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Free middle school english language arts lessons
End of the Year Activity - Free School Year Reflection
Looking for a hands-on and fun end-of-the-year activity? Well, look no further! This end of the year lesson will not only help students practice the critical skill of reflecting, they’ll also create an interactive accordion book to showcase their thoughts and ideas. As you know, reflection gives students an opportunity to examine and interpret their experiences. In addition, through reflection, students can gain new understanding. In this lesson students will reflect on their school year.
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4th - 7th
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FREE Informational Text Structure Worksheet Activity One Pager Nonfiction
Need free nonfiction text structure worksheets? This no-prep, printable activity is a great way to review informational text structure, including: compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, chronological order, and sequence.This activity can be used as a review station, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plan.Answer key is included. No prep—just print and use! Included: 6 short non-fiction passagesDigital self-grading Easel Activity→ Prefer a digital version for Go
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4th - 7th
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Subjects and Predicates - Fun Grammar Activities
These free subject and predicate activities will help your students gain an understanding of subjects and predicates, subject and verb agreement, and will help with practicing the identification of sentence fragments. The engaging grammar activity includes complete subjects and complete predicates. The differentiated subjects and predicates are a student favorite and hilarious to combine. With a variety of options for use, you will have everything you'll need to keep your students engaged and le
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Also included in: Subject and Predicate Activities & Grammar Review for Practice All Year
Free Sub Plans Mini Lessons | FREE Emergency Substitute Plans
This free emergency sub plan esson plan is ready to go for your substitute teacher! The sub plan mini lesson is appropriate for elementary grades. NEW! Documents for Pre-K through 6th Grades are included in this zipped folder. You can choose from Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!A language arts mini lesson and math review activity is included for EACH grade level. A brain break and art activity are also included. If you love these, you may also enjoy these other best
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PreK - 6th
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Interactive Reading Notebooks ~ FREE Bonus Lesson! Making Inferences
This freebie includes a complete interactive reading notebook lesson on making inferences. It is a bonus lesson that is not included in my other notebook products, so be sure to download this if you own those as well.This lesson includes 3 activities and is aligned to CCSS standards for grades 4-8.Are you thinking about using interactive notebooks in your reading classroom? I've also included at the end of this freebie a 3-page Getting Started Guide / FAQ for interactive notebooking.If you are c
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3rd - 9th
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End of the Year Fun Activity Pack
Enjoy this FREE end of the year fun activity pack!
Included activities are: word search, word scramble, I will sheet, then and now, poem sheet, letter to my teacher sheet, end of the year letter, and find someone who sheet.
Great for students in grades 3rd-8th.
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2nd - 8th
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FREE, EDITABLE Substitute Plans Template
I hope you LOVE this Editable Sub Plans template freebie!! Customize your own substitute plans by adding your own text and favorite fonts! Save your template and update it easily ALL year long!! You will need POWERPOINT to edit this file. Check out my featured Blog Post -> 5 Tips for Making Sub Plans in a PinchAs always, I appreciate your feedback! Check out some of my most popular SUBSTITUTE RESOURCES Below:Sub Survival Guide (editable)DIY Sub Station (for K-2)No Prep Sub PlansCOPY FREE Sub
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PreK - 6th
Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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Context Clues Worksheet Vocabulary - Free Context Clues Activities 6th 7th 8th
Context Clues Worksheet Freebie: This vocabulary activity is a great way to help students who struggle with understanding and using context clues to define vocabulary words.This Download Contains: PRINT2 pages of vocabulary activitiesAnswer Key DIGITALReady-to-use Easel activityLike this product? CLICK HERE for the full Context Clues Passages Vocabulary resource for grades 6-8This resource shows examples of definition/explanation context clues, synonym/restatement context clues, antonym/contras
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6th - 9th
THERE-THEIR-THEY'RE Student Review Packet - ELA FREE Grades 5-9
If you would like to teach or review the homonyms THERE, THEIR, and THEY’RE, this free product is student-ready, neatly-designed, and allows for different styles of guided practice!The THERE-THEIR-THEY’RE Student Ready Review Packet presents each usage explanation along with clear examples and varied practice opportunities. Students compose their own sentences, apply the correct form of there within given sentences and paragraphs, practice editing a passage to correct there/their/they’re errors,
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5th - 9th
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Free Halloween Activity - Figurative Language & Reading Comprehension
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Then, you’ll love the activities in this resource that give your students a trick AND treat.In this resource you’ll find a “Halloween Fun” activity. This one is the ‘TRICK’. In this activity students need to read the instructions very carefully. However, most students do not read the entire set of directions before beginning (that’s the trick). That means that students will follow the directions to create a Hal
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5th - 8th
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FREE Parts of Speech Coloring Sheet | A Fun Earth Day Activity
Parts of speech FREE coloring page. This is a sample of the full Parts of Speech Coloring Activity that features a recycle symbol for Earth Day. But, of course, it would be good for any time of the year since recycling is a topic we can talk to children about all year. This free sample is part of a much larger year long resource that has beginner, intermediate and advanced Pop Art ELA: Parts of Speech Coloring Pages. Art with Jenny K. and Brain Waves Instruction have teamed up to create this pa
