ELA Worksheets

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• Evaluate the credibility of various sources
• Identify connections and conflicts between multiple sources
• Integrate information from texts and media into a coherent understanding+ Show more

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• Identify how a hook and a controlling thesis work together in an academic paragraph or essay.
• Write a hook that draws the reader in and then narrows toward a clear controlling idea.
• Create a thesis statement that signals the main focus and the direction of supporting details.

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• Explain how a character changes across a story by using actions, dialogue, and responses to events.
• Identify character traits and motivations that shape goals and obstacles in the plot.
• Describe how interactions with other characters influence relationships and drive events forward.

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• Determine how a central idea is developed through supporting details, explanations, and examples.
• Analyze how transitions, evidence placement, and ordering affect meaning and emphasis in a text.
• Identify which kinds of sentences strengthen an author’s claim and which details are unnecessary.

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• Identify essential information needed to create a summary
• Distinguish important information from details in reading material
• Apply summarizing skills to a reading passage+ Show more

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• Identify information related to editing conventions in writing
• Evaluate statements about editing conventions
• Construct short responses about editing conventions+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of quoting exact words from sources to support claims.
• Identify proper ways to embed quotations within explanatory writing.
• Recognize the difference between paraphrasing and quoting directly.+ Show more

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• Identify how consistent grammar, punctuation, and word choice create a clear authorial voice.
• Maintain a steady perspective by choosing verbs and sentence structures that match the intended tone.
• Use parallelism, varied syntax, and strategic punctuation to improve clarity and coherence during revision.

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• Identify the author's purpose in a reading passage
• Select responses to questions about a text
• Distinguish true and false statements about a text+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea of a passage and choose details that support it
• Write a summary that keeps the meaning but uses fewer words
• Recognize common summary patterns in narratives (main events in order) and nonfiction (key facts and reasons)

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• Identify different elements that contribute to an author's voice
• Analyze how word choices, sentence structure, and punctuation influence tone
• Practice distinguishing authorial voice in various passages+ Show more

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• Use academic vocabulary words to understand what a passage is explaining.
• Identify whether a text gives a definition, example, or restatement of a vocabulary word.
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of academic terms in informational text.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify purpose signals within Grade 3 viewing and representing practice
• Respond to purpose signals questions using selected-response formats
• Explain responses to purpose signals through short-answer writing+ Show more

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• Identify the central idea of a text and explain how it is developed using strategic details
• Analyze how explanations, examples, and transitions strengthen a writer’s main point
• Describe how ordering and shifting emphasis change the meaning or impact of evidence

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• Draft a paragraph that includes a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a final sentence that reinforces the main idea
• Use descriptive or factual details from observations or texts to develop the controlling idea in a logical order
• Vary sentence beginnings and connect ideas so the paragraph is easy to read and can be revised

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• Explain how attribution and commentary help readers understand the relationship between a source and a writer’s claim.
• Integrate paraphrased and quoted material smoothly by avoiding abrupt quotes and patchwriting.
• Identify common mistakes in citation integration and choose strategies that preserve readability.+ Show more

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• Identify ideas related to revising for clarity
• Respond to multiple-choice questions about the lesson topic
• Evaluate statements using true-or-false responses+ Show more

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• Synthesize information from two oral speakers by combining key ideas into one coherent understanding.
• Identify similarities and differences between speakers’ claims and the evidence they use.
• Write an oral-style summary that preserves the overall message and important details.

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• Identify how central ideas are strengthened through strategic selection of details, explanations, and examples.
• Analyze how transitions and ordering of paragraphs help develop and refine an author’s claim.
• Explain how evidence appears throughout a text and how emphasis can shift as ideas become more specific.

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• Use high-impact conventions correctly in formal writing, including who vs. whom, less vs. fewer, and lay vs. lie.
• Apply correct subject-verb agreement with compound subjects in academic sentences.
• Choose appropriate pronouns and verb forms to improve clarity and credibility.

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• Synthesize ideas from multiple speakers into one coherent recommendation or outcome
• Distinguish evidence from opinions when combining viewpoints
• Write a conclusion that makes a clear final claim connected to key discussion ideas+ Show more

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• Identify the stages of plot structure: introduction (setting and situation), rising tension, turning point, and resolution.
• Explain how one event leads to the next by using cause-and-effect language from a text.
• Use textual evidence to describe how conflict changes the direction of a story.

