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Middle school english language arts game pdfs
Context Clues Packet Using Tier Vocabulary
Grab your detective hats and start the Clue-Searching fun! Research tells us that teaching vocabulary word by word doesn’t cut it anymore. In addition, state tests are becoming increasingly difficult for our students. We need to give our students strategies to determine unknown meanings. Using context clues is an evidence-supported strategy. The words included in this packet were specifically chosen. They focus on Tier 2 vocabulary words, (words occurring most frequently in our language and text
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1st - 8th
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Like Boggle™? You'll LOVE this ELA Word Work Game for centers or fast finishers!
These 52 Word-O-Rama (same game as Boggle™) word work task cards and Google slides are not only fun, but will also help students improve letter pattern and phonics recognition skills, spelling, and vocabulary.These cards/slides can be used in so many ways:At a literacy centerFor fast finishersWith partners or small groups (use the same card, score only unique words)As morning work (display for the whole class)Or any time you have a few spare minutesThese word work games can help students improve
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Word O Rama | Similar to Boggle | Complete Bundle
End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.⏳ Gameplay: 90 min
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5th - 9th
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BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 1 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff
Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration), but they’ll work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to soak up th
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8th - 11th, Adult Education, Staff
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Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Would You Rather Questions + Digital Resources - Morning Meeting, Brain Breaks
These 204 digital or print Would You Rather questions (AKA This or That) are fun activities that can be used for morning meetings, brain breaks, fast finishers, transition times, and more! They're a great tool for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, building community, and more!These last the whole year!!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:204 Question Cards (prints 6 to a page)Black-lineColorList of QuestionsDIGITAL:3 Google Slides Versions - vo
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Prompts Task Card Bundle 764 Cards including Would You Rather
BOGGLE Boards with Answer Keys
50 ready to use BOGGLE boards; just print and go!
Answer keys are included for each board, so students can independently check their work. Every board has more than 70+ words (most have 100+).
Ways to use BOGGLE:
- Daily 5 Word Work time
- Literacy Center
- Early finishers
- Spelling/Word Work Homework
- Rainy Day Indoor Recess Challenge
- Morning Warm-up
- Buddy Classroom Activity
Consider a BOGGLE Bulletin Board to display the letters for the whole class to see at once. Even better, Bun
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: BOGGLE Board Bundle
End of the Year Break Activities Mystery Game - Engaging Team Building - Digital
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learni
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4th - 9th
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Fairly Tales: Grimm, ELA Reading Digital Escape Room: Middle School Escape
⭐IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A GRIMM FAIRY TALE WITHOUT AN ADVENTURE OR ENCHANTED FOREST. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Grimm Digital Escape conjures up enchanted forests, villains, and happily-ever-afters. ⭐ Young teen students are invited to escape this Grimm Adventure using clues that practice reading, listening, sequencing, comparisons, logic, and other important skills!Now with two versions! A flat version with self-checking answers is included, no Google form is required. ⭐ Want a printable versio
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about l
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3rd - 6th
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Main Ideas and Supporting Details Escape Room | Reading Comprehension
Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students today! This game is perfect for reviewing main idea and details. Grab a copy for state testing or end of the year review and see why thousands of teachers are talking about this escape room activity. **This game is designed for upper elementary. The clues and puzzles are more intense, and the reading passages are 3 paragraphs, as opposed to one. A COMPLETELY DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS GAME HAS B
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3rd - 6th
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Prefix and Suffix Game for Literacy Centers: U-Know {Vocabulary Game} Review
Do you need prefix and suffix review games for reading skill practice to help your students learn quicker and with more FUN? Use this Prefix and Suffix U-Know game to have them practice reading skills while also having fun!! This fun and engaging game will make the skill of identifying the meaning of prefixes and suffixes something students WANT to do! Play separately or mix and match cards from different sets to suit your needs.Works great for centers, early finishers, or small groups. Students
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: Reading Games Mini U-Know Bundle 1 | Reading Test Prep Review Games
Citing Text Evidence Digital ESCAPE ROOM! Virtual Field Trip Game & ELA Review
In this interactive and engaging citing text evidence review game, students will review and practice citing evidence while they attempt to escape the jungle! This immersive and engaging escape room will have your students citing text evidence like champions and begging for future escape games! This activity requires ZERO preparation** just share the link with your students, and they are on their adventure!**Please make sure your school does not block Google Sites or Forms. Some buyers may ne
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5th - 9th
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Morphology Greek and Latin Root Words Worksheet Games Activities Word Study Fun
