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Highway to Hell
Provide a little variety with this music-related resource. Learners answer 15 questions about the band AC/DC. They can use Internet research to find the answers to the questions.
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Figurative Language: simile
In this simile activity, students fill in the blanks to similes about themselves. Students complete 6 similes total on this activity.
Curated OER
AC/DC Gods of Rock
Motivate your learners with this fun quiz. They answer questions about the rock band AC/DC. This is a great way to help them hone their research skills.
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Aaliyah's Lyrics
Focusing on the lyrics of Aaliyah's music, learners can practice research skills to answer the questions in this resource. This 10-question quiz could be a great way to have learners use the Internet to find answers.
Curated OER
A Poem About Sadness
For this emotional health worksheet, learners explore the feelings of sadness, grief and loss by first reading and decorating a poem which states that it is all right to feel sad. Students color emotion pictures and discuss as a group...
Moore Public Schools
Lyric Poetry
Discover lyric poetry through a reading of Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and analyze its meaning with three short-answer questions covering symbolism, personification, alliteration, metaphors, and similes.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Tennessee
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Tennessee. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Although, Despite, and In Spite of Exercise
Class members read example sentences using although, despite, or in spite of properly, use them to fill in the blanks to complete sentences, and create personal examples. Students answer 21 questions.
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7
Use this resource's pairings of classical literature and paintings to practice the skill of comparing different artistic mediums with your ELA class. Addressing standard 7 for literature in the Common Core, the resource encourages your...
ESL Writing
Paraphrase with Synonyms
What's another word for paraphrasing? Ask your pupils to put their minds to work in order to replace underlined words in a series of sentences with appropriate synonyms.
English Worksheets Land
Party!
What could be more fun than two birthday parties in one day? Compare and contrast two parties with a short reading passage and a graphic organizer that focuses on character, setting, and events from the story.
Curated OER
Letter of Complaint
Learners analyze this letter of complaint to the city council by answering nine short-answer questions. They examine author's purpose, word choice, claims, rhetorical questions, and general observations. There is a focus on constructive...
Soft Schools
Interpreting Metaphors in Shakespeare
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Shakespeare provides the examples on this worksheet that asks readers to identify the two things being compared and to explain the characteristics the two share.
Great Schools
Letter of Complaint
If you've ever received bad service or disagreed with a company's decision, writing a letter of complaint might be a good skill to have. Review the format of a letter, author's purpose, and other aspects of persuasive writing with an...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Nellie Bly, Journalist
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about journalist Nellie Bly. The errors range from capitalization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Education World
Every Day Edit - George Frederick Handel
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Frederick Handel. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
K12 Reader
Choose the Adjective
Is this worksheet challenging or chewy? Allow your pupils to choose the correct adjective for 18 sentences in order to find out.
K12 Reader
Synonyms or Antonyms?
To demonstrate their understanding of synonyms and antonyms, kids label pairs of words as either the same or opposite in meaning.
Curated OER
Find the Main Idea
It's important for learners to be able to identify the main point in an article, paper, or essay. Start by having them identify the main idea in a short paragraph. There are three short paragraphs (each with four multiple choice options)...
K12 Reader
Black Beauty
A paragraph from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty provides middle schoolers an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in a passage.
Curated OER
Sentence Completion 7: High-Intermediate Level
Need another sentence completion worksheet? The great thing about this one is the extensive answer/explanation key that accompanies the exercise. The key pinpoints the clues, strategies, and logic used to determine the...
Super Teacher Worksheets
Homophones
There, their, or they're? Wear or where? The 10 sentences on this homophone worksheet asks kids to select the correct homophone from the provided word box.
K12 Reader
Synonyms Are Similar
Kids select a word from the provided bank that is similar in meaning to the underlined word in 14 sentences.
Curated OER
Analogies
When you understand the relationships between words, your vocabulary and reading skills will increase! Work on a set of analogies with multiple choices for learners to select.