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Free 8th grade english language arts worksheet microsofts
Essay Writing: Free Comprehensive Essay Checklist
This one-page essay writing checklist will help your students write better essays today! This checklist is broken down by paragraph and includes essential elements for writing stronger essays.This checklist is a preview of my comprehensive writing series:Essay Writing Unit: Teach Your Students to Master the EssayLooking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishHelpful Tools and Resources for Secondary En
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6th - 12th
How to write a Friendly Letter and address an Envelope Worksheet and Powerpoint
Use this FREE teacher-friendly and student-tested, no-prep resource as a quick and easy introduction to the parts of a friendly letter, or as a review activity. It is suitable for grades 3 and up. This download includes a powerpoint show in pdf form and a 1-page worksheet of guided notes to go along with the slides. Students will fill in (i.e. name) the parts of a friendly letter and address an envelope. The powerpoint also includes an introduction, quiz, and an answer key.
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3rd - 8th
Practicing Restating the Question in Answers
In my classroom, we use R.A.C.E. to answer questions - R = Restate the question, A = Answer the question, C = Cite the evidence from the text, E = Explain or Elaborate. (G can be substituted for C to spell RAGE, where G = Give an example from the text. Maybe more appropriate for younger grades.)
This worksheet will help students practice the first two letters or RACE - Restating and Answering. For some this is an easy, quick review. For others who are struggling to understand what RACE means,
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4th - 8th
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Grammar & Spelling Editing Practice Paragraph
Document includes a paragraph with about 20 mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and format. Mistakes show in red on the computer but will print black and white for student copies. Great prior knowledge exercise for beginning of the year.
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6th - 10th
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Blank Frayer Model Printable Worksheet
This has two pages that you can print front and back. They are the same. The student puts the word in the middle and fills in the surrounding information.
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6th - 12th
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Figurative Language Review Worksheet
Covers: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Idiom, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, and Imagery.
Could be used as a pre-assessment or as a quick review! Great individual or group activity (i.e. three stations for the different parts). This really helped my students review for the Test and gave those students who were struggling with these concepts a little extra practice.
Enjoy! :)
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5th - 8th
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If I had $100... Creative Writing Prompt
Lovely Lauren says,
You've got to grab this great writing prompt for the 100th day of school! To celebrate all things 100, I thought giving your students $100 dollars would suffice! :)
Brainstorm with children what they would do with $100 dollars and just see what kind of creative responses you get!
Your kids will have to chance to have their face on a $100 bill! They could draw themselves, or you can take a picture of them and attach it for some added pizzaz!
This creative writing activity
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K - 12th
Alliteration Activity Middle School Poetry
Searching for and engaging alliteration activity? These FREE Alliteration Activities are such a fun way to get your middle school students excited about poetry! This product includes direct instruction and many examples of alliteration in poetry as well as in real life. An engaging Slides presentation will guide your class through the activities. Laugh and have fun with your students while studying this poetic device. Also included are two student assignments. The first asks students to take a c
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Speak Think Understand - KWL Chart
This KWL chart can be used for any age of student that can read and write. I have used it as young as first grade, but also with college students. It is designed to get students thinking about how the things we know, want to know, and have learned are connected. Coming out of the mouth, you will find a space for students to write what they already know, or can tell you about. In a thought bubble above the head, is a space for what a student might want to know, or be thinking about, but not sure
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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9/11 Activities Packet FREEBIE
Have you been looking for a free resource of 9/11 materials? Then, look no further!** I usually pair these materials with the Discovery Channel video, Inside the Twin Towers (I send out a permission slip before showing the video), to give students a different perspective of the events of 9/11. This activities packet includes:(1) Two texts - one on the Twin Towers and the other on Flight 93(2) A Sort and Ordering / Chronological Events on a Timeline Activity(3) A writing prompt(4) A KWL Chart(5)
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5th - 8th
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Worksheet on Direct Objects and Indirect Objects
Le Ann Tuggle has created a worksheet which is excellent for giving students practice in finding direct objects and indirect objects. It may be used as an oral exercise or as independent practice sheet to be graded.
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4th - 8th
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Poetry Rhyme Scheme Practice
Five short poem rhyme scheme practice to be used as review or quiz.
