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Lord of the Flies: Fun Trivia Quiz
If you are reading Lord of the Flies, you might use this brief multiple choice quiz to check for understanding. This quiz is online and interactive; learners can receive immediate online feedback. The questions are based on plot. Make...
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Lord of the Flies - Jack Merridew: Fun Trivia Quiz
Jack Merridew is a dark, enigmatic character from William Golding's Lord of the Flies. This quiz includes ten multiple choice and yes/no questions about Jack and the plot of the novel. This is not particularly academically challenging,...
K5 Learning
Identifying Nouns (Grade 2)
Find the nouns in 10 sentences with a simple grammar worksheet. After learners read each sentence, they circle each noun and then write their own sentences at the bottom of the page.
K5 Learning
Ann and Frank
Challenge your third and fourth graders to look deeply into a text with a reading comprehension activity. After learners finish the short passage, they answer four questions that range in levels of difficulty and analysis.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 5
In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.
Early Childhood Education
Christmas Lesson Plan: Gross Motor & Fine Motor Skills
Practice gross and fine motor skills with fun Christmas- and holiday-themed activities. These holiday lessons include songs, games, and other engaging activities for both gross and fine motor skills. Kids will love pinning the nose on...
Collaborative Learning Project
Simple to Complex Sentences
Such a creative game idea, this activity might actually make grammar fun! Learners play a modified game of connect-four by identifying the grammatical name for different words and phrases and then working them into simple sentences to...
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Joining Sentences
Sentence combining meets multiple objectives for writers, and they are all available in this informational text exercise. Learners read a mixed-up excerpt about the history of chess, putting 15 sentences into logical order. Have a...
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.
K5 Learning
Hide and Seek
Hide and seek is a lot of fun whether you're the hider or the seeker! Second graders read a short passage about a game of hide and seek before answering four reading questions.
Curated OER
Songs from Shakespeare's Plays
Match the lyrics of songs found in Shakespeare's plays to the work they came from. Bonus: sing the songs! You do get to choose from four titles in this multiple-choice quiz, and no, you do not have to sing the songs if you don't want to....
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MyVocabulary.com: Word Roots PLIC, FAC, and COGN Intermediate Crossword Puzzle
A fun and challenging vocabulary exercise that focuses the learner's attention on word root meanings, this crossword puzzle would make a great homework or sponge activity. Pupils are provided with 12 clues and they must come up with...
Gourmet Curriculum Press
James and the Giant Peach
Here is a 19-page sample lesson that uses an interesting format. It starts with an appetizer or activity to make reading the book James and the Giant Peach fun. Then it dives into the main course or core content instruction which...
Teach-nology
Sarah the Soccer Ball Juggler
Soccer stars and fans alike will enjoy a fun cloze activity about Sarah the soccer player. Using the word bank below, kids find places in the reading passage to place the words most appropriately.
Seussville
A Classic in 236 Words
Get in the reading spirit on Read Across America Day while celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday with four printable worksheet activities. Included is a word search using story character's names, a quiz to test how many Dr. Seuss titles you've...
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Romeo and Juliet: Fun Trivia Quiz
This is a basic reading comprehension quiz on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It also includes one question about Franco Zeffirelli's film version of the play.
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Characters in The Grapes of Wrath: Fun Trivia Quiz
Get the characters in The Grapes of Wrath straight with this quiz. Readers respond to ten multiple choice questions about the characters, identifying the correct answer by choosing one bubble of four on this online interactive quiz....
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Shakespeare Limericks: Fun Trivia Quiz
Play around with limericks with this resource! This quiz asks participants to identify the name of the play that goes with each limerick. Although it might not be the best tool for your class, the idea is creative. You could create a...
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Much Ado About Nothing: Fun Trivia Quiz
Check to see if your pupils can identify characters and basic plot points from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing with this online interactive quiz. While the content is not innovative, this basic quiz could be helpful as a sponge or...
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Who's Who in Shrew!: Fun Trivia Quiz
Clarify the characters in Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare with this brief online quiz. Learners read a short description of a character and respond to each question by choosing one of four possible characters. This is a...
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Candy in Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz
Cover Candy from Of Mice and Men with this short online interactive quiz. Class members answer ten multiple choice and true/false questions about the character Candy. These are basic questions that you could use as a check for...
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: Fun Trivia Quiz
Are you reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck in your class? If so, this quiz might be useful for you. This is an online interactive quiz that covers the novel's theme, plot, and characters. The quiz refers to the entire novel,...
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Fun Trivia Quiz
This quiz for To Kill a Mockingbird tests basic reading comprehension of the novel. The multiple choice questions focus on characters and plot. Make sure you look over the content carefully to be sure that these are the questions you...
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Cats and Superstition: Fun Trivia Quiz
Answers to this quiz are very well cited, so if your class is studying Halloween, symbols, superstition, world cultures, or cats, it could spark spirited discussion about comparative traditions.