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8th grade problem solving english language arts homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word
Communication Log - Autism - Spanish - School to Home
Communication Log to be used to send daily notes home from school and notes from home back to school. It includes English and Spanish and the Autism Picture.
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PreK - 8th
Fable, Myth, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, and Legend Creative Writing Unit
This is a reproducible handout or packet of information about Fables, Myths, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Legends. This packet includes information and examples of each type of story. It also includes short writing assignments for each type of story as well. Students can either create a Folktale collection which will include each type of story or do these projects individually. Each story can be illustrated with drawings, paintings, magazine pictures, computer generated pictures etc.
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7th - 12th
The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
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6th - 12th
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
Rhetorical Device Worksheet
This worksheet contains sixteen quotes from literature and famous speeches (and a couple of movies) that are examples of sixteen different rhetorical devices. The key is provided, so it can be used as a stand alone worksheet or, the worksheet is also provided in a bundle with my list of rhetorical devices and the two can be used together.
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8th - 10th
The Bells - Edgar Allen Poe- Reading assignment handout
This handout is a reading assignment and/or assessment designed to have students use multiple levels of intelligence to answer questions. The poem, "The Bells" is provided along with a side-by-side column that includes interactive questions for the text.
I designed this assignment as practice preparation for an Alternative Reading Assessment to the state reading tests. It can either be used as an assessment or a stand alone assignment for a Edgar Allen Poe Unit or Poetry Unit.
The Bell
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8th - 12th
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne W. Houston Unit Test by MrsNick
This unit test goes with my product, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Guided Reading Worksheets. If you want to save hours of your own time, purchase my guided reading worksheets and unit test! This test has 10 T/F, 44 Multiple Choice, 16 Vocab Matching, and 6 Short Answer. 9 pages are test and 3 are the answer key. 6 questions address a great poem to teach with the book called "In Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okita. Here is my product info for the guided rea
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8th - 11th
Drama Distance Learning Project: Parody of a TV Commercial
Coming up with activities for our students working from home is not easy, especially if the class is one as interactive as Drama! This is why I customized my Commercial Parody assignment to work for students in middle or high school Drama classes. This has been a success with students at home and allows them to explore parody writing and acting, with family members or alone. I am attaching a Word file, so that you can easily customize it for your needs. I have created a rubric, as well, to m
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6th - 12th
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Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Unit Test by MrsNick
If you need a test for Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, you have come to the right place! This test has 11 T/F, 20 Multiple Choice, 37 Matching (including characters and vocab), and 3 Short Answer. The main focus is recall, reading comprehension, and vocab, with some questions regarding theme and summarizing. 8 pages are the test and 4 pages are the answer key. All material is copyrighted and intended for single classroom use by a single teacher. Page numbers coordinate with ISBN 0-606-00289-
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5th - 8th
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Unit Test
If you need a test for Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper, you have come to the right place! This test is perfect for your ELA needs, as it tests your students over literary concepts such as symbolism, rhyme scheme, and foreshadowing! This test has 58 multiple choice, 24 vocab matching, 1 completion, and 3 short answer questions. 15 pages are the test and 5 pages are the answer key. All material is copyrighted and intended for single classroom use by a single teacher. Check out the Tears of a T
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6th - 8th
Sentence Structure -- High School thru Adult Lesson
This lesson is written for any upper division student, middle school to college, and also for adults who just want to improve their writing skills.
Thirteen pages and several exercises with answers cover the basics of sentence structure, including fragments, ellipses, commas vs. semi-colons, “you understood,” varying sentence patterns, and misplaced modifiers. There are writing exercises that provide the opportunity to use what is presented in the lesson.
13 pages
examples for every rule
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create a Comic Book Unit
This product includes a unit in which students will create their own comic book. Product includes: Project overview, comic book analysis, panel drafting organizer, and rubric. (May also purchase Introduction to Comic Books PowerPoint separately.)
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6th - 8th
The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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Grades:
K - 8th
Research Paper Writing/Grading Rubric
I use this rubric to grade informative/research writings within my history class. This rubric can be used for any general writing assignment. This document can be edited to fit your classroom needs.
