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Free 8th grade english language arts independent work packets
Context Clues Worksheet Vocabulary - Free Context Clues Activities 6th 7th 8th
Context Clues Worksheet Freebie: This vocabulary activity is a great way to help students who struggle with understanding and using context clues to define vocabulary words.This Download Contains: PRINT2 pages of vocabulary activitiesAnswer Key DIGITALReady-to-use Easel activityLike this product? CLICK HERE for the full Context Clues Passages Vocabulary resource for grades 6-8This resource shows examples of definition/explanation context clues, synonym/restatement context clues, antonym/contras
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6th - 9th
RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
I Am Poem FREE with Digital Easel Activity
FREE I Am Poem! Great for a Beginning of the Year or End of the Year Writing Activity. Get to know your students at the beginning of the year (or anytime) with this fun writing activity. Younger students can fill in with words with teacher assistance. I have my middle school students put a phrase on each line, such as "I am the pen that is mightier than the sword," developing metaphors with the ideas.My students, even my special needs children, had a great time with this. We also did this in con
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Greek & Latin Roots Worksheets - Prefixes & Suffixes Early Finisher Sub Plans +
Free ELA worksheets! Expand students' vocabulary and improve reading, writing, and spelling with free worksheets and digital resources for Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Printable and digital resources for Google Classroom are included. The resource covers dozens of words formed from Greek & Latin Roots on 10 worksheets. Activities include word sorts, cloze sentences, forming inflections, and matching words to definitions, synonyms, images, and opposites.WHAT'S INCLUDEDRoots,
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5th - 8th
Any Time NEW DAY Resolutions | Social Emotional Learning | Reading Comprehension
You don't have to wait until the New Year to make resolutions. Use these Any Time "NEW DAY" Resolutions to re-engage students! Your Middle School and High School students will laugh at the funny reading comprehension passage.There are three parts to this Social Emotional Learning Skills / Life Skills resource:1) The Goal Setting worksheets are for everybody (4 pages)Help students develop SELF AWARENESS and adjust to a changing world. Reflect on the challenges and successes from the past.Brainsto
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7th - 10th
ESL Newcomers ESL Beginners Emergency Pack Sampler Print & Distance Learning
Help! It’s the middle of January and they just put a beginner level English Language Learner in my History class! Use these ESL beginner level English Language worksheets and ESL Newcomer Activities to provide engaging, independent practice for your newcomer or beginner level ESL older kids or adults. You can find the full Newcomer Pack Resources Here:Newcomer Pack 1Newcomer Pack 2Newcomer Pack Bundle As an ESL teacher, I know the challenges presented to my content area colleagues when they are
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Phonics Activities for Older Students Reading Intervention SOR Dyslexia FREE
FREE! long -a sounds (vowels) phonics activities for older students. Get your students where they need to be in their reading. Struggling readers, dyslexic students and English language learners will gain confidence and reading fluency from this resource. Instructions included.This is a FREE bite-size sample. These passages are BRAND NEW and just released They focus on all spellings of long vowel sounds. You can get them here.These activities were created after my very successful phonics reading
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Phonics Puzzle Activities for Older Struggling Readers Special Education
Problem and Solution Text Structure Passage - Digital & Print
Download this quick and easy text structure lesson! Your middle school students will read a high-interest article about weather science while practicing problem and solution text structure, and the activities are perfect to print or use in Google Classroom.(If you love this free sample, don't miss the rest my Weather Reading Passages for Nonfiction Text Structure and Weather Nonfiction Bundle - Text Structure and Text Features!) This resource includes a digital Google Slides version! (Link in PD
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6th - 8th
Writing Prompt - 32 days - Digital & Print
Grab a notebook, loose-leaf paper, or your digital device and start writing at home! These writing prompts are designed to build writing stamina, help students develop a lifelong love of writing, and learn some cool writing strategies along the way. They are quick, simple and stress-free. HOW TO USE THE CARDS:Have students grab a notebook or digital device to write with. Feel free to have them decorate the cover of their writer's notebook to personalize it!Give students a prompt each day. H
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2nd - 8th
Black History Month Main Idea, Inferences, Sequencing & Vocab for Middle School
This is the Freebie Sample edition of the Main Idea, Inferences, Sequencing & Vocabulary for older students which has themes focused on Black History and works perfectly for Black History Month speech therapy sessions in middle school. Many of our speech and language therapy goals incorporate finding the main idea, explaining inferences and figurative language, remembering sequences, and defining vocabulary using context cues. This language therapy resource sample addresses all of these skil
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6th - 9th
Science Sub Plans Middle School 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Science Lab Tools
Make Sub Days Stress-Free Days! This resource includes TEN NO-PREP activities perfect for use while teaching routines during the first week of school. These Print and Go activities are ALL-INCLUSIVE- No prior knowledge is needed. Includes an instructional component and plenty of engaging activities, including differentiation choices and fast finishers!Introduce your students to the world of science with INDEPENDENT activities that can be implemented by you or a sub. No science knowledge is requi
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7th - 9th
Basic Matching / Busy Booklet File Folder for Special Education / Taskboxes
Tired of messy file folders? Tired of picking up sandwich baggies off the floor? Want to keep your students or child engaged longer? Want to increase student independence time and work? Looking for Pre made lesson plan? Daily learning Actives?(ALSO CHECK OUT THE 6 in 1 BUSY BOOK BUNDLE FOR MORE!) (LINK BELOW) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/6-in-1-Busy-Booklet-Bundle-for-Special-Education-File-Folders-Task-Boxes-8409687Meet the Basic Skills Busy Booklet for Special Education and Earl
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PreK - 8th
Genetics and Heredity: Informational Text and Crossword Puzzle FREE
