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Free high school ELA test prep resources for Microsoft Word
Painless Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes Activities, Handouts--M.S.
The mini lesson is accompanied by a chart containing 10 prefixes, 12 roots and 8 suffixes and their meaning; an activity requiring students to deconstruct and reconstruct words and write the complete definition; a second activity in which students write sentences for the words, plus, a short challenge activity. Answer key provided. This is great tool for teaching students how to determine the meaning of unknown words. An animated delivery will make this lesson quite enjoyable.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Lots of MLA Practice
MLA broken down by topic: (1) MLA: How It's Done - 1 page visual with instructions on how to format any Word document into MLA format.(2) 15 essays that are not in MLA format - plentiful practice for students to help learn and reinforce tedious MLA rules.(3) Bibliography How-To - a quick glance at how to format book, internet, and periodical bibliography entries (the three most tested on state testing).(4) 2 practice bibliography worksheets with key(5) Essay in proper MLA format - great to refer
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lord of the Flies Full Text Unit Test
This Lord of The Flies Unit test contains 62 questions, and it was given at the pre-ap level. It contains a matching section that covers symbolism, and multiple choice questions. Many of the questions deal with the characters and plot, but the last section covers literary terms found in the novel. A study guide that correlates closely is also available.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
RACES Writing Strategy Detailed Essay Template
This template gives students a detailed and easy format for their informational and argumentative essays. The template includes sentence starters and other helpful hints.
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7th - 9th
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Denotation and Connotation Activity for fun
This activity should be used after a lesson on denotation and connotation. You should have students think of car names in the past and the connotation of their description, i.e. Mustang, Rabbit, Trail Blazer. Once you have the discussion the students will follow the worksheets and sample that follows to make a parody of when denotation and connotation just don't match!
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6th - 12th
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Hooks and Starter Sentences for Expository Essays
This list of possible hooks may help students begin their essays when they just don't seem to know how to start.
Grades:
4th - 10th
Four Types of Sentences Activity Worksheet
Students will complete this assessment after they have been taught the differences between simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences. I use student's names, and they love it, so feel free to edit it with your student's names in the questions.
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7th - 12th
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Christmas Carol, Mini-Unit
Let me make your job easier! I'll provide the tried, tested, and student-approved mini-units.
All you have to do is pop in the DVD and facilitate accountable talk about the questions I provide in the viewing guides.
This mini-unit on the film "A Christmas Carol" (the one with Patrick Stewart) comes complete with an anticipation guide about Kwanzaa, viewing guides, homework assignments, a summary quiz, and a final project.
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6th - 12th
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Free Common Core Activity for Plot Structure, Theme, and Tone in a Movie Trailer
The provided FREE Common Core rigorous activity explores the development of plot structure, tone, theme, and character development in a popular movie trailer from 2014. The activities are tied to the Common Core standards RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, SL2, and SL3. The activity focus on the analysis of how authors develop plot structure (foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, humor, and mystery), tone, theme, and complex characters in a movie trailer. The activity includes a teacher answer key to assist you
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6th - 12th
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"The Gift of the Magi" Measure of Student Learning (MSL) Practice
This activity is great for having students practice for the MSL's. The activity includes ten multiple-choice questions that students should answer after (or while) reading "The Gift of the Magi." Some questions assess students on basic comprehension while others require students to make inferences or identify figurative language from the short story
For the constructed response portion, students must analyze the point-of-view in the short story, providing textual evidence to support their argu
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8th - 12th
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Text Structures Rap (Iggy Azalea Parody)
Many of my students were struggling with learning and recognizing the differences between the six nonfiction text structures. So, I rewrote Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" to include information about cause and effect, question and answer, description, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and chronological order/sequence. Enjoy!
Also, I changed "I.G.G.Y." to M.U.L.E because our school mascot is the mule. You could change that part to any four letter word or team you'd like.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Action, linking, helping verb review worksheet
Practice sentences differentiating between action and linking verbs and identifying full verb phrases with helping verbs.
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7th - 10th
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Elaborate Lesson Plan for Author's Purpose
This is a very thorough lesson plan for teaching Author's Purpose. It includes objectives, procedures, standards, assessments, extended activities and an accompanying teacher's text with explanatory materials. Please be kind and rate this lesson on TeachersPayTeachers.com!!
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6th - 9th
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Elf the Movie Holiday Christmas ESOL Worksheet
Ten questions about Elf starring Will Ferrell with Spanish translation.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Correcting Run-On Sentences
A basic worksheet for correcting run-on sentences. Covers the following:Correcting by adding a semicolonCorrecting by adding a comma before a coordinating conjunctionWriting compound sentences using either a semicolon or a comma
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9th - 12th
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Introduction to Persuasive Writing Unit
Worried about state essay exams? This short unit is designed to introduce students to the basics about the CA 7th grade writing exam, and to specifically introduce them to the genre of persuasive writing. In word format to be easily modified for any exam, or just an intro to persuasion in general. The unit includes: a suggested time line for the unit, day-to-day plans, graphic organizers, hand-outs, suggested activities and strategies, grading rubric, and essay reflection. There is an accompanyi
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Lots of MLA Testing
47 test questions divided according to '97 State Standard and MLA rules from 2010: (1) Formatting: 15 questions(2) Heading: 5 questions(3) In-Text/Parenthetical Citations (one concept): 13 questions(4) Bibliography/Works Cited Format: 7 questions(5) In-Text/Parenthetical Citations (more complex concepts): 6 questionsFile provided in Word 97 format so you can easily cut and paste to customize quizzes or tests.Need some worksheets to help teach and reinforce MLA concepts? Refer to "Lots of MLA Pra
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Video: How Can You Write a Great Informational Essay (Including on a CAASPP PT?)
If your students are asked to write an informational essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 18-ish minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by looking through notes on astronauts to come up with a main idea. (Which winds up being that it is difficult but fun to become an astronaut!) It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we sta
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3rd - 11th
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7 Comma Rules with Practice Sentences
This handout lays out the 7 most important comma rules and provides practice sentences for each one. It is appropriate for middle school through high school, and is a great reference for students to keep with their English Language Arts materials.
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6th - 12th
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Central Idea Checklist (Non-Fiction Reading)
Student Centered Checklist
for Finding the Central Idea of A Non-Fiction Text
A 5 Step Checklist to guide students independently through finding the central idea of a non-fiction text. Each document comes with 4 identical checklists person printed sheet.
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Daily Grammar Practice (DGP) Notes
Using DGP?
My students struggled with the immersion process. The notes bundle provided in the DGP was kind of bulky, so I created this compact version of the notes for my students.
Not using DGP?
Use these notes as a sort of "highlights of" for basic grammar information.
Hope it helps!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
2 Point Rubric for State Exam Grade 3-5 Child Friendly
Common Core aligned rubric adapted form practice tests for grades 3-5. This rubric can be used for any 2 point short response writing task.
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2nd - 9th
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State Test Essay Writing Prompt Template (with 5 prompts)
This is a template I created to help students get the 'feel' of the state test, but I can make the prompt whatever I want. I've included 5 prompts that are ready to print, but it's a Word document, so you can quickly change them if you want to.Just download & print & copy - it's ready to go! This resource is now FREE. Check out my store if you have a moment!
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3rd - 12th
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Video: How Can You Write an Excellent Narrative (Including on a CAASPP / SBAC)?
If your students are asked to write a narrative essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible?This 15-minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by describing characters and the setting with details from the sources, including dialogue, and choosing strong words!It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we start so they have a sense of what they
Grades:
3rd - 11th
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