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Murderous Macbeth
Focus on the murders that occur in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. What are the motivations, and who dies? See what your readers recall with this quiz.
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Nicholas Sparks Novels
Do your young readers like Nicholas Sparks? Five brief questions come from the plots of The Notebook, A Bend in the Road, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and The Rescue. If you are teaching popular fiction and just want a quick...
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The French Revolution According to Dickens
After your readers complete A Tale of Two Cities, test their basic reading comprehension with this short quiz.
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Adele
Learners will love completing this quiz about the singer Adele. This 10-question resource could be a great way to help your class practice research skills. They could use the Internet to find the answers to the questions.
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The Looking Glass Wars: Characters
Frank Beddor's fantasy, The Looking Glass Wars, is popular with young readers. This online interactive quiz tests familiarity with the characters.
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City of Bones: Part 1
Cassandra Clare's City of Bones is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series and is quite popular with young adults. This online multiple choice quiz tests readers' understanding of basic plot elements.
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Edgar Allan Poe: Tales and Poems
While the mechanical errors present in this quiz render it useless as is, you may find it helpful in generating your own questions on various Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems.
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"Hamlet": To be or not to be?
This Fun Trivia online quiz asks 10 basic plot questions about Shakespeare's Hamlet. It does not require critical thinking or analysis.
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Who Said it in "Julius Caesar"?
This 10-question online interactive quiz tests readers' basic understanding of Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar. It does not require critical thinking or analysis.
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Tough Shakespearean Quotes
This online interactive quiz includes quotes from several Shakespeare plays which may limit its usefulness in the classroom. If you teach a Shakespeare class; however, it could benefit you.
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AC/DC - Rock On!
In this day and age, the answer to most questions can be found using a click of a button. Learners can practice their research skills using an online quiz focusing on the band AC/DC. They can use the Internet to answer questions about...
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, is commonly taught in 9th or 10th grade across the United States. After reading the tragic story of George and Lennie, use this short quiz to test your students' reading comprehension or use...
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Free Enterprise: A Context for Technology
Introduced your class to the topic of free enterprise and its relationship to personal freedom. As a class, they brainstorm the ways in which what they do affects the free enterprise system and how technology can make the transition...
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The United States and Its Capitals
Have your class learn about the fifty states in the United States and their capital cities. Learners play matching games, complete quizzes, and a variety of activities in order to cement their knowledge of the states.
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Introduction To Business
Students determine the difference between wants and needs. They take a 10 question quiz which they must pass with 80% accuracy. They play teacher made game entitled Business Feud.
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3
Need something for group work, homework, or a way to assess your learners on your lessons for Common Core skill RI.9-10.3? Then you have come to the right place because this multiple choice quiz challenges learners to analyze the...
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Industrial Revolution & Climate Change
Learners examine the Industrial Revolution and write an essay about the problems it brought to cities. They also examine the environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution. They take a quiz to test for comprehension.
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Subject Verb and Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Problems
Here is a tricky little interactive online quiz with which your motivated learners can test themselves on the finer points of subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. They need to know that macaroni and cheese is actually a...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1
Your students have mastered using textual evidence in literature, but what about using this skill in informational texts. Uh oh! That is right—they are not the same thing. Darn the Common Core! See options on how to differentiate...
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MyVocabulary.com: Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Beginner Definition Match
Learners are provided with 12 vocabulary words, all of which contain the word roots SPECT, STA or VERT, and their corresponding definitions. They must then match the appropriate definition to each word. This is a beginner level...
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Mystery State # 5
Mystery state number five is none other than Utah! Quiz your kids on state knowledge while building deductive reasoning skills. They use each of the five clues to determine the name of the mystery state. A great warm up when studying...
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Commas Worksheet (Part 1)
One of the basic rules of commas is that they are similar to pauses that occur in speech. This is what this learning exercise practices. The basic rules of commas will have to be reviewed before the page can be issued, but when it is in...
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Semicolons and Commas Review
Young grammarians review the proper usage of colons and semicolons in writing. Given a list of sentences, they determine which are direct characterizations and which are indirect characterizations. They also decide where the punctuation...
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Telling Time By 5 Minute Increments
Young learners practice telling time from analog clock illustrations. There are nine illustrations here, all illustrating increments of five. You could use this learning exercise for practice or a short quiz.