™      Ohio Achievement Test Resources for the Middle Grades 

All new grade appropriate resources for Ohio Achievement Tests 2007

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   Interactive services for teachers and students preparing for Ohio Achievement Tests. This page contains many interactive features.  Students can:

Overview of Ohio Testing System

Tests for Practice

The Academic Standards

Grades 3-8 Tests

Student Self Assessment checklist for written assignments.

ELA Internet Resources

                           Math Resources

 

Click on standard to access carefully selected sites. 

A breakdown of the ELA benchmarks by grade level can be found here.

 

Communication,

Oral and Visual

Acquisition of Vocabulary

  Reading Process

Reading for  Information Reading Literature

      Composition

 

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Internet Resources – Communication, Oral and Visual  

Listening and Speaking Skills.

Assessing listening and speaking skills - Teacher tools

Oral report lesson plan -Lesson plan

Delivering a persuasive speech - Lesson plan

Getting to know you (middle school speech) Lesson plan

Interviewing Skills - Teacher tools

Persuasive argument - Lesson plan

Effective speech writing - Teacher tools

All about public speaking (PBS) - Students

Ideas for enhancing oral reports - Students

Lesson Plans for English Teachers  -  Lesson plans 

 

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Acquisition of Vocabulary, Advanced Reading Vocabulary  

Vocabulary Lesson Plans - Lesson plans

Vocabulary Worksheets - Teacher tools
Vocabulary quizzes and worksheets - Quizzes

Vocabulary Builder - Students

A Word A Day - Students

Word of the year  - Students

Etymology dictionary - Students

Dictionaries - Students

Thesaurus - Students

Word Games - Students

Vocabulary University - Leveled student resources

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Oral Dialects  
Amerispeak - Students
Regional dialect quiz - Quiz
Dialects facts and myths - Students
Regional dialectics - Teacher tools
Organization of dialect diversity - Teacher tool
Slang Site - Students
Super Dialects Lists - Teacher tools
Dialect in the Color Purple - Lesson plan
Slang - Lesson plan

 

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How English developed/influenced by other languages

Foreign language influence on English - Teacher tool
Latin influence on English - Teacher tool
Language and place - Teacher tool (great background article)

Etymology resources Teacher tools

Middle School ELA resources - Teacher tools

Huge list of word origins Students

Learn root words Students

Word wizards – Join the Club Students

Roots and their families - Students
Etymologic - Quiz
Root words lesson plan - Lesson plan
Up from the roots - Lesson plan

 

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Decoding and understanding words in context 

Cloze  - Teacher tools

Cloze - Student Quiz

Interactive Context Reading - Students

Context clues - Students

Using context clues to teach reading - Teacher tools

Context clues - Teacher tools
Using context clues - Lesson plan

 

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Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies.   

Middle school reading links- Students

Topic Sentences  - Students

Research on Reading Comprehension - Teacher tools

Young adult reading process resources - Teacher tools

Reading speed - Lesson plan

Value and importance of reading - Lesson plan

Reading Lesson Plans - Lesson plans

Reading comprehension - Quizzes

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Finding Meaning in What You Read

Tips to Reading Critically - Students

Teen Book List - Teacher tools

How to Write a Book Report - Students

Book Chat - Students

Book Central -