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English language arts lessons for Microsoft PowerPoint
First Day of School Investigate the Teacher Activity - Engaging - Print/Digital
Engage your students with this unique first day of school activity where students "investigate" the teacher and make inferences based on what they observe in the classroom. This kinesthetic activity is the perfect way to mix things up on Day 1 and set the tone for an engaging, student-centered year. If you want your students to get MOVING around the room, COLLABORATE with their peers, engage in INQUIRY-BASED learning, and practice INFERENCING + CRITICAL THINKING skills, then the "Investigate the
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4th - 12th
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High School English Bell Ringers Vol. 1, Vocabulary, Grammar & Literary Terms
Use this bundle of my popular bell ringers/warm-ups/mini-lessons to teach the Common Core-aligned grammar, literary term, and vocabulary skills your high school students need. This package of materials includes everything you’ll need to keep your students actively engaged at the start of each period. Here’s how it works:With M.U.G. Shot Mondays, students master Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar by working together to proofread real-world writing examples. These 38 weekly grammar editing sessions add
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9th - 12th
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Figurative Language PowerPoint: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Idiom, and More!
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce your figurative language unit to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 42-slide PowerPoint features 7 literary devices: similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperboles, and idioms. The first 14 slides serve as an introduction to each literary device. These slides contain a definition and examples of each literary device. The final 25 slid
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Secret Stories® Stickers and Phonics Word Work Mats for Reading & Spelling
CLICK HERE to View the YouTube Tutorial VideoTeach the READER, not the reading with Secret Stories® The Secret Stories® embedded mnemonic Digital Stickers bring phonics sounds to life, making even the trickiest words easily decodable!The Secretable™ Digital Phonics Stickers and Interactive Word Mat provide interactive word mapping practice and reinforcement of phoneme grapheme connections (i.e. letter sound correspondence) in a multisensory and engaging way. Use the interactive word mat to show
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PreK - 5th, Adult Education
Grammar Mini-Lessons BUNDLE | PowerPoint & Google Slides
Your students will love these engaging grammar lessons, and you'll love that they are no-prep and ready to teach. Each lesson slide is meant to be projected on your whiteboard to guide short and sweet discussions about important grammar skills. Use these slides as a stand-alone lesson, or as a supplement to your existing reading curriculum.Lesson Formats Included:⭐ PDF ⭐ Powerpoint ⭐ Google SlidesInside Each "Bite" is...No-prep slides that include:Video ClipsGuided Practice Journal PromptsGamesT
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K - 3rd
Main Idea and Supporting Details Bundle with Graphic Organizer: 4th 5th 6th
This main idea bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they read passages and identify the main idea and supporting details in the text. Several activities include test prep elements because main idea questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These main idea activities can be used for test prep, r
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4th - 6th
Finding the Theme of a Story Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Craft Activity
This reading themes bundle contains worksheets, task cards, a PowerPoint and everything else you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn how to determine the themes found in literary works. Some of the activities include test prep elements because theme questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. It is designed to teach students how to analyze a reading passage and identify its theme in a way that will keep them engaged. Students love th
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4th - 6th
Reading Comprehension Lessons BUNDLE | PowerPoint & Google Slides
These short, no-prep, paperless mini-lessons will help you quickly and concisely teach comprehension skills and strategies to your students. Each slide is meant to be projected on your whiteboard to guide your lessons on these important skills, but they can also be used remotely for distance learning! Inside Each Resource You Will Find:Video ClipsGuided PracticeJournal PromptsTopics Included:CharactersSettingsFiction/Non-FictionNon-Fiction Text FeaturesFact & OpinionAuthor's PurposeCompare &
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1st - 3rd
Literary Analysis with Sticky Notes - Short Story Unit w/ Activities, Writing
Teaching literary analysis can be fun, engaging, and accessible for all students! Increase student engagement and understanding in your next literary analysis unit (whether it be short stories or novels) with interactive and hands-on close reading organizers and scaffolded writing responses. Students will enjoy using sticky notes in class as they analyze the author's use of various literary devices in complex short stories and novels. This is a complete literature unit in itself!This sticky note
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Sticky Note Analysis Bundle: Literary, Rhetoric, Poetry
Main Idea and Supporting Details PowerPoint with Ice Cream Graphic Organizer
Teaching students to identify the main idea and supporting details can be incredibly challenging! It doesn't have to be tedious and boring, too! If you are looking for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce main idea and supporting details to your students in a way that will grab their attention, you've come to the right place! I use ice cream cone graphics so that students will build a meaningful connection that will help them remember and understand how details support the mai
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2nd - 3rd
Informational Text Structures PowerPoint with Practice Passages
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce nonfiction text structures to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 34-slide PowerPoint begins by introducing the 5 categories of informational text structures to students. Each text structure features a graphic organizer. Plus, students find it engaging because all of the example paragraphs are related to soccer! After reading each soccer passage, students are show
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3rd - 6th
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences PowerPoint Lesson
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce simple, compound, and complex sentences to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 74-slide PowerPoint is designed to teach your students about the differences between simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students will have opportunities to identify and generate each type of sentence.This student-friendly PowerPoint allows you to teach the types of sentences while
