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8th grade reading strategies resources for Easel Assessments and for early intervention
Making Inferences Worksheets for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Making inferences in middle school can be such a challenging skill to teach and practice! These short, student-friendly inference reading passages offer a mix of narrative and informational text examples for your middle school students to hone their skill with questions guiding them to use details in the text to make inferences and find text evidence. (They'll also practice the related skills of prediction and characterization!)(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
The Old Mallory Place: Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit
Suspense is a great way to engage your students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills! That is why I wrote The Old Mallory Place, a high interest tale of a mysterious past that haunts the present. The cliffhanger ending gives your students an opportunity to write their own ending- they get to tell what they think happened!This resource is the perfect combination of fact and fiction. The 39 page resource contains a complete short story, 2 informational text passages, and numer
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
Math Intervention Program SPED & RTI progress monitoring Elem, Middle, High
Traveling Mathematics is a math intervention program that identifies and targets 120+ skills from 1st grade to middle of 6th grade. This math intervention binder includes progress monitoring, data tracking charts, teaching models, and practice pages to close gaps with special education, RTI (Tier 2 and 3), MTSS, and math classrooms. You will benefit from being able to QUICKLY identify skills to target and record all data in a snapshot. All data is logged on an (editable) excel spreadsheet per gr
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2nd - 10th
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Context Clues Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary words in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice with short context clues reading passages. These activities help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. This digital resource includes strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each bellringer slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the un
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Theme Essay
Are students rolling their eyes when you give out copies of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? They may not care about Victorian literature, but students will get excited when you talk about leading a double life and the questionable dishonesty of keeping secrets. Ten opinion statements make text-to-self connections with the novel for students before, during, and after reading.Grab this guide, print, and go! No paper? No problem! Assign in Google Forms and have results tallied instantl
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Jekyll and Hyde - Bookend Bundle - Anticipation Guide & Visual Project
Direct & Indirect Characterization Guided Notes, Task Cards, Test
Introduce, teach, & assess direct & indirect characterization with these standards-aligned activities. Start with guided-notes to introduce the topic. Then assess students with 10 short passages for students to determine the correct type of characterization. This resource comes in printable & digital format. Zero Prep unless you use printable version. In this case, all you need to do is print and go!What Students Will Learn:Using the STEAL acronym, students will be able to identify t
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5th - 8th
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Figurative Language Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Figurative Language. Thirty ways to practice idioms, similes, personification, hyperboles, and metaphors. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build vocabulary and apply figurative language to their own writing. This digital resource has slides explaining the types of figurative language. Each bellringer practice slide has an activity and an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. These can also be printed out on
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Paraphrase and Summarize Practice Activities | Avoiding Plagiarism | Digital
Your upper middle and high school students will learn a practical strategy and practice paraphrasing and summarizing. Students will learn to recognize plagiarism and practice an effective strategy for synthesizing information. No more Synonym Word Salads! This easy-to-use Digital Interactive Notebook is both a teaching tool and a convenient reference tool for you and your students.This Product includes an Editable Easel Assessment that your students can use for practice and review, or you can us
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Research Paper Bundle: Note Cards, Outlines, MLA 9th Edition | Digital
FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio
Grab these Summarizing and Paraphrasing Posters and Reminder Cards for free!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Reference PostersSummaryParaphrasing2 Reference Cards (prints 4 to a page)SummaryParaphrasingGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Paraphrasing and summarizing are both difficult skills to learn. To make matters worse, students often get them mixed up. That is why I created the PARA and SUM acronyms. Not only do they help
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3rd - 8th
Figurative Language - Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Irony - Slide Shows & Worksheets
Teaching how to identify different types of figurative language and incorporate them as literary devices in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of figurative language. The students will be introduced to how figurative language works in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for
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6th - 8th
Romeo & Juliet Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Post-Reading Essay
Engage your students with this low-prep anticipation guide to introduce Romeo and Juliet! This guide includes a printable anticipation guide, an editable copy, and a Google Forms™ document to administer it electronically. Quick and easy setup plus clear teacher directions make this activity a great way to introduce the work and lead an interactive discussion to interest students in reading the play!One of the greatest challenges of teaching a classic work like Romeo and Juliet is getting student
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo and Juliet - Bookend Bundle - Anticipation Guide & Visual Project
How To Analyze An Argument Foldable Style Notes for Middle School - Scaffolded
Make the difficult concept of analyzing and evaluating argumentative text easier for you and your Middle School students with these interactive guided notes! There are 4 versions with different levels of scaffolding but all with the same content so that all students can get what they need. Save tons of time with this easy-to-use, differentiated resource!Objective:Students will learn how to analyze an argument with this 3 step process that they can use with any argumentative text. This lesson
