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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Formal Writing

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Writing formally means writing using words that are precise, objective, and impersonal. This lesson gives examples of formal language and also provides games and a test. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.e
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Building a Better Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an index of vocabulary-building information and quizzes, including a list of roots, prefixes, and suffixes with their meanings. It offers 365 SAT and GRE level vocabulary words, definitions, and sample sentences. The quizzes...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sat Writing and Language Test: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An overview of the SAT Writing and Language Test. Each Writing and Language Test consists of four passages with 11 questions each. You will have 35 minutes to complete the Writing and Language Test.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing for the Sat

For Students 9th - 10th
This student guide provides insightful information about preparing for and taking the SAT. It explains how the exam is scored, how to approach the essay section, and gives prompts for practicing essay writing. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Phrases and Clauses

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students will learn about the function of phrases and clauses and their function in specific sentences. Choose test mode or game mode.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Writing and Language Test: Standard English Conventions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
On the SAT Writing & Language Test, you will encounter questions that will ask you to interact with and revise passages in different ways. Standard English Conventions questions ask you to make sentences consistent with standard...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Technology to Analyze and Illustrate Symbolism in Night

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Images have power-they can trigger memories or symbolize abstract ideas. Students put the power of images to the test as they analyze symbolism in Night and create symbolic photomontages.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Author's Purpose

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Some author's purpose teaching ideas from a standardized test preparation site (Fourth Grade Reading Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). Aligned to Florida standards, four ideas are provided including "Author's Grab Bag," "Author's...
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BBC

Bbc: Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A demonstration of how to find the standard deviation of a set of data. Several examples and a practice test are offered.
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US Department of Education

Nces: The Nation's Report Card (Naep)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Nation's Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969,...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are assessed on their math skills (knowledge of ratios, percentages, volume, and measurement conversions), as well as their ability to write equations, read tables, and analyze information. This quiz was designed to help...
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BBC

Bbc: Area in General

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
You can pick up some valuable pointers on how to find the area of a triangle, rectangle, and other quadrilaterals. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite," and check your understanding.
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BBC

Bbc: Indices (Exponents)

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC (Scotland) offers a tutorial on the laws of indices (exponents). Examples and a practice test are included.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Electric Circuits Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Electrical circuits including standard symbols for electrical components, a list of components and what they do, a discussion of various types of resistors, and alternating current and direct current. Links to a...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Ratio

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
You can pick up some valuable ratio pointers here. When you finish working your way through the three instructional pages, go on to the Activity for some practice, or take an online "Test Bite" and check your understanding.