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8th grade english language arts worksheets for Easel Assessments
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
4 Types of Sentences Grammar Worksheets and Easel Activity
Types of Sentences Practice Worksheets. 3 worksheets on the four types of sentences - Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative and Exclamatory. Two worksheets to identify the type of sentence and one for application. Students convert one sentence type to another by rewriting and learn some fun facts about South America as well. Includes a reference handout for student notebooks. Good for test prep, substitute, homework, homeschool, and independent study. Print and Digital Resource: Includes an Eas
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6th - 8th
Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
6 Traits of Writing™, Six Traits of Writing™ - Essay Writing Introduction Lesson
Teaching how to Identify and use the six traits of writing™ has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of each trait and its role in writing. Additionally, an anchor essay with examples of each trait identified in the paragraphs provides students the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work with Google™ Links provided. The instructional vid
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6th - 8th
Making Inferences Worksheets for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Making inferences in middle school can be such a challenging skill to teach and practice! These short, student-friendly inference reading passages offer a mix of narrative and informational text examples for your middle school students to hone their skill with questions guiding them to use details in the text to make inferences and find text evidence. (They'll also practice the related skills of prediction and characterization!)(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Heredity and Genetics Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about heredity and genetics: explains how traits are passed from parents to their children, or inherited, through genesexplains that genes are found in chromosomes - structures in our cells made of DNA and proteinexplores the purpose of DNAmentions the work of geneticist Gregor MendelThis download includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital version - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustr
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS3-1
, 3-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-4
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Daily Grammar Practice #1 Bell Ringers for Middle School | PDF
Help your students succeed on standardized tests! With daily practice in grammar, usage, and mechanics, your students' skills will improve in just a few minutes a day! Includes nine weeks of grammar and writing bell-ringer exercises! No prep and low maintenance! Review a lot of grammar skills in a short amount of time! This is how it works:✅ Each week, students analyze a quote from a famous person applying the Five Levels of Grammar.Monday: Correct Capitalization and PunctuationTuesday: Identify
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Daily Grammar Practice Bell Ringers for Middle School Bundle!| PDF
Five Paragraph Essay - How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay - Intro to Essay Writing
Teaching how to evaluate a prompt, choose the best ideas, and write a 5 paragraph essay has never been easier! This lesson focuses on how to organize and structure a 5 paragraph essay. The students will be introduced to how to identify the parts of a paragraph - including writing leads and summaries, transition words and phrases, supporting evidence, sentence structure, etc.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work with Google™ Links
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6th - 8th
"The Prince and the Pauper" Play Activities - Printable & Digital
Plan your story unit in no time! If your class is reading "The Prince and the Pauper" by Joellen Bland, these skill-based reading comprehension activities are the perfect tools to help your students practice context clues, inference, theme, characterization, and more as they enjoy a dramatization of this classic story. The following activities are included:Anticipation guideVocabulary worksheetsReading questions for each sceneInference activitiesTheme with text evidence graphic organizerNewspape
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5th - 8th
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"Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test and Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Prep for your "Rikki-tikki-tavi" story unit in minutes with these printable and digital questions and story test! With these skill-based activities, you'll be able to check comprehension during reading, assess student understanding after reading, and spark great discussions anytime during your lesson.(If you find this resource helpful, you won't want to miss the rest of my complete Rikki-tikki-tavi Short Story Bundle!)There are 24 deep-thinking questions covering the following reading skills:Plo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms Reading Comprehension Passage
This easy to read, one page passage explores the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms. It explains: cells are like building blocks that make up all living thingsunicellular organisms have only one cell with small organelles that carry out important jobsbacteria, protists, and yeast are examples of unicellular organismsmulticellular organisms have more than one cell with different types of cells that perform different functionshumans are multicellular organisms The passage i
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Adjective Clauses and Adverb Clauses Test - Easel Activity and Assessment
