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Middle school ELA test prep study guides for Microsoft PowerPoint
Inference using Play Dough
Teaching students how to make an inference is a difficult concept. This lesson will engage your students while they learn how to apply their inference skills. After reading a passage, students will create the word/item using play-dough. They will use their inference skills to infer what the author wants them to create. Each passage includes a music timer to keep students on task as they create the object. I teach middle school, and my students were thrilled when they saw the play-dough. You can
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4th - 12th
You Can Beat the Test! Test Taking Skills
This multi-grade Comprehensive Test Prep Review Test Taking Skills Power Point Presentation includes a myriad of strategies for success on THE TEST! Prepare your students with the tools they need to be successful on THE TEST by viewing and discussing this slide show daily, so that students gain automaticity with the invaluable strategies included.
Grades:
1st - 12th
5 Types of Phrases: Gerund, Infinitive, Participial, Preposition, Appositive
Grammar terms like participle, infinitive, and gerund can be difficult for students. Ease their anxiety with this handy guide that outlines five types of phrases (prepositional, appositive, participial, gerund, and infinitive), with details on how to identify the different phrases and their functions in a sentence.
The same chart is then used to outline examples of each type of phrase. In "Fun ACT Prep" fashion, the examples reference popular musicians to grab students' attention.
To reinfor
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8th - 11th
ELA Test Prep Terms: Definitions & Examples ZIP File of PPT and PDF
Great Power Point Resource for English Language Arts Terms for State Test Practice!
ZIP File: PPT File and PDF Version of PPT File
Terms focus on major grammar and writing terminology.
This power point contains 50 slides of 25 ELA definitions (most of them with example sentence) and terms are on slides following definition/sentence. PDF File contains the SAME number of information
Slide 3 contains a list of each term that is in the power point.
This tool is very useful for remediation of la
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Sentence Structure and Type Review Game
A Powerpoint presentation to review things like subject and predicate, types of sentences, and fragments and run-ons.
I use this before giving a test on these items.
Some questions are short answer and some are multiple choice. Once you choose an answer it will point arrows at the correct choice. Hopefully your students got it right!
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4th - 9th
The Thesis Statement / What is it? How to Write it? A Practical Guide
The Thesis statement is the central, controlling idea of a paper.It is a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove.It commits a writer to:– stay within the bounds of his main idea.– support it with either concrete evidence or sound logic.– follow a predicated order and emphasis in organizing his essay.This writing presentation explains to the students what the thesis statement is and how to write a clear and strong thesis statement.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing The Thesis Statement / An Interactive Presentation to Teach Writing
This presentation teaches the students the skill of writing a clear thesis statement.The Thesis Statement is the guide or the road map of the essay, as it tells the reader where the essay is going and what are the ideas or topics that will be discussed in the body paragraphs. This presentation teaches the students the basics of a good thesis statement and how it functions in the essay. This presentation also includes a quiz that tests the students understanding of what the thesis is through aski
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Complete Sentences, Fragments and Run-on Sentences / An Interactive Presentation
This resource is an active presentation for young learners to teach them complete sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences. Through a number of animations that add fun to the lesson, and an interactive quiz that tests the student's understanding of these grammatical concepts, and this quiz gives the students an instant feedback about their answers.
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1st - 6th
1984/ by George Orwell / A Background and Study Guide
This presentation is a complete guide to the study of the novel 1984 by George Orwell, It includes background information about the author George Orwell, and background information about the totalitarian political systems like the communism and Nazism, then it gives some psychoanalysis of the novel. Then it has a discussion of what is the nature of this novel, and how it can be classified as a satire, as a fable, as a children's story , as a fairytale or as an allegory.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ELPAC Speaking: Speech Functions
Engage your students and help them PREP for their upcoming ELPAC exam! This PowerPoint can be used with a whole class or on an individual level. Optional PDF included.
What's Included:
-14 slide PowerPoint with 5 practice questions
-Alternate 2-page PDF
-SAY prompts for teachers/possible student responses
-ELPAC rubric
-Modeled after ELPAC Test Released questions
Speech Functions focusing on: Asking for Information, Inviting, Apologizing, and Suggesting.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Lessons BUNDLE — PPT, Worksheets & Quizzes
There is nothing more powerful than using Latin and Greek prefixes and affixes to build a student's vocabulary. This Latin and Greek vocabulary lessons bundle teaches students how to analyze and comprehend unfamiliar words by first examining words' building blocks.Each of the 14 vocabulary lessons included in this bundle feature 2-4 Latin or Greek word roots and 13-15 modern vocabulary words that build on those roots. The impact is that students will learn to analyze complex and unfamiliar words
Grades:
7th - 10th
Complete Sentences & Sentence Fragments / A Grammar Lesson with Exercises
This presentation is a grammar lesson for elementary students, and it guides them to recognize complete sentences and faulty fragments. This presentation also offers students the opportunity to practice the rules that they have learned through an exercise about sentences and sentence fragments.
