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Middle school english language arts unit plans $10 and up
Paragraph of the Week
The ORIGINAL Paragraph of the Week program on TpT! This daily, scaffolded approach to paragraph writing is perfect to help get your students writing good, solid, detailed paragraphs. Students will write one weekly paragraph, focusing on the organization and format of the paragraph itself. There are 36 weeks worth of writing prompts (plus 5 BONUS prompts) in this 258 page file. All of the prompts are student-centered so that they will not get bogged down on the topic but rather focus on wri
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Paragraph of the Week and Essay of the Month Writing Bundle
High School Poetry Unit, 4 Weeks, Analysis + Fun Supplements, PDF & Google Drive
This high school poetry unit plan will excite both teachers and teens by ramping up traditional poetry lessons with modern-designed multimedia materials. My MASSIVE poetry lesson bundle includes four weeks of materials designed for high school and advanced middle school students. (60+ pages in PDF + Google Drive versions of all student handouts, 120+ Prezi/Google Drive slides, and online media links)This HUGE bundle includes:• A day-by-day calendar to follow with helpful details and nightly home
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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The Outsiders Unit Plan - S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit
The Outsiders Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. With more than 250 pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, video journals, and interactive class activities. What Teachers Are Saying About The Outsiders Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I usually never leave feedback from my purchases, and I purchase a lot. And when I do
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7th - 10th
Christmas and Holidays Around the World Upper Elementary Passages, Map Skills
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD UNIT WITH 21 CELEBRATIONS! ⭐ "Very engaging for my 3rd-5th graders, and perfect for the weeks leading up to Christmas break. There are so many resources here that I didn't even get to use all of them in class, but it was great because I could pick and choose what would be most meaningful for my students. I loved the research pages for students to do their own research on a country, and my students had a lot of fun with that!"⭐ 2023 BONUS: 5 HOLIDA
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3rd - 6th
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Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Why do we often submit our students to long, dull, (dare I say, torturous) poetry units that they hate? Why not make poetry as fun and exciting as it has the potential to be?This unit does just that! Inside this .pdf file, you will find 10 elements of poetry lesson plans and activities plus a pre and post-test. Each lesson comes with everything you need (from links to engaging Google Slides Presentations to note sheets to assignments to answer keys and rubrics) to make your class's poetry study
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6th - 8th
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Narrative Writing Unit: Grades 7-12
This unit will take you and your students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing a narrative piece. These resources will work for personal narratives or fictional short stories, because the skills needed for both forms are the same.The first few days are structured, whole-class lessons. After that, the class moves into a series of writer’s workshop days as students complete mini-lessons and work on developing their own stories.NEW REMOTE TEACHING SUPPLEMENT: If you ar
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7th - 12th
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The Giver Unit Plan - Lois Lowry Novel Study Reading Unit
The Giver Unit Plan includes everything you need to teach The Giver by Lois Lowry. With more than 340 pages and slides of content, there will be absolutely no prep required. This novel unit includes eye-catching presentation slides, print-ready assignments, questions, vocabulary, quizzes, and interactive class activities.What Teachers Are Saying About The Giver Unit Plan:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This unit plan for The Giver is worth every penny I spent on it! We just did the activity on sharing feelings and t
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7th - 10th
Lord of the Flies Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, Mask, Test
Lord of the Flies by William Golding offers unique insight into human nature, the dangers of unchecked power, and the consequences of a failing society. With this Lord of the Flies Unit Plan, you’ll be able to dig deep into these dark themes while preparing students for a more hopeful future. From Steven King to Suzanne Collins, Lord of the Flies has inspired readers through the ages to explore the ugliness of human nature within the safe pages of a book. In turn, readers use these lessons and i
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8th - 12th
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ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
This ELA Sub Plan Bundle for middle school includes 6 units of my best-selling emergency sub plans for language arts! These units are great for filling your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities for students to work on in your absence. Each unit is a stand-alone resource designed to be a print and go substitute lesson plan for middle school teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed! I have listed this bundle as a middle school resource since it can ser
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Five Paragraph Essay Instructional Unit
Five paragraph essays have never been easier to teach! This instructional unit contains everything you need to take your students from sentence writers to five paragraph essay authors! I love the process of teaching writing to my students. They begin the year with short, incomplete sentences but by the time I’m done with them, they can write excellent five paragraph essays. I have had many teachers ask me to share my process for teaching the five paragraph essay. Until this point, I haven’t had
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Bundle
Romeo and Juliet, Complete R&J Unit Plan for Shakespeare's Play, CCSS
Looking for a fresh approach to pull your students into Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of tragic love will enthrall your students when you use this collection of five weeks of lesson materials designed to challenge and entertain advanced middle school students and high school freshmen/sophomores.This Romeo & Juliet unit is one of my favorites of the year. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen.This bundle includes:• A day-by-
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Music Activities - Song Lyrics Assignments and Presentations Bundle
This poetry music activities, assignments, and presentations bundle will engage all your students in poetry analysis using song lyrics! Students will love this modern bundle of music-inspired poetry resources. Included are eye-catching presentations, poetry song lyrics assignments and projects, engaging activities, ready-to-print worksheets, and much more! By purchasing this bundle, you are saving more than 30% compared to purchasing these items separately! Included in this poetry music activiti
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7th - 10th
The Outsiders: Growing Unit Bundle - Buy now & save later - Engaging Activities
Engage your students while reading The Outsiders with this in-progress growing bundle of resources, activities, and lesson plans! This will eventually grow to include resources for pre-reading, EVERY chapter, and post-reading, but check out included products below for an update on what it currently features.When you purchase this growing bundle, you will receive ALL future updates FOR FREE!
