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Free 8th grade english language arts graphic organizers for Easel Activities
Comic Strip Template FREEBIE!
Enjoy these FREE comic strip templates in your classroom! Product includes a template for both six and eight section comics. Also includes an optional section where students can add the title/author/setting/characters. These pages add a unique and fun way to have students create or summarize stories! Choose any of these four templates to make the assignment your own! This product is now a TpT Digital Activity! It can be used for Distance Learning.You can now:1. Customize this resource for your s
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PreK - 12th
Argumentative Essay Writing Resources: Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer
This activity is designed to help scaffold the argumentative or persuasive essay. Graphic organizers with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. De-mystify the argumentative essay once and for all!Check out the full product here:Argumentative Essay Writing Resources : Graphic Organizer and Sample Essay This Download Contains graphic organizer for five-paragraph ess
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6th - 9th
Frayer Model Vocabulary Organizer Printable and Digital Activity
This freebie includes 10 Frayer model vocabulary organizers. Each organizer includes space for a definition, facts/characteristics, examples, and non-examples. A blank space in the middle allows you to customize the terms studied to your unit or content area. I print 6 per page (2x3), double-sided for a quick reference sheet. You may wish to print full-page and staple together as a unit vocabulary journal, or develop a creative way to use the organizers in collaborative groups or interactive not
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4th - 12th
FREE Brainstorming Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts
Brainstorm Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts Brainstorming for Personal Narrative Writing Unit BundleDo you need an engaging graphic organizer to help your middle school students brainstorm for their personal narrative writing unit? This FREE Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer uses guided brainstorming writing prompts to help your middle school students organize and brainstorm their narratives with ease. (This graphic organizer worksheet is a free sample from my PERSONAL N
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6th - 9th
Problem and Solution Text Structure Passage - Digital & Print
Download this quick and easy text structure lesson! Your middle school students will read a high-interest article about weather science while practicing problem and solution text structure, and the activities are perfect to print or use in Google Classroom.(If you love this free sample, don't miss the rest my Weather Reading Passages for Nonfiction Text Structure and Weather Nonfiction Bundle - Text Structure and Text Features!) This resource includes a digital Google Slides version! (Link in PD
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6th - 8th
Disagreeing Respectfully Activity, Respect Activity, Kindness Activity
Disagreeing Respectfully This template will guide students through decisions or events that leave them feeling anger or divided from others. It is important that as educators we teach students and model how to disagree respectfully. Sign up for email updates and follow me on TPT for updates.FOLLOW TO GET UPDATES WHEN NEW RESOURCES ARE ADDED Links to all MEGA BUNDLESCivics and Government MEGA BundleEconomics/Free Enterprise MEGA BundleAmerican History MEGA Bundle Colonial US to ReconstructionA
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4th - 10th, Staff
Also included in: LOUISIANA HISTORY ACTIVITIES MEGA BUNDLE Louisiana History Curriculum
FREE Blank Frayer Model Graphic Organizers
Frayer Model. Blank Graphic Organizer. FREE Build vocabulary by having students use this graphic organizer to define the term in their own words, provide relevant characteristics and pictures, and give examples and non-examples from their own experience. Includes two versions for differentiation, and two formats...one larger for projecting on a screen, and one smaller with a place for student name and date for printing. Also includes a ready-made digital Easel Activity. Total of 5 pages includin
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5th - 8th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
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5th - 9th
Free Daily Bellringer Sheet for Middle School!
Establish your daily routine right away and help kids stay on task right when they walk in your room! A bellringer question (starter, warm-up, do now) is the perfect way to begin bell to bell teaching.
I've used this bellringer sheet, copied front and back, for kids to write their bellringer answers on. They keep it hole-punched, in their binders, and hand it in every two weeks. It's an alternative to kids writing answers on notebook paper. The bellringers themselves (not provided!) are usua
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5th - 8th
Argumentative Writing Essay Rubric and Peer Review FREE
FREE Argumentative essay writing rubric with feedback descriptors and peer review sheet. Blaze through grading your students' essays and give quality feedback simply by circling the descriptors that apply to your students' work. Descriptors cover the most common mistakes students make, and are easy for students to understand so that can use them to make improvements on their writing. This kit also includes a rubric without descriptors and a peer review sheet.RUBRIC/CHECKLIST INCLUDES:❤ Hook❤ Ba
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6th - 9th
Winter Reading Comprehension Passage & Graphic Organizer - PDF & Digital
Add some festive winter fun to your reading lessons this year with this free, no-prep winter reading comprehension passage. Your students will learn the fascinating history of ice skating while they practice with skill-based reading activities and strengthen comprehension of chronological order text structure!For more fun winter nonfiction, check out my Winter Nonfiction Passages and Graphic Organizers or the complete Winter Poetry and Nonfiction Bundle!Practice identifying main ideas and sequen
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Winter Reading Activities - Nonfiction Passages & Poetry Practice Bundle
Nonfiction Text Structure Notes & Worksheet - PDF & Digital
Use this simple lesson to introduce nonfiction text structure to your middle school students! These free text structure worksheets begin with a page of fill-in-the-blank vocabulary notes listing the five main text structures, their definitions, and some common signal words. There is also a matching text structure worksheet for students to practice applying their text structure knowledge to very short passages.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel
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6th - 8th
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FREE Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passage - Printable & Digital
Keep students engaged during the short Thanksgiving week with a fun reading passage about pie! While they're thinking about crispy crusts and tasty fillings, you'll be able to teach or review sequencing, text structure, main idea, and more informational text skills.(If you love this free resource, you won't want to miss my entire Thanksgiving Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle!)This value-packed freebie includes:Full-page informational text - "The History of Pie"Reading questionsSequence chartGo
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Root Word Vocabulary Flashcards Template, Frayer Model Graphic Organizer | FREE!