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4th - 6th
Combining Sentences & The Problems that crop up when combining sentences
This resource is a grammar presentation that discusses one of the main problems that faces the teachers with their students when they are writing and learning the basics of writing correct sentences which is how to combine sentences and write compound and complex sentences that are free from all the problems of writing. This presentation discusses the following problems: FragmentsRun-onsAdjectivesAdverbsSeries in a sentencePrepositional phrasess/v agreementAppositivesCompound sentencesComplex se
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Author’s Purpose and Position
What are our learning goals?• To understand and identify the different purposes of texts.• To review the distinction between non-fiction and fiction.• To understand how the author’s position affects the text.
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing Effective Paragraphs / Creating Topic Sentences and Supporting Details
This resource is a guide for basic reading skills. It teaches the learners the basic components of a well-organized paragraph, how the topic sentences are composed and how they are supported by the supporting details, what makes a good paragraph.It includes some exercises on creating an effective paragraph and including all the details that consolidate a paragraph. This presentation is very useful for beginning writers and supporting the students who struggle with the tasks of writing, and it wi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Which Word Does Not Belong? Verbal Skills PowerPoint
I created this PowerPoint for my 8th graders as we prepared for our High School Placement Test (HSPT) but it works wonders with any set of learners! These exercises ask students to think critically about word relationships as they determine which word does not belong with the others.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: HSPT Prep Mega Bundle
Writing Argumentative , Persuasive Essay / A Guide for Students ( Sample Essay)
This resource is a writing guide for students that teaches them the basics of writing an argumentative/persuasive essay. This resource guides the students to the basics of writing an essay with special emphasis on the steps of writing an argumentative/ persuasive essay. The titles in this presentation include the following:Suggestions of Possible Topics for the argumentative/ persuasive essay The Research Thesis Statement Supporting the thesis statement Counter-Argument Answering Counter-Argumen
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Canned Lesson / Persuasive Writing / A Step-by Step Practical Writing Lesson
This presentation is an interesting guide to teach the students the steps of writing a persuasive essay, it teaches the students all the steps from brainstorming to using a graphic organizer and then developing these ideas into a well- written, well- organized persuasive essay. This lesson can be used with learners in all phases and all levels with some modifications that the teacher may include in the plan of the lesson and the contents to make it suitable for his/ her students.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Language Sparks: Complete Bundle of Resources! HUGE $$$ SAVER!
Do you need a little SPARK to your language lessons? Problem solved! This Complete Bundle of Language Sparks Resources will give your students extra support to solidify their understanding of the concept. These easy to use resources include NO PREP PowerPoint reviews, condensed student notes with Fast Facts already entered (a huge time saver), and bonus worksheets. For more detailed information, take a look at the individually posted resource previews.What's Included?1. Eleven Instructional Po
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3rd - 12th
An Introduction to Macbeth
This resource is a presentation that introduces "The Tragedy of Macbeth" to the students, and it helps them grasp the basic elements that are needed to understand and analyze the play and all its aspects, devices and characters. The Titles in this presentation include:Introductory Questions (warm-up)Macbeth SummaryMacbeth Historical BackgroundMacbeth: a tribute to King James IMacbeth: an appeal to Elizabethan people’s interestsMacbeth : The Plot OverviewMacbeth: The Characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Family Feud Writing Test Prep Game
Review Writing Test Prep Skills with this fun family feud game!
Please enjoy and leave feedback =)
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3rd - 8th
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7th Grade Language Arts Jeopardy Review
Includes review over:
Context Clues
Subject/Verb Agreement
Punctuation
Prefixes and Suffixes
Parts of Speech
Editable file so you can change problems/answers to make your own review! My kiddos loved it.
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5th - 8th
The Heart of Literature / Literary Terms Defined in A New Way
This resource is a presentation that defines the basic literary terms in anew an innovative way. Through pictures and examples taken from major short stories, this resource makes the literary terms accessible to all the students ( middle and High School students).This resource can be used as a reference guide for revision and for study for all grade levels, and it can save the teachers and the students a lot of valuable time looking for examples to understand the basic literary terms like (setti
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Essay Writing: Hamburger Helper Style
This resource introduces the basics of essay writing to students through the use of the hamburger example to illustrate and explain the basic components of the essay to the students. The titles in this presentation include:IntroductionsThesis Statement Unacceptable Introduction Paragraph Great Introduction paragraphTransitions Body Paragraph Format of the Body ParagraphStrong Body Paragraph Conclusion Paragraph Sample Conclusion Paragraph The Illustration of the Hamburger Model of an Essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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