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8th grade english language arts printables for Easel Assessments
13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital
Focus on climate, geography, and the economies of the early American colonies using this informational text, comprehension worksheet, map activity, and assessment! Students will gain a better understanding of how climate and geography played a role in shaping each colonial economy. A printable PDF version and digital version is included! **This resource is part of the no-prep 13 Colonies Unit Bundle. It includes FIVE printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE 13 Colonies wo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 13 Colonies Unit | Colonial America | Colonization | Map & Activities
Figurative Language Assessment & Review Worksheets - PDF & Digital
Focus on figurative language comprehension with this 28-question figurative language assessment and study guide. With this printable or digital skill-based test, you'll easily and thoroughly cover six types of figurative language: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, idiom, and symbolism.(Don't miss the rest of my Figurative Language Activities Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Easel Assessment (
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
Short Story The Monkey's Paw Analysis and Reading Comprehension Questions
Your students will love this delightfully creepy short story. It's perfect for practicing reading comprehension, literary analysis, foreshadowing, point of view, and irony with your middle school and high school students. And... by the end of the unit, students will have written a literary analysis response.Here's what teachers are saying about this unit: "An AWESOME unit. This resource is put together really well and was really easy to use.""MY KIDS LOVED THIS!!!!! We have been having so muc
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6th - 10th
The Lottery Short Story Analysis, Writing and Textual Evidence Dystopian Lit
Your middle school students will be captivated by this chilling short story! Students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and foreshadowing. This creepy, unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students. Reasons to love this unit:print and digital versions (Google Slides and PowerPoint)super creepy story is sure to engage your students!includes lesson plans and teacher checklist – makes an ideal sub plan provides literary analysis practice: students will analy
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6th - 10th
Text Structure Worksheets - Printable & Digital
When it comes to teaching nonfiction text structure, you need LOTS of examples to help students really get it! These text structure worksheets are here to help, supplementing your nonfiction lesson with clear, concise examples of the five main nonfiction text structures: chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and compare and contrast.(Virginia teachers, there is now a separate SOL version included for you with text structure and description replaced by
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Making Inferences Worksheets for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Making inferences in middle school can be such a challenging skill to teach and practice! These short, student-friendly inference reading passages offer a mix of narrative and informational text examples for your middle school students to hone their skill with questions guiding them to use details in the text to make inferences and find text evidence. (They'll also practice the related skills of prediction and characterization!)(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Active and Passive Voice for Middle School Students by Dianne Watson
If you want a simplified way to teach active and passive voice, this is it. No prep--just print and teach. I use this with my students, and they master the concepts quickly!The activities include identifying voice, converting voice, and using voice in writing.The materials include1. A "Smart Chart" to break down sentences for understanding how active and passive voice are constructed. (A template is provided.)2. Practice exercises with keys.3. Practice converting sentence voices.4. Analyzi
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6th - 8th
Inside Out and Back Again Novel Activities, Tests
This teaching unit is designed to accompany Thanhha Lai's novel Inside Out & Back Again. This powerful novel is divided into four parts. This teaching unit includes a vocabulary list for each of the four parts, an activity for each part, and a test for each part. Post reading activities are also included! With this packet, no prep is needed! All of the work is planned out for you! Use these activities and tests to teach the novel as a whole-class read, for homework, for group work in l
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Also included in: 8th Grade ELA Mega Bundle ~ Everything Needed to Teach 8th Grade ELA
Daily Grammar Practice #1 Bell Ringers for Middle School | PDF
Help your students succeed on standardized tests! With daily practice in grammar, usage, and mechanics, your students' skills will improve in just a few minutes a day! Includes nine weeks of grammar and writing bell-ringer exercises! No prep and low maintenance! Review a lot of grammar skills in a short amount of time! This is how it works:✅ Each week, students analyze a quote from a famous person applying the Five Levels of Grammar.Monday: Correct Capitalization and PunctuationTuesday: Identify
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Daily Grammar Practice Bell Ringers for Middle School Bundle!| PDF
Drama Terms Test, Study Guide, Graphic Organizer - Easel Activity and Assessment
Drama Terms Study Guide and a test on essential elements to assess your drama lessons. Includes a Basic Terms study guide and an assessment of common drama terms in a matching format with key. You also get a higher-level comprehensive list of 120 drama terms on one sheet, and the same drama terms with definitions on five pages, which you can use for independent study, enrichment, small group, or whole class. Also includes a vocabulary graphic organizer, a word sort activity, a handout on the Ele
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Drama Unit Resource BUNDLE Print and Digital Easel Activities
"The Prince and the Pauper" Play Activities - Printable & Digital
Plan your story unit in no time! If your class is reading "The Prince and the Pauper" by Joellen Bland, these skill-based reading comprehension activities are the perfect tools to help your students practice context clues, inference, theme, characterization, and more as they enjoy a dramatization of this classic story. The following activities are included:Anticipation guideVocabulary worksheetsReading questions for each sceneInference activitiesTheme with text evidence graphic organizerNewspape
