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High school english language arts guided reading books for Easel
Brown Girl Dreaming by J.Woodson; A CCSS Aligned, PDF & Digital Book Study
OVERVIEW: If you like to inspire, teach, and motivate your students using award-winning, literature, don't overlook this amazing memoir: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2015 Newbery Honor Award, 2015 Coretta Scott King Award, 2014 National Book Award, and 2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award). Use this PDF, custom-made, no-prep, CCSS aligned memoir-study to help your students focus, understand, and stretch themselves as they read. If you want to use it with distance lea
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5th - 9th
Symbiosis - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
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6th - 10th
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MS-LS2-2
Also included in: Ecosystems - FULL UNIT
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use John Boyne's award winning WWII novel, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distan
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5th - 9th
Also included in: World War II Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete WWII Literature Units!
The House on Mango Street Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Sandra Cisneros' award-winning novel, The House on Mango Street effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Lear
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7th - 12th
The Pearl Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use John Steinbeck's award winning novel, "The Pearl" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects.Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything
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7th - 10th
Piecing Me Together Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Renée Watson's award-winning novel, Piecing Me Together effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Ever
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5th - 9th
Wuthering Heights Student Workbook - Comprehensive Study Guide with Activities
Wuthering Heights Student Workbook contains everything a teacher needs to teach Bronte’s novel. Instead of the boring question and answer format, the Student Workbook prompts students’ ideas about characters, asks them to comment on significant quotes, and to notice some of the essential techniques used by the author such as symbolism, allusions, themes, etc. in each of the chapters. I have created this resource for my own classes, and students love the meaningful format. Instead of writing info
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9th - 12th
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Charles by Shirley Jackson Short Story Mini-Unit
This short story mini-unit features Shirley Jackson’s short story “Charles.” Appropriate for grades 7 to 10, the lessons focus on the development of theme and paragraphs.Included in the mini-unit is: ❒ A copy of the short story❒ A prediction chart ❒ An anticipation guide❒ Activity sheet (select important passages in the text for later theme and paragraph support)❒ Author’s purpose activity sheet❒ How to develop a theme sheet with an example❒ A graphic organizer to help students plan their para
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7th - 10th
Lord of the Flies Reading Guide for Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 12
Thought-provoking chapter questions make this a comprehensive reading guide that is perfect to frame your unit plan for Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Questions go beyond simple recall and require students to think critically by judging, inferring, and analyzing. This guide includes analysis charts for symbolism, characterization, and civilization vs. savagery. A detailed answer key is included. Click the preview for more detailed information! INCLUDES 3 Sections: ⭐ Section 1: Questions f
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9th - 11th
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Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac Native American Heritage Novel Guide
Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac Novel Guide Native American History, great for teaching about the Great Depression, the Bonus Army, The Cherokee Rose, Indian schools and the U.S. history. This novel guide includes: Lesson objectivesPre, during, and post reading activities Chapter by chapter questionsAnswer KeyEssay questionsJournaling questionsBackground/historical information Extension resources Character analysisNovel theme activityCharacter traitsKWL ChartVocabulary activities This resource is gr
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6th - 9th
Hamlet Scene Summary Visual Notebook - Enhanced Digital Copy Included
This resource has been created as a substitute for the traditional "questions and answers" method we are used to. As teachers, we aim to ensure students understand the play's essential elements, but we also want to engage them in a "hands-on" fashion. Studies demonstrate that Sketch noting and doodling help students retain information and understand concepts better than simply answering questions. This resource allows students to complete notes during the reading process and use the images an
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9th - 12th
Pre-Reading for Night by Elie Wiesel, Oprah Interview Discussion as Introduction
Introduce Night with a powerful author interview and student-led discussion! Students watch Oprah’s famous interview in Auschwitz with Elie Wiesel, answer thought-provoking discussion questions, and process the information by leading a fishbowl-style Socratic seminar. Includes a student version in Google Drive! Click the PREVIEW for a detailed look at everything included in this resource. DETAILS: ⭐ Two Days of Lesson Plans ⭐ Discussion Questions For Students to Answer ⭐ Fishbowl Socratic
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8th - 12th
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Questions & Reading Guide for Critical Thinking
This reading guide for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee will increase comprehension and engagements. Detailed chapter questions go beyond simple recall and challenge students to analyze the deeper issues in the novel. Use as discussion questions, quiz questions or as a Print and Go No Prep Study Guide! This resource comes in PDF to print and includes a link to a student version that is writeable in Google Drive. Take a look at all of my To Kill a Mockingbird resources here! Top Love and Let
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8th - 11th
Bomb The Race To Build And Steal The World's Most Dangerous Weapon Novel Guide
Bomb: The Race To Build And Steal The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Sheinkin Novel Guide is perfect for teaching about Oppenheimer, WWII, development of nuclear weapons, American history, Manhattan project, European history, the Red Scare, and so much more. This novel unit includes: Benchmarks Background informationPre-reading activities, Chapter comprehension and discussion questions, Essay questions, Vocabulary list, Extension activities, - KLW chart.-Kahoot Quiz This resource is great for:
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7th - 10th
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Journal Writing Prompts Chapters 1-31
Writing prompts are in a nice eye-pleasing handout so students can staple or bind them for their own To Kill a Mockingbird journal. Have them create their own cover for their journal, as well. Blank "framed" cover page is included.
