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Middle school ELA test prep lessons for Microsoft Word
edTPA Elementary Literacy Lesson Plans- Task 1
Welcome to edTPA guidance!! Are you going through the edTPA process and stressing out about what a passing portfolio looks like? You will be so happy with this purchase and guidance through it all. My edTPA was submitted in November, 2018 and I received a passing score of 56 out of 75!! A 56 will allow you to teach in ANY state. I received the highest score EVER in my program and my University uses my portfolio as an example to guide the educators.If you're looking for examples of Task 1, Task 2
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K - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading Passages
Students will be learning how to identify the theme of a passage. They will be shown different ways in which theme is shown in a passage and will analyze those lessons. The teacher will model this strategy using a few very short stories, and the students will apply this strategy individually on two longer fictional texts.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It
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5th - 8th
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ELA Mini-Lesson Instructional Videos instead of Lectures!
80 ELA instructional videos to replace traditional ELA mini-lessons or lectures (URL video links included) - Perfect for distance learning or Google Classroom!Never plan another mini-lesson! Never have disengaged students or classroom management stress again! Simply play videos to teach ELA skills!Instead of boring lectures that students tune out, introduce or review EVERY secondary reading literature, reading informational text and grammar common core state standards using informative and engag
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6th - 12th
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Rewording Test Questions for Understanding -ELA Test Prep for Standardized Tests
Students will be shown how to break-down ELA test type questions by putting them into more a simple question. This will help students more ably make their correct choice and gain a greater understanding of the question. Students will then apply this strategy on a non-fiction text, a fictional text and a poem (all while showing their reworded questions next to their originals, and then using this to aid them in answering the accompanying multiple choice).Check out all my other ELA products below!
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5th - 8th
MCAS PREP for ELA: Grades 6,7,8, and 10
(please let me know if you'd like me to send this to you as a Google doc.)This a four-week, twenty day, MCAS prep unit for English Language Arts; all of the lesson plans—activator, mini-lesson, activity, wrap-up—are included, and most importantly, the actual hand-out/s for each day. In addition, the English Language Arts Core Curriculum standards are included both on the daily lesson plans, and on the activity itself. Included are high interest short stories—such as Amy Tan’s “The Rules of the
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6th - 10th
Deconstruct Writing Prompt Practice for Standardized Test Review
Perfect for review before the writing portion of state tests such as STAAR, TCAP, TNREADY, & PARCC. One of the biggest struggles for my middle school students was in deconstructing the writing prompt; they didn't know how to address the prompt or figure out which type of essay it was asking them to write. Therefore, I created this quick review worksheet to help them practice the skills needed for deconstructing writing prompt. This worksheet has a quick notes section, and 6 sample prompts to
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6th - 9th
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30+ Samples Un-Packing the Prompt- PARCC-Based
The Key to Un-Packing Prompts - PARCC-Based
Narrative?
Literary Analysis?
Research Simulation Task?
30+ Daily Do-Now Activities
More than 30 Practice Prompts
Paper and Online Options
Five Minute Pre-Writing Strategies for Responding to Prompts in Timed Writing Situations
Aligned to CCSS
This activity can be done as a daily, “Do Now” task or as a major writing unit in a week. I try to avoid talking about it in terms of state testing,” but rather as timed writing. I want my students to feel c
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3rd - 8th
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PARCC NJSLA OPEN ENDED RESPONSES and NARRATIVE WRITING EXEMPLARS AND NOTES
Many of us are preparing to have our students take the PARCC assessment. We all want our students to do well. However, other than one practice test on the Pearson website, there isn't much else to allow our students to practice. Worse yet, is that the Pearson website provides two open ended questions and a narrative response, but no examples to use as models.
I have taken the time to type up model responses for my students in order to show them what will be expected when answering these part
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4th - 6th
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Practicing Restating the Question in Answers
In my classroom, we use R.A.C.E. to answer questions - R = Restate the question, A = Answer the question, C = Cite the evidence from the text, E = Explain or Elaborate. (G can be substituted for C to spell RAGE, where G = Give an example from the text. Maybe more appropriate for younger grades.)
This worksheet will help students practice the first two letters or RACE - Restating and Answering. For some this is an easy, quick review. For others who are struggling to understand what RACE means,
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4th - 8th
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Writing an Extended Response Based on Two Different Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills
In this lesson students will learn how to write an extended response using two different, but related tests. First, students will look at sample student responses and are asked to use a scoring guide to critique these responses, specifically looking at what is right and what is missing from those student responses. Students are then given tow different, but related texts in which they will write their own extended response about. Students are expected to use the scoring guide, as well as their e
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5th - 10th
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Explicit vs. Implied: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Do your students struggle to make inferences? Do they have trouble explaining a conclusion once they draw one? Perhaps they do not really understand the difference between explicit and implied information. With this worksheet, you can easily conduct a formative assessment, practice making inferences and drawing conclusions, review before a test, or wrap-up a lesson. Using a brief, original passage, students determine whether information is explicit or implied, and document their inference with a
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6th - 9th
STAAR 2024 Revising / Editing Practice, Grade 7, New-type Questions
Revising and Editing Passage with 15 questions, including redesigned new-type STAAR questions, for grade 7.The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has redesigned the STAAR test. In 7th grade, revising-and-editing will be included in the general Language Arts test. The revising-and-editing questions will include traditional multiple-choice questions, but it will also include some open-ended questions that ask students to re-write a sentence, or correctly combine two sentences into one. Yet the TEA ha
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6th - 8th
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Clear, Vivid, & Precise Language Mini Lesson
This 2-page mini lesson consists of two worksheets: Using Vivid Language and Using Clear & Precise Language. Each worksheet includes introduction and exit activity, explanation, examples, and practice activities. Both worksheets uses research-based strategies.
