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8th grade reading strategies assessments under $5
Figurative Language - Similes and Metaphors
This is an 18 question worksheet that focuses on similes and metaphors only. Students are required to identify each statement as either a simile or a metaphor. Then they must circle the two things that are being compared. This is a good way to check for understanding. ♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50%♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative Language - Similes and MetaphorsFigurati
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2nd - 10th
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Reading Interest Inventory Back to School Activities
Do you want to start off getting to know your students in a meaningful way academically?This Reading Inventory is *PERFECT* for back to school! The students can easily reflect on:what makes them readers, why they like to read (or don't read), and how they best comprehend their reading!This activity is the PERFECT first week activity for setting up your Reader's Workshop or ELA block!__________________________________________________________________"This inventory has made recommending books so m
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Figurative Language Practice Worksheet
Figurative LanguageThis is a 21 question worksheet/quiz in which students must identify each statement as the following: similemetaphoridiomonomatopoeiapersonificationalliterationhyperboleExamples: Its raining cats and dogs. The rain kissed me on the cheek.♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50% ♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative Language - Similes and MetaphorsFi
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2nd - 10th
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Author's Purpose & Point of View RI.8.6 | Instagram Influencers Article #8-10
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-10: The Rise of the Instagram InfluencerTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.6, Analyze Author's Purpose and Point of View, Including Conflicting Viewpoints, with this high-interest article on the rise of Instagram Influencers. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the tenth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Evaluate Arguments & Claims RI.7.8 | Fortniteâ„¢ Battle: Parents Vs. Kids #7-15
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #7-15: The REAL Fortniteâ„¢ Battle: Parents Vs. KidsTeach reading informational text standard RI.7.8, Evaluate Arguments and Analyze Claims, with this high-interest article on the REAL Fortnite battle taking place in millions of households: Parents Vs. Kids on the issue of Fortnite.Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment. Please view the activity breakd
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Inference Activities - Making Inferences in Text Messages Reading Assignments
Inference Activities - Making Inferences in Text Messages Reading Assignments is a creative bundle of activities designed to help your students improve their inferential thinking. Students will read six text message conversations that require students to use their inference skills to understand. Students will examine details from the text messages to make inferences about the speakers, their traits, their relationship to each other, their location, and what they are discussing! Prompting questio
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6th - 8th
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Citing Text Evidence RI.8.1 | High School Football Turns Deadly Article #8-20
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-20: When High School Football Turns DeadlyTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.1, Citing Text Evidence, Including Literal Comprehension and Drawing Inferences, with this article about the dangers of high school football injuries, specifically brain damage, concussions, and CTE. Students will analyze literal and inferential comprehension questions and respond using the ACE method (Answer, Cite, Explain). Students will also complete additio
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
A Long Walk to Water Chapter Quizzes-EDITABLE
These A Long Walk to Water quizzes are the perfect way to do a reading check or test comprehension skills with your students. Each quiz comes with two versions: multiple choice and open-ended. This makes differentiation quick and easy! I have also included an EDITABLE version PPT so you can change or add items as needed. For the editable version, you will need the fonts KG Always a Good Time and KG All of Me.What's Included:Two versions of the following quizzesChapters 1-3Chapters 4-6Chapters
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â A Long Walk to Water Bundle- Quizzes and Graphic Organizers
Analyze Text Structure RI.8.5 | Edgar Allan Poe BIOGRAPHY Article #8-8
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-8: Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the strange life of author Edgar Allan Poe. This article is great to pair nonfiction with any Edgar Allan Poe story or poem. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment all related to this or
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Objective Summary RI.7.2 | Should Homework Be Banned? Article #7-2
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #7-2: Should Homework Be Banned?This is the second in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 7th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! The focus in this resource is on teaching students to write an objective summary of nonfiction text.Each article + activity pack includes these components:-original article written at the 7th grade level-modified
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Conflicting Viewpoints /Point of View RI.8.6 | Holocaust Survivors Article #8-11
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-11: Surviving the HolocaustTeach reading informational text standard RI.8.6, Analyze Author's Purpose and Point of View, Primarily Conflicting Viewpoints, with this high-interest article about a study on the lives of Holocaust survivors. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the eleventh in a set of 25 informational text articles + activi
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Analyze a Famous Speech RI.7.7 | Malala Yousafzai UN Speech 2013 #7-16
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #7-16: Malala Yousafzai's 2013 Speech to the United NationsTeach reading informational text standard RI.7.7, compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text (how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words), with this high-interest unit.**Please note that this unit, 7-16, is unique and organized differently from other Nonfiction Article of the Week units. There is no original article and modified article.
