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Middle school english language arts unit plans for Easel
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
Grade 4-6 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)
This Grade 4-6 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and reference posters - to support your student's developing morphological knowledge. The unit includes a teacher guide to help you fit all the useful teaching content included together.This is a dynamic package that caters to the diverse needs of learners, empowering them to decode words, expand their vocabulary, and enhance their reading and writing skills.Each lesson included can take
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Bud, Not Buddy Novel Study Unit CCSS Standards-Based
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is the perfect novel to share with your students for so many reasons.This Bud, Not Buddy novel study unit includes both a printable PDF and digital version with everything you need to teach this amazing book while covering your reading literature standards. It includes CCSS lesson plans, comprehension questions, character analysis and vocabulary worksheets, and journal activities.Summary: Bud is an orphan living at the Home after his mother passed away.
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4th - 8th
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Informational Nonfiction Text Features Unit
Do your middle school students struggle reading informational texts? This Minimal Prep Unit is designed to help middle school students learn to identify and utilize informational text features to help them navigate through and deepen their understanding of a text. This text features unit is an excellent ELA back-to-school activity!Teachers often assume that students know how to use glossaries, headings, etc., but many times they don't. Explicit teaching of Informational Text Features is neces
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5th - 8th
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Realistic Fiction Writing Unit (Common Core Aligned)
BEST SELLER! This is a COMPLETE unit including EVERY graphic organizer that students will need to write their realistic fiction story. Also includes great anchor charts to help students develop their ideas. *Common Core Aligned for Grade 3 (but can easily be adapted for use with grades 2-5)*Works great with Lucy Calkin's Units of Study in Writer's Workshop Grades 3-5Click "Preview" to see all that is included!What’s Included:Page 3: Alignment of Common Core Standards Page 4: Realistic Fiction A
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Units BUNDLED-YEAR LONG!
The Sniper Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension, Citing Text Evidence Practice
Looking for a short story unit that carefully guides your students to a deep understanding of "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty? This ready to print short story unit gives you everything you need to teach "The Sniper" and will give your students plenty of practice citing textual evidence, determining and analyzing theme, analyzing figurative language and writing about a text. In this short story unit, your studeents will cover numerous ELA standards in depth, progressing from literal comprehensio
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
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A Wrinkle in Time: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award Winning book, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into three segments: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, and Cha
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5th - 9th
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond Novel Unit
Are you looking for a complete novel unit for The Witch of Blackbird Pond that includes fun and engaging activities for middle school students? Look no further!NEW! Updated to include Digital Learning options for Distance Learning!This complete unit includes everything you need to help students understand Elizabeth George Speare's classic novel! With this unit, students will hone their reading and language skills. Resources include Slides presentations, supplemental informational readings, hand
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5th - 8th
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Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Grade 6 Persuasive Writing Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)
This Grade 6 Persuasive Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and an engaging culminating task - to get your students excited about persuasive writing. The unit includes a 21-day unit plan to help you fit all the useful teaching content included altogether.This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 6 Ontario Language Curriculum. Each page is linked to a specific expectation in the Ontario curriculum, which is indicated at the bottom of each page for easy tea
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6th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: Grade 6 WRITING UNITS (Printable + Google Slides™)
Grade 7/8 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)
This Grade 7/8 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and reference posters - to support your student's developing morphological knowledge. The unit includes a teacher guide to help you fit all the useful teaching content included together.This is a dynamic package that caters to the diverse needs of learners, empowering them to decode words, expand their vocabulary, and enhance their reading and writing skills.Each lesson included can take
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: Grade 7 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Fable, Fairy Tale, Myths, Legends Unit
This comprehensive unit is a fantastic resource to use with a variety of fables, fairy tales, myths, or legends of your choice. Students will discover how life lessons are learned from understanding fables and how fairy tales influence society. They will also be able to identify connections to cultures that legends originated from and realize how myths illustrate the belief systems and customs of the cultures that created them. Here is what is included:★Essential Questions★Vocabulary Word List★
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6th - 10th
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High Interest Nonfiction Reading Passages for Fall (Grade 7/8 Language)
This resource includes 10 high interest nonfiction passages. These passages are intended for use with Grade 7/8 students at the beginning of the school year (Autumn), to keep passages fresh and engaging for students year round. This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 7/8 Ontario Language Curriculum - Strand C. Comprehension. Each passage and worksheet (as well as this teacher guide!) is written in the font Lexend, which was designed with dyslexia and struggling readers in min
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: High Interest Nonfiction Reading Passages (Grade 7/8)
Personal Narrative Writing Unit | Brainstorm Graphic Organizer Checklist Rubric
