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Free 8th grade english language arts unit plan microsofts
The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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K - 8th
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
Popsicle Flash Cards: Concepts & Following Directions
The following bundle contains various activities that target one- and two-step directions, many containing embedded concepts. Such concepts include time-sequencing (before, after), qualitative (color, flavor), quantitative (#), and spatial (above, below, between, right, left, next to) vocabulary. Sixty-six one step direction flash cards are included to use individually or in conjunction with the and/or/before/after cards to increase the complexity of the task. A great starter packet to target fo
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K - 8th
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Check out this complete unit plan for Charles Dickens' holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol"! This unit is designed for grades 7-12, and features a blend of traditional reading and kinesthetic classroom activities designed to maximize student engagement in a festive, immersive learning environment that's perfect for energetic teachers looking to engage students with hands-on, high-impact learning.
Five day unit plan includes interactive, hands-on activities for each of the staves (chapters) in D
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7th - 12th
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Fractured Fairy Tale Unit
Stories and non-fiction text are written from a particular point of view. The author positions the reader to respond to a story in a certain way through the use of language and point of view. Your assignment is to pick a familiar fairy tale and write a diary entry from the point of view of the antagonist.
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3rd - 12th
Close Reading Lesson Plan: Declaration of Independence
This close reading lesson is the first of many to come! It is written using 4th grade CCSS, but can easily be adjusted for 5th or 6th grades. It includes a detailed lesson of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reading of the the first section of the Declaration of Independence, vocabulary lesson that targets key words in the text, text-dependent questions, and an informational writing assignment. The lesson could span 2-4 days. Text-dependent questions are used to lead students to a deep understanding of the
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4th - 8th
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Learning and Understanding Poetry Unit
This Unit Plan includes individual poems, activities, guided questions, and all needed information for a two week unit on the different types of poetry. The worksheets are included and can be blown up or edited if needed.
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2nd - 8th
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Ontario Grade 7/8 Long Range Plans (EVERYTHING BUT MATH)
If you are moving into grades 7/8 this is perfect for you! These are my long-range plans for drama, visual arts, language, science, history and geography. These plans are also fully editable so you can customize them if needed. Please enjoy and please review. Making free products is to help my wonderful customers but it truly does help if you can review things so my little store can be found in the search. These plans can be handed to your principal and are easy to follow for an LTO. How t
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7th - 8th
Also included in:Â Comprehensive Ontario Grade 7 and 8 Year Long Language Unit
Christmas Carol, Mini-Unit
Let me make your job easier! I'll provide the tried, tested, and student-approved mini-units.
All you have to do is pop in the DVD and facilitate accountable talk about the questions I provide in the viewing guides.
This mini-unit on the film "A Christmas Carol" (the one with Patrick Stewart) comes complete with an anticipation guide about Kwanzaa, viewing guides, homework assignments, a summary quiz, and a final project.
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6th - 12th
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Writing professional emails & letters- worksheets + WHOLE UNIT!
Ideal for high school students. This unit includes:
- A lesson plan for teachers for 1-4 days
- Student worksheet with email writing information and practice (based on the funny spam emails we get)
- Student email/letter writing assignment in which they write to a teacher in the school (very popular with staff and students!)
- A final email writing test with real-life scenarios
Teach them how to write a formal email from start to finish!
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Poetry PowerPoint Lesson
In this short slide show, you will see slides for sensory language, figurative language, rhyme, and repetition. A great introduction to a poetry unit. Also, slides are great to use as posters for the classroom.
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4th - 8th
The Writing Process Rubric
Do your students write for 30 minutes and then tell you they are all done? Mine used to.
Instead of grading their work on the final product....why not grade them on how effectively they incorporated ALL the parts of the writing process? Or give them 2 grades one for content standards and one for going through the motions of the writing process.
