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ELA test prep Common Core L.11-12.5 resources
Figurative Language Sorting Activity Worksheet Alternative 100 Card Sort Game
Need figurative language activities? Use this fun and interactive sorting task card game to review and reinforce figurative language. These 100 task cards each have examples of figurative language taken from authentic texts and popular YA literature. Students will sort them into seven categories: metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms, onomatopoeia, alliteration. Before you buy...this product is part of a BUNDLE that will save you money.You will want to use this student-centered
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5th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice for Frankenstein
20 reading comprehension multiple choice questions based on 4 passages from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Question structure and format based on AP English and pre-2016 SAT reading comprehension questions. Solving problems require evidence based reasoning and the use of context clues.
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10th - 12th
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Figurative Language Board Game and Literary Term Practice
Literary terms and figurative language can be fun to teach and discuss, but students often confuse them because of how many exist! I am always looking for ways to make repetition and extra practice fun, which is why I made this game. Through the use of a game board, would you rather? cards, and group interaction (2-4 players is recommended), students will have fun while practicing the main literary terms and figurative language devices over and over. If students answer questions correctly, they
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6th - 12th
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AP Lit Style Multiple Choice Practice for Frankenstein
This 10-point quiz is modeled after the College Board's AP® Lit exam, using an excerpt of text, in this case Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and challenging questions about the passage. The questions were meticulously researched and modeled after released AP® exams from past years, so students can get solid preparation for the AP® Lit exam. These questions have been updated to reflect the newest changes to the AP® Lit exam.This resource can be used in conjunction with a study of Frankenstein, but i
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11th - 12th
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Literary Devices BINGO (30 cards, 25 terms, ready to print, great for subs)
A few years ago, I had a group of students that could not handle the excitement of my preferred review games—Jeopardy!, trashketball, and board races—but I still wanted to provide them with opportunities to review. That’s when I started using BINGO to review. This is a good review strategy for terms and vocabulary, and it keeps students calm. Plus, my students almost always love to play BINGO. For prizes, I use homework passes and candy. For tokens, I’ve used different objects: fruit snacks, pap
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8th - 12th
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EOG Practice and Review Activity Packet
This great resource will assess your students on needed skills for the EOG. Before they can read passages and answer in-depth questions with vocabulary words they probably don't understand, students need the basic foundation that teaches them what key words to look for, how to look for context clues, and how to organize information in a way that results in the correct answer. With this packet, students will build or practice those skills necessary to do well on the EOG.
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6th - 12th
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High School Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages high school students enjoy paired with practice tests aligned to EVERY 9th Grade Reading Informational Text Standard, EVERY 10th Grade Reading Informational Text Standard, EVERY 11th Grade Reading Informational Text Standard, EVERY 12th Grade Reading Informational Text Standard, and even more writing, language, and viewing standards. EASILY INTERCHANGEABLE BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND DISTANCE LEARNING FORMATSIncludes easy-print version (one page fron
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9th - 12th
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340 High School Reading and ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 9-1
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9th - 12th
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AP Lang and Lit Vocabulary Terms, Definitions, and Examples for FULL SEMESTER
This PowerPoint document is a 97-slide list I've composed of the 78 most important AP Language and Literature vocabulary words. It is mostly composed of rhetorical and literary devices. Each slide contains the term, part of speech, definition, and example sentence. Way to assess: I planned this list to assess these words throughout the entire first semester--18 weeks. I have quizzes each week that build (5 words the first week, 10 the next, 15 the next, then back down to 10--SCHEDULE PROVIDED).
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9th - 12th
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Parallelism / Parallel Structure Game (24 Cards and 3 Games)
Teaching parallelism does not have to be confusing or boring! Instead, this resource gives teachers 3 ways to make teaching parallelism engaging! 1. The Parallelism Game: Students use the playing cards to use examples of parallelism to work backward to create an original definition of parallelism. Each example comes from a well-known piece of literature. Cards are available in a .pdf and editable Google Slides2. Parallelism Plus: Students use half of the cards to determine how repetition is diff
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9th - 12th
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Grammar & Usage Errors: College Test Preparation Trashketball Game
Make correcting grammar and usage errors fun with this College Test Preparation Practice Trashketball Game! With sentence problems in the style of standardized college admission exams, this PowerPoint presentation will reinforce student learning of common grammar and usage errors including pronoun and antecedent agreement, subject and verb agreement, and parallel structure.In this game, there are three rounds. In each round the students identify the underlined errors in the context of five sent
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8th - 11th
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller Trashketball Review Game
Make learning fun and assess your students' reading comprehension of The Crucible by Arthur Miller with this activity that uses cooperative learning. Throughout this PowerPoint game, teams of students recall characters and plot events from each act in order to compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. There are 30 editable short-answer questions in total. Research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this activity motivates students further by tapping into their love of
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Novel Study Games Bundle - Story Elements (Character, Setting, Plot, Theme)
12th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 12th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE 12th GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARD (ALL 10) PLUS ones aligned to Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards.A TRULY ENGAGING ELA RESOURCE!Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scient
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12th
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The Great Gatsby Post-Reading Activity - Reading Comprehension - Gatsby Game
Use this fun trashketball game to review The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Teams of students recall characters, plot events, symbols, and literary devices (imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, and allusion) in order to compete to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can! All you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint presentation, a ball, dark tape, and a trash can. If you desire, edit the questions to meet the needs of your class. With six rounds of play, there are
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Novel Study Games Bundle - Story Elements (Character, Setting, Plot, Theme)
Figurative Language Match Cards Activity
With this activity, students will read each card and put it with the correct type of figurative language. There are 42 cards to match up, each numbered so it will be easy to check their answers with the key when they complete the assignment. This is a great review activity after you have taught figurative language, or a great introductory activity before you teach the material.
