Middle school Halloween ELA test prep unit plans

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.4.10

, RL.6.10

, RL.7.10

, RL.8.10

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Also included in: Reading Passages and Questions Main Idea, Inferences, Predicting -Google Options

Theme Lessons and Activities for Teaching Theme - Passages and Worksheets

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Understanding a story’s theme is critical to deciphering the author’s message in a text. This 3-day theme unit is designed to make learning fun while helping students go beyond the surface meaning of text to truly understand the author's message and the underlying meaning of the text. Filled with theme passages, theme worksheets, activities, and tasks, this unit is a hit!This unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of identifying theme. Each lesson starts with a fun and enga

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Short Stories

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Literary Devices Mini-Unit Bundle: Theme, Conflict and Characterization Lessons

Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Lessons and Assignments

Created by

Presto Plans

Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Lessons and Assignments: Elevate your English class with this chilling and thrilling short story unit, guaranteed to send shivers down your students' spines! Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year, this collection of scary and surprising stories will captivate and engage your students. Explore the dark and mysterious world of suspenseful, creepy, and spooky tales with handpicked stories that are sure to keep your students on the edge

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Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Listening Comprehension Unit - Upper Elementary to Middle School - Note Taking

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ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Listening comprehension is an essential element of ELA instruction. That’s because students do not intuitively know how to take notes, discern what is important in a listening passage, or even know how to reference their notes when answering questions. This unit develops all of those skills through fun active listening anticipatory sets, instruction on listening and note taking, five original listening passage practice tests, multiple choice and short answer questions, and a final assessment t

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities (Google Version)

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Understanding cause and effect relationships is an essential reading comprehension skill that takes lots and lots of practice for students to master.That’s where this 3-Day Cause and Effect Unit comes in. This Cause and Effect mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of determining cause and effect relationships. Through creative activities like a Cause and Effect Match-Up game, Cause and Effect Charades, and Cause and Effect toss, students become actively involved in the

Subjects:

Fun's Not Just for Elementary

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Centers

CCSS:

RI.4.5

, RI.4.10

, RI.5.5

, RI.5.10

, RI.6.10

...

Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle - Cause & Effect, Context Clues, Sequencing (Google Docs)

Text Structure Powerpoint

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This powerpoint is a fun, colorful way to introduce or re-teach TEXT STRUCTURE! Includes: - 21 EDITABLE slides - 5 video clip examples - 15 slides can be printed to created colorful, informative posters for your class, including: *definitions written in kid-friendly language *key words to look for *graphic organizers Text Structures included: - Cause & Effect - Compare & Contrast - Description - Problem & Solution - Sequence *Be sure to check out the preview for an example of wha

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

4th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.8.1

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Predicting Passages, Making Predictions Graphic Organizer (Print and Digital)

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Making predictions while reading is an essential skill for comprehending text. Students do not intuitively know how to make effective predictions based on clues from the passage and their own experiences. That’s where this mini-unit comes in. Filled with predicting passages, worksheets, and graphic organizers, this unit is the perfect way to teach students how to make predictions while reading. This mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of making predictions. Through

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Anatomy, Halloween, Science

CCSS:

RL.6.3

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.10

, CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.R.2

...

Also included in: Reading Passages and Questions Main Idea, Inferences, Predicting -Google Options

The Human Body {Skeletal System}

Created by

My Dear It's Elementary

Keep students engaged with the multiple intelligences. Choose from a wide variety of activities to scaffold your students with these 84 PAGES TO MAKE THE SKELETAL SYSTEM STICK!! ♥♥♥ {Barely containing my excitement here}This {originally mini-unit} has been revised {2016} to a FULL UNIT as part of the human body "Make it! Move it!" bundle. As always, it is created for maximum student engagement using the multiple intelligences. Please have a look at the preview for the table of contents and an o

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Centers

Also included in: Human Body Systems Bundle {Intermediate}

ELA Test Prep Bundle - Multiple-Choice, Short Answer, and Motivational

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ELA Test Prep, Reading, Test Preparation

Save and prepare your students to succeed on state assessments with this Test Prep Bundle! This bundle includes units on Answering Multiple-Choice Questions, Answering Short Answer Questions, and Tips and Ideas for Motivational Test Prep.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Test Prep Unit - Answering Multiple Choice QuestionsIn this 5-day unit, students learn specific strategies to promote success on state assessments and daily practice.

