Tell City Schools
The Cay
Support your instruction of The Cay by Theodore Taylor with this extensive unit of materials. Provided here are prereading activities, worksheets and discussion questions for the entire book, and reading quizzes that you can use to check...
California Education Partners
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
A 3-day exam assesses readers' comprehension. After hearing a passage from the story Kittens First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, scholars work with a partner to discuss and sketch what they found memorable. Peers share their final products...
Curated OER
English Historical Newsletter Project
Twelfth graders write a research paper on British history. They are assigned a particular decade in British history and conduct research covering several indicated topics. They reference and cite multiple resources in their research.
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Introduction to the Study of Language
Though the presentation doesn't have any actual information, these slides detail the reading requirements and exam schedule of a sixteen-week class on the study of language. If you are planning a class on this topic, the presentation...
Louisiana Department of Education
Unit: Hamlet
Encourage readers to determine if Hamlet's madness is actually divinest sense. Class members analyze the words of the play before studying related texts, including T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," scenes from...
Curated OER
Reading Strategies: Those Darned Examinations
Eleventh graders demonstrate how to study for exams using Reciprocal Teaching technique. They apply new reading strategies when studying for an exam. They demonstrate a variety fo strategies before, during, and after reading to increase...
Curated OER
Final Exam Review 07 Word Search
In this literacy learning exercise, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the sheet in the word search. They also work on spelling skills.
School District of Palm Beach County
Framed Paragraphs characterization, problem and solution, symbolism, conflict
Support your learners as they work on writing paragraphs by providing graphic organizers, outlines, and frames. Sift through this packet to find the perfect organizers and templates to prepare pupils for writing. The resource...
Curated OER
Total English Intermediate: Have They Got the Ability...?
For this modals of ability worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they respond to 16 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to use verbs.
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New York State Testing English Language Arts
In this language arts exam, 5th graders complete a comprehensive packet of questions. Students respond to 27 short answer, multiple choice, and reading comprehension questions specific to grade five.
Prestwick House
The Scarlet Letter
A is for. . .? Readers test their recall of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter by filling in the blanks with words missing from a line of text and by identifying characters and events a crossword puzzle based on the novel.
Great Books Foundation
The Road Not Taken
Every time you make a choice, it prevents another option from taking shape. Spend some time analyzing "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost with a reading activity that includes four discussion questions that recall evidence from the text.
Curated OER
Total English Upper Intermediate: Collocating Correctly
In this preposition practice learning exercise, students review collocations with prepositions as they make corrections in 8 sentences, fill in the correct prepositions in 8 sentences, and share their answers with a partner.
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Verb Tenses and Verb Forms
Practice verb forms with a set of short grammar exercises. Learners fill in the blanks and match sentences to describe events that have already happened, are happening now, or will happen in the future.
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Avoiding Run-on Sentences
Viewers are entertained as well as educated by the illustrations in this colorfully animated PowerPoint focused on run-on sentences.
Bearsden Academy's English Blog
Close Reading Homework Booklet
Wind turbines, daylight savings time, noise pollution, social problems. To develop close reading skills, high schoolers examine pairs of articles presenting opposing viewpoints of the same topics and respond to questions that require not...
Curated OER
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-verb agreement is featured in this activity. Students answer 10 questions, making sure that the subject and verbs agree in each example.
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Choose the Homograph
Practice homographs with this fun worksheet! Learners choose the meanings of ten homographs based on the sentence's context clues. The worksheet has a picture of bats - one flying mammal, and one used in baseball. Use this resource as a...
Curated OER
Project Words: A Plan for Better Vocabulary and Spelling
Students are introduced to new vocabulary each week. Individually, they take a pre-spelling test for each group of words and discuss the importance of increase one's vocabulary. They take a final spelling and vocabulary quiz for the...
Curated OER
Breaking News English: China Aiming to ‘Breed’ Wimbledon Champ
In this English worksheet, students read "China Aiming to ‘Breed’ Wimbledon Champ," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Adjective or Adverb Exercise 2
In this adjective or adverb worksheet, students are given 12 sentences and must correct the errors in adjective and adverb usage.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 10
For this vocabulary formation worksheet, 5th graders read eight sentences and fill in the blanks in each sentence with an appropriate form of the base word in bold found at the end of each sentence.
University of North Carolina
College Writing
No matter how difficult high school writing may seem, college writing presents challenges of its own. The fourth in a series of 24 handouts from The Writing Center at UNC breaks down the expectations for college writing. Scholars learn...
Curated OER
Spanish Punctuation & Capitalization
Grammar rules in all languages, but that doesn't mean it's the same from English to Spanish. This informational webpage describes the similarities and differences between English and Spanish for the following: periods, commas, question...