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Middle 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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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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Flowers for Algernon Standards-Based Test & Key
Flowers for Algernon Standards-Based Test & Key. *PLEASE NOTE: this test is based on short story, not novel & is a CST Style , multiple choice test. 29 Question CST standards-based test & answer key created for 8th grade, but can be adapted for other levels. Please note this is the same test included in the Flowers for Algernon Study Guide, Questions, and Test Product included on my storefront. Multiple choice style test that can be adapted by adding essay questions, and short answe
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6th - 8th
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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
6th and 7th Grade Cause and Effect Review/Practice
5 passages at 6th and 7th grade reading level with 5 cause and effect questions each. Answer Key included. Can be used to progress monitor the skill, as well as test prep. Please leave feedback, and enjoy! :)
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6th - 7th
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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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Should Schools Ban Soda? - Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheet
Should schools ban soda? This is an argumentative essay prompt, three articles, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about sugary drinks and whether or not schools should ban soda. This comes complete with rubric. Google Drive Version can be found hereLooking for more argumentative prompts with articles? Cell phones in School: Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheetFacebook: Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheetDid Shakespeare write his own stuff?:A
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5th - 8th
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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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6th - 12th
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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Grades:
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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Practicing Restating the Question in Answers
In my classroom, we use R.A.C.E. to answer questions - R = Restate the question, A = Answer the question, C = Cite the evidence from the text, E = Explain or Elaborate. (G can be substituted for C to spell RAGE, where G = Give an example from the text. Maybe more appropriate for younger grades.)
This worksheet will help students practice the first two letters or RACE - Restating and Answering. For some this is an easy, quick review. For others who are struggling to understand what RACE means,
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4th - 8th
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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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Chasing Lincoln's Killer Informational Text Article of the Week
Based on Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week concept, my reading articles are typically non-fiction and modeled on Vale Middle School's format. The articles have been chosen by me and all questions have been developed by me. If you would like to see what Vale Middle School does, check out http://vms.vale.k12.or.us/articles-week
This informational text was used in my classroom as an Article of the Week to go with the class reading of Chasing Lincoln's Killer. It is developed from the artic
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6th - 8th
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Informative Essay - Step by step writing directions
Writing prompt, articles, outline directions, and essay - aligns with Florida Literacy Test and upcoming FSA writing style.
Students read three sources and use them to write on the proposed prompt in a simulated research informative essay. The articles are very simplified, so this is a great scaffold/starting piece, to use with grades 5-8.
After trying all the practice prompts in the book, I had to create my own method to help students create an effective outline before writing.
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5th - 8th
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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.
Grades:
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
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