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Classwork
Warm Up's
Historical Thinking, Exploration, and the Founding of America
The New Republic, Westward Expansion, and Sectionalism
Civil War and Reconstruction
Industrial Revolution and Immigration
The Prosperity and Problems of Power
Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement
Contemporary NC/U.S. Issues
Enrichment
Ms. Johnson Social Studies
EOG Released
Online test practice for 8th grade:
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/tests/grade8.html
http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade8/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html
Summarization
This covers multiple skills
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/570/pulp/hemp3.htm
Drawing conclusions:
zodiac killer passage
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/zodiac/conclusions.html
Tornado survivors
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/tornado/conclusions.html
drawing conclusions:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeDrawingConclusions.html
draw conc. 2:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeConclusions2.html
Drawing/Making inferences
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=2&que=1
http://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html?AP_rand=275282961
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/parent/4gr/en/tipslister/question_tip_zoo.asp?src=tip222a.swf&skill=Inferences%20About%20Character%20Actions
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/parent/4gr/en/tipslister/question_tip_zoo.asp?src=tip207a.swf&skill=Inference
http://www.quia.com/pop/89736.html?AP_rand=1777285697
Reading Comprehension
*Practice reading passage
Practice Reading comprehension
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Current Event News Stories for Reading Comprehension
Practice reading tests
practice test-mushrooms
a good practice for reading comprehension test
Author's Attitude
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/RfTPractice6.html
bias:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeBias.html
bias 2:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeBias2.html
bias 3:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeBias3.html
bias 4:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeBias4.html
Author's Purpose
Practice Author's Purpose
author's purpose game
http://www.quia.com/pop/82118.html?AP_rand=1585600736
author's purpose battleship
http://www.quia.com/ba/72070.html
practice author's purpose (quiz/game)
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm
author's purpose (quiz/game)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml
Figurative Language
Fig. Language practice passages:
http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice.php?practice_id=27
Drag and Drop Metaphors
http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/dragonsville/metaphor1.htm
Figurative Language Hangman
http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html
(comprehensive list of activities for ALL KINDS of fig. lang.)
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_figurative_language_language_arts_eighth_8th_grade.htm
idiom games (figures of speech like "I'm all ears")
http://www.quia.com/mc/66234.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/7374.html
Analogies practice
Analogies Jeopardy
(pretty good practice with relationships)
Analogies Jeopardy 2
(quick answer game-read carefully!)
http://www.quia.com/pop/84864.html?AP_rand=935941926
(simple analogies)
http://www.quia.com/rr/93836.html
(advanced wordmasters analogies)
http://www.quia.com/ba/37263.html
(battleship for analogies)
http://www.quia.com/hm/242970.html?AP_rand=287754978
(hangman analogies)
http://www.quia.com/pop/14975.html?AP_rand=955694541
(fill in the blanks)
http://www.quiz.com/quiz/168422.html?AP_rand=497487242
(analogies quiz)
http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_Pages/Henry_Anker/Mr_Anker_Tests_New/Language/Analogies/Analogies_Set_10.swf
Vocabulary/Context Clues
practice passages:
http://www.laflemm.com/RfT/Practice/RfTPracticeContextClues.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/dynamic_multiple_choiceB2.html
http://www.quia.com/pop/35971.html