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Common Core RL.6.1 resources for Easel Assessments
Short Story The Monkey's Paw Analysis and Reading Comprehension Questions
Your students will love this delightfully creepy short story. It's perfect for practicing reading comprehension, literary analysis, foreshadowing, point of view, and irony with your middle school and high school students. And... by the end of the unit, students will have written a literary analysis response.Here's what teachers are saying about this unit: "An AWESOME unit. This resource is put together really well and was really easy to use.""MY KIDS LOVED THIS!!!!! We have been having so muc
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6th - 10th
"The Veldt" A Short Story to Teach Literacy Standards
NO PREP! Standards-Aligned! Distance Learning with Digital Activity!"The Veldt" is a classic story by Ray Bradbury. It centers on a family who has allowed technology to take over the rearing of their children, and the horrible consequences. My students are engaged fully in the reading of this science fiction tale! This resource includes:1. Comprehension questions in text-order ranging from general comprehension to critical thinking questions.2. Vocabulary is embedded within the questions.3
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5th - 8th
The Lottery Short Story Analysis, Writing and Textual Evidence Dystopian Lit
Your middle school students will be captivated by this chilling short story! Students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and foreshadowing. This creepy, unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students. Reasons to love this unit:print and digital versions (Google Slides and PowerPoint)super creepy story is sure to engage your students!includes lesson plans and teacher checklist – makes an ideal sub plan provides literary analysis practice: students will analy
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6th - 10th
Making Inferences Worksheets for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Making inferences in middle school can be such a challenging skill to teach and practice! These short, student-friendly inference reading passages offer a mix of narrative and informational text examples for your middle school students to hone their skill with questions guiding them to use details in the text to make inferences and find text evidence. (They'll also practice the related skills of prediction and characterization!)(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
The Cay PowerPoint Introduction
The Cay Introduction PowerPoint is an engaging and interactive preview of The Cay by Theodore Taylor. If you are reading The Cay, this digital resource introduces students to the setting, characters, plot, theme and vocabulary, and builds background knowledge needed to comprehend the book. Great book for hurricane season. Students can discuss with partners how they would survive on a desert island in severe weather. They can also write about this and share with each other. Then discuss how dif
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â The Cay by Theodore Taylor Bundle - Novel Unit
"The Prince and the Pauper" Play Activities - Printable & Digital
Plan your story unit in no time! If your class is reading "The Prince and the Pauper" by Joellen Bland, these skill-based reading comprehension activities are the perfect tools to help your students practice context clues, inference, theme, characterization, and more as they enjoy a dramatization of this classic story. The following activities are included:Anticipation guideVocabulary worksheetsReading questions for each sceneInference activitiesTheme with text evidence graphic organizerNewspape
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5th - 8th
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Novel Study Unit
This novel study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo, contains 115 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include asking and answering questions, plot, character analysis, point of view, theme, opinion writing, and more!No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the print
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Kate DiCamillo Novel Study Bundle
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
All Summer in a Day Short Story Activities and Close Reading
Your students won't stop talking about the themes of this story! "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury addresses so many themes that resonate with kids! Your students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and the concept of living on another planet. This unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students -- sure to bring up great discussion on bullying, compassion for others, and accepting newcomers. Perfect to teach at the end of the year.This resource includes:p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â End of the Year Activities Bundle Grade 6 7 8 Reading and Writing
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
The Old Mallory Place: Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit
Suspense is a great way to engage your students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills! That is why I wrote The Old Mallory Place, a high interest tale of a mysterious past that haunts the present. The cliffhanger ending gives your students an opportunity to write their own ending- they get to tell what they think happened!This resource is the perfect combination of fact and fiction. The 39 page resource contains a complete short story, 2 informational text passages, and numer
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
A Wolf Called Wander Novel Study By Rosanne Parry
This novel study of A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry is divided into 5 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 5 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comprehen
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3rd - 6th
The Cay Novel Test and Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Planning your The Cay novel study? Save tons of time with these essential, no-prep novel study resources - chapter comprehension questions and a novel unit test. Use the questions as a study guide before giving the test, or assign them chapter by chapter as you read through the novel to ensure you cover relevant information and skills during your novel study. With these valuable resources, you'll cover reading topics and skills like characterization, setting, conflict, theme, inference, cause an
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â The Cay Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Reading Comprehension Tests
