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Free Common Core RL.8.6 resources
Close Reading Comprehension Passages Full Bundle - Grades 3-8
These close reading passages come directly from the game Dreamscape, where students can build critical thinking skills while having fun!This resource reviews literacy skills in grades 3 - 8, explores different genres, and asks various writing prompts. Each grade level has a series of long and short passages that can be utilized at any given time throughout the school year.This product includes 39 no-prep reading printables and 28 answer keys that you may print and use. These printables can be us
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3rd - 8th
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Fiction Point of View - Practice
Students work as a class, in pairs, or alone to determine whether a text is 1st person2nd person3rd person limited3rd person omniscient. They must explain their answers. A key is included.
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4th - 10th
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FREE STAAR Daily Reading Comprehension Passages Review Warm Up Bell Ringer Quiz
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.This 1 Week Review of daily reading practice has 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, Informational Text, Argumentative, and Cross-Curricul
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6th - 9th
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Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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ELA Paired Passage Practice Test | Print & Digital | PSSA Test Prep
Help your students prepare for Pennsylvania's PSSA Test by taking this paired passage practice test. This practice test was created and modeled after the 6th through 8th grade PSSA Released Practice Tests. The 11 questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on the PSSA. The Giver Passages will help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills.Question Types: multiple-choice, evidence-based selected-
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | PSSA ELA Test Prep | Print & Digital
Types of Irony FREE Bonus Lesson! Interactive Reading Notebooks
Irony: Interactive Reading Notebooks ~ Free Bonus Lesson #2 ~ Types of IronyThis freebie includes a complete interactive reading notebook lesson on the three types of irony: situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony. It is a bonus lesson that is not included in my other notebook products, so be sure to download this if you own those as well.This lesson includes 2 activities and is aligned to CCSS standards for grades 6-10.Are you thinking about using interactive notebooks in your readi
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5th - 11th
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6th - 8th Grade ELA FREE LESSON PLANS CURRICULUM MAP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Your 6-8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is complete! These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS and designed to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing.Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves.No purchases are necessary to completely use this resource. You can easily use your own resources. An optional
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
Character Analysis One Pager for ANY Novel!
Looking for a creative alternative to the standard end of novel test or literary analysis essay? Enter one pagers! A one pager is a visual response to literature that gets students creative juices flowing while analyzing and synthesizing information from a novel or short story. In the character analysis one pager activity, students will create a one pager to analyze the protagonist of a story. Students will consider the character's development, traits, motivations, and more. Students will demon
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis One Pager Bundle for ANY Novel
Fiction Paired Passages Reading Test | Common Core AIR Test Prep Print & Digital
Help your students prepare for their Common Core Standardized end-of-year test (Ohio's AIR Test) by taking this paired fiction passage practice test. This practice test was created and modeled after the 6th through 8th-grade AIR Practice Tests. The 13 questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see in standardized testing. The use of high interested youth novels will capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills.Q
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5th - 9th
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Fun Book Reports - Paper Bag Book Report
This is a fun freebie! Students do the written portion of the book report on the outside of a large grocery bag, and then place five items inside the bag to symbolize main characters, setting or events from the book. Students love these!!
Enjoy,
Shari Bithell
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3rd - 9th
Paired Fiction Passages | B.E.S.T Standards | Print & Google Forms
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice and feel confident answering reading comprehension questions?These Fiction Paired Passages on well-known stories will help your students master standardized test questions. Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchGet the Full Set HERE!These align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T.
