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TUTORING & SOL TEST PREP RESOURCES!
Posted in Vocabulary | No Comments »Tami Maloney Interactive Quizzes – take real SOL tests, get feedback!
2008 Test (My students have read “Australia’s #1 Rabbit-Proof Fence” from this test)
2009 Test (My students have read the passage on Erik Weihenmayer from this test)
Other released tests
Games!
Story Elements
Point of View
- - 1st vs. 3rd person Point of View Explanation
- - 1st vs. 3rd person Point of View Practice
- - Rags to Riches game
- - Quiz: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/maintainpointp2.cfm
Theme
- - Lesson on identifying themes
Symbolism
- - Lesson on symbolism
Reading Comprehension
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions:
- Powerpoint Presentation lesson
Figurative Language
General:
Simile and Metaphor:
- Simile Practice
- Similes Quiz
- Similes Matching Game
- Click and Drag Metaphors
- Metaphors Matching Game
- Quiz on Simile and Metaphor
- Quia Quiz on Simile and Metaphor
- Fling the Teacher Game
Analogies:
- Analogies Worksheets with answer keys – basic level through graduate school level
- Analogies Quizzes
- Middle School Analogy Match game
Context Clues and Vocabulary
- - Vocabulary Games
- - Context Clues Millionaire (multiple choice)
- - Toon University (throw a pie at a duck by choosing the correct answer)
- - Cows (put the cows in a corral by answering multiple-choice questions)
- - Quia quiz (keeps track of score)
- - Context Clues quizzes (gives feedback, lets you choose difficulty level)
- - Context Clues quiz (gives feedback)
- Context Clues pretest (includes answer key)
- Context Clues quiz (very advanced vocabulary if you’d like a challenge!)
Dictionary and Glossary Skills:
- Finding a Word You Can’t Spell - Video from TV411
- Foreign Words - Video from TV411 on words with origins in other languages
- Using a Glossary - Practice activity from Pearson
Thesaurus Skills:
- What’s a Thesaurus? - TV411 demonstrates how to use a thesaurus to find stronger synonyms for “tired” words
- Synonyms and Antonyms - TV411′s poet in residence explains the usage of these words
- Making Writing More Interesting - Education World lesson with practice activity
Synonyms and Antonyms:
Homophones:
- Choose the Right Word - TV411 Dictionary Wizards explore words with multiple meanings
- Multiple Meanings - TV411 explains how to choose the correct word in context
- Choose the Correct Definition - Pearson activity
- Choose the Correct Definition - An additional Pearson activity using words with multiple meanings
Idioms and slang
- Quia face-related idioms matching game
- Animal-related idioms matching game
- Food-related idioms matching game
- Money-related idioms matching game
- Idioms multiple choice game
- Slang matching game
- Slang multiple choice game
Oxymoron
- Oxymoron matching game
Word Origins
- Quia word origins matching game (the answers may surprise you!)
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots:
- Lists of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes
- Prefixes - TV411 video
- Prefixes Say Plenty - TV 411 lesson with interactive practice activities using common prefixes
- Quia Prefix Skills Game
- Prefix matching game
- Divide the prefix game
- Quia Prefixes and Roots Game
- “It’s Greek to Me!” Game from Scholastic
- Root word matching game
- Divide the root word game
- Suffixes - TV 411 video
- Suffixes Lesson - TV 411 lesson with interactive practice activities using common suffixes
- Suffix matching game
- Divide the suffix game
- Root word, prefix, and suffix quizzes at different levels- gives feedback
