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High school english language arts thematic unit plans $5-10
Spanish Family UNIT La Familia Differentiated Instruction great for DIY STATIONS
Spanish LA FAMILIA activities! Students learn and practice La Familia with a STATIONS / CENTERS / Differentiated Instruction set up. These supplemental activities cover: reading, writing, speaking & listening skills. Lots of individual and partner practice! 37 student pages to choose from!Depending on your class sizes and how long your class periods are, if used as a Stations / Centers unit, this resource can last anywhere between 3 - 5 days.3 days - If just using to review vocabulary and co
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5th - 12th
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Mini Unit, Lesson Plan
This low prep unit for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the perfect standards-based resource just in time for Halloween. Your middle and high school students explore the legend through a careful process of close reading and thought-provoking activities while taking note of the author's expert narrative techniques.Student Experience: Students will read the short story and follow along with a set of questions. The reading will conclude with an interactive plot chart review ac
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7th - 9th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
ESL Newcomers & Intermediate Level All About Me Writing Activity
Perfect for back to school or any time you want to get to know your ESL students better, this writing unit provides your beginner and intermediate level English Language Learners scaffolded and differentiated support during the writing process. It makes a great beginning of the year activity and the finished products look great on your classroom bulletin board. ***Note: This is the Printable Version of this resources. Head on over here for the Google Drive Version.Couple this with my Grammar P
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5th - 10th
Also included in: ESL Activities All About Me Writing Bundle Print & Google Drive
American Dream Mini Unit - Perfect for American Literature
Want to engage your students, introduce/practice essential ELA skills, and generate discussion around the theme of the American dream? This mini unit bundle is perfect for an American Literature course that will examine the dream in different texts throughout the year. I begin my American Literature course with this mini unit, so that we can analyze the evolution of the dream, from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists to GATSBY.
This bundle contains multiple engaging activities, and each com
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9th - 12th
The Metamorphosis Unit Bundle | Includes Existentialism Lesson!
This bundle contains everything you need to teach Kafka's The Metamorphosis and the theory of existentialism to your ELA students, including: A differentiated, jigsaw-style lesson to introduce existentialismGuided reading notes, explaining important plot events and themes as students readMaterials, including questions and a rubric, to conduct a Socratic SeminarAn editable 35-point unit testThese materials are designed to last 5-6 days with the novella taking 3 days to read, but pacing can easily
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11th - 12th
The Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse THEMED Literary Unit-- HIGH INTEREST BUNDLE
Let’s face it. Zombies are cool. I love a good zombie movie… especially if it’s zombie apocalypse satire like Shaun of the Dead. As an English teacher, I’m always looking for unique angles to “hook” my students, and zombies are high-interest. Why write about the typical school uniform type of topics when there are zombies? Why not plan for a zombie apocalypse and learn essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at the same time?That's where the Ultimate Zombie comes into pla
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9th - 12th
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Amazing Race Review - Templates to use with ANY grade or content area
The Amazing Race is a challenge-based game where students move through a series of challenges one at a time to try to reach the finish line by the end of your predetermined time. I usually will run this through a week, but depending on how many challenges/activities you include it could be as short as a day or as long as you wish!This product is designed to be a template for anyone to use for review or practice with their students. It does NOT include activities so it can be used with ANY grade
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K - 12th
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Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz: Prepare your students for reading short stories or novels with this ready-to-use resource. This comprehensive lesson prepares students with a solid understanding of essential story elements and literary elements crucial for analyzing fiction. The included short story elements presentation, engaging review game, and quiz create an excellent introductory lesson that lays the groundwork for insightful literary analy
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7th - 10th
Animal Facts: Leveled Comprehension for Special Education
Animal Facts: Leveled Comprehension for Special EducationOver 350 pages of leveled nonfiction animal passages and symbol supported leveled comprehension worksheets!WHAT'S INCLUDED?+ 25 animals are included+ 3 levels of passages+ 3 levels of comprehension sheetsWHAT DO THE LEVELS LOOK LIKE?Level 1: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceLevel 2: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceLevel 3: Blank Response, Written Response, Picture Multiple ChoiceANIMALS INCL
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PreK - 12th
Also included in: Animal Facts Leveled Comprehension Bundle (Comprehension for Special Ed)
Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle: Use this bundle of high-interest Thanksgiving activities to engage your ELA students in reading, writing, and ELA skills leading up to the holiday. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a Thanksgiving twist!What's Included in The Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities Bundle:➡️ Thanksgiving Figurative Language: Bring T
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6th - 9th
Close Reading for Middle and High School
Close Reading
This awesome resource teaches middle and high school students how to close read.
Scaffolding the process by starting with cartoons and photos, students are provided with thorough and engaging models to copy, and then interesting pieces to practice with.