There are two prompts for each of these sections:
Chapt. 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-11, 12-15, 16-18, 19-22, 23-26, 27-31 for a total of 18 prompts all together. The prompts are thought provoking & great discussion starters.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Cinder Book Club (Novel Study, Vocabulary, Questions, Project, Differentiated!)
An amazing book that everyone loves with a product that will allow everyone to participate. For a video explanation and visual of the product clickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oprr4JW5RfYLiterature circles can be a lot of work, but with everything you need to have a successful literature circle, they can be a very meaningful experience for students that gets them talking and thinking about reading in a whole new way! Cinder by Marissa Mayer is an excellent novel (the most challenging part of
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Dystopian Future Book Club Growing Bundle (9 Book Clubs)
Nightjohn Novel Study & Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for "Nightjohn", a standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel by Gary Paulsen in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Please check out my author study of Gary Paulsen as it would be a great i
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Civil War Novel Study Bundle, Seven Complete Civil War Literature Units!
Reading Mystery Unit Detective Log & Questions
Common Core Reading: Mystery Unit Detective Log & Critical-Thinking Questions
Use my detective log graphic organizer and critical-thinking questions during your mystery or detective-story unit. The log helps students organize all the facts and the questions are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12 for reading literature. (See preview download for specific standards.)
There are 10 higher-level questions that require students to use evidence from the text; they can be u
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
Cancer - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
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6th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
Also included in: DNA - FULL UNIT
The Monkey’s Paw-- A Short Story to Teach Literacy Standards
"The Monkey's Paw" is a classic tale of horror that every student will love. This study is intended to teach literacy standards. The study includes1. Text is divided for close reading.2. Questions are positioned by the appropriate text.3. The skills include:a. Defining unknown vocabulary.b. Analyzing dialogue.c. Analyzing setting.d. Characterization.e. Making inferences based on text.f. Analysis of the use of word choice and its effect.g. Analysis of foreshadowing.h. Analysis of sym
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4th - 9th
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Novel Study
If your students love dystopian fiction this is a great book for them! This story is great for all upper elementary students as it explores the ideas of beauty, individualism, conformity and the pressure to fit in!This is a great book for a read aloud, for literature circles or to use during guided reading with small groups. Included is over 50 pages of no-prep activities and novel work!Vocabulary ActivitiesFor every chapter comprehension page there are 4 vocabulary words for students to comple
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Uglies & Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Novel Study
Theme: Determining & Analyzing Theme for Any Novel or Story
Field of Themes: Common Core Reading Activities (R.2) - Use with ANY book or story
Make reading fun and easy for students to process with these reading activities that use baseball to help students determine the theme of a story or novel and analyze it.
Differentiated activities cover ALL the standards from 6th grade through 12th grade. Visually appealing graphics add interest, while easy-to-understand directions help walk students through the process.
This activity is adapted and expanded fr
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
Density - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Grades:
6th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
Also included in: Earth Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
Theseus & Minotaur Bundle: Greek Myth: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learning
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.This 16-page product is a
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4th - 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.
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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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