Frayer model for root words! Use this as a front and back handout OR print one-sided and cut out for student-created flashcards! This is a great student resource and it also can double as a helpful transparency. RELATED PRODUCTS:50 Math and Science Greek/Latin Root Words Template, Quiz, Test BundleRoot Word Quiz #1 - Math/Science Focus (Free!)Root Word Quiz #2 - Math/Science FocusRoot Word Quiz #3 - Math/Science FocusRoot Word Quiz #4 - Math/Science FocusRoot Word Quiz #5 - Math/Science FocusRoo
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4th - 12th
Modern Expanding Expression Tool Visual Organizer & Activity
A modern twist on a classic tool. This updated Expanding Expression Tool has been streamlined to provide visual cues and more visually appealing. This tool can be used to help clients of all ages expand oral and written expression, as well as teach adjectives and expand vocabulary. This updated resource is compatible with teletherapy mediums, such as Zoom, so you can easily annotate on the screen what descriptions your client provides.This PowerPoint includes 9 visual examples for your client to
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Free One Page Fact Sheet for Any Story or Novel
Use this free one-pager with any novel or short story. The prompts allow students to analyze the characters, main events, setting, point of view and perspective, narration, plot, and character motivations. It also includes a prompt for students to create their own ONE PAGER, additionally exploring symbolism and theme.I included two handouts (one with larger print and fewer prompts) to allow for differentiation as well as a one-pager rubric prompt and optional template.This resource is NOT editab
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer for Middle and High School Essays
Help students develop a structure for their narrative essays with this FREE graphic organizer! This useful tool provides a framework for students to develop their narrative topics. If you are looking for a complete no-prep Narrative Writing Unit, check out my 2-Week Narrative Writing Unit! Includes a writeable version in Google Slides! Top Resources ⭐ Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan⭐ Expository Writing Essay Unit ⭐ To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Plan Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebi
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7th - 11th
FREE Holes Character Map Worksheet
Free Holes Printable Character Map!Use this great character map worksheet to engage your students in the classroom. Have students track various character traits, important quotes, and more while reading! This worksheet is adaptable to suit your specific needs in the classroom. ✎ Looking for more? See our full lesson plan: Holes Lesson Plans and Activities*************************************************************************You may also like...✎ Plot Diagram Lesson Plan✎ Full Literary Conf
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1st - 8th
Character's Perspective Graphic Organizer
Enjoy this free graphic organizer, where student's will make a plan for writing about a character's perspective based on what the character does, says, and thinks.
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Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales Graphic Organizers
12 Graphic Organizers for Literacy with ELL Supports
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3rd - 12th
FREE The Outsiders Character Map Worksheet
Free The Outsiders Printable Character Map!Use this great character map worksheet to engage your students in the classroom. Have students track various character traits, important quotes, and more while reading! This worksheet is adaptable to suit your specific needs in the classroom. ✎ Looking for more? See our full lesson plan: The Outsiders Lesson Plans and Activities****************************************************************You may also like...✎ Plot Diagram Lesson Plan✎ Full Litera
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6th - 12th
FREE Analyzing Bias and Perspectives Graphic Organizer for Fiction & Nonfiction
What is Critical Literacy?Critical Literacy is an approach to reading and writing that involves critically examining texts to understand perspectives, bias, and power. While multiple perspectives are easier to see in news media, even fictional pieces and textbooks contain biases and amplify certain voices. By reading through a critical lens, students learn how to imagine how the message of a text can change based on the author’s choices. The graphic organizer in this resource encourages students
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6th - 9th
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Organizational Patterns - Notes & Worksheets - PDF & Digital
Use this simple lesson to introduce nonfiction organizational patterns to your middle school students! In this free download, you'll get a page of fill-in-the-blank vocabulary notes listing the five main organizational patterns, their definitions, and some common signal words. There is also a matching worksheet for students to practice applying their organizational pattern knowledge to very short passages.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Acti
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6th - 8th
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate-RACES Constructive Response- Quote Analysis
I love teaching the RACES acronym as a tool for students to use to help write organized and complete constructive responses. There are tons of resources online to aid in teaching the acronym to students. When teaching RACES to my students, I set my constructive response questions in a graphic organizer like the one provided in this resource. The organizer supplies students with visual reminders of the steps in RACES and provides sentence starter to teach students how to write a more effective s
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3rd - 8th
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Informational Pre-Writing Organizers
This freebie features informational pre-writing organizers in both color and back & white. I hope you enjoy this freebie :)Thank You,KristinaThis product includes both a print and DIGITAL copy. The digital copy is great for DISTANCE LEARNING! You can access the digital copy via TPT Digital Activities which allows students to complete the activity on any device. Benefits of having both Print and Digital Copies of this product:You can easily assign to students via Google Classroom.Students can
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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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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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.
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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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