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New York NYS ELA Practice Test for Grade 4 teaching resource preview
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

New York NYS ELA Practice Test for Grade 4

A New York State-aligned Grade 4 ELA practice test (3 sessions) that gives students realistic test-prep experience in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and multi-paragraph writing, with a scored answer key for teachers.

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4
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheet - Indiana Jones teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheet - Indiana Jones

A one-page nonfiction reading passage about the fictional adventurer character Indiana Jones, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false questions and one or more opinion/argumentative essay writing prompts, for ESL/EFL reading and writing practice.

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7–12
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GCSE Poetry Lesson: Half-Past Two by U A Fanthorpe teaching resource preview
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GCSE Poetry Lesson: Half-Past Two by U A Fanthorpe

U.A. Fanthorpe's poem "Half-Past Two," about a child kept after school who does not yet understand clock time, is unpacked slide by slide in a GCSE-level English literature lesson built around close reading and analytical writing. The slideshow opens with learning intentions and a glossary of critical terms (narrator, third person, repetition, portmanteau, emotive language, personification, contraction, oxymoron), then supplies biographical context on Fanthorpe before presenting the full poem text twice for annotation. Stanza-by-stanza question sets walk students through content, language, and structure analysis, including the poem's invented compound words like "Gettinguptime" and "timeyouwereofftime," before a PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) paragraph frame and an extended-response homework task close out the lesson. A model "possible answer" in three bullet points on the poem's tone is included so students can compare their own analysis against a worked example. For another GCSE poem taught with the same PETAL paragraph framework, Vernon Scannell’s ‘Nettles’ offers stanza-by-stanza analysis practice on a different poem.

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9–12
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RI.4.5 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson teaching resource preview
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RI.4.5 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson

A Common Core-aligned assessment and answer key for ELA standard RI.4.5 (Reading: Informational Text, Grade 4). The answer key's expected response for the RI.4.5 Assessment states: "Responses may vary but should include the overall structure of the text and details."

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4
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Origami teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Origami

ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing-skills worksheet built around a nonfiction passage about origami (Japanese paper folding, history and technique), used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and extended writing practice for teen English learners.

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7–12
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Common Core Language Arts Activities for Grade 10 teaching resource preview
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Common Core Language Arts Activities for Grade 10

A Grade 10 Common Core language arts practice worksheet covering reading comprehension of a literary passage, followed by additional sections including research and presentation.

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10
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Julia Child - TV Chef teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Julia Child - TV Chef

Gives ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the life and culinary legacy of American TV chef Julia Child, paired with comprehension, vocabulary and true/false questions and follow-up writing prompts, to build reading comprehension and written English production.

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7–12
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Federalists and Antifederalists teaching resource preview
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Federalists and Antifederalists

A multi-part U.S. Government/History teaching package on the Federalists vs. Antifederalists debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, including a slide deck lesson, a sorting graphic organizer, and a 'Who Would Say That?' comprehension worksheet, each with an answer key.

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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Quidditch - Harry Potter teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Quidditch - Harry Potter

ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for teen/young-adult English learners, built around a 3-page informational essay about Quidditch, the fictional sport from the Harry Potter series, and its real-life adaptation played by fan communities.

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3 pages
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7–12
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Opera teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Opera

ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing-skills worksheet built around a nonfiction passage about opera (history, major works and its modern relevance), used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and extended writing practice for teen English learners.

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7–12
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Museums" teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Museums"

ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing-skills worksheet built around a nonfiction passage about museums (history, exhibition design and roles of museum staff), used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and extended writing practice for teen English learners.

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7–12
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Jujutsu Kaisen teaching resource preview
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Jujutsu Kaisen

Gives ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the Jujutsu Kaisen anime/manga series by Gege Akutami, its origins and premise, paired with comprehension, vocabulary and true/false questions and follow-up writing prompts, to build reading comprehension and written English production.

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7–12
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Shoe Box Homework Kit teaching resource preview
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Shoe Box Homework Kit

A take-home early-literacy homework kit built around a shoe theme, designed for parent-supervised activities practicing tracing, matching, counting, and vocabulary with a kindergartener.

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Pre-K
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California CAASPP English Proficiency Practice Test for Grade 5 teaching resource preview
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California CAASPP English Proficiency Practice Test for Grade 5

Provides a full ELPAC-style Grade 5 English Language Proficiency practice test (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing) with an answer key/scoring guide and a teacher's guide, to prepare English learners for California's state English language proficiency assessment; the listing itself brands the product as a 'CAASPP English Proficiency' test.

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5
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