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Free 8th grade english language arts lessons for Microsoft PowerPoint
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
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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the ULTIMATE esl Lesson Plan Template
Are you ready to get a "5" on your next evaluation? This lesson plan does not fail. It clearly indicates you met all areas on your TEAM Evaluation (Tennessee Teacher Evaluation). It CODES it ALL for your administrator:EDI Format (Explicit Direct Instruction)WIDA Language LevelsHOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) Questioning LevelsMarzano's Nine StrategiesSIOP StrategiesEvaluation (Planning, Instruction, Assessment)Completely editable to meet your needs. If your ready to step up your lesson p
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PreK - 12th
Introduction to Nonfiction and Informational Texts Mini-lesson
Students are usually pretty familiar with narrative nonfiction text structures...it's so similar to all the fiction they have been reading! I made this PowerPoint and note set when I saw the need to introduce my students to the structure of non-narrative nonfiction, also commonly referred to as informational texts. I use this as an informal texts unit introduction so that we can have intelligent class discussions about what we are reading. I hope you find it as beneficial as I do!
If you like t
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7th - 10th
MLA Works Cited Mini Puzzles, Free Activity for Stations, Centers, Groups
This classroom-tested, interactive, hands-on, game-like activity is excellent for reinforcing MLA external works cited entries for the 8th edition. It is a skills-building practice activity to get students ready to cite their own sources in MLA format.
Following a unit on MLA, just to brush up skills, or as a simple time-filler, these MLA mini puzzles will get your students’ brains and hands active in a meaningful way. These would be perfect in learning stations, centers, and more. Students c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Blackout Poetry Introduction Powerpoint
Simple powerpoint outlining black out poetry & steps to start.I recommend downloading KG Black Space to improve the appearance of the powerpoint. Blog Post on Black Out PoetryInstagram
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3rd - 12th
Middle or High School Weekly Lesson Plan Template - Simple and Editable
This is a Lesson Plan Template that can be used for Middle School or High School teachers. It could also be use by Elementary Teachers depending on their teaching styles.The lesson plan template is fully editable so that you can adjust it based on your needs. The rows and columns will expand when you type in them, it’s pretty easy to use. I like to pre-fill things that are repetitive to save me time while planning. You can add or delete columns and rows as well. You might also like the following
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
FREE Email Etiquette Mini- Lesson For MS/HS Students
Have you ever received a curt or "cringy" email from a student?? Learning how to properly email an adult in today's texting culture requires time spent practicing and teaching basic email etiquette. Spend a class period (or part of one!) teaching a basic life skill, necessary for an academic career and future job possibilities. The slides contain a mini-lesson going over the basics of a polite email, some student examples of what NOT to do, then an example of a GOOD email. The last slide gives
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6th - 12th
Free English Bell Ringers Vol 2 Sample - Fig. Language, Grammar, Vocab, Videos
Free English Bell Ringers Vol 2 Sample - Fig. Language, Grammar, Vocab, Videos: Try a free sample of our best-selling English bell ringers. This 2-week sample is from our comprehensive full-year resource that includes everything you need to start each class with an engaging bell ringer activity. With tasks related to writing, grammar, word choice, debates, and video journals, you'll have what you need to engage your students and improve their ELA skills with the full-year bundle. All you have to
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7th - 10th
Free English Bell Ringers Sample - Grammar, Vocab, Lit Terms, Writing, Reading
Free English Bell Ringers Sample - Grammar, Vocab, Lit Terms, Writing, Reading: Try this free sample of our best-selling English 54321 bell-ringer set. Countdown the week with a sample of our creative 54321 English bell-ringers, designed to kickstart each day with engaging ELA activities. The full-year resource allows students to improve their skills related to grammar, vocabulary, literary devices, reading comprehension, figurative language, poetry, writing, and much more. From Monday to Friday
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7th - 9th
Cursive Handwriting Freebie!
What you will find in this packet is a few of my favorite worksheets from my separate product Cursive Handwriting Portfolio (68 pages in total). I wanted to find the few that I could make available for free that could be used independently of the rest of the packet.You will find:
1 Cursive Writing Portfolio Cover
1 Name Introduction By Teacher Handout for Portfolio
2 Different Full Alphabet Practice Handouts
1 Letter Writing Practice (Common Greetings in Cursive)
Below you will find a full de
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1st - 12th
Figurative Language Powerpoint and Activity (Using Popular Music and YouTube!)