Dear Educators,This is a complete set; four reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. These differentiated tests for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor were written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Package Includes:4 Tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questions 4 Character study guides Modified sections for sequencing, quote and character identification Detailed answer keys 98 Pages 4 Essay questions4 Easel Assessments28 Easel Activities Tests:Chapters 1
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6th - 7th
FREE Making Inferences and Text Evidence Assessments - Pre and Post Test RL 6.1
Gain your class time back with these inferences quizzes! This pre and post-test set includes two reading passages and questions specifically designed to assess students' knowledge of common core standard RL 6.1, text evidence, and inferences. These passages are NO prep and were created to provide teachers with a QUICK glance of students' understanding of making inferences and text evidence. Does it feel like all your time is wasted taking a test about a test? These short assessments are less th
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6th
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Also included in:Â Standards Assessments - 6th Grade RI & RL Standards - Pre and Post Quizzes
Multicultural Character Traits Task Cards- Digital Versions - With Audio Support
These 32 Multicultural Task Cards make practicing identifying/inferencing Character Traits fun for students. Students use their inferencing skills to practice or review identifying character traits based on the information in the text on each task card. Great for beginning of the year, middle of the year, and end of the year.What is included with your purchase?DIGITAL:Google Slides - with or without Audio SupportEasel Activity - (Students use the pen or highlighter tool to record their answers)E
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3rd - 6th
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Collection of Suspenseful Short Stories with Printables and Task Cards
This collection of fiction mysteries contains 3 reading comprehension passages. Students are taught to identify examples of foreshadowing, flashback, and suspense- 3 very important literary elements. These elements also play a key role in improving comprehension. By learning to identify them, students are then able to understand and use them to make inferences. All reading standards are not taught in isolation. They are taught naturally using an engaging mystery!What your students will discover:
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6th - 8th
Figurative Language Worksheets, Quizzes, and PowerPoint Presentations Phase II
Educators,This is the second phase of my figurative language package. This differentiated product focuses on hyperbole, onomatopoeia, repetition, allusion, and imagery. This Product IncludesFive PowerPoint Presentations – 61 pagesFive onomatopoeia worksheetsFour modified onomatopoeia worksheetsFive hyperbole worksheetsTwo modified hyperbole worksheetsFive imagery worksheets Three repetition worksheetsFive allusion worksheetsStudy guideCut-out study guide/gameTwo quizzes for this packageTwo modif
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6th - 7th
Also included in:Â Figurative Language Worksheets, Quizzes and PowerPoint Presentations Bundle
Battle of the Books + Digital Assessment - Starfish by Lisa Fipps
210 Ready-to-Print Cards containing 210 unique BOTB Practice Questions for Lisa Fipps' Printz Honor book, Starfish. All questions are available in two formats - ready to print study cards for students and an easy to use list format to track student progress. This pdf file includes:105 "In which book..." type questions105 "In the book, Starfish..." type questions with answers210 Ready to print Study Cards that students can use to quiz each other or to study independentlyAll 210 Study Cards are fo
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5th - 8th
A Wrinkle in Time Reading Comprehension Tests for the Whole Novel
Dear Educators,This is a complete set; four reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. This differentiated product for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle was written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Package Includes: 4 Tests4 Character study guidesModified sections for – character and quote identification, sequencing3 Essay questionsDetailed answer keys100 Pages4 Easel Assessments31 Easel Activities Tests:Chapters 1 – 3 has 56 questionsChapters 4 – 6 has 56 questionsC
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6th - 8th
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Charles by Shirley Jackson PowerPoint and Vocabulary Quiz with Easel Assessment
Charles by Shirley Jackson PowerPoint includes background information, vocabulary, and writing prompts to add to your unit on the short story "Charles." Has an interactive vocabulary quiz at the end and a printable version. Students learn about the author, the history of kindergarten, and the use of corporal punishment in schools. Choose from several journal writing prompts for before and after reading. Includes critical skills of making inferences and text-to-self connections, reading between t
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Charles by Shirley Jackson Bundle - Back to School Short Story Unit
The Mystwick School of Musicraft Novel Study
This novel study of The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the following
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3rd - 6th
"Freedom for Cricket" Story with Questions Literacy Assessment for Grades 4-6
This nine-page printable assessment includes an original 3-page story--"Freedom for Cricket"--followed by 15 test questions both printable and digital. There are 6 constructed response questions relating to story elements, 8 multiple choice questions, and one extended response question. There is a 3-page key included. This test is approximately at the fifth grade reading level, but could be used for students in lower grades needing a challenge or students in higher grades needing lower readabili
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4th - 6th
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Quiz and Answer Key (Chapters 13 through 15)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering chapters 13, 14, and 15 of Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.)Students will demonstrate knowledge of
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Fallen Angels Quiz and Close Reading Worksheet Bundle (Chapters 13-15)
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