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.5

...

Reading Passages and Questions Main Idea, Inferences, Predicting -Google Options

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Save with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, and Making Predictions.Or...save even more with the SUPER BUNDLE (6 Mini-Units) or MEGA BUNDLE (9 Mini-Units) or ULTIMATE BUNDLE (12 Mini-Units)...---Reading Comprehension Skills - Mini-Unit SUPER BUNDLE!Making Inferences, Main Idea, Predictions, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, and Context Clues ---Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the M

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.10

, RL.5.1

The Daring English Teacher

, RL.6.1

...

Verbals Unit: Participles, Gerunds, & Infinitives PowerPoint, Teaching Materials

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Introduce verbals and verbal phrases to your students with this comprehensive verbals teaching unit that includes an interactive, animated, an EDITABLE PowerPoint presentation and quizzes, practice, and guided notes. This resource includes:- a 51 slide, EDITABLE PowerPoint Presentation- 39 page PDF file that includes 19 different activitiesLooking for an entire year of grammar instruction? This unit is included in my Mega Grammar Bundle for Secondary ELAThe PowerPoint teaches students these conc

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Activities

Also included in: Mega Grammar Bundle for Secondary ELA - activities, quizzes - PRINT & DIGITAL

Sequencing Lessons, Passages, Graphic Organizers for Sequence (Digital Options)

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Sequencing is one of the many skills that students need in order to comprehend what they read. That’s why this Sequencing Mini-Unit is the perfect addition to your English Language Arts instruction. Filled with sequencing passages, engaging worksheets, and graphic organizers for finding the sequence of events, this unit will help students develop strong skills in sequencing.This 3-day mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of finding the sequence of events in a passage.

Subjects:

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle - Cause & Effect, Context Clues, Sequencing (Google Docs)

ELA Made Easy: Language Arts Full Year VALUE Bundle

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This incredible mega bundle includes a full year's worth of middle grade ELA resources at a significant discount. You get all of the tools you need to offer differentiation through a variety of reading, writing, speaking, listening and word work activities.WRITINGELA made Easy includes several resources to help your students grow and become more confident writers. Whether you want to implement weekly journals, readers notebooks, or daily sentence editing, you will find plenty of engaging prompts

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 7th, Staff

Types:

CCSS:

RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.5

, RL.4.6

...

Irony Mini-Unit - Lessons on Situational, Dramatic, & Verbal Irony (Google)

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ELA Test Prep, Literature, Reading

Help students develop a deep understanding of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony with this fun and engaging 3-day mini-unit!This IRONY MINI-UNIT provides numerous opportunities for students to learn about the three types of irony, determine the purpose of irony, analyze irony, describe how irony contributes to a story and even write their own examples of irony. Each lesson starts with a fun and engaging activity – Irony Hunt (where students differentiate between examples of irony and just

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

Kelly Anne - Apple Slices LLC

, RL.6.1

, RL.6.10

, RL.7.1

...

Also included in: Literary Devices Mini-Units: Mood, Foreshadowing & Flashback, Irony (Digital)

Test Prep Writing | 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Lesson Plans | Unit 4

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Hey Teacher friends!It’s that time of year again- Testing Season. As it gets closer and closer, our hearts start to beat a little bit faster and we wonder- do they know it all? This Writing on Demand Writing Unit will prepare your students in 20 fun, engaging, and focused writing lessons. Perfect for grades 4th-6th, this unit has everything you need to get your kiddos ready for this year’s state test! Included in this Unit is:- Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 4 {20+ days worth of lessons

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Rubrics, Lesson

CCSS:

W.4.1

, W.4.2

, W.4.3

, W.4.4

, W.4.5

...

Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Unit Bundle | An Entire Year of Writing Curriculum

Nonfiction Listening Comprehension Unit: Malala Yousafzai

Created by

ELA Test Prep, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Listening Comprehension Malala Yousafzai Malala Unit Overview This 5-day unit packs a major punch! While studying Malala Yousafzai, students practice critical skills including listening comprehension, sequencing, participating in group discussions, analyzing a quote, and responding to a writing prompt. Five activities are included in this unit. Each is based on a nonfiction listening passage about Malala. The activities are designed to be interactive, engaging, and educational. This unit i

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: September Unit Plans Bundle - 4 Units to Teach All September Long!

