Middle school literature assessment pdfs

Engage your students in a comprehensive memoir study of Elie Wiesel's memoir Night with this Night Teaching Unit. This Night Activities Bundle includes pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities to use when teaching Night. This Night Teaching Unit Begin includes teaching resources and activities for you to complete with your students before, during, and after you read Night. This unit includes a 5-week pacing guide to help you plan your Night unit! Begin your unit with a Holocaust/

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8th - 11th

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Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan - 5-week plan with activities, writing, and more!

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Take your Romeo and Juliet Unit to the next-level with this engaging, hands-on, and comprehensive 5-week unit. This engaging Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan has everything you will need to teach and engage your students in William Shakespeare's classic tragedy. With this Romeo and Juliet Teaching Unit, students will not only have a better understanding of the play, but they will also be able to demonstrate their understanding of the play and various literary elements through writing. Begin your unit

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8th - 11th

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Activities, Handouts, Assessment

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W.7.1

, W.7.2

, W.7.3

, W.8.1

, W.8.2

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Romeo and Juliet Lessons and Activities for Real Life Connections

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Room 213

ROMEO & JULIET has so many life lessons for our students. Engage them in the study of the play by helping them see the many connections they can make between their lives and those of the characters.UPDATE JANUARY 2024: the resource as been updated with many additions to the slideshow and an editable version that you can use digitally.This resource includes a variety of responses, activities and reflections that are designed to help students make connections between Romeo & Juliet and th

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English Language Arts, Literature

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8th - 12th

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Wonder Novel Study (Wonder Comprehension Questions)

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Littlebird Books

Looking for an easy way to check student's comprehension? These little chapter quizzes for Wonder, by R.J. Palacio are short, simple and easy to grade! Included are factual comprehension questions covering the important parts of the story. Try this novel study today!Try the quizzes FREE! Click Here!What's included:17 quizzes with comprehension questions (15-20 pages of reading for each quiz. Chapters are short!)Student cover pageEnd of book testFree digital version of the comprehension quest

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Assessment, Literature Circles

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4th - 7th

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RL.4.10

, RL.5.10

, RL.6.10

Also included in: Lindsey's Favorites Comprehension Quizzes

The Outsiders Chapter Quizzes

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EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Literature

Assess your students' understanding of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders with chapter quizzes! This PDF download for The Outsiders chapter quizzes includes one quiz for each chapter! There is also a link to a Google Doc that will provide you with editable quizzes. Here's what you'll get:12 quizzes (one quiz for every chapter) Each quiz includes ten questions: 5 matching and 5 multiple-choice.Answer keysNEW BONUS LINK: Google Doc with editable chapter questions These quizzes are ideal for checkin

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Grades:

7th - 10th

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Assessment, Literature Circles

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RL.7.10

, RL.8.10

, RL.9-10.10

Also included in: The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More

Socratic Seminar for ANY Text - Literary Analysis Classroom Discussion Activity

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Facilitating a Socratic Seminar in the classroom is a great way to discuss, review, and analyze literature. This Socratic Seminar resource is a great resource for teachers who are looking to assess a student’s understanding of literary analysis. This literature-based Socratic Seminar activity includes everything you need to facilitate a successful Socratic Seminar about any literary text in your classroom, including premade Socratic Seminar questions that work with any piece of fiction. I love

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8th - 11th

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SL.7.1

, SL.7.1a

, SL.7.4

, SL.8.1

, SL.8.1a

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Of Mice and Men Novel Study: Character Analysis, Quizzes, Vocabulary, Bundle

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EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Literature

This Of Mice and Men Unit contains everything that you will need to help your students learn and understand John Steinbeck’s classic American tale. This Of Mice and Men Novel Study is complete, comprehensive, and standards-based. It also includes EL differentiation. Complete with a 5-week suggested pacing guide, this Of Mice and Men unit is filled with engaging activities, rigorous analysis, and helpful tools for a successful novel study. This Of Mice and Men Teaching Unit Includes:⭐️ 5-week p

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Grades:

8th - 11th

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Activities, Assessment

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, RL.8.2

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Activities for ANY Novel: Secondary ELA Novel Unit

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Engage your students all year long with these activities for any novel (also works for short stories too)! This secondary ELA resource is filled with 32 novel activities that you can use before, during, and after reading any novel!These novel activities are perfect for a class novel study, independent reading projects, lit circles, and more! This resource includes multiple teacher instruction pages to help you seamlessly integrate these novel activities in your classroom, and it is organized int

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Grades:

6th - 9th

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RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.7.1

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Also included in: Secondary English Curriculum - Year-Long ELA Resources - Grades 7-10 Bundle

Character Analysis Paper Bag Book Report

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Runde's Room

This Character Book Report assignment is the perfect project for studying characterization and is a great alternative to the traditional book report. It can be used with students’ independent reading, a classroom novel study, literature circles, or a class read aloud. For this assignment, students study, analyze and report on different aspects of the main character in the book they are reading. You should supply each student with a lunch-size paper bag (the ones with the flat bottoms

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

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4th - 7th

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Also included in: Book Report Project Reading Activity Bundle

Fahrenheit 451 Teaching Unit and Novel Study

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Engage your students with this low-prep, 5-week Fahrenheit 451 novel study. This Fahrenheit 451 unit plan is comprehensive, complete, and standards-based. Begin your Fahrenheit 451 teaching unit with a collaborative group activity to introduce the novel. As your students read the novel, they’ll follow along with the engaging and interactive Fahrenheit 451 analysis and comprehension bookmarks. The bookmarks will help guide you and your students as you read Fahrenheit 451.As you continue to read

