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Middle school english language arts scaffolded notes for Google Apps
Argumentative Writing Slideshow & Notes Middle School ELA PRINT & DIGITAL
Argument writing will be a lot easier to teach with this step-by-step interactive PowerPoint and/or Google Slides presentation with guided notes. Created specifically for middle school students, it tackles the challenges of the argumentative essay by breaking everything down. The kid-friendly explanations and actionable steps making it a lot easier for kids to understand.Now, when I tell my students we're working on this unit, they cheer! Kids LOVE to “argue,” and when they learn the right way
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6th - 9th
Elements of Poetry Graphic Organizer & Slides - Introduction to Poetry Elements
Teaching your middle school students the elements of poetry is as easy as 1-2-3 with this mini-lesson! The no-prep elements of poetry graphic organizer and editable slideshow will help you deliver your introduction to poetry in an engaging way!✔ Check out the preview and take a closer look! Use this introductory to poetry mini-lesson and paired poetry notes to easily launch your poetry unit. ► What’s Included in this Introduction to Poetry Elements Mini-Lesson:Elements of Poetry Graphic Organize
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit Middle School - Poetry Analysis Mini-Lessons
Vocabulary Notes Pages and Graphic Organizers
You need students to organize their vocabulary notes in a way that helps them LEARN their words and retain their meanings...but how? Try these vocabulary notes graphic organizers! They are the ultimate tool for efficiency and flexibility when it comes to vocabulary notetaking for students.RESOURCE CONTENTS:Inside this resource, you'll find SIX different notes and organizer templates. Each template is available both in print and digital (Google Slides™ format).4 square: I created this template w
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7th - 10th
Essays Sentence Starters for Literary Analysis
Teaching literary analysis or explanatory essay writing? Support struggling writers with this student-choice tool of essay sentence stems! The perfect scaffold, this resource offers several options for students to begin each line of their essay, including "HOT/TOH" introduction & conclusion paragraphs as well as body paragraphs with text evidence and analysis. Using this color-coding method outlined in the notes, students will stay organized and write a well-developed literary anlaysis essay
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle for Literary Analysis
Figurative Language Presentation & Quiz - Digital Resources - Google Classroom
This PowerPoint presentation clearly and concisely introduces students to the concept of Figurative Language. You can use it to introduce or review. It compares figurative language to literal language, using photography to illustrate the difference between literal and figurative language. It covers the five types of figurative language: personification, metaphor, simile, idiom, and hyperbole. It finishes with a review quiz to test students' comprehension.I made this PowerPoint because my high sc
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5th - 8th
TPCASTT Poetry Analysis Mini-Lesson and Templates to Boost Poetry Comprehension
Enhance your poetry analysis lessons with this TPCASTT toolkit. This step-by-step mini-lesson will offer you guidance in teaching your students the secret to analyzing poetry using the TPCASTT method. The editable slideshow will provide an easy-to-follow structure to aid students in poetry comprehension. Afterward, use the no-prep TPCASTT templates with any poem!✔ Check out the preview for a closer look at this TPCASTT activity!► What is the TPCASTT method?Title - Making predictionsParaphrasing
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit Middle School - Poetry Analysis Mini-Lessons
The Silk Road Reading Comprehension and Answer Key - Print & Digital
This Silk Road reading comprehension activity is perfect to use during your Ancient China Unit to cover all important aspects of the Silk Road! This resource includes a ready-to-print PDF and a Google Doc digital version for your convenience! Great for both in-person and distance learning! This resource is also available as a station activity.Students are provided with four pages of content reading on the following topics:1. What was the Silk Road?2. What was traded on the Silk Road?3. How did t
