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Get Inside the Mind of a Character Reading Literature Activity
Better than a book report! Students delve into the minds of characters they’re reading about. In this post, there are samples of the "minds" of Anne Frank from The Diary of Anne Frank, Pi Piscine from The Life of Pi, Margaret Clark from The Homeroom Diaries, which...
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Reading Literature Lesson
I like to get students excited about reading literature by having them do a fun activity to go with the story. This is especially true when the book has sad or "heavy" subject matter related to war. So, to get them excited about reading the short novella Sadako and...
100 Questions on Standardized ELA Assessment Tests
After having been an ELA teacher for 10 years, and then an assessment writer contracted with multiple Ed-Tech companies (while running my store Loving Language Arts) for about 10 years, I know all about what questions appear on English Language Arts standardized tests...
The 10 Reading Informational Text Assessment Test Targets (Progressing from Grades 4 to 12)
No matter which state (or U.S. Territory) you live in, your state’s ELA standards include these 10 Reading Informational Text Assessment Test Targets. It's important to know what they are, and how they progress through the grades, because the items in your state's ELA...