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ELA test prep Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources for GATE
The Man in the Well by Ira Sher Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking activities which require students to identify strategies used by the author to convey his purpose. The questions have students make inferences in the selection, the vocabulary chart has students define words according to context clues, and the literary device identification charts can be used to have students either identify examples in the text or determine the device used from the example provided and discuss the author's purpose for each. A short co
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Storm by McKnight Malmar Author's Purpose Unit
The unit contains various activities which require students to analyze the story, identify literary devices and determine why the author used them. It comes with a suggested lesson plan for the order of activities. The vocabulary chart uses context clues, the imagery and literary device charts ask students to find examples, and the higher-level thinking questions have students look closely at the author's words to determine his meaning. It also has two short constructed response questions on ir
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7th - 10th
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Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez Author's Purpose 7-Day Unit
This product is a 7-Day Unit which contains higher-level thinking questions requiring students to identify strategies the author uses to convey his message. It includes a unit plan with a vocabulary identification chart, imagery identification chart, literary device identification chart, and two short contructed response questions. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Two Friends By Guy de Maupassant Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which focus on author's purpose. It also has a vocabulary chart which uses context clues and a literary device chart which requires students to identify text examples or find text examples of literary devices and discuss the author's purpose for using each. A short constructed response question is included. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Elevator by William Sleator Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to dicuss how the author used certain strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues, a literary device identification chart in which students must identify the device and determine why the author used it, internal and external characterization charts, and a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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A Dog's Tale by Mark Twain Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to determine the strategies an author used to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary chart using context clues, a literary device identification chart in which students are asked to find or identify text examples, and a characterization chart which expects students to describe characters using text evidence. It also includes a short constructed response question covering irony. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Last of Her Sons by Alden Nowlan Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to use inferencing skills to identify why an author uses specific strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and a literary device identification chart which asks students to identify the device based on text examples. A short constructed response is included. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Bet by Anton Checkhov 5-Day Author's Purpose Unit
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to discuss the author's strategies and purpose for using them. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues, imagery and literary device identification charts, a non-linear plot timeline activity and a suggested five day schedule . Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which ask students to exam the strategies the author used to convey his message. It also has a short research requirement chart, an imagery identification chart which requires students to determine the author's purpose of the descriptions, and a short constructed response question in which students must use text evidence. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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A Man Who Had No Eyes By MacKinlay Kantor Author's Purpose Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary identification chart using context clues, a literary device identification chart which asks students to find examples of literary devices and determine the author's purpose of using each, and a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Weapon by Fredric Brown Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to determine why the author used specific strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary chart asking students to define words based on context clues and a short constructed response question for writing practice. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Average Waves in Unprotected Waters by Anne Tyler Author's Purpose Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which ask students to identify the strategies the author used to convey her message. It also includes a vocabularly chart which uses context clues, an imagery chart requiring students to find examples and determine the author's purpose, a character description chart to connect the characters' descriptions to their purpose in the story, and a short constructed response question expecting students to use text evidence. Answers are provided for
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Treasure in the Forest Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to determine why the author used specific strategies to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary chart which expects students to define words based on context clues, imagery and literary device charts which ask students to identify the example and discuss why the author used it, a color chart in which students must determine positive or negative connotation, and a short contructed response for writing practice. Answers are provided for a
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8th - 11th
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Moon-Face by Jack London Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to discuss the author's purpose for using specific strategies. It also has a vocabulary chart which uses context clues and a literary device identification chart which asks students to identify the device used and determine why the author used it. The short constructed response question asks students to discuss the irony used by the author. Answers are included for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Leopard Man's Story by Jack London Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to determine why the author used specific strategies. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and a literary device identification chart in which students must identify the device and discuss the author's purpose for using it. A non-linear plot activity is included. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Nice People by Henry Cuyler Bunner Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which focus on the strategies the author uses to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues, and imagery and literary device identification charts which require students to find text examples and discuss the author's purpose for using them. It also has a short constructed response question in which students must use text support. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Bet by Anton Checkhov 5-Day Author's Purpose Unit Interactive Easel Activity
The product contains a 5-Day unit covering "The Bet" and using higher-level thinking activities. The interactivite activities include a vocabulary exercise, an imagery exercise, a literary term exercise, and a non-linear plot timeline. It also has open-ended questions which require students to identify the strategies the author used to convey his message. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet By O. Henry Author's Purpose Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions geared toward finding the author's purpose. It also has a vocabulary chart that uses context clues, a literary device chart which requires students to identify the text example and determine why the author used it, and an imagery chart in which students must find text examples. A short constructed response question is included which focuses on irony. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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