Print and Go activities for Genetics and Heredity! Need work for Sub plans, Pre-Holiday, or a Teacher Catch-Up Day? Don't worry about downloading a puzzle where students don't know the vocabulary or the the clues are just different enough to be confusing. The informational text has all the answers to the puzzle. Includes some choices for differentiation and fast finishers. My goal is simplicity for the teacher and/or sub, and keeping the students engaged, busy, and learning. Everything students
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7th - 10th
Isaac Newton Middle School Science Activity Worksheets Sub Plan Independent Work
Make Sub Days Stress-Free Days! with this Isaac Newton independent work/sub-plan lesson with a word search, crossword puzzle, highly engaging reading passages, and other activities. Great for an introduction or review of the life of Isaac Newton in an engaging way without all the stress. With highly engaging reading passages and activities, this lesson plan provides easy, breezy, sub-eezy implementation that you or a substitute can use. It's not only ideal for substitutes but works great for pre
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6th - 8th
Distance Learning Emergency Lessons, 12 Home Study E-Learning English Activities
Use this FREE 11-page packet with 12 language arts remote-learning assignments to keep your middle school and high school students focused and learning during an extended school closure.• 12 English/language arts activities (low-tech & no-tech)• No prep! Just print/post/email and teach (easy for parents to administer)• Self-paced and repeatable (routine can be used over and over again, as needed)• Each activity works as a standalone activity or as a supplement to other studies• For grades 7
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7th - 10th
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Soundtrack Of My Life {Student Project}
Music makes the world go round. Engage your students with this thought-provoking "Soundtrack Of My Life" student project. As students explore the music that plays throughout life, this will help them to gain a deeper understanding of their true self & how they present themselves in this world... and you the teacher just might get a deeper understanding of them too. This project is great for:Back to SchoolCreative WritingDeep ThoughtsAnd Just Plan Fun
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6th - 12th
Compound Sentence Worksheets
Many middle-schoolers struggle with compound sentences, so here are two free compound sentence worksheets to address those needs.The first compound sentence worksheet covers compound sentences with fanboys where students fill in the missing coordinating conjunction.The second offers practice with compound sentences with semicolons where students match and combine sentences. Both worksheets include links to Google slide versions and brain bonuses for a little outside-the-box thinking. If you like
Halloween Escape Room Online Inference FREE DEMO
Hook your class this Halloween with an interactive escape room based on INFERENCE! Students must read between the lines, gather context clues, and interpret images to decipher which character stole the candy!Please note this is a free demo. You can find the full version HERE. As they investigate, students will solve inference riddles, learn the difference between showing and telling (as it relates to indirect characterization) and make cause and effect connections between character actions and t
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5th - 10th
Past Modal Verbs Winter Story - Reading Comprehension Passage & Grammar Practice
Unlock the power of past modal verbs with this reading comprehension passage with built-in grammar practice, meticulously designed to engage your elementary and middle school students in natural grammar acquisition. Seamlessly integrating reading skills and grammar practice, this resource offers a unique opportunity to explore past modal verbs in a natural and immersive manner. This short reading passage with built-in grammar points on past modals verbs is great for BOTH reading and studying gra
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5th - 8th
Summer Olympics — Word Search
Summer Olympics — Word Search and Card Sort This packet includes 3 word search pages listing summer Olympic sports.A version of this packet with cards is offered on TpT. The cards can be displayed on a word wall or used for card sort activities, for which students can group or organize the cards, for example by various qualities, categories, or alphabetically.
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2nd - 8th
FREEBIE-Sample: Complete Syllable Division Pages, Anchor Charts & Teaching Guide
FREEBIE! Sample of my:Complete Syllable Division Practice Pages, Anchor Charts & Teaching Guide-Orton-Gillingham based, Structured Phonics & Science of Reading aligned! Do your learners have trouble decoding longer words? This is the ultimate package for teaching syllable division rules to your learners! Give your students the tools they need to unlock the code of multi-syllable words! Student practice pages are uncluttered, interactive & multi-sensory!-designed, and classroom-tested
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1st - 8th, Adult Education
Harlem Night Song Langston Hughes Poetry Activities - PDF & Digital
Poetry analysis doesn't have to be hard! These light-hearted, easy-to-use poetry worksheets introduce students to the skill of analyzing imagery in Langston Hughes's "Harlem Night Song." The activities easily guide students through reading and understanding the poem, and they're a great way reinforce poetry comprehension while focusing on rich imagery and making connections to the Harlem Renaissance period of U.S. history!(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselli
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Culture and Reading Comprehension Passage on Terracotta Warriors in Xian China
Do your students want to learn more about China? This is a great cultural activity! Teach students about the Terracotta Warriors with these reading comprehension passages and engaging activities. Your students will love learning about Xi'an, China. This ancient city is famous for the Terracotta Warriors! What people are saying about this cultural packet:- "Great product that promotes cultural awareness while building reading comprehension skills. The pictures do a great job of bringing the read
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7th - 10th
Free Poetry Activities | Poetry Analysis worksheets for Google and print
These free poetry activities are perfect for practicing multiple skills: paraphrasing, characterization, understanding connotation, and citing text evidence. This resource is located on Google slides and is perfect for distance learning. A printable PDF is also included. This Download Contains:♦ Two poems to read and analyze on Google Slides ("Tavern" by Edna St. Vincent Millay and "Success if counted sweetest" by Emily Dickinson)♦ PDF version for printing▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
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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.
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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.
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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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