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English language arts unit plans for Easel Assessments
American Civil War Reading Passages Worksheets Unit Causes Battles Maps Timeline
Make history come to life in your classroom with our Civil War Activities Complete Unit! Immerse your students into the American Civil War with this comprehensive collection of interactive activities, leveled reading passages, comprehension questions, and vocabulary posters. Step back in time as you teach your students about the events and people that were part of this crucial moment in history.Go Digital--A Digital Version of This Unit is Now Available:A DIGITAL version of this unit for Google
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3rd - 5th
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Solar System Independent Work - Print & Digital Space and Planets Activities
These digital Solar System activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all know
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1st - 2nd
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Ancient Egypt Activities Reading Passages Unit Worksheets Map Egyptian Pyramids
Take a step back in time to Ancient Egypt with these Ancient Egypt activities that students will love! This unit has reading passages about the Nile River, geography of Egypt, pharaohs, pyramids, mummification, daily life, and much more. This unit has everything you need including reading passages, activities, a pacing guide, vocabulary posters, map, timeline, comprehension questions, a test, and more! Inside you'll find information about:A Great CivilizationThe Nile River Nile DeltaA Tough Life
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2nd - 4th
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States of Matter Activities Experiments Solids, Liquids, Gases Sort Assessments
This matter unit isn't just about solids, liquids, and gases! Dozens of hand-on experiments, activities, and tools are provided in a kid-friendly way to learn ALL about states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma), physical change and chemical change in matter, elements and compounds, mixtures, and the water cycle. Use the informational text passages for background information, the sorting, labeling, and worksheet activities to reinforce the concepts, and the chemistry experiments to gain h
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3rd - 5th
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2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 5-PS1-1
Moon Independent Work - Moon Phases Print & Digital Space Activities
These digital Moon activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all know kids LOV
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1st - 2nd
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Sun and Stars Independent Work - Print & Digital Space Activities
These digital Sun and Stars activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all know
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1st - 2nd
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Space Exploration Independent Work - Print & Digital Outer Space Activities
These digital Exploring Space activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all kn
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1st - 2nd
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African American Unit: Lesson Plans, Slides, Handouts - History, Ethnic Studies
Perfect for Black History Month! Compelling and relevant – this unit provides an overview of African American history with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement and current issues. Intensive prep has been done so you can focus on teaching! LOW PREP (print and go) — includes lesson plans, slides with activities, PDF handouts, plus formative and summative assessments. Use for Ethnic Studies and History, provide context for English topics. High School resource that can be used for digital learning.
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9th - 12th
Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Native American Unit: Lesson Plans, Slides, Handouts - History, Ethnic Studies +
This thorough unit provides an overview of Indigenous Peoples' socio-political history with an emphasis on current issues. (It does not focus on individual tribal nations.) Intensive prep has been done so you can focus on teaching! LOW PREP (print and go) — includes lesson plans, slides with activities, PDF handouts, plus formative and summative assessments. Use for Ethnic Studies and History, provide context for English topics. High School resource that can be used for digital learning. The les
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9th - 12th
Latinx American Unit: Lesson Plans, Slides, Handouts - History, Ethnic Studies +
Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx, Latine, Chicano/a? The unit begins with a clarification and discussion of terms. This comprehensive resource provides an overview of Latinx American history in addition to an exploration of current issues. Intensive prep has been done so you can focus on teaching! LOW PREP (print and go) — includes lesson plans, slides with activities, PDF handouts, plus formative and summative assessments. Use for Ethnic Studies and History, provide context for English topics. High S
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9th - 12th
Asian Pacific American Unit - AAPI: Lesson Plans and Activities - Ethnic Studies
Comprehensive and up-to-date unit that provides an overview of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) history in addition to an exploration of current issues. Intensive prep has been done so you can focus on teaching! LOW PREP (print and go) — includes lesson plans, slides with activities, PDF handouts, plus formative and summative assessments. Use for Ethnic Studies and History, provide context for English topics. High School resource that can be used for digital learning. The lessons help you
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9th - 12th
FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER -- Angeline Boulley
Greetings,If you like a page-turner mystery that explores questions of “identity, loss, and injustice, and also love, joy, connection, friendship, hope, and laughter,” then Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter is here for you and your students. The characters and questions raised, insights and inspirations received will stay with you long after you close the novel. This 232-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ critical thinking,
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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SEEDFOLKS: Lesson Plans with Exit Slips, Vocabulary, Written Response, Project
