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Reading 8 Standards of Learning (SOL) Test Study Guide Packet

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This ten page packet (with an answer key in addition) includes everything your 8th grade English language arts students in Virginia need to know for the Reading SOL Test according to the "Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments Test Blueprint

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Study Guides, Printables, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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Literary Research Paper Guide

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The Literary Research Paper Guide is easily adaptable to teach students at any level how to write an MLA research paper. While this packet is specifically designed for a literary research paper, a few changes will make it appropriate for a research

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

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A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Chapter 17: Scott Fitzgerald Questions

By The Untortured English Department

This product contains a two-page PDF with 25 total questions to challenge students' comprehension as they read Chapter 17: Scott Fitzgerald of A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. There is one question per page in order as they read with two short

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Printables

$2.50

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Poetic Devices Test

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This test contains twenty questions - a matching section of poetic devices to their definitions and a multiple choice section where students must choose which device is being used in excerpts of famous poems. This test was made based off the "Poetic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

$0.95

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External Text Structures and Internal Text Features

By The Untortured English Department

This resource includes a Google Slides presentation on external text structures and a Google Slides presentation on internal text features (two slideshows in all). Both slideshows define each feature/structure and give an example. The external text

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

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"What Does the Prompt Say?" Thesis Statement Essay Practice

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As a grade 8 writing teacher, I continuously see students put hard work into writing a five paragraph essay only to find out they didn't exactly answer the prompt. These Virginia Department of Education prompts that are on the Standards of Learning

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5

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Poetic Devices PowerPoint and Assessment

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This PowerPoint presentation contains seventeen slides on poetic devices including repetition, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, symbolism, theme, tone, mood, figurative language, author's style, author's word choice, and author's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

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PowerPoint Presentations

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External Text Structures

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This Google Slides presentation includes 12 slides on external text structures. Each structure is defined with examples, then the following slide gives your students a nonfiction publication so they can practice identifying the structures. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Prezis

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Internal Text Features

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This Google Slides presentation includes 12 slides defining and exemplifying internal text features, including: Cause and effectComparison/contrastEnumeration or listingSequential or chronologicalConcept/definitionGeneralization

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Prezis

$2.00

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Contemporary Novels of Literary Merit

By The Untortured English Department

My 10th grade Honors American Literature class uses this list for our Postmodernism unit. They select a novel from this list to read for our literary research paper. A guide to writing a literary research paper based on a novel from this list is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts

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Semicolons, Colons, and Quotation Marks

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This Google Slides presentation includes eight slides with rules and examples for using semicolons, colons, and quotation marks. Great to use for students to take notes.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Prezis, Google Apps

$2.00

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Writing Expository Five Paragraph Essays

By The Untortured English Department

This Google Slides presentation includes six slides laying out the framework for an introduction paragraph, three body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph to make a five paragraph expository essay.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations

$2.00

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"Conquering the Comma" Quiz

By The Untortured English Department

This ten question quiz is based off the PowerPoint presentation from the Purdue Owl website titled "Conquering the Comma." (I highly recommend teaching commas using this PowerPoint). https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/692/01/ The first

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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CCSS:

CCRA.L.2

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B.A. in English from Averett University Virginia licensed teacher

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Literature, Writing, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text, Close Reading