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High school ELA test prep worksheets for Microsoft Word
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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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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Compare and Contrast Essay Graphic Organizers
There are five graphic organizers in this pack for compare and contrast essays. Two for the Block Method, two for the Point by Point Method and one Venn diagram. You can use these organizers for any compare/contrast essay assignment. They are perfect for the prewriting activity. This product also includes a grading rubric for a compare and contrast essay, which is the free preview file!
If you like this product, check out my PowerPoint on writing a compare and contrast essay.
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Three Types of Irony - Worksheet
Worksheet on Verbal, Dramatic and Situational Irony
Includes:
* Brief revision of the three types of irony
* 13 questions - identifying the irony in Literature
* Suggested answers for all 13 questions
Great for assessing students' understanding
Great for reviewing and reteaching
Modifiable
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Deconstruct Writing Prompt Practice for Standardized Test Review
Perfect for review before the writing portion of state tests such as STAAR, TCAP, TNREADY, & PARCC. One of the biggest struggles for my middle school students was in deconstructing the writing prompt; they didn't know how to address the prompt or figure out which type of essay it was asking them to write. Therefore, I created this quick review worksheet to help them practice the skills needed for deconstructing writing prompt. This worksheet has a quick notes section, and 6 sample prompts to
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6th - 9th
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule - Novel Study Packet
I created this 14 page novel study packet to deepen my students' experience with this masterfully written historical fiction novel about the Reconstruction time period. It has been very effective with my students and I have refined it after teaching the novel several times. It is an excellent springboard to integrate your instruction of ELA skills/standards with Social Studies. At the end of our study, my students turn it in for a test grade.
Social Studies topics covered:
Reconstruction, Sla
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4th - 12th
Literary Elements Activity (w/ Homework) -- Protagonist, Antagonist, & Setting
Practice literary elements with pop culture references. This activity and homework practices identifying protagonists, antagonists, and settings. Worksheet starts with an introduction activity for students to define each literary element first.Great thing about this homework activity is that students only have to do is what they do every night. Watch tv! But wait.. this time, they have to think about "school stuff" while they watch.
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Worksheet: Personification Practice
This activity has two parts: students first underline personification in given sentences, and then they create their own examples. This is a good lesson for test review or during a unit on figurative language.
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5th - 12th
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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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Argumentative Persuasive Template Essay Examples Organize Test Prep 6 7 8 9 10
"What is a claim? What is a counterargument? How do I organize an argumentative or persuasive essay? How do I even start?" Students struggle with how to write a convincing argumentative or persuasive essay. Teach them how to organize it using all of the elements and classic structure. Give them a template to start!
This particular type of writing is typically on state tests, and can go very badly for students if not taught correctly. Students easily slip into just writing their opinions;
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Nonfiction Reading Strategy Practice Worksheet for Low Level High School Readers
Teachers can use this worksheet to help students map out:
* 5Ws and How
* Intended Audience
* Author's Purpose
* Author's Tone
* Context Clues
* Supporting Details
* Summarizing Text
* Main Idea (using a formula plugging in the information gathered).
The 1st page of the attachment shows the "Nonfiction Progression" used to guide instruction in analyzing nonfiction for lower level high school readers. The following worksheet will work with any nonfiction text the teacher or student choo
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6th - 10th
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ELA SENTENCE STRUCTURE Simple, Complex, & Compound Sentences Worksheet #2 w/ Ans
This product includes an 8-question practice activity that requires students to combine two simple sentences into complex sentences (4 times) and into compound sentences (4 times).
I am in the process of creating more 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 activitie
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3rd - 9th
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STAAR 9th Grade Summer school TEK Success Review
These are readiness standards tested on the STAAR exam. Perfect for teachers who use data to track student gaps in learning and target those areas with differentiated review. Included is also the essay elaboration tool and answer key.
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9th
The Necklace Quiz
A 14 question multiple choice quiz. Questions include internal conflict, plot structure, and proving claims with evidence from the text. Answers are included.