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5th - 12th
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High School Reading Passages & Comprehension Tasks | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages with ELA tasks 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students enjoy. Targeted to specific standards in an engaging, relevant way! Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scientific primary sources, interpreting charts and diagrams, analyzing seminal U.S. documents, plus slave narratives, memoirs, arguments, and more.A PASSAGE & TASK FOR EVERY READING STANDARDStudents pr
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9th - 12th
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12th Grade Reading Passages & Comprehension Tasks | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 12th grade students love! These passages are far more interesting and relevant to their everyday lives than most other passages are, and just 1-page long each. Kids in high school keep reporting they LOVE the texts! And they get the chance to practice skills aligned to ALL 10 Reading Informational Text Standards PLUS Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards. Win-win! A TRULY ENGAGING ELA RESOURCE!Gets students reading, writin
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12th
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Fun ACT English Prep: Verb Tense Skill-by-Skill Practice
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" breaks down the grammar skill of verb tense. Students will practice the skill in the context of a high-interest passage about the history of Friday the thirteenth with questions modeled after the ACT, then reflect upon their learning by reviewing the answer key and explanations. The skill will be reinforced with a graphic organizer, and students' interest will be maintained with the inclusion of "fun facts."
"Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" combin
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9th - 11th
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Figurative language in Popular Song Lyrics: review or game *updated for 2022*
This is a great way to preview or review common figurative language terms and examples with your students.All you need is the cards included in this download and some sheets of poster paper! Students compete against each other to determine which type of figurative language is displayed in each lyric. There are 81 song lyrics provided in this resource, all in an easy-to-cut, ready to go format. The cards are organized with lyrics from 2020-2022, and then a mix of songs from pre-2020. You can use
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8th - 12th
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11th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 11th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE 11th GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARD (ALL 10) PLUS ones aligned to Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards.A TRULY ENGAGING ELA RESOURCE!Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scient
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11th
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Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice for Paradise Lost
20 reading comprehension multiple choice questions based on three excerpts from John Milton's "Paradise Lost". Question structure and format based on AP English and pre-2016 SAT reading comprehension questions. Solving problems require evidence based reasoning and the use of context clues.
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10th - 12th
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Fun ACT English Prep: Final Assessment of Combined English Skills
This excerpt from "Fun ACT Prep: Skill by Skill" is an assessment passage scaffolding all the ACT English skills from throughout the book, including punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, and style and rhetoric. The passage is an original text about fun, unconventional workplaces, with ACT-style questions. The section includes an answer key with explanations and a self-assessment checklist and is recommended for use after the skills mentioned above are taught. This may also be used as a pre-
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9th - 12th
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Heart of Darkness Ch. 1 Close Reading PART 1 (3 passages / Google Ready)
Even my AP Lit. students blow past the opening frame of Heart of Darkness. In an effort to slow down their reading and encourage them to read more closely, I designed these three close reading passages and multiple choice questions. They worked extremely well for my students! After working through these three passages, my students were more aware of the motifs at play in the story, made better predictions and inferences throughout the rest of the reading, and had a better grasp of the literary f
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11th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Heart of Darkness Chapter 1 Close Reading Pack (7 passages + 45 questions)
Analogy Game
Who Wants to Be an Analogy Millionaire is the perfect high interest, student friendly PowerPoint for teaching and assessing analogy proficiency. Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun instructional tool that makes you "the cool teacher!" Perfect for standardized testing review or a quick skill refresher. Need more Analogy activities? Check out my Analogy Unit Bundle for task cards, PowerPoints, games, and more! Analogy BundleDo your students need more skills practice? Amp
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Analogy Bundle
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