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ELA test prep Common Core W.8.2b resources
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
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6th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
Embedding Quotations in Research Papers - MLA and Writing Practice Activities
Students can ALWAYS use more practice when it comes to citing and embedding direct quotes in research papers. These stations are flexibly designed to give students the practice they need to level up blending MLA direct quotes. WHAT THIS IS:Flexible!Consider this a big practice bundle, full of everything you can think of for integrating MLA direct quotes in research writing. You can use these as stations, but they are not intended to all be used in one day! Allow students to choose the skills the
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8th - 10th
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Revising and Editing Bell Ringers Warm Ups Bundle - TEST PREP - STAAR - FSA
6 Weeks of Revising & Editing Bell-ringers - Task Cards! These warm-ups are standards-aligned and provide explanations for each answer. Use them as warm-ups, for formative assessments, or as task cards! Skills are grouped together for scaffolded learning. You will also receive 6 student practice sheets for a printable weekly option. Google Slideshow of warm-ups is included! Simply download the Teacher Instructions to access the link.What’s Included:Sets 1 & 21. Google Slideshow of Sets 1
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5th - 12th
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RACE Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts Print & Digital
Practice the RACE Strategy with 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through this helpful writing technique. It is a digital, paperless resources that you will share with your students. Great for independent work during distance learning. This product is located on Google Slides and is 100% digital. A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, wit
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6th - 9th
CAASPP Test Prep & Academic Testing Vocabulary Bundle for Reading ELA Test Prep
The ELA test prep bundle includes 6 ELA reading & writing test practice units now together in one great resource! Perfect for CAASPP test prep, the engaging test prep passages & activities will keep students motivated during state testing practice. Great for reading & writing test prep and review academic testing vocabulary, these six popular ELA test prep units are ready to use, and you'll save 30% with the bundle! Click the preview for more details!The reading test prep units all
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5th - 7th
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Reading Comprehension & the RACE Writing Strategy, grades 6-8 Google Forms
These 10 short, high-interest digital passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. Located on Google Forms, it is the perfect product for distance learning. This resource is also great for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. This product is located on Google Forms and is designed to be 100% di
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6th - 8th
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5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle | Middle & High School | Printable & Digital
Are your students writing their first 5-paragraph essay? Or maybe your class is full of struggling writers? Guide your students through their essays with this highly scaffolded 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle!This 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle includes everything you need to teach students how to write a 5-paragraph essay--from essay structure to writing theses to creating a Works Cited page. With lots of built-in review, short lessons, and step-by-step outlines included, your secondary
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8th - 11th
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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Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 8th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE EIGHTH GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARD (ALL 10) PLUS ones aligned to Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards. YEAR ROUND SKILL PRACTICE!Wonderful for year-round skill practice, preparing your students all throughout the year for all those pesky standardized asse
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8th
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Paired Text Passages - Informational Passages: 6th and 7th Grade Level | Pizza
These paired passages are a perfect opportunity to include informational writing! This Informational Writing Google Classroom ready Paired Text Set will keep your students interested in reading and answering questions. Not only does it cover interesting topics (History of Pizza and Making Pizza), but it also has Common-Core aligned questions and writing prompts to go with it.This resource includes:2 Passages (6th-7th Grade Level Reading)Teacher GuideQuestion BreakdownContext Clues Question Set f
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5th - 8th
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Paired Texts - Ain't I a Woman and Phenomenal Woman - Essay Writing Test Prep
In this lesson, students complete close readings of a speech by Sojourner Truth and a poem by Maya Angelou. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to consider and compare central ideas and themes. This 20-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guides-think aloud with sample annotation passage-text of the speech-links to aud
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
8th Grade Writing Test Prep Bundle | Text-Based Writing
This resource prepares students for writing a text-based argumentative essay, a text-based informational/explanatory essay, a text-based narrative, and a text-dependent analysis essay, and is designed to meet the expectations of various state writing tests.Writing types included:Argumentative WritingInformational/Explanatory WritingText-Dependent AnalysisText-Based NarrativeThis resource includes eight full prompts and essays (two for each writing type).Throughout each engaging writing unit stud