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5th - 9th
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FREE Reading Comprehension Task Cards BEST Standards for 6th 7th & 8th Grade
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to reading comprehension? Finding a short and manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 8 reading task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students the practice they need.The use of well-known fiction stories and short modern informational text will help engage your students as they practice answering multi-part (eviden
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Task Cards 6th 7th 8th Grade Reading Comprehension Practice Activity
Irony in Lamb to the Slaughter - Roald Dahl - Graphic Organizer - Digital, Print
This graphic organizer explores irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Identify dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony in this thrilling short story.Included with this Lamb to the Slaughter Irony Graphic Organizer:✏️ Irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter” Handout - Digital & PrintDefinitions of dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational ironyFlowchart graphic organizer with prompts to apply definitions to the text ✏️ Det
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8th - 11th
Short Stories - Unit Bundle
This unit bundle focuses on literary elements examined through short stories. It features some Canadian and American short stories, and contains full lesson plans, worksheets, note taking pages, checklists, rubrics, and more. Slideshows are currently not included, but will be in the near future (in 2023).
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6th - 9th
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Close Reading Practice and Text Annotation Work for Teachers & Students
Want to start teaching close reading skills to your students? Are you looking for a boost to what you're already teaching? The free close reading ideas and tips are just what you need to teach and support close reading in the classroom. The Close Reading for Teachers unit will familiarize you with the basics of close reading like text annotation, responding to text, and citing the text as support, and it provides step-by-step instruction to help teach these valuable skills to your students. Incl
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4th - 8th
The Lottery Short Story and Tone, Mood, Foreshadow, Irony Questions
Answer the questions as you read the short story as a class. In addition to plot, questions involve recognizing irony, tone, mood, setting, and foreshadowing.
Feedback appreciated!!!
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7th - 11th
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Short Films For The Birds FREE Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Activities
FREE PIXAR SHORT FILM DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER ACTIVITY that students will actually WANT to do! This digital GOOGLE SLIDES resource allows students create 5 dialogue scenes for the bickering birds in the film and an activity to analyze how the dialogue shapes the characters. The TEACH slide explains how writers use dialogue to develop characters, and reminds them to use quotation marks when writing dialogue. This is a simple, stress-free way for students to learn dialogue in a way they will neve
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4th - 7th
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Reading Comprehension Assessments FREEBIE (8th)
Reading Comprehension Test: Grade 8th FREEBIEThis is a 8th grade Leveled 300-word Reading Passage (Assessment), Reading Comprehension Questions (aligned with Common Core Standards), and a teacher data recording/progress monitoring/tracking sheet. The reading passage was leveled according to Fry’s Readability Formula for accuracy and consistency.What can you assess with this?=Common Core Reading Standards for Literature=Comprehension Skills=Fluency=AccuracyFULL VERSIONS INCLUDE AN ANSWER KEY!This
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6th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Task Cards | Common Core | Print & Google Forms
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to reading comprehension?These 10 fiction, non-fiction, and poetry reading comprehension task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions modeled after common core standardized test questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.Great for SBAC & CAASPP test prep!The use of well-known fiction stories, short modern informational text articles, and kid-friendly poems will help engage your s
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6th - 9th
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FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES LIST 4 ALL GRADES K-12 AND SUBJECTS + TEACHER RESOURCE
Sometimes, you just need a list of websites for everyone. Here it is. FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES Put together by Teach Me, Maria!It takes time to gather this information, figure out the appropriate grade levels, and format, maintain, and update this page. All I ask is for an honest review if this list helps you.
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Close Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle - Grades 6-8
These close reading passages come directly from the game Dreamscape, where students can build critical thinking skills while having fun!This resource reviews literacy skills in grades 6 - 8, explores different genres, and asks various writing prompts. Each grade level has a series of long and short passages that can be utilized at any given time throughout the school year.This product includes 21 no-prep reading printables and 14 answer keys that you may print and use. These printables can be us
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6th - 8th
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Poetry Analysis Worksheet for any poem
Disclaimer: I found this resource on a blog and looked everywhere for the printable version of this. I decided to type it up and offer it as a free resource.
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6th - 12th
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Body Biography Template: Digital, Google Slides, FREE
This free google slide template allows students to express their knowledge of characterization by visually mapping out character traits and details.Students can complete this digitally, or it can be printed for students to draw on! It includes key characterization prompts and follows STEAL: Speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, looks. Students will tag body parts with related descriptions of the character.
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Not Grade Specific
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