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8th - 11th

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RL.8.1

, RL.8.2

, RL.8.3

, RL.8.10

, RL.9-10.1

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Because of Winn-Dixie: 13 Quizzes (Distance Learning)

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Keith Geswein

Because of Winn-Dixie is a heartwarming story of a young girl and her new dog that any animal-lover will enjoy!Assess your students' comprehension of Because of Winn-Dixie as they read through the book with these 13 quizzes.Each quiz contains four multiple-choice, higher-order-thinking questions over two chapters. The questions assess many CCSS-ELA standards, including vocabulary, cause and effect, main idea, summarizing, character analysis, sequence of events, story details, comparing and cont

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Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 6th

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Assessment

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RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.4.1

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Also included in: 3rd Grade Novel Studies Bundle: Because of Winn-Dixie, Shiloh, White Fur Flying

Reading Response Journal Questions Prompts and Assessment

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Runde's Room

This Reading Response file contains well over 100 reader response prompts organized into sections for different comprehension strategies and story elements so you can match the response questions to your minilessons. These questions could also be used as comprehension questions for ANY novel. The document also contains a set of success criteria that could be made into an anchor chart, or reproduced for students to glue into their response journals. A reader response rubric is also included.**

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Assessment, Printables, Lesson

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4th - 7th

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Also included in: 4th to 6th Grade Essential Year-Long Curriculum Bundle

A Long Walk To Water CC Standards Based Novel Study DIGITAL + PRINT w/lessons

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No Fluff Teaching Stuff

A portion of all our sales goes to educate children in Africa. This 165+ page STANDARDS based unit WITH lessons includes:Workbook Style Novel Study- print and go -Takes all the assignments, templates, practice pages, journal questions and puts them in a print and staple student guide your kids can use. - Pre Reading Each of the 6 sections includes:- Active Listening Page- Standards Practice Page- Think and Respond Questions- Vocabulary words and activity - Reading Comprehension Quiz Digital Nov

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Assessment, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

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4th - 6th

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CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

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Novel Study Bundle: THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander

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Sealey Novel Studies

This novel study resource bundle for THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander is perfect for the teacher who wants to teach this novel with little to no preparation on their part. I have divided the book up into 4 smaller chapter sets of around 50-70 pages each and provided resources that go especially well as homework, extension activities, or regular class assignments.Throughout the bundle, students will encounter:1. Vocabulary: 5-6 unique words from each of the 4 chapter sets, as well as my personal

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Workbooks, Assessment, Printables

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3rd - 9th

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The Ultimate Shakespeare Introduction Kit of Activities for Any Unit

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Bespoke ELA

This bundle contains 20 activities to use as introductory lessons for any Shakespeare unit.It includes:Shakespeare Insult KitShakespeare Translation Practice & KeyShakespeare’s Vocabulary DictionaryShakespeare Fun-FillerFamous Sayings we Owe to ShakespeareSonnet Close Reading Exercise with Sonnet 18Sonnet Writing TaskShakespearean Theatre Terms DictionaryShakespeare Terms Bingo Game Shakespeare Agree or Disagree Activity Shakespeare Introduction Chat Cards Shakespeare Bookmarks Shakespeare W

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education

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Activities, Assessment

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Grade 6 Daily Common Core Reading Practice Weeks 1-20 (IAR, SBAC, STAAR, MAP)

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Literacy and Math Ideas

This document contains 100 different passages for quick and daily Common Core reading practice. This 20 week bundle contains informational text, literature, poetry, historical fiction, suspense, plays, fantasy, and many more stories. A reading passage and Common Core questions are included for each day of the school week. Use it in just five minutes a day as students first enter the classroom. This is a quick way to review character analysis, figurative language, inference skills, and more i

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Grades:

6th

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Activities, Assessment

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RL.6.1

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.10

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Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz

Created by

Bradley Thompson

The following document contains two quizzes on Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." The first quiz is a revised quiz with higher critical thinking questions than the low comprehension questions in the second quiz. Feel free to use either or to pick and choose which questions to offer your students. The first quiz assesses a student's analysis of character name inferences, conflict, foreshadowing, indirect characterization, inferences, irony, plot (especially the implied resolution), sett

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English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Assessment

Animal Farm Quizzes for the Entire Novel - One Quiz per Chapter

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Assess your students' comprehension and literary analysis skills with these Animal Farm Chapter Quizzes! This download includes ten Animal Farm quizzes, one for each chapter, and an answer key. All ten of these quizzes include ten multiple-choice questions (there are a couple of true or false questions mixed in) that require students to go beyond simple recall skills. Some questions assess higher-order thinking skills and figurative language.I use these chapter quizzes in my classroom to quickl

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Close Reading, Informational Text, Literature

Grades:

8th - 12th

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Also included in: Animal Farm Unit - Questions, Quizzes, Vocabulary, Critical-Thinking, Bundle

Writing About Reading | Digital Pages to Use with Google | Distance Learning

Created by

Create Teach Share

This product was designed to encourage my students to WRITE more about what they are READING. With each new passage or selection, I found myself reinventing the wheel each day, coming up with new and meaningful questions and prompts for my students to write about. I decided to put together a collection of prompts that work with any book, selection, or text!This product contains 15 Writing Tasks for Literature Texts and 15 Writing Tasks for Informational Texts. It also includes a digital version

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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Assessment, Printables, Graphic Organizers

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Multiple Choice Chapter Quizzes

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Enflourish Publishing

This quiz packet for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders contains one quiz for each chapter of the book. Each quiz is composed of six to seven multiple choice questions. A teacher answer key for each quiz is included at the very end of the packet. Each of the twelve quizzes are ready to print, copy, and distribute to students, requiring very little teacher preparation time.

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