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3rd - 12th
March - John Lewis, Graphic Novel Ultimate Guide
Black History MonthBeyond Martin Luther King Jr.Civil Rights MovementGraphic NovelsTry teaching the Civil Rights using John Lewis' graphic novel, March Book 1. This is a 16-page guide for students to use while exploring book 1. Students will explore the Civil Rights movement as an eyewitness thanks to John Lewis. Students perform analysis, answer critical thinking questions, provide reflection, and explore links as well as practice graphic novel analysis. This file is a word document so you
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6th - 12th
Influences on Global Weather Patterns: The Jet Stream and Ocean Currents
This resource is great for a an introductory or extension assignment, as well as a sub plan assignment, no outside sources are needed. The worksheet utilizes informative text and illustrations to provide a foundation of knowledge over the following standard: SC.6.E.7.3 - Describe how the global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, as well as humidity and precipitation. A 10 ques
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4th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: The Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate Bundle
Editing and Revising Practice with Real Facebook Profiles
Really bad Facebook statuses and profiles make me a little crazy, but they make excellent editing and revising exercises for students and are perfect for bell work. My students love when I give them these, sadly, very real Facebook statuses to work on. When I put them on the SmartBoard, they actually compete to have a turn to work on them in front of the class. They are fun, quick exercises and your students really will beg you for more of them!
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7th - 10th
List of Commonly Used Rhetorical Devices and Worksheet
A combination of my other two rhetorical device products, this provides students with the list of rhetorical devices and the worksheet to practice identifying the rhetorical devices on their own.
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8th - 10th
The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Evidence Chart
This handout provides students with three basic topic sentences in reference to The Great Gatsby ch. 5. Students must examine each topic sentence and provide concrete evidence to support the assertion made. After students find relevant evidence, they must explain how this evidence proves the topic sentence.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Historical Fiction Story Writing Project - Creative Writing
This is a reproducible handout or packet of information teachers can give to students. It contains background information about writing a Historical short story which incorporates research. This writing assignment can be used in either a Creative Writing, Language Arts, or Social Studies class. Students must research a time and place in history in order to write a "period" story.
Students should follow a typical plot structure but add in accurate details about clothing, setting, custo
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7th - 12th
Reading Comprehension Strategy Book - Visuals/Mnemonics
This is a reading strategy book that I created for my special needs students to use when reading passages and answering comprehension questions. Everything is either presented visually or in chart form or presented as a mnemonic. There is a page that describes what to look for before you read (flow chart type format); two pages for what to do as you read (a really great graphic of how to write the gist of a paragraph and a text coding box); one page of what to do after you read (this is a page
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2nd - 12th
Biography JOAN OF ARC + Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Questions
Informational Text about Joan of Arc (about 1.75 pages) written in a clear and understandable fashion. Following pages have 18 Multiple Choice Reading Comprehension Questions. Each has 4 choices with a few using "all of the above" and "none of the above." There are fill-in bubbles next to the choices to reflect standardize test format. The questions tap into the comprehension skills of:
Main Ideas, Finding Details, Drawing Conclusions, and Making Generalizations. There is also a nice drawing of
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5th - 8th
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Memory Book - Creative Writing Assignment- Narrative Writing
Students will create a 5 to 10-page, keepsake, memory book of their Senior/Junior year. (or 8th grade year)
This engaging, creative writing project is great for the end of the semester or end of the year. Students will use the narrative and imaginative writing modes to create 5 short essays or stories that reflect on their time in high school. This project also makes use of visuals and graphic arts design for producing the memory book. This assignment can also be modified for middle school s
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8th - 12th
Middle School Spelling Bee - Brenda's Brainstorms (American Heritage Thesaurus)
Ready-made, 82-word list; complete with part of speech, etymology, definition, and sentence for each word; definitions (in the form of synonyms) and words taken from American Heritage Student Thesaurus; a Rounds Record sheet is included; also find Rules to Be Read Aloud at Bee Time
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6th - 8th
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