Start with backward planning. Here is a rubric I made for my students to get them thinking about HOW to incorporate all parts of the writing process a
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5th - 12th
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Hunger Games Unit Introductory PowerPoint
This Hunger Games Unit for the high school English classroom is informative, challenging, and fun! It includes Hunger Games quizzes separated by chapters, a creative final project in which students choose between several options to "show what they know" at the end of the novel, a PowerPoint introduction to the Hunger Games, discussion questions for the Hunger Games, and a few other Hunger Games classroom group activities. I also included a daily activity I did with my 5 classes-- our own Hunger
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7th - 12th
Multisyllabic Blending Drills
This slideshow contains 105 blending drills, aimed at supporting students to develop their knowledge of difficult spelling patterns. There is no meaningful research to support decoding instruction, past grade 3, for core instruction. However, sometimes students do struggle with difficult spelling patterns past this point. These drills aim to support in this gap. For more information, check out: https://www.pedagogynongrata.com/_files/ugd/237d54_6353f4236c874e40bdd297358a82f49e.pdf
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6th - 8th
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Character Analysis - 2 Lessons - Holes by Louis Sachar -10 differentiated sheets
These 2 lessons are part of a 20 lesson scheme of work based on the book Holes. To find out more about the Scheme please follow the link:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holes-by-Louis-Sachar-Full-SOW-20-Lessons-Powerpoints-and-Diffentiated-6363083Lesson 1:Pupils have a short introduction to the book Holes it encourages students to make predictions about the book and assesses their comprehension of the first two chapters through a fun interactive quiz. Pupils will then learn to use th
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4th - 8th
Creative Writing Course: Curriculum Schedule
This five-unit creative writing course which contains the following units with handouts, PowerPoint Presentations, Instructional techniques, Peer Critique forms, Rubrics for self- and teacher evaluation, and brainstorming activities. The Schedule outlines day-by-day lesson planning for each unit. Every unit builds upon the last unit's Learning Targets, and every unit ends with a lesson plan using a film to prepare students for the next unit. This high school curriculum can be taught at the mi
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Creative Writing Course
Core Vocabulary for AAC Users & Nonverbal Students: Unit 3 Weather
A read and follow along activity promoting core vocabulary use in simple sentence constructions. A great activity to help augmentative and alternative communication users and special education students build their mean length of utterance as well as improve sight word recognition. Sight word/core vocabulary is utilized throughout the two stories; a bonus sight word/core vocabulary worksheet is also included to help establish a baseline and track progress toward goals. Questions with multiple ch
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K - 12th
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AVID WICOR Bingo for Teacher Planning
This is to help with your planning. At times we get stuck doing the same thing, switch it up a bit! You can have an entire school, or departments, complete the bingo sheet. Maybe even offer a prize. Who does not like a prize?
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PreK - 12th
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Nouns - Complete Upbeat, Offbeat Unit
Put some fun into your noun lesson with Super Noun. Make the abstract concrete! Have your students begging for the next part of speech lesson so that they can meet a new character. Or just utilize the step-by-step informational worksheets and well crafted notes that making learning nouns easy.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.
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5th - 8th
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Introduction to Persuasive Writing Unit
Worried about state essay exams? This short unit is designed to introduce students to the basics about the CA 7th grade writing exam, and to specifically introduce them to the genre of persuasive writing. In word format to be easily modified for any exam, or just an intro to persuasion in general. The unit includes: a suggested time line for the unit, day-to-day plans, graphic organizers, hand-outs, suggested activities and strategies, grading rubric, and essay reflection. There is an accompanyi
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7th - 9th
Unit Lesson Plan Template
I have found myself doing mostly two to three week unit lessons, which are rather difficult to write out on a normal weekly lesson plan template. I don't necessarily have direct instruction or closure every day because it is just a continuation of the the previous or later lesson. I finally created a lesson plan template that works well with a unit lesson plan. And on the days I do not have direct instruction I simply put an x.
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PreK - 12th
Introduction to Connotation and Denotation
This 1-day connotation and denotation lesson contains a PowerPoint that will guide your students toward an understanding of the power of words. Definitions, class exercises, and group activity directions are included. <<< For the complete word list for the group activity, please see my product HERE. >>>If you download my product, please leave a review and rating. If anything is unsatisfactory, please send me a message or a question in the Q&A, and I will work to update the
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7th - 11th
Poetry Unit - Poetry Blog Assignment
21st Century Learners are fascinated and competent with new technologies and ways of creating and displaying information. Using a Blog website (Weebly, EduBlogs) as an avenue for intermediate students to express themselves through poetry gives them ownership of their learning, and creates interest in writing and comprehension activities as well.
Not only are they able to display their poems online through blogging, they can also share their blog websites (free through weebly) with other studen
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6th - 8th
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Complete Distance Learning Noun and Pronoun Unit, Edpuzzle Video, Google Apps
Easy for you, helpful for students. This remote learning grammar lesson includesVideo lesson on Nouns and Pronouns shot and edited with help from entertainment industry professionals.Link to the same video in Edpuzzle with embedded comprehension questions.Independent practice in Google Forms with correct answers and option to repeat the assignment until the student understands the content.Includes supplemental video material on Pronouns if students have difficulty.Based on 20 years of teaching,
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5th - 9th
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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.
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Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
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