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Reading Fluency Rubrics and Assessments RtI Grades 6-8
Reading Fluency Rubrics and Assessments for Response to Intervention (RtI) Progress Monitoring for Grades 6, 7, and 8
This pack includes the following documents that can be used to assess and document students' reading fluency for showing yearly growth:
1. Teacher’s guide with directions and procedures, assessment rubrics, and forms for keeping track of students’ yearly progress (8 pages)
2. Grade 6 sample reading passages (2) for fluency assessment (6 pages)
3. Grade 7 sample reading passages
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5th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Analyze Connections RI.8.3 | Do Video Games Cause Violence? Article #8-4
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-4: Do Video Games Cause Violence?Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.3, Analyze Connections in a Text, with this high-interest article on the controversial topic of whether or not video games cause violence. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the fourth in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
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:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Analyze Text Structure RI.7.5 | Life in North Korea Today Article #7-8
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #7-8: Life in North Korea TodayTeach reading informational text standard RI.7.5, Analyze Text Structure, with this high-interest article on the hot topic of everyday life for citizens of North Korea.Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment. Please view the activity breakdown in the preview file for a comprehensive look of what's included here.This is t
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Reading Bookmarks: DURING Reading Tools for Secondary ELA
Want to scaffold students into doing more critical thinking DURING reading? Want them to take notes without ruining the joy of the book? Want to annotate, but can’t mark in a class set of novels?
Or, just as importantly: do your students have trouble meeting their reading deadlines, either for class novels or independent reading?
Use these bookmarks to help students actively read, pace themselves, and take notes on a text!
• Pick and choose from a collection of 8 premade bookmark styles (or us
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Reading Literature Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Evaluate Argument & Irrelevant Claims RI.8.8 | Insects for Dinner? Article #8-14
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-14: Insects for Dinner?Teach reading informational text standard RI.8.8, Evaluating Arguments & Irrelevant Claims, with this high-interest article about why we should be eating insects and why insects as food would solve many major problems. Students will also complete activities for text evidence, integrating information, literal comprehension, and take a comprehensive assessment.This is the fourteenth in a set of 25 informational text article
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Chapter Summary Template
I use this template to have the students take time to reflect on each chapter as they read. It allows them to recall and summarize the chapter events, give their thoughts and opinions on the chapter, and predict what might come next in the book. It has also been updated as an Easel activity. Enjoy!!
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Westing Game Chapter Quizzes-EDITABLE- Digital & Print Versions Included
This resource includes chapter quizzes for The Westing Game. This novel has SO many details and important characters for students to remember. These quizzes help students stay on track with basic comprehension questions. You can use them as quizzes after reading a set of chapters or have students complete them as classwork to ensure that they are understanding what they are reading.Updated 2/17/21- These quizzes now include PDF version, PPT version so that you can edit the quizzes as needed, AN
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5th - 9th
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Making Inferences Multiple Choice Questions (5th-6th Grade SELF-GRADING Forms)
This resource is designed to help 5th and 6th graders improve their ability to make inferences as a reading comprehension strategy. Questions are derived from a selection of engaging informational texts (nonfiction) and few fiction texts in the form of short paragraphs. The forms in this resource are SELF-GRADING, FILLABLE, and EDITABLE. Students can simply select and submit their answers electronically. You could edit/add/delete questions to meet your students' needs. { MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A COP
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Main Idea and Supporting details. Making Inferences Reading Strategies
Analyze Word Choice RI.7.4 | Aliens: A Look at the Evidence #7-7
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #7-7: Aliens: A Look at the EvidenceTeach reading informational text standard RI.7.4, Analyze Word Choice, Connotative & Technical Meanings, with this high-interest article on the hot topic of Aliens, including evidence for students to consider on whether or not intelligent alien life exists. This is the perfect paired text to use with The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Teleplay/Short Story Unit.Students will also complete activities for text ev
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Plot Mountain Plot Graphic Organizer
Plot Mountain Plot Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer for students to use to outline the plot of stories. I call this organizer plot mountain and it is great for upper elementary students to use to check for understanding of all the elements of plot (setting, characters, antagonist/protagonist, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement, and theme).
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Journal Assignment
Keep your students engaged and organized during independent reading with this Independent Reading Journal Assignment. This incredible resource is specifically designed to empower your students and make their independent reading experiences purposeful and structured.Inside this comprehensive journal assignment, you'll discover 6 reading tracking forms and 1 reading journal assignment. These forms are crafted to help your students stay organized, accountable, and on track during their independent
Grades:
6th - 8th
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