Reading Skills Bundle - Cause & Effect, Context Clues, Sequencing (Google Docs)

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Save with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Context Clues, Sequencing, and Cause and Effect!Or...save even more with the SUPER BUNDLE (6 Mini-Units) or MEGA BUNDLE (9 Mini-Units) or ULTIMATE BUNDLE (12 Mini-Units)...---Reading Comprehension Skills - Mini-Unit SUPER BUNDLE!Making Inferences, Main Idea, Predictions, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, and Context Clues ---Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Predict

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Halloween, Short Stories, Writing-Essays

CCSS:

RI.4.3

, RI.4.4

, RI.4.5

, RI.4.10

, RI.5.3

...

Psychotic Short Stories -- Literary Analysis Mini-Unit

Created by

Arik Durfee

This full unit contains a variety of activities for studying "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, and "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl. The unit could be great for Halloween, but you could teach it any time of the year. It contains everything you need to have your students analyze three creepy and haunting short stories from great classic authors, including the following: * A FULL-TEXT version of "The Tell-Tale Heart" as well as... - A four-page vocabula

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

Also included in: MY FULL STORE! - A bundle of every single product I have

Inferencing Powerpoint: Video, Comics, Songs, & Vocabulary Posters

Created by

Fun's Not Just for Elementary

This powerpoint is colorful, adorable, and includes a variety of great examples to keep your students engaged while learning about inferencing! Includes: -40 editable slides with animation, cute clipart, and a variety of backgrounds -embedded cartoon video clip (and website link), along with times to stop and ask inference questions in the notes section (**VIDEOS ARE FROM YOUTUBE, SO BE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS AT YOUR SCHOOL) -2 illustrated vocabulary slides that can be printed as word wall poste

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans

Mentor Sentences Middle School Grammar Lessons Activities | Two Volume Bundle

Created by

Martina Cahill - The Hungry Teacher

Teach grammar by creating an authentic learning experience with this complete two-volume print and digital bundle of middle school mentor sentences. This volume two bundle includes 72 weeks of done-for-you digital and print mentor sentences for each week, examples and possible answers for each day of the week, teacher lessons and interactive notebooks lessons with all examples and answer keys, self-grading weekly assessments, projection slides, worksheets, or interactive notebook option for each

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

L.6.1

, L.6.1a

, L.6.1b

, L.6.1c

, L.6.1d

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High School Grammar Mini Unit Bundle Diagnostics Practice Worksheets Assessments

Created by

Teacher in the Rye

This High School Grammar Bundle is a comprehensive resource designed to help high school teachers effectively teach and reinforce essential grammar concepts.This bundle covers a range of topics, including fragments, run-ons, prepositions, clauses, and sentence structure. You will have access to a wealth of instructional materials, assessments, and resources that foster student understanding and mastery of these key grammar skills.With this bundle, you will get:Diagnostics for all mini-unitsHS Gr

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

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Conflict Mini-Unit: Understanding Types of Conflict w/ Google Classroom Version

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ELA Test Prep, Literature, Reading

Understanding the central conflict in literature is essential to grasping a work’s overriding themes. Help students identify the core types of conflicts in literary pieces with this mini-unit. When students can identify a story’s conflict, they can accurately summarize and analyze a text. This engaging and powerful 3-Day Mini-Unit is designed to help students do just that! This conflict mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of identifying conflict. Each lesson start

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

, RL.6.1

, RL.6.5

...

Also included in: Literary Devices Mini-Unit Bundle: Theme, Conflict and Characterization Lessons

Descriptive Writing Unit | Monster Activities | Halloween Writing

Created by

Catherine and Co

If you are looking to engage your students with fun writing prompts this Elementary Descriptive Writing Unit is exactly what you need! Get your students excited about descriptive writing by introducing this monster activities writing unit. Your students will love that they get to draw their own monster and then complete a descriptive writing activity based on their creation! Students will learn to use descriptive words in their writing with the help of the included Powerpoint and supporting desc

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

, W.6.3

Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle (Printable and Digital)

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Save BIG with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Making Predictions, Context Clues, Sequencing, and Cause and Effect!Or...save even MORE with this MEGA BUNDLE of 9 reading comprehension skills mini-units:Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Predicting, Context Clues, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, Drawing Conclusions, Fact & Opinion and Author’s PurposeOr...check ou

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types: