Hello! I am a passionate teacher and writer that loves to create lessons that are interactive, student-centered, original, and truly help teachers & students. I make custom lesson plans and materials that engage students and help them take ownership of their learning. I have 10 years of teaching experience in upper grades across all subjects (including teaching abroad in Costa Rica!). I have published three books, The Little Book of Big Quotes Vol. I , The Poems Vol. I, and Got the Flow: The Hip
Hello! I am a passionate teacher and writer that loves to create lessons that are interactive, student-centered, original, and truly help teachers & students. I make custom lesson plans and materials that engage students and help them take ownership of their learning. I have 10 years of teaching experience in upper grades across all subjects (including teaching abroad in Costa Rica!). I have published three books, The Little Book of Big Quotes Vol. I , The Poems Vol. I, and Got the Flow: The Hip
This 56-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “Who Can Replace a Man” by Brian Aldiss has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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This 49-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “Up the Slide” by Jack London has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
This product is student-centered, meaning:
–it allows you to become a facilitator!
–happier teachers!
–happier students!
–happier administrators!
This 41-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
This product is student-centered, meaning:
–it allows you to become a facilitator!
–happier teachers!
–happier students!
–happier administrators!
This 62-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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–it allows you to become a facilitator!
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This 64-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
This 63-question multiple-choice reading comprehension and analysis test on the short story “The Finish of Patsy Barnes” by Paul Laurence Dunbar has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection including: plot development, characterization, author’s purpose, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, figurative language, fact & 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!
Objectives/US Standards (SUGGESTED) (From Corestandards.com):
Students are expected to:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
This product is student-centered, meaning:
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–happier teachers!
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This collection of 13 tests on 13 reading selections (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147
ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 3 Types of Nonfiction: Expository, Reflective, and Persuasive includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 13 tests, this is over a $35 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?,” Richard Mühlberger
“Life Without Gravity,” Robert Zimmerman
“Conversational Ballgames,” Nancy Masterson Sakamoto
“I Am a Native of North America,” Chief Dan George
Excerpt from In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, Alice Walker
“Bernie Williams: Yankee Doodle Dandy,” Joel Poiley
“No Gumption,” Russell Baker
“The Eternal Frontier,” Louis L’Amour
“All Together Now,” Barbara Jordan
“The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life,” Geoffrey C. Ward
“Rattlesnake Hunt,” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“Alligator,” Bailey White
“The Night the Bed Fell,” James Thurber
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This collection of 15 tests on 14 fiction and nonfiction selections (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147
ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 1 Fiction and Nonfiction includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 14 tests, this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“The Three-Century Woman,” Richard Peck
“The Fall of the Hindenburg,” Michael Morrison
“Papa’s Parrot,” Cynthia Rylant
“MK,” Jean Fritz
2 Excerpts from An American Childhood, Annie Dillard
“The Luckiest Time of All,” Lucille Clifton
Excerpt from Barrio Boy, Ernesto Galarza
“A Day’s Wait,” Ernest Hemingway
“All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury
“Suzy and Leah,” Jane Yolen
“My First Free Summer,” Julia Alvarez
“My Furthest-Back Person,” Alex Haley
“Melting Pot,” Anna Quindlen
“Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man?,” Bill Cosby
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This collection of 15 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 1 Fiction and Nonfiction includes links to most of the reading selections online (if available) along with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, plot development, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost $2.99 x 15 tests, this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections include:
“Greyling,” Jane Yolen
“My Heart Is in the Highlands,” Jane Yolen
“Stray,” Cynthia Rylant
“The Homecoming,” Laurence Yep
“The Drive-In Movies,” Gary Soto
“The Market Square Dog,” James Herriot
“Why Monkeys Live in Trees,” Julius Lester
“The Case of the Monkeys That Fell From the Trees,” Susan E. Quinlan
“Stage Fright,” Mark Twain
“My Papa, Mark Twain,” Susy Clemens
“The Lady and the Spider,” Robert Fulghum
“Names/Nombres,” Julia Alvarez
“The Sound of Summer Running,” Ray Bradbury
“Eleven,” Sandra Cisneros
from Bad Boy- Walter Dean Myers
