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Middle school ELA test prep thematic unit plans for GATE
Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.)
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Rhetorical Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, Logos Multiple Choice (EDITABLE) TEST
INCLUDES REAL VINTAGE ADVERTISEMENTS! Ready to PRINT and USE. This multiple choice exam on ethos, pathos, and logos - tests learners on definitions and knowledge. THEN includes more advanced and rigorous questions where students read famous quotes, look at advertisements, and identify the correct appeal. Full Unit:*****This product is also included our COMPREHENSIVE Persuation and Rhetorical Appeals UNIT BUNDLE above - along with a classroom presentation, videos, writing assignments, practice t
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle | Middle & High School | Printable & Digital
Are your students writing their first 5-paragraph essay? Or maybe your class is full of struggling writers? Guide your students through their essays with this highly scaffolded 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle!This 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle includes everything you need to teach students how to write a 5-paragraph essay--from essay structure to writing theses to creating a Works Cited page. With lots of built-in review, short lessons, and step-by-step outlines included, your secondary
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8th - 11th
Scary Story Collection for Middle School: Escape Room, Task Cards, Printables
This spooky collection of fiction reading comprehension passages combines several standards so that students have an opportunity to practice their skills without isolating each standard. Each fictional story has descriptive characters and settings, drawing your students into the mystery. This unit will reinforce skills that you have taught. Students will use their skills to solve the mysteries (demonstrating comprehension of the text). What your students will discover: Was Dracula real or just a
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6th - 8th
PARCC Test Prep Literary Analysis Task Mermaids
This is a simulation of the Literary Analysis Section of the PARCC Test. Included are two passages, with a total of 7 (14 total) A/B type questions requiring evidence to support your answer.
2 Writing Prompts similar to practice test published by PARCC is included along with Rubrics for grades 4-6, published and available online from PARCC.
Writing Prompt 1- Address a common theme
Writing Prompt 2- Address/retell from different point of view
This is designed to be used to show students th
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3rd - 7th
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Robert Frost Poems
Thanks for checking out my Robert Frost Author Study and Poem Analysis Packet. So many students (and teachers) shy away from poetry, because they don’t know what to do with it. Well, this packet is designed to help teachers teach and students understand. You will find a short bio on Robert Frost. Knowing the story behind the poet’s life will help students understand the purpose and tone. Also included are 6 poems written by Robert Frost. These poems are intended for 5th – 8th graders – the
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Famous Poets Analysis Bundle: Frost, Dickinson, Sandburg, & Stevenson
Creative Writing Create a Comic Book Hero Activities 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Telling students they're going to do "creative writing" can result in panic. Not with this fun lesson that has great graphics, fabulous graphic organizers, and an engaging partner activity.This lesson is made up of three activities that culminate in the students' creating a comic book. Students will work together to learn a variety of character traits to use to create a comic book hero. Then they will imagine how this champion could save the world. Finally, students will use illustrations and sp
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4th - 8th
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Theme and Central Message in Literature (Mentor Texts)
This resource meets the Common Core Literacy Standards for Theme and Central Message.Grade 1 RL 1.2 Retell stories and tell about their central messageGrade 2 RL 2.2 Recount stories and determine their central messageGrade 3-RL 3.9 Compare and contrast themes of storiesGrade 4-RL 4.2 Determine the theme of a storyGrade 5-RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story using details from the textGrade 6-RL 6.2 Determine a theme in the text and how it is conveyed through particular detailsPicture books (mento
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1st - 6th
Number the Stars: Chapter 1-3 Comprehension Quiz
Quiz/ test for Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. This activity is written in an A-B format, where students are required to support their answers with direct quotes from the novel. This ensures that students are refer back to the text to confirm their answers.
It includes multiple choice questions along with a short-response prompt. This document can be edited to adjust to the needs of your students. Additionally, these questions serve as higher-order thinking questions.
