Mexican folktale about a beautiful woman who marries a man for his looks and later drowns her children because he looses interest in her. There ar... ByLashanda Moss-hill
This is a great center-based exploration in genres. Students work together to come up with definitions for each genre.
This lesson comes comple... ByKatie C
This brief quiz assesses student understanding of Usage Rule 5, regarding comma splices and run-ons, from Strunk and White’s The Elements of Styl... ByWriting Guy
Students will review the ELA skills they learned/were introduced to during this unit. Students will review point of view, inference, multiple choic... ByTraveling Teacher
This 8-Page Interactive Smartboard Lesson has a wheel of fortune, tic tac toe, hangman, connect four, and sudoku games. The students come to the... BySmartboard Smarty
This 32 slide interactive PowerPoint has all six reading selections and includes every multiple choice answer from a NYS ELA test book one. It is a... ByPowerpoint Maniac
This 25-page document includes many resources for the novel, Lord of the Flies. The materials are challenging and resourceful for analyzing the wo... ByKimberly's Ideas
Empowers Students with the Key to Proficiency on the CAHSEE!
Where should we focus instruction to best prepare students for the ELA portion of t... ByScott N. Forrest, Ed.d.
Teaching Grammar and Mechanics helps teachers significantly improve student writing and test scores through direct instruction and individualized p... ByMark Pennington
This smartboard lesson is an interactive 10 - page Antonym lesson. It describes what antonyms are and is full of interactive practice pages that ha... BySmartboard Smarty
With visuals, tons of examples, and a step-by-step quiz at the end, this original strategy and PowerPoint worked wonders for all of my 6th graders,... ByMr. Chapman
OVER 40 slides! Combines my PARTS 1 and 2 on LOGICAL FALLACIES into 1 spectacular PPT at a discounted price. Jam-packed with information that wil... ByPowerpoint Guru
This file consists of a 1 page reading comprehension passage and a set of 5 comprehension questions related to the passage. The included passage co... ByRebecca Bettis
This PowerPoint game has students determining the type of information found in parts of different reference books and working with guide words in a... ByVintage Teacher
This 13-question triplet/story comparison, is to be used in conjunction with the story "And of Clay We Are Created"(not attached). Students will a... ByKathryn Craig
This animated 16 slide PowerPoint defines prepositions and prepositional phrases, gives examples of prepositional phrases with nouns, pronouns, ger... ByHappyedugator
This printable handout will help your students understand how context clues and text signals can help them figure out the meaning of unknown words ... ByHappyedugator
A sentence structure PowerPoint game. This is a fun way to practice identifying sentence structure. Students are given two sentences and have thirt... ByHappyedugator
This is a 12 slide PowerPoint about sentence structure. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
This work is license... ByHappyedugator
Use these simple games to spice up your introduction or review of skills to make writing more interesting.
Slide 1 - Get rid of "Worn Out Words"... ByThe Bright Bunch
This Common Core Reading multi-pack contains five printables. Each was written to target very specific Common Core Reading Standards which I had a ... ByMark Aaron
Designed to help students break down a CAHSEE writing prompt by identifying cue words, determining purpose, ascertaining audience, and developing a... ByChris Pirraglia
Bring your students back into history with the power of podcasts! Welcome to What's the Truth George?!
Allow your students to experience the Bos... ByTruthme
This sample essay was born from the necessity to provide my students with "4" (score) writing samples in the new STAAR, 26-line format. As Texas sc... BySylvia Jackson
This powerpoint gives tips and strategies for taking tests, with a minor focus on the PSSA Pennsylvania state tests. It is created to share with st... ByDavina Ferry
These guided reading lessons for a fiction passage paired with a poem are intended for use by teachers and students in grades 4 and 5.
Instruc... ByMark Lyons
This presentation provides an introduction to characterization in fiction, with examples of dialogue and character traits.
Characters: Characteriz... ByKaren Pearce
Want a quick way to assess students' knowledge of point of view? Well, the following file includes ten statements covering all the four following ... ByMs.happy Harris
My students really enjoyed this and got to the point that they were doing their own! This is a terrific help for taking state tests!
This can b... ByMarti Dryk
These guided reading lessons for a fiction passage paired with a poem are intended for use by teachers and students in grades 4 and 5.
Instruc... ByMark Lyons
This is a 12 page overview of the types of writing included in each of the MooseTracts grade level packages. These writing exercises are intended f... ByMoosetracts Lp
Use this new edition to motivate your students to write, and write well! With this newly-formatted reproducible teacher book, your students will e... ByMrs. Teach
This download is perfect for teaching consonants and vowels. It includes a SMART Board lesson, a powerpoint, a recording sheet, and a sorting shee... ByJennifer Zoumberis
This listening practice activity for the New York State ELA test is based upon a short story entitled, "The Surprise Seeds." Included in the down... ByRay Rebholz
100 questions based on the high school FCAT Reading and Writing curriculum that focus on anticipating content, determining the author’s purpose, ... ByHollandays Publishing Corp
Here are 64 roots with their definitions ready to be printed front to back. Designed so students could play a game called Quiz, Quiz, Trade, but a... ByErin Vogel
This is a state test type exam using a baby book. My students love it. I've included multiple choice questions with upper level vocabulary (Student... ByZelaya Angela
This file consists of a 1 page reading comprehension passage and a set of 4 comprehension questions related to the passage. The included passage co... ByRebecca Bettis
This graphic organizer defines the 5 stages of plot and provides a chart for students to identify each stage in the literature they are reading. Th... ByEmily S.
This brief quiz assesses student understanding of Usage Rule 3, regarding parenthetical use of commas, from Strunk and White’s The Elements of St... ByWriting Guy
This is a Word file that contains 2 packed pages of test-format questions from California State Standards for 3rd Grade.
I have students work thes... ByKidrn
This includes 3 interactive SMART board slides for students to drill on Homorgraphs. They are all self checking and can be used as a center, an eva... BySusan Russell
This is a easy printable that teachers can use for writing assessments. There is a table so two scorers can score for the various writing traits. I... ByElementary Enthusiasts
This jeopardy game reviews, characters, important quotations, themes, and literary elements of the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. This... ByRitasue29
Dissecting the newspaper is a great learning tool to get ready for the standardized tests! This activity uses real life applications to identify te... ByYoteach12
This listening practice activity for the New York State ELA test is based upon Clement Moore's poem, "The Night Before Christmas." Included in th... ByRay Rebholz
Ever feel like you are banging your head against a coconut tree when you teach punctuation, repeating the same skills and concepts again and again?... BySusannah Remillard
This simple breakdown walks students through the creation of an introduction and conclusion to compliment the body of a persuasive essay. Many stud... ByJennifer Blasena