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4th - 12th
5 Dolch Sight Word Lists (Numbered, not graded: ex. Primer = list 2)
UNGRADED DOLCH SIGHT WORD LISTS
(ideal for intervention, older beginning readers)
HOW TO USE THIS SIMPLE RESOURCE
Who:
• Individual
• Small Group
• Whole Class
• Special Needs or Reluctant Learners
• Any age/grade (formatted to be suitable for all students without appearing too ‘young’)
What:
• Five Dolch Sight Word lists in MS Word format (11 pages, including these directions; includes all the 220 Dolch words)
• Includes identical Pre-test and Post-test pages for reassessment
• Use these p
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PreK - 9th
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Synonym, antonym, prefix, suffix worksheet game
The cross out game asks students to use their vocabulary skills to cross out words from a list, leaving them with a saying. The first group or person to discover the saying is the winner. Students are asked to cross out words with specific affixes, and to find synonyms and antonyms. They are also asked to cross out nouns, adjectives, etc.
I like to have to these worksheets handy for students that complete their work quickly. They require no pieces or parts! All you need is a pencil.
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5th - 10th
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End of the Year - Teacher Evaluation - Student Survey
This end of the year evaluation is a student survey for students to fill out about the class and the teacher's teaching style. It can be very helpful to reflect on your practice! It was made for my 6th grade reading class, but can be adjusted to fit your custom needs. It includes short answer and scales. Hope this helps you and your teaching!
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5th - 8th
Bell-Ringer Reading Comprehension Passage: Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Included is a reading passage regarding Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the Harlem Hell Fighters as a bonus along with comprehension and context clue questions from the articles. It's a great way to begin any class to promote history, social justice, reading-comprehension, and vocabulary.
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3rd - 12th
Following Directions Test
This activity makes students perform close reading skills by following directions. This activity takes 5 minutes. Hand out the worksheet face down. Tell them they have five minutes to complete the test. The purpose of this test is to leave a lasting impact on students as to why they need to read all directions first. Great to do at the beginning of the year!
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3rd - 12th
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Wall-E Movie Questions
This worksheet is designed to give students the opportunity to watch a fun movie, Wall-E, and think about the message behind the cuteness. It asks critical thinking questions that require the students to think about what they are watching. Example questions include:
"Describe and give characteristics that make WALL-E different from other robots. Give examples of how he shows human qualities."
"Why does the plant that EVE brings to the Axiom mean so much? What does it represent?"
These quest
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5th - 12th
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FANBOYS Worksheet
Make teaching coordinating conjunctions a breeze with this easy worksheet. Have students identify, fill-in-the-blank, and go full circle by writing sentences and a paragraph. Great resource to help gain more practice with this tricky subject.
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4th - 10th
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Analysis Sheet of "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"
This worksheet has students analyze the poetic and figurative language devices of Shel Silverstein's classic poem "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out."
Students are asked to:
1. Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
2. Write the number of syllables for each line.
3. Find six examples of alliteration.
4. Find two examples of repetition.
5. Find eight adjectives that describe the mess.
6. Find a hyperbole.
7. Write two lines that have end rhyme.
The worksheet includ
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6th - 8th
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Grammar Do Now - Use Popular Songs to Teach Homophones: "To", "Too", and "Two".
Finding engaging ways to hook student interest about grammar is a constant struggle for teachers. How many times have your students responded with a unanimous cry of “BORING!” to traditional grammar worksheets? This Do Now makes grammar both fun and relevant to students’ lives as it taps one of their biggest passions – music! This Do Now can be used as a formative assessment with which to spark interest for future more in-depth teaching or as a gauge for previously taught lessons on the subject.
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4th - 8th
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Argumentative Writing: Claim, Counterclaim, and Rebuttal
This product is a simple worksheet of which I had students work as a group so that they could discuss the various transitional phrases they could use. (12 minutes tops). I gave them a list of transitional phrases for the counterclaim and rebuttal. I did this in 7th grade and used it again with my 9th graders to continue to build their foundation on argumentative components. Hope you enjoy.IT'S FREE, BUT PLEASE RATE IT OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK:)
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6th - 10th
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Critical Thinking Exit Slips
Need a succinct way to tie up a lesson and make it meaningful to students? Looking for an activity to engage students a few moments before the bell is going to ring? Exit slips are a great way for students to summarize what they learned during class for themselves -- and for the teacher!
My exit slip resource contains four separate exit slips with different question prompts. Each slip has two questions that ask students to summarize, judge, decide, comment, or expand on skills and knowled
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5th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Sentence Starters
The handout provided are sentence starters students may use for their argumentative writing pieces. This includes sentence starters for body paragraphs, counterclaims, and conclusions.
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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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