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8th grade ELA test prep dbqs for Gifted and Talented
Historical Thinking Skills Activities
Historical thinking is a key skill for students to utilize when examining primary and secondary sources. In order for students to fully understand a source, they must examine it in-depth. These activities are designed to strengthen student's understanding of historical sources. They can be used with any type of historical document.
The Historical Thinking Skills Activities includes:
***Teacher Resources***
1. What is Historical Thinking (A letter for the teacher)
2. Think and Link – the step
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5th - 8th
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown Test EBT, Common Core Aligned, Online Test
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions. There are 20 multiple choice/select questions in Part I and 3 essay questions in Part II. I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.Microsoft Form duplication link included at the end of the document for virtual/online testing.
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6th - 9th
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The Great GMO Debate: Argumentative Writing Practice - Made with Google!
Looking to prepare your students for a state writing test or the ACT writing test? Searching for a real-world relevant topic to aid your students in building argumentative writing skills? This is the unit for you! Are genetically modified foods cause for concern in America? Should food companies label genetically modified foods to warn consumers? How has the fear of genetically modified foods impacted American economics, politics, and culture? What should the Department of Health and Human Servi
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Gallery Walk Posters & Graphic Organizer for SOAPSTone Pre-AP Strategy
Get those kids moving! Both HISTORY and ENGLISH classes can use this kinesthetic activity and convenient graphic organizer to analyze an author's purpose, audience, and speaker in non-fiction, informational text, poetry, short stories, novels, and drama. Great as an assessment of comprehension for pre-class readings.SOAPSTone requires students to think critically to identify textual evidence that supports their analysis of a text's (S)peaker, (O)ccasion, (A)udience, (P)urpose, (S)ubjects, and (T
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Love and War: Civil War Love Letters Primary Source Analysis
Unique Civil War Primary Source Activity. Students will analyze ten primary source "Love Letters" from 1861-1864 in order to analyze a shifting society through the preferred communication medium of the time-- letters. Students will use these documents to answer the essential question: "Who, or what, did people love during the Civil War?"Students may assume that these love letters will reveal that soldiers mainly loved their spouse or significant other. While that is overwhelmingly true, afte
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7th - 12th
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Escape the Literary Dragon's Dungeon - ELA Escape Room review
Welcome to "The Literary Dragon's Dungeon," an immersive and educational digital escape room designed to engage students in the fascinating world of literature while embarking on an epic quest to save a village from a menacing dragon. In this adventure, students will need to combine their knowledge of literary devices, figurative language, author's purpose, parts of speech, and more to collect four elemental gems (Earth, Air, Water, and Fire) and unite them with the Legendary sword to smite the
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Devices, Elements Escape Room bundle
ELA Review (Literary elements, devices) Digital Escape Room
Embark on an intergalactic adventure with your students as they explore the depths of literature in this captivating space-themed digital escape room, "Space Escape." Designed specifically for English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms, this engaging educational resource combines the excitement of an escape room with the power of literary elements, devices, and figurative language.In "Space Escape," students will find themselves in space tasked with solving a series of literary puzzles to save the u
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Devices, Elements Escape Room bundle
School Dress Code: An Evidence-Based Argumentative Writing Unit - Google Drive
This argumentative writing unit focuses on utilizing a popular and controversial topic, school dress codes, to spark informal dialogue and debate as well as claim/counterclaim development and evidence-based writing through article and video study. Examining students’ school dress code experiences, students are given many opportunities throughout this unit to discuss their positions with peers. These conversations and informal writings combined with an analysis of the differing viewpoints present
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6th - 12th
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H.I.P.P. Primary Source Document Analysis
Graphic organizer that draws on historical thinking skills to identify and cite evidence of the Historical Context, Intended Audience, Author's Purpose, and Author's Point of View of a primary source document. Can be used with whole group instruction, small groups, or as a pre-writing tool for analytical essay writing.
Grades:
7th - 11th
Writing Literacy | AP Essays: Synthesis Language (Rhetorical) Analysis Argument
Talking about Essay Types in AP Language & CompositionHi, Friends!Are your students a bit panicky right now? Help calm student nerves and add this handout into your routine RIGHT AWAY! IN FACT, go ahead and let students use this sheet as they get used to the idea that they'll be writing THREE back-to-back essays in May. Add this to your lesson plan—and then keep the inclusion consistent! Have a discussion about each essay type. AP Language & Composition students in Semester 1 (especially
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: | AP Language & Composition | Skills-Based | Enriched | Pre-AP | PUSH
Should Romeo and Juliet get married? NYS Regents aligned Argument Essay
This is a New York State Regents-aligned student argument essay that asks students to take a side on Romeo and Juliet's relationship: Should they get married? Using 2 engaging and thought-provoking articles, students will debate the pros and cons of their marriage during or after reading the place. My students argued this after completing Act 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This resource is ready to print and copy for your students online or in person! Articles are pulled from the H
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8th - 11th
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A Christmas Carol Stave II Test EBT, Common Core Aligned
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions and constructive response.
