When it comes to love and midsummer nights, confessions are tricky. Learners place themselves in the shoes of a character from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and explain how a character manipulated another character in...

A performance task challenges scholars to read an informational text then respond with an explanatory essay. The exam begins with an independent reading of Seeing Eye to Eye by Leslie Hall. A second reading follows with the...

Jack London's heart for adventure has come to define the spirit of America and its frontier. Selected passages from the foreword The Cruise of the Snark take eighth graders through London's construction and voyage of his ship before...

In this online interactive philosophy quiz activity, students respond to 25 multiple-choice questions about Martin Buber's I and Thou. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Looking for an assessment that reveals how well readers understand complex text? Check out an assessment module based on "The Gettysburg Address." Pupils are asked to craft an essay that demonstrates their understanding not only of...

Santa sure is fast. In the assessment task, learners calculate the number of minutes Santa can spend at each house. This calculation requires the use of given population demographics data.

This 10 question quiz asks students to read sentences and label them as to type by selecting from options given. There are review links given to study before taking the quiz if desired; it is scored and feedback is provided when...

Students read sentences looking at the two words in all caps, including spelling. They must decide what, if anything, needs to be changed, and select the correct answer. Links are also provided to a tutorial, quizzes, and "Guide to...

In this quiz, students are to read sentences looking at the two words in all caps including their spellings. They must decide what, if anything, needs to be changed, and select the correct answer. Links are also provided for a tutorial,...

It this interactive punctuation quiz, students read sentences or passages and insert the necessary punctuation and capitalization. After each answer, students select "Grammar's Version" to reveal the corrected passage and an explanation....