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Free high school informational text resources for Easel Activities
FREE Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice Questions Task Cards
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to reading comprehension? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 10 reading skills task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories and modern Non-Fiction articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed respo
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5th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Task Cards | STAAR Test Prep | Print & Google | FREE
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice reading comprehension skills can be challenging. Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenge students. Use as bell-ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more. Great for high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 10 reading comprehension task cards are perfect to prepare f
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8th - 11th
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Informational Text Reading Passage | Test Prep | SBAC | CAASPP | PDF & Digital
Help your students prepare for standardized testing with this practice reading passage. Great for Common Core or the Smarter Balance test!This common core aligned test prep resource has 10 questions written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on standardized testing.Question types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and constructed response.Print Version Includes:- 1 NoniFiction Passage- 10 Text-Dependent Questi
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5th - 9th
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FREE Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice
Do your students know how to adequately show evidence from the text when they are asked? We often take for granted that students automatically know how to do this.
Use my Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice *FREE* resource to help your students! This resource includes a visual aid to help students remember, as well as ONE nonfiction passage with questions to practice citing evidence from the text. Suggested answers for each question (and identification of evidence from the
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6th - 9th
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Smart ELA Bell Ringers, Warm Up Lessons, Reading Comprehension - FREE
These smart bell ringers are engaging warm-up activities that address a wide range of ELA standards. They are a perfect mix of literature, informational texts, and reading comprehension and cover various topics such as fiction, poetry, literary devices, history, social studies, science, and life skills. Students are asked to read, analyze, determine the meaning of words, make inferences, provide conclusions, support claims, and make connections.The handouts and online Easel activities are ideal
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7th - 12th
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Weather and Climate #1 Science CER Reading/Writing Prompt
As current science teaching practices and ELA teaching practices continue to evolve, teachers are encouraged to incorporate more nonfiction text into classroom practice. This short nonfiction text is based on current news. This CER document provides a vehicle for nonfiction text reading analyzed through the lens of Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning. We want our students reading more science and constructing arguments in a scientific manner. This text can be used as a bell ringer, included in a sub
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6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-5
Rhetorical Précis Toolkit Nonfiction Summary Writing Framework & Template FREE!
Need a succinct way to teach students how to write a strong summary with sophisticated vocabulary? Provide your students with these tools (template, word bank, rubric) to "student-proof" the rhetorical precis writing process. I put this template, word bank, and rubric together, and it transformed how my students wrote their rhetorical precis. Give them the structure. Give them the words. Their diction and syntax WILL IMPROVE. Encourage students to annotate with the sentence 2 words WHILE they re
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9th - 12th
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Writing a Nine Sentence Paragraph - Note & Graphic Organizer
This 9 sentence paragraph note and outline teaches students the main components of a nine sentence paragraph. The graphics organizer allows students to organize their information before writing a paragraph. This resource is perfect for practicing organizing research or persuasive arguments with evidence. Download, print, and assign a topic of your choice! ☺️Get the Nine Sentence Paragraph Presentation HERE for a completed lesson and more nine sentence paragraph examples!Included:• 1 PDF Document
Grades:
7th - 12th
For & Against: Organizing (or Analyzing) an Argument
As we work to prepare our students for upcoming writing assessments, we’re focused on teaching them to argue for or against an issue. This is a shift from the old methods of teaching persuasion. Persuasion involves changing a reader’s (or listener’s) mind, attempting to convince him/her to feel a certain way. In argument, the writer attempts to reveal a truth using evidence to support his/her position (regardless of the way the writer actually feels about the issue).This graphic organizer is a
Grades:
7th - 10th
BLACK HISTORY William Still, Abolitionist FREE Resource PRINT and EASEL
William Still was a Black American who worked tirelessly on the Underground Railroad and was employed by the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery before the American Civil War. Included in this free resource is a one page biography (written by me) followed by four opinion questions as well as a copy of the preface to Still’s 1878 collection of accounts he had gathered from many fugitive slaves (in the public domain). Question #4 is related to the preface. A full copy of William St
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7th - 10th
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FREE Current Events Reading Comprehension Practice_Latest Articles for Students
Current Events PDF Lesson Plans & Latest News Articles for Student Reading Comprehension Practice. Higher minimum wages will go into effect on January 1 across 22 states. This will give an economic boost to almost 10 million workers, according to a recent estimate.Use a student news article as a substitute lesson plan, daily classroom assignment, weekly homework assignment, Friday groupwork activity, or for optional flex/bonus points. Follow us on X @NewsLessonPlansArticle Features:· 2 diffi
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6th - 12th
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and the Globe Theatre Theater FREE Item PRINT and EASEL
