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8th grade informational text assessments for Easel Activities
STAAR NonFiction Paired Passages with Writing Prompts & Comprehension Questions
Are you searching for an easy way to prep your students for their ELA end-of-year reading test?Look no further! This non-fiction reading comprehension Practice Test set has got you covered.✨Engaging Non-Fiction & Paired Passages: This resource offers 6 non-fiction reading comprehension passages suitable for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, making it versatile for middle school. Use the worksheets for assessments or send them digitally for homework.⭐ New Item Types: Our carefully crafted sta
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
Acts and Taxes: Stamp Act, Tea Act, Coercive Act, Proclamation of 1763 and More!
Students will read and answer text dependent question about the Acts and Taxes King George III imposed on the Thirteen Colonies. The Stamp Act, Tea Act, Proclamation of 1763, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Coercive Acts, Committee of Correspondence, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party are also included. Close Reads, Highlighting, underlining, text dependent questions, fun activities and a quiz will keep your students busy and engaged!
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3rd - 8th
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STAAR NonFiction Reading Comprehension 6th 7th 8th Grade Middle School Practice
Are you looking to help your students prepare and feel confident taking the STAAR English Language Arts Reading Test.?These non-fiction passages on modern topics have multiple-choice and constructed response questions (now updated to include New Item Types: Multipart, Multiselect, Hot Text, and Match Table Grid) that closely align with the STAAR ELA test to help your students feel better prepared and more comfortable with the format of standardized testing. Each of the five informational text pa
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5th - 9th
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Fears and Phobias Nonfiction Unit Aligned with HMH 6 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive nonfiction unit covering the article Fears and Phobias by kidshealth.org. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include text structure, author's purpose, main idea, summary writing, context clues, figurative language, point of view, and supporting answers with textual evidence.This unit now includes a copy of a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
NonFiction Paired Text High School Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
Preparing students for standardized testing can be a daunting task. Save your time and weekends with already prepared FAST practice tests that are thoughtfully crafted to help you cover everything needed before end-of-year testing. Help your students prepare for the FAST Test by taking these informational text paired passages practice tests.These align with the BEST Standards to help your students feel better prepared and more comfortable with the format of standardized testing.Question Types: m
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8th - 11th
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Wild Animals Aren't Pets + Let People Own Exotic Animals Argumentative Unit
This argumentative unit compares "Wild Animals Aren't Pets" and "Let People Own Exotic Animals" in a comprehensive unit for digital and print. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent argumentative unit. Skills covered include context clue vocabulary, thesis statement, counterargument, inferencing, author's argument, compare and contrast, comprehension, text structure
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers Unit Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers. This short story is about a boy who decides to play wheelchair basketball. Skills covered in this unit include reading comprehension, listening comprehension, mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, short answer response questions, compare and contrast, theme, and point of view.The activities, questions, and standards are
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Martian Metropolis Scientific Article Unit by Meg Thacher HMH 7 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the scientific article Martian Metropolis by Meg Thacher. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include support with textual evidence, context clue vocabulary, short answer response, author's purpose, summary writing, narrative writing, main idea, text structure and capitalizing proper noun revie
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
High-Interest Informational Articles + Questions 1 Middle School Digital + Print
Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Volume 1 contains 3 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Parkour, Ramen Noodles, and Self-Driving Cars will help engage your students and help them prepare for any Common Core State Assessment. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about these three topics because my middle school students picked them.These nonfiction text sets are perfect for
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest Informational Articles Bundle for Middle School
Kingdom of Kush
Students will read about the Kush civilization and their political, cultural, and commercial relationship with Egypt. They will do close reads and answer text dependent questions. There is a compare and contrast activity that is provided in differentiated formats. One gives a word bank students can use to complete the Venn diagram. The other does not provide a word bank, and it asks a constructed response question in addition to the compare and contrast activity.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt Bundle
Non-Fiction Paired Reading Comprehension Passages PDF & Digital | AIR Test Prep
Help your students prepare for their end-of-year common core standardized test (Ohio's AIR Test) by taking these paired informational text passage practice tests. The questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on the AIR test. The passages are based on modern topics to help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills.Digital with TpT's Easel. Question Types:multiple-choice, multi-select, evidenc
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | Common Core Test Prep | OST Ohio AIR
Non-Fiction Reading Paired Texts for FAST Test Prep Florida BEST Standards ELA
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice and feel confident answering reading comprehension questions to compare and contrast two passages?Compare and Contrast Two Informational Texts These Informational Text Paired Passages on modern topics will help your students master standardized test questions.Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchGreat for middle school students. Or maybe your students
