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Middle school english language arts independent work packet microsofts
TED Talk: Persuasive Writing Unit & Assignment
Our most popular item, now with an updated TED Talks To View list!This TED Talk presentation assignment begins with viewing and analyzing TED Talks based on different Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking techniques. Students then create their own. Perfect for either in-class or independent work! This Package Includes: Overview of TED Talks Assignment Sheet Persuasive Techniques HandoutRecommended TED Talks to study Note Taking Template for active viewing Research Notes Template Ideas Templ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Electricity- Circuits, Series, Parallel, Conductor, Insulator, Symbols, Current
Enhance your electricity unit with this big fat pack! Topics Include: Circuits (series, parallel, closed, open), conductors, insulators, electric current, switches, and circuit diagrams / symbols. In this pack you will find a variety of printables, activities, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included in the pack: (answer keys are included) • PowerPoint review sheets • Series and Parallel Circuits Information reading and comprehension questio
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4th - 7th
Wonder Novel Study | Digital: Google, PowerPoint | Comprehension | Assessment
This digital Wonder Book Study is designed to be used with Google Slides, Google Classroom or with PowerPoint. With purchasing, you'll receive a link that allows you to make a copy of a novel study document into your own Google Drive, or the editable PowerPoint. You will also be able to assign your students a final comprehensive assessment (print version only). This novel study has everything included to enhance understanding, deep thinking, and personal reflection while students read Wonder. Th
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Friendship Novel Study Bundle: Wonder, The BFG, The Wild Robot
Paragraph of the Week Prompts, HS BUNDLE, Printable and Digital
Get ready for standardized writing assessments and improve your students' writing a little at a time week over week! With this BUNDLE of traditional and digital paragraph of the week resource, you'll have one year's worth of no-prep, excellent, challenging prompts for high school level - for in class learning and distance learning.What is a text-based prompt? Text-based prompts require students to cite from at least one text in their written response, and this format is popular on many current s
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Dangers of Energy Drinks
This informational text lesson on the dangers of energy drinks is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills and comprehension! With eight specific standards-based questions and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Student Experience: Students will read the high-interest, engaging article about the dangers of energy drinks. Then, students will truly dig into and respond to that text. Last, students will write a short a
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Paragraph of the Week Writing, Middle School, BUNDLE
Get ready for standardized writing assessments and improve your students' writing a little at a time week over week! With this traditional and digital paragraph of the week resource, you'll have one year's worth of no-prep, excellent, challenging prompts for middle school level!What is a text-based prompt? Text-based prompts require students to cite from at least one text in their written response, and this format is popular on many current standardized tests. The prompt itself is derived from t
Grades:
5th - 8th
Novel Study: Independent Reading Teacher Guide Assignment
Tired of book reports and literary essays?SO ARE YOUR STUDENTS!What they need is more freedom and control over their learning, and there's no better way to give it to them than to make them the teachers! In this independent novel study, students are able to pick any novel they like, and then create a guide/textbook to teach the text. It's a great resource for group reading circles and other differentiated / personalized / Problem Based Learning style lessons. Designed for diverse learning enviro
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7th - 12th
Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Student Choice Biography Research Project — Secondary ELA — CCSS Rubric
Do you want to teach your students the format of a short biography? This no-prep biography research project guides students through the research and reporting on a significant figure of their choice! It will shepherd student learning from the selection and planning process to the creation of a polished essay using thoughtfully scaffolded and tested activities. Designed as a weeks-long research unit, this product includes (See PREVIEW):The Basics of MLA Style PowerPoint presentation to assist wit
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6th - 10th
Seasons PowerPoint Earth Moon Sun Tides Guided Notes MS-ESS1-2 3 Digital Print
This isn’t your ordinary PowerPoint! I include 65 slides with over 20 different concepts and many images, links to YouTube, Guided Notes with room to draw abstract astronomy concepts and I also provide questions with a key. ALL EDITABLE! You can use this for direct instruction or use it to flip the classroom. It’s great for SPED and ELL students. AND, it's Google ready!Click here and save over 40% by buying my Astronomy and Waves Bundle that has all my astronomy resources.THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES
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6th - 11th
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MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Persuasive Writing 100 Visual Writing Prompts w/ EDITABLE Opinions / Positions
100 Visual writing prompts with editable prompts to inspire students in their persuasive / opinion writing. This resource is perfect for your English Language Arts lessons. The persuasive writing prompts are a helpful aid for students who are reluctant writers. The writing prompt is editable so you are able to adjust the phrase to suit the ability of your students and for differentiation during your writing centers. A VERY FLEXIBLE RESOURCEPowerpoint file:Editable PowerPoint, show slideshow
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3rd - 12th
Halloween Short Research Project: Myths, Ghosts, & Legends Media Presentation
With this standards-based short research task AND a digital media presentation project, your middle and high school students will be 100% engaged on Halloween. Student Experience: Students will be assigned a myth from their state or from a state in the US. They will research and create a media presentation to share their findings. This type of assignment is very flexible and is 100% editable. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, conclude a unit on Dark Romantic or Gothic lit
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Abridged Lord of the Flies text
This abridged text allows lower-level learners or shortened unit the ability to engage in a dynamic text! Some of the descriptions are simplified; however, all of the major plot points are fully developed. The margins are enlarged to allow students ample room to annotate.