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8th
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Main Idea Supporting Details - Citing Evidence - Quotes as Supporting Evidence
Teaching how to use quotes as supporting details has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to incorporate quotes used as supporting evidence in an essay. Additionally, anchor paragraphs using a quote as supporting evidence provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for di
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6th - 8th
Essay Writing Bundle: Narrative, Expository, and Argumentative/Persuasive
Prepare your students to succeed on writing assessment tests! These middle school graphic organizers and anchor charts make writing essays manageable (and less stressful!) for your students and you. These practice writing prompts, graphic organizers, and revision strategies will give your students confidence and help them succeed.Ideal for writing assessment tests and portfolios, these tools walk students through every step of the writing process.Notes on the basic elements of each mode of writi
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8th - 10th
RACES Sentence Starters, Posters, Interactive Notebooks, Deskplates, Flipbooks
Sentence starters are invaluable when teaching the RACES Writing Strategy. Coming in 3 different sizes, these reference tools can be used as posters, to make anchor charts, to add to interactive notebooks, as deskplates, or as portable flipbooks students can keep at their fingertips wherever they go. The 3 sizes give teachers so many options for teaching the parts of a great constructed response answer using text evidence! Note: The last two pages of the resource have 4 different Sentence Starte
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2nd - 10th
Standardized Writing Test Preparation Bundle - Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary Prep
Writing for Standardized Tests Bundle Lessons Include: Text Based Analysis, Figurative Language Introduction, Transition Words in Writing, 5 Paragraph Essay, 6 Traits of Writing, 3 Multiple Choice Writing Tests, Thesis Statement, Standardized Test Writing, Examples as Supporting Details, Writing Leads and Writing Hook Introductions and Conclusions, 3 Argumentative Writing Lessons, 3 Expository Writing Lessons, and 3 Compare and Contrast Writing Lessons.Getting ready for standardized tests has n
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6th - 8th
SBAC CAASPP ELA Performance Task Simplified Writing Rubrics + Checklists
Empower your secondary ELA students to dominate the SBAC (or CAASPP) Performance Task like never before! Say goodbye to mystery and hello to mastery with this simplified rubric guide, showcasing exactly how those precious points are earned across all three writing types: Narrative, Explanatory, and Argumentative!Each rubric comes fully equipped with handy checklists, empowering students to become their own writing champions by checking their work like seasoned pros!As an added bonus: everything
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6th - 11th
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Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing: Test Prep, Notes, & Rubric
Prepare your students to write a Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing! This lesson with cloze notes is great for test prep and includes a rubric that can be used for any TDA essay. Included with this purchase:1. Powerpoint presentation that explains:What is TDA (text-dependent analysis)What is NOT TDAHow to write an effective TDAIntroduction, Body, and Conclusion ParagraphsHow to write a THESIS The 3 C's: Context, Content, ConnectionRACES acronym: Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain,
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6th - 12th
CAASPP Test Prep & STAAR Test Prep Passages for ELA Reading & Writing Work
You'll love the CAASPP Test Prep Unit for state test practice because it simulates one of the most challenging portions of state testing. In this engaging ELA test prep activity, students will select facts from a high-interest topic in order to complete a student's partially completed essay. Includes two separate activities with engaging content: Egypt's Great Pyramids and Cappadocia's Underground Cities. Teach your students how to distinguish irrelevant facts from relevant facts and then how to
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5th - 8th
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ELA TEST PREP Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint
Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint for ELA test prep. Taking a state writing test or preparing for the writing portion of a state test? This digital resource helps students prepare for state tests by learning how to understand what type of essay they are expected to write. Students need to understand how to answer constructed response questions and make their argument with support from a text. Learn the differences between what is expected for a persuasive and expository w
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
RACE Strategy Writing 40 Prompts and Passages for All Year
These 40 passages with writing prompts are perfect for students to practice writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling writers. Passages range between reading levels of 8-9th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a range of reading levels.This product is located on Google Slides, and is designed to be 100% digital and paperless. A printable PDF is also
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8th - 9th
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay Writing Practice with Google Drive - AP Test Prep!
Do your students struggle with identifying a speaker's argument? Have you gone over ethos, pathos, and logos (and other rhetorical devices) but need some practice writing prompts to help students apply their knowledge? Do you need to help prep your students for the AP Language Test? This is the resource for you! This resource includes: Four speeches which require students to annotate for rhetorical devicesLinks for students to view/listen to each speech A link to a MEGA list of rhetorical device
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8th - 12th
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