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3rd - 8th
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Free Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
This free two-page Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt asks students to locate and explain several text-features. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of how to read all parts of a non-fiction book or article, and they will understand the how and the why of the structure of non-fiction texts.Text-Features Included:-Title Page-Table of Contents-Index-Glossary-Heading-Subheading-Illustrations and Pictures-Maps-Charts, Graphs, and Tables-Captions-Textboxes-Keywords-Bold or I
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3rd - 6th
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Middle School Mentor Sentences Grammar Activities | 2 FREE WEEKS
Try out middle school mentor sentences to teach grammar. Create an authentic learning experience with these two free weeks of print and digital grammar activities. This bundle includes four pre-lessons and two weeks of done-for-you digital and print mentor sentences grammar activities: teacher lesson plans and slide decks, examples and possible answers, interactive notebook lessons with examples and quick note versions, and self-grading weekly assessments. This grammar resource has everything yo
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6th - 8th
RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
End of the Year Activity - Personal Reflection and Infographic
End of Year Activity - Reflection and InfographicAs the calendar year draws to a close, engage your students with this fun and creative Personal Reflection and Infographic Activity. First, students will complete a personal reflection about their year - including lessons they have learned, significant events, memorable moments, accomplishments, favorites, and even set goals for the next year. Then, students will complete an infographic template to present their reflection information quickly and
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5th - 8th
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Following Directions April Fools Trick TEST with Easel Activity FREE
Following Directions TEST - A Tricky Reading Instructions Lesson. Fun April Fool's Day prank, too! FREE! Give this "following directions" test to students and try not to laugh too much when they are taking it. If they don't read the directions first and do what the directions say, they will be shocked at the end to find out they only had to do number one...write their name! Good activity to use at the beginning of the year when kids come back to school, or anytime you want to stress the importan
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3rd - 6th
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September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8This activity is meant to be an independent activity for students in grades 4-8. Lower level students may need some scaffolding.UPDATED September 2017. Items 6 and 14 have been changed due to changes in the timeline itself. Please re-download this activity to use again. ;) I'm using it in my 6th grade classroom. First, I will use the timeline to go through and discuss with my students the events of September 11th. Then,
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4th - 9th
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Commas Matter- A *FREE* Grammar -NO PREP- Worksheet!
Let's be honest - most students have a comma problem. This *FREE* lesson is a basic worksheet that tests the knowledge of comma placement to students learning (or re-learning) grammar. This is a Level One worksheet (with an answer key included) that can test the knowledge of any student! I use these lessons usually as a pre-assessment with my students, but it also fits well in any grammar unit!
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Teaching Dialogue in Writing {Freebie!}
This free pack is sure to help you through your writing dialogue unit! In this pack you will receive:-Posters outlining the rules to edit and punctuate dialogue correctly -A passage for students to correctly edit and punctuate dialogue, with answer keys-Links to my blog posts on teaching dialogue with additional ideas, lessons, and mentor texts-Student center/group activity and recording sheet to practice putting together a quote with the correct punctuationSee my 2 blog posts at: YoungTeacherLo
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3rd - 6th
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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
FREE End of year Activities Middle School High Last Week of School Activities
Perfect for the end of the year, this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES end of the year choice board activity is a fun way to help your middle school or high school students celebrate the end of the year and reflect on their year! The choice board includes directions for nine fun, creative, and engaging activities in which students reflect on the past year's accomplishments, growth, and highlights. Activities Included:Playlist projectSurvival guide to high schoolLetter to next year's studentsLett
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6th - 12th
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Daily Figurative Language Bell Ringer Warm-Up Activities for 3rd Grade and UP
FREE Figurative Language Bell Ringer Warm-Ups: Similes and Metaphors This Figurative Language Bell Ringer Warm-Up is FREE and includes TWO WEEKS of warm-ups! You will find anchor charts, daily warm-up activities for similes and metaphors, an answer key, and instructions and links for using this file in Google Slides. DAILY Figurative Language includes two weeks of no prep printable activities, two reference pages related to metaphors and similes, and an answer key.This free figurative language
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Using Quotation Marks in Dialogue Punctuation PowerPoint
FREE Punctuating Dialogue PowerPoint! Improve punctuation in writing by using quotation marks correctly, a skill assessed on standardized tests. Show students how to use quotation marks in dialogue to follow accepted usage and mechanics standards. Explains the correct way to punctuate dialogue, how to create new paragraphs when changing speakers, and hints for writing better dialogues. Explains split quotations, capitalization, commas, question marks, exclamation points, and periods. Also includ
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4th - 7th
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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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