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Common Core RI.8.6 games
STAAR Reading Comprehension Passages Fun ELA Activities Middle School Games 6th
Designed for 6th 7th & 8th graders, these PowerPoint and Google Slides games make test prep fun and effective. Covering key topics like Inference, Main Idea, Theme, and more, they're the perfect way to reinforce reading skills while tackling end-of-year testing questions.✅ What's Included:Exciting Content: Engage students with excerpts from fiction stories, informational texts, and poems.Variety of Question Types: Multiple-Choice, Part A/Part B, Hot Text, and Match Table Grid ensure comprehe
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6th - 8th
Middle School Reading EOG Review Activities | State Testing ELA
State standardized testing review can be boring and painful for middle school students. Do you need activities to get your students engaged and excited? This Middle School EOG Vocabulary Review activity set includes 3 engaging games to help make review more meaningful and fun so that students will be successful on EOG tests!This resource includes:ELA Vocabulary Bingo (includes teacher directions, calling card chips and 10 different cards)ELA Task Card Scoot (includes teacher directions and calli
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5th - 8th
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Digital Reading Escape Room - Author's Purpose - Escape the Post Office
To view the full tutorial video, visit bit.ly/PostOfficeEscapeTutorial (case sensitive)DIGITAL Classroom Escape Room – Author’s Purpose – Escape the Post OfficeTired of the same old boring language arts review activities? Get your students excited about language arts! Digital escape rooms can be the perfect activity in your classroom to promote critical thinking, team-building, and content application! This digital, no-prep, no-print, classroom escape room combines meaningful reading skills revi
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Digital Reading Escape Rooms - BUNDLE
ELA Review Game for Middle School ELA Test Prep Sixth Seventh and Eighth Bundle
Make reviewing ELA concepts for literature, nonfiction, writing, grammar, and vocabulary fun with this engaging ELA review game. This game includes 52 rigorous ELA review questions in a mystery briefcase game format that gets middle schoolers engaged in their learning. Prep is now quick easy with done-for-you prize pages and briefcases prizes. Engage your students to review tons of ELA concepts in a fun, engaging, and competitive format. Students will be so into getting the biggest prize possib
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Reading Comprehension with Multiple Choice Game FAST Test Prep
Finding fun reading test prep can feel challenging. Why not use games and/or competitions, which are a proven way to engage students while creating a fun atmosphere?As end of year testing gets closer students get burned out and need a little change of pace. Help your students prepare and have fun at the same time.These FOUR PowerPoint reading review games are the perfect solution to give your students the Test Prep they need.You can choose from 3 proven game ideas, that are explained in detail,
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6th - 9th
Author's Tone Activity and Assessment for Middle School - Fast Food Orders
This funny activity will give your students practice analyzing an author's tone! Tone is one of those words that seems overwhelming to middle-school students, but attitude is something they are all too familiar with. What many kids don't realize is that an author's tone and an author's attitude are actually the same thing!In this engaging activity, your students will read 10 fast-food orders. Each customer orders the exact same menu items, but each customer has a very different attitude or tone
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6th - 8th
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Author's Tone Nonfiction Passages for Middle School
Do your students get that glazed-over look when you start throwing around terms like author's tone? Mine sure do! My students' biggest challenge with tone is separating the author's attitude from the topic of the passage. If the topic is related to death, they think the tone must be grim. If the topic is related to violence, the tone must be aggressive. Until they see the same topic written about from a variety of viewpoints, they just don't get it! This is why I have written 10 nonfiction passa
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6th - 8th
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STAAR Author's Purpose Test Prep | Google Slides Review Game | NEW Item Types
Looking to prepare for STAAR Reading new item types?This PowerPoint and Google Slides resource is a super-easy and fun way to help introduce New STAAR Test Item Types while also giving your students a little extra practice with finding the author's purpose within a text. Each slide uses excerpts from well-known fiction stories or informational text articles on modern topics to help engage your students as they practice answering text-dependent questions on the author's purpose. Includes: multipl
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5th - 9th
Thanksgiving Informational Text Escape Room - Catch the Turkeys! (Print/Digital)
Just before Thanksgiving Break is a great time to use an escape room game to review informational text skills such as central idea, objective summary, author's perspective, and inferencing.In this Catch the Turkey Escape Room your students will work in small groups to respond to five gates that assess their knowledge of Thanskgiving as well as their ability to practice the common core standards for informational texts in grades six through eight.Included in this resource are three informational
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary & Informational Text Reading Skills Escape Room Bundle
8th Grade Reading Informational Text Game PowerPoint or Google Slides Test Prep
Grade 8 Language Arts ELA - Reading Informational Text Test Prep - Put down the pencils and have fun with this reading informational text game. This is a quiz style review game that is fully editable. It can be played by one child, or the teacher can lead the game and have the whole class compete in groups. The game is in PowerPoint, but you can simply upload to your Google Drive as Google Slides, and share with your students using Google Classroom. Play competitively in school, or send home f
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6th - 8th
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MAP Reading Section Test Prep Game and Worksheet for Grades 8 and 9
Help middle and high school students perform well on the reading section of the NWEA MAP reading test (Measures of Academic Progress) for grades eight and nine with this Google Slideshow game, which facilitates recall and discussion of relevant concepts. In addition, a self-grading Google Form and editable Google Doc worksheet are included for those who wish to help students prepare in a more conventional manner. Topics covered in this resource including the following:SynonymsReference material
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8th - 9th
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6th 7th 9th Grade Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice PowerPoint Game
Are you finding it difficult to engage your students when it comes to reading comprehension test prep? Look no further. We have the perfect tool to make learning enjoyable and effective. These interactive Reading PowerPoint games are specifically designed to captivate students' attention while developing their reading comprehension skills.With a collection of 40 Common Core questions based on thought-provoking passages, these games ensure your students are fully prepared for end-of-year standard