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• Identify elements that support effective summary structure
• Select accurate responses about summary structure
• Explain ideas through short written responses+ Show more

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• Identify a text’s central idea or theme using clues from the whole passage.
• Explain how supporting details connect to the central idea across paragraphs.
• Use evidence from key moments to support claims about what the text emphasizes.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify main ideas across multiple texts.
• Compare different viewpoints presented in sources.
• Recognize strategies used for effective synthesis.+ Show more

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• Revise writing to make ideas clearer by improving wording, sentence order, and connections between main ideas and supporting details.
• Identify unclear sentences and gaps in explanation during revision and suggest specific changes.
• Use simple transition words to improve the flow between ideas while maintaining correct language conventions.

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• Identify how a hook captures a reader’s attention and how it narrows toward the topic
• Write a controlling idea (thesis) that clearly signals what the text will emphasize
• Revise an introduction so the hook and thesis work together for coherence

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• Identify the central idea of a passage
• Determine supporting details that develop the main idea
• Analyze how explanations, examples, and transitions support an overarching topic+ Show more

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• Identify similes, metaphors, and personification in short passages.
• Explain what figurative language means by focusing on the image it creates.
• Use clues from mood and description to interpret why an author chose figurative language.

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• Identify parts of an explanatory paragraph
• Understand how introductions, body, and conclusions are organized
• Recognize transitional phrases linking ideas

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• Identify when a text is unclear and describe what “confusion” looks and feels like while reading.
• Use clarification strategies such as rereading, using surrounding sentences, and using context clues.
• Connect new information to ideas the text already states to improve understanding.

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• Determine how figurative language and connotation influence a text’s meaning and tone.
• Analyze how surrounding context (nearby sentences and ideas) clarifies ambiguous words or phrases.
• Support claims about author purpose by citing specific figurative language.

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• Explain how writers use attribution to connect evidence to its original source.
• Distinguish quotations from paraphrased information while preserving meaning and accuracy.
• Place citations clearly enough that readers can identify where information came from.

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• Identify the main idea and key details that should be included in a summary.
• Write a concise summary that keeps the original meaning.
• Use signal words and order to summarize narrative events.+ Show more

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• Identify moments of confusion during Grade 3 reading practice
• Respond to clarifying confusion questions using selected formats
• Construct short responses related to the reading topic+ Show more

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• Explain why writers must attribute borrowed, summarized, and quoted information to its original source.
• Choose citation placements that clearly connect evidence to its author or publication.
• Use accurate paraphrasing that keeps the original meaning while changing wording.+ Show more

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• Identify what makes a quotation accurate by matching exact words, punctuation, and meaning from a source.
• Choose evidence (definitions, statistics, and cause-and-effect statements) that best supports a specific claim.
• Embed quotations smoothly in explanatory writing and explain how the evidence proves the point.

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• Determine a passage’s central idea and explain what the text is mainly about
• Use details (examples, definitions, and cause-effect relationships) to support a central idea
• Explain how ideas develop across paragraphs, including refinement or shifts in emphasis

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• Understand different types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, and personification.
• Identify examples of figurative language in texts.
• Interpret the meaning and effect of figurative expressions.+ Show more

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• Evaluate the credibility and relevance of multiple sources presented in different formats (interviews, articles, graphs, and audio).
• Integrate sources by comparing evidence, identifying contradictions, and making reasoned judgments.
• Use corroboration and clear explanations to support conclusions with the strongest combination of details.

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• Integrate information from multiple sources presented in different formats (text, audio explanation, graph, and interview) to form a claim.
• Evaluate the credibility and relevance of evidence by checking for assumptions, reasoning gaps, and consistency across sources.
• Resolve contradictions by comparing evidence and determining whether differences come from perspective, method, or interpretation.+ Show more

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• Identify the stages of plot structure: introduction, rising tension, turning point, and resolution.
• Explain how one event leads to the next in a story’s plot.
• Use plot structure vocabulary (setting, problem, conflict, turning point, resolution) to interpret events.+ Show more

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• I can revise writing by checking that the main idea matches supporting details.
• I can improve clarity by adding transitions and fixing unclear sentences.
• I can reorder sentences or change word choice so my message is more direct.+ Show more

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• Explain how a focused research question connects to a clear purpose.
• Identify what information is needed and where it might be found when planning research.
• Use notes to capture key details that help answer the original question.

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• Identify the main ideas in a paragraph.
• Develop ideas with supporting details.
• Practice revising for clarity and coherence.+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of active listening in discussions
• Identify ways to take effective notes during conversations
• Practice respectful exchanges and acknowledgment of different perspectives+ Show more