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High school english language arts resources $10 and up
Essay Writing Unit - Teach Your Students How to Write an Essay PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students how to write an essay! This comprehensive essay writing bundle includes teaching resources and lessons for every part of an essay. First, focus on teaching the thesis statement and introductory paragraph.The first writing unit includes targeted teaching strategies to teach students how to write a thesis statement and an introduction to an essay. This thesis writing teaching unit includes a teaching presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slide) for direct instruction. This teachi
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6th - 10th
Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in
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8th - 11th
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Bright Vintage Classroom Decor Bundle | Bright Classroom Theme
This is the classroom decor collection that you have been waiting on! Inspired by the classics, Vintage Vibes has all the pops of primary colors while toning it down with playful black and white modern prints. Fill your classroom walls with timeless decor while making your students feel right at home. These traditional elements are accompanied by primary pops of color and paired with a vintage/modern twist. The best part of using classroom classics is that this decor packet will stand the test o
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The OUTSIDERS Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL - Standards-Based
OUTSIDERS: This Outsiders Novel Study Unit will engage your students with thought-provoking standards-based literacy activities as they read S.E. Hinton's classic novel. Now includes both print and digital versions! The Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or independent study! The Free-Writes topics facilitate great discussions, and students enjoy choice on the essay and creative wr
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6th - 9th
High School Poetry Unit, 4 Weeks, Analysis + Fun Supplements, PDF & Google Drive
This high school poetry unit plan will excite both teachers and teens by ramping up traditional poetry lessons with modern-designed multimedia materials. My MASSIVE poetry lesson bundle includes four weeks of materials designed for high school and advanced middle school students. (60+ pages in PDF + Google Drive versions of all student handouts, 120+ Prezi/Google Drive slides, and online media links)This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly home
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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Wonder Novel Study Workbook, Flip Book, and Digital Learning | Wonder Bundle
Wonder, novel study helps you bring enthusiasm to your common core literacy lessons. Your Wonder novel study lessons will thrive when you choose between the interactive workbook, notebook style of the flip book, or the Wonder Google Drive™ version. Works great with a read aloud and focus on the Wonder characters. Students will practice reading/summarization skills, recalling details, writing, and inference skills...and everything will be in this one pack! Great for Center Task / Differentiation
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Bundle for Google Drive and Digital Notebooks
High School English Bell Ringers Vol. 1, Vocabulary, Grammar & Literary Terms
Use this bundle of my popular bell ringers/warm-ups/mini-lessons to teach the Common Core-aligned grammar, literary term, and vocabulary skills your high school students need. This package of materials includes everything you’ll need to keep your students actively engaged at the start of each period. Here’s how it works:With M.U.G. Shot Mondays, students master Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar by working together to proofread real-world writing examples. These 38 weekly grammar editing sessions add
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9th - 12th
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WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Looking for something to help your students with their WRITING? This easy-to-use set of activities, graphic organizers, and templates will help your students write persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository pieces. Templates can be used all year for multiple writing assignments and can easily be differentiated for varying grades and abilities. Includes five of my writing packages with detailed assignment sheets, mentor texts, self-assessment rubrics, peer editing activities, grading ru
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6th - 9th
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare BUNDLE
Daily detailed lesson plans, unit overview, student workbooks, printable materials, engaging posters: all you need for teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This timeless play is taught year after year in classrooms around the world, and for good reason! You may be teaching this play for the first time, or looking for new resources to reinvigorate your teaching, having taught it for many years; either way, these Romeo and Juliet resources are for you! ***SAVE 20% BY BUYING THIS BUNDLE!***CONT
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8th - 10th
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The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle -Engaging Novel Study - Stations, Activities & More
Get EGG-cited to teach F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby with this GREAT novel study full of engaging activities, including an escape room, learning stations, film analysis, and more! This resource contains a whopping 222 pages of resources sure to engage and challenge your students. I absolutely LOVE teaching Gatsby now, but I actually hated the book when I read it in high school, so my mission has always been to make this novel engaging and relevant for teens today. Seriously, I am obsess
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Bright Classroom Decor Bundle | Bright Classroom Theme
Team Bright or Black & White Classroom Decor? What about Team BOTH! Monochromatic blacks & whites make up the base of this packet with fun bright colors to enhance it! Transform your classroom to be a home away from home by bringing in the perfect balance of color & black and whites.Try out 2 FREEBIES before purchasing and check out the preview and BLOG to see the full bundle!Freebie #1Freebie #2In this MEGA Bundle you will find the following items:★Basic EssentialsAffirmation Stati
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Outsiders Unit Plan - S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit
The Outsiders Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. With more than 250 pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, and interactive class activities. What Teachers Are Saying About The Outsiders Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I usually never leave feedback from my purchases, and I purchase a lot. And when I do
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7th - 10th
Lord of the Flies by William Golding BUNDLE
Daily step-by-step lesson plans, detailed student workbooks, teacher's answer keys, posters, task cards, and more! All you need for a teaching unit on "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a timeless novel which is taught year after year in classrooms around the world... and for good reason! You may be teaching this novel for the first time, or looking for new resources to reinvigorate your teaching, having taught it for many years; either way, these Lord of the Flies reso
