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Free 8th grade english language arts handouts for Easel
Expository Writing - Newspaper Article Writing Activity
Looking for a fun and creative way for students to learn about expository writing? In this activity, students will create the front page of a newspaper including writing a headline and a main story as well as adding other newspaper themed elements. Students will practice using 3rd person point of view and learn how to incorporate the 5 w's into their writing. This resource can easily be adapted for different ages and abilities and works well as an introductory lesson for expository writing or
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Word Search - Happy Holidays - Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa - Freebie No Prep
In respect of the wonderful cultural events and festivals that happen during the month of December, this holiday word search freebie pack provides several words that help describe what makes special events such as Christmas, Hanukkah (Chanuka), Kwanzaa, and other global holidays a memorable one.These quality no prep printer friendly sheets are ready to print. Includes great brain puzzles to help exercise problem-solving, vocabulary, spelling, and focusing skills. There are 4 fun variations of th
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Any Time NEW DAY Resolutions | Social Emotional Learning | Reading Comprehension
You don't have to wait until the New Year to make resolutions. Use these Any Time "NEW DAY" Resolutions to re-engage students! Your Middle School and High School students will laugh at the funny reading comprehension passage.There are three parts to this Social Emotional Learning Skills / Life Skills resource:1) The Goal Setting worksheets are for everybody (4 pages)Help students develop SELF AWARENESS and adjust to a changing world. Reflect on the challenges and successes from the past.Brainsto
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7th - 10th
"Mean" by Taylor Swift: Similes, Inferences, Imagery with Anti-Bullying Message
Using Taylor Swift’s award-winning song, “Mean,” you can teach and solidify for students what is
1. Simile
2. Inference
3. Imagery
I have also included an anti-bullying message or a random acts of kindness activity for students to complete. This can be reported on through discussion, journal writing and/or a short essay. Enjoy this timely lesson with your students and please check out my store for more lesson plans.
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5th - 12th
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Free Halloween Wordsearch Activity & Writing Prompts
Want a challenging Halloween activity for your middle or high school students? Need ideas for fun activities? Download my free Halloween-themed word search. Includes answer key and several writing prompts and ideas to use in your secondary classroom. Warning: the word find is difficult. It may take your students a long time to complete and drive them insane. This is how I get back at them when they are being difficult. heehee...just kidding.Word Search: Use this activity for enrichment or ext
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6th - 12th
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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
FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio
Grab these Summarizing and Paraphrasing Posters and Reminder Cards for free!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Reference PostersSummaryParaphrasing2 Reference Cards (prints 4 to a page)SummaryParaphrasingGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Paraphrasing and summarizing are both difficult skills to learn. To make matters worse, students often get them mixed up. That is why I created the PARA and SUM acronyms. Not only do they help
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3rd - 8th
Narrative Writing Lesson Sub Plans
Need a quick writing activity for your students to do with a sub? Well, here you go. It includes two photo writing prompts(so you can use this twice), a graphic organizer, writing page, and an editing checklist.
Hope this helps you complete your sub plans quicker.
Angie
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4th - 8th
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
Revision and Editing Checklist for High School Essay Writing in High School
When students are finished drafting, this is a perfect essay checklist to help them revise and edit their essays. Students can use it on their own or have a partner comb through their essays. Use with multiple modes of writing. Looking for more? Check out the following writing units: ⭐ Argumentative Writing Unit⭐ Compare & Contrast Essay Unit⭐ Expository Writing Unit ⭐ Literary Analysis Essay UnitPlease contact me with questions and visit my store for additional teaching materials: Love and
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7th - 12th
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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
"Night of the Volcano" Reading Comprehension Practice Passage w/ Questions
"Night of the Volcano" Reading Comprehension Practice Passage with assessment questions for grades 6,7,8.This is a practice reading comprehension passage that I created for my class. It contains a short story about a young girl who was left alone with her baby brother the night that the lava barriers around her town failed. It is a short, engaging passage with vivid details and metaphors to give your students plenty of practice.The passage also includes a few assessment questions including multi
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6th - 8th
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Free 5 Senses Worksheets for Sensory Imagery in Descriptive Writing
Looking for a fun and engaging way to help your students develop their descriptive writing skills? Look no further than our these 5 senses descriptive writing worksheets! This free download contains 5 worksheets, each featuring a unique image that students can use to practice identifying and describing sensory details. Whether you use it for homework, paired work, individual work, or as a sub lesson, this worksheet will help students hone their descriptive writing skills while engaging in a crea
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3rd - 8th
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Free Inferences Activities and Games
This free download offers a few sample pages from a 60 page down-loadable workbook. Enjoyable, multisensory activities and games assist students in understanding the complexities of inferences/implied meaning. First, implications are taught through visuals. Later, students interpret product names, slogans, metaphors and even play an inference game. Eventually, students work on the hidden message in sentences. This workbook also offers a hidden message embedded in the activities. For example
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Compound Sentence Worksheets
Many middle-schoolers struggle with compound sentences, so here are two free compound sentence worksheets to address those needs.The first compound sentence worksheet covers compound sentences with fanboys where students fill in the missing coordinating conjunction.The second offers practice with compound sentences with semicolons where students match and combine sentences. Both worksheets include links to Google slide versions and brain bonuses for a little outside-the-box thinking. If you like
Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
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
Christmas Activities, Christmas Writing, Christmas English Choice Board
Christmas English Writing Choice Board FREEIncludes a one page choice board which has a variety of writing and ELA activities to have student practice during or before break. This would be an excellent end of the semester activity. Enjoy and please leave feedback if you get a chance. Merry Christmas Sign up for email updates and follow me on TPT for updates.If you enjoy this activity, then check out my store which has a variety of English activities for the secondary classroom. ELA and Writ
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5th - 8th
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Parts of Speech Cheat Sheet Freebie
Here is a simple and effective guide to the four main parts of speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs. Each part of speech is clearly explained and followed by multiple examples.This sheet can be used in a variety of ways such as handing out to students individually for a nearby reminder or it can be placed about the room to provide an anchor for students to reference when they are stumped.____________________________________________________________________________________GRAMMAR PARTY!Co
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2nd - 8th
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The Outsiders FREE Novel Study Activity! Fun Crossword Puzzle Review
NOTE: This project can be purchased as part of a UNIT PACKET offered in my store. If you are interested in the UNIT PACKET for The Outsiders, click on the following link for more details and a FREE preview: THE OUTSIDERS UNIT PACKET ********THE OUTSIDERS CROSSWORD REVIEW:This is a 20-question Crossword Puzzle with terms, characters, and plot points from the novel. Good for summary and review before exam, or just for days when students are silent readi
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7th - 10th
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Character Analysis Mini Activity
Product DescriptionWith this character analysis mini activity students will be able to:Identify character traits.Find strong evidence in support of the character trait.Explain their reasoning.This resource includes: The Story of An Hour by Kate ChopinGraphic organizer Little prep; just print and go!*****************************************************************************Related ProductsNo Prep Characterization Task Cards************************************************************************
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6th - 10th
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A bundle of rhetoric handouts on multiple logical fallacies
These are handouts I use to help when teaching rhetoric. The handouts are for teaching logical fallacies (bad forms of logic) such as circular reasoning, paradoxes, slippery slope, straw man, legit vs. false analogies, hasty generalizations, false authority, either-or fallacy, bandwagon appeals, after therefore because of, and ad hominem attacks. As of 11/8/18 this now includes an answer guide as well.If you have happened to buy my unit for Heller's novel Catch-22 these are already included in t
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7th - 12th
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Happy New Year Customs Around the World Handout and Writing Activity FREE
FREE Happy New Year Handout and Writing Activity. New Year customs and traditions around the world informational handout, extension activities, and a writing activity. Not year specific...can be used every New Year! New Year’s 2024 and beyond. Good for first day back from break. Defines what a custom is and explains how countries around the world celebrate the New Year in different ways. A good New Year reading activity to do when students come back after Christmas break. After reading, students
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6th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Spring Break Ad Lib Activity FREE
This FREEBIE is just one part of a packet of FIVE Ad Libs: Spring Break Ad Lib Activity Packet. This includes five different Ad Libs, representing the five days of a Spring Break Trip!If you want something fun, silly, and engaging for before or after Spring Break for students that will just take a few minutes, this Ad Lib activity is for you!Your students will enjoy practicing using parts of speech with this engaging ad lib titled "Spring Break Ad Lib: Day One." Students will practice using noun
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4th - 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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