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Middle school ELA test prep handout pdfs
Commas, Semicolons, and Colons Review Worksheet and Quiz Middle or High School
These are comprehensive and user-friendly review worksheets & quiz designed to help students master effective use of commas, semi-colons, and colons! This well-crafted resource is perfect for middle school and high school students who are preparing for a quiz or looking to reinforce their knowledge of punctuation marks.Four Sections: The review worksheets (2) are divided into four sections, with each section devoted to a specific punctuation mark – commas, semi-colons, colons, and a mixed re
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7th - 10th
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Context Clues Passages, Worksheets, Graphic Organizers Word Meaning in Context
This 3-day mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of finding meaning in context. Students will have a ton of context clues practice with context clues passages, engaging reading comprehension worksheets, and reading graphic organizers for finding word meaning in context!Through creative activities like Context Clue Bullseye, Top Secret Skill Puzzles, Goldilocks and the Three Yallops Context Clue Passage, and a Nonsense Word Writing Activity, students become actively invo
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4th - 7th
Complex Sentences and Independent or Dependent Clauses - Digital and Printable
These complex sentences worksheets and informational handout is a great addition to your Sentence Unit. Reference guide helps students understand the structure of a complex sentence. It explains sentence structure, and how to distinguish between simple, compound, and complex sentences by identifying independent and dependent clauses (or subordinate clauses) and the use of subordinating conjunctions and nonrestrictive clauses. There are four worksheets in addition to the handout. Digital Resource
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
Greek & Latin Roots Practice for High School, Prefix, Suffix, Roots Worksheets
Reinforce students’ understanding of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes with these five worksheets that build on students’ current word knowledge and develop creative, flexible thinking. Each worksheet presents common roots and affixes (prefixes/suffixes) that are part of hundreds of English words. Once students know these word parts, they’ll be able to decode more of the higher-level vocabulary they encounter in challenging texts and standardized tests, such as the S.A.T. and A.C.T.N
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8th - 11th
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Sentence Structure Simple, Compound, & Complex Coloring Sheets
Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with students using this grammar coloring activity. Students will identify types of sentences concerning sentence structure while stretching their creativity. This grammar coloring activity offers forty practice sentences for sentence structure lessons!Included in this sentence structure activity:→ Two coloring sheets—pictured in the cover and thumbnails. Sections are numbered. Students will color the type of sentence structure (simple, compound, c
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Coloring Activities | Grammar Coloring Sheets
Middle School Language and Grammar Reference Sheets for 6th 7th 8th
This middle school grammar and language resource is perfect if you need some quick sheets for students to reference when doing any grammar or language activities in your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade ELA classroom. Download the preview to check out what is included in this resource! The resource comes in 8 black and white pages and 8 color pages so you can choose what works for your classroom. I made 5 copies of each color page, laminated the, put them on a ring hook, and whole punched them in the corn
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Activities Lessons and Assessment Bundle
Reading Skills and Strategies Bookmarks: Theme, Mood, Main Idea and More
Reinforce the reading skills and strategies that you teach with these interactive bookmarks. Perfect to use as notes during whole class or small group instruction. These bookmarks are great to use during independent reading time. Students can reference the bookmarks as a reminder on how they can practice the skills and strategies used by good readers. You can also use the bookmarks as a reading response activity. Give students the bookmark for a target skill and have them complete it for the
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3rd - 8th
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Verbals Unit Gerunds Participles and Infinitives Worksheets Review Assessment
This comprehensive Verbals Unit is designed for middle and high school teachers who value structured and organized materials, aligning with the 8th grade Common Core Standards for Verbals. This straightforward and detailed approach offers you comprehensive and easy-to-use resources that save you time and effort. No need to create your own worksheets--just print these and use!This unit covers gerunds, participles, and infinitives, exploring the various forms of verbs that function as other parts
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade Grammar Bundle Verbals Verbs Active Passive Commas
Main Idea Tone Mood and Theme Notebook Pages
Are you using interactive notebooks? These pages for your students notebooks help them understand main idea, tone and mood, and theme. They can be shrunk to fit composition books as well. Information includes the definition, think about concepts, questions that could be asked, and, for main idea, what stated and implied main ideas are. Click here to FOLLOW ME to receive notices of new releases, 1/2 price for 24 hours! Inside You Will Find• 1 Main Ideas Page• 1 Tone and Mood Page• 1 Theme
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3rd - 6th
Middle School Grammar Cheat Sheet
This is a one page sheet that reviews various grammar concepts for middle school students.
Topics covered on this one page sheet include the following:
-Parts of Speech- with definitions and examples
-Types of Sentences- Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory.
