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Digital Vision Board Template | GRADES 6-8 | Back to School | Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL ACTIVITY: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades as they create vision boards that reflect their dreams, goals, and priorities and learn about a technique that can help them be successful in life.**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8** This resource is not recommended for grades below 6th.Students will:learn about vision boards and their benefitsview examples of vision boardsthink about their dreams, goals, and priorities and record them on a chartlearn tips for creating, finding, a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 25 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity - Fact-Checking - Distance-Learning
Students will improve their internet research skills by responding to enticing questions in this inquiry-based learning resource. They will be tasked to answer 50 questions (or true or false statements) by searching the internet. This WebQuest activity helps your students learn about various information that the average person does not know! Give them something to talk about at dinner after school! They'll learn how to answer a question and find reliable sources properly. According to Education
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Bundle - Google Forms Version Included
Hexagonal Thinking | Getting to Know You Activity | GRADES 5-8 | Back to School
⭐ BUILD A POSITIVE CLASSROOM CULTURE! Provide your students in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with an engaging and insightful way to connect with one another and learn about hexagonal thinking.**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 5-8**Students will:fill in the sections of a hexagon with information and illustrations about themselvesuse the hexagons as a tool to communicate as they move through the classroom and match up their common interests►As an alternative activity, students can connect their hexagons in sm
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 25 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Slam Poetry Unit - Spoken Word Poetry Writing Activities for Google Slides
This slam poetry / spoken word poetry mini unit is perfect for teachers who want to incorporate slam poetry writing, but don't have weeks to teach it. Get ready for student-centered learning with independent slam poetry exploration, brainstorming, and writing activities!Build writing skills with this digital and print, no prep resource. Students will explore slam poetry about self, other people, places, and societal issues before selecting their favorite category to focus on for a personal slam
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7th - 10th
Reading Stations Activity for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Analysis
This fun reading activity "progressive dinner"™ works with any fiction, nonfiction, and poetry unit texts of your choosing! Practice close reading skills and textual analysis in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the reading activity for you! Have students preview literary criticism articles, read thematically-connected poetry, engage in close reading of a complex fiction or nonfiction text, and engage in small group discussion. These are just some of the possibilities!I use this close re
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Imagery Introduction PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now 50 Slides! Examples, videos, fun, poetry extension! Imagery seems like a simple enough concept, but getting kids to understand it, recognize it and use it is a different story! This is a fun PowerPoint lesson plan that will help your student understand imagery and recognize it. My classes have enjoyed this lesson plan and it can be altered easily into a multi-day assignment. A lot of fun with words and language! Google slides link provided.This is product is also included in the very we
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE: Integrate Information from Two Texts 4.RI.6
Are you looking for a fun way to have students practice integrating information from two texts? This product is for the April 8, 2024 Great American Total Solar Eclipse! This resource can also be accommodated for anytime!Includes: LESSON PLAN, RIGOROUS LITERACY activities, and a POWERPOINT! This lesson is for that literacy teacher wanting to INTEGRATE SCIENCE or that science teacher wanting to INTEGRATE LITERACY in a student-directed fashion!!!My lesson plan provides differentiation ideas too! I
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3rd - 8th
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End of the Year - Science Activities Bundle | Puzzles & Worksheets (Printables)
Are you looking for no prep, printable, engaging, and fun Science Activities for the end of the year?These activities are a great way for students to review Science Vocabulary throughout the school year in many units and chapters. These activities are also great for introducing and reinforcing science concepts and encouraging problem-solving ability. These activities can be used at various times throughout the year such as holidays, back to school time, or the end of the school year! 130 Science
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4th - 9th
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Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry Unit Plan - Poem Writing & Analysis Activities
This no-prep, engaging, 5-week CCSS-aligned slam poetry unit is packed with fun spoken word poetry activities and assignments - EVERYTHING you need for your next slam poem unit! Studying poem writing and writing slam poetry can be a fun, interactive, student-centered experience that engages every learner! These resources provide the complete slam poetry experience, from exploration to analysis, from writing to performance. Your students will understand and appreciate slam poetry, but they will a
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8th - 11th
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End of the Year Activity - Reading Yearbook Project
Looking for a Engaging End of the Year Activity that will leave a lasting impression on your students? What better way than to have them reflect on their reading over the year?! With this activity, students will be able to revisit all of the books they have read over the year and make a fun Reading Yearbook with the characters of their books as the main stars! The yearbook pages are completely customizable with many options for you to use. Print all or parts… do what works for you! All pages are
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Bundle
Paired Text Analysis Lessons for "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou & Tupac
Literary analysis is less intimidating with these paired text analysis lesson plans for Maya Angelou's poem and Tupac's song "Still I Rise." Detailed, CCSS-aligned lesson plans integrate close reading, text-based writing, and research skills, making this digital & print resource both engaging and worthwhile. There are three lesson plans in this product that build upon each other. The timing of the activities may be adjusted to fit the needs of your classroom/students, and one “lesson” may a
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8th - 11th
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Fun Persuasion Activity - Rhetoric & Persuasive Writing for Middle & High School
