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Informative essay, prompt, outline, and rubric
By Educate and Create
What is the electoral college and how does it work? This is an informative essay prompt, two articles, a map, and outline sheet. Your kids will all learn how voting isn't as straightforward as some people think. This comes complete with rubric
Combining Sentences: Grammar/Revising & Editing for English/ELA Test Prep
By Blooming Through High School
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Combining Sentences practice that includes detailed teaching notes and 5 practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments.
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Analyzing Images Writing Activities
By Beth Hammett
Do your students need help with analysis? Use these ten graphic organizers with images for analysis practice and writing a thesis. These exercises and graphic organizers help students springboard to analyzing more complex illustrations and essays for future coursework.
This easy to implement, step-by-step analysis guide for individual, small/whole group practice includes:
Full picture slides for whole group discussion and preview
10 Analysis Graphic Organizers with images
One Blank Analysis Graphic Organizer
Analysis categories include: Assumptions/Inferences, Year, Time, Season, Setting, Stereotypes, Characterization, Genre, Emotions, and Others
Writing a Thesis Statement
This step-by-step guide is simple to follow, great for test prep, and helps students uncover the process of analysis.
Romeo and Juliet Quizzes Act 1-5
By Educate and Create
This includes short quizzes for each act of Romeo and Juliet. Great to help make sure that your students keep pace while reading the play and comprehend what is going on. These quizzes come complete with an answer key. This is part of my Romeo and Juliet bundle. If you want even more activities with Romeo and Juliet and to save even more money please check out my bundle for the play. ******************************* Want to earn TeachShare credits for future purchases? Review this product. Your opinion matters.
Commas, Colons, & Semicolons: Grammar/Revising & Editing for English/ELA
By Blooming Through High School
Colons, Semicolons and Commas - by the time your students are done, they will be begging you to please make it stop (but they will know how to use these three important punctuation marks!)
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Pearl Harbor (History) Activities
By Beth Hammett
Do students need help understanding cause and effect? These cause and effect activities offer reinforcement and practice to produce great student essays.Step-by-step and easy-to-follow cause and effect activities include: Relationship Word Chart Fill-in-the-Blank Pearl Harbor Essay Activity 2 Fill-in-the Blank Organizers for Pearl Harbor 2 Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers for Generic History Writing 1 Pearl Harbor Cause & Effect Essay Assignments with Pre-writing 1 Generic History Cause & Effect Essay Assignment/Pre-writing Meets state and federal guidelines for ELA; meets state history guidelines. Help students easily understand cause and effect with this Pearl Harbor/generic history packet with visual graphic organizers. Use for test preparation and standardized test practice.
By Educate and Create
This is an informational handout to help students who have problems writing effective introduction paragraphs. ***** Check out my other Writing Resources***** Writing Thesis Statements Counterclaim and Rebuttal Writing Graphic Organizers Interactive Essay Writing Flipbook Argumentative Essay Essay prompt and articles :Narcissism Essay prompt and articles: Hurricanes Essay prompt and articles: Colonization in Africa
Commonly Confused Words: ELA Editing/Revising/Grammar Practice/Test Prep
By Blooming Through High School
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Commonly Confused Words practice that includes detailed teaching notes and 8 practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments.
INCLUDES: Editable Word Doc, PDF and 8 self-grading Google Forms for quizzes
Covers: its/it's, your/you're, whose/who's, their/they're/there, affect/effect, too/two, into/in to, & then/than
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Writing Cause and Effect Essay Planning Charts
By Beth Hammett
Need help with organizing cause and effect essays? These 7 charts will guide students through planning and pre-writing cause and effect essays. Step-by-Step graphic organizers with note about cause and effect definitions, paragraph writing tip, and writing challenge to reorganize the essay on each handout.
Excellent for assessment practice, college test prep, standardized test prep, and expository writing. Helps build critical thinking skills. Meets state and federal ELA guidelines.
Should students be required to learn second language?: Argumentative prompt
By Educate and Create
Should students be required to learn second language? This is an argumentative essay prompt, three articles, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about whether or not schools should require students to learn second language. This comes complete with rubric. This is a pdf.