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8th - 11th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan, Harper Lee Novel Unit Study, TKaM, CCSS
Enjoy this MASSIVE bundle of beautifully designed materials that will take your class through Harper Lee’s classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Everything you’ll need is here; just add a class set of To Kill a Mockingbird novels, a classroom with internet access, and you’re good to go.This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly homework assignments (read this file first when you open the bundle)• Suggested procedure for how to address th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Crucible Unit Growing Bundle: Engaging Activities - Stations, Escape Room
Engage and challenge your students during Arthur Miller's drama "The Crucible" with this huge bundle of resources with pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities designed with student engagement and critical thinking in mind.You will not find dry packets of study guide questions or PowerPoints in this bundle; instead, you will find learning stations, collaborative activities, fun stuff like "Puritan trading cards," film analysis guides to scaffold literary analysis, an ESCAPE ROOM
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9th - 12th
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY Unit Plan for Teens, Ancient Greece, Five-Week Myth Unit, CCSS
Looking for a Greek mythology unit for an older audience? Take those beloved mythological stories and ramp them up with this bundle of five weeks of complete lesson materials designed for advanced middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores as they connect their studies of Greek mythology to our modern world and their own lives. Everything you’ll need is included; no textbooks needed.This Greek mythology unit is one of my students’ favorites of the year. I’ve used it successfully
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8th - 10th
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ESL Newcomer Activities & Vocabulary Units ESL Reading, Writing, Speaking
Designed for older students, the resources in the ESL Newcomers Pack encompass no/low prep units to help students develop speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. This ESL Curriculum pack is filled with ESL worksheets and ENL activities including ELL vocabulary, pictures, games, and vocabulary acquisition & retention activities to help give your ESL student the confidence they need to continue their English acquisition journey.Each unit in the pack is designed to provide engaging, i
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL Newcomer Activities Pack Mega Bundle Print & Google Drive
Serial Podcast Season One Unit Plan: True Crime Lesson Plans, AP ELA Activities
Serial Podcast Season One by Sarah Koenig is a fantastic way to teach literary nonfiction, rhetoric, bias, and the power of storytelling. This podcast is so engaging that even your most reluctant students will be enthralled with the true crime content! This Serial unit plan will provide you with literary nonfiction activities that help students analyze the production of the podcast, discuss bias from multiple angles, examine rhetoric from a real-world perspective, and so much more. All of these
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Boho Plants Calm Classroom Decor Bundle | Boho Vintage Retro Decor
Add a breath of fresh air to your classroom with my brand-new, modern Boho Plants Calm Classroom Decor Bundle - the perfect splash of nature and warmth for your modern classroom! Designed using minimalist, neutral tones and rustic / vintage boho plant imagery, this range will bring your classroom to life whilst adding a calm and homey feel, making it perfect for all grade levels and seasons!Most of the elements included in this stunning botanic / rustic boho décor bundle are EDITABLE, which mean
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PreK - 12th
Argumentative Writing Unit: Grades 7-12
UPDATED AUGUST 2023!! This classroom-tested unit will take you and your students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing an argumentative (or persuasive) essay. The first few days are structured, whole-class lessons. After that, the class moves into a series of writer’s workshop days as students complete mini-lessons and work on developing their own essays.__________________________________________________________________________WHAT'S INSIDE___________________________
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7th - 12th
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Animal Farm Teaching Unit BUNDLE
Daily detailed lesson plans, unit overview, student workbooks, printable materials, engaging posters: all you need for teaching Orwell's Animal Farm. This iconic novel is taught year after year in classrooms around the world, and for good reason! You may be teaching this text for the first time, or looking for new resources to reinvigorate your teaching, having taught it for many years; either way, these Animal Farm resources are for you! ***SAVE 20% BY BUYING THIS BUNDLE!***CONTENTSLesson Plan
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8th - 11th
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Macbeth by Shakespeare: Teaching Unit BUNDLE
Daily detailed lesson plans, unit overview, student workbooks, printable materials, engaging posters: all you need for teaching Shakespeare's Macbeth. This timeless play is taught year after year in classrooms around the world, and for good reason! You may be teaching this play for the first time, or looking for new resources to reinvigorate your teaching, having taught it for many years; either way, these Macbeth resources are for you! ***SAVE 20% BY BUYING THIS BUNDLE!***CONTENTSMacbeth by Sha
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8th - 11th
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The Giver Unit Plan - Lois Lowry Novel Study Reading Unit
The Giver Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach The Giver by Lois Lowry. With more than 340 pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, and interactive class activities.What Teachers Are Saying About The Giver Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This unit plan for The Giver is worth every penny I spent on it! We just did the activity on sharing feelings and t
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7th - 10th
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
Discover printable and digital English language arts resources
On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
Frequently asked questions about teaching English language arts
What types of English language arts lessons are available on TPT?
There are many different types of English language arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular ELA lessons include reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing.
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Educators can save time preparing English language arts lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ELA resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of ELA lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my English language arts lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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