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8th grade Easter english language arts thematic unit plans $5-10
Titanic Activities Bundle | Passenger Research | Comprehension | Titanic Math
HUGE Titanic bundle of Titanic reading comprehension resources, activities, PowerPoint, and SO much more! Your students will love the Titanic even more after diving into their study of the ship using these resources! Cover the basics and the more unique aspects of the Titanic with these literacy, math, and social studies connections.These Titanic activities cover everything from the construction of the Titanic to the discovery of the ship on the bottom of the Atlantic. Unique aspects, such as
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4th - 8th
Spanish Family UNIT La Familia Differentiated Instruction great for DIY STATIONS
Spanish LA FAMILIA activities! Students learn and practice La Familia with a STATIONS / CENTERS / Differentiated Instruction set up. These supplemental activities cover: reading, writing, speaking & listening skills. Lots of individual and partner practice! 37 student pages to choose from!Depending on your class sizes and how long your class periods are, if used as a Stations / Centers unit, this resource can last anywhere between 3 - 5 days.3 days - If just using to review vocabulary and co
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5th - 12th
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Mini Unit, Lesson Plan
This low prep unit for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the perfect standards-based resource just in time for Halloween. Your middle and high school students explore the legend through a careful process of close reading and thought-provoking activities while taking note of the author's expert narrative techniques.Student Experience: Students will read the short story and follow along with a set of questions. The reading will conclude with an interactive plot chart review ac
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7th - 9th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone Teleplay Complete Unit Pack
This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's teleplay The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the script from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay is not included, as it is not in the public domain.You will get the following materials:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Ele
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6th - 8th
ESL Newcomers & Intermediate Level All About Me Writing Activity
Perfect for back to school or any time you want to get to know your ESL students better, this writing unit provides your beginner and intermediate level English Language Learners scaffolded and differentiated support during the writing process. It makes a great beginning of the year activity and the finished products look great on your classroom bulletin board. ***Note: This is the Printable Version of this resources. Head on over here for the Google Drive Version.Couple this with my Grammar P
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5th - 10th
Also included in: ESL Activities All About Me Writing Bundle Print & Google Drive
Amazing Race Review - Templates to use with ANY grade or content area
The Amazing Race is a challenge-based game where students move through a series of challenges one at a time to try to reach the finish line by the end of your predetermined time. I usually will run this through a week, but depending on how many challenges/activities you include it could be as short as a day or as long as you wish!This product is designed to be a template for anyone to use for review or practice with their students. It does NOT include activities so it can be used with ANY grade
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K - 12th
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Animal Facts: Leveled Comprehension for Special Education
Animal Facts: Leveled Comprehension for Special EducationOver 350 pages of leveled nonfiction animal passages and symbol supported leveled comprehension worksheets!WHAT'S INCLUDED?+ 25 animals are included+ 3 levels of passages+ 3 levels of comprehension sheetsWHAT DO THE LEVELS LOOK LIKE?Level 1: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceLevel 2: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceLevel 3: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceANIMALS INCL
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PreK - 12th
Also included in: Animal Facts Leveled Comprehension Bundle (Comprehension for Special Ed)
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz: Prepare your students for reading short stories or novels with this ready-to-use resource. This comprehensive lesson prepares students with a solid understanding of essential story elements and literary elements crucial for analyzing fiction. The included short story elements presentation, engaging review game, and quiz create an excellent introductory lesson that lays the groundwork for insightful literary analy
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7th - 10th
Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle: Use this bundle of high-interest Thanksgiving activities to engage your ELA students in reading, writing, and ELA skills leading up to the holiday. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a Thanksgiving twist!What's Included in The Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities Bundle:➡️ Thanksgiving Figurative Language: Bring T
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6th - 9th
Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle - four Christmas plays
Christmas Comedy Drama Bundle is a collection of four original humorous plays that are suitable for reader's theater, classroom skits, or as a performance for a large audience. In The Christmas Rush, many last-minute shoppers hit their frustration point as they wait in a checkout line at a store behind an easygoing, unhurried shopper, who holds them up with his unintentional delays. In The Truth of the Matter, several characters pass along a story about a man who slipped and fell while out colle
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5th - 8th
Zombie Apocalypse Unit - End of the Year Project or Emergency Sub Lesson Plans
This week-long, self-guided zombie apocalypse project is the PERFECT end of the year unit! It is so versatile and can be used for many different grades and subjects; appropriate for middle school or high school, science or language arts, accelerated or remediation, even upper elementary. It could also be used for a Halloween unit or emergency sub lesson plans. Directions on each page are self explanatory and will keep your students engaged from start to finish.I originally created this activity
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Biology Lessons and Curriculum for the ENTIRE YEAR
Close Reading for Middle and High School
Close Reading
This awesome resource teaches middle and high school students how to close read.
Scaffolding the process by starting with cartoons and photos, students are provided with thorough and engaging models to copy, and then interesting pieces to practice with.
