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Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Chapters 20 through 23 Quiz
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Chapters 20 through 23 Quiz

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering chapters 20, 21, 22, and 23 of Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Monaco’s hallucinations The reason Gearhart hands Perry a letter What Gearhart hands Walowick Why Perry feels distressed when writing to Kenny Brunner’s new role Qualities Perry and Peewee share in common How Perry and Peewee are separated from their peers Where Perry and Peewee spend a night The Viet Cong fighters’ trap Perry’s concerns for his physical condition An update on Judy Duncan Characters who are sent home
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Chapters 16 through 19 Quiz
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Chapters 16 through 19 Quiz

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The nature of Perry’s injuries Judy’s role What happens to Brew What Perry sends Kenny The squad’s suspicions about Dongan Dongan’s trick to make enemy forces vulnerable to attack A booby-trapped child Perry’s observations before shooting an enemy soldier Dongan’s death The reason for burning American soldiers’ bodies The incident involving a jet
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Fifth Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Fifth Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (fifth iteration). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: auxiliary, clamber, commodity, foliage, frivolously, gibber, guru, humility, idle, indistinct, inexorably, marshal, mundane, outmoded, precariously, scowl, supercilious, temperament, and translucent. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Fourth Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Fourth Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (fourth iteration). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abruptly, concomitant, docile, emphatic, exhalation, flare, immense, maudlin, ominous, pungent, shrill, sparse, swiftly, taut, treacherous, trudge, vaguely, vindicate, wince, and wriggle. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Second Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Second Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (second iteration). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: adamant, barren, besieged, bleak, chitter, consternation, daunting, eccentric, erode, impart, indifferent, obscure, perpetually, personnel, primly, reproachfully, signify, and tedious. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Introduction and Prologue)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Introduction and Prologue)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (introduction and prologue). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: commerce, consortia, consul, corrugated, decipher, grueling, haste, intravenous, murmur, prestigious, principal, rickety, shudder, transitory, trot, vagaries, and whimsical. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (First Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (First Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (first iteration). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: arid, asphyxiate, beckon, competence, conjure, descend, edema, gnarled, iteration, masticate, peer, preliminary, primitive, profusion, promptly, scamper, scourge, and taxonomy. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Second Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Second Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the second iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The location of an archeological dig Ellie Sattler’s specialty Bob Morris’s job Bob Morris’s beliefs Grant and Sattler’s surprising acquisitions Donald Gennaro’s job The classification of an unearthed dinosaur skeleton The unusual characteristics of Hammond’s elephant BioSyn’s intentions Ian Malcolm’s profession Ian Malcolm’s theories The collective reaction to a dinosaur sighting
Jurassic Park Seventh Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park Seventh Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Promote homework accountability and measure general reading comprehension with this printable assessment covering the seventh iteration and epilogue of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (chapters 52 through 58). Delivered in Word Document and PDF formats, this quiz features questions about characters, setting, and plot. It serves well as a post-reading check of understanding or a guided reading worksheet to be completed as students navigate the text. An answer key is provided. By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Malcolm’s belief in the persistence of life in some form Hammond’s curiosities Grant’s inference based on the automated dinosaur counting system The fate of the raptors The significance of frog DNA Malcolm’s fate Hammond’s assessment of his employees Hammond’s reaction to a military assault of the island Grant’s epiphany concerning the raptors’ behavior Grant’s meeting with Guitierrez
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton First Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton First Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the prologue and first iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: “Bobbie” Carter’s profession The translation of raptor Circumstances surrounding the Bowman family Guitierrez’s profession Guitierrez’s observation while walking the beach Dr. Stone’s studies A midwife’s terrifying discovery And more
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Third Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Third Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the third iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Grant and Malcolm’s curiosity over how scientists obtained dinosaur DNA An unusual characteristic of Grant’s hotel room Sattler’s concerning observations The hostility between Malcolm and Hammond The grandkids’ background Dr. Wu’s scientific methods Conflict between Dr. Wu and Hammond The attitude of the control room while the first tour is conducted Tim’s observations while on the tour The background of Muldoon Grant’s stunning discovery A serious glitch in the computer system And more
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Sixth Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Sixth Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (sixth iteration). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: agitation, cascade, dismay, empirical, euphoria, giddy, impregnable, incurious, interminable, menacingly, phosphorescent, protrude, revocation, squint, striation, taunt, and tinny. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Test and Answer Key with Study Guide
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Test and Answer Key with Study Guide