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6th - 8th
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Hyperbole - Practice, Activities - Figurative Language - Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify hyperboles and incorporate them as literary devices in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of hyperboles in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how hyperboles work in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as in
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6th - 8th
Beowulf Anticipation Guide - Pre-Reading Discussion & Post-Reading Essay
Do you wonder how to get kids excited about reading Beowulf, a text that seems as old as time? Students may hesitate to read the Anglo-Saxon epic, but they get excited when you talk about protecting your personal property and walking away from a fight. Ten opinion statements make text-to-self connections with the novel for students before, during, and after reading. Grab this guide, print, and go! No paper? No problem! Assign in Google Forms and have results tallied instantly. In addition to the
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8th - 12th
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Idioms - Practice, Activities - Figurative Language - Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify idioms and incorporate them as literary devices in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of idioms in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how idioms work in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent st
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6th - 8th
Bell Ringers Middle School ELA Conventions with Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts Conventions. ELA Test Prep. Thirty ways to practice spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Quick 5 - 7 minutes of practice that will help students build writing skill using conventions. Some of the words on the spelling slides are deliberately spelled incorrectly for students to distinguish between correct and incorrect spelling. Includes slides with information on what conventions are and why they are important. Each bellringer slide has
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Personification Practice Activities - Figurative Language Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify personification and incorporate it as a literary device in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of personification in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how personification works in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance
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6th - 8th
Word Choice Practice, Activities - Figurative Language - Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify strong word choice and incorporate it as q literary devices in writing has never easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of strong word choice in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how word choice works in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance l
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6th - 8th
Irony - Practice, Activities - Figurative Language - Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify irony (verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony) and incorporate it as literary devices in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of irony in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how irony works in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class o
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6th - 8th
Collection of Suspenseful Short Stories with Printables and Task Cards
This collection of fiction mysteries contains 3 reading comprehension passages. Students are taught to identify examples of foreshadowing, flashback, and suspense- 3 very important literary elements. These elements also play a key role in improving comprehension. By learning to identify them, students are then able to understand and use them to make inferences. All reading standards are not taught in isolation. They are taught naturally using an engaging mystery!What your students will discover:
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6th - 8th
Understanding Creation - Titan Gods in Mythology Curriculum Series: Middle & HS
Engage Secondary English Language Arts students with the story of the Titans, the second-generation gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology. Learn Titan's backstory, where they came from, and their relationship to the Giants, and the Olympians. There is a clash of the Titans, that's for sure. Hesiod called it the Titanomachy. Use this fully packed three-day lesson plan, designed especially for students aged 13-17 years old. This resource is optimized for distance learning. The educational digital
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8th - 10th
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Metaphors - Practice, Activities - Figurative Language - Slide Show, Worksheets
Teaching how to identify metaphors and incorporate them as literary devices in writing has never been easier! This lesson focuses on comprehension and identification activities of metaphors in figurative language. The students will be introduced to how metaphors work in writing to add voice, word choice, and structure. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as indep
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6th - 8th
Helios (Sol): Mythology Series for Middle & High School ELA Students Grade 7-12
Engage Secondary English Language Arts students with Helios (or Sol in Roman mythology) — the Titan god of the sun. He is the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and the brother of Selene (the moon) and Eos (the dawn). Helios is depicted as a handsome young man with a radiant face and golden hair. He drives a chariot across the sky every day, bringing light to the world. Use this Digital Download for a Two-day English Language Arts LessonUse my tested-in-the-classroom resources with your stude
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7th - 12th
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Charles by Shirley Jackson PowerPoint and Vocabulary Quiz with Easel Assessment
Charles by Shirley Jackson PowerPoint includes background information, vocabulary, and writing prompts to add to your unit on the short story "Charles." Has an interactive vocabulary quiz at the end and a printable version. Students learn about the author, the history of kindergarten, and the use of corporal punishment in schools. Choose from several journal writing prompts for before and after reading. Includes critical skills of making inferences and text-to-self connections, reading between t
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Charles by Shirley Jackson Bundle - Back to School Short Story Unit
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