During online tutoring sessions with high school students preparing for the college entrance exams, my students and I find ourselves immersed in a diverse array of nonfiction science reading content. Together, we learn about a broad range of topics. For example, we read about earth science and natural science topics ranging from transitional fossils to subatomic particles & from plant science to the composition of cosmic dust!

While the concepts, claims, main purposes, and cause/effect dynamics are paramount, having familiarity with a wide range of science-related vocabulary words is definitely helpful.

Given this, I created a few resources to help my students familiarize themselves with science vocabulary so they feel more comfortable with the readings and encounter fewer unknown words that can slow them down, cause confusion, or distract from their larger analysis tasks.  

Have a look at the resources that follow, and let me know what you think.  You will earn Teachers Pay Teachers shopping credits for every review that you leave for items you have purchased.

Happy Tutoring & Teaching!

These digital ELA resources are primarily geared towards grades 8-12.

75 Science Vocabulary Words to Improve Reading Comprehension

50 Science Vocabulary Words to Improve Reading Comprehension

25 Science Vocabulary Words to Improve Reading Comprehension

I have mentored high school students with science research projects, presentations, and research-based writing competitions.  This is a guide that I created for them to help keep them organized throughout their process.  I encourage them to print it and keep in their research folder as a convenient tool to help keep them on task, putting them at ease throughout the duration of their project or assignment.

Science Vocabulary & Research BUNDLE

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ELA Enrichment and Writing Coaching are two areas in which I help students by way of online tutoring. As an example, I have an 8th student from Alexandria, VA, with whom I work on his latest writing projects for school. I have another 8th grade student from Boca Raton; together, we work on poetry, vocabulary building, using my Hot Words for the SAT™ book, and lately we have been working on a medley of English grammar and usage topics.  Grammar informs writing proficiency for life and can help students perform their best on the high school and college en

Today, I wish to share some handy, PDF printable resources that focus on Commonly Confused or Frequently Confused words.  Have a look and let me know what you think.

My students like to upload to Kami™ and work on the the worksheets while sharing their screens with me.  Some print the resources, hole punch them, and keep them in their ELA binder.  

Happy for your feedback and comments. To join my email list, simply send me a note at lindacarnevaleprep@gmail.com. Happy to share my online tutoring tips and latest TPT resources with you.

Ware, Wear, We're, Where

Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever

than, then, there, their, they're

BUNDLE: Commonly Confused Words

VALENTINE'S DAY BUNDLE ELA 6-12

Hello again and Happy New Year 2024!

My online tutoring students, who span grades 7-12, enjoy celebrating the holidays,

 so I like to impart vocabulary, sentence writing and creative writing with seasonal 

exercises during our Zoom® lessons.

I wish to share with you some Valentine's Day themed ELA resources recently listed

in my TPT Store that are comprised of vocabulary bingo games, sentence writing, 

vocabulary quizzes, and writing prompts...... focused on vocabulary related to Love, Friendship and Camaraderie!

The vocabulary is at a level that can inform the reading comprehension modules of the 

SAT® and ACT® College Entrance Exams. I hope you find these resources fun and fruitful.

Valentine's Day Middle-High School English: Sonnet + Love-Friendship Vocabulary

$10.99

$13.00

Shakespearean Sonnet-Valentine's Day Love Poem Analysis +Comprehension Questions

$6.00

Valentines Day Vocabulary Activities, Sentence Writing, Quiz 6th-12th English

$7.00

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Thank you and be well,

Linda

Do you and your students enjoy poetry analysis and discussion?

If you would like to complement your poetry unit with a winter or spring themed poem, you might find these new TPT resources interesting.

My online ELA enrichment students, primarily 7th to 9th grades, enjoy poetry analysis, and I have noticed that nature poems are among their favorites!

Some of my students like to upload poems to Kami™ and share their screens while they annotate, in color-coded fashion, during our read alouds and discussions during our Zoom™ videoconference. Some prefer to print them and annotate with fine-point markers, colored pens, and highlighters.

