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Writing-expository Common Core RL.6.6 resources
Poetry Analysis - Emily Dickinson - Emergency Sub Plan (paper + digital)
Are you looking for a poetry analysis lesson students can complete on their own? In this poetry activity, students analyze Emily Dickinson’s “I Died for Beauty.” This scaffolded activity is the perfect sub plan or snow day lesson or during National Poetry Month! Use this analyzing poetry activity for:Independent practiceEnrichment & Summer SchoolSnow Days & Blizzard BagsEmergency Plans Do your students need a skills review?✅ Use textual evidence to support inferences (RL.7.1)✅ Determine
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7th - 9th
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AIR Reading Test Prep | Fiction Practice Test 3 | PDF & Digital
Help your students practice their reading comprehension skills with exciting paired fiction passages. The passages come from popular youth novels and will help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills. The questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they might see in standardized testing, MOY Testing, or end-of-year exam. Digital with TpT's Easel. Question Types:multiple-choice, multiselect, evidence-based s
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5th - 9th
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Digital + Printable Novel Study
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit to teach Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable novel study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, and skill practice aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short-answer, and fill-in-t
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5th - 6th
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MARCH TEST PREP ESCAPE ROOM ELA ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING RACE STRATEGY PASSAGES
Need help motivating students who are burnt out on test prep? This St. Patrick's Day March 360 ELA TEST PREP digital escape room will do the trick! CCSS AND COMPATIBLE WITH MOST STATE STANDARDS.The escape room is divided into thematic forest scenes, each designed to simulate a different part of the test. Students will read passages, compose ECR/SCR (constructed responses) and an argumentative essay, analyze writing samples, solve puzzles, and crack ELA codes all while scrolling through an immers
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: MARCH ELA 360 TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM & BELL RINGER GRAMMAR BUNDLE
Writing Response Paragraphs MEGA BUNDLE Grade 6 Reading RL.6.1-10 RI.6.1-10
MEGA BUNDLE Common Core Reading Literature and Information Analysis Paragraphs for Grade 6 - Bundle and Save!These teaching resources for Common Core ELA RL.6.1-6.10 Literature and Information RI.6.1-6.10: Writing Paragraph Response breaks down each standard and provides graphic organizers, paragraph frames, sentence starters, and rubrics in both digital and printable worksheets for responding to literature and information for 6th grade English Language Arts..Middle school students struggle wit
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6th
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR Common Core Aligned Novel Study
For this powerful story by Ben Mikaelsen, this novel unit encompasses -- dialectic journal matrix, - back story, - character analysis, - Venn diagrams, - and graphic organizer handouts for TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR, by Ben Mikaelsen. No answers needed for these handouts. There are quizzes for Ch. 1 to 7; Ch. 8 to 15; Ch. 16 to 20; and Ch. 21 to 28. ANSWERS INCLUDED.In addtion there are vocabulary and figure of speech (primarily idioms) worksheets, including answers.There is a poetry connection wo
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5th - 9th
RL.6.1-10 Writing Response Paragraphs BUNDLE All Reading grade 6
These teaching resources for Common Core ELA RL.6.1-6.10 Literature: Writing Paragraph Response breaks down each standard and provides graphic organizers, paragraph frames, sentence starters, and rubrics in both digital and printable worksheets for responding to literature for 6th grade English Language Arts. Middle school students struggle with writing complete and coherent constructive responses to literature. The analysis portion is often a repeat or paraphrase of the cited text, instead of a
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6th
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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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AN HOUR WITH ABUELO Reading Check Questions and more
Students learn a lot about how preconceptions can be misconceptions as they read and answer questions for this short story, available in anthologies as well as on-line.Included are:- Reading Check questions for the main plot,- A sequencing exercise for the story-within-a-story, including an explanation of that term,- Two analysis writing prompts, on their own writing paper,- A discussion of 1st Person Perspective, with examples and practice from the story itself,- Teacher Suggestions.ANSWERS INC
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6th - 8th
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me Digital Activities for Collections Grade 6
This is not intended to be a printable resource. It is designed specifically with digital learning in mind. If you want a printable resource, please refer to this resource instead: Life Doesn't Frighten Me Printable ActivitiesEngage your students and save tons of time with HMH Collection 1 Grade 6 poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" with these "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" Digital Activities for HMH Collections Grade 6 that focus on the Common Core State Standards Reading Literature RL.6.3-6.6.Colorful
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6th
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Fiction Paired Reading Comprehension Passages | Common Core | PDF & Digital
Help your students prepare for the common core end-of-year standardized test (Ohio's AIR Test) by taking these paired fiction passage practice tests. The questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on the AIR test. The passages come from popular youth novels and will help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills.Digital with TpT's Easel. Question Types:multiple-choice, multiselect, evidence-bas
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | Common Core Test Prep | OST Ohio AIR
Life Doesn't Frighten Me BUNDLE Printable & Digital Activities Grade 6
These are both the printable and digital activities bundled together to save money, if you need both printable and digital activities for Life Doesn't Frighten Me.