Example- How has the war
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3rd - 6th
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Literary Elements Cumulative Test for Google Drive™ Middle or High School
This 46-question multiple choice literary elements test for Google Drive™ is a comprehensive assessment that you can use for ease of grading at the beginning or end of a unit on reading literature! It works well as a diagnostic test before starting a major unit in which you will teach these elements. You could give it again at the end to see how much students improved!This test will work with a range of grade levels, mostly 7-12, depending on the elements you teach. The following sections appear
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7th - 9th
Test by Theodore L. Thomas Author's Purpose Questions and Activites
This product contains questions which explore the literary elements used in the story and ask students to determine for what purpose they were used. The higher-level thinking questions help students to determine the message/theme of the story. It also includes a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and a short contructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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Off-Limits Places - High School Reading Comprehension + Analyzing Text Features
Cool places you can’t actually visit? Tell me more! This travel blog article is perfect for high school reading comprehension and practicing analyzing text features. Students will be HOOKED and you’ll get awesome writing samples you actually want to read.Your high school reading comprehension resource includes:✅ “Cool Places You Can’t Actually Visit” travel blog article✅ Analyzing Text Features practice or test-prep✅ Travel Blog Project materialsAfter reading the nonfiction passage, students ans
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7th - 10th
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Greek and Latin Roots Game
Games are one of the BEST ways to solidify learning, and this game will truly have your students' gears turning! In this pair stare game, students need to find the ONE Greek or Latin ROOT match between any two cards!See how it works!Look at the third thumbnail above. Can YOU find the *one* root that appears on both playing cards? When you think you have the answer, click the Preview above to see if you were right! BONUS points if you know what the root means! =)Root words are useful for strength
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4th - 12th
Gifted and Talented Escape Room | Color by Code | Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Get your GIFTED and TALENTED students engaged with this awesome BUNDLE of easy-prep reading comprehension activities.Featuring escape rooms, color-by-code activities, close readings, and more! Perfect for gifted and talented learners seeking to learn more about social-emotional learning. Save 30% off each individual resource when you purchase the bundle today!Close Reading ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGES include:Informational Text- 2 Pages in Each ResourceBreakout Task 1- Plot an Escape: Vocabulary Word
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4th - 8th
Types of Characters (and Characterization) Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall posters
* Variety of colorful backgrounds, images, and fonts
Tems included:
Antagonist
Archetype
Central Character
Characterization
Direct Characterization
Dynamic Character
Indirect Characterization
Minor Characters
Motive
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Quiz & SCR
This product includes a ten question multiple choice quiz and two short constructed response questions based on Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery."
Multiple choice questions focus on parts of a story, foreshadowing, theme, and story events. There are two short-constructed response questions. One is for honors/GATE students, the other is for all students. The SCR's are perfect as SBAC test prep!
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8th - 10th
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Common Core Unit Readers Response Journal for Mush! Dogs of the Iditarod
Are you looking to jump in to the Common Core ELA standards? Look no further! This is a common core reader's response journal that is a companion to the book, Mush! Dogs of the Iditarod by Joe Funk. This unit is packed full of all the ELA Informational Text indicators. Simply order the book through Scholastic and print the first 26 pages front to back. The second 26 pages are identical except they have all the answers in red. Also, the second page of the answer key pages (technically pg.
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4th - 6th
Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish Author's Purpose and Short Answer Questions
This product contains questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level rather than content based questions. It also includes a short constructed response question requiring text evidence. Answers are provided for both activities.
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8th - 11th
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King Arthur: Finding Evidence in Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages
Learning to read informational text and find supporting evidence can be difficult. These nonfiction passages help students learn how to read nonfiction and find evidence that supports specific statements. Students are guided through a process to use vocabulary, main idea, and comprehension questions to find the evidence needed to support or justify answers. Questions vary from multiple choice to short answer. The varying nonfiction structures (descriptive, compare/contrast, chronological) of th
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5th - 7th
Edgar Allan Poe Literary Study - Bundled Resources
Get all of my POE-some activities at one bargain price. Included:The Collaborative POE-sterPoe's Death WebQuest A literary analysis essay practiceThe Tell-Tale Heart questionsThe Raven POE-try Visual Analysis
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7th - 10th
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The Man in the Well by Ira Sher Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking activities which require students to identify strategies used by the author to convey his purpose. The questions have students make inferences in the selection, the vocabulary chart has students define words according to context clues, and the literary device identification charts can be used to have students either identify examples in the text or determine the device used from the example provided and discuss the author's purpose for each. A short co
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7th - 10th
PARCC Test Prep Ferret Mega Bundle
This bundle contains 3 products for PARCC Test Prep, all ferret themed (SEE PREVIEW)
Products included are:
1. PARCC Test Prep LOTS OF PRACTICE Black Footed Ferret
This product contains 3 Non-Fiction passages related to the Endangered Black Footed Ferret with a total of 25 A/B questions.
2. PARCC Test Prep End Of Year Weekly Practice Set
This product is designed for daily practice, contains a fiction story about a lost ferret, with a total of 12 A/B questions and two CCSS aligned activities re
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4th - 8th
Abandoned Farmhouse Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Imagery Chart
This product contains questions which ask students to identiify and examine the strategies used by the poet in order to determine his message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The chart requires students to find examples of imagery and explain the purpose of each. Answers are provided for all activities.
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6th - 9th
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8th Grade English ELA Lessons in PowerPoint Slides for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of detailed 8th Grade ELA lessons in PowerPoint addressing the following core texts: Homecoming, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, A Single Shard, and The Princess Bride. These lessons for an entire year in PowerPoint are designed to be paired with my resource "8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plan Bundle (Entire Year - 42 Weeks)." These lessons likewise address all of the Grade 8 ELA Common Core standards in ways that promote critical thinking, text-to-world
Grades:
6th - 9th
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