Included in this resource are:
-Why Close Read - what the experts say
-Close Reading Strategy Sheet
-3 Cartoons
-3 Photos
-2 Song Lyrics
-2 Poems
-2 Excerpts from popular teen literature
-2 Pieces of nonfiction
-Plus, 6 models fo
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE, Middle and High School English
Myth Study and Writing Unit - A Spiral Studies Mini-Unit
Myth Writing Unit
Greek Myth Study
Integrated Unit (Optional)
In this 4-part Myth Study and Writing Unit, students will build background knowledge on the critical components of myths, Greek mythology, and constellations before they read and analyze 5 Greek myths about constellations. Then, students will design their own constellation and write a myth to explain its origin in the night sky. Students will progress through every step of the writing process while writing their myths.
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5th - 8th
Visual Literacy & The Graphic Novel
Teach visual literacy and introduce the graphic novel. This resource is full of engaging lessons and activities for building visual literacy skills. It will also introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel (you don't need to be reading one).Whether you teach the graphic novel or not, this bundle will give you the opportunity to work on your students’ analytical skills. We spend our days analyzing visual clues and interpreting people’s actions based on those clues. However, when it comes
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8th - 12th
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Middle School Mythology Unit - Distance Learning Compatible
This 50-page unit is designed to teach middle school students about the purposes, elements, and characteristics of mythology. Lessons center around:1. Pourquoi Tales - Myths to explain why things are the way they are2. Myths to explain natural phenomena3. Origin Stories - Myths to explain the creation of the world4. Greek Mythology - The Olympian GodsUPDATED: Now includes a Google Slides version that can be used with distance learning.The unit includes:- a unit overview of suggested topics and
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month - Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Warm nights, hot jazz! This Black History Month, explore the cultural revival known as the Harlem Renaissance. 10 fun craft and literacy lessons for grades 3-7 based on key artists of the Harlem Renaissance!• Make a collage with Romare Bearden• Storyboard the Great Migration with Jacob Lawrence• Analyze African Art with Lois Mailou Jones• Learn about dialogue with Langston Hughes• Make a sculpture with Augusta Savage• Write a poem about Paul Robeson• Identify the elements of a folktale with Zora
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3rd - 8th
ESL Activities Beginner & Intermediate: Writing With the Masters Print & Digital
Use these differentiated writing activities with all students including ELL, Gen ED, SPED and ESL Newcomers alike. This writing unit is sure to motivate the most reluctant writer and your ESL learner. Students use a masterpiece painting and writing graphic organizers to develop story elements of character, setting, and plot. This will engage all learners from ESL and Special Education to your most advanced students.Couple this with my ESL Grammar Practice, ESL Games, ESL Newcomer Units, ESL Vo
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4th - 12th
Sentence Building Topic Boards for Special Education
Sentence Building Topic Boards for Special EducationAfter introducing students to a topic using a book, video, story, or theme work from the week/ month, we want to encourage even our nonverbal students to TALK ABOUT IT! The core boards included in this special education writing resource make that easy!HOW DO I USE IT?- Have students form sentence fragments (or basic sentences) using the provided communication topic boards. They can answer questions using the boards, and use them for other thema
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PreK - 12th
ESL ELL Giving and Asking for Directions and City Places Themed Unit and Project
Get ready to teach your students how to give instructions and directions. Would you like them to learn more about city places, community workers and how to use the imperative tense properly? Giving and asking for directions is an important skill to master for a second language learner. This themed unit and project along with oral interaction games & simulation tasks is just what you need! Your students will learn how to give clear instructions and directions, ask for directions or inquire a
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL ELL Themed Units and Projects Bundle PBL
Middle School Valentine's Day Literacy Activities
Check out this engaging Middle School Valentine’s Day Unit, available in both print and digital formats, and designed with middle school students in mind.This resource contains 10 different Valentine’s Day-themed literacy activities, such as a non-fiction article, comprehension questions, a podcast lesson, a QR Code vocabulary search and a creative writing assignment.Unit Overview:Introduction - Share Kindness With Others ChallengeLesson 1 - The History of Valentine's Day ArticleLesson 2 - Valen
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6th - 8th
End of Novel Book Report Project for ANY Novel
This resource is the perfect conclusion to your novel studies, book clubs, literature circles, read alouds….you name it! It is low-prep and works for ANY novel! Use it every year, all year long. There are TWO versions of choice boards included. One board is appropriate for individual projects and one for group projects. You will just print the version right for you. Once your students complete their projects, print and use the teacher rubric. For your convenience there is ONE generic rubric for
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Animal Friends Book Club Bundle for upper elementary and middles
The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Character Traits Unit for Upper Elementary and Middle School
This resource includes a reading unit to teach character traits to upper elementary students. This character traits reading unit includes, reading response examples, mini lessons, interactive notebooks pages, genre reading posters, rubrics, and assessments. This unit part of a Genre, Theme, and Character Traits unit BUNDLE for upper gradesThis unit includes everything you need to teach {and dig deeper!} character traits in middle grades (4th-8th). As an upper grade teacher, I often find that I a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Theme Unit Character Traits Unit and Genre Unit Bundle for Middle Grades
Teaching Figurative Language with Taylor Swift Songs - Grades 3-6
If there’s one thing I love about Taylor Swift (other than her dance moves!) it is her use of figurative language. If you have ever listened to her songs you know she uses a lot of similes and metaphors in her writing. She is a major pop star today, and I guarantee your students can (and will!) sing along to any one of her songs! With this product you will be able to teach and have your students practice identifying and writing seven types of figurative language using Taylor Swift songs.
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3rd - 8th
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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.
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