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6th
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Shane: Essay Topics with Condensed Rubric
Students can now delve into any one of 12 interesting and relevant prompts when they write an essay which relates to Shane. Options on this handout focus on setting, conflict, theme, characters, ambiguity, and more. This printable is user-friendly and allows readers to deeply explore the primary aspects of this best-seller. A condensed rubric is included.
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6th - 12th
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THE MAP TRAP by Andrew Clements - Novel Study
For this novel which should be a quick read, the main plot is Alton's quest for his lost map folder. I focused on that and created a log for students to trace those quest steps. Quizzes and word study divide the novel into two parts. Included in this unit are -- Quiz for Chapters 1 to 6 - - One page; 10 True/False and 5 multiple choice- Quiz for Chapters 7 to 16 - - Two pages; 7 sequence questions, 8 questions naming who said or did an action (from a list provided), 5 multiple choice, and 5
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4th - 7th
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The House on Mango Street | Literary Devices | Worksheet | Graphic Organizer
This document includes blank charts your students can use to annotate their thoughts as they read through Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. It asks them to consider :Motifs: Identity, Gender, Cultural Identity, Hopes, Dreams, Growing UpCharacter Development: Changes, Traits, RelationshipsOther Literary Devices Used (and their purpose!)There is a space for the vignette title, a space for MLA cited text evidence, and a space for their analytical thinking work. This would work perfectly
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7th - 10th
Author's Study: Agents & Advances (A Literacy Simulation)
Are you looking for a creative and fun way to have students engage in an author's study? The simulation Agents & Advances calls on students to serve as literary agents as they work to secure an advance for the author they represent. During this five week unit students will learn background information about an author they select, read multiple books, understand how their author uses literary elements to enhance their writing, and craft a business letter showcasing what they have learned. T
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5th - 8th
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PARCC and Poetry: Perfect Together! (#4) An Unexpected Gift
Revenge is really not so sweet a deal as it may seem, as a hapless chemistry student finds out in this poem about the evils of revenge. I have been using this poem for eighteen years with great success, and have now enhanced it with PARCC formatted questions. Have fun with it!
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5th - 9th
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Analyze gender actions, setting shifts, and use of flashbacks!
Here is a product designed to showcase select characters' actions, the role of setting, and use of flashback.If you are looking for a reading activity which requires higher order thinking, then this is for you!Allow students to gather information over a series of days and/or a few weeks where they specifically hone in on character's methods of solving problems--is there a pattern to how male vs female characters solve fiction issues? Can broader generalizations be made? And so on--why? Because i
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5th - 8th
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Engaging Readings with Evidence Based Questions #1: Bug in the Bowl
This engaging story about a girl's experience in a new school will keep your students reading, and the questions will keep them sharp and focused. Don't worry, it has been kid-tested and the questions are professionally written!
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5th - 8th
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PARCC and Poetry: Perfect Together! (#6) A Natural Decision
Children need to understand that, in nature, predators have an important role in maintaining the health and manageable numbers of herbivores. So, this PARCC related exercise contains a poem of mine that redounds to that theme. Professionally written questions and a writing prompt are included for assessment. Don't worry; I have been using the poem successfully for 20 years, but have now placed it in a PARCC format.
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4th - 8th
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The Copper Penny
Plot, theme, character, intrigue and suspense all combine to make this nearly true narrative engaging and academically challenging reading. Based on historical fiction about coins, the tale weaves a plot of deceit that teaches an important lesson about keeping secrets and how sneaky some people can be. 19 professionally written questions are included for assessment. Enjoy! (C) 2019 by LA on a Mission
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5th - 9th
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PARCC and Poetry: Perfect Together! (#7) The Pages of Time
This poem inspires children to read more often and more enthusiastically, and also prepares them for assessment with common core related questions. The questions and writing prompt are formatted to the PARCC, but are valid for any assessment on reading and writing, and are professionally written, so you can be sure that they are good practice. Have fun with my poem!
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5th - 8th
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Three Can Keep A Secret...
Expository writing, understanding our relationship to the world around us and being sensitive to the wonders of nature lay the thematic foundation for this story that teaches a valuable lesson. A professionally written, PARCC formatted writing prompt is included for assessment and DOL.
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6th - 9th
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