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Our quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text with this quiz.
This product includes:
• 3 multiple choice questions
• 2 matching questions
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 4 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question
• Definitions of key terms, such as point of view
• Exercises that allow students to practice using unit cultural context to explain why a character acts a certain way
• An excerpt from "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu
• An excerpt from "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
• An excerpt from "Daisy Miller" by Henry James
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 25% with this bundle! 11 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 10 assessments that include 40 multiple choice, 1 matching, 1 fill-in-the-blank, and 5 sorting questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, including:
- “The Brook” by Lord Alfred Tennyson
- “The Way Through the Woods” by Rudyard Kipling
- “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
- “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame
- “Peter Pan” by J. M. Barrie
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 30% with this mega-bundle, and get 1 month’s worth of activities! 21 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 20 assessments that include 82 multiple choice, 3 matching, 3 fill-in-the-blank, and 6 sorting questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, including:
- “How Expensive Are Fruits and Vegetables Anyway?” by Jane Reed and Elizabeth Frazao
- Adaptation of “Letter on Thomas Jefferson” by John Adams
- “Bike To Work Day Celebrates Transportation” by Anthony Foxx
- “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer
- “Little Lord Fauntleroy” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson
- “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes six multiple choice questions
• Excerpts from several nonfiction texts that allow students to trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not
• Definitions of key terms, such as credible and bias
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Excerpts from several texts that allow them to practice determining a theme or central idea of a text and analyze how it is conveyed through particular details
• Definitions of key terms, such as theme and dialogue
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.6.6 with this playlist. They will determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text. Students will explain how the author’s purpose is conveyed in the text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 2 links to instructional videos, audio files, or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as purpose and position
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Examples of different categories of writing and the typical reasons authors write these types of texts
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as point of view through comparison
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as medium and quantitative
• Visual examples of how diagrams help the reader make sense of the text
• Excerpts that allow students to practice integrating information presented in different media or formats as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue
• A self-check assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one sorting question
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.6.4 with this playlist. They will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative meanings. Students will work through several examples of how to determine an author's meaning. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 1 link to instructional videos, audio files, or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as personification and metaphor
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.6.9 with this playlist. They will compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another. Students examine author's purpose for writing. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 4 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one matching question
• Definitions of key terms, such as biography and memoir
• Examples of how to examine the author's purpose
• "Bike to Work Day Celebrates Transportation" by Anthony Foxx
• "Who Bikes to Work in America?" by Brian McKenzie
• An excerpt from "Firsthand Account of the Titanic" by Elizabeth Shutes
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions
• Excerpts from several nonfiction texts that allow students to practice determining a central idea of a text and analyzing how it is conveyed through particular details
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 4 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions, one matching question, and one sorting question
• Excerpts from several texts that allow students to analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
• Definitions of key terms, such as denotation and connotation
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
This product includes:
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• Excerpts from several texts that allow students to learn how to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings
• Definitions of key terms, such as context clues and antonyms
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
Students explore standard RI.6.1 with this playlist. They will learn how to cite explicit information in a text. Students will identify and cite inferences from a text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and two fill-in-the-blank questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as explicit and implicit
• “How Expensive Are Fruits and Vegetables Anyway?” by Jane Reed Elizabeth Frazao
• An excerpt from “Speech at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987” by President Ronald Reagan
• “Children eating more fruit, but fruit and vegetable intake still low” by the CDC
• “Protons, Electrons, and Lemon Lights” by Wisewire
• “Zoo Meals” by Wisewire
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text and to provide an objective summary of the text with this quiz.
This product includes:
• 5 multiple choice questions
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RL.11-12.2 with this playlist. They will identify topics and use attention to detail to analyze how topics develop into themes. Students will work to identify and analyze two themes that build on one another. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as topic and theme
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional discussion guide and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RL.8.1 with this playlist. They will use textual evidence to support an analysis of a text’s explicit meaning. Students will support inferences using textual evidence. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
This product includes:
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as explicit information and textual evidence
• Examples of how to cite textual evidence to support explicit information
• An excerpt from "Adventure II. The Red-headed League " by Arthur Conan Doyle
• “Daedalus and Icarus,” a Greek Myth
• An excerpt from “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen
• An excerpt from “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Assess student understanding of standard RL.7.2 with this quiz. Students answer five questions that test their ability to determine a theme or central idea of a text, analyze its development over the course of the text, and to provide an objective summary of the text.
This product includes:
• 4 multiple choice questions
• 1 chronological ordering question
• An excerpt from "The Importance of Being Earnest " by Oscar Wilde
• "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• "A New Normal" by Wisewire
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution with this quiz.
This product includes:
• 5 multiple choice questions
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Assess student understanding of standard RI.7.2 with this quiz. Students answer five questions that test their ability to determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.
This product includes:
• 5 multiple choice questions
• An excerpt from "Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day" by President Ronald Reagan
• "The Curious Life and Times of William Walker" by Wisewire
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