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3rd - 6th
Nonfiction Text Features PowerPoint: Practice with Informational Texts
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce nonfiction text features to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 120-slide PowerPoint is designed to introduce your students to 23 common text features found in nonfiction books. Use this PowerPoint to create engaging lessons over the course of multiple days.This PowerPoint begins with an introduction to text features. Each of the 23 text features is presented indi
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Nonfiction Text Features BUNDLE: Worksheets, Posters, Activities
Character Traits PowerPoint Lesson with Word Lists and Practice Passages
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce character traits to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 36-slide PowerPoint is highly interactive. It begins by distinguishing character traits from emotions and physical traits. It then focuses on the skill of inferencing by using feelings, actions, dialogue, and thoughts found in the text. This PowerPoint is designed to build your students' character trait vocab
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3rd - 6th
Topic Sentences and Conclusion Sentences: Two PowerPoint Lessons with Worksheets
Are you searching for lessons that can be used to introduce topic sentences and conclusion sentences to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This PowerPoint bundle contains materials for 4 days of writing lessons. The first two days focus on writing topic sentences, and the final two days zero in on writing parallel conclusion sentences.PowerPoints filled with visuals are ideal for teaching new content to students because PowerPoints tend to be h
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2nd - 4th
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Shirley Jackson's compelling short story, The Lottery, using this comprehensive resource designed to engage your students. Included are presentation slides to guide the lesson, reading analysis questions to deepen understanding, a symbolism assignment to enhance critical thinking and a video comparison assignment for added context. Additionally, students will have th
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8th - 12th
English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Vocabulary, Figurative Language, Videos - Vol 3
English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Vocabulary, Figurative Language, Videos - Vol 3: Have your students in their seats as soon as the bell rings by beginning each of your middle or high school English classes with these engaging daily bell ringer routines! This comprehensive full-year resource includes everything you need to start each class with an engaging bell ringer activity. With tasks related to figurative language, word choice, vocabulary, grammar and video journals, you'll have what you need
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7th - 12th
1ST GRADE STRUCTURED LITERACY INFORMATIVE WRITING CURRICULUM WITH PROMPTS
Are you ready to get stellar results through an explicit and systematic approach to writing instruction? This structured 1st-grade informational writing unit is filled with all the writing lessons, prompts, and activities you'll need for teaching students how to create nonfiction writing pieces. The best part? It's completely done for you - just click and teachWith this curriculum, we literally take your hand and walk you through, step-by-step, teaching writing every day of the year.Teaching wri
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1st
Main Idea and Supporting Details PowerPoint and Practice Activities
Teach finding the Main Idea and Supporting Details with our interactive PowerPoint and engaging activities! Help your students improve reading comprehension with graphic organizers, reading passages, and task cards.*Available in DIGITAL version here: Main Idea for Google SlidesIdentifying the Main Idea is such an important skill, but can sometimes be hard for young learners to grasp. This interactive PowerPoint introduction and engaging follow-up activities not only make teaching this skill effe
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Lessons Worksheets and PowerPoint Activities
3rd Grade Grammar Activities YEARLONG Lessons & Assessments Daily Practice
3rd Grade Daily Grammar PracticeActivities, Lessons, Worksheets and Assessments YEARLONG This download includes 3rd Grade Grammar Lessons, Printables, Whiteboard Activities, PowerPoints, Notebook Activities, Posters and Assessments to teach Parts of Speech and 3rd Grade Common Core Standards. DAILY PRACTICE!!WHAT'S INCLUDED?30 weeks of PowerPoint lessons(including 87 teaching slides, 34 Turn and Talks and 38 student whiteboard activities) 30 weekly planners listing activities for the weekPhot
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3rd - 4th
Dialogue PowerPoint Lesson: Practice Writing and Punctuating Dialogue
Do your students misuse quotation marks when trying to add dialogue to their stories? Would you like to teach them the punctuation rules for writing with dialogue? If so, this highly interactive 71-slide Writing Dialogue PowerPoint may be exactly what you are looking for! Three dialogue rules are introduced. Quotation marks enclose the words that the character said.Use a tag at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the dialogue.Use the correct punctuation for writing dialogue.Next, pun
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3rd - 5th
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint Lesson with Practice Exercises
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce prepositions and prepositional phrases to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 54-slide prepositions PowerPoint is highly engaging! Students will read sentences and identify the prepositional phrases within sentences. It features many practice opportunities! Students also learn to differentiate between "to" as a preposition and "to" as an infinitive.PowerPoints fil
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3rd - 6th
Avoiding Plagiarism: A Mini-Unit
FULLY UPDATED IN AUGUST 2023. The update now reflects APA 7 and MLA 9 styles!___________________________________________________________________________Most teachers have had to deal with plagiarism in some form or another, and many still haven’t quite figured out the best way to combat it. Some teachers give a stern warning and threaten serious consequences. Others use software to detect plagiarism.These methods work to some extent, but many students plagiarize because they don’t always know wh
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7th - 12th
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Context Clues PowerPoint Lesson for 4th, 5th, 6th grade
Are you searching for a step-by-step context clues PowerPoint that can be used to introduce context clues to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 49-slide PowerPoint begins by introducing the 5 types of context clues to students. The five types of context clues include: definitions, synonym clues, antonym (contrast) clues, inference clues, and example clues.The last half of the PowerPoint contains 14 multiple-choice practice slides. Students
Grades:
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.
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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