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8th grade ELA test prep Common Core W.5.2 resources
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets BUNDLE of 40 RACE Passages and Writing Prompts
These 40 RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets are the perfect way to reinforce paragraph writing with evidence from the text. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing. Do you have a wide range of readers? This bundle combines four of best-selling prod
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4th - 8th
ELA Performance Task Writing Natural Disasters - Test Prep - Google Slides™
Natural Disaster reading passages and writing prompts include three sources with text dependent constructed response questions, three writing prompts (one for each mode of writing) in a printable and digital Google Slides™ version! Each passage has been written at a 5th-grade reading level, but these can be used for upper elementary third-fifth graders or middle school students as well! MODELED OFF OF SBAC PERFORMANCE TASKS - AMAZING FOR TEST PREP!Included:Three Sources - Natural Disasters- Hurr
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4th - 8th
Sub Plans Middle School ELA Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans 6th grade 7th 8th
Need sub plans for middle school ELA? These 20 no-prep assignments are ready to print and use. They will keep your kids focused and engaged while you're away. All activities have clear instructions and an answer key is provided. Any sub will easily be able to implement them! Mix and match the activities to use for multiple days. This Download Contains: PRINT:Text Structure worksheetsGrammar worksheet: possessive nounsPoetry Analysis activity3 Vocabulary Context Clue assignmentsColor by Number: S
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6th - 8th
ELA Test Prep - Teaching Students How to Respond to Short Answer Questions
In this 5-day Test Prep Unit, students learn specific strategies to promote success on standardized assessments and daily practice. Students will learn test-taking strategies for answering short-response questions. They will learn how to include textual evidence in their responses to short answer questions with instruction, guided practice, and independent activities.During the mini-unit students develop and practice the “READ” strategy to promote thoughtful and thorough responses. Using the
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Also included in: Test Prep BUNDLE! - Short Answer Questions and Motivation!
RACE Strategy Writing Prompts and Passages Bundle Google Slides 4th 5th 6th 7th+
The RACE Strategy is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing. This product is located on Google Slides, and is designed to be 100% digital and paperless. A printable PDF is included in your purchase. Do you have a wide range of readers? This money-saving
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Kristina
Argumentative Paired Text Passages - DIFFERENTIATED BUNDLE: Cell Phones School
Your students will be HIGHLY ENGAGED in this DIGITAL Paired Passage (Paired Text) Set, as they read and write about whether cell phones should be allowed at school. The included passages are on a 4th-9th grade reading level and include evidence-based questions that are highly aligned to the rigor levels of the Common Core Standards. It's Google Classroom READY and perfect for Distance Learning, Traditional School, or a Hybrid set-up.The Product Includes:3 DIFFERENTIATED Sets of 2 Passages (4th-
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5th - 8th
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SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
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4th - 8th
RACES Writing Strategy Posters, Interactive Notebook, Practice Bundle
This bundle contains:1) RACE and RACES Writing Strategy posters that can be used as a complete bulletin board set or individually as needed (comes with letters, header posters, sentence stems, and color-coded fiction and non-fiction examples) 2) easy-to-follow RACE, RACER, & RACES printable templates to practice using text evidence in written responses*NOTE: There are sample answers included in this bundle; however, they are meant only to be used as examples for how to answer correctly. Ther
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3rd - 8th
ELA Performance Task Writing Prompts All About Mars - Test Prep - Google Slides™
All About Mars: The Red Planet reading passages and writing prompts includes three sources with text dependent constructed response questions, three writing prompts (one for each mode of writing) in a printable and digital Google Slides™ version! Each passage has been written at a 5th-grade reading level, but these can be used for upper elementary third-fifth graders or middle school students as well! MODELED OFF OF SBAC PERFORMANCE TASKS - AMAZING FOR TEST PREP!Included:Three Sources - All Abou
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4th - 8th
Brief Writes - 6: Texts - 6 MISSING Paragraphs - BUNDLES I & II
SIX BRIEF WRITES give your students multiple practice opportunities. GOOGLE SLIDES - FORMS - PPT - PDFSBAC PREP6 Nonfiction ESSAYSEach MISSING an INTRODUCTION, a BODY PARAGRAPH, or a CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHPRINT or SHARE ElectronicallyOr use it with another APP like KAMI or EASELBRIEF WRITE TEXTSMissing the INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: "USING ADAPTATIONS TO HUNT" is a factual article about a deep-sea dragonfish. Missing an INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: "ABOUT SEALS" is a factual article about how seals survi
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3rd - 8th
RACES WRITING STRATEGY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER AND MULTI-PARAGRAPH PRACTICE
Easy-to-follow and ready-to-go RACES Writing Strategy Graphic Organizers and Sentence Practice Pages for: -1, 2, 3 and 4 Paragraph Answers -questions requiring 1, 2, and 3 pieces of text evidence per paragraph No matter where your students are in the process of writing single- or multiple-paragraph answers using RACES, this is a HUGE timesaver for teachers! Use these ready-to-go printable templates with any reading comprehension passage that requires text evidence, and these templates do the res
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3rd - 10th
Also included in: RACE/R/S Graphic Organizers and Sentence Practice Bundle
RACES Sentence Starters, Posters, Interactive Notebooks, Deskplates, Flipbooks
Sentence starters are invaluable when teaching the RACES Writing Strategy. Coming in 3 different sizes, these reference tools can be used as posters, to make anchor charts, to add to interactive notebooks, as deskplates, or as portable flipbooks students can keep at their fingertips wherever they go. The 3 sizes give teachers so many options for teaching the parts of a great constructed response answer using text evidence! Note: The last two pages of the resource have 4 different Sentence Starte
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2nd - 10th
ACE and RACE Writing Strategy Posters and Worksheets with Easel Activity