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With this test covering the entirety of the science fiction novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, English teachers will evaluate students’ knowledge of characters, plot, and vocabulary. In addition, students will demonstrate character analysis skills by drafting a five-paragraph essay in which they argue whether John Hammond is a sympathetic or unsympathetic figure. A test preparation guide, standards-based writing rubric, and answer key are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will: Demonstrate knowledge of primary and secondary characters and the key aspects of their lives Demonstrate knowledge of significant events that take place throughout the novel Respond to an essay prompt about John Hammond’s characterization Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims made in an academic essay
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Seventh Iteration)
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Seventh Iteration)

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (seventh iteration and epilogue). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: awestruck, bemused, benign, curtly, deduce, evoke, hasten, impetuous, ineffectually, laconically, matriarchal, narcotic, paradigm, rebuke, reeking, shirk, skitter, and spatial. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Research Project and Speech Materials
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Research Project and Speech Materials

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This low-prep, standards-based project helps high school students investigate topics and deliver informative speeches related to Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel Jurassic Park. It also helps students contextualize the events of the novel by calling attention to 30 relevant topics - from scientific advancements (such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep and the sequencing of human genes) to scientific theories (such as those involving efforts to achieve de-extinction and those seeking to understand the parenting methods of dinosaurs), and from humanity’s influence on its environment (such as the effects of plastic bag pollution and nuclear fallout) to ethical dilemmas (such as humanity’s tendency to treat animals as commodities). Supporting materials, such as a detailed scoring rubric, are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Fifth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Fifth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the fifth iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The purpose of antivenin Nedry’s body Conflict between Muldoon and Arnold The temperament of dinosaurs in the aviary Grant’s conversations with the children The variety of threats to the lives Grant and the children How the lives of Grant and the kids are saved How the kids are separated from Grant Grant’s relieving discovery A raptor attack An epiphany concerning the power system Malcolm’s commentary on scientific advancements And more
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Fourth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Fourth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the fourth iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Ed Regis’s fearful reaction to the Tyrannosaurus Ian Malcolm’s injury Grant’s discovery pertaining to the Tyrannosaurus’s eyesight The fate of Dennis Nedry Henry Wu’s concern for Hammond Why Harding and Sattler follow a group of small dinosaurs Dr. Wu’s discovery about dinosaurs created with frog DNA Ed Regis’s fate The reason Muldoon and Gennaro halt their search for Grant and the kids Harding’s forceful criticism of Hammond Problems with technology Grant and the kids’ mode of transportation How the kids endanger their own lives And more
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Sixth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Sixth Iteration Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the sixth iteration of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the science fiction novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Efforts to start up the generator Raptors’ freaky physical capabilities Resources used to distract the raptors The location of a trapped raptor Efforts to restore the main power Malcolm’s accusations toward Hammond How Grant kills three raptors Efforts to convince a ship to return to the island
Jurassic Park Quiz Bundle with Answer Keys
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Jurassic Park Quiz Bundle with Answer Keys

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Promote homework accountability and measure general reading comprehension with this bundle of printable assessments covering the entirety of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Delivered in Word Document and PDF formats, each quiz features questions about characters, setting, and plot. They serve well as post-reading checks of understanding or as guided reading worksheets to be completed as students navigate the text. Answer keys are provided.
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Close Reading Worksheet (Chapter 16)
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Close Reading Worksheet (Chapter 16)

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Help high school students go beyond basic reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this close reading worksheet covering a meaningful excerpt from chapter 16 of Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this close reading activity, students will: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Consult reference materials as needed to learn or verify word meanings Discern the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on foreshadowing Choose the best textual evidence in support of an idea Write about complex literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision Come to class better prepared to discuss literature