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Elementary ELA test prep study guides for Microsoft PowerPoint and for staff
Reading and Math Standardized Test Review PowerPoints Bundle
This is a bundle of both my Reading Skills Standardized Test Review and my Math Standardized Test Cumulative Review. The Reading PowerPoint contains 100 slides, and the Math PowerPoint contains 130 slides. Each slide in both PowerPoints contains a multiple-choice review question that covers a skill in Common Core for second and third grade. I use both of these PowerPoints to review with my second graders before they take reading and math standardized assessments (I usually spend a couple of week
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Inference using Play Dough
Teaching students how to make an inference is a difficult concept. This lesson will engage your students while they learn how to apply their inference skills. After reading a passage, students will create the word/item using play-dough. They will use their inference skills to infer what the author wants them to create. Each passage includes a music timer to keep students on task as they create the object. I teach middle school, and my students were thrilled when they saw the play-dough. You can
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4th - 12th
You Can Beat the Test! Test Taking Skills
This multi-grade Comprehensive Test Prep Review Test Taking Skills Power Point Presentation includes a myriad of strategies for success on THE TEST! Prepare your students with the tools they need to be successful on THE TEST by viewing and discussing this slide show daily, so that students gain automaticity with the invaluable strategies included.
Grades:
1st - 12th
ELA and Math SBAC Practice (PARRC)
I have written for PARCC. But, my class tests in SBAC. There are five extremely compact review lessons (very dense in format.) This is spiral review of both ELA and math.
Each lesson contain over a dozen questions that are modeled after the SBAC and PARCC practice questions.
These are mini-lessons-- daily practice using the format on the practice portal. Each ELA passage is original Questions match the format of the SBAC and PARCC. There are 5-6 ELA questions and 8-10 math questions.
Grades:
3rd - 4th
ELA Test Prep Terms: Definitions & Examples ZIP File of PPT and PDF
Great Power Point Resource for English Language Arts Terms for State Test Practice!
ZIP File: PPT File and PDF Version of PPT File
Terms focus on major grammar and writing terminology.
This power point contains 50 slides of 25 ELA definitions (most of them with example sentence) and terms are on slides following definition/sentence. PDF File contains the SAME number of information
Slide 3 contains a list of each term that is in the power point.
This tool is very useful for remediation of la
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Renaissance/ An introduction to the Age and its Literature
This resource is a presentation that introduces the Renaissance Age to the learners. It includes information about the main historical figures and the political and social factors that shaped the Renaissance. This resource also introduces the main literary figures of the Age, like Thomas Wyatt, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow, with samples of their writings and explanations and comments on these writings. This resource gives the learners a comprehensive background to understand the Age
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Unit 1 Lesson 4 Pop's Bridge Jeopardy
This is a fun interactive way to review for a test! It was created based on the third grade Journey's Reading Serie's story, Pop's Bridge. My students absolutely love to play this before they take their test and I have seen a lot of scores increase because of this review. Enjoy!
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3rd
The Awakening / by Kate Chopin / An Introduction and A Reading Guide
This resource is a presentation that gives the readers an excellent background to understand and appreciate the landmark novel "Awakening" by Kate Chopin. This resource presents the readers with background information about the life of the author and the social conditions in which she lived, the status of women and the demands for equal rights for women at her time. Then, the presentation provides information about the novel and all its literary elements. Characters SymbolsLinks to Feminism Link
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Persuasive Writing / The Basics and The Steps to A Great Piece of Writing
This resource is a complete guide to the writing of a persuasive essay for high school students and college students. This resource explains the basic steps of writing a persuasive piece of writing to narrowing the topic and the divisions of the essay.The titles in this presentation include the following: Persuasion in Everyday LifeWhat is a Persuasive Essay?Types of Persuasive EssaysPrewriting—Choosing Your TopicTopic Bank Narrowing your Topic Considering Your Audience & PurposeWrite for Va
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Creating a Thesis Statement / A Practical Guide with Examples
The Thesis Statement is the key to writing a coherent and well-organized essay. It is the road map of the essay, as it guides the reader and the writer if the essay to the organization and the ideas of the essay. This presentation guides the students to write a valid and a strong thesis statement. Through examples and explanations, this presentation gives the students the chance to practice writing their own thesis statements.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Expository Text Structure: Compare-Contrast / Analytical Thinking & Writing
Students need to be taught these text structures so that they can successfully read and write nonfiction.Compare-ContrastCause-Effect Goal-Action-Outcome (procedure/process, sequential/chronological order, order of importance)Problem-SolutionProposition-Support (persuasive, position)Concept-Definition (descriptive)This presentation explains the basics of expository writing with samples and examples of the compare contrast essay writing.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Sentence Structure and Type Review Game
A Powerpoint presentation to review things like subject and predicate, types of sentences, and fragments and run-ons.
