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Middle school ELA test prep rubrics for Microsoft OneDrive
6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages | Grammar and Writing Prompts FULL YEAR
Teaching 6th grade ELA has so many components - and that’s before you even think about aligning to English Language Arts standards and state test prep! Supplement your main ELA curriculum with my 6th Grade Mini Lessons With Standards Based Assessments. Whether you use this resource every single week to supplement instruction, as a part of your literacy rotations, or as a robust review for test prep season, your 6th graders will show what they know as you thoroughly assess each standard. No more
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6th
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Text Dependent Opinion Writing Text Based Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Mars
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these differentiated paired passages, mentor texts, and writing prompts that are perfect for opinion, persuasive, or argumentative essays. Both articles have been updated for 2024. One article is a first-person reflection on space flight by an author who grew up in Florida during the Space Shuttle era. The second article is informational, explaining what NASA is doing to get ready for a Mars mission. During close reading, your students pick
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Opinion or Persuasive Writing Bundle, Text Dependent Writing, Easel
STAAR RLA Extended & Short Constructed Response ECR & SCR Rubrics
Texas has created new rubrics to grade the Extended Constructed Response (ECR) and Short Constructed Response (SCR) on the RLA STTAR in grades 3-8! This product makes grading easier on YOU, and it allows students to self-reflect in a way they can understand. In the classroom, this product can be used in a variety of ways. The student-friendly language and emojis give kids a better understanding of the demands of an extended constructed response. Students can self-reflect on their own composition
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3rd - 8th
Finish the Story Writing Prompt
Finish the Story Writing Prompt with Rubric includes: - 20 Finish the Story Writing Prompts- Lined pages for reproducing (not counted in page count)- Finish the Story Writing Prompt RubricThis resource is part of the Writing Prompt Bundle at a 20% discount with my Writing in Response to Reading Prompts and my Argumentative Writing Prompts . That’s 60 prompts total!This has been updated to a TPT Digital Activity, which means it's great for distance learning! Check out my new ELA Technology Enhanc
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4th - 7th
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Test Prep Writing | 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Lesson Plans | Unit 4
Hey Teacher friends!It’s that time of year again- Testing Season. As it gets closer and closer, our hearts start to beat a little bit faster and we wonder- do they know it all? This Writing on Demand Writing Unit will prepare your students in 20 fun, engaging, and focused writing lessons. Perfect for grades 4th-6th, this unit has everything you need to get your kiddos ready for this year’s state test! Included in this Unit is:- Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 4 {20+ days worth of lessons
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Unit Bundle | An Entire Year of Writing Curriculum
Test Taking Strategies PowerPoint for TEST PREP
Starting test prep? Teach these helpful test taking strategies! Effective student tips and tricks for taking and exceeding on state standards tests grades 4 to 7. Use this PowerPoint as a digital resource for all subjects preparing for standardized testing and state assessments. Includes different approaches that students can really use when they are taking a state test or an examination. Catchy phrases will help your students remember what to do when they may be feeling stressed. These are bas
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Text Based Evidence Graph: A Close Reading Behavior & Motivation Tool
My BLOG POST about how to use this graph with your students. And, a follow-up blog post HERE.By now, we all know the Common Core emphasis on TB Q&A with TBE (text based questions and answers with text based evidence), but if you were at all like me, I couldn't get the kids to DO IT, until THIS, My TBE Graph. While I was racking my brain trying to figure how to get kids to speak and show where in the text they were finding the answer, with words and phrases FROM the text...it occurred to me
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K - 6th, Higher Education, Staff
Writing a News Article - OLC News Report Template & 4-Level Rubric - OLC4O OSSLC
Teach students how to write a news article using this lesson, graphic organizer, news report template, and rubric. Prepare for the OSSLT, teach the OLC4O / OSSLC course, or coach essential literacy with this reading comprehension strategy. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with this Writing a News Article Template, Lesson, and Rubric:✏️ How to Write a News Article Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®Teach the Five Questions Model (W5-H)Explore
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7th - 12th
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Appositives PowerPoint with Appositive Phrases
Teach appositives and appositive phrases with this interactive Appositives PowerPoint. Animated graphics and practice slides in this digital resource help students Identify appositives and appositive phrases, how to punctuate sentences with appositives, and how to use appositive phrases to combine sentences. Sentence combining is a skill that helps student correct and revise short choppy sentences in their writing. Practice included. Includes a review and a quiz at the end. Editable for your cl
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4th - 7th
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
Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA! Bundle for a Full Year supports Common Core! This set of ELA Daily Warm-Ups includes bell ringers on Sentence Editing, Figurative Language, Sentence Structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences), Expository Writing Prompts, Context Clues, and Conventions. Engaging bellringer slides with colorful photographs keep students learning all year long! Each set of bellringers has several slides which review the skills in grammar, punctuation, r
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6th - 8th
Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) Made EASY - Bundle (Graphic Organizer AND Rubric)
Help your students master text analysis on state exams! This graphic organizer will help students navigate the task of writing an essay with strong text evidence and explanations to support their responses. It aids students paragraph-by-paragraph, guiding them to include all components that are necessary for each paragraph of the essay. The rubric uses a check-list format to help teachers assess each paragraph of the essay. It is a comprehensive, yet easy to use rubric. It also provides qu
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3rd - 12th
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Figurative Language Beat the Clock PowerPoint Game