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7th - 12th
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STAAR EOC Practice - "The Gift of the Magi"
This is an End of Course Reading activity which uses O Henry's, "The Gift of the Magi." It contains 15 questions that focus on STAAR type questioning: mood, point of view, author's craft, literary devices, summarization, conflict, dictionary usage, inferencing, irony, theme, as well as forshadowing. I have also included the answer key.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Compare and Contrast Essays Using Text Evidence
This product contains 3 levels of compare and contrast essay "fill-ins". For may students the hardest part of writing an essay is setting it up. This fill in outline allows students to focus completely on comparing and contrasting as well as citing evidence rather than essay set-up. Great to use for struggling writers or students who can tell you what they mean but never remember to cite textual evidence.
Level 1- Students are asked to make 1 point of similarity and 1 difference. All with textu
Grades:
4th - 12th
ELA CLAUSES Dependent & Independent WORKSHEET #1 with Answers
This product includes a 20-question practice activity for identifying dependent and independent clauses, including an answer key.
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 assessment separately in my listings ($1.50 each) to go with it.
OR...
3) You can purchase all of my activities and my assessment bundled in my listings ($5.00).
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3rd - 9th
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Clear, Vivid, & Precise Language Mini Lesson
This 2-page mini lesson consists of two worksheets: Using Vivid Language and Using Clear & Precise Language. Each worksheet includes introduction and exit activity, explanation, examples, and practice activities. Both worksheets uses research-based strategies.
This is a great packet to help students write using vivid language and to write with clarity and precision. Each worksheet discusses the difference and the setting for each type of writing.
GREAT resource for a writing unit.
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7th - 12th
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"Speed-dating" for AP Language Synthesis Essays
This "speed dating" activity is designed to help students simply unpack and plan a synthesis essay from Part II of the AP English Language and Composition exam. This "speed-dating" activity can be done in class or for homework but is intended to be a "short and sweet" version of the essay. The bulk of the students' time should be spent reading and analyzing the evidence, and the second but no less important task should be crafting a cogent thesis and determining the most salient evidence to be u
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10th - 12th
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Writing and Journalism Worksheets
Concise writing is a key skill that cuts across nearly all disciplines. And that's not just the former newspaper editor in me, or the journalism club moderator speaking. It's the mindset of a U.S. and world history teacher who constantly sees writing issues with research papers.
The attached seven worksheets are great tools to teach writing and critical thinking about writing which I use in journalism classes and journalism clubs. But I also use a couple of them in some of my history classes b
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Making Inferences Review: Multiple Choice Questions (Death by Scrabble)
Text: Death By ScrabbleMultiple choice questions for making inferences (8.10F19D)Demonstration of Learning with 6 questions for the text aligned with guided practice questionsComes with a DO NOW & Guided practice (any video with a PLOT can be used)Bonus activity included after DOLGreat for test prepAligned to Texas standardsSTAAR question alignedKEY Included for multiple-choice questions at the end of document
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5th - 12th
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AICE English General Paper: PAPER 1 Notes and Sample Classic Essay Analysis
This printable document includes a note section as teachers first introduce the AICE English General Paper 1 exam and a classic argumentative essay. This format includes giving the opposition and refutation its own paragraph. After taking notes, the worksheet outlines the format for this essay. Finally, a high-scoring, sample AICE English General Paper essay written in the classic format is included with analysis questions. This is a structured way to introduce what the Paper 1 Exam, and bas
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9th - 12th
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Florida Grades 9/10 F.A.S.T. Test Practice Questions - Sisyphus Myth and Poem
9 questions (1 with parts A and B for a total of 10 questions) about the myth of Sisyphus and the poem Sisyphus and the Ants by Jennifer S. Flescher using language seen on the Florida F.A.S.T. assessment and aligned with the Florida B.E.S.T. standards and Florida F.A.S.T. assessment blueprint. Great practice for students before taking any standardized test.
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9th - 12th
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge in Two Days
A few simple steps to teaching the classic short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce in 2-3 days. Your students will remember this one as long as you follow the rules listed in the document. After teaching the story for a decade, I know what it takes to get the most out of the tale.
The download includes a 10-question ACT-ish 20-23 skills band quiz. It was adopted from a non-skills band quiz, so not every question is ACT practice, but it's still better than what the boo
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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