-Sentence Form- Simple, Compound, Complex
-Types of Adverbs- Affirmation, Degree, Manner, Place, Time- with descriptions
-Clause, independent clause, dependent clause
-First person, second person and third person pronouns
-Coo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Test Taking Strategies
This document gives eight test-taking strategies for students. It was designed to arm students with the tools necessary to help themselves reduce anxiety, stress, or nerves. These strategies can be used before and during a test. This document includes two versions. One version is completed with the notes, and the other has room for students to take the notes themselves.When I created this worksheet, it was originally designed to help my students prepare for the WKCE (Wisconsin Knowledge and
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K - 8th
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Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions, Doodle Articles, Reading Skills
This resource includes 5 different nonfiction reading passages. Each passage includes 3 versions with varying degrees of difficulty (15 total passages). The multi-level passages make it easy to differentiate instruction. Not only are the passages written about engaging topics that students can connect to, they are also written in an engaging style. The DOODLE-STYLE of the passages makes them unique and engaging. Here’s the coolest part: as students read each article, they’ll have opportunities
Real World Rhetoric #4 Daylight Saving Time Debate, Argument & Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine two essays (one in favor of Daylight Saving Time and one in favor of Standard Time), think about the debate tools used by each writer, and determine which writer is ultimately more effective in swaying the reader. This 10-page download includes:• A full-text copy of two public domain argument essays discussing the debate to end Daylight Saving Time in the U.S.• A paper-saving handout
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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RACER Writing Unit - Practice Pages and Guided Notes
The RACER Strategy teaches students how to respond to open-ended questions. This strategy reminds students to answer questions completely and cite evidence and examples from the text. I’ve seen similar strategies (RACE), but I found this strategy and explanation the most helpful for students: R – Restate the question to create a topic sentenceA – Answer the question completelyC – Cite evidence from the text to support your answer E – elaborate/explain the evidence R – restate the answer to creat
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3rd - 6th
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Dictionary Skills Context Clues STAAR prep TEK 6.2E Lesson 1
Do your students struggle with dictionary standards involving words with multiple meanings? This dictionary-based practice set allows students to practice using context clues and inferencing to decide which definition is being used within a passage. This is oftentimes seen on STAAR / state testing and is a difficult concept for students to master!This resource includes:✔️ 6 Short reading passages featuring 1-2 underlined vocabulary words✔️ 10 mock dictionary excerpts, showing multiple definition
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4th - 7th
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SBAC Secondary ELA MEGA Bundle - Test Prep - Writing - Escape Rooms - Task Cards
Attention, Secondary ELA superstars! Feeling the SBAC (or CAASPP) heat? Don't sweat it—we've got your back with the ultimate test-tackling toolkit! Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to confidence with EIGHT unbeatable resources bundled together to help you and your students conquer the test like a pro!Here's what's included:⭐️ SBAC ELA Performance Task Escape Room Dive into a thrilling adventure that'll have you prepped and pumped to ace the performance task in style! ⭐️ SBAC ELA Computer Adapt
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6th - 11th
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Argument Writing Bell Ringers - Claim, Evidence, Counterargument & Refutation
Students practice argumentative writing with these bell-ringer handouts that require them to consider evidence for claims, brainstorm counterarguments, and provide possible refutation. Each handout starts with an engaging topic for adolescents, including some of the following: cameras for online classesvapingdistracted drivingelectronics in classthe high school dropout ageemployment restrictions for teenscyberbullyingcollege entrance exam requirementspublic displays of affectiontanning bed age
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8th - 12th
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R.A.C.E Constructed Response Writing Template
Use this template to help your students write more in-depth constructed responses. Students will use the R.A.C.E strategy to help them focus on using and explaining textual evidence to support their responses.
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3rd - 8th
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Simple and Compound Sentences Coloring Activity | Grammar Coloring
Add a simple and compound sentences coloring activity to your sentence structure activities. Engage students using these grammar coloring activities to study simple and compound sentences as part of a sentence structure unit. I use this particular simple and compound sentence activity for scaffolding practice before introducing complex sentences. Included in this sentence structure activity:• TWO coloring sheets—one with flowers and one with abstract squares. Sections are numbered. Students wil
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Coloring Activities | Grammar Coloring Sheets
PROMISES TO KEEP: JACKIE ROBINSON COMPREHENSION PACKET: ENGAGE NY MODULE 3:
Here is a 13-page packet of questions WITH ANSWERS INCLUDED to accompany students' reading of Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson. Perfect for New York State ELA module on athletes. Most "chunks" feature 8 multiple-choice comprehension questions that require higher-level analysis of the text via use of inference. The book is "chunked down" into 7 sections as follows:
CHUNK 1: INTRODUCTION (PAGES 6+7)
CHUNK 2: A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD/SIGNS OF HOPE(PAGES 8-17)
CHUNK 3: A DETERMINED PAIR (PAGES 1
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5th - 6th
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EIGHT Rules of Commas: Practice Worksheets and Reference Handouts with Keys
Students unsure about how to use commas? Are they forgetting them, or overusing them? This commas practice includes EIGHT rules for comma usage, and four practice exercises. It will reinforce the right way to use commas and build confidence in your students.Like any other punctuation mark, commas are needed for clarity and expression of ideas. This product will clearly define the most common rules for comma usage in a way that students can understand. The eight rules addressed are:To separate it
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6th - 9th
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Tone Words in Categories - Mood Words in Categories - Tone vs. Mood
Do your students have trouble getting past "positive" and "negative" in describing tone? Do they understand the difference between mood and tone?These two lists, grouped into categories, will help your students find the perfect word to describe what the author or artist is feeling and what the reader or audience is feeling.Contents:Tone Words in Categories (Color)Tone Words in Categories (Grayscale)Mood Words in Categories (Color)Mood Words in Categories (Grayscale)Print and Digital VersionsSugg
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Daily ELA Warm-Ups: 20 This or That Bell Ringers - Digital Version Included
These daily ELA warm-ups are incredibly popular! That’s because they’re not only the perfect way to review critical language arts skills at the start of each class, they’re also so fun for students! They’re all about choice and tapping into multiple learning styles while giving students a chance to showcase their learning as they complete each bell ringer. (Includes PDF and Google-Classroom compatible resources.)Great news! There's a BUNDLE with 6 SETS of the This or That Daily ELA Warm Ups!
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5th - 8th
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Phrase or Clause Coloring Sheets | Phrases and Clauses Coloring Activity
Use these phrase or clause coloring sheets to review the differences between phrases and clauses. Students will identify groups of words as either a phrase or a clause.Identifying a phrase and a clause is necessary before working with sentence structure. That concept is reflected in the standards checked. Included in this phrase and clause activity:→ Two coloring sheets—pictured in the cover and thumbnails. Sections are numbered. Students will color according to the key (provided). → Two sets of
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Coloring Activities | Grammar Coloring Sheets
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