ELA Test Prep Literature Circles

Includes prompts for writing informative and argumentative essays. Also includes writing powerpoints, outlines, and rubrics

For Middle Grade Students, all writers have it, but do you know what style is and how to recognize it? This 15 page presentation for will help students understand and analyze their own writing styles, as well as other authors' styles. Easy to follow format will have students analyzing style in no time! Includes: Checklist for Authors Handout Definitions for Author's Style . Examples of Classic Literature and Fairy Tale to Analyze How to Find Author's Style in Writing Extra Style Analysis Activities Author's Style Workshopping Handout How and Why to Improve Student's author's style Terminologies and definitions include: Audience—listeners, readers, viewers of work Author’s voice—sets writing apart from others; uniqueness of writing Genre—category/organization pattern of writing Purpose—intent of writing Mood—reader’s emotion to the writing Tone—author’s attitude about subject matter Sentence fluency—cadence, flow, transitions used Sentence variety—lengths/mixture of sentences Word choices—descriptions, figurative language, repetitions, synonyms… Excellent for introducing style, writing concepts, standardized testing reviews, class assessments, college readiness, CCSS, literacy centers, and grammar/editing revisions, Students will be able to identify their authors' styles after working through this presentation.

This bundle is an awesome compilation of my best-selling Kindergarten Assessment products that follow the Common Core State Standards. It includes both ELA and math assessments and is the perfect bundle for assessing students throughout the year. This bundle includes assessments for Uppercase, Lowercase, Sound Identification, Rhyming and Syllables, Dolch Sight Words, Writing, Counting & Cardinality, and Counting Objects 0-20.

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A worksheet with requires students to analyze the famous monologue in Shakespeare's play "As You Like It". Works well on it's own or with the play. Includes an answer key.

This product is the perfect way to assess your students on their ability to recognize rhyming words, produce rhyming words, and identify syllables according to the kindergarten ELA Common Core State Standards (K.RF.2 a&b). This testing sheet will allow you to read from a prompt and record student answers in this easy-to-use assessment. An answer key is also included!

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Explain how vaccines work. This is an informative essay prompt, two articles,a graph, and outline sheet. Your kids will learn about how vaccines are made and how they work in the human body. This comes complete with rubric.

A soliloquy Analysis of Hamlet's famous soliloquy. Includes a link to a video, handouts, and an answer key.

This includes handouts of two speeches: " Ich Bin Ein Berliner" by president John F. Kennedy and " Tear Down This Wall" by president Ronald Reagan. It includes a graphic organizer to help students compare rhetoric and persuasive techniques in both of these speeches in terms of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

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Should schools ban soda? This is an argumentative essay prompt, three articles, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about sugary drinks and whether or not schools should ban soda. This comes complete with rubric. This product works great in any digital classroom. This is editable in Google Docs. You must have Google Drive to use this product! You may sign up for Google drive for free Visit here for help with Google Drive.

Shakespeare Ultimate Bundle. Includes resources for the following plays: Hamlet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and The Twelfth Night. Great for covering Shakespeare at multiple grade levels or multiple plays. Includes different activities, study guides, games, and more. Works great as a school resource.

Covering the As You Like It? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire play of As You Like It !

Great for differentiation.

Covering the Hamlet? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire play of Hamlet !

Includes Graphic Organizers, Video Clips, Quizzes, a Game, Flip books, and MORE!

Great for differentiation.

Includes:

⭐Shakespeare Tragedies (All Plays)

⭐Hamlet Study Guide

⭐Hamlet Characterization Flip book

⭐Hamlet Vocabulary and Quiz

⭐To Be or Not To Be Soliloquy Analysis

⭐Hamlet Escape Room

⭐Hamlet Acts 1-5 Quizzes

⭐Analyzing Song Lyrics for Ophelia

⭐Film Adaptation Wkst (Any Novel)