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5th - 7th
Foreshadowing and Flashback Mini Lesson, Slides, Notes, and Worksheets 6-8
Are you looking for an engaging foreshadowing and flashback mini lesson with slides and worksheets? This resource has everything you need to get your students to understand how and why foreshadowing and flashbacks are used in literature. This resource teaches students how authors use foreshadowing and or flashback in their writing to communicate future or past events to the reader. Students also get to uncover how foreshadowing and flashbacks can shape the plot of a story. This resource is low p
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6th - 8th
Nonfiction Notes Pack: Claims & Evidence, Source Credibility, Author's Bias
3 SETS of notes covering Claims and Evidence, Source Credibility, and Author's Bias. Each notes set includes a cloze copy for students and a completed copy for teachers.What's Included in This Resource?3 Sets of Nonfiction Notes4 Options for Note-Taking: Completed notes, Guided notes, Blank organizers, or a Digital version to type!*NEW* EDITABLE text in Google SlidesClaims and Evidence Notes:Key terms of argument in reading and writingDefinition of "claim", "source", and "evidence"Explanation fo
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6th - 9th
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STEAL Characterization - Indirect & Direct Characterization - Notes & Worksheets
Are you looking for an engaging STEAL characterization lesson with notes and practice worksheets? This resource teaches students how to use STEAL to analyze characters effectively and introduces students to direct and indirect characterization. This start to finish lesson teaches the difference between direct and indirect characterization, how to use the STEAL characterization and apply the lesson to real life! With this resource, your students will be able to effectively analyze how an author
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6th - 8th
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Writing Theme Statements Mini-Lesson
Are you tired of students responding with vague, one-word topics when you ask them to write a theme of a poem, short story, play, or novel? If your students are anything like mine, they might have a hard time with this task without some direct instruction on theme. In this 30-minute (or up to an hour), no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn what a theme is, what it isn't, see tons of sample themes, and gradually work their way up to crafting their own theme. There is a ready-to-print notes pag
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Boss Tweed and Political Machines Reading Comprehension and Document Analysis
This close reading comprehension activity reviews Boss Tweed, Political Machines, city corruption, bribes/kickbacks, etc. Following the page and a half reading comprehension, two documents follow for students to analyze. One document is a political cartoon and the other is a quote from a member of a political machine. An additional check for understanding worksheet is included - students match key terms, answer five true/false, and sequence five events from the reading - perfect to use as an Exi
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8th - 11th
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How To Analyze An Argument Unit - Evaluate Arguments - Elements of an Argument
An interactive way to teach your middle school students how to analyze and evaluate argumentative text is here! Save tons of time with this easy-to-use set of TWENTY-FIVE printable and digital resources that come with everything the teacher needs to Teach, Reteach, and Enrich based on R.CCR.8/RI.8. Plus these materials are fully differentiated and engaging! Comes with editable lesson plans!Objectives:1. Students will learn key argument analysis vocabulary2. Students will learn a 3-step process
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6th - 8th
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Author's Purpose and Point of View Mini-Lesson - Passages & Quizzes Included!
