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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts in the eighth grade: Provide quotes from the text that best support an analysis of both explicit statements and conclusions drawn from the text. Identify a main message or key idea of a text and examine how it progresses throughout the text, considering its connection to the characters, setting, and plot; give an unbiased overview of the text. Examine how specific dialogues or events in a narrative or play advance the plot, unveil character traits, or influence a character’s choice. Analyze the use of words and phrases in a text to understand their meanings, including figurative and connotative meanings; evaluate how specific word choices affect meaning and tone, such as using analogies or allusions to other texts. Examine the organization of multiple texts and assess how the distinct structure of each impacts their overall meaning and style. The ebook contains 50 exercises to assist your students in practicing.

Seventh grade students following the Common Core Language Arts program will be taught: Provide multiple examples of text to back up analysis of both explicit statements and conclusions drawn from the text. Identify a main theme of a text and examine how it progresses throughout the text; present an unbiased summary of the text. Examine the way specific elements of a narrative or play are connected (e.g., how the setting influences the characters or storyline). Analyzing the meaning of words and phrases in a text, including their figurative and connotative meanings, as well as examining the effects of rhymes and other sound repetitions like alliteration on a particular verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. Examine the impact of a play or poem’s format or arrangement (e.g., monologue, sonnet) on its significance. This digital book will assist them in practicing the curriculum tasks.

Common Core Grade 11 students will be taught to: Show mastery of the rules of standard English grammar and usage in writing or speaking. Utilize the knowledge that usage is based on convention, may evolve, and can be challenged. Addressing complicated or disputed language usage problems by referring to resources like Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage and Garner’s Modern American Usage for guidance. Show mastery of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing. Follow rules for using hyphens. Make sure to spell accurately. Utilize language expertise to grasp how language operates in varying situations, to make appropriate decisions regarding meaning or style, and to enhance understanding while reading or listening. Identify or define the definitions of unfamiliar and ambiguous terms and expressions from 11th to 12th grade literature and material, utilizing various methods as needed. This ebook will assist students in practicing these skills.

Students in the tenth grade of the Common Core Language Arts program will be required to acquire the skills to: Decide or explain the definition of unfamiliar and various-meaning words and phrases from grades 9–10 reading and content, utilizing a variety of strategies. Utilize the surrounding information to infer the meaning of a word or phrase. Find the definition of words by examining their opposites in the given context. Utilize the surrounding information to determine the definition of a term Recognize and accurately apply variations in word forms that signal various meanings or grammatical functions (e.g., criticize, criticism, critical; explore, exploration). Look up general and specific resources such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses in both physical and digital formats to discover how to say a word or figure out its exact definition, type of word, or origins. Use the exercises provided in this ebook to help your students improve these skills.

This coloring book includes 30 elaborately created coloring pages centered around Kwanzaa. The sheets are entirely in black and white, set up for printing and coloring. Share this experience along with your students! A brief overview of Kwanzaa: Kwanzaa is an annual celebration that emphasizes African family values and social principles, primarily recognized in the United States from December 26 to January 1. The celebration and its name were founded in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, an Africana studies professor at California State University, Long Beach, and an influential figure in Afrocentrism. Karenga derived the term kwanza, signifying “first,” from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, incorporating an extra a as the seventh letter to guarantee it contained sufficient letters for each of the seven children who were present at a previous celebration. The word Kwanzaa does not exist in Swahili. The concept of Kwanzaa originates from first-fruits celebrations in Southern Africa.

Geography offers a unique blend of practical learning, real-world relevance, and engaging activities that make it an essential and enjoyable subject. Students get to learn about the real world around them. It helps students understand global issues like climate change, migration, and urbanization, making it a vital subject for navigating modern life. Rivers are essential for their roles in water supply, biodiversity, food, transportation, irrigation, flood control, cultural significance, and energy production, making them vital to both natural ecosystems and human societies. What is more, many cultures have strong connections to rivers, which are revered as sacred or hold immense cultural importance. In this book you will find essential facts about the biggest rivers in the world, which will surely interest your students. At the end, there are some multiple choice comprehension questions to make sure they have understood the facts, and of course the relevant answer key to the activities.

The Vital Role of Writing in English Language Learning In today’s world, English language learners are required more than ever to demonstrate writing skills. Think of text messages, social media comments, product reviews, and of course emails, for starters. We communicate more and more with people who are farther and farther away from our home, and we do this mostly in writing. What is contained in the book? With 120 writing exercises, the book is aimed at helping students of all ages and skill levels improve their reading comprehension. To help teachers select the best materials for their students’ level, they are divided into categories based on the CEFR. Additionally, example responses are included after each one so that students know exactly what is expected of them. For whom is this book intended? If you’re a novice instructor and require an organized approach to writing by CEFR level, this book can be quite beneficial.

