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Free 8th grade ELA test prep lessons
RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps 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. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
Inference with Pixar Animated Short Film:One Man Band Video Teach Theme & Plot
Common Core ELA Test Prep is fun with "One Man Band" Pixar video clip activities!Perfect for reluctant readers and students with disabilities. PIXAR "ONE MAN BAND" FILM CLIP LESSON INCLUDES: - Common Core Standard- Focus Question- Mini Lesson- Guided Practice- Independent Practice- One Man Band Video Link- Student HandoutsWant 100 pages of lesson plans, student handouts & video links to teach EVERY single reading literature & reading informational text skill using short films? Download m
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3rd - 12th
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Practicing Restating the Question in Answers
In my classroom, we use R.A.C.E. to answer questions - R = Restate the question, A = Answer the question, C = Cite the evidence from the text, E = Explain or Elaborate. (G can be substituted for C to spell RAGE, where G = Give an example from the text. Maybe more appropriate for younger grades.)
This worksheet will help students practice the first two letters or RACE - Restating and Answering. For some this is an easy, quick review. For others who are struggling to understand what RACE means,
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4th - 8th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Graphic Organizer, Free for Google Slides
This resource is 100% digital and paperless for Google Slides. Get this free graphic organizer with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. De-mystify the argumentative essay once and for all!This Download Containsgraphic organizer for five-paragraph essaywriting checklistLiked this product? Check out the full version here!You Might Also Like:Vocabulary: Practice Us
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6th - 9th
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STAAR English I and II New Item Types - Free EOC Reading Practice Test
STAAR English I and II free practice test using the new item types. Perfect practice for EOC Test Prep English 1 and 2. Includes:--1 Poetry Passag--15 STAAR Style Questions--ALL Answer Keys Question types:multiple choice, multi select, and A/B questions (evidence-based selected response)This practice test is printable, but the paid versions also come with self-grading google forms, and review games. Why am I qualified to write these passages, writing prompts, and Common-Core aligned questions
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8th - 12th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Google Drive | FREE Digital Activity
The RACE Strategy for Writing is designed 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.R: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationThis Download Contains:1 passage with short response question to practice using the RACE StrategyPossible answer and grading guideLike this product? Check out the ful
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6th - 9th
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FREEBIE - Citing Your Evidence Sentence Starters - Poster
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This is a great resource when teaching the RACE or RACES strategy for reading response questions!
Download and print for a class-use poster, or print for each student so it can be more accessible to them! I have adapted this poster from a mixture of tools I use in my classroom for the RACES strategy. My kids have really benefited from using this.
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- Font 1: "Monica's Sweet Lemonade" from Monica Abarca.
Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mon
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2nd - 9th
Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions Test Prep Isaac Newton
This ELA Reading Test Prep Quiz Pack focused on STRUCTURE for an Informational Text helps middle and high school students prepare for state reading exams and assessments. It contains a lesson with TEST PREP Questions and Answers that mirror standardized tests and are based on the Common Core Standards! It includes ONE passage about Isaac Newton (PUBLIC DOMAIN), as well as a Detailed Lesson, which would be great for a whole group lesson, small group instruction, pull-outs, or push-ins. The lesson
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6th - 10th
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Painless Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes Activities, Handouts--M.S.
The mini lesson is accompanied by a chart containing 10 prefixes, 12 roots and 8 suffixes and their meaning; an activity requiring students to deconstruct and reconstruct words and write the complete definition; a second activity in which students write sentences for the words, plus, a short challenge activity. Answer key provided. This is great tool for teaching students how to determine the meaning of unknown words. An animated delivery will make this lesson quite enjoyable.
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6th - 9th
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Context Clues Passages for Vocabulary Comprehension : Print and Google 6-8
Do your students struggle with understanding and using context clues to define vocabulary words? This digital activity helps your students master using context clues to determine a word's meaning. It shows examples of definition/explanation context clues, synonym/restatement context clues, antonym/contrast context clues, and inference context clues. Perfect for distance learning!This product is located on Google forms and is 100% digital and paperless. A printable PDF is also included in your fr
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6th - 8th
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FREE Growth Mindset Reading Comprehension worksheets | Print and Digital
This free growth mindset lesson is a great way to practice several reading comprehension skills: vocabulary, summarizing, text-to-self connections, and making inferences.*This product is 100% digital and paperless for Google Forms. A PDF copy of the original paper version is also included in your download!*This Download Contains:1 reading passage on a 6th grade reading levelmultiple choice and short response questions on Google Formsanswer keyprintable PDF versionNeed Practice with Paired Passag
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6th - 9th
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Analyzing a Persuasive (Argumentative) Text - Graphic Organizer
*This graphic organizer can be used during your mini-lesson, with collaborative groups, as homework, or as independent practice. It's very versatile!* I created this graphic organizer for my students while they read an argumentative or persuasive text. They will have to identify the claim and any facts and/or opinions to help prove that claim. They will also have to identify the audience that the main character or person is speaking to. This could be used with fiction or nonfiction genres de
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2nd - 12th
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Writing Topic Sentences
This is a printable assignment that you can use to help teach how to write a simple topic sentence.
