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Free middle school ELA test prep literature circles
Lakota Reading Comprehension Passage: Chief Red Cloud
A short passage detailing the life of Chief Red Cloud, an Oglala Lakota Sioux Chief. The passage includes assessment questions aligned to 4th grade Common Core Reading Informational standards. Types of questions include: Genre, Context Clues, Sequencing, and Inference. This passage is part of an effort by Lakota people in an effort to teach the often forgotten side of United States history - Native American history. Resource is leveled for a 4th grade classroom but works with higher level 3rd gr
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Caged Bird Poem with Reading Multiple Choice Quiz
Feeling stressed as a teacher with limited to no time for lesson planning? If you're searching for a quick and free high school or middle school English lesson, this worksheet can fill a full class period...all if you have to do is download and press print!
Students read the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou and answer multiple-choice questions. Review of questions with the teacher or their peers can be structured as a lively discussion where students can problem solve using textual evidence.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
SAMPLE 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama
This sample resource is part of a 7th Grade STAAR Review product for Drama. This resource contains the reading passage “Ruin A Food”.
The full resource, 7th Grade STAAR Reading Review: Drama, includes:
A template for taking notes, along with a completed copy to project for the students, or to use while giving instrauctions.
PRE-READING VOCABULARY for “RUIN A FOOD” A Frayer model activity to help familiarize students with words in the play. Two versions are available – one for ESL studen
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6th - 8th
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Port & Trans Root Word Basketball- Morphology
A interactive morphology activity to practice paring root words to their definitions!
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5th - 8th
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FREE Sample DAZE / MAZE / CLOZE Passage with a Science Emphasis
This sample passage is designed to enhance fluency and comprehension skills in students. This is the first passage in a collection that features 25 engaging DAZE / MAZE/ CLOZE passages covering a range of topics aligned with the Common Core standards for science. The passages encompass a mix of nonfiction and narrative content, ensuring students' exposure to various genres. To facilitate assessment and progress tracking, an answer key is included, offering educators a valuable resource for effec
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
CCSS:
Who What Where When Listening For Details
I got the idea for these from another TPT user, however I have fine-tuned them quite a bit.
I currently have students on the autism spectrum that are unable to distinguish/answer simple WH questions. So I use these not only for IEP data but as practice and learning tools.
I read the sentence to the student, have them read them back, and then ask the following WH questions. I always write their immediate responses with no prompting. Then after each question is answered we go back and use color
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Alphabet Specialty: Teaching Story Map/Graphic Organizer Kindergarten
Alphabet Specialty: Teaching Story Map/Graphic Organizer Kindergarten
This story map is classroom ready! In the first couple of pages, students can trace the meanings of different 'Parts of a Story'. Title, Author, Character's, Setting, and order of Events. Following this activity is page after page of story mapping. It is set-up and ready to go with easy to follow directions that students can easily become accustomed to and understand. Each story map page has 'Winter (black & white) B
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
"Wonder" Study Guide and Assessment
This product contains a brief review of the novel and an assessment. I allow my students to choose three of the five short answer questions to discuss and answer with their teammates. This is in Microsoft Word format so that you can change the directions if you'd rather it be an assessment to be completed individually.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Freebie Tuck Everlasting Novel Quote Sort!
This preview is a quote sort for the novel Tuck Everlasting. Students will sort quotes by character, causing them to make inferences and analyze word choice. This center is a great review after reading the novel and can be used whole group or small group! Aligned to the Common Core State Standards RL 5.1 and 5.3!
My students absolutely loved these sorts and would have some great discussions about characters and word choice. My heart would melt when they'd grab the book to check themselves a
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4th - 8th
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Genre Study Quiz
This is a quiz that can be used as an assessment or a review over genre.
I have included an answer key :)
Key Vocabulary- Genre:
Biography
Poetry
Drama
Mystery
Tall Tale
Informational
Realistic Fiction
Myth
Fable
Legend
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Fairy Tale
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
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3rd - 8th
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Macbeth Act I Scene 7 Close Reading Exercise
Middle and high school students need practice with close reading and questions that require text-based answers.
This close reading exercise works beautifully as a whole-class activity, but it works just as well for students working in pairs or small groups and even as a homework assignment.