This free resource includes two differentiated 2-page reading passages on the Globe Theatre in London, with information on both Shakespeare’s time and the modern era (it was rebuilt and opened in 1997). The two different levels are marked pages 1 (1) and 2 (1) for the easier level and just page 1 and 2 for the more difficult reading level. The borders differ on each reading passage page to help you differentiate between the two. Please choose the level best for your class.A multiple choice ac
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7th - 10th
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Free Argument (Rhetorical) Analysis Voting Rights Speech and Graphic Organizer
Use this free rhetorical analysis graphic organizer to help students read and analyze the argument presented in Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech, “Voting Rights Act of 1965" (also called "We Shall Overcome"). The web guides students through analysis of rhetorical features including diction, rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), structure, author’s craft and purpose, tone, and central ideas. This scaffolded approach to argument analysis provides an alternative to the widely-used SOAPStone strateg
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum - Thematic Pacing Guide - Lesson Bundle
FREE SAMPLE: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Comprehension Packet-Chapter 1
Looking for a no-prep comprehension and vocabulary packet to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition)? Make sure to check out this free sample of chapter 1.The full packet includes:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheetsThis free sample is downloaded as a pdf and uneditable.A Google Slides version of this document can be f
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5th - 9th
Oral Presentation Observation Worksheet
This worksheet is a graphic organizer for students observing speeches to help them be intentional in their viewing and assess the style and techniques used by the speaker. They need to fill out comments and observations in each of 4 areas:ContentBody LanguageVoicePreparationYou can ask them to fill it out while watching a teacher-chosen example, such as f a famous speech or movie scene speech. Then get them to fill it out while listening to a friend preparing their speech before the big day, or
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9th - 12th
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History of the Canadian National Anthem - O Canada Reading & KWL - OLC, OSSLT
This text with KWL chart explores the history of the Canadian national anthem, O Canada, including the 2018 change in lyrics. Written at a grade 8-9 level, this text is great as reading practice for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) and the Ontario Literacy Course (OLC, OSSLC). This text is also suitable for Music, English, Canadian History, and Canadian Civics classes.The product includes access to editable author-created digital overlays that work with TpT's Digital Activiti
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: OSSLT & OLC - The History of O Canada - Complete Bundle
Revealing Hidden Figures | STEM 4 Justice Freebie | Teach for Justice
Representation is Intentional.Lack of representation leads to exclusion, promotes bias and prejudice, limits learning experiences, and misrepresents the current and historic contributions of a diverse group of STEM professionals. STEM 4 Justice promotes social justice by addressing the lack of diversity in STEM educational resources. Students and teachers will explore the possible reasons for the lack of diversity in STEM resources and act with intentionality to expand their knowledge of diverse
Grades:
6th - 9th
Outstanding Hispanic Women
Short biographies of outstanding Hispanic women to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and as part of Social Studies. Provides informational texts reading and a writing section to better comprehend informational text.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Claims & Counterclaims Printable
This handout can be either printed or used in online. Students will fill in the notes on claims and counterclaims and then do a short activity to assess their understanding. An answer key is attached. Note: This is made for 8th grade but could be adapted for 6-9th grades.
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6th - 9th
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Birth Order Traits: A Nonfiction Reading and Guided Writing Assignment
The idea that we get part of our personality from our birth order fascinates people. In this assignment, students read two nonfiction articles that discuss this popular topic. The first day's lesson features an interview with popular author Kevin Leman. Students read and discuss the concepts presented, then brainstorm and write a guided paragraph.Next, the students read a more academic article on the topic of birth order. Reading questions and answer key are provided. After discussion, stude
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mujeres hispanas sobresalientes
Short biographies of outstanding Hispanic women in Spanish to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and as part of Social Studies. Provides informational texts reading and a writing section to better comprehend informational text.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Bronte Sisters Biography: FREE!! PRINT and EASEL
This is a FREE resource. It is similar to a number of writer/author biography resources in my store. Each includes four to five passages that are accompanied by student activities. Please have a look! (I also have a large number of biography units that are less detailed for other writers - see the second set of links below - and some designed for younger students). All of these resources can be used for distance learning using TPT's Easel.F. Scott FitzgeraldElie WieselHarper Lee and To Kill
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8th - 11th
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Back to School FREE: Read, Write, Research PRINT and EASEL
Included in this resource are two research topics for students:1. Education in Japan2. Education in South AfricaEach topic includes some information about the school systems of these countries and include a short answer question. I have not numbered the topics, in case you want to use just one of them. Students should do more research before answering the questions and a list of websites is included but I do not guarantee these will always be accessible. The list of suggested websites is inc
Grades:
6th - 9th
Research and Note-taking Using Gale Database - Opposing Viewpoints
This Packet:
Includes seven note-taking sheets that correspond with Gale’s Opposing Viewpoints Database.
Great for argument research and helps your students stay organized during the research process!
These note-taking sheets help you teach Common Core State Writing Standards W7, Conduct short research projects to answer a question. W8, Gather information, assess the credibility - quote and paraphrase, avoid plagiarism. W9, Draw evidence from text to support your research. Grade 4-12
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5th - 12th
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