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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions ELA Test Prep Digital Resources
Are you looking for a way to have your students engaged and ready for class as soon as they walk in the door? These Daily Reading Comprehension Passages make the perfect bell ringer or morning work! These printable and digital bellringers are specifically designed to improve middle school students’ reading skills. This resource includes short and engaging daily reading passages that provide meaningful practice with context clues, main idea, making inferences, determining theme, and more!These pa
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6th - 8th
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Novel Study
The Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with The Lightning Thief. Plus, the novel study's fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, nonfiction readings, projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provide opportunities for yo
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4th - 7th
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ELA Daily Reading Journal Full Year Middle School
This journal is DIGITAL!!!! **** Novel Nutritious Creations is MERGING with PittWillow Designs! We are so excited! Please visit and follow our new store! PittWillow Designs~We are in the process of gradually moving all products to the new store. Please go here: ELA Daily Reading Journal Full Yearto purchase the Reading Journal. Thank you. I apologize for any inconvenience! Description: ELA Daily Reading Journal FULL YEAR for Middle and early High School Students!This is an EXTENSIVE journal for
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6th - 9th
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Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 7th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7Grab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for Grade 7! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 7, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month, Grade 7, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 7 using short stories that I can promise your
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6th - 8th
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Short Story Reading Comprehension Task Cards State Test Prep 6th 7th 8th Grade
Are you on the lookout for a straightforward solution to enhance your students' reading comprehension skills without adding to your already busy schedule? Well, your search ends here! Introducing our tried-and-true set of reading comprehension task cards. A game-changer for teachers like you. Ideal for middle school 6th, 7th and 8th Grade. ➡️ Or explore the Elementary or High School bundles. ◀️Perfect for both seasoned educators and those just starting out, our teacher-approved task cards are de
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6th - 9th
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Teleplay Short Story Unit Grade 7
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) Teleplay UnitThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: October Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Mood & ToneThemeElements of PlotConflictFinding Text EvidenceComparing Multiple Versions in Multiple FormatsVocabulary Practice Standardized Test FormatIdentifying Supporting Details (Informational Text)Listening ComprehensionSee the list of activities below for a
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7th
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 7, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are reading "The Lottery" or science fiction/dystopian in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: March Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month C
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6th - 8th
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A Christmas Carol Drama/Play by Israel Horovitz Short Story Unit Grade 7
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Acts I & II, by Israel HorowitzThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: November Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of DramaTrace the Development of ThemeConnotation vs. DenotationConflict: Man vs. SupernaturalProvide an Objective SummaryCompare Historical vs. Fictional AccountsComparing Multiple Versions in Multiple FormatsSee the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of
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6th - 8th
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State Test Prep Reading Passages Worksheets Main Idea, Supporting Details | Fast
These reading comprehension passages are great whether you are introducing a new skill or reviewing! This resource includes three reading comprehension passages per standard to help students answer questions that focus on a different skill. There is a brief overview of the skill and three passages that include multiple choice questions. The first passage is very short and is great for review. The second passage is longer and is good for practice. The third passage is one page long and is great t
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Get ALL the middle school reading comprehension review activities you need in one bundle! Practice inference, cause and effect, roots and affixes, context clues, story elements, figurative language, connotation, text structure, text features, compare and contrast, and fact and opinion with this complete reading skills test prep pack! This bundle includes 11 resources covering the following skills:InferenceStory ElementsCause and EffectRoots and AffixesContext CluesFigurative LanguageConnotationT
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6th - 8th
7th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
High quality Common Core 7th grade reading comprehension passages with questions. Our reading passages have helped students reach their growth rates and beyond in NWEA MAP, State Tests, NAEP, Smarter Balanced, and PARCC.There is no longer any debate about what is effective practice in today’s classroom; formative assessment, feedback, and student self-assessment around clearly identified essential learnings. These effective practices will help your students achieve at high levels . This NWEA MAP
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle 2nd thru 8th Grade
Summarizing Doodle Notes and Learning Activities - Sketch Notes, Doodle and Do
Teaching students how to summarize can be a daunting task. Often, it’s one of the hardest reading strategies for students to grasp. That’s where this Doodle and Do mini-unit comes in! This resource includes summarizing graphic organizers, reading comprehension worksheets and passages that help students practice the skill of summarizing texts.Here’s how it works: First, students will complete highly engaging Doodle Notes about summarizing. They’ll learn how to summarize a text, do’s and don’ts