This power point defines simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification. The powerpoint uses pop culture references as well as literary examples to engage students as well as assess their understanding. There are links to two separate youtube videos that allow the teacher to assess students during the lecture. The final slide is a summative assessment, allowing students to break into groups for a fun, creative assignment. My students from 9th-12th grade always love this and it gives the te
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7th - 12th
Introduction to Character Archetypes
This interactive and manipulatable Google Slide/PowerPoint Presentation introduces students to 12 Classic Character Archetypes. The lesson begins with a general description of character archetypes, then takes students through 12 archetypes by examining a colourful infographic. The teacher and students will then discuss how character archetypes are used in modern media (Harry Potter and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) to create consistent, rich characters. Finally, students will have fun guessing
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7th - 12th
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FREE Essay Writing Prompts | Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative
Writing an essay can be a daunting task for teachers and students in terms of creating and crafting a high-quality essay, not to mention editing and grading it. But these Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative Essay Prompts and Topics will make this process much more manageable at no expense.It seems that we may have overlooked one of the most challenging steps in writing an essay, selecting an appropriate and interesting topic for your students.This is the number one result of Goog
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Writing Narrative Myths and Legends
In this lesson students will learn the characteristics of, and the differences between, myths and legends. Students will then work together to create their own mythical world by building a world map and brainstorm rules to govern their world. Next, students will write either a narrative myth or a legend that takes place within this world and either incorporates parts of it to teach a moral lesson (legend), or works to explain why something in that world exists (myth).
Using both self and peer
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4th - 8th
simple, compound and complex sentences
This is a powerpoint that you can show your class as an introduction to the three types of sentences. it has opportunities for the class to participate in some of the slides.
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1st - 9th
Introduction to The Harlem Renaissance
Introduce your students to the era of the 1920s-1930s and the significant cultural movement: The Harlem Renaissance. This lesson is perfect for anyone beginning a unit on the Harlem Renaissance either in Social Studies (American History) or English Language Arts (Literature). Information covered in this download are:The End of SlaveryThe Great MigrationThe Harlem RenaissanceProhibition and the SpeakeasyThe Cotton ClubLegendary ArtistsStock Market Crash 1929Harlem Riots 1935You may also like!The
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Black History Month ELA Activities
S.T.E.A.L. Wheel Characterization
This resource includes links to Slides, notes, and a S.T.E.A.L. graphic organizer that can be used with any text! The Slides includes activators with funny pictures to introduce students to making inferences about characters. Then students will be given a tool to use when trying to understand a character- the STEAL Wheel. This includes looking at a characters speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks. Students can practice this with a short film also linked in the presentation.
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6th - 10th
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Analyzing a Persuasive (Argumentative) Text - Graphic Organizer
*This graphic organizer can be used during your mini-lesson, with collaborative groups, as homework, or as independent practice. It's very versatile!* I created this graphic organizer for my students while they read an argumentative or persuasive text. They will have to identify the claim and any facts and/or opinions to help prove that claim. They will also have to identify the audience that the main character or person is speaking to. This could be used with fiction or nonfiction genres de
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2nd - 12th
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Types of Conflict Lesson Plan and Power Point
This lesson plan includes a detailed power point with teaching instructions in the notes section. Includes an "into" activity, learning objective, 2 modeled examples and guided practice.
You can buy the whiteboard printables for guided practice and "modeled steps" to aid in expert thinking separately as well as the . paired independent practice worksheet for students to complete on their own to assess understanding of the lesson.
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5th - 9th, Staff
"Thank You, M'am" (Langston Hughes) and Characterization - PPT YOU CAN EDIT!
This FREE PowerPoint uses "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes in order to teach characterization in terms of both Common Core 9-10 and Tennessee English I Standards. This presentation includes a mini-lesson on characterization as well as previewing, reading, and post-reading activities. If you are interested, the lesson plan bundle I use with this file is also available FREE in my TPT store.
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"Thank You, M'am" and Characteriz
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
FREE Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structures Notes Slides & Worksheet
This free Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structures mini-lesson provides an overview of the five organizational text structures found in nonfiction informational and explanatory texts. This sampler from the Nonfiction Text Structures Bundle includes an introduction to description, sequence or chronological order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution.★ Get the complete set of 15 Nonfiction Text Structure lessons and save a bundle!WHAT'S INCLUDED• 17 PowerPoint™ Sli
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6th - 8th
Plagiarism vs. Paraphrasing Presentation
Even well-intentioned students sometimes plagiarize because they just don't understand the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing. Use this PowerPoint to ask your students important questions and have a serious discussion about how they can avoid plagiarism - either intentional or unintentional.
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6th - 10th
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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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching English language arts
What types of English language arts lessons are available on TPT?
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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Educators can save time preparing English language arts lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ELA resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of ELA lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my English language arts lessons fun and engaging?
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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