Personal Narrative Unit | Brainstorming, Graphic Organizers, Templates, Checklist, Rubric with PowerPoint & Google Slides for Narrative Writing Unit BundleTeaching the Personal Narrative Unit is easy, fun, engaging, and NO PREP with this Personal Narrative Complete Unit Bundle for your middle school classroom. Start with the narrative writing steps in the PowerPoint or Google Slides. Students will learn how to brainstorm personal narrative writing with guided graphic organizers and templates
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7th - 10th
Freak the Mighty Novel Study
This Freak the Mighty novel study unit includes all the activities you will need for your class study! Middle School students will love this unit while enhancing their literacy and writing skills AND enjoying a few creative projects along the way! Freak the Mighty is one of my all-time favorite books to share with students. Not only is it a great story told through the fantastic voice of the character Max, but there are numerous literary skills that can be taught while reading the novel. This
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5th - 7th
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Cause and Effect Texts for Teaching Text Structure
Cause and effect articles! This packet includes everything you need to introduce students to the text structure of cause and effect in expository texts. You'll find 11 texts with a wide variety of before, during, and after reading activities.Texts (text-dependent questions and activities included)What Is A Tsunami?Surviving the Winter Raising a Stink About StinkbugsThe Reason for a RainbowMysterious Milk Sickness Invasive Species Synthesizing Information activity Great Peshtigo FireWriting Sente
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4th - 6th
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Generic Novel Study ANY Book Studies Summer School Activities 3rd Grade +
This NO PREP generic novel study guide can be used for ANY novel! I’ve included 16 worksheets to help students dive deeper into the book. This resource is ideal for 3rd – 6th grade students. Fellow educators say…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katherine B. said, “This is a fabulous set of activities that can be used with any novel. After teaching the activities and expectations once, they can be used over and over again for our independent work time. Thanks!”⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Maria C. said, "This is a great resource when y
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3rd - 6th
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Class Dismissed by Allan Woodrow Literature Guide(w/Answer Key)
Class Dismissed is a high-interest novel for 4th and 5th grade girls and boys alike!
This novel study is not your run-of-the-mill vocab and questions packet! This novel study includes Pre-Reading, During Reading, and After Reading activities and can be tailored to fit the needs of your students. You can assign the entire packet, or pick and choose which activities best fit the needs of your class!
Included in this product is 83 pages (INCLUDES ANSWER KEY)
★Anticipation Guide
★Vocabulary
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4th - 6th
Creative Mystery Writing Unit Fictional Narrative Writing
Make writing fun! Complete mystery writing unit. 13 activities that guide students through the creative writing process with no advance prep! 21 pages of student handouts guide students through the process of brainstorming, writing, editing, and finalizing their own mystery story. Activities include:Choosing the settingWhat is the crime?Who are the suspects?What are the alibis?Who are the witnesses?What is the evidence?What are the clues?Design a Plot LinePlanningFirst DraftEditing-PersonalEdi
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6th - 9th
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The Hero's Journey Greek Mythology Unit - Middle School
Achilles, Perseus, Atalanta, Theseus! The Greek Heroes and Heroines stories are among the most exciting in all Greek Mythology. Introduce middle school students to The Hero’s Journey or monomyth and eight Greek Hero myths with these fun and engaging resources and lesson plans!This No-Prep, Print-and-Go Greek Heroes unit will save YOU time and your students will enjoy the thrilling stories and engaging activities. Student assignments are balanced with practicing literacy skills, writing and creat
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Drama 101: A Complete Curriculum for Beginning Drama
An complete curriculum for teaching beginning drama. Includes lessons, tests, test keys, handouts and a thorough explanation for every lesson. This curriculum is taught in an order so that each unit and lesson builds upon the one before it. There are a few traditional and new drama "games," but the curriculum is designed with deliberate building blocks for a comprehensive theatre education. However, it is built with students in mind that are new to theatre as well as the more experienced. I
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Getting Started Bundle
Fantasy Literature Genre Unit, Writing Projects, Fantasy Writing Guide, and More
No-Prep, fantasy genre unit! With this resource you will have everything you need to add fun and creativity to your fantasy genre studies. I have included a "Fantasy Writing Project Menu" with nine creative projects, a fantasy element checklist, a writing outline for students to organize and write their own fantasy story and a complete "Fantasy Book Report" for students to fill out after they have read a fantasy novel.Digital Option Available! This will work perfectly for distance learning as w
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Genre Units Bundled, Projects for Every Reading Genre
The School Play Gary Soto Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension Cite Evidence
Looking for a short story unit that carefully guides your students to a deep understanding of "The School Play" by Gary Soto? This ready to print short story unit gives you everything you need to teach "The School Play" and will give your students plenty of practice citing textual evidence, determining and anaylzing theme, and writing about a text.In this unit, your students will cover numerous ELA standards in depth, progressing from literal comprehension through a full essay. You will have eve
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5th - 8th
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Grade 7 Mystery Narrative Writing Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)
This Grade 7 Mystery Narrative Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and an engaging culminating task - to get your students excited about mystery narrative writing. The unit includes a 21-day unit plan to help you fit all the useful teaching content included altogether.This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 7 Ontario Language Curriculum. Each page is linked to a specific expectation in the Ontario curriculum, which is indicated at the bottom of each pag
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7th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: Grade 7 WRITING UNITS (Printable + Google Slides™)
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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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