Adjective and Adverb Clauses Worksheets and Test. Three practice worksheets on adjective clauses and a grammar test with 20 questions on identifying adverb and adjective clauses in sentences, which is key to understanding sentence structure. (I am in the process of adding the adverb clauses worksheets, which are to be added soon.) There are four parts to each question on the test: underline the clause, identify it as adjective or adverb, identify the relative pronoun or subordinating conjunction
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
Connotation Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital
Teaching connotation doesn't have to be complicated! These middle school connotation worksheets lay the concept out in a straightforward way that middle school students can easily understand. Use them as homework, classwork, partner practice, or whole-class test review. They're great for end-of-year ELA test prep - understanding connotation is such an important reading skill for both fiction and nonfiction reading passages!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
The Writing Process - The Stages of Writing - Essay Writing Outline & Practice
Unlock the secrets of effective writing with this comprehensive lesson on identifying and utilizing the stages of the writing process. This resource provides an in-depth introduction and thorough explanation of each writing stage, highlighting their roles in crafting well-structured essays. Your students will learn how to effectively use pre-writing, drafting, revising, proofreading, and creating a final draft. Perfect for writers of all skill levels, this lesson offers valuable insights and tec
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6th - 8th
A Nation Divided (Civil War) in Pictures for Special Ed, ESL and ELL Students
A Nation Divided (Civil War) in Pictures for Differentiating Instruction, Special Ed., ELL and ESL Students from the Include Me © Series U.S. History Vol. 1 (Teacher's Resource Book for Differentiated Instruction, Special Education and ELLs) is a picture based, simple, and leveled, packet to differentiate instruction. With your good teaching, and with these worksheets to teach both the concepts, vocabulary and facts of A Nation Divided (Civil War) period, all students will develop Englis
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: U.S. History Simplified in Pictures For Special Ed and ESL/ELL BUNDLE
DNA Genes Chromosomes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about DNA explains:DNA acts as a code of instructions for our cells to followDNA molecules are made of nucleotides (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) long chains of DNA and proteins called chromosomes are found in the nucleus of each sellDNA is responsible for making each human uniqueThe passage comes with 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS3-1
The Among Us Craze Informational Text, Quiz, & Activities
Are your kids obsessed with the game, Among Us, like my students are? Why not use your students' obsession to work on reading comprehension, argumentative writing, author's purpose, vocabulary, and more?! When they asked me if I could somehow include this in our classwork, I got on it. This resource is both digital, printable, & EASEL compatible! There is also an auto-graded assessment created in Easel.Skills Covered:Reading ComprehensionAuthor's PurposeContext CluesCompare & ContrastArg
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Informational Text - Nonfiction Reading & Writing Bundle
Main Idea Supporting Details - Citing Evidence - Quotes as Supporting Evidence
Teaching how to use quotes as supporting details has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to incorporate quotes used as supporting evidence in an essay. Additionally, anchor paragraphs using a quote as supporting evidence provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for di
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6th - 8th
MLA Format Practice: Works Cited Entries | MLA 9th Edition | PDF
Teaching MLA Format and Works Cited entries can be daunting for even the most dedicated teachers! These practice activities help students learn the elements of Works Cited entries before you embark on a research paper.Students will practice finding information on three types of sources:1. Website2. Online Encyclopedia (Britannica)3. Primary SourceConvenient reference tools save you time and help your students take ownership of their own writing:✅ Quick-Reference Guide to MLA Format and Formal Wr
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Writing a Research Paper | MLA Format| Paraphrasing Bundle | Printable
Writing Leads - Creative Writing Hook Leads and Endings - Intros and Conclusions
Teaching how to write a writing lead - creative writing hook has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to write a writing hook and summary. Additionally, writing lead and conclusion anchor paragraphs provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as inde
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6th - 8th
Figurative Language Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Quickly and easily check students' understanding of figurative language with these free, no-prep figurative language worksheets! Review the types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and symbolism), assess or pre-assess a figurative language unit, or just assign a page as homework. The activities include both matching and multiple-choice questions.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Pu
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
How to Write for Standardized Tests Argument, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive
Teaching how to write an essay for a standardized test has never been easier! This lesson focuses on how to organize and develop ideas for all types of standardized writing tests. This lesson includes an introduction to and thorough explanation of each type of writing used in standardized tests. Additionally, the lesson focuses on how to differentiate between the types of tests and provide students the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned. The no prep lesson can be used in clas
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6th - 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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