This is a great packet to help students write using vivid language and to write with clarity and precision. Each worksheet discusses the difference and the setting for each type of writing.
GREAT resource for a writing unit.
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7th - 12th
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STAAR English I | Combining Sentences Practice
Do your English I & II students need extra help with sentence structure ahead of the STAAR test? This practice resource contains six questions pulled from STAAR released tests (2019-2014) that focus on the STAAR question stem "What is the most effective way to combine these two sentences?". This resource also contains guided answer key with an explanation of why each answer is correct/incorrect. (STAAR® is a trademark registered by the Texas Education Agency, which is not affiliated with and
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8th - 10th
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Inside Out and Back Again Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice questions for each section of the novel. They are tailored with words that are commonly seen on the ELA exam. Also, they test such skills as using Context Clues, Characterization, Main Idea, and Theme.
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8th
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“The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov Reading Comprehension Analysis Test
This 27-question multiple-choice reading analysis/comprehension test/quiz on the short story “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection, plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to fami
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5th - 7th
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PARCC Literary Analysis Teacher Model (Example Essay)
This is an example essay for students to analyze. It responds to the following prompt from the 8th grade PARCC practice test, but it could also be used for other grades as an example of format.
In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view different from those of their parents. Write an essay analyzing how these differences in points of view create tension in both stories. Remember to use details from both texts to support your ideas.
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4th - 10th
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Using Apostrophes Correctly in Possessive Nouns
1. This two-page handout provides a simple chart for students to use in the editing stage as they determine whether words are singular, singular possessive, plural, or plural possessive. (An answer key is included.)2. On a white board, overhead, or SmartBoard, show the first page of the handout and review rules for using apostrophes in possessive nouns. Four simple rules are written at the top of the handout.3. With students' help, complete the chart.4. Students may suggest nouns to add to the c
ELA Skills: Author's Purpose: Test Prep, Reading Passages, Printable Worksheets
In this mini-lesson students will learn about authors purpose, and whether a text is meant to persuade. entertain or inform the reader. The lesson includes a teacher model, a practice model, and independent questions for students to practice.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading SkillsFact &Opinion in Non-F
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6th - 12th
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PARCC Smarter Balanced AIR Practice Informational Texts: Death Penalty
This is a unit that includes three non-fiction texts, practice PARCC or Smarter Balanced multiple choice questions for each, including a matching question similar to the drag-and-drop questions on the PARCC. It also includes an essay prompt and a graphic organizer to help students organize their essay response.
We used this unit over the course of a week, spending one day on each text and two days on the essay. This unit was developed by a team of four teachers and has been student-tested!
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8th - 10th
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8 ELA Test Prep Lesson Plans (TC Minilessons)
8 ELA Test Prep Minilesson Lesson Plans in Teacher's College (TC) Workshop Model Format
(Teaching Point, Connect, Teach, Active Engagement, Link, Share)
**Each lesson contains 2 Active Engagements...GREAT for ESL classes!!
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3rd - 8th
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ELA Test Prep Standards Based Questions - Reading Questions Review
Use these 10 snapshot assessments to prepare your students for mastery of the standards. This resource is great to prepare your students for the state test and all questions are standards based. With your purchase you get a total of 10 texts/excerpts and 55 multiple choice questions and 1 short response.This reviews:CharacterizationPoint of ViewPurposeWord MeaningToneSource TransformationDelineating ArgumentsComparing ArgumentsThemeCentral IdeaDevelopment of Ideas**After I uploaded the document
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8th - 12th
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Perspective of the Narrator - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading Passages
Students will be able to determine the perspective of the narrator. Students will be shown how to identify the perspective during the mini-lesson, and then will be expected to apply the strategy independently.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading SkillsFact &Opinion in Non-Fiction Texts - ELA Test Prep, Re
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5th - 8th
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Spelling/Usage Unit I: 50 Common Errors; Sentences; Multiple Tests
This is the first of two 8-page units devoted to truly essential spelling and usage for secondary students. The download includes a 2-page handout listing approximately 50 frequently misspelled or misused words, such as allowed/aloud, it's/its, whether/weather, your/you're, etc. Each word is accompanied by a sentence illustrating the word in context. This download also includes one practice exam and two entirely unique versions of a spelling/usage test drawing from these words and pairings. Each
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6th - 12th
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