A few words about Speaking Out of the four skills (Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing), speaking is the one skill learners need more when it comes to proving they have learnt a new language. This is because speaking is a productive skill. Learners do not simply receive information and try to process it; they are required to process information and knowledge they already possess in order to produce new language and communicate. So, how do you get your students speaking? Most textbooks contain structured activities that practice speaking based on the topics and content of each unit. However, it is good to deviate from the book into freer conversation. Students are always more motivated when the activity is more relevant to them. This ebook comes to fill this gap. It offers you 20 speaking activities for every CEFR level (120 in total), which can be used whenever you want to engage your students in a free communicative practice. So, start speaking!

For many years architects tried to make skyscrapers simply as tall as possible. In recent decades, of course, this seems to be changing, as architects strive to create both tall and beautiful buildings. Buildings that fill the… eye, apart from their height, and for their beauty. Buildings that one would call ornaments. The skyscraper and the twentieth century are synonymous. The tall building is the landmark of our time. As a structural marvel that breaks the traditional limits of mankind’s persistent ambition to build in the sky, the skyscraper is the most impressive architectural phenomenon of that century. Although skyscrapers have not always been beautiful, each new project is an engineering marvel, helping to shape a city’s landscape and define its skyline. Designing a skyscraper is every architect’s dream. These talents are constantly striving to reinvent the modern skyscraper with taller, more innovative designs. We have gathered in this ebook the 10 tallest skyscrapers of the world. The activities at the back of the book will help your students practice their knowledge of them. Enjoy!

This is the first book of the Practical English Grammar series, on the Simple Present Tense. Understanding and using the Simple Present correctly is essential for clear and effective communication in English. The Simple Present tense is one of the most fundamental tenses in English grammar. It is primarily used to describe habitual actions, general truths, and fixed arrangements. This book contains all the uses of the Simple Present tense, along with examples. They are followed by formation rules, and also some activities. You can use these activities in your class to teach or reinforce the use of the Simple Present Tense. It is one of the most widely used tenses of the English language, and it is very easy to use and to teach. Even younger students can easily master it and use it in no time. We hope you enjoy teaching the Simple Present Tense to your students.

All over the world, in every kind of climate, majestic mountain ranges rise up as eternal guardians of nature’s beauty. Shaped over millions of years by the forces of tectonics and weather, these geological wonders not only define the landscapes they inhabit but also affect weather patterns and host unique ecosystems. Whether it’s towering peaks capped with everlasting snow or lush slopes descending into valleys, each mountain range has its own story of endurance, cultural significance, and ecological variety. This book is not about the tallest mountains (most of them are in the Himalayas anyway); it is about the biggest mountain ranges of the world. Each chapter is dedicated to one such mountain range, with plenty of interesting facts about them. At the end, there are some multiple choice questions to check your students’ undrstanding, and as usual the relevant answer key to the questions. Explore our world through teaching cool geography!

Here are some quick facts you surely didn’t know about sharks: Sharks have been around for 400 million years. There are over 400 different species of sharks. Sharks see in monochrome. Shark wounds heal quickly. Sharks can smell a drop of blood in 1 million drops of water. Sharks never run out of teeth, if they lose one another comes in front of rows and rows of back teeth. A shark can grow and lose 30,000 or more teeth in its lifetime! ​The smallest shark in existence is the Dwarf Lantern Shark, which is about 20 centimeters, while the largest shark in existence is the Whale Shark, which is about 10 meters. The average lifespan for most shark species is 20 to 30 years. Sharks sleep with their eyes open. Only one part of their brain is asleep at a time, so they can continue to breathe while they rest. Sharks do not take care of their young. A young shark is on its own from the moment it is born. This ebook has interesting information about the world’s biggest sharks. It is followed by questions and the relevant answer key. Have fun teaching!

North America stretches from the arctic zone in the North to the tropical zone in the South. Most of it is in the temperate zone. The lands located in the Arctic zone are highly fragmented with deep gulfs and many islands, while its southern part, which approaches the Equator, forms the bridge between North and South America. In this narrow section the Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. North America is connected to South America by a strip of land, which is called Central America and belongs to North America along with the islands of the Caribbean Sea. This ebook will take your students on a journey across lands of huge differences, be it cultural, social, or economic. From the mighty USA to the tiny Saint Kits & Nevis, the North American continent is a unique crossroads of people and civilizations. The 20 activities at the end will consolidate your students’ knowledge of this part of the world.

This is the second ebook from the highly successful Practical English Grammar series. The Present Continuous Tense is probably the most commonly used tense in English. It is used to describe an action that is happening now, at the moment of speaking, and it is therefore one of the first tenses that young students learn, as it is very easy to understand. It is also called Present Progressive. The first part of the ebook focuses on theory: the correct formation and usage of the Present Continuous tense, followed by examples. The second part of the ebook contains exercises that will help your students practise and consolidate their knowledge of the tense. Finally, there is the key to the activities, which makes the book ideal for both classroom use and self study as well. We hope that both you and your students will enjoy teaching and learning about the Present Continuous tense.