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6th - 9th
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The Among Us Craze Informational Text, Quiz, & Activities
Are your kids obsessed with the game, Among Us, like my students are? Why not use your students' obsession to work on reading comprehension, argumentative writing, author's purpose, vocabulary, and more?! When they asked me if I could somehow include this in our classwork, I got on it. This resource is both digital, printable, & EASEL compatible! There is also an auto-graded assessment created in Easel.Skills Covered:Reading ComprehensionAuthor's PurposeContext CluesCompare & ContrastArg
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Informational Text - Nonfiction Reading & Writing Bundle
Comparing and Contrasting Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Students will read, highlight and answer text based questions about the similarities and differences between the social, political, and religious structures of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. There are three activities included to use as review or assessments. A complete the pyramid for each civilization's social structure. A Venn Diagram they can complete by doing close reads and comparing and contrasting. And a fill in the blank quiz based on the text.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ancient Egypt Bundle
Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Game Design Unit HMH 7 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the nonfiction article Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Game Design by Aaron Millar. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include common core aligned questions, main idea, objective vs. subjective point of view, vocabulary, and summary writing.This unit now includes a copy of all the acti
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Informational Text Writing Rubric
An Informational Text Writing Rubric that is a useful tool for evaluation and assessment of writing informative or explanatory texts. Given prior to a writing assignment, it will help students pay attention to details and convey ideas clearly and accurately. Determine whether writing exceeds, meets, or does not meet standards for ideas, organization, style, and conventions. Students can use the rubric for self-evaluation and peer review. Teachers can use it as an assessment. Includes teacher dir
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
Text Structure Task Cards (Leveled, Digital, & Printable)
Review text structure (and get advice from a wombat ) with this fun resource. -Leveled ~ Digital and Printable Options Too- These 40 text structure task cards are differentiated to make teaching text structure easy and convenient. The first 20 task cards are for students that read at the 5th to 8th grade range. The second 20 task cards, Level B, contain the same texts, but the passages are written for students that read at the late 2nd grade to late 4th range range. It contains nonfiction (in
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2nd - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Life as a Slave: Plantation, Farm, Town
Students will read and answer text dependent questions on Life as a Slave on large plantations, smaller farms, and in towns and cities. There are two activities that have students compare and contrast a slaves life depending on where they lived and worked.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Civil War Bundle
Never Retreat by Paul Fleischman Aligned with HMH 7 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive nonfiction argumentative unit covering the article Never Retreat: from Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent argumentative unit. Skills covered include context clue vocabulary, argument, counterargument, identifying pro/con, author’s purpose, central idea, textual evidence support, summary writing, complex s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Significance of 1st and 2nd Continental Congress and Committee of Correspondence
Students will read about the significance and key players in the 1st Continental Congress, 2nd Continental Congress, and Committee of Correspondence. They will learn about the major accomplishments of each organization and the role it played in the Revolutionary War. There is a quiz included. A labeled template for a 3 flap graphic organizer is also included that can be completed by using information from the reading material.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Continental Congress and Committee of Correspondence Bundle
Grade 4 RI.4.6 - (Point of View) Analyzing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
CCSS RI.4.6 - Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.This document contains six passages that can be used to review/master/assess the above common core standard. - Answer Key Included.Thank you for considering this product! If you would like notifications about future items posted, please click the “follow me" button. Please like us on Facebook for freebies and updates.http://www.facebook
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4th - 8th
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John F. Kennedy: Effects of Assassination on Civil Rights and Space Program
Students will read, highlight, answer questions, and do some critical thinking about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the impact it had on the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and the Space Program. There is a quiz using True/False and Fill in the Blank questions.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Cold War Bundle
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Assessment (Young Reader's Edition)
This End of Book Assessment is a great supplemental resource for the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). It includes:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all the correct answer" questions3 short answer responsesanswer keyThis product is downloaded as a pdf and uneditable.Looking for other resources to support The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind? Make sure to check out:The Boy Who Harness the Wind Complete Package (PDF)The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Comprehension & Vocabulary Pa
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6th - 9th
Also included in: No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
A Long Walk to Water + Salva's Story Documentary Unit HMH 6 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit over an excerpt from A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park and Salva's Story Documentary Video. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include context clue vocabulary, summary writing, imagery, character traits, comprehension questions, short answer questions and more! This unit includes a copy of all the
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
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