Included in this resource are:
-Why Close Read - what the experts say
-Close Reading Strategy Sheet
-3 Cartoons
-3 Photos
-2 Song Lyrics
-2 Poems
-2 Excerpts from popular teen literature
-2 Pieces of nonfiction
-Plus, 6 models fo
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE, Middle and High School English
Visual Literacy & The Graphic Novel
Teach visual literacy and introduce the graphic novel. This resource is full of engaging lessons and activities for building visual literacy skills. It will also introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel (you don't need to be reading one).Whether you teach the graphic novel or not, this bundle will give you the opportunity to work on your students’ analytical skills. We spend our days analyzing visual clues and interpreting people’s actions based on those clues. However, when it comes
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8th - 12th
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Middle School Mythology Unit - Distance Learning Compatible
This 50-page unit is designed to teach middle school students about the purposes, elements, and characteristics of mythology. Lessons center around:1. Pourquoi Tales - Myths to explain why things are the way they are2. Myths to explain natural phenomena3. Origin Stories - Myths to explain the creation of the world4. Greek Mythology - The Olympian GodsUPDATED: Now includes a Google Slides version that can be used with distance learning.The unit includes:- a unit overview of suggested topics and
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6th - 9th
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Zombie Apocalypse Unit - End of the Year Project or Emergency Sub Lesson Plans
This week-long, self-guided zombie apocalypse project is the PERFECT end of the year unit! It is so versatile and can be used for many different grades and subjects; appropriate for middle school or high school, science or language arts, accelerated or remediation, even upper elementary. It could also be used for a Halloween unit or emergency sub lesson plans. Directions on each page are self explanatory and will keep your students engaged from start to finish.I originally created this activity
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Biology Lessons and Curriculum for the ENTIRE YEAR
Sentence Building Topic Boards for Special Education
Sentence Building Topic Boards for Special EducationAfter introducing students to a topic using a book, video, story, or theme work from the week/ month, we want to encourage even our nonverbal students to TALK ABOUT IT! The core boards included in this special education writing resource make that easy!HOW DO I USE IT?- Have students form sentence fragments (or basic sentences) using the provided communication topic boards. They can answer questions using the boards, and use them for other thema
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PreK - 12th
The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.This bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ESL Activities Beginner & Intermediate: Writing With the Masters Print & Digital
Use these differentiated writing activities with all students including ELL, Gen ED, SPED and ESL Newcomers alike. This writing unit is sure to motivate the most reluctant writer and your ESL learner. Students use a masterpiece painting and writing graphic organizers to develop story elements of character, setting, and plot. This will engage all learners from ESL and Special Education to your most advanced students.Couple this with my ESL Grammar Practice, ESL Games, ESL Newcomer Units, ESL Vo
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4th - 12th
Poetry Mini Lessons, Surviving Senioritis & End-of-Year, BUNDLE of Five Poems
Capture the attention of every student - even those tough seniors - at the end of year in April and May with this low-prep, highly engaging bundle of activities and lessons for poetry! Teaching seniors can be challenging, especially when you round that Spring Break corner. Hey, who am I kidding? Mine never even make it that long! By the end of February, they are as restless as a willow in a windstorm! Over the years, I began to bring in some thematic poetry and interactive projects. I always f
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8th - 12th
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Escape the Speech Room - WHAT IS SLP?
“Escape the Speech Room" was designed to introduce the students to various aspects of communication with missions in Articulation, Language, Fluency, Voice and Pragmatics. While it can certainly be used any time of the year, it is perfect for a beginning of the school year team building activity or during Better Speech and Hearing Month. I recently used it at a Career Day in an elementary school. The students had a blast and they learned a bunch along the way! Escape the Speech Room is broken u
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3rd - 9th
Patriot Day September 11th Bulletin Board Set - 9/11 - SEPTEMBER B.B.
Remember September 11th, 2001 with this patriotic bulletin board set. The set is designed for a square bulletin board, but can be adapted for a rectangular bulletin board. To adapt the design for a rectangular board, have students write thank you letters to first responders in the community using the "Thank you Hero" letter templates included in this product. Then display copies of the student letters to the right of the skyline silhouette. The download will include the following:- "We remembe
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Monthly Bulletin Boards for a Year BUNDLE
Complete Unit: Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes for grades 7-12, ELA, Sped, ELL
This is a complete UNIT or Bundle made up of the individual components available on my store but for a cheaper price. This product is much larger than you might think-- it's designed to take a whole semester even though it's only 118 root words. CONTENTS:1) Student Words List, Words List2) Flash Cards3) Workbook: Chapter 1 4) Dice Game5) Fly Swatter Game6) Root Word TestsCONTENT DESCRIPTIONS1)Student Words List, Words ListThe Student Word lists is a fill-in-the blank style notecatcher to accompa
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6th - 12th
Seedfolks Novel Unit (30 pages) - Chapter Notes, Essays, Quiz, Themes
This is a creative unit/student project (30 pages attached) to teach with the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, which emphasizes character analysis and response to literature. (See the preview for the overview of the student project.) It includes chapter-by-chapter notes (or you may buy just these notes separately on my profile), a One-Pager activity, a character report card, a Response to Seedfolks Quiz, Reflection questions, a student Seedfolks story (students write their own chapter), a c
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4th - 9th
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Persepolis "Identity and the Battle of Ideologies" FULL UNIT
This unit plan contains all of my original ideas and resources I've created for my unit on Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, which I use as the primary text during my Middle East unit in my World Literature class. I teach the class to 12th graders, and I love using literature to encourage critical thought and connections across subject areas. Along with analyzing the graphic novel through a more traditional literary lens, I also use to the content of the book to inspire
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Henry David Thoreau's Walden, Complete Unit Guide
In this low prep Walden unit plan, key transcendental, classic texts meet current texts as the main theme - What is our place in the world? - is carried across genres. Students will examine these texts and make connections among texts and to the world around them. A unit plan such as this one gives the teacher ultimate flexibility in instruction, assessment, and classroom procedure. Even though, every idea and concept is tied together so that students write an essay for the culminating assignm
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
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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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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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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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