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8th grade ELA test prep thematic unit plans
Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.)
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle | Middle & High School | Printable & Digital
Are your students writing their first 5-paragraph essay? Or maybe your class is full of struggling writers? Guide your students through their essays with this highly scaffolded 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle!This 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle includes everything you need to teach students how to write a 5-paragraph essay--from essay structure to writing theses to creating a Works Cited page. With lots of built-in review, short lessons, and step-by-step outlines included, your secondary
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8th - 11th
Scary Story Collection for Middle School: Escape Room, Task Cards, Printables
This spooky collection of fiction reading comprehension passages combines several standards so that students have an opportunity to practice their skills without isolating each standard. Each fictional story has descriptive characters and settings, drawing your students into the mystery. This unit will reinforce skills that you have taught. Students will use their skills to solve the mysteries (demonstrating comprehension of the text). What your students will discover: Was Dracula real or just a
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6th - 8th
Literary Elements Cumulative Test for Google Drive™ Middle or High School
This 46-question multiple choice literary elements test for Google Drive™ is a comprehensive assessment that you can use for ease of grading at the beginning or end of a unit on reading literature! It works well as a diagnostic test before starting a major unit in which you will teach these elements. You could give it again at the end to see how much students improved!This test will work with a range of grade levels, mostly 7-12, depending on the elements you teach. The following sections appear
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types of Characters (and Characterization) Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall posters
* Variety of colorful backgrounds, images, and fonts
Tems included:
Antagonist
Archetype
Central Character
Characterization
Direct Characterization
Dynamic Character
Indirect Characterization
Minor Characters
Motive
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
PARCC Test Prep Ferret Mega Bundle
This bundle contains 3 products for PARCC Test Prep, all ferret themed (SEE PREVIEW)
Products included are:
1. PARCC Test Prep LOTS OF PRACTICE Black Footed Ferret
This product contains 3 Non-Fiction passages related to the Endangered Black Footed Ferret with a total of 25 A/B questions.
2. PARCC Test Prep End Of Year Weekly Practice Set
This product is designed for daily practice, contains a fiction story about a lost ferret, with a total of 12 A/B questions and two CCSS aligned activities re
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4th - 8th
8th Grade English ELA Lessons in PowerPoint Slides for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of detailed 8th Grade ELA lessons in PowerPoint addressing the following core texts: Homecoming, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, A Single Shard, and The Princess Bride. These lessons for an entire year in PowerPoint are designed to be paired with my resource "8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plan Bundle (Entire Year - 42 Weeks)." These lessons likewise address all of the Grade 8 ELA Common Core standards in ways that promote critical thinking, text-to-world
Grades:
6th - 9th
Poetry Bell Ringers Bundle
Help students analyze poetry with all of my poetry bell-ringer resources. Each handout requires students to provide theme topics, theme statements, and text support for their responses. It includes 32 classic poems and graphic organizers that are "print and go." Depending on how you choose to use these, each set of bell ringers could last one week or several months Furthermore, a blank graphic organizer allows students to choose their own poems to analyze.This bundle includes 140 pages. Becaus
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7th - 11th
Koby Bryant Themed Mock STAAR/EOC exam and Escape Room
This resource is a great way to practice for STAAR and EOC. You can use the exam version or the Escape Room version to practice those essential skills and concepts. This resource contains:TWO of Bryant’s texts EOC aligned questionsPaired questionsRevise and Edit passage and questions1 Expository 1 Persuasive Essay promptEscape Room version of exam
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8th - 12th
FAST Test -Best Reading & Writing ELA (Text-based Writing Assessment Practice)
This is a paired passage set and informational/explanatory prompt designed to help students prepare for any CCSS writing assessment. There are FOUR text sources on the same topic, a writing prompt (opinion), a planning sheet, and blank lined writing pages that are similar to what students will see on the day of assessment. You can use this set for instructional purposes or as a mock writing test. **The topic of this unit was chosen to promote student interest and engagement. It has been classroo
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3rd - 10th
Haunted High Schools Reading Comprehension Passages - Folktales & Legends Unit
The Haunted High Schools Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Bundle features American high schools rumored to be haunted! Perfect for a folktales and legends unit, these three stories will instantly engage. Don’t worry about the spooky stories causing fright! Seeing students use context clues and inference skills will surely be a delight! The three high-interest nonfiction articles include reading comprehension passages and questions, Google Form quiz options with detailed answer keys, short answer
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7th - 10th
8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plans, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL YEAR
Looking for everything you need to teach 8th Grade ELA for the ENTIRE YEAR all in one place? Here it is. This MASSIVE BUNDLE DEAL of 1,099 pages and slides in total includes: 352 pages of Daily Lesson Plans for the FULL YEAR (42 weeks) in Hook/Teach/Model/Practice/Apply format with Prior Knowledge Connections, Differentiation by Style and Level, Clear Objectives, highlighted Blooms verbs, Engaging Bell-Ringers, Relevant and World-Connected Journal Writes, Explicit Directions for Activities, Work
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6th - 9th
EARTH DAY IN ELA Reading Writing Activity Display What Happens to a Water Bottle
This packet includes a rigorous reading passage and questions and two writing prompts based on a video and art analysis. The writings can then be combined to create an impactful class display (a great hall decoration!). This packet is a great resource for an upper-grade ELA classroom to use on Earth Day allowing them to still celebrate this "fun" day, but still incorporate rigorous content. The passage provides and overview of the history of Earth Day, while the video focuses on the path a pla
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4th - 8th
Halloween-Themed Suspense Resources Secondary ELA Standards based fun
Use these resources to engage your learners the week of Halloween (or before and after, too! Decide what works best for you and your students).Why fight their restless energy as they dream of candy and wonder why we have school when such a day clearly exists for children to have fun?This bundle allows you to give students some choice in their learning.FUN:Digital Magnetic Poetry: Halloween and Autumn editionsDigital Pumpkin Carving (add in a creative writing component)Standards-Based:Analyze th
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6th - 12th
10th Grade Vertically Aligned Grammar Curriculum using No Red Ink
In this resource, you will recieve:17 premade grammar lessons7 checkpoint quizzes3 passage assessmentsa "grammar cheat sheet"Notes organizerGoogle sheet data tracking When you click any assignment link, it will populate the whole practice for you. All you have to do is click the class you want to assign it to and choose a due date!Each lesson builds directly on the lesson before it and supports ACT Grammar prep. This resource plus the 9th grade curriculumn covers 75% of the ACT grammar skills.Th
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6th - 11th
Spring Reading Comprehension Pack, No Prep - Literacy Centers, Subs, Assessments
Three separate units - "All About Spring", "History of St. Patrick's Day", and "Spring Flowers".