The Benefits of Reading for English Language Learning In a world of screens, monitors, laptops, tablets, smartwatches and everything in between, reading is the most essential skill. From emails to text messages, and from social media to internet browsing, reading is the skill most used to communicate and understand the world around us. It is therefore imperative for English students to be able to understand reading texts of all kinds, as well as interact with them. Contents of the book The 120 reading activities included in this book aim to help students of all CEFR levels perfect their reading skills. Teacher profiles Ideal for novice teachers who may not have much access to reading resources, but also for experienced teachers who want to up their game with modern resources.

The Common Core Standards don’t give equal emphasis to every topic within a grade level. Instead, some concepts require more focus due to their depth, the time needed to master them, their importance for future math learning, or their relevance to college and career readiness. Students need to dedicate more time to these areas to meet the Mathematical Practice Standards. In Grade 1, teaching should concentrate mainly on these four key areas: (1) developing strategies for addition and subtraction within 20; (2) understanding place value and the relationships between whole numbers, including grouping by tens and ones; (3) developing skills in linear measurement and using length units to measure; and (4) reasoning about the properties of geometric shapes and how they can be composed and decomposed. This worksheet provides plenty of practice on these topics through brief and straightforward activities for your classes. We hope you enjoy them with your students!

Whether on the land, in the jungle, at sea, or in the air, you certainly do not want to cross paths with these natural-born killers! This ebook includes factual information about the ten biggest predators in the world: the African lion, the Grizzly bear, the orca, the polar bear, the great white shark, the golden eagle, the Harpy eagle, the Bengal tiger, the Komodo dragon, and the saltwater crocodile. You will find lots of interesting information on the animals’ size, where they live, how they behave, and their preferred hunting methods (how they camouflage, cooperate and ambush their prey). This is all essential information that your students can easily absorb and remember. To consolidate their knowledge, there are 20 multiple choice questions at the end of the book, followed by the relevant answer key. Take some time to teach the wild beauty of nature to your students, and don’t forget to have fun!

The first book in our Continents series is about Europe. Thanks to its geographical location, Europe has significant advantages. It is considered the “crossroads of three continents”. Most of the peoples of the Earth meet in its lands. Its cities host the largest international product fairs and cultural gatherings. This results in the development of international transport, with which people move and goods are transported. Few places attract travelers of all kinds like Europe. Honeymooners, history buffs, adventure and foodies, everyone can find a city (or an entire country) that beckons. From popular destinations like London, Paris, and Rome to less common destinations like Bologna or Dubrovnik, there’s so much to discover—and so many ways to get there. This ebook includes information about all the countries of Europe: a few words about their history, their geography and their culture. There are 20 questions at the end and the relevant answer key. Enjoy teaching about Europe to your students!

Many millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth and sea dragons were not mere creations of Hollywood movies, but fearsome predators that controlled and dominated the oceans. These creatures belong to a world that disappeared a long time ago, but nevertheless continues to excite those trying to understand the origin of life on our planet. Dinosaurs are a fascinating puzzle of prehistory, having evolved and disappeared millions of years ago. With their impressive variety of sizes and shapes, from the tiny Velociraptor to the imposing Tyrannosaurus Ρex, dinosaurs are a source of wonder and mystery for scientists and researchers. Telling their story opens windows into an ancient world rich with discoveries and helps us imagine what Earth was like when these amazing creatures dominated nature. Dinosaurs are linked to human curiosity, offering a journey into the past and an unexplored opportunity to learn more about the world that existed millions of years ago. This ebook includes information about the ten most well-known ones, followed by questions.

Dispersed throughout enormous oceans, islands are like nature’s hidden jewels, each with a unique story inscribed in its surroundings. They extend an invitation to us, promising adventure and tranquility as well as a haven from the hectic mainland. Islands display a vast diversity in both topography and culture, ranging from tropical paradises with palm-fringed beaches and crystal-clear blue waters to craggy cliffs cloaked in mist and mystery. Their soaring volcanic peaks and vivid coral reefs teeming with life beneath the waves enthrall us. Islands create distinct ecosystems that need to be preserved since they are home to a wide range of flora and fauna that are not found anywhere else. Islands must be conserved because, despite their beauty, they are threatened by the water and by human activity. Yet, beyond their breathtaking beauty, islands are hubs of resilience and adaptation. Their communities have crafted lives deeply intertwined with the rhythms of the ocean and the abundance of the land. Explore the world’s biggest islands with this ebook. It contains facts about the 10 biggest islands, and some follow-up questions.