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These Lady or the Tiger comprehension questions ask students to write a paragraph based on 1 theme and students will also be asked to fill out graphic organizers too! They then can be asked to type up the answers on their graphic organizers into paragraphs.

It's hard even for adults to master homonyms and homophones! Imagine what it's like for our students. Introduce these most commonly confused words to your students a couple at a time or have them pick the words they use incorrectly. Have students place this reference chart in their binders or grammar folders. When asked to edit their work, have them refer to this chart to make sure they used their homonyms/homophones correctly.

In this packet you will find detailed charts used to analyze any story. I use this packet to discuss the important elements found in the short story we just read. It can also be used as a study guide for an essay exam as well. I also have my kids cut up the cards and turn them into flash cards to use a study tool.

How did Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin actually escape from Alcatraz? Have your students perform a brief research project about the only inmates who actually escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island. Students can use the internet to research this topic and should use this graphic organizer to take notes on specific questions. Upon completion of this graphic organizer, composing a 3 paragraph research paper will be a simple task!To make this research project even more interestin

Use this outline to assist your students in composing a straight forward biography on a famous person of their choice. Send this document electronically to your students and they can type their notes directly on this document. But before they take notes on this documents, students should first either read an article or book on their famous person and they should go through this list and cross out/delete the ideas that are not relevant to their person's life, accomplishments, etc. Upon completio

Using this sheet, students can independently edit/revise their homework or classwork looking for grammar mistakes as well as making sure specific names, places, etc. are found in their answers. By using these sheets students become more aware of what needs to be included in their answers as well as what punctuation/grammar errors they need to look out for. ***I put these sheets (back to back) in plastic paper protectors and give my students dry erase markers so they are able to use the same sh

This comprehensive packet contains scaffolded notesheets for the Physical Science formulas/topics of Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Impulse, Work, and Inelastic/Elastic Collisions. After each notesheet for the topic, a worksheet is followed where students can apply their knowledge and complete word problems based on the topics above. An answer key is provided for all word problems.

This is a final exam for O. Henry's Short Story "The Cop & the Anthem." It contains 3 different sections; multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions asking student's to analyze this story's theme, conflict, and protagonists/antagonists. You can also use it as a study guide as well.

This is a final exam for Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story "The Cask of Amontillado." It contains 4 different sections; multiple choice, fill in the blanks, true/false and short answer questions asking student's to analyze this story's theme, conflict, and protagonists/antagonists. You can also use it as a study guide as well.

This is a final exam for Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story "The Fall of the House of Usher." It contains 4 different sections; multiple choice, fill in the blanks, true/false and short answer questions asking student's to analyze this story's theme, conflict, and protagonists/antagonists. You can also use it as a study guide as well.

Give students this quick activity after reading or during reading Edgar Allan Poe's short story"The Fall of the House of Usher." Have students answer the questions regarding the story's characters, their motivations, theme, and plot. Great to use as a pop quiz!!!

These are not your typical one sentence answer comprehension questions!!! They were developed to teach my students how to write a comprehensive answer using specific examples and details from the text. There are 14 questions which are organized according to the main idea found in each set of questions. This also enables students to create/compose an ideal topic sentence. So read The Monkey's Paw and enjoy!! analysis, summarizing, inferencing, main idea, cause-effect, topic sentence, supporting

This is a graphic organizer created for the novel "From the Mixed Up Files..." Upon completion of the book, students filled this out and created a mystery/running away just like Claudia and Jamie experienced in the book. If you tweak this organizer, you can use it for just a mystery story. graphic organizer, mystery, From the Mixed Up Files, running away, Claudia, Jamie, clues, beginning, middle, end

A new spin on literature circle activities!! Gone are the literary luminaries!! Your students can take on the role of a director, casting director, movie critic, soundtrack designer, etc. and analyze their readings.

This worksheet tests your students' knowledge about the cast of characters found in S.E. Hinton's book The Outsiders. A brief description/character analysis is given for each character and students are asked to place the corresponding character's name on the blank line!

This test is comprised of 8 different sections. Students are tested on their integer vocabulary, ordering of negative/positive numbers, deciding if the number is an integer or not, using signs to write numbers, and adding/subtracting negative and positive numbers. There's even an extra credit section at the end where the students are asked to read a table and answer questions. negative numbers positive numbers adding subtracting ordering signs

On the following 4 pages are simple paragraph graphic organizers which will help your students organizer and sort their ideas and new information. Upon completion of one of these graphic organizers, your students should be able to compose a cohesive paragraph containing a topic sentence, details/examples from the text, & a closing sentence. **The blank box at the top of each page is for students to write in terms, vocabulary, character names, places, etc. that they feel it is important to incl

This document was created as a review for Chapter 1 of The Outsiders. Upon completion of Chapter 1, my students fill out this graphic organizer/notesheet. It shows me how much they understand about the book and its characters so I am able to see where I need to fill in the misunderstandings. It can also be used by students while they read Chapter 1 since it highlights the major events of this chapter.

With this worksheet students are asked to work with a partner to figure out/record the meanings of important integer vocabulary terms such as positive numbers, negative numbers, origin, absolute value, etc. It's a great study tool to use before at test! positive numbers, origin, absolute value, negative numbers, vocabulary, group work

These are not your ordinary comprehension questions. They ask students to write their answers based on 1 theme in paragraph form.