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This collection of 13 tests on 13 short stories (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147
ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 2 Short Stories includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 13 tests, this is over a $35 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” Walter Dean Myers
“The Bear Boy,” Joseph Bruchac
“Rikki-tikki-tavi,” Rudyard Kipling
Excerpt from Letters from Rifka, Karen Hesse
“Two Kinds,” Amy Tan
“Seventh Grade,” Gary Soto
“Stolen Day,” Sherwood Anderson
“The Third Wish,” Joan Aiken
“Amigo Brothers,” Piri Thomas
“Zoo,” Edward Hoch
“Ribbons,” Laurence Yep
“After Twenty Years,” O. Henry
“H—ey, Come on Ou—t,” Shinichi Hoshi
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This bundle of 15 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 6 Themes in Folk Literature includes 15 tests with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, plot development, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost ~$2.99 x 15 tests (over 190 pages total), this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“A Crippled Boy” A Vietnamese Folk Tale by My-Van Tran
“He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit” African American Folk Tale by Virginia Hamilton
“Jeremiah’s Song” by Walter Dean Myers
“Lob’s Girl” by Joan Aiken
“Mowgli’s Brothers” by Rudyard Kipling
“The Stone” by Lloyd Alexander
“The Three Wishes” Puerto Rican Folk Tale by Ricardo E. Alegria
“Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth” by Chinua Achebe
Arachne Greek Myth by Olivia E. Coolidge
“Black Cowboy, Wild Horses” by Julius Lester
Excerpt from James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Prologue from The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
“The Ant and the Dove” Fable by Leo Tolstoy
“The Lion and the Bulls” Fable by Aesop
“The Tiger Who Would Be King” by James Thurber
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This collection of 19 tests on 26 poem selections (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147
ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 4 Poetry includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Some tests cover more than one poem. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 19 tests (more than 250 pages total) this is over a $50 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“Maestro,” “The Desert is My Mother/ El desierto es mi madre,” and
“Bailando,” Pat Mora
“The Rider,” Naomi Shihab Nye
“Seal,” William Jay Smith
“Winter,” Nikki Giovanni
“Life,” Naomi Long Madgett
“The Courage That my Mother Had,” Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Loo-Wit,” Wendy Rose
“Mother to Son,” Langston Hughes
“The Village Blacksmith,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The Highwayman,” Alfred Noyes
“The Cremation of Sam McGee,” Robert Service
“How I Learned English,” Gregory Djanikian
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out,” Shel Silverstein
“Weather,” Eve Merriam
“One,” James Berry
“Full Fathom Five,” William Shakespeare
“Onomatopoeia,” Eve Merriam
“Train Tune,” Louise Bogan
“Annabel Lee,” Edgar Allan Poe
“Martin Luther King,” Raymond Richard Patterson
“I’m Nobody,” Emily Dickinson
“Jim,” Gwendolyn Brooks
“Father William,” Lewis Carroll
“Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,” Robert Frost
“Miracles,” Walt Whitman
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This collection of 5 tests on 5 reading selections (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147 ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 5 Drama includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. These 5 tests total 121 pages of test material. This is over a $25 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Acts I & II, Israel Horovitz
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," Rod Serling
Excerpt from Grandpa and the Statue, Arthur Miller
"My Head Is Full of Starshine," Peg Kehret
“Four Skinny Trees,” Sandra Cisneros
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This collection of 2 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 5 Drama includes two tests of multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, plot development, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Total number of test pages is 62. This is over a $15 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“The Phantom Tollbooth” COMPLETE Play by Susan Nanus (47 pages)
“Gluskabe and Old Man Winter” Play Drama by Joseph Bruchac (15 pages)
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An answer-match 20-question quiz with key. Words included are:
word wall ______
plot ______
theme______
setting ______
characterization______
conflict ______
reader’s notebook ______
rubric ______
narrative ______
topic ______
prewriting ______
draft ______
revising ______
editing ______
publishing ______
portfolio ______
organization ______
conventions ______
mentor text ______
anchor story______
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This collection of 14 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 2 Short Stories includes links to most of the reading selections online (if available) along with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, plot development, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost $2.99 x 14 tests, this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections include:
“The Wounded Wolf,” Jean Craighead George
“The Tail,” Joyce Hansen
“Dragon, Dragon,” John Gardner
“Zlateh the Goat,” Isaac Bashevis Singer
“The Old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves,” Chief Luther Standing Bear