How to use the ACE writing strategy- or RACE. This resource explains how to answer text-based test questions using the ACE strategy for constructed response - Answer, Cite, and Expand, and the RACE strategy which includes R for Restate. Defines a constructed response and explains the difference between a constructed response and a short answer question. Landscape and portrait versions, so these can be projected on your Smartboard as slides or printed out. Includes handouts, posters, and two work
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5th - 8th
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Brief Writes - 4: Texts - 4 MISSING Paragraphs - BUNDLE
4 BRIEF WRITES give your students multiple practice opportunities. GOOGLE SLIDES - FORMS - PPT - PDFSBAC PREP4 Nonfiction ESSAYSEach MISSING an INTRODUCTION, a BODY PARAGRAPH, or a CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHPRINT or SHARE ElectronicallyOr use it with another APP like KAMI or EASELBRIEF WRITE TEXTSNARRATIVE NONFICTION: Missing the INTRODUCTION Paragraph - "SNOW DONUTS" is a true story about a man who found snow in the shape of donuts (it's a real phenomenon). OPINION: Missing the INTRODUCTION Paragraph
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3rd - 8th
Paired Passages & the RACE Strategy Writing Prompts Digital, 8-9th Grade
These 10 paired passages with writing prompts are perfect for students to practice writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling writers. Passages range between reading levels of 8-9th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a range of reading levels.This product is located on Google Slides, and is designed to be 100% digital. A printable PDF is also include
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8th - 9th
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Daily Writing Prompts: Using the RAFT Strategy
This PowerPoint file is 8 weeks worth of writing prompts. It is intended to be used as a review of three types of writing: Persuasive, Informational, and Narrative, and to familiarize the students with deconstructing writing prompts using the RAFT strategy. After writing each day, you can then have the students share and discuss Golden Lines and Ideas from their writing. At any time you could stop and allow students to pick one of their rough drafts into a full paper.
For Writing Journals: Pri
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4th - 8th
ELA Test Prep Reading and Writing Digital and Print Bundle
The Reading Test Prep with Nonfiction Reading and Writing Practice includes 2-high-interest reading comprehension passages and engaging ELA test prep activities. The digital & print reading comprehension passages and questions are great to use any time of year. The reading and writing test prep unit is formatted like state testing, yet can be used for classroom assessment. Includes an essay writing option to simulate the challenging performance tasks on state testing. Click the preview for m
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions - Ancient Egypt Activity King Tut
The King Tut Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions unit is focused on the boy-king of ancient Egypt, King Tut. Easily engage students with high-interest text on the most famous pharaoh of ancient Egypt, while practicing close reading skills and test prep-type reading comprehension questions on King Tut. The fun brochure format has differentiated versions of the King Tut reading passage, and scaffolded pages have been included. Support your students' close reading and annotation skills usin
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5th - 8th
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October Daily Writing Warm Up Bell Ringer Journal Prompt Print or Digital
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 October prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that October 4 is National Cinnamon Bun Day and that October 14 is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Problem/Solution Cause/Effect Text Structures Test Prep Chocolate Lesson 5 6 7 8
Video clips, news articles, teaching slides, etc.---what better way to teach "Text Structure?" The end goal of this product is to have students not only be able to recognize different text structures but also be able WRITE a short essay of their own, mimicking the text structure and including TEXT EVIDENCE.
I teach in a setting where most students despise reading and abhor writing. Using this product in my own classroom year after year, makes the dread of Writer's Block go away because it
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5th - 10th
Brief Writes - 1: Thanksgiving OPINION - Missing the INTRODUCTION
Also called "Write a Brief Text", prepare your students for the SBAC assessment. Most students LEAVE Brief Writes BLANK on the SBAC. They don't know what to do. THIS BUNDLE will show you and your students HOW to - break down the directions and turn them into tasks - understand what is needed to complete the tasks - write in the style implied. This is the California Version of the SBAC for people living in California. Show your students how to CRITICALLY analyze a text to determine what is MISS
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3rd - 9th
Also included in: Brief Writes - 4: Texts - 4 MISSING Paragraphs - BUNDLE
TITANIC Reading Writing STEM Activity Hands On Test Prep
This packet includes 2 rigorous reading passage and questions, 3 writing prompts (1 opinion, 1 informative, 1 narrative) in multiple formats, a hands-on STEM activity, and optional video links to build background knowledge and get information from multiple sources (CCSS skill!) all about the Titanic. Revising checklists, editing checklists, and color-coding charts for each writing type are also included. These passages and prompts allow your students to learn about the Titanic, think through wha
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4th - 8th
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BIOGRAPHY: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: EDITABLE FLIPBOOK: QR CODES
THIS PRODUCT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE:OPINION/NARRATIVE/INFORMATIONAL MEGA WRITING BUNDLE************************************************************************BIOGRAPHY: NONFICTION NARRATIVE WRITING: BIOGRAPHY INTERACTIVE ORGANIZER: ⭐Separate file with British English spellings included.How often have we been inspired by reading about other people’s lives, the major events that contributed to who they became in society and the impact they had on those around them? well, perhaps far too many
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4th - 8th
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RACE Writing Strategy Full Week of Lesson Plan (5 Days) - Beginning of year
The RACE Strategy is an easy way to teach students to create constructed or writing responses. Perfect for test prep or for using all year long. This full week (5 day) lesson plan will walk you and your students through the entire process. Just print and go, everything is done for you!Included:5 day editable lesson planGoogle slides for all 5 daysStudent copiesActivities for each day including reading passages, organizers, and task cardsPostersSticky note rubric templateBlank organizer to use wi
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3rd - 8th
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