The key to what makes this activity successful is the use of graphic organizers. Each question is followed by a table that enables students to identify relevant details and discuss what they mean. Try it
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Arabic Comic Reading Comprehension - #1 - 3
(Arabic version)
هذه هي نسختي الأصلية لسلسة مُحبي قـراءة القـصـص المـصـورة. يُـعجــب الطلبة دومًا بالرسوم المصورة الطريفة مع التـصميـم المطـوي الممتـع لورقـة الأسئلـة (و الذي يسهـل تقييمـه). هـذا بالإضافة إلي سؤال تعبير مثير للتفكيــر مـع كـل قصـة مصـورة. ( هذا العـرض علــي الأجــزاء الثــلاثـــة الأولــي مـن سلسلة محبي قراءة القصص المصورة. يحتوي كل رسم كرتوني علي 10 أسئلة استـيـعابـيـة وسـؤال واحـد للتعبير)
This is my original comic reader series. Students love the humorous cartoons with the
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4th - 8th
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Novel Study for The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Looking to read this novel in verse with your students, but want to save tons of time on planning? Here you go!Included in this novel study is:10 pages of quality worksheets based on Common Core standards for literacy. The novel is written by months. Each worksheet covers one month of the novel.Questions are a mix of multiple choice, reader response questions, graphic organizers, and skills based questions.Reader response questions are scaffolded to help all students practice and succeed.Questi
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Vent & Struct Root Word Basketball
A interactive morphology activity to practice paring root words to their definitions!
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4th - 7th
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Questions
Chapters 1-4 open ended and multiple choice questions. These can be used in guided reading groups, as well as in a whole class novel study. ELA TEKs are spiraled in every chapter. Teach and review foreshadowing, inferring, choosing the best summary, character's feelings and motivation, context clues, and lots and lots of vocabulary! Vocabulary and sentence stems widely used in STAAR tests are used to create the questions. This document contains questions for the first four chapters of the novel.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Point of View Graphic Organizer with Definitions and Pronouns + Answer Key
Graphic Organizer with Pronouns and Definitions of Points of Views in texts
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
CAFE, FACE, Daily 5, READ posters
While I liked the CAFE and FACE bulletin board ideas, I came up with my own posters that spell READ. They have the same 4 areas as CAFE and FACE. This listing is simply the letters for the top of the board (READ), but each of the posters are located on my site. I wasn't able to get them all on one listing. Please visit my site for the other posters.
R-Read Fluently (I can read out loud smoothly.)
E- Expand Vocabulary (I can figure out the meaning of words.)
A- Apply Skills (I use reading ski
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K - 12th
Of Mice and Men Argumentative Essay Workshop
Students can use this Step by Step guide to write an AP English Language/CLEP College Composition Style argumentative essay to go along with John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. The assignment includes an AP-Style prompt, brainstorming ideas, and peer review instructions. The rubric is included for the workshop alone. I would suggest using an AP or CLEP aligned rubric if you want students to complete a final draft. It works well for a literature circle, other cooperative learning, or whole g
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Literature Response Question Cards
Literature Response Question Cards. Great for small groups, centers, and so on. Can be used with any book! If you like this product please rate it and follow me through my store and on my Facebook page: Second Grade Lucky Learners!
Grades:
PreK - 6th
iPad App Review
This product is a great way to review novels and practice summarizing and opinion writing. An alternative to traditional book reports, students can summarize main events from the stories and draw pictures to entice readers to read these books. Using opinion writing, students can write a paragraph to justify their opinion of the book.
This can be used as a book report, study guide, chapter breakdown (for example, when students read chapters 1-5, and so forth), and also as a bulletin board for ot
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Story Elements Comparison Chart-- "Miss Awful" & "Charles"
Use this chart of key story elements to compare "Miss Awful" to "Charles." Don't use those stories? Simply change out the story name. The chart asks kids to identify the protagonist with description, setting, theme, and main conflict, along with a piece of evidence to support their answer (directly cited from the text of course!). The chart is perfect for teaching students to support/justify all their answers with text, thus prepping them for state testing.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Weekly Reading Quiz A
For use with any novel, especially in book clubs/literature circles. Tailored to ask STAAR English 1 EOC style questions about ANY fiction reading material!
Similar products for non-fiction coming soon.
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Student Reading Log
This reading log is the cutest around! Your students will love this fun spin on otherwise bland reading logs! Another small way to make reading fun!What's included:1 PDF file containing a color and b&w version of the log***********************************************************************Terms Of UseUpon purchasing this product, the buyer is agreeing to print and use file for a single classroom use. Reproduction in any way, including digitally and physically is not permitted. Sharing this
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Grades:
K - 12th
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