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3rd - 9th
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The Outsiders Common Core Reading Guide
Available to you is a Common Core Reading Guide aligned with each chapter of the book The Outsiders. The questions go beyond basic comprehension and call the students to use their critical thinking skills and base their work on evidence from the text.
The guide aligns to all of the Reading Literature standards for grade 7. There are about 5 questions per chapter.
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7th - 8th
ESL Plot Diagram - Short Film Activity
ESL Plot Diagram Activity: Detailed lesson plan, Plot Diagram Notes, Vocabulary Words, 4 Practice Activities, Engaging Short Films. Lessons can be self guided or teacher lead with the whole class. Detailed Lesson Plan Teacher Instructions CLICK HERE Download Preview FilePlease make sure to download the preview file if applicable.Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing. This ESL Product Includes:Detailed Teacher InstructionsPlot Diagram Notes Academic Vocabul
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4th - 10th
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Written Response Template | Paragraph Writing Template
This template allows students to construct a response to literature in a step-by-step manner. You write the question at the top, and students follow a list of guiding questions to help refine their writing skills. A color-coding guide is included so students can double-check to make sure that they have all of the necessary elements for a well-written constructed response. This piece is fully editable.
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7th - 12th
Sentence Type Digital Sort
I love sorts because they engage curious minds and get students working right away! They are like a puzzle that students want to figure out. This sort works with Google Drive or Google Classroom to assess students on their knowledge of simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students are provided example sentences in 1 sort and definitions/characteristics in another sort. The students can drag and drop the answers to the correct column. Why a Digital Sort? -Saves precious time-An innovative way
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5th - 9th
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Oxford Comma Minilesson
The Oxford comma is at the center of what is possibly the most significant grammar debate in existence. This tiny little punctuation mark really can make the difference between winning and losing court cases worth thousands of dollars...talk about a real-world impact! It's important to educate our students about this debate as well as why using the Oxford comma is always the safest course of action.This Oxford comma minilesson contains ideas for introduction to the concept: links to two videos a
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Grammar Lessons and Activities Bundle for Middle and High School
Grammar Lesson: There, Their, and They're
Everyone knows that flamingos make the best grammar teachers and that's exactly what you'll find in these vibrant slides! These Google slides serve as an introduction to or review of the differences between there, their, and they're and how to use each correctly. Independent practice and answer key included.
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2nd - 8th
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ELA Bell Ringers for Common Core Test Prep
ELA Bell Ringers for Common Core Test Prep Freebie will help 6th-8th grade students begin each day with a dose of of literature, close reading, and rigor. This bell work sample is 5 days worth of work to launch students into your class. The prompts are shorts and perfectly aligned to the Common Core State Standards and the standardized tests our students face. It will help you ensure your students are familiar with the language of literature and the language of test-makers. For each week, stu
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6th - 8th
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FSA Expository Essay Writing Packet
***This is my first resource, which is required to be free. I put a lot of work into it, so please please please leave feedback to help me grow my store if you find it useful. Thank you!***
This writing packet walks students step by step how to write an FSA appropriate expository essay. It not only breaks down the rubric into more easily digestible wordings, it breaks down the whole process. It does include an outline of YOU modeling an essay, which is a best practice.
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6th - 12th
Rules of the Comma Powerpoint Presentation (with bouncing comma)
Powerpoint presentation that contains comma rules with examples and practice sentences. Space between animation time allows for students to practice the comma rules before the correct answers are revealed. Perfect for use with a SmartBoard.
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5th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizer THIEVES Strategy FREE
THIEVES: a non-fiction reading strategy for all content areas and subjects.This product is located on Google Slides, and is designed to be 100% digital and paperless.Use this free, printable, graphic organizer to help kids tackle tricky reading passages and improve reading comprehension. Great for any textbook, passage, or ELA test prep!Like this product? Check out the full version here:Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers: 30+ Activities to Support Reading Comprehension▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
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4th - 10th
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Daily Language Review Sample Lessons
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Used in over 1 million U.S. classrooms, this series reinforces the skills covered in your core language arts program in concise daily lessons.
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1st - 8th
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