Help your students uncover the author’s purpose and point of view with this comprehensive RI.6.6 mini-lesson! This lesson makes understanding the author's purpose easier than ever, with an editable slideshow, a set of informational passages with quizzes, and a scaffolded brochure to use with any nonfiction text!✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Using these in-depth materials, your students will learn how to read closely and detect nuisances in the author’s craft so they can accurately de
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5th - 7th
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Main Idea and Summarizing: Interactive Slides to use with Any Text
My students always seemed to struggle with coming up with main idea statements for non-fiction texts. They'd always write something like "how sharks hunt". They need to be more specific. This helps them be concise and to the point and also provides them with a means to start a short summary about a text. This digital/paperless product can be used with any short non-fiction text. I used this with my Research Digital Notebooks (Tapping the Power of Non-fiction, Essay, Group Book) unit. Great for 1
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Stephanie
Argumentative Essay Vocabulary Guided Notes | Printable AND Digital
Prepare your Middle School students for writing text-based Argumentative Essays by ensuring that they understand the critical vocabulary: claim, opposing claim, counter-argument (counterclaim), evidence, reasoning, relevant evidence, irrelevant evidence, audience, purpose, logos, ethos and pathos. All of these terms are included in these printable AND digital interactive guided notes I call Pixanotes®!Pixanotes® are a blend of the structure of traditional two-column notes and visual/interactiv
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative Essay Writing BIG BUNDLE for Embedded Counterclaims
Symbolism Lesson - Symbolism in Literature Notes, Worksheets, and Activities 6-8
Are you looking for an engaging lesson that teaches symbolism with worksheets and activities? This resource has everything you need to get your students understanding symbolism in literature! After this lesson, your students will be experts at recognizing symbols in literature. This resource teaches about how authors use symbolism to communicate different ideas to the reader. This resource is no prep and saves you TONS of time. Simply print off the notes and activities and present the lesson s
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6th - 8th
Argumentative Text Analysis Digital Resources Unit Bundle for Middle School
Struggling to find an interactive way to teach your middle school students how to analyze and evaluate argumentative text? Save tons of time with this easy-to-use unit where Middle School students will LEARN, PRACTICE, and be ASSESSED for analyzing and evaluating arguments with these Digital materials that include vocabulary, differentiated notes, practice, assessment, AND editable lesson plans!For just a few dollars more you can have ALL the digital AND printable resources for this standard -
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6th - 8th
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Citing Evidence DIGITAL Bundle - Vocabulary, Guided Notes, Practice Game , Quiz
This complete DIGITAL unit will easily help your Middle School students learn how to cite evidence based on R.CCR.1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.Middle School students will LEARN, PRACTICE and be ASSESSED for citing evidence in any text with these interactive and engaging materials!Objectives:1. Students will learn key citing evid
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6th - 8th
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Connotation & Denotation Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slide
Use this Connotation and Denotation Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Connotation and Denotation or to review Connotation and Denotation with your students! Connotation and Denotation is a difficult topic for students to grasp. This Connotation and Denotation Anchor Chart and Notes Page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Connotation and Denotation can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definition of connotation and denotation, how to tell t
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5th - 8th
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Motif Literary Mini-Lesson
Students often have a hard time distinguishing from a motif and a theme. In this 20-minute, no-prep mini-lesson, students will learn the definition of a motif, discuss some examples from pop culture, and then watch a short film in which they identify several motifs in action. There is a ready-to-print notes page for the students to keep as a reference.You might also be interested in these other resources from my TpT store:Taming of the Shrew Unit BundleMotif Mix Up: Night Chapters 1-3 ActivityCu
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Culminating Theme Project Bundle for Night by Elie Wiesel
Reading Curriculum for Middle School - Standards Based - Full Year - DIGITAL
You need to teach your Middle School Students the Reading Standards and make sure that there are practice activities, assessments, remediation, and enrichment activities, right? This digital bundle has EVERYTHING you need to teach your middle school students all 8 Reading Anchor Standards! Your students will learn how to USE each reading skill to ANALYZE fiction and nonfiction text with interactive lessons and projects and you will save TONS of time!Click here for this bundle in both the printa
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6th - 8th
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Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slides
Use this Tone and Mood Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Tone and Mood or to review Tone and Mood with your students! Tone and Mood is a difficult topic for students to grasp. This Tone and Mood Anchor Chart and Notes page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Tone and Mood can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definitions of tone and mood, how to identify each concept, and even example words to describe tone and mood!This product can be used
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7th - 10th
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"STEAL" Characterization Graphic Organizers For Google Classroom
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Help your students to analyze how an author developed their characters using this Google Docs and Classroom ready graphic organizer! No more messy formatting errors upon converting from .pdf or .docx to Google Docs; however, these file formats are also included in the download for your convenience.
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on others
A: Actions
L: Looks
This product provides three levels of diffe
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6th - 12th
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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.
Discover printable and digital English language arts resources
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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There are many different types of English language arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular ELA lessons include reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing.
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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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