I use this before giving a test on these items.
Some questions are short answer and some are multiple choice. Once you choose an answer it will point arrows at the correct choice. Hopefully your students got it right!
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4th - 9th
The Thesis Statement / What is it? How to Write it? A Practical Guide
The Thesis statement is the central, controlling idea of a paper.It is a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove.It commits a writer to:– stay within the bounds of his main idea.– support it with either concrete evidence or sound logic.– follow a predicated order and emphasis in organizing his essay.This writing presentation explains to the students what the thesis statement is and how to write a clear and strong thesis statement.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Annotated Timeline of The American Literary Movements
American Literature Overview1. Puritan/Colonial (1650-1750)2. Revolutionary/Age of Reason (1750- 1800)3. Romanticism (1800-1860)4. American Renaissance/ Transcendentalism (1840-1860)5. Realism (1855-1900)6. The Moderns (1900-1950)7. Harlem Renaissance (1920s)8. Post-Modernism (1950 to present)9. Contemporary (1970s-Present)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Of Mice and Men" English Language Exam/ Exam Questions with Answers
To be able to Identify and Name Steinbeck’s Techniques and fully Explain how they influence the reader.This resource was developed to achieve the above outcome. This resource is a presentation that includes some of the questions that discuss some of the techniques used by Steinbeck in his novel. These questions are answered in this presentation. This resource gives the learners a valuable chance to practice answering short discussion questions about this novel.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing The Thesis Statement / An Interactive Presentation to Teach Writing
This presentation teaches the students the skill of writing a clear thesis statement.The Thesis Statement is the guide or the road map of the essay, as it tells the reader where the essay is going and what are the ideas or topics that will be discussed in the body paragraphs. This presentation teaches the students the basics of a good thesis statement and how it functions in the essay. This presentation also includes a quiz that tests the students understanding of what the thesis is through aski
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Literary Devices/ An Introduction for Literature for High School & University
This resource is a reference and a guide for students studying literature at the high school and university levels. This resource presents advanced definitions of the literary terms for advanced students of literature. This resource presents definitions and explanations of the literary terms along with definitions taken from major works of literature.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Grendel by John Gardner / A Novel Introduction / AP Literature
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:1. Trace the philosophical development of the philosophical viewpoint the narrator and protagonist from solipsism to empiricism.2. To examine the symbolism of the astrological signs.3. Discuss how the use of consonance and alliteration to create emphasis, unity, and rhythm.4. Examine the use of similes, metaphors, and personification.5. Analyze the view of women depicted in the novel.6. Examine the use of Biblical allusion and discuss its contrib
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
John Keats/ "Ode to a Nightingale" / A Reading Guide
.This presentation is a reading guide to the study of the poetry of John Keats and his poem " Ode to a Nightingale". “Ode to a Nightingale” was inspired by the singing of a nightingale that had built its nest close to the house of a friend of the poet in Hampstead. At that time, Keats’ brother Tom had just died, he himself was threatened with consumption. In the beginning the bird is presented as a real bird, but as the poem progresses, the bird becomes a symbol. The song of the nightingale symb
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
1984/ by George Orwell / A Background and Study Guide
This presentation is a complete guide to the study of the novel 1984 by George Orwell, It includes background information about the author George Orwell, and background information about the totalitarian political systems like the communism and Nazism, then it gives some psychoanalysis of the novel. Then it has a discussion of what is the nature of this novel, and how it can be classified as a satire, as a fable, as a children's story , as a fairytale or as an allegory.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Complete Sentences, Fragments and Run-on Sentences / An Interactive Presentation
This resource is an active presentation for young learners to teach them complete sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences. Through a number of animations that add fun to the lesson, and an interactive quiz that tests the student's understanding of these grammatical concepts, and this quiz gives the students an instant feedback about their answers.
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1st - 6th
Easy Steps to a Great Thesis Statement / A Practical Writing Guide
A thesis statement can be:The answer to a question that you have posedThe solution for a problem you have identifiedA statement that takes a position on a debatable topicThis presentation explains to the students the steps of identifying and writing a clear and effective thesis statement that guides the readers to the essay.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner/ A Visual Reading Guide with a Study of the Poem
This resource is a visual reading guide of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Pome " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ". It is enriched with painting that illustrate every part of the poem, followed by a study of the poetic devices used in this poem, and there is a study of the influence of this poem on other works of literature such as "Frankenstein" and the various film and media adaptations of the poem. This resource will enhance and facilitate reading the poem and enrich its study.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Introduction to Epic Poetry
This presentation introduces the epic poetry to the learners. It introduces the epic poetry and its history and characteristics, its literary devices and elements then it examines the features of the greatest epics of the history like the epic of Gilgamesh, the epics of Homer and the Odyssey and Beowulf (with detailed information about the background and the history of the Epic of Beowulf)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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