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7th - 9th
Esperanza Rising FULL NOVEL UNIT | Bundled
The Best Cross-Curricular & Engaging Novel Unit Out There*Distance-Learning, Print + Digital, Google Apps, Research-Based Strategies**COMMON CORE ALIGNED This bundled teaching unit covers the whole novel, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, from start to finish with powerful literary analysis and comprehension tools that will engage your students, teach key standards, and ignite learning in your classroom. Empower your students to access higher-level thinking skills and explore a pivotal tim
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4th - 8th
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Lord of the Flies Teaching Unit - Comprehension, Activities, Quizzes, and More!
Engage your students in a hands-on, in-depth, and exciting Lord of the Flies novel study! This Lord of the Flies novel study includes reading and analysis activities, vocabulary, writing prompts, graphic organizers, and more! This Lord of the Flies teaching unit includes a five-week pacing guide and engaging activities and assignments to make sure your students understand William Golding's novel! Your students will love this Lord of the Flies unit because it is designed with engagement and unde
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8th - 11th
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Elements of Fiction Unit - Short Story Elements Mini-Lessons & Activities
Prepping your elements of fiction unit has never been easier than with these story elements mini-lessons. These lessons and activities cover the essential short story elements, including characters, setting, conflict, plot, theme, and point of view, in engaging and low-prep ways. Teaching the elements of fiction is as easy as 1-2-3 with this mini-unit!✔ Check out the preview for more information!These short story elements mini-lessons come with editable presentations and engaging and interactive
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5th - 7th
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Elements of Poetry Unit Middle School - Poetry Analysis Mini-Lessons
Ease into your Elements of Poetry unit this year with these 8 comprehensive poetry analysis mini-lessons, created to simplify and engage. Each lesson focuses on the different poetry elements and is packed with PowerPoints, graphic organizers, and fun poetry analysis worksheets. This middle school poetry unit is guaranteed to make poetry digestible for both you & your students!✔ Check out the preview and take a closer look! This comprehensive approach to teaching the elements of poetry helps
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5th - 8th
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Middle School Narrative Essays Writing Unit Activities 6th 7th 8th Grade Essays
This narrative writing unit includes three weeks of middle school narrative essay writing lesson plans for teaching your sixth, seventh, and eighth grade ELA students how to write narrative essays. The mentor texts Ghost, Freak the Mighty, and The Outsiders are used as examples for each lesson. The lessons teach all the elements of narrative writing through the use of mentor texts you and students will love using, leading them to write their narratives. Each lesson is broken down step-by-step fo
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6th - 8th
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Nonfiction Text Structures - 5 Doodle and Do Sketch Notes and Activities BUNDLE
Learning about Nonfiction Text Structures has never been more fun! With this set of 5 Doodle and Do mini-units, students will complete fun and engaging DOODLE notes on each text structure. Then, they’ll showcase their understanding of each informational text structure as they DO fun and engaging activities. Each 3-Day mini-unit has students sketching, reading, writing, and speaking. These units are perfect to teach in succession or at different points during the year. The lesson plans are a
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5th - 8th
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Night by Elie Wiesel Unit Plan With 3 Weeks of Lesson Plans, Activities & More!
This complete Night Unit Plan and literature guide has everything needed to teach Elie Wiesel's famous memoir. My best resources for Night are bundled together in a novel study and connected with lesson plans, a reading guide, engaging activities, a reflective essay, and so much more. The first two weeks are spent in an in-depth study of the literature and the third week is spent writing a reflective essay. Includes PDF to print and writeable Google Slides. DETAILS: ⭐ 15 Detailed Lesson Plans &a
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8th - 12th
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THE HUNGER GAMES Novel Study Unit Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Hunger Games Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 8-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (581+ pages, slides, & forms -- 204+ print and 377+ digital Google Drive forms). ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google
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7th - 9th
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Workbook for ANY Novel Unit Study Grades 7-12 Editable + Digital Included
This novel unit resource is designed to work with any novel or short story in the middle and high school ELA classroom. Students will complete hands-on, interactive assignments in their workbook throughout the entire unit. An EDITABLE version of the workbook is included.This resource is perfect for an independent reading or independent novel study.Let's talk about what's inside!This product is created with black and white fonts & graphics for easy/cheap printing and serves as an adult colo
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7th - 12th
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THE OUTSIDERS Novel Study Unit Plan Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Prereading, Quiz
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Outsiders Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study -- pre-reading questions, characters, vocabulary, grammar, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (369+ pages and slides -- 200+ print and 169+ digital Google Drive). ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don't forget the easy-grade Google Forms!Get your lear
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7th - 9th
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5th Grade Spelling Word Activities Practice Spelling Words Worksheets & Tests
This 5th grade Spelling and Vocabulary program is your one stop resource for NO PREP spelling lessons, words, and lists for the entire YEAR. Your students will love the fun worksheets and spelling activities included in this complete spelling packet, too! It's the perfect support for the Science of Reading, too! Everything you need for a complete spelling curriculum is included: weekly lesson plans, spelling lists, sample sentences, worksheets, word work, tests, and more! Just PRINT and GO!Click
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4th - 6th
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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.
How do I find English language arts lessons on TPT?
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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