Figurative Language PowerPoint game. Students love this fun interactive digital review! Practice identifying types of sound devices and figurative language used in poetry and writing. Review definitions - similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia before game starts. Students have one minute to name types of figurative language or sound devices used in two sentences. 36 practice sentences with figurative language. Great game for review at the end of
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Language Arts Beat the Clock PowerPoint Game BUNDLE
Opinion Argumentative Essay Writing Unit Grades 5 & 6, Prompts, Digital & Print
This No Prep, Opinion, Argumentative Essay Writing Unit is perfect for Grade 5 and Grade 6, focusing on a Reflection Theme. It includes argumentative, opinion writing prompts, graphic organizers, rubric and more.This units explores a Reflection theme with online articles and books to provide background knowledge for each writing promptThe eight practice prompts would be great for state testingThe prompts range from topics such as: Do we learn from the experiences of older gene
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5th - 6th
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Theme and Central Idea with Video | Printable & Digital | CCSS.R.2
Teach students theme and summary of central ideas using short film clips (Printable & Digital) - Includes lesson plan, student handouts, answer key, PowerPoint slides and Google Drive (Google slides) link for a no prep Google Classroom, distance learning activities or traditional classroom lesson!2 products for the price of 1: Grade 6-8 version & Grade 9-12 version!Product Includes (zip):Lesson plan (editable .docx)Printable student handouts (editable .docx)PowerPoint slides (editable .p
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6th - 12th
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RACE RUBRIC & POSTER: For Writing and Grading Open Response- Common Core Aligned
Rubric can be used when grading students writing. This is a great tool to help give students specific feedback on their answers. Also, I used this tool in the class during peer reviews. A student would read another student's work and give them feedback using the rubric. It was very rewarding to see the students using the vocabulary from RACE when discussing the scores with their writing buddy. Soon after introducing the rubric I saw improvements in the students scores.This tool is a MUST HAVE!
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2nd - 10th
Literary Analysis Essay Writing Bundle for Middle School and High School ELA ESL
Teach your students how to write a 5 paragraph Literary Analysis Essay with this bundle! This is common-core aligned for 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades and academic ESL. This no-prep tutorial will make it easy for you to teach students to write a literary analysis essay on any topic or text. This will save you so much time!Included in this Bundle:Tutorial with step-by-step explanations and instructions for writing an introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. Ex
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7th - 10th
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Journal of the Week for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Journal Writing for BIG KIDS! Are you looking for a high-interest writing tool to motivate your student writers? Are you in need of a weekly prompt for the duration of the school year that students can utilize as a component of their Writer's Notebooks? This No PREP Post and Go Journal of the Week contains:• 40-high-interest middle grade journal prompts at the ready to PRINT AND GO!• Directions for student writers• Rubrics to help guide students to perform at the highest level.I have just adde
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Word Work and Writing BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence Structure PowerPoint
Teach 4 kinds of sentence structures (Simple and Compound sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences) with this PowerPoint lesson on sentence structure with practice. Explains independent and dependent clauses (subordinate clauses), sentence fragments and complete sentences. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Includes 5 practice slides, and a review or quiz with 8 questions for assessment. Students identify the sentence structure of the sentences. Show thi
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
RACE WRITING STRATEGY With Passages ELA Test Prep
Race Strategy Constructed Response Questions and Writing Prompts With PassageTeach your students to write a perfect constructed response for any ELA state test with this digital workshop using the r.a.c.e + transitions method. This workshop includes a highly engaging reading passage and a sample response, but can also be used year around with any passages. Step-by-step scaffolding for every part of response writing: Restating, Answering, Citing Evidence, Elaborating, and Using Transitions. Her
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6th - 9th
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Informative Essay Writing Explanatory Essay Writing RUBRIC
Both Teachers & Students LOVE this Rubric!! It's a HUGE time-saver for Teachers dealing with LONG hours of Essay Grading! I designed/adapted this rubric for my students, shared it with colleagues, & it's been a real TIME and STRESS-saver for all of us, including the kids! Teachers LOVE it because students can use it as a checklist for evaluating the content of their own essay AND to save TONS of time by having pairs or small groups conduct peer evaluations of each others' essays! Most o
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6th - 11th
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Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint
Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint. Don't Let Them Confuse You! Animated and interactive. Defines prepositions and prepositional phrases, gives examples of prepositional phrases with nouns, pronouns, gerunds, and noun clauses, discusses problems with subject-verb agreement and intervening prepositional phrases, has a short quiz or practice on identifying prepositional phrases in sentences and not confusing them with infinitives, and finally, presents five questions on common usage problems with ty
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Reading Test Prep Strategies and Academic Terms PowerPoint - Easel Assessment
Reading Test Prep PowerPoint. Gives strategies for success on state tests. Explains standardized test taking strategies for reading comprehension with basic reading academic vocabulary. Test prep for reading on any state standardized reading test using 6 essential steps. Students are given six basic strategies, and the basic academic vocabulary terms (words that they should be familiar with in order to be successful on a reading test). The test-taking strategies include test-taking tips and how
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Idioms PowerPoint Interactive Quiz with Easel Assessment
This Idioms PowerPoint is a fun way to play with learning the meanings of common idioms. The interactive quiz helps students increase reading comprehension! Definition of an idiom, example of an idiom, and 20 idioms with four possible meanings. Students decide on the correct answer, then check. Have them write down the answer on paper or on a white board and show it before checking to make it a paperless activity. Includes a self-grading digital Easel Assessment. Use at a computer station or in
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
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