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Compound-Complex Sentences | Test Prep | Quiz & Practice | HS ELA
By Blooming Through High School
Mastering compound-complex sentences just got easier with this comprehensive 24-page resource! Designed for middle and high school students, this packet provides engaging practice that will enhance their understanding of sentence structure. It includes a self-guided "teach" page for independent learning, offering clear explanations of how to craft compound-complex sentences using conjunctions and clauses.
This resource also features 3 interactive Google Form quizzes to assess student understanding and reinforce key concepts. Students will review conjunctions, independent and dependent clauses, and practice combining sentences to create complex ideas—all while building their writing skills.
Perfect for use in class or at home, this set ensures that students can confidently grasp these challenging grammar concepts. Whether you’re preparing students for standardized testing or simply reinforcing everyday grammar, this resource is the perfect addition to your curriculum.
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By Beth Hammett
Every April, students can celebrate Tell-a-Story Day, which occurs at the end of the month. This 16 page handout will help students with organizing and telling fact-based stories. Great for building oral communication, evidence/proof, and re-telling memories. Includes: Finding storytelling topics Graphic Organizers for planning stories in chronological order Setting up a storytelling event Designing advertisements/invitations Peer workshopping stories Links to multicultural, professional, international/national storytelling centers, storytelling videos and websites Can be used any time of the year! Students will enjoy sharing stories while learning how to use fact-based information. Fun and educational!
Seven Ages of Man- Monologue Analysis
By Educate and Create
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.
Passive Voice in ELA | Handout | Worksheets | Teaching Pages- HS & MS
By Blooming Through High School
Looking to help your students master the passive voice for standardized tests like the STAAR? This 16-page resource is your go-to guide for teaching passive voice with a gradual increase in complexity.
Start with the basics of identifying subjects and verbs in sentences, then progress to understanding direct objects and other key components essential for a full grasp of passive voice. This packet is designed to make learning passive voice engaging and effective.
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Ideal for both classroom use and independent practice, this resource is an excellent tool for students in middle and high school.
Literary Analysis Writing Checklist
By Beth Hammett
Free checklist of parts of an introductory literary analysis for AP, Pre-AP, G/T, college level writers. Students are asked to locate: Hook--different kinds list Author's name Title of text Summary Area of literary analysis list Thesis, and write down your thesis Makes writing an introduction for a literary analysis easier to understand. Great for ELA test prep! Meets CCSS.
Twelfth Night: Soliloquy Analysis- Viola
By Educate and Create
A worksheet to help students analyze conflicts and themes in Viola's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play: Twelfth Night. Comes with a graphic organizer and answer key. Great for when reading the play or on it's own.
Subject Verb Agreement: No Prep Test Prep - Grammar, Revising & Editing
By Blooming Through High School
A subject-verb agreement guide with 4 full practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments. Includes a short teaching page for self-guided learning.
INCLUDED: 4 Google Form Quizzes (digital), Word doc & PDF!
Bundle & Save with THE TEST PREP BUNDLE COVERING ALL THE REVISING & EDITING SKILLS
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Writing Prompts Non-Fiction, On-Demand Writing Prompts
By Beth Hammett
20 Non-fiction writing prompts to help students with assessment writing. Comes with 20 handouts with graphics and writing space. Includes:
In my future I see...
People say I'm a dreamer...
My life is like a song...
Home represents...
Gossip spreads like wildfire...
plus 15 more non-fiction writing prompts that relate to students' lives!
Excellent for assessment prep, journal prompts, non-fiction connections to readings. Use the prompts as introduction into research then use the writing process and peer workshop essays for Common Core requirements.
By Educate and Create
Quiz for Act 1 includes 5 multiple choice questions and 2 written short answer sheet. Easy way to check for comprehension. Comes complete with answer key for easy grading.
Capitalization: No Prep Test Prep - Grammar Revising & Editing
By Blooming Through High School
A capitalization guide with 5 full practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments. Includes a "teach" page for self-guided learning.
INCLUDES: Word doc, PDF and 4 Google Form Quizzes! (digital)
BUNDLE AND SAVE: ELA Test Prep, Study Guide & Activities Bundle
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