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Latin Roots nat, tract, sequ: Matching Exercise
An interactive matching exercise from MyVocabulary.com, this resource highlights 12 advanced-level words containing the Latin roots nat, tract, and sequ. Definitions nicely distinguish among closely related words: nascent, natal, innate,...
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Latin Roots nat, tract, sequ: Vocabulary Matching
Your etymologists match intermediate-level words containing Latin roots nat, tract, and sequ/secu with their definitions. Part of a set of exercises and word lists containing these roots on MyVocabulary.com. Useful for rigorous review...
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Spelling: Online or Printable
Aspiring spellers determine which word is spelled correctly in 33 sets of multiple choice options. They can check their own answers if they complete the exercise online. You can also print it out for hard copy use.
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Latin Roots Spect, Sta, Vert: Beginner Quiz
Words derived from the Latin roots spect, sta, and vert comprise this interactive online quiz. Choose the right word from the beginning-level list on MyVocabulary.com to complete each of 12 sentences. Spelling inaccuracies count as wrong...
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Vocabulary in Context: Test Yourself with the New York Times
Drawn from the New York Times' superb Learning Network program, this multiple choice question checks readers' knowledge of two vocabulary words in a paragraph from a review of the 2011 film Take Shelter. An interactive answer key clearly...
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Comma and Semicolon: Test Yourself
A pair of complex sentences, drawn from a New York Times article about a police writing class, are punctuated differently with commas and semicolons. There's only one question, but it's a good one to press your grammarians to increase...
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Latin Roots grad, mot, cad: Fill in the Blanks Quiz
A word bank of intermediate-level words with the Latin roots grad/gress, mot, and cad/cas/cid helps learners fill in the blanks on this interactive online quiz. I'd assign it for review to maximize instructional minutes between whole...
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Latin roots cern, jur, leg: Definition Matching
Vocabulary sleuths pair words from Latin roots cern, jur, and leg with their definitions in this interactive online matching exercise. Site has other activities for these and more Latin roots as well as word lists at beginner,...
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Adding 1- and 2-Digit Numbers (Regrouping)
This online worksheet provides 30 practice problems in which learners add single- and double-digit numbers. The sums require regrouping, so even though the interactivity is catchy, no accommodation is made for the fact that learners...
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Practice with Commas
Young grammarians practice comma usage in an interactive online quiz. Focusing mostly on restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses and the "FAN BOYS" rule, about joining two independent clauses with a conjunction, each of 10 sample sentences...
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Latin Roots cern, jur, leg: Advanced Vocabulary Quiz
A bank of 12 words derived from Latin roots cern, jur/jus, and leg scaffolds this exercise for learners who situate the words in challenging sentences. Makes a nice cross-curricular supplement to social studies and law. Quiz results can...
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Fun Trivia Quiz
Several questions in this interactive online quiz are formed in the "Which of these is NOT..." the answer format. In addition to assessing comprehension of Harper Lee's ubiquitous novel, it provides practice in standardized test-taking...
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Fun Trivia Quiz
Harper Lee's seminal novel To Kill a Mockingbird provides rich material for this interactive online reading comprehension quiz. Multiple choice questions and clear explanations with the answers to clarify details. Check content for...
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Nonfiction Text: Comprehension Practice
A New York Times article about a 15-year-old style maven who in 2011 launched the fashion magazine "Rookie," based on her blog, makes high-interest nonfiction reading for secondary learners. This page asks 9 comprehension questions...
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Tender Is the Night - Part 1: Fun Trivia Quiz
This multiple choice quiz about Part 1 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night will appeal to readers who like minutiae and check retention of details, if not essential ones. Primarily directed at identifying characters and names....
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Gary Paulsen's The Car: Fun Trivia Quiz
With questions primarily about characters' names, this interactive online quiz tests knowledge of details about Gary Paulsen's book The Car. Pre-screen for accuracy as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia. You might want to encourage...
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Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz
Plot-based questions assess comprehension of Steinbeck's classic book. Spans the entire story so could be a fun sponge activity for fast finishers or part of review activities for a summative assessment.