“Becky and the Wheels-and-Brake Boys,” James Berry
“The Southpaw,” Judith Viorst
“The All-American Slurp,” Lensey Namioka
“The Circuit,” Francisco Jiménez
“The King of Mazy May,” Jack London
“Aaron’s Gift,” Myron Levoy
“Business at Eleven,” Toshio Mori
“Feathered Friend,” Arthur C. Clarke
Excerpt from Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
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This collection of 20 tests on 23 poems (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 4 Poetry includes links to most of the reading selections online (if available) along with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Some tests cover two works of short length. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost around $2.99 x 20 tests, this is over a $59 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“Oranges” and “Ode to Family Photographs,” Gary Soto
“Adventures of Isabel,” Ogden Nash
“Ankylosaurus,” Jack Prelutsky
“Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright,” Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét
“A Dream Within a Dream,” Edgar Allan Poe
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,” Maya Angelou
“The Walrus and the Carpenter,” Lewis Carroll
“Willow and Ginkgo,” Eve Merriam
“Fame Is a Bee,” Emily Dickinson
“April Rain Song,” Langston Hughes
“Abuelito Who,” Sandra Cisneros
“The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be,” Nikki Giovanni
“Child on Top of a Greenhouse,” Theodore Roethke
“Dust of Snow,” Robert Frost
“who knows if the moon’s,” E. E. Cummings
“No Thank You,” Shel Silverstein
“Wind and water and stone,” Octavio Paz
“Parade,” Rachel Field
“The Fairies’ Lullaby,” William Shakespeare
“Saying Yes,” Diana Chang
“Cynthia in the Snow,” Gwendolyn Brooks
“At First, It Is True, I Thought There Were Only Peaches & Wild Grapes,” Alice Walker
“Alphabet,” Naomi Shihab Nye
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This collection of 15 tests (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 6 ISBN: 013131713X Unit 3 Type of Nonfiction includes links to most of the reading selections online (if available) along with 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the story, plot development, characterization, point of view, making inferences, vocabulary, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Great for homework, warm-ups, classroom assessment, and more. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. Individually each test would cost $2.99 x 15 tests, this is over a $40 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“Zlata’s Diary,” Zlata Filipovic
“Hard as Nails,” Russell Baker
“Water,” Helen Keller
Expository essays
“The Shutout,” Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick McKissack, Jr.
“Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last,” Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Persuasive speech: Preserving a Great American Symbol by Richard Durbin
Excerpt from Something to Declare, Julia Alvarez
“A Backwoods Boy,” Russell Freedman
“Langston Terrace,” Eloise Greenfield
“Turkeys,” Bailey White
“La Leña Buena,” John Phillip Santos
Excerpt from The Pigman & Me, Paul Zindel
“Letter From a Concentration Camp,” Yoshiko Uchida
“Letter to Scottie,” F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Social Interactions 101: The Rituals of Relating” by Alex J. Packer
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Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit my store for much more helpful and free stuff!
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.A
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.B
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.C
Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.D
Establish and maintain a formal style.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.E
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
This lesson is student-centered meaning:
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–happier administrators
This bundle of 13 tests on 15 reading selections (zip folder) from the textbook PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE, 8e GRADE 7 ISBN-13: 978-0131317147
ISBN-10: 0131317148 Unit 6 Themes in the Oral Tradition includes 10-50 multiple-choice questions (varies depending on length of reading selection) from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the work, characterization, point of view, author’s purpose, making inferences, vocabulary, literary devices, and figurative language. Questions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) and 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. Answer key included. Comes in editable MS Word Doc format. These 13 tests total over 195 pages of test material. This is over a $49 value! Feedback is always welcomed and appreciated!
Reading selections/tests include:
“Grasshopper Logic,” “The Other Frog Prince,” and “Duckbilled Platypus vs. Beefsnakstik®,” Jon Scieszka
“Icarus and Daedalus,” Josephine Preston Peabody
“Demeter and Persephone,” Anne Terry White
“Tenochtitlan: Inside the Aztec Capital,” Jacqueline Dineen
“Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl,” Juliet Piggott
“Perseus,” Alice Low
“Percy-Us Brings the Gawgon’s Head,” Lloyd Alexander
“Sun and Moon in a Box,” Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
“How the Snake Got Poison,” Zora Neale Hurston
“The People Could Fly,” Virginia Hamilton
“All Stories Are Anansi’s,” Harold Courlander
“The Fox and the Crow,” Aesop
“Volar: To Fly”, Judith Ortiz Cofer
This product is student-centered, meaning:
–it allows you to become a facilitator!
���happier teachers!
–happier students!
–happier administrators!