Excellent Informational Text Units
Each unit provides:
Guided Reading Questions with predictions and comprehension
Main Idea and Detail
Citing Text Evidence
Quoting from the Text
Making Text Connections
Summarizing Text
Comprehension Quizzes
BONUS: Activities for Early Finishers
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3rd - 9th
Hello, Universe - Novel Study
The Perfect Novel Study Package 30 Pages of activities Includes 12 STATIONS (OR TASK CARDS) to get students up and moving around the class while studying this great book!! Introducing our comprehensive Novel Study Lesson Plan—a dynamic and engaging resource designed to immerse students in the world of literature while honing their critical thinking and analytical skills. Included in this package is:Character Analysis Chapter Summaries Problem solutions Theme Conflict ⚔️Setting Connections
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4th - 9th
Skyward- Novel Study
Presenting the Ultimate Novel Study Package! Get ready for 30 Pages of Fun-filled activities! With 12 STATIONS (OR TASK CARDS) to spice up your classroom experience! Immerse your students in the magical world of literature with our comprehensive Novel Study Lesson Plan! Unleash their critical thinking skills and analytical prowess! This package includes: Character Analysis Chapter Summaries Problem Solutions Theme Exploration ⚔️ Conflict Investigation Setting Exploration Connections
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6th - 12th
When You Reach Me - Novel Study
The Perfect Novel Study Package 30 Pages of activities Includes 12 STATIONS (OR TASK CARDS) to get students up and moving around the class while studying this great book!! Introducing our comprehensive Novel Study Lesson Plan—a dynamic and engaging resource designed to immerse students in the world of literature while honing their critical thinking and analytical skills. Included in this package is:Character Analysis Chapter Summaries Problem solutions Theme Conflict ⚔️Setting Connections C
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4th - 9th
Mona Lisa Smile - Film Study w/ Answer Key
I taught this as a precursor to The Help by Kathryn Stockett, but this assignment can be taught with any novel associated with women's gender roles and expectations in the 1940's - 1950's - early 1960's.
The goal of this assignment is for students to understand the social expectations of women during the 40's, 50's and early 60's.
My students were also facing the difficult task of answering Common Core/ELA-style writing questions, while struggling with reading below grade-level. This assignm
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8th - 12th
The Academy- T.Z. Layton- Novel Study
The Perfect Novel Study Package - 30 P The Perfect Novel Study Package - 30 Pages of activities - Includes 12 STATIONS (OR TASK CARDS) to get students up and moving around the class while studying this great book!! Introducing our comprehensive Novel Study Lesson Plan—a dynamic and engaging resource designed to immerse students in the world of literature while honing their critical thinking and analytical skills. Included in this package is: - Character Analysis - Chapter Summaries - Problem s
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4th - 9th
Slacker by Gordon Korman Novel Study
30 Pages of activities, Includes 12 STATIONS (OR TASK CARDS) to get students up and moving around the class while studying this great book!! Introducing our comprehensive Novel Study Lesson Plan—a dynamic and engaging resource designed to immerse students in the world of literature while honing their critical thinking and analytical skills. Included in this package is: -Character Analysis-Chapter Summaries,-Problem solutions,-Theme -Conflict-Setting-Connections-Cause and Effect -Reading response
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4th - 9th
Survivor Classroom Transformation (SBAC/ state standardized testing)
Want an engaging and awe-inspiring way to prepare students for state standardized testing?! I use this classroom transformation to reward students for the prep work we do going into state testing. This includes practice tests or even just practicing a skill. What's included:PowerPoint with instructionsTribe namesPoint trackerStudent name tags match with PowerPointKindness Shout-outsPostersI also transform my room to match the jungle theme of Survivor and I purchased a few coordinating puzzles to
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3rd - 8th
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Jeoparty - Unit 1 Test Prep Savvas Realize My Perspectives Grade 8
Make test prep fun. Try this Jeoparty game (similar to Jeopardy - the actual game). Prepare students for Savvas Realize My Perspectives Grade 8 Unit 1 Test. Make your own rules or follow the ones given. ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED and correspond to Grade 8 Unit 1. Options for additional numbers of students: have a student "run" the game, have a student judge, have a student score keeper, etc. You may also form small groups within your class and have 2 students play against one another with one student
Grades:
8th
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