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8th grade english language arts independent work packets for Easel $10 and up
Sub Plans Middle School ELA Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans 6th grade 7th 8th
Need sub plans for middle school ELA? These 20 no-prep assignments are ready to print and use. They will keep your kids focused and engaged while you're away. All activities have clear instructions and an answer key is provided. Any sub will easily be able to implement them! Mix and match the activities to use for multiple days. This Download Contains: PRINT:Text Structure worksheetsGrammar worksheet: possessive nounsPoetry Analysis activity3 Vocabulary Context Clue assignmentsColor by Number: S
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6th - 8th
Grade 8 Media Literacy Ontario
In this workbook, Grade 8 students learn about Media Literacy aligned with the NEW 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum.Students will learn about media purpose, topic selection, identifying target audiences, diverse forms of media, conventions, bias, stereotypes, and powerful media techniques. Through thoughtfully curated worksheets, they will expand their vocabulary, learn media skills in scaffolded activities, and complete small projects that encourage creativity and critical thinking.Each page is
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8th
Also included in: Grade 8 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
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
No Prep Novel Study: Summer of the Mariposas by G. McCall (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel, including an extension activity to compare and contrast the novel with Homer's Odyssey. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 3 sections (just like the book). Each section includes vocabular
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6th - 8th
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Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Drive™ files. A voc
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6th - 8th
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RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets: 40 Passages and Writing Prompts for All Year
These 40 RACE Strategy practice worksheets will help you practice The RACE Strategy all year. The engaging passages and prompts will help students learn to seamlessly use evidence from the text within their responses. The RACE Strategy is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:Student resource introducing the RACE strategyExampl
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8th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio; A PDF and Digital Novel Study
A great character-building resource for helping students with compassion, empathy, kindness, and tolerance. This is a ready-to-use, PDF and Easel by TpT Digital packet designed to use with middle grades who are reading Auggie & Me, which contains 3 WONDER stories (The Julian Chapter, Pluto, and Shingaling), by R.J. Palacio. It includes 36 student pages for printing a student workbook plus the same workbook in digital format (in the form of an Easel Activity) complete with textboxes all re
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5th - 8th
Also included in: A WONDER-ful BUNDLE of RJ Palacio Novel Studies
Nonfiction: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World-Print or DIGITAL w/ Part A,B Qs
This is a 185-page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. This book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. Includes a basic comprehensive quiz and a final exam that includes PARCC-style Part A/Part B questions for increased rigor. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. Com
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6th - 8th
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Novel Study Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II w/ Part A, Part B Qs + DIGITAL
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete novel study for Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz. Set in Nazi Germany during WWII, Projekt 1065 tells the story of a boy that infiltrates the Hilter Youth as an Allied spy. This novel study unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 29-page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUD
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7th - 8th
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No Prep Novel Study: The Unteachables by Gordon Korman (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 115+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for The Unteachables by Gordon Korman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 5 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a review quiz.Section 1: Chapters 1-5Section 2:
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5th - 8th
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Nonfiction Book Unit: Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 110-page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose. This book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. Who was Claudette Colvin? Most people know that Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person and helped stop segregation on buses in Alabama, but did you
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6th - 8th
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Novel Study: Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk--DIGITAL + final exam w/ Part A/B Qs
This is a 140+ page Common Core aligned no prep novel study for Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk, a Newbery Honor Book about a girl's fight against an evil bully who suffers the consequences of her actions. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 40+ page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work and offers lots of choice. Teachers and students can pick
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5th - 8th
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The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles - Comprehension Questions
This resource can be used with students reading The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles. This product contains comprehension questions for each chapter of the book. The questions are written in chronological order to help students keep track of the characters and setting, to get a deeper understanding of the text, and overall to engage more with the text while they read. This resource includes:- Comprehension Questions for each chapter of this book- Answer Key for each chapterI hope this resource is
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6th - 8th
Novel Study: Dogsong by Gary Paulsen (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 80+ page Common Core aligned no prep novel study for the Newbery Honor Book, Dogsong by Gary Paulsen. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 25-page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. Lexile 930GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quiz, crossword puzzles, and word s
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5th - 8th
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Novel Study: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt w/ PARCC-style Qs (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, section quizzes, and review quizzes, are available as Google Drive files. A vocabulary and definitions list is also included to allow yo
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5th - 8th
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Novel Study Witness by Karen Hesse - includes DIGITAL file options
This is a 102-page Common Core aligned, no prep novel study for Witness by Karen Hesse, created by My Reading Resources. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 30+ page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet and final quiz are available as Goog
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6th - 8th
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Becoming Muhammad Ali: A PDF Novel Study and Easel Digital Activity
OVERVIEW:Two products in one: digital and printable! This is a ready-to-use, custom made, PDF and Easel Digital packet designed for use with middle graders reading Becoming Muhammad Ali by award-winning-authors, James Patterson and Kwame Alexander. The Easel activity included is a copy of the student workbook complete with textboxes allowing the teacher to assign it digitally and the student to complete the activities digitally when distance learning is necessary. Included in both the PDF and
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5th - 8th
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet
This no-prep comprehension and vocabulary packet is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). It includes:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheetsThis product is downloaded as a pdf and uneditable. Newly added: Easel Activity versionDon't forget to download the sample to make sure this product works for your stud
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6th - 9th
Also included in: No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
OCDaniel Novel Study
This product contains 80 pages of work for the novel OCDaniel!I think EVERY student would benefit from reading this fantastic book. This book is a great way to explore mental illness and mental health in a non-intimidating way.This is a great bundle containing everything you need to read this novel with your class or use it in a literature circle.What is included:Pre-reading activities and worksheetsChapter questions for ALL 27 chapters including TEACHER ANSWER KEYSComprehension questions using
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5th - 8th
No Prep Novel Study: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 170+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 9 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, discussion questions, a vocabulary crossword puzzle, and a review quiz.Section 1: Chapters 1-2 Section 2: Chapte
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5th - 8th
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Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes - Whole Book Comprehension Bundle
This resource can be used while reading the book Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes. Students can use this resource to track comprehension and ideas while reading.This resource contains:- Comprehension Questions for each poem divided into sections. Questions can be printed with or without lines. There is an answer key for all questions. - Graphic Organizers to support comprehension, including resources to help students with characters, setting, plot, and theme.- Poetry Analysis graphic organiz
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6th - 8th
The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles - Whole Book Comprehension Bundle
This resource can be used while reading the book The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles. Students can use this resource to track comprehension and ideas while reading.This resource contains:- Comprehension Questions for each chapter (with answer key)- Exit Tickets for each chapter- Additional resources including: character matching, setting graphic organizers, and more. I hope this resource is able to help you differentiate and support your students while they read this book! If you would like more
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6th - 8th
Also included in: The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles - Whole Book BUNDLE
Animal Farm Novel Study Workbook
Enhance students' comprehension of George Orwell's allegorical masterpiece, Animal Farm, with this all-inclusive study guide featuring chapter-specific vocabulary, 5W's exploration, graphic organizers, and answer keys. With 39 student work pages and a glossary of terms, this resource facilitates deep engagement and critical thinking. Ideal for educators seeking to foster active reading and analysis, this guide covers essential concepts while providing tools for character analysis, plot developme
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Novel Study: Warcross by Marie Lu (includes DIGITAL resource options)
This is a 100+ page Common Core aligned complete novel study for Warcross by Marie Lu. Google Drive options are ideal for 1:1 schools or those incorporating technology use in lessons. This novel study unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. Choose paper or digital versions. Digital files are links to Google Drive™ resources. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. An anticipation activity is included to engage students in small groups and bui
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8th - 11th
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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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