This fun persuasion activity can be used as a game to practice persuasion techniques. Students will “sell” a random object to a random fictional group, using rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they craft their argument and decide on an angle for persuasion. This activity promotes team-building and speaking skills!*************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:★ Brainstorming Guide & Writing Page (2 Pages) so
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7th - 10th
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Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
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5th - 9th
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Analogy PowerPoint, Google Slides: Lesson, Notes and Exercises
Updated and revised! Over 50 slides in length! From top 10 TPT seller! This may be one of the best deals I have for any of my PowerPoints. Analogies are important for numerous reasons. In this PowerPoint the art of learning how to solve an analogy will be thoroughly examined. This PowerPoint will include notes on the different types of analogies, notes on how to break down an analogy, and exercises to help students become more comfortable with solving an analogy. Whether it is for telling a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement: Gallery Walk
Begin your study of the Civil Rights Movement in a powerful way by having students participate in a gallery walk activity. Using primary sourced drawings and photographs, the gallery walk begins in Africa, and moves through slavery, the Reconstruction and Jim Crow, and carries on to present-day issues. This lesson will vicariously draw your students into the lives, circumstances, and struggle for social justice of the past and today as they engage in the analysis of primary sources. This unique
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8th - 12th
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Pop Culture Song Analysis Lesson Plans & Poem Analysis for High School English
Song analysis & poem analysis make close reading and writing fun & engaging! 31 CCSS-aligned pop culture song lyric analysis and poetry analysis lesson plans for paired texts, with writing prompts. Integrated poem analysis, close reading, text-based writing, speaking, research, and inquiry skills, make this analyzing song lyrics resource both engaging and worthwhile.Carrie Underwood's song "Cry Pretty" & Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' song "Growing Up"William Ernest Henley's poem "Invi
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8th - 11th
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Memoirs in 100 Words - Writing with Mentor Texts - Personal Narrative Writing
Students use precise word choice and eliminate redundancy in their writing with this memoir lesson. Originally inspired by The Washington Post feature, “Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku,” students write memoirs in 100 words or fewer. This lesson teaches students to “show” themselves in vivid details and carefully chosen words. The lesson has recently been updated to include Google slides and instructional YouTube videos for guided practice!In pre-writing activities, students journal about
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7th - 11th
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Speaking and Listening Activities for Google Drive Based on Humans of New York
Do you love Humans of New York? Are you looking for a fun way to engage students while teaching important speaking and listening skills? These versatile speaking and listening activities teach students to conduct an effective peer-to-peer interview in order to get beyond surface-level response and discover the stories that make people unique. Use at the beginning of the school year as a getting to know you activity, as a public speaking activity, or as a part of your next memoir, personal narrat
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8th - 11th
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One Word Project Template GR 6-8 New Years Goals Activity & Rubric Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL ACTIVITY: Throw out those New Year resolutions and join the One Word 365 movement! With this digital project template, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades will choose one word to guide their thinking and actions throughout the year. Students will:reflect on what went well and what they would change from last yearbrainstorm possible words to guide them in the current yearchoose one of the words and explain it in a paragraphview examples of visual representationscreate a visual
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6th - 8th
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The Fall of the House of Usher : PowerPoint, Google Slides
"The Fall of the House of Usher" brought to you in PowerPoint! Now with guided reading questions added! This is the perfect way to introduce this frightening story to your students! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on Poe (extensive), character analysis, literary focus and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer school
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit: Raven, Usher, Tell-Tale, Red Death Bundle
Combining Sentences - Sentence Combining - Trashketball Review Game
Students review sentence structures and practice sentence combining to improve sentence fluency in this fun game! With a back-to-school theme, the game also reviews study skills and learning habits. All that you need to play is the ability to project a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation, a soft ball, dark tape, and a trash can.This game has three rounds that progress in difficulty. In the first round, students write compound sentences. In round two, they write complex sentences, and final
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6th - 9th
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65 ESL Vocabulary & Grammar Board Games [Expanding Resource]
In this resource you will find a set of different board games about the most common ESL grammar points and vocabulary units. This is an expanding resource, which means that it will be updated from time to time with new board games.This version includes these games:Grammar:Active & passive voiceAdverbs of frequencyAgreeing & disagreeingCan & can'tConnectorsComparatives & superlativesComplaints & requestsDefining relative clausesDirect & indirect questionsFirst conditionalF
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Debate | Middle School Debating | Lesson and Assignment with Rubric
Students will learn how to run debates in a national style. This middle school language resource demonstrates how to debate in the classroom effectively. I created this resource because, well, teenagers are opinionated. I figured that we might as well try our best to channel their energy into insightful, meaningful debates! This resource is the perfect introductory lesson to debating. Ideal for in-class instruction, my debating resource will help your students practice their writing and verbal c
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7th - 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.
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
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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.
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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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