I plan to add more. For now, I have 2 recently posted poetry guides in my Teachers Pay Teachers Shop.

Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Emily Dickinson's "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass."

These guides engage students on many levels, from free response to vocabulary in context to answering multiple choice comprehension questions.

Stopping by Woods

A Narrow Fellow ~ PDF Version

A Narrow Fellow ~ Digital Version

A Narrow Fellow ~ BUNDLE

Writing Centers: Posters for Bulletin Boards

Hello & Happy Back to School Season!

If, like me, you teach an essay writing, college apps personal essays, or creative writing class, you may enjoy the color & instructional content of my New Set of Writing Posters and Bundles.

Academic content and writing level can be adjusted, so these posters are suitable for all secondary English grades (ELA 6th - 12th) classes and Home School settings.

These coordinating portrait stye posters (24 inches by 18 inches) are information-rich and colorful--- they brighten the walls and/or Bulletin Boards and provide springboards for writing mini lessons on various topics that include:

• Steps of the Writing Process

• Punctuation Use: how the symbols LOOK and their FUNCTIONS

• FANBOYS conjunctions; for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• Transitional Words and Phrases

    Correlating & Contrasting

I like to refer to these posters when giving writing lessons, and I ask my students to take notes, using the information on the posters as the foundation for their notes and elaborating based on my instruction & and our class discussion.

Follow my Teachers Pay Teachers Shop for more time-saving, enriching resources for your classroom, students, and home school settings.

Let m know what you think of the posters...if you leave a brief review, you can earn TPT Shopping Credits $$$!

Set of 2 Writing Posters

Set of 4 Writing Posters

Set of 6 Writing Posters

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Linda

College Entrance Exams Update:

Bubble sheets and sharpened #2 pencils are gone ~

If you're a college admissions tutor, high school teacher, a math or English SAT™ tutor, or parent of a high school student, you are most likely aware that the SAT™ is going Digital in the US, starting March 2024. 

Students will take this college entrance exam online in an adaptive, digital format. 

In light of these changes, I have created TPT resources that tutors, teachers, and parents can use with their teens.

Come have a look and, as always, I welcome your feedback.

Digital SAT™ Answer Sheet

A few are BUNDLES, which provide more and save money.

Tutoring BUNDLE

Tutoring Forms to Keep You Organized

Although we are a screen tech society, I still use paper folders and forms to keep organized for my students and myself.  For me, paper and printouts are lifesavers!

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Be well,
Linda

My TPT Journey. ...started 7 months ago

This past November I opened my Teachers Pay Teachers English Resources shop, deciding to give it a solid year as a test run.

7 months later, I am happy I opened my store. I enjoy the creative outlet and sharing the resources I have made for my creative writing, essay writing, reading comprehension, PSAT™,  SAT™ and ACT™ students over the years. 

What's more, the Cha-chings! and buyer interest are encouraging. I even have 2 repeat customers already : )

I like having all of my resources tidy in one place and enjoy sharing them with my private tutoring students. PDF resources are easy to text, email, or slide into a Zoom chat.

Take a visit to my shop ~ I hope you can find time-saving, enriching lessons and guides for use with your English students and/or the students you tutor.

Linda Carnevale ~ English Resources

As vocabulary is one of my favorite topics. I was excited when this New Bingo BUNDLE sold this morning:

All Seasons Vocabulary Bingo.  Tomorrow is June1, and this teacher already grabbed vocabulary activities for Fall, Winter, and next Spring....Teachers are advanced planners! I bet she is planning to use the Summer Bingo with her students during these last days of school. Bundles save money and cover a breadth of topics and themes.

Please don't hesitate to opt-in to my Email List for future freebies and College Prep Tips!

Send me a note at lindacarnevaleprep@gmail.com

Be well,

Linda