This lesson is aimed to help comprehension and analysis of “The Friar’s Tale” from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The quiz has fifteen multiple-choice questions as well as two open-ended essay questions that will require students to analyze the tales at higher levels of cognition. The questions are purposely ordered to begin at the lower levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and progressively work up the levels with each successive question. Includes link to printable version of the tale. Answer key included and feedback is welcomed!

This 14-question multiple-choice reading test/quiz is on James Herriot’s short story “The Market Square Dog” and has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised) along with one optional essay question with lined paper to familiarize students with the format of standardized testing. It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and literary devices. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests). Answer key included. Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! Editable MS Word Doc. This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

**Please Note: You must have a free or paid membership to Boomlearning.com to access this product. This 14-question multiple-choice reading test/quiz on Cynthia Rylant’s short story “Stray” has questions from different levels of Bloom���s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and literary devices. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests). It is recommended that students number the paragraphs of the reading selection as some questions may refer to specific paragraphs in the selection. Automatic grading saves you time. Students can complete on any internet-ready device; perfect for remote & distant learning! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators! Connect with us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shiningscholareducation Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiningScholar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shining_scholar_education/ Sign up for our email list to get free educational resources and discount coupons in your email. You’ll get SIX free resources just for signing up! https://mailchi.mp/f6b12b8ab810/productdescription

This 74-question multiple-choice reading analysis/comprehension test/quiz on ““Mowgli’s Brothers” by Rudyard Kipling has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It covers up until the line “And that is how Mowgli was entered into the Seeonee Wolf Pack for the price of a bull and on Baloo’s good word.” It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection, plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Includes link to free file of the text so each student can get their own copy to annotate. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com): Students are expected to: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

This 38-question multiple-choice reading analysis/comprehension test/quiz on “Gluskabe and Old Man Winter” Play/Drama by Joseph Bruchac has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection, plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Includes link to free file of the text so each student can get their own copy to annotate. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com): Students are expected to: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

**Please Note: You must have a free or paid membership to Boomlearning.com to access this product. This 21-question multiple-choice reading comprehension test on Gary Soto’s short story “Seventh Grade” has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests). It is recommended that students number the paragraphs of the reading selection as some questions may refer to specific paragraphs in the selection. Automatic grading saves you time. Students can complete on any internet-ready device; perfect for remote & distant learning! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators! Connect with us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shiningscholareducation Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiningScholar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shining_scholar_education/ Sign up for our email list to get free educational resources and discount coupons in your email. You’ll get SIX free resources just for signing up! https://mailchi.mp/f6b12b8ab810/productdescription

This 21-question multiple-choice reading comprehension test on Gary Soto’s short story “Seventh Grade” has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). The linked text is to a free PDF version of the story with numbered lines for easy student navigation and referencing. Great for assessing student comprehension as well as use of reading strategies such as highlighting and annotation. Linked annotation handout included as well as answer key. Editable Word Doc! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

**Please Note: You must have a free or paid membership to Boomlearning.com to access this product. This 15-question multiple-choice ONLINE (BOOM CARDS) test on “The Jacket” by Gary Soto has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students literal and interpretive understanding of the story, summarization, making inferences, vocabulary, and literary devices. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests). It is recommended that students number the paragraphs of the reading selection as some questions may refer to specific paragraphs in the selection. Automatic grading saves you time. Students can complete on any internet-ready device; perfect for distant learning! This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators! Connect with us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shiningscholareducation Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiningScholar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shining_scholar_education/ Sign up for our email list to get free educational resources and discount coupons in your email. You’ll get SIX free resources just for signing up! https://mailchi.mp/f6b12b8ab810/productdescription

5 slides describing frontier life in the state of Texas. With video links. This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

A short story about a scientist who is obsessed with becoming immortal. Through lab experiments with mice and help from a local witch, he finally succeeds. He soon realizes that it may not be all he had hoped and then tries to get rid of his gift.

A powerpoint presentation that explains the US, specifically TX, after the Civil War. Includes slavery, Lincoln, Amendments, KKK, Jim Crow, and sharecroppers cycle of poverty. This lesson is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

A 4 page set for research project on Sun, earth, and/or moon. Explains the requirements (which you can change), project ideas, as well as possible project topics. Includes “works cited” pages and presentation score sheet as well. This worked great for me because the students got to choose their research question(s) and created something that was only their own. This lesson is student-centered meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator –happier teachers –happier students –happier administrators

This 18-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the nonfiction selection “The Privacy Debate” by Arthur M. Ahalt (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: point of view, making inferences, vocabulary (including words from SAT/ACT exams), figurative language, literary devices, author’s purpose, main idea, summarization, fact and opinion, analogies, and other elements of literature. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Teachers are encouraged to remove/add questions as they see fit for their students. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! **PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, this product does not contain the reading selection(s). **PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that paragraphs be numbered as some questions refer to specific paragraphs in the selection. This particular selection has 21 paragraphs. Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED): Students are expected to: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. This product is student-centered, meaning: –it allows you to become a facilitator! –happier teachers! –happier students! –happier administrators!

This 13-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the poem “Spring is like a perhaps hand” by E. E. Cummings (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, literary devices, figurative language, analogies, and other elements of literature. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Teachers are encouraged to remove/add questions as they see fit for their students. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! **PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, this product does not contain the reading selection(s). Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED): Students are expected to: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

This 20-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the poem “400-Meter Free Style” by Maxine Kumin (from the textbook HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE, GRADE 9 ISBN-10: 0547115784) has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary (including words from SAT/ACT exams), literary devices, figurative language, summarization, analogies, and other elements of literature. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the structure and vocabulary of standardized test questions. Questions are spaced 1.5 lines apart for comfortable reading. The questions also encourage students to go back and re-read key parts of the selection, a crucial skill for comprehension and improving reading stamina. Teachers are encouraged to remove/add questions as they see fit for their students. Answer key included. Editable MS Word Doc. You can use this product for years and years! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated! **PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, this product does not contain the reading selection(s). Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED): Students are expected to: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

A must-have for any teacher! A free worksheet for group work where a student shares their writing and the others listen and write down something they enjoyed and something they want to know more about in the person’s writing. Made for groups of 5, but can be altered. Great for students to improve their writing and to sharpen their critical thinking skills!

A PDF file that has 28 rows for student names and 4 columns under each weekday, each is pre-labeled. Includes legend for attendance labels (tardy, absent, etc.) Also has a space for class name, period, dates, teacher name, and # of students.

A zip folder with poster saying "Straight Outta Da Classroom" in the style of "Straight Outta Compton" font. Inspired by the hit movie, students love it and adds style to the classroom.

"The Scientist Rap" rap & hip-hop music video and song from the book "Got the Flow: The Hip Hop Diary of a Young Rapper" by Carlos Salinas. Includes printable handout of song lyrics. The main character of the book ("Got the Flow: The Hip-Hop Diary of a Young Rapper") 16-year-old Troy Jones challenges his science teacher that he can write an educational and positive rap song about science without any cursing. He promises to include the legendary scientists: Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Nicola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. His teacher, Mrs. Hass, makes him perform it in front of the entire class for his passing grade. He is determined to become a successful rapper to give his mom a better life. If he can write a clean, educational song, then he is a better rapper for having met the challenge. Inspired by losing his first two rap battles, he is determined to win the third one.

A graphic organizer that allows students to brainstorm what adaptations they would need to survive in each type of environment. Environments include Tropical forest, dessert, grasslands, arctic, cold forest, and aquatic. This is a great group activity that will help explain what adaptations are. Also included KWL chart for students monitoring their learning progress!