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Denise Rodriguez

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STAAR Reading Review

By Denise Rodriguez

A COMPREHENSIVE review I created to prepare my students for the Reading STAAR exam. Campuses have used this as a review as well. This works as an EXCELLENT study guide and review of academic vocabulary taught throughout the year. CAN BE AND IS

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Reading, Vocabulary, Test Preparation

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Study Guides, Printables

$28.00

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Reading STAAR review passages and questions

By Denise Rodriguez

I found stories/articles online and I created STAAR related questions and answer choices for each one to make it as similar to the STAAR test as possible. I reviewed this packet with the students, discussing the questions and showing good reading

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Reading, Study Skills, Test Preparation

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Assessment, Printables

$25.00

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Elements of Drama fill in the blank Foldable

By Denise Rodriguez

Elements of drama. Drama terminology to prepare students for STAAR. Cut each section out and glue on a legal sized paper that is folded (making shutters) EXCELLENT FOLDABLE for interactive notebooks. Also goes with a PowerPoint (link below!) You

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English Language Arts, Reading, Drama

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

$8.00

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Author's Purpose Activity

By Denise Rodriguez

Read each selection and determine what the author's purpose is. Provide textual evidence from the selections that helped you determine the answer. Then, in your own words, provide an explanation of how you determined the author's purpose. Students

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Reading, Informational Text

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

$4.00

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STAAR Reading Vocabulary

By Denise Rodriguez

300+ STAAR-related vocabulary words that ALL middle school students NEED to know in order to be successful on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness. In vocabulary interactive notebooks, students can keep record of all these vocabulary

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Reading, Vocabulary, Test Preparation

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Word Walls, Printables

$9.00

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Elements of a short story quiz

By Denise Rodriguez

A quiz on literary terminology / the elements of a short story

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Reading

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Assessment

$3.00

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Persuasive Terms, Author's Argument, Fallacies

By Denise Rodriguez

I used this PowerPoint to introduce my students to persuasive vocabulary and to rhetorical and logical fallacies. I also included some STAAR question stems that contain these terms in order to expose my students to how these questions are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

$6.00

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Text Structures and Text Features Quiz

By Denise Rodriguez

Great quiz to give your students after teaching text structures and text features.

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Reading, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)

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Elements of Drama Terminology PowerPoint

By Denise Rodriguez

A PowerPoint with a list of DRAMA vocabulary words that students must know. (drama, playwright, script, stage directions, monologue, dialogue, etc. etc.) ----20 slides---- [GOES WITH DRAMA FOLDABLE I CREATED] GET FOLDABLE HERE

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Reading, Vocabulary, Drama

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

$6.00

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Ethos Pathos Logos Persuasive Appeals Handout

By Denise Rodriguez

Fifteen statements that students must read and identify which persuasive appeal is being used. Excellent practice for students to see how persuasive appeals appear in text.

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

$3.00

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Factual Claim, Opinion, Commonplace Assertion Practice

By Denise Rodriguez

This is a handout with 30 different statements: 10 opinions, 10 facts/factual claims, and 10 commonplace assertions. Students read each statement and identify what each statement is, circling/underlining key words that helped them determine their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Homework, Printables

$5.00

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STAAR Reading Question Stems

By Denise Rodriguez

STAAR Reading question stems for grade levels 5-8. I typed out ALL questions for all four grade levels from the 2011, 2013 & 2014 STAAR released assessments and separated the questions into categories: POETRY, DRAMA, FICTION, NONFICTION,

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Reading, Vocabulary, Test Preparation

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

$15.00

Digital Download PDF (0.61 MB)

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The Monkey's Paw Quiz

By Denise Rodriguez

A quiz with STAAR related-type questions over the play THE MONKEY'S PAW. by W.W. Jacobs, dramatized by Mara Rockliff. Excellent story to introduce elements of drama! Answer key INCLUDED.

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Test Preparation

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

$5.00

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POETRY STAAR student trifold

By Denise Rodriguez

This is a trifold I created for my students to utilize when working with poetry. I folded a regular manilla folder into a trifold and pasted each section onto the folder. I made a class set and had them each laminated. Students are able to pull

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Reading, Vocabulary, Poetry

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Printables

$15.00

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Point of View

By Denise Rodriguez

Cut out each paragraph and glue inside the foldable. The 2nd page is to be folded in half to create a book. On the inside, one side is to glue the example paragraph and the other is to write the definition of each type of point of view. A great way

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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DRAMA STAAR foldable

By Denise Rodriguez

This is a trifold I created for my students to utilize when working with DRAMA. I folded a regular manilla folder into a trifold and pasted each section onto the folder. I made a class set and had them each laminated. Students are able to pull these

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Drama

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$15.00

Digital Download PDF (0.69 MB)

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Tell Tale Heart STAAR questions

By Denise Rodriguez

I made these STAAR -related questions for the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe when I taught 8th grade Reading. The Tell Tale Heart we read was from the Prentice Hall Pearson Literature book. The district has since used this as a part of our

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Reading, Literature, Short Stories

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (0.16 MB)

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Factual Claim, Opinion, Commonplace Assertion NEW

By Denise Rodriguez

Great for middle school students! Printable that students can cut out and create into a brochure-type of foldable for interactive notebooks. Definitions of factual claim, opinion, and commonplace assertion are provided for teacher. Students fill in

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA)

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

$6.00

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Figurative Language Foldable

By Denise Rodriguez

A foldable that students can use as a reference when identifying figurative language. I use these with my students when they are first introduced to figurative language so they can practice and have this to guide them. Contains figurative language

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Poetry

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.37 MB)

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POETRY WORDS AND STRATEGIES FOLDABLE

By Denise Rodriguez

A fill-in-the-blank poetry brochure with important poetry terminology as well as test taking strategies and comprehension questions students must answer in order to be successful on STAAR You might also want to purchase the PowerPoint that goes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Printables

$8.00

Digital Download PDF (0.67 MB)

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