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Middle school ELA test prep pdfs for GATE
Creative Writing Create a Comic Book Hero Activities 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Telling students they're going to do "creative writing" can result in panic. Not with this fun lesson that has great graphics, fabulous graphic organizers, and an engaging partner activity.This lesson is made up of three activities that culminate in the students' creating a comic book. Students will work together to learn a variety of character traits to use to create a comic book hero. Then they will imagine how this champion could save the world. Finally, students will use illustrations and sp
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4th - 8th
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Test by Theodore L. Thomas Author's Purpose Questions and Activites
This product contains questions which explore the literary elements used in the story and ask students to determine for what purpose they were used. The higher-level thinking questions help students to determine the message/theme of the story. It also includes a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and a short contructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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Greek and Latin Roots Game
Games are one of the BEST ways to solidify learning, and this game will truly have your students' gears turning! In this pair stare game, students need to find the ONE Greek or Latin ROOT match between any two cards!See how it works!Look at the third thumbnail above. Can YOU find the *one* root that appears on both playing cards? When you think you have the answer, click the Preview above to see if you were right! BONUS points if you know what the root means! =)Root words are useful for strength
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4th - 12th
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Quiz & SCR
This product includes a ten question multiple choice quiz and two short constructed response questions based on Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery."
Multiple choice questions focus on parts of a story, foreshadowing, theme, and story events. There are two short-constructed response questions. One is for honors/GATE students, the other is for all students. The SCR's are perfect as SBAC test prep!
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8th - 10th
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Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish Author's Purpose and Short Answer Questions
This product contains questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level rather than content based questions. It also includes a short constructed response question requiring text evidence. Answers are provided for both activities.
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8th - 11th
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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
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7th - 10th
Abandoned Farmhouse Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Imagery Chart
This product contains questions which ask students to identiify and examine the strategies used by the poet in order to determine his message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The chart requires students to find examples of imagery and explain the purpose of each. Answers are provided for all activities.
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6th - 9th
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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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Narrative Writing Contractions SCAMPER Upper Elementary Middle School
Can narrative writing be interactive and engaging? Yes! You're going to love this narrative writing lesson that also enables students to practice their contractions. Yep! It's a two-for-one special! If you have reluctant writers, you'll love how the prompt and activities along with loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions will help all students be successful as they write about a day they were invisible. In addition to narrative writing and contraction practice, students will also get
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4th - 7th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Explanatory Grade 6
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "explanatory" because the student will be forced to respond to a question by making a definitive answ
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5th - 7th
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Examination Day by Henry Slesar Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which explore the literary elements used in the story and ask students to determine for what purpose they were used. The higher-level thinking questions help students to determine the author's message of the story. It also includes a vocabulary identification chart which uses context clues and an imagery chart in which students are required to find examples and determine the author's purpose. A short constructed response question is added in which students have to
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7th - 10th
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The Wish by Roald Dahl Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to determine what the author was trying to convey and what strategies he used to convey it. It also has charts which expect students to identify literary devices and the purpose of each, as well as a vocabulary chart stressing connotation and denotation. A short constructed response question is included for writing practice. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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Bread by Margaret Atwood Imagery Identification Chart, Summary and Short Answer
This activity requires students to summarize the paragraphs in the piece and to identify examples of imagery within the text to determine why the author used them. A short constructed response questions asks students to discuss the author's message using text evidence. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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Earth Day Bundle | ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
Engage your students from start to finish with this FUN bundle!!! This resource covers ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies standards!! This documentary is found on Apple TV+ and is about 50 minutes long. It takes students through the COVID-19 lockdown and how the Earth was positively affected during the lockdown. The questions are meant to be answered after the documentary, but students should preview the questions and use the large space to take notes during the film. Older students should be
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
4-ESS3-2
Persuasive Writing Activities Creative Writing Differentiated Upper Elementary
Looking for a fun way to practice persuasive writing? This activity set has everything you need for a terrific persuasive writing experience for your students. They'll create a creature and then persuade their families why they need to keep it as their new pet! How fun! I made it just for those reluctant writers, with a small group game, loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions so they can all be successful writers. They will sketch out their creature as well, appealing to those stude
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4th - 7th
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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.
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7th - 10th
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See It Clearly: Using Literature to Teach Point of View, Perspective and Tone
This unit uses excerpts from literature to teach the sometimes difficult and abstract concept of point of view, perspective and tone. Students will look at the way the author crafts his/her work to create the personalities of the narrators. Word choice is a large focus of this unit along with thinking critically about how messages are conveyed through characterization.
Excerpts used: Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea, The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and Wonder by R.J. Palacio
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4th - 8th
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ANTONYMS Crossword Puzzles .. Early Finishers Activity | Gr 5,6 CORE LISTS
REVIEW ANTONYMS - Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles, 280 ANTONYMS!
Great vocabulary activity for early finishers, center work, whole class, or homework. Grade 5 - 6
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Antonym Crosswords
280 antonyms,
Twenty-eight antonyms in each of ten antonym puzzles,
Award Certificate,
Antonym Wor
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5th - 8th
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Zoo By Edward D. Hoch Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to make inferences. It also has a chart in which students are expected to identify the literary device from the text example or find the example and the author's purpose for using it. A short constructed response question is included for which students must give text evidence. Answers are provided for all activities.
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6th - 9th
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Text Dependent Analysis Bingo! RACES Review
This is a fun way to review TDAs! Students will play BINGO using everything they have learned about TDA terminologyTDA structureTDA processThis resource includes 5 different BINGO cards BINGO call out listI hope you and your students enjoy this review game as much as mine did!
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3rd - 8th
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A Dead Woman's Secret by Guy de Maupassant Author's Purpose Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to discuss why the author used specific strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary identification chart using context clues, an imagery identification chart, a literary device identification chart, and a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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7th - 10th
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Commas, Colons, Semicolons and Capitalization Quizzes.
This is a collection of four formative or summative assessments.
Included with this is a page that teaches Wrong Answer Analysis.
The focus of the first quiz is on separating dependent and independent clauses using commas and semicolons appropriately.
This second quiz, on Commas, Colons, and Semicolons quiz is straightforward. This can be used as a formative or summative test. Teachers can give students a “Retake” opportunity. Quiz #2 is nearly identical. They have the same types of ques
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5th - 9th
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Nonfiction Reading Escape Room Elizabethan Times Research Game
Engage your students in reading nonfiction! Students will read about the fashions of Elizabethan Times as they read three nonfiction passages and answer comprehension questions to solve locks and escape. This escape room is perfect as a nonfiction companion to a unit on a Shakespeare play or as an introduction to reading nonfiction. Story: An evil wizard has sent you back in time. To come back to the present, solve three locks.1st: students read the back story2nd: students read 3 nonfiction "cl
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4th - 7th
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Gift of the Magi: Narrative Elements Test
This test is designed to pair with my adaptation of O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of the Magi.” However, the majority of the prompts may also fit with the original or other versions of the text. Check out the preview to see samples of the variety of test questions provided in this assessment! You can use the 100% editable Google Slides version to make a copy of the test and change anything to suit your teaching needs. Included in this product you will receive:6 page printable PDF with 25 asse
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: The Gift of the Magi Close Reading Unit Bundle
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