Motivate your students to practice morphology with these Greek and Latin Root Words Worksheet Games. This pack of morphology games includes 10 bump games to help students practice defining words containing more than 50 common Greek and Latin roots. These root word games are perfect for word study review, center activities, partner work, early finishers, test prep, and more!50+ Common Greek & Latin Roots Covered...aqua, ast/astr, aud, auto, bene, bio, brev, cent, chron, cogn, cred, cycl, dict
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3rd - 6th
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Vocabulary Activities, Graphic Organizers, Games - Word Work for Big Kids BUNDLE
Vocabulary activities that work for any vocabulary word list! Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your upper elementary students? These vocabulary activities are the perfect upper elementary word work to use with any word list. Students will love choosing a new vocabulary graphic organizer, activity, or game each day to practice their vocabulary words.It can be so hard to find appropriate, challenging word work for big kids in the intermediate grades... These activities are pe
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3rd - 6th
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Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Context Clues Game for Literacy Centers: U-Know | Vocabulary Game {Set A}
Do you need context clues review games for reading skill practice to help your students learn quicker and with more FUN? Use this Context Clues U-Know game to have them practice reading skills while also having fun!! This fun and engaging game will make the skill of identifying the meaning of unknown words using context clues something students WANT to do! Play separately or mix and match cards from different sets to suit your needs.This set has easier words than Context Clues U-Know Set B. If y
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3rd - 6th
Topic Sentences in Paragraph Writing Activity - How to Write a Topic Sentence
Do your students struggle to create effective topic sentences? Since directly teaching my students five basic types of topic sentences and having them practice these types in a variety of ways, I've been amazed at their progress! This Topic Sentence resource includes two formats: print and digital, to give you greater teacher flexibility. Besides guided activities and review sheets for each of the five types of topic sentences presented, there's a topic sentence sorting game, posters, and more t
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3rd - 6th
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Digital Escape Room, Fun for the Holidays!
Escape The Unopened Letter! A Christmas Carol Digital Escape Room is an innovative breakout game that allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually in Ebenezer Scrooge's house and in his dreams on Christmas Eve! You'll never see this Dickens classic like this anywhere else. You should definitely watch the preview video for this breathtaking cutting-edge classroom experience! The timely and re
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5th - 12th
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Romeo and Juliet Escape Room Unit Review Activity - Shakespeare Activities
This unit review activity for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare helps you gauge reading comprehension while students solve puzzles! In this escape room, students complete activities about the plot, characters, conflict, and figurative language in Romeo and Juliet.Highlights of this Romeo and Juliet review game:✅ Students will be HOOKED (but also studying - rad!)✅ You can check reading comprehension✅ It's both FUN and rigorousOverview:Students play at desks or throughout the roomFull Teache
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7th - 10th
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Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room (paper + digital) - Shakespeare Activity
This Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room is the perfect start to your Shakespeare unit! Present this as a paper game or digitally to introduce the Globe Theatre, William Shakespeare’s Life, and Elizabethan London. Your students will love these activities and develop the background they need to study any play. Key Elements:Game (~45-60 minutes)Elizabethan Fact SheetResearch ideasQuizTeacher’s GuideThis game is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for any drama unit! What Teachers are Saying
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7th - 10th
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Word Nerd: Word Games & Puzzles for Middle School ELA
Wait! You can also get this in a huge bundle that includes all of my Word Work products plus Word Smarts and Word War I!
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Research shows that doing word puzzles keeps our minds sharp. That's why I love getting my word nerd on in the classroom. You and your students will have so much fun with these super challenging word games that feature middle-school ELA academic and content vocabulary, including:
* literary terms
* poetry terms
* drama terms
* nonfiction vocabulary
* pers
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Word Study Mega Bundle
"Examination Day" Short Story Escape Room Activity: Practice Plot & Theme
Practice comprehension, plot structure, textual evidence, theme, and more with this engaging escape room for the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. If you've never read or heard of this dystopian/sci-fi story, check it out - it's the PERFECT accessible, high-interest, twist-ending story for middle schoolers. This activity can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will answer questions, identify elem
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6th - 9th
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"Is There a Traitor Among Us?" Digital Escape Room, Among Us, Game
Can your class solve this engaging digital escape room? This "Is there a traitor among us?" Escape Room is designed around the theme of the highly acclaimed, popular video game all the kids are playing right now! Can your class solve this engaging digital escape room? Kids are really engaged in relevant information, and this cannot get any more relevant! Your students will be reviewing figurative language, main idea, words in context, grammar, and other important ELA skills.This escape room cove
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6th - 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.
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.
How do I find English language arts lessons on TPT?
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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