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Common Core RL.7.1 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: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
"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 Fun They Had Short Story Analysis, Reading, and Research Activities
Looking for a relevant short story to share with your students? Isaac Asimov's "The Fun They Had" is perfect for our students grappling with distance learning! Your students will read the story, participate in a mini research project, analyze photos, and write a reflection.This is a great reading and research project for students to learn about education in the past, present, and what is imagined for the future.What teachers are saying about my distance learning resources:"Super easy to use (
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
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: 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
ELA Standardized Test Prep Interactive PowerPoint with Easel Assessment 1
ELA TEST PREP Language Arts Standards Review Interactive PowerPoint and Easel Assessment. Prepare middle grades students for state testing in Language Arts. Has questions on sentence structure, spelling, commas, figurative language and reading comprehension. Useful grammar and punctuation practice. Slides are set for students to answer the questions then check. Project on your whiteboard and let students answer on mini whiteboards or paper. Self-checking. Besides grammar, includes reading select
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
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: Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
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: The Cay Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
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
"Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning" - Article, Point Power, Activities, Assess
During the Scientific Revolution, the concepts of deductive and inductive reasoning were explored and defined. This 2-pg Article and 14-slide Power Point compare the two and explain each, as well as, their uses. Activities and Assessment included.Lesson includes: - 2-Page Illustrated Article- 14-Slide Power Point Presentation - Multiple Choice + Document Based Question Assessment + Answer Keys- DBQ Scoring Rubric (allows students to easily score each other's short answers) - Reasoning
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5th - 9th
Novel Study Literature Circle Roles/Jobs & Project: Grades 7-12, Any Novel
Literature Circle PLUS Extension Project: Grades 7-12, Any Novel, Keys EditionThis packet includes literature circle jobs that help improve reading comprehension and increases students understanding of the text. Literary terms are covered in a manageable and engaging manner. This packet also includes an extension project for students to use their knowledge to produce meaningful work to share. ★ Literature Circle: (Grading Sheets Provided)This packet includes 7 literature circle jobs (illustrator
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7th - 12th
Interactive Plato's Cave Allegory Quiz & Activity Pack (Grades 7-12)
With Plato's Allegory of the Cave Quiz Bowl Activity, review every detail, inference, and popular culture reference to the famous philosophical myth. Includes 60+ review questions and a set of pub-style trivia sheets. Pair this activity with a rich, multi-layered reading with the popular Allegory of the Cave in Plain Language lesson plan. Note: The download includes PDF, Google Workspace, and Easel. Modify this resource for use on Google Classroom and other classroom management sites.This resour
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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: Charles by Shirley Jackson Bundle - Back to School Short Story Unit
The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 18 through 21 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 18 through 21 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "A Rice Sandwich," "Chanclas," "Hips," and "The First Job." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:Mom's noteEsperanza's desire not to eat lunch at hom
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6th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 1 through 4 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 1 through 4 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "The House on Mango Street," "Hairs," "Boys and Girls," and "My Name." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:The reason behind the family's moveThe q
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6th - 12th
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A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Who's Quotes Work Packet and Quizzes
Dear Educators,This material covers all twenty quotes by Mrs. Who in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time. It is designed for use in middle school traditional and inclusion classrooms.Authors often use quotes in their literature to enrich elements of their narrative. Madeleine L’Engle’s creation of a supernatural being who finds spoken language a difficult form of communication adds a unique dimension to this novel. Mrs. Who is unable to verbalize her own thoughts so she speaks in quotes
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: A Wrinkle in Time Figurative Language & Mrs. Who's Quotes
The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 22 through 25 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 22 through 25 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark," "Born Bad," "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water," and "Geraldo No Last Name." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:He
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6th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 10 through 13 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 10 through 13 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "Louie, His Cousin and His Other Cousin," "Marin," "Those Who Don't," and "There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn’t Know What to Do." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will
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6th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 41 through 44 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 41 through 44 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "The Three Sisters," "Alice and I Talking on Edna's Steps," "A House of My Own," and "Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will demonstrate knowledge of the follo
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6th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street Quiz on Vignettes 34 through 37 (Printable)
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering vignettes 34 through 37 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "Bums in the Attic," "Beautiful and Cruel," "A Smart Cookie," and "What Sally Said." An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:Esperanza's decision to sto
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6th - 12th
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