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7th - 12th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: Fiction | Suspense! NO PREP
Engaging Suspense Story! This page-turning reading assignment is great for multiple choice practice, a substitute lesson plan, and/or a review of literary terms and applications. Includes engaging, high-interest reading passages from a mystery novel to hook reluctant or struggling readers. Each passage has multiple choice questions that help students practice close reading strategies and inference skills. The answer key is included.The passages are from a mystery called "A Ring at the Bottom of
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8th - 10th
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Solar Eclipse Activities | Student Packet and Teacher Slides
Are you looking to teach your students about solar eclipses? This resource includes a student packet and editable teacher slides to teach your students about what solar eclipses are, why and how they happen, and safety tips for when looking at one. Students will complete a bell ringer, reading, writing, math, and art activities to learn about solar eclipses.-Bell ringer/early finisher: solar eclipse word search-Reading: nonfiction passage about solar eclipses along with 6 comprehension questions
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3rd - 6th
25 Fun Writing Activities | All Text Types | Quick Writes, Graphic Organizers
This collection of INDEPENDENT WRITING ACTIVITIES offers 25 fun and engaging writing tasks across all text types that are quick and convenient to teach yet still provide profound learning opportunities. NO PREP IS REQUIRED. Your students will find this easy to follow and complete with 75 PAGES of EDITABLE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, LESSON PLANS, and INSTRUCTIONS.This resource comes in both DIGITAL and PRINT options and will work with all digital learning platforms, including GOOGLE CLASSROOM and Micro
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
FRENCH WRITING/ÉCRITURE | GENRES | POETRY | POÉSIE | ANTHOLOGIE | TEXTE POÉTIQUE
Avez-vous du mal à savoir par où commencer ? Où finir ? Avez-vous de la difficulté à enseigner de plus petits morceaux afin que vos élèves sachent ce qu'on attend d'eux, afin qu'ils puissent écrire efficacement et en toute confiance ? C'est votre première année d'enseignement et vous aimez voir un modèle ou un exemple pour vous guider dans les années à venir ? Cherchez vous des critères de réussite et des modèles - Avez-vous honnêtement du mal à faire la différence, vous-même, entre les différen
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4th - 8th
Also included in: (FR) ÉCRITURE - BUNDLE (4e à 8e ANNÉE)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
Veterans Day Reading Passage & Questions
Celebrate Veterans Day with this nonfiction close reading passage. Students will discover how Veterans Day originated during World War 1, the similarities and differences between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and some interesting facts about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.This reading passage offers ten higher level thinking questions. The questions include key reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, affixes, comparing and contrasting,
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2nd - 8th
Poetry Mini Lesson, Julio Noboa Polanco "Identity"
In this poetry single mini lesson, students will close read, annotate, analyze, and respond personally and creatively to Julio Noboa Polanco "Identity" poem. This activity is perfect for the new year, back to school, supporting social/emotional health, or studying identity. Everything you need is here in this easy-prep poetry lesson. Students can connect with the poem's theme of "finding yourself" very easily. What is a poetry single study? Poetry can be difficult, and many students are reluctan
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Back-to-School Survival Kit for the First Days, Middle/High, BUNDLE
Semester Long Technical Writing / Business English Unit
This is my curriculum that I developed for the first semester teaching Technical Writing. Unit Sequence: What is Technical WritingTech Writing BasicsTechnical Writing CareersWriting InstructionsCorrespondence WritingDesign and GraphicsThis covers: Guided notesResponse questionsWriting/technical projectsThroughout the semester I also supplement the unit with grammar lessons and standardized testing practice work. I cover content like subject-verb agreement and run-on sentences, based on what my
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6th - 12th
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Reading is Good for Your Brain
This mini lesson on the benefits of reading is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With five specific common core text-based questions, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate!Includes:-Formal lesson plan-Super simple sub sheet-Standards links-Link to article-Idea for starter-Short answer questions and answers- Argumentative Prompt-100% EditableClassroom success stories from other teachers who have tried this resource:♥ "Love this - a perfect les
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
John Williams - Music Appreciation - Middle School Band & Music Sub Lesson Plans
Embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the world of cinematic melodies with the maestro himself – John Williams. With a career spanning over 7 decades and an unmatched legacy in composing music for movies, John Williams is an essential composer for your students to discover.Immerse your classroom in the art of music appreciation with a comprehensive lesson plan that spans 21 engaging slides, complemented by 20 thought-provoking questions, all centered around the illustrious John Williams.Wha
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Ban or No Ban TikTok Debate Middle & High School No Prep ESL Sub Activity Packet
Are your students obsessed with TikTok? This TikTok themed resource will capture your students' attention and have them taking sides on an app that is offen at the center of current events. Students will read about the positive and negative aspects of this popular social media app., take a position, and support it with evidence they have have gathered from the provided text. Like most of my resources, this multi-skill activity is ready to go--no prep. How to Use: This is a flexible resouce that
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Soñador Spanish Novel Study; digital packet, comprehension questions
This is a digital packet for a novel study on the book El Soñador by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís. I read the 2010 Spanish Scholastic edition of the book with my fifth grade bilingual students and they worked on one section of the packet each day. This novel study is best used digitally, but it can also be printed. Student answers are started in blue text, so if used online they are easy to read when grading. You will receive an editable version so you can use as is or add your own flair. Perfec
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4th - 6th
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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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