comparison and contrast paragraph handout, organizing handout with the two methods of alternating and dividing explained with examples, transition word list, sentence frame reference sheet, two Venn diagrams (with and without lines), a similarities and differences chart, compa
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5th - 8th
Christmas Mystery Picture with Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
Are you searching for a fun yet effective way to help your students improve reading comprehension this Christmas? Look no further! Our December mystery picture with reading comprehension passages and multiple choice questions has got you covered. Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested color-by-number pages will help boost your students' reading comprehension.Great for middle school or click HERE for elementary.❓Is it a struggle to engage your 6th, 7th, and
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5th - 8th
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Figurative Language Task Cards Quiz with Short Story Fiction Passages Practice
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to figurative language in short stories? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students can be challenging.These 20 figurative language 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 const
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5th - 9th
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Emoji Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Reading Activities 6th 7th
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 Emoji set includes 6 mystery picture activities.Each picture has short reading passages with 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 answ
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4th - 8th
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Teen Vaping Epidemic | Text Structure w/Paired Poem RI.8.5 & RL.8.5 Article 8-21
8-1: Development of Central Ideas (Walkout!)8-2: Write an Objective Summary (Colonization & Apartheid in South Africa w/Trevor Noah)8-3: Analyze Connections in a Text (Modern Folklore: Urban Legends, Old Wives' Tales, & Superstitions - Paired Text for The Monkey's Paw)8-4: Analyze Connections in a Text (Do Video Games Cause Violence?)8-5: Review (The Disturbing History of Human Experimentation - Paired Text for Flowers for Algernon)8-6: Figurative & Connotative Meaning (The Incredibl
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Reading Comprehension Comprehension Passage with Multiple Choice 7th 8th Grade
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice and feel confident answering reading comprehension questions?This resource was created for a quick four-week review. The 40 questions were written to give your students a chance to review all the reading concepts before end of year testing. The 20 short passages include fiction, information text, poetry, and persuasive text. Concepts: Plot, Author’s Purpose, Detail, Summary, Point of View, Central Idea, Structure, Inference,
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6th - 9th
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Poetry Mystery Picture Analysis Worksheet & ELA Color By Number Activities Theme
Looking for a fun and interactive way to practice poetry reading skills? Look no further! Our Poery Mystery Picture ELA Color By Number activity is the perfect addition to your classroom, offering an exciting twist on traditional reading comprehension practice.Click HERE for elementary! Key Features:Interactive Format: Students answer 10 multiple-choice questions based on 3 short poems to unveil a mystery picture. Once they've answered the questions, they self-check by coloring the mystery pict
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5th - 8th
Literary Elements Task Cards | Plot Character Theme Point of View | PDF Digital
These 20 task cards are perfect for PSSA test prep or standardized test prep. They use fiction excerpts from popular youth books to help engage your students as they practice answering a variety of literary element questions. (Questions about plot, character traits, theme, point of view, mood, and more.)Digital with TpT's Easel. Each card contains a short excerpt, two multiple-choice questions, and one short answer question. They can be used in small groups, literacy centers, stations, partner w
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Task Cards Bundle | Reading Comprehension | PDF & Digital
TONE & MOOD | HATE POETRY | VALENTINE'S DAY POEM ACTIVITY
LOVE POEMS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN- PERFECT FOR Valentine's Day OR IN A POETRY UNIT. Students pick between 11 famous love poems of varying levels of complexity to revise into a unique hate poem. A “Hate List” word bank and specific example help students morph the standard sappy poem into a morbid masterpiece. Included in this resource is a mini-lesson on mood and tone with a foldable and comparison activity to help students focus on imagery, word connotation, and unique phrasing that develop the rea
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: POETRY UNIT BUNDLE
Halloween Mystery Picture with Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
Are you searching for a fun yet effective way to help your students improve reading comprehension this Halloween? Look no further! Our October mystery picture with reading comprehension passages and multiple choice questions has got you covered. Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested color-by-number pages will help boost your students' reading comprehension.Great for middle school or click HERE for elementary.❓Is it a struggle to engage your 6th, 7th, and
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5th - 8th
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The Cask Of Amontillado: CSI Classroom Investigation and Murder Board
Is your Edgar Allan Poe unit as dusty as an ancient cask of Amontillado? Spice it up with this creative criminal investigation of the murder that occurs in this short story by Poe. Your students will become the investigative team with this activity as they search for textual evidence to build a criminal case. They will examine the textual evidence for characterization, plot, and setting, look at the protagonist through a psychological lens, make inferences, and present all their information as a
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9th - 12th
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Langston Hughes and “Harlem” Study – Doodle Article, Doodle Notes, Flip Book
Help students learn about Langston Hughes and analyze his poem, “Harlem” or “Dream Deferred,” with this incredibly engaging “Doodle and Do” resource. Designed with doodling, interaction, and creativity in mind, you’ll find a Doodle Article about Hughes, Doodle Notes to respond to the nonfiction passage, and an interactive poetry flip book in this resource. First, students read a nonfiction passage about Hughes that includes information on his childhood, influences, the Harlem Renaissance, and
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5th - 8th
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Thanksgiving Mystery Picture with Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
Are you searching for a fun yet effective way to help your students improve reading comprehension this Thanksgiving? Look no further! Our November mystery picture with reading comprehension passages and multiple choice questions has got you covered. Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested color-by-number pages will help boost your students' reading comprehension.Great for middle school or click HERE for elementary.❓Is it a struggle to engage your 6th, 7th,
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5th - 8th
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Daily Reading Comprehension ELA Warm Ups Bell Ringers Countdown to Reading STAAR
Are your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR reading test prep? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 4 Weeks of daily reading practice have short, engaging texts with text-dependent reading comprehension questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Informational Text, Argumentative, and Cross-Curri
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
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