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4th - 7th
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One Pager Activity Bundle for Fiction and Nonfiction - Post-Reading Response
So you want your students to analyze literature and informational texts, but you don't want to grade yet ANOTHER stack of essays. Why not take a creative approach with this one pager bundle? Students will be able to dig deep into literary analysis of both fiction and nonfiction texts, and they will be challenged to fit all of their thinking on one blank piece of paper: the one pager.TWO resources are included in this bundle:1. Literature One Pager: Use this resource to have students analyze any
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7th - 10th
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ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Your ENTIRE ELA year is completely planned, prepped, sequenced, CCSS aligned, and ready to go! This curriculum is uniquely focused around the 4 major writing requirements with correlated reading materials: Argumentative | Informational | Literary Analysis / Narrative | Research. Each unit comprises a combination of high-interest digital and printable resources to maximize engagement and reduce repetition. NO PREP! NO PLANNING! 30% OFF!❤️ FREE! DOWNLOAD THE SCOPE/SEQUENCE, MAPS, AND LESSON PLAN
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6th - 8th
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Annotating Poetry - teach students to annotate & read poetry - PRINT + DIGITAL
Teach your students how to annotate poetry! This Annotating Poetry lesson includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students how to annotate poetry. Begin your unit with a presentation for direct instruction. Students will use the included guided notes to follow along with the lesson. Then, work together in a whole-class setting to annotate a poem together using guided instructions and step-by-step pacing.There are three different files in the zipped download:An editable,
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6th - 9th
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Compare & Contrast Non Fiction Passages Test Prep Florida BEST Standards ELA
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students improve their reading comprehension?The Fiction and Non-Fiction Paired Passages will help your students master standardized test questions. Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchThese align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T. test. The questions were designed to help your students feel be
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6th - 9th
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Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion
Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film.
This product is broken up into three parts:
Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film.
Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que
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6th - 9th
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Poetry Unit
This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the narrative poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 7, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying The Highwayman or poetry/narrative poetry in general. Please verify this by taking a look at the preview file.This love-themed poetry unit is perfect for April, Poetry month, or any time! This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7
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6th - 8th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Grade 7 Daily Common Core Reading Practice Weeks 1-20 (IAR, SBAC, STAAR, MAP)
This document contains 100 different passages for quick and daily Common Core reading practice. This 20 week bundle contains informational text, literature, poetry, historical fiction, suspense, fantasy, and more types of reading passages. Scroll Down to Access More Grade Levels(View the preview for a closer look.)Grade 7 Weeks 21-25********************************************************************AVAILABLE AT ADDITIONAL GRADE LEVELS************************************************************
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7th
STAAR Reading Comprehension Passages Fun ELA Activities Middle School Games 6th
Designed for 6th 7th & 8th graders, these PowerPoint and Google Slides games make test prep fun and effective. Covering key topics like Inference, Main Idea, Theme, and more, they're the perfect way to reinforce reading skills while tackling end-of-year testing questions.✅ What's Included:Exciting Content: Engage students with excerpts from fiction stories, informational texts, and poems.Variety of Question Types: Multiple-Choice, Part A/Part B, Hot Text, and Match Table Grid ensure comprehe
Grades:
6th - 8th
Frost, Angelou, Hughes, and Dickinson – Poet & Poem Studies Doodle Notes BUNDLE
If you’re looking for the most fun and engaging way to teach students about different poets and poetry analysis, then you’re going to LOVE this set of Poet and Poem Studies! They’re designed with doodling, interaction, and creativity in mind! That’s because they include informative Doodle Articles about each poet: Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou. The coolest part is that students answer questions and create doodle responses to the nonfiction text about the poe
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5th - 8th
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Bell Ringer Journal Bundle: Reading Literature & Reading Informational Texts
The BEST EVER Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Reading Literature and Reading Informational Texts is here! Help your middle school ELA students to master the standards of Reading Literature AND Reading Informational Texts in this reading bundle including over 100 pages of bell ringers!Here's how it works: Choose the bell ringer that best fits the standard students are studying in class. Since bell ringers are standards based, they work as a perfect warm up for student learning! The next t
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Literature Nonfiction Grammar Exit Tickets for Assessment or Quiz
Quick formative assessment of your middle ELA students' grammar and language, literature reading, and nonfiction reading standards mastery has never been easier. This bundles resource has 100 grammar and language exit tickets or quizzes, 85 literature exit tickets or quizzes, and 150+ nonfiction exit tickets or quizzes.The grammar and language exit tickets resource assesses students' mastery of concepts like sentences, clauses, figurative language, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, conjunctions, ver
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6th - 8th
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