End the year with an interesting, diverse, community driven novel! This Seedfolks unit includes lessons for each chapter reading and the pdf link to the book in case it is needed! Included in Easel, you will find interactive lessons, vocabulary review, 2 vocabulary-check quizzes (self graded), exit slips or written responses (depending on lesson) and final project for students. There are a total of 70 slides in this unit.- You can use it to supplement your own/as mini lessons/ or as a base. IMP
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5th - 8th
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Senior Script Writing Unit for Drama or English
Script writing can be an intimidating part of teaching Drama or English. However, this unit has everything you need to be able to structure and teach a full unit of script writing, resulting in students having original plays or scenes ready for performance.Our Script Writing Unit includes a dynamic array of lessons that cover every aspect of the scriptwriting process. From understanding the basics of script formatting to crafting compelling dialogue and building engaging characters, each lesson
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9th - 12th
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Ender's Game Literature Unit
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.One of my favorite portions of the year is teaching my students the science fiction novel, Ender's Game. The best part is blowing their minds at the end, by alluding to the fact that Ender's Game is a metaphorical allusion to the Holocaust. Result . . . mind blown! Tha
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8th - 10th
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Improv Games - Full Improv Drama Teaching Unit
Ready to take on improv with your Drama class, but have no idea where to start, or how to play many games? Look no further. This unit can be cut and paste and adapted to your needs.Well over 100 pages, including:Unit plan with lesson breakdownsSlideshow of notes and teaching pointsVideos of the games themselvesStudent workbook, homework tasks, assessment and score cardsPDF, Google Doc and EASEL activities all includedEverything you need to go from novice to running your own in class competition
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Full Semester of Drama Units - Theatre Class Bundle
Plato's Apology: Complete Unit on Socrates' Trial - Classroom Philosophy Gr. 10+
In Plato's Apology, Socrates is put on trial and found guilty of impiety and corruption of the youth. Read Socrates's philosophical defense. Learn why Socrates extols that the unexamined life is not worth living and how Plato made his teacher's words a cause célèbre of his time. Nothing about this book is apologetic. Get in-depth with a close reading of the text, replete with engaging building background knowledge activities and more.This Resource Includes the Following Features for the entiret
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mythology Unit 4: Mythological Heroes and Archetypes
Unit includes six 50-minute lesson plans with-Scripted Interactive slide lecture with group discussion breaks and activities-Lesson objectives and lesson frames-Critical thinking, reading, writing, and discussion activities -Note taking practice with reproducible or digital notes page-Collaborative presentation project-Individual writing project-Easel multiple choice test assessment
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9th - 12th
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CHASING PAINTED HORSES -- Drew Hayden Taylor
Greetings,I love sports: playing, coaching, watching. A baseball highlight is relevant here. One season playing shortstop, the second baseman and I turned a phenomenal number of double plays to the delight of fans and teammates. We were poetry in motion. Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, Chasing Painted Horses, provides you and your students with the opportunity to turn an even better double or even triple play. Why? Because of its heritage. It began as a short story, morphed into a one-act pla
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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A MAN CALLED OVE -- Fredrik Backman
We can busy ourselves with living or with dying. ~Sonja 177Greetings,Get ready to meet a crusty character – Ove. You’ll laugh and cry. You’ll cheer and shudder. You might even want to throw your book at him from time to time, but as you get to know his story, he will grow on you. Other feisty and courageous characters will too. Together, they will win your heart and teach you a thing or two about what’s important and how to look out for one another. Who knows? There could even be an epiphany or
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9th - 12th
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Christopher Columbus Unit for Special Education Leveled Adaptive Books
This Christopher Columbus unit contains around 70 pages total with adapted text and activities. This unit is designed for students with intellectual disabilities and autism but can be used in general education elementary grades or ELL. This unit addresses what Christopher Columbus’ idea was, what he had to do, and what happened because of his voyage. Through this unit students will make connections between asking for help, traveling, and waiting as Columbus did. This unit provides opportunities
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Not Grade Specific
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Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan-Book Study
This 4-week unit study includes weekly comprehension quizzes, daily vocabulary practice, writing prompts, discussion starters, poetry connection, and extension activities. Help keep your kids engaged and on-task with this hands-on, rigorous, and culturally relevant novel study. Throughout the 4-week unit we will be exploring the themes of freedom, family, hope, and the power of music.Echo, by Pam Muñoz-Ryan. “Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly
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4th - 6th
Night by Elie Wiesel, Instructional Unit, Includes Quizzes & 2 Research Projects
This engaging and easy-to-use unit for Night has recently been expanded and improved. A second, entirely different, research paper assignment has been added. An answer key for the quizzes, as well as self-grading Easel assessments have been added.This is a unit I have used to teach the novel Night by Elie Wiesel to 8th, 9th, and 10th-grade students with great success. Obviously, it has evolved and improved over the years. The students learn not only about Elie Wiesel and his family but also are
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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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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