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Middle school ELA test prep handout microsofts
Figurative Language Powerpoint and Guided Notes- Teach and Practice!
New-2019! This is a cute, fun, and engaging Figurative Language lesson for middle school and high school students. I cover Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Allusion, Alliteration and Onomatopoeia. There are so many ways to use this product, but here's what's included.58 Slide PPT Presentation (with Google Slide version)Visually pleasing slides with definitions and examples of each figure of speech42 practice slides to review and practice identifying figurative languageFigurat
Grades:
5th - 12th
ELA Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Essay, and Test Prep Skills Review Sessions
Wondering how to best prepare your middle school ELA students for standardized testing? These three test prep review sessions will have students feeling ready and confident for standardized exams. Every year as state exam time approaches, I conduct three review sessions after school, and I use these THREE slide show presentations, games, and worksheets for the sessions. Review sessions help to build skill, strategy, motivation, and excitement for standardized testing. My students use these stra
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Hocus Pocus: Halloween Lesson!
Send your kids on a trip to Salem, Massachusetts where they will have to use test taking skills to cast a spell on the Sanderson sisters and save the town! In this activity, students will move through each of the stations (slides), read the prompt, and answer the question. In each answer, they will also reveal a hidden letter. In the end, each of the hidden letters will be used to unscramble the witches spell! As they work, they are also on the lookout for Binx, who is hidden within the slides.
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4th - 10th
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ELA SENTENCE STRUCTURE Simple, Complex, & Compound Sentences WORKSHEET #1 w/ Ans
This product includes a 20-question practice activity for identifying and differentiating between simple, complex, and compound sentences, and it includes an answer key. I am in the process of uploading new practice activities, so there will be a total of 3 worksheets and one assessment for this same concept.
Other purchase options:
1) I have a PowerPoint for introducing this concept in my listings ($3.00).
2) If you like this practice activity, you can purchase additional practice activiti
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3rd - 9th
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Informative Essay Outline - Bing, Bang, Boom Method
This fill-in-the-blank outline in an invaluable aid to students as they begin to write informative essays. The outline uses the bing, bang, boom method to help students convey their ideas in a clear and concise manner. Check out my informative essay Power Points for more on bing, bang, boom!
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7th - 11th
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Multiple Choice Strategies PowerPoint, Worksheet, and Activity for Grades 6-8
This PowerPoint, worksheet, and activity shares the strategies students need to succeed when answering multiple choice questions on state exams and beyond! The 12 slide PowerPoint gives basic strategies to use on all questions, plus the strategies that have helped my students master questions about vocabulary in context, literary elements, specific line references, central ideas, and textual evidence. The worksheet teaches students the "Bulls-eye Strategy," helping them to identify the BEST an
Grades:
6th - 8th
ELA VERBS Helping, Linking, & Action WORKSHEET #1 w/ Answers
This product includes a 20-question practice activity for identifying and differentiating between action, linking, and helping verbs, and it includes an answer key.
I am in the process of creating practice activities and assessments to accompany all of my PowerPoints, so check back often.
Other purchase options:
1) I have a PowerPoint for introducing this concept in my listings ($3.00).
2) If you like this practice activity, you can purchase additional practice activities AND a formative ass
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3rd - 7th
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos Bell Ringer Activities!
These quick 5 minute bell ringer activities give students an opportunity to identify real life examples of rhetoric. Engaging advertisements, PowerPoint and Google slides to present material, handouts for student application (or Google Document provided) and answer slides to facilitate quick discussion and understanding. Includes:1. PowerPoint bell ringer slides (47 slides) for 23 bell ringer activities!2. PowerPoint answer slide for each bell ringer means NO teacher prep!3. PDF Printable bell r
Grades:
7th - 12th
Elements of Drama Notes | Interactive Notebook | ELAR | Editable
Great for introducing a unit on drama. This note sheet provides students with some of the major elements that students will encounter in drama texts. Students can fill in this note sheet and then glue it into their reading notebook. Perfect for standardized test prep, such as the STAAR.This document is completely editable to meet the needs of your students.This product is a Word Document, but also includes a link to a Google Doc.Check out my other reading-related activities!Vocabulary Menu⭐️Plea
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3rd - 7th
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Are You Ready For It Swift Murder Mystery Test Prep Activity!
Help prepare your students for standardized tests with this interactive Murder Mystery activity. This activity introduces students to 9 characters (Harmony Hallowell, Melody Miller, Christopher Carol, Octavia Ortiz, Harold Hymnn, Stephen Symphony, Veruca Viola, Cadence Campbell, and Atlas Alto). Students have to read each of their descriptions and then make their way through each of the rooms in the 'Swift' mansion.In each of the rooms, there is a new piece of information/evidence revealed. Stud
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Who Did It? Murder Mystery Bundle!
Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading Passages
Students will be learning how to identify the theme of a passage. They will be shown different ways in which theme is shown in a passage and will analyze those lessons. The teacher will model this strategy using a few very short stories, and the students will apply this strategy individually on two longer fictional texts.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It
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5th - 8th
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Colons, Ellipses, Dashes, Hyphens, Quotation Marks Punctuation Activities
Study common punctuation tools with these punctuation activities. Included is an editable Powerpoint and numerous worksheets. This punctuation unit covers colons, ellipses, dashes, hyphens, and quotation marks. These punctuation activities are Google Drive ready. You will receive punctuation worksheets in PDF and digital formats.Included in these punctuation activities:✓ An editable Powerpoint presentation that gives examples and guidelines.✓ Practice:- 15 sentences covering quotation marks.- 5
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Eighth Grade Grammar Bundle: Verbals, Active & Passive Voice, Verb Moods
Parallel Structure Mini Lesson
The perfect packet to teach parallel structure! Packet includes explanation of parallel structure, multiple examples, connections to real world examples, and strategies to identify parallel structure.The second portion of the packet includes 3 practice activities. Activity 1 is multiple choice format for students to insert the parallel phrase. Activity 2 asks students to make an incorrect sentence parallel. Activity 3 asks students to identify sentences as correctly parallel or incorrect.Thi
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8th - 12th
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Elements of Drama - Drama Terms Bundle - STAAR, FSA, PARCC, Smarter Balanced
Need to teach drama easily? This bundle is for you! With this purchase, you will get• a PowerPoint with over 14 quiz terms• guided notes• teacher terms list with definitions• a 20-question quiz that includes terms, definitions, and an application of terms with key• a one-pager that can be used with ANY drama STAAR and Common Core aligned.Teaching tip: after introducing and reviewing the terms, read a drama with students, applying the terms as students read.If you like this, you may want to pair
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4th - 10th
Sorry, Wrong Number Police Report
A blank police report to be used with the drama "Sorry, Wrong Number". The first page has students use textual clues to describe characters, setting, and plot in the form of a police report form. The back presents questions regarding the elements of drama and specifics from the play.
Could easily be used for any mystery or text where a crime is committed. Students don't even realize they're creating a story map!
Use along with the Elements of Drama/Sorry, Wrong Number Quiz
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6th - 9th
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How to Annotate a Text Activity
Learning how to annotate a text is an incredibly useful tool for ELA students to have! Whether for their social studies reading, test prep, or college readiness, annotating skills will help students engage and comprehend texts on a much deeper level than reading alone! This Slides Presentation teaches students both the WHY and the HOW of annotating texts! Students will learn step-by-step how to annotate a text and see multiple examples! As a Bonus, I've also included Student Bookmarks that can
Grades:
7th - 9th
MCAS PREP for ELA: Grades 6,7,8, and 10
(please let me know if you'd like me to send this to you as a Google doc.)This a four-week, twenty day, MCAS prep unit for English Language Arts; all of the lesson plans—activator, mini-lesson, activity, wrap-up—are included, and most importantly, the actual hand-out/s for each day. In addition, the English Language Arts Core Curriculum standards are included both on the daily lesson plans, and on the activity itself. Included are high interest short stories—such as Amy Tan’s “The Rules of the
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6th - 10th
ELA Test Prep Common Core Informative / Expository Essay Writing Workshop Unit
Informative essay writing is one of the most difficult tasks for secondary students to master! So, it comes as no surprise that when students are faced with expository writing, they crave one thing most of all, and that's structure. Providing this writing structure might sound overwhelming for teachers, which is why these informative essay writing materials will certainly come in handy for any informative writing project, as they provide step-by-step presentation slides, guided essay worksheets,
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8th - 11th
End of Year Middle School ELA Test Prep Study Guide- CCSS/PARCC Aligned
I am all about teaching skills! This interactive study guide reviews the skills taught from the beginning of the year using the CCSS, specifically for seventh grade. I am using this a pre-PARCC Review for my students. It can help with any end of the year test prep.
This guide could be adapted for use in higher or lower grades.
This study guide covers 7 major skill sets for seventh grade students including tone/mood, text structure, plot, theme central idea, figurative language, and context c
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4th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Task Graphic Organizer
I use this graphic organizer when teaching the Literary Analysis Task Prose Constructed Response (Essay). The PARCC essays are all about textual evidence and this organizer helps with the organization of quotes and details. Also good for any research based persuasive essay.
Please take a look at some of my prose constructed response prompts.
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7th - 12th
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House on Mango Street Themes - Study Guide
This is an awesome study guide for the themes in House on Mango Street. It includes not only a list of themes, but vignettes that correspond with each theme. Great study tool for students! Perfect for a theme-related project! Great for a teacher resource while reading the novel!
**Connects with House on Mango Street Resources:
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**Connects with Theme/Note-Taking Guide
Connects with the following resources for the Final Vignette-Writing Project:
1. House on Mango Street Final
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Grammar Review Packet
This packet covers the following concepts:
Noun Forms
Verb Forms
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Verb Shifts
Pronoun Case
Active & Passive Voice
Capitalization
This is a great packet to prepare for ACT, SAT, EOCT, or simply a grammar test. Packet has great practice!
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7th - 12th
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Ultimate Grammar Bundle! Parts of Speech for 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th grade
This bundle includes my Parts of Speech Mini Unit. This unit is:Use this digital, interactive packet to teach your middle school students grammar, in a fun way! Have students WATCH VIDEOS, WRITE DEFINITIONS, GIVE THEMSELVES STUDY TIPS, and practice their learning by WRITING EXAMPLES with their parts of speech.Students then practice identifying their parts of speech in a whole class activity.Finally, there is a project assignment at the end of their week-long mini unit where students show what th
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6th - 8th
ELA SENTENCE STRUCTURE Simple, Complex, & Compound WORKSHEET #3 w/ Answers
This product includes an 18-question practice activity for identifying and differentiating between simple, complex, and compound sentences, and it includes an answer key. It also requires students to rewrite a simple sentence as a complex sentence, a compound sentence, and a compound-complex sentence. I am in the process of uploading new practice activities, so there will be a total of 3 worksheets and one assessment for this same concept.
Other purchase options:
1) I have a PowerPoint for i
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3rd - 7th
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