I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.
I've used an adapted version of the Louisiana LEAP 2025 Literary Analysis Rubric for the constructive response.
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Stave I Test EBT, Common Core Aligned
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions and constructive response.
I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.
I've used an adapted version of the Louisiana LEAP 2025 Literary Analysis Rubric for the constructive response.
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Stave V Test EBT, Common Core Aligned
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions, short answer, and constructive response.
I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.
I've used an adapted version of the Louisiana LEAP 2025 Literary Analysis Rubric for the constructive response.
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol Stave III Test EBT, Common Core Aligned
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions and constructive response.
I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.
I've used an adapted version of the Louisiana LEAP 2025 Literary Analysis Rubric for the constructive response.
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6th - 9th
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Social Impacts of the Black Death Primary Sources with ELA Aligned Questions PDF
Do you support literacy in your history or social studies classroom? These worksheets will give you exactly what you need to model ELA standards and engage students in history.In this product, you'll get 4 worksheets(PDF and Google Slides) to practice primary source analysis with your students! On each slide, the students will read an engaging primary source and answer questions to show their analysis. This activity is great for modeling text analysis and spiraling back on previously covered sta
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7th - 10th
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A Christmas Carol Stave IV Test EBT, Common Core Aligned
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions and constructive response.
I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.
I've used an adapted version of the Louisiana LEAP 2025 Literary Analysis Rubric for the constructive response.
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6th - 9th
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Graphic Organizer: SOAPSTone --- Pre-AP Strategies
Traditionally used for rhetorical analysis, both HISTORY and ENGLISH classes can use this convenient graphic organizer to assess comprehension of a text's inciting occasion, author's purpose, target audience and speaker in non-fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and drama.
SOAPSTone requires students to think critically to identify textual evidence that supports their analysis of a text's (S)peaker, (O)ccasion, (A)udience, (P)urpose, (S)ubjects, and (T)one.
This grap
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Aztec Demise - Drawing Conclusions and Learning Lessons from Primary Source Docs
This Google Doc file is designed for classrooms with 1:1 device access. It was designed to guide students through the Stanford History Education Group lesson "Moctezuma and Cortes." This Doc requires students to gather information about the demise of the Aztecs from the primary source documents provided by SHEG. Students will use these documents to confirm or refute the legend that Moctezuma gave his kingdom away to Cortes, believing he was the god Quetzacoatl come to Earth. Purchase of this ite
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6th - 12th
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Graphic Organizer: CERCA --- Rhetorical Analysis -- Writing -- Pre-AP Strategies
Traditionally used for rhetorical analysis, you can use this convenient graphic organizer to help students deconstruct an argument or compose their own with additional areas included to ensure the fluency of higher-performing essays. CERCA requires students to think critically to analyze a text's (C)laim, (E)vidence, (R)easoning, (C)ounter-(A)rgument.This graphic organizer can be used as an assignment to assess students' ability to analyze an argumentative/persuasive text or as a pre-writing g
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Galileo on Trial Package
This package is designed to work in conjunction with the Galileo lesson from the Stanford History Education Group. It requires students to analyze historical documents in order to determine whether Galileo was guilty or innocent of heresy.This package includes:1. Google Doc with directions for students and teachers. This document sets groups of students up to divide themselves into the roles of a court: prosecution, plaintiff, defense, and defendant. It instructs defense and prosecution in how t
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6th - 9th
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Short Constructed Response Quick and Easy Activity with Rubric
Changes can be scary and with the new STAAR elements, there can be a lot of uncertainty. This SCR template is a quick and easy way to help our students be successful on STAAR. On the left, there is a place that walks students through each step of the way. They will read and analyze the text both as a reader and a writer. There is a place to rewrite the prompt, a space to plan and write, and a place to write their final drafts. On the left side, there is an easy-to-grade rubric using STAAR langua
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5th - 8th
Global History Evaluation Activity - Peter the "Great"?
Here's an activity that really gets students to not just cite evidence but to make the next step and start to analyze that evidence by constructing an argument. While it's probably best used in a Global classroom or as preparation for a Global History Regents examination, it concludes with a writing activity based on the Part 2 essay for the Common Core English Regents exam--a great product for some humanities collaboration!
The topic for this activity is Peter the Great and his transformati
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ACER Style Scholarship Paper for Grades 4-7
Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) high-stake style- exam for students wanting to pass SCHOLARSHIP tests. * Includes one complete set of FULL 4 tests. * ANSWERS included.Test 1: Written Expression (25minutes)Test 2: Humanities Comprehension and Interpretation (40minutes)Test 3: Mathematics and Science (40minutes)Test 4: Written Expression (25minutes)
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4th - 8th, Staff
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