Smarter Balanced Assessments - ELA Grades 6-8: Test Prep & Practice
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Use this study guide as a companion to your current classroom English and literature instruction. Make sure your students are up to speed for the SBA ELA assessment for grades 6-8 with the help of these engaging videos and practice quizzes and tests.
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37 Chapters in Smarter Balanced Assessments - ELA Grades 6-8: Test Prep & Practice
37 chapters in Smarter Balanced Assessments - ELA Grades 6-8: Test Prep & Practice
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Ch 1. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Parts of Speech
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Ch 3. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Comma Rules
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Ch 9. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Inference & Context in Comprehension
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Ch 10. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Identifying the Meaning of Words
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Ch 11. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Figures of Speech
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Ch 12. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Recognizing Literary Elements
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Ch 13. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Organization of Written Works
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Ch 16. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Literary Genres & Other Types of Text
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Ch 17. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Analyzing Literary Nonfiction
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Ch 23. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Point of View in Literature
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Ch 24. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Persuasive Texts
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Ch 25. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Reading Informational Texts
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Ch 26. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: The Writing Process
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Ch 33. SBA ELA - Grades 6-8: Research Strategies
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