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6th - 9th
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! - Google Slides - Middle School ELA Review Game
INTERACTIVE PRACTICE/ REVIEW (GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION):* I created this for my 8th grade ELA class but it can be used across the middle grades.*Skills Included in Jeopardy Game:- Structure - Nonfiction- Theme- Main Idea/ Details- Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd Person Omniscient/ Limited)- Author PurposeDirections: Click on the category amount of your choice. THINK carefully, and guess the answer (partners, whole class, or independently). Press the “Click to see answer” button, and then click the
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6th - 8th
Author's Tone Bundle for Middle School | Passages Worksheets Games
These engaging (and sometimes silly) activities will help your students understand the meaning of author's tone and how to find the tone in the literature they read.True nonfiction analysis begins when students are able to analyze an author's attitude about their subject, but so many middle school students mix up the tone of a passage with the topic! They think that a passage about disease must have a grim tone and that a passage about a basketball win must have a celebratory tone. They struggle
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6th - 8th
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ELA Jeopardy Review II
Due to popular demand, a second version of ELA Jeopardy is now available. This updated version of the review game maintains it’s rigor with both literary AND informational text sets, passages, audio clips and more! Use for your middle school and/or freshman students in preparation for the high-stakes assessment or anywhere you are in need of a review of the standards. This standard-aligned jeopardy game was created for and used as a culminating competitive review before the upcoming high-stakes
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6th - 9th
Christmas Activity for Middle School ELA | Letters to Santa
The Christmas season can be busy and distracting, but it doesn't have to be a waste of time. This fun activity gives students a chance to analyze author's tone as they read 10 silly letters to Santa in 10 different tones.The tones in these passages include the following:AggressiveFormalDetachedJadedPleadingGrimHopefulCondescendingAccusatoryGratefulTwo assessment options are included:Option 1: Students are given a packet that includes the 10 letters to Santa and a simple matching worksheet. As th
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6th - 8th
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Valentine's Day Activity for Middle School ELA | Author's Tone
Valentine's Day may have its share of dramatic distractions, but it doesn't have to be a wasted day. This fun activity gives students a chance to analyze author's tone as they read 10 silly Valentine's letters in 10 different tones.The tones in these passages include the following:CriticalFormalDetachedJadedEarnestGrimHopefulCondescendingAccusatoryDiplomaticTwo assessment options are included:Option 1: Students are given a packet that includes the 10 Valentine's letters and a simple matching wor
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6th - 8th
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12 Angry Men: Digital After Reading Game
Your class is done reading Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men...now what? Play a review game of course! This interactive "find the evidence" game takes place after the conclusion of the story. It puts your students in the spotlight as an NYPD Detective going back to the scene of the crime to review new evidence to find out what really happened to the boy's father. The game is an imagining of discussions I had in class with my students: if the boy didn't kill his father, who did?! Your students will mo
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Break-In
In this fun mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out why criminals broke into a store, but took nothing! Why did this happen? What's the real crime? This is a great way to teach and practice critical thinking skills as your students practice their reading skills and use their logic skills.Also available as a PowerPoint presentation or Google Slides.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-up, filler, or time killer for early finishers. Students are given a myster
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Paired Passages PowerPoint Game | Informational Text | B.E.S.T. Standards
Finding fun reading test prep can feel challenging. Why not use games and/or competitions, which are a proven way to engage students while creating a fun atmosphere?As end of year testing gets closer students get burned out and need a little change of pace. Help your students prepare and have fun at the same time.This Paired Passages PowerPoint reading review game is the perfect solution to give your students the Test Prep they need.You can choose from 3 proven game ideas, that are explained in
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6th - 9th
Informational Text PowerPoint Game Reading Comprehension for CAASPP & SBAC
Are you finding it difficult to engage your students when it comes to Non-fiction reading comprehension? Look no further; we have the perfect tool to make learning enjoyable and effective. This interactive PowerPoint game is specifically designed to captivate students' attention while developing their reading comprehension skills.With a collection of 10 Common Core questions based on a thought-provoking informational text, this game ensures your students are fully prepared for end-of-year standa
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6th - 9th
Author's Tone Nonfiction Passages for Middle School | Robotic Pets
Do your students give you blank stares when you ask them to find an author's tone? I know mine have! My students' biggest challenge with tone is separating the author's attitude from the topic of the passage. If the topic is related to death, they think the tone must be grim. If the topic is related to violence, the tone must be aggressive. Until they see the same topic written about from a variety of viewpoints, they just don't get it! This is why I have written 10 nonfiction paragraphs about t
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6th - 8th
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Winter Holidays Informational Text Escape Room - Stop the Snow! (Print/Digital)
Looking for a great way to teach about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza? Just before Winter is a great time to use an escape room game to celebrate these important holidays in addition to reviewing informational text skills such as central idea, objective summary, author's perspective, and context clues?In this Stop the Snow! Escape Room your students will work in small groups to respond to five gates that assess their knowledge of the Winter Holidays as well as their ability to practice the comm
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6th - 8th
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The Missing Jewel: Critical Thinking Mystery PowerPoint Edition
In this brainteaser riddle that encourages discussion and critical thinking, a man gets a new job. He immediately mails himself two letters. When he receives the letters, he throws them away without opening them. Why did he do this? Can your students use their reading strategies, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to analyze the evidence and figure out the reasoning of this character based on a true story?The PowerPoint format makes it easy to share face-to-face in class, with large audien
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
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