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This quiz on flashback and foreshadowing includes engaging passages that students can relate to. It consists of 11 questions. Answer key included.

This can be used as a worksheet or a test on types of figurative language. It includes a Quizlet study guide to use before the test. The test has 20 multiple choice questions. Students will be reading lines from poems and/or sentences to determine the figure of speech that is being used. The Quizlet and test covers simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, idiom, imagery, alliteration, allusion, and symbolism. NOTE: You may adjust the test and Quizlet if you want to assess you

This engaging worksheet on types of conflict challenges students to dig deeper in their understanding of types of conflict. It includes reading comprehension strategies with questions with short, interesting videos. In addition, I created a Quizlet which includes an online study guide and games and a Kahoot for this lesson. Here is a link to my Quizlet Study Guide on types of conflict terms. Here is a link to my Kahoot on types of conflict: https://create.kahoot.it/share/types-of-conflict/58

Students will be doing one worksheet with 10 items on it a day for four days. Each worksheet requires them to highlight or underline the clue words before they choose the BEST meaning. On day 5, they will take the 20 item context clues test which also requires them to highlight or underline the clue words before they choose the BEST meaning. Links and answer keys are included.

Lesson Plans and Activity for Setting SMART Goals for High School StudentsThis activity includes students creating a digital platform to reflect on past goals that they accomplished and creating future SMART goals. These are some of the BENEFITS that I noticed when I did this activity with my students (seniors):  It helps students to get to know each other better.Students enjoy sharing their stories with their peers.Students who usually don't talk to their peers started talking with this activi

Use this worksheet after students read "A Simple Act" by Tyler Jackson. Learning Target: Demonstrate knowledge of relationships between words.

You can use these 20 items as an assessment or worksheet to check how well your high school students know how to find clue words to help them determine the meaning of unknown words. On this test, they are required to highlight their clue words BEFORE they choose the meaning of the unknown word. This will assist with enhancing their vocabulary. Answer Key included

This worksheet includes a relatable, engaging story about siblings. Students will read the passage and put 14 events in sequential order. Directions: Step 1: Read the passage, “My First Diary” by Katina Isele.  Step 2: Reread the passage and put the events that took place in sequential order. Step 3: Recheck your work to ensure that you have the events in sequential order.

This worksheet or test on flashback and foreshadowing includes one relatable, engaging passage with 21 reading comprehension questions. Answer key provided.

This figurative language package includes four days of worksheets with 10 multiple choice questions each. Students will be reading lines from poems, poems, and/or sentences using figurative language. It includes a Quizlet study guide. The test has 20 multiple choice questions. The test format is similar to the way they will be practicing all week. Students will be reading lines from poems and/or sentences to determine the figure of speech that is being used. The Quizlet, worksheets and test cove

This worksheet includes a relatable, engaging story about a curious dog named Gizmo. Students will read the passage and put 10 events in sequential order. Directions: Step 1: Read the passage.  Step 2: Reread the passage and put the events that took place in sequential order. Step 3: Recheck your work to ensure that you have the events in sequential order.

Do your high school students struggle with recognizing the clue words that will help them determine the meaning of unknown words? I created this vocabulary worksheet to help them master this skill. It has 10 multiple choice items. Students will highlight their clue words BEFORE they make an educated guess on the meaning of the unknown word. Answer Key provided.

This is a review of chapter 1 of The Outsiders. Students are given a word bank where they have to place the correct word in each blank. It's a great way to check their understanding of what they read. It includes reading strategies such as summarizing and vocabulary.

This flashback and foreshadowing activity includes lesson plans with activities for six days. It consists of short video clips, fun online games such as Quizziz, Heroic Ants,  Paper Bird, Wild Wild Taxi Racing, Ghost Man (like Pac Man), and Checkers, a self- assessment, e-worksheets, a quiz, and an open-ended assessment with 36 questions. Answer keys included.  NOTE: When I teach this lesson, we are also reading an anchor book (usually, it’s The Outsiders; they have great examples of both lit

This worksheet or quiz includes reading comprehension strategies on types of conflicts questions on topics that this generation of middle school students can relate to. Answer key included.

Many of my students struggled with commonly confused words, so I assigned them practice mini-lessons from No Red Ink and other online sources (Quizziz, Quia, etc.) to practice this skill 10 minutes a day. At the end of the week, I gave them a quiz. You can use this as a worksheet or quiz on commonly confused words. Students have 14 items to determine which word is grammatically correct. The commonly confused words on this worksheet are: to, two, too, their, there, they're, no, know, well, good,

This activity is on 10 Greek and Latin root words. It includes lesson plans with activities for each day for a week. In addition, it has a Quizlet online study guide, online games, having students create their own paper flashcards and playing games with them, worksheets, an assessment and the answer keys. Learning Target:  Determine the meaning of words using structural analysis. Success Criteria: Identify and  define common morphemes (roots, prefixes, suffixes).Break apart multisyllabic words

This prefix activity is on 10 prefixes. It includes lesson plans with activities for each day for a week. It includes a Quizlet online study guide, online games, having students create their own paper flashcards and playing games with them, worksheets, an assessment and the answer keys. Learning Target:  Determine the meaning of words using structural analysis. Success Criteria: Identify and  define common morphemes (roots, prefixes, suffixes).Break apart multisyllabic words into morphemes.Cons

This bundle is a week of work on figurative language. It covers simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification and onomatopoeia. It includes a Quizlet, four worksheets with a total of 40 multiple choice questions and a 20 multiple choice question test. Students will be reading sentences and short poems to determine the figure of speech that is being used. Answer keys included.

Do your students really understand the difference between flashback and foreshadowing? This rigorous open-ended test includes 13 short passages with 36 open-ended questions on flashback and foreshadowing. Answer Key Included