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5th - 8th
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"Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test and Reading Questions - Printable & Digital
Prep for your "Rikki-tikki-tavi" story unit in minutes with these printable and digital questions and story test! With these skill-based activities, you'll be able to check comprehension during reading, assess student understanding after reading, and spark great discussions anytime during your lesson.(If you find this resource helpful, you won't want to miss the rest of my complete Rikki-tikki-tavi Short Story Bundle!)There are 24 deep-thinking questions covering the following reading skills:Plo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital
Daily Grammar Practice Bell Ringers: Focus on Formal Writing | PDF
This no-prep, easy-to-implement grammar review covers common issues in student writing—active voice, third person, parallel structure—all the topics students need to succeed when writing formal essays.Great for standardized test prep, too! This product is a sequel to the best-selling Daily Grammar Practice for Middle School.This packet includes a complete Answer Key and requires no advance preparation by the teacher, making it ideal for sub plans!This product includes exercises for 9 weeks. Each
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Daily Grammar Practice Bell Ringers for Middle School Bundle!| PDF
Elements of a Story Graphic Organizer & Passages - PDF & Digital
Quickly teach or review elements of a story with this handy graphic organizer and short story reading passages! This no-prep resource makes it simple for students to practice reading for plot, setting, character, conflict, and theme. All five elements are packed into one versatile plot diagram, and each reading passage focuses on one element for deeper comprehension!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!) This resource includes the following digital versions:Google
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Fact and Opinion Worksheets & Passages - Printable & Digital
Differentiating between fact and opinion might sound simple, but noticing them in context can be a little trickier! These fact and opinion worksheets help students review the difference between facts and opinions, identify them in reading, and support opinions with relevant facts.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Purchases)Easel Assessment (link in My Pur
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Dark Romanticism & American Gothic Unit; Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson, The Village
In this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to short stories (The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, Rappaccini’s Daughter), poems (The Raven, A Bird Came Down The
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8th - 12th
100 Essential Questions - Language Arts TEST Final Exam - Print or Easel Digital
One Hundred Essential Questions for Language Arts TEST. Back to school...It can be used at the beginning of the year as a pre-test for Language Arts knowledge. This comprehensive 100 question multiple choice test can also be used at the end of the year as a final exam. My students knew those essential questions were really "essential." Digital and Printable Resource: 11 printable pages, plus 10 Easel Activity pages. Key included. Also includes self-grading 100-question Easel Assessment. Makes a
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6th - 9th
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Literary Terms TEST - Story Elements of Fiction Easel Activity and Assessment
Literary Terms for Fiction TEST. Elements of Literature multiple choice test on 40 critical literature terms or story elements of literature that are important to student understanding of fiction texts, such as plot, theme, conflict, setting, etc. It is based on my literary terms for fiction handout which is also available to use as a study guide. Digital and Print: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign it for students to complete on the TPT platform in Google
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Direct & Indirect Characterization Guided Notes, Task Cards, Test
Introduce, teach, & assess direct & indirect characterization with these standards-aligned activities. Start with guided-notes to introduce the topic. Then assess students with 10 short passages for students to determine the correct type of characterization. This resource comes in printable & digital format. Zero Prep unless you use printable version. In this case, all you need to do is print and go!What Students Will Learn:Using the STEAL acronym, students will be able to identify t
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5th - 8th
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Día de los Reyes Magos Reading Passage
Introduce your students to a Christmastime tradition with this Día de los Reyes Magos Reading Passage! This concise resource is tailored for 6th-10th grade students, providing insights into the history of the Epiphany as it is celebrated in Latin America and Spain.Dive into the rich traditions of this holiday through a one-page informational text, available in vibrant full color or practical black-and-white. Engage your students with a detailed exploration of Día de los Reyes Magos, correcting m
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Hispanic Holidays 1-Page Reading Passages (BUNDLE)
"The Veldt" A Short Story to Teach Literacy Standards
NO PREP! Standards-Aligned! Distance Learning with Digital Activity!"The Veldt" is a classic story by Ray Bradbury. It centers on a family who has allowed technology to take over the rearing of their children, and the horrible consequences. My students are engaged fully in the reading of this science fiction tale! This resource includes:1. Comprehension questions in text-order ranging from general comprehension to critical thinking questions.2. Vocabulary is embedded within the questions.3
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5th - 8th
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Test Easel Activity and Assessment Print and Digital
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Multiple Choice Test. Quick quiz or final assessment. Ten multiple choice questions on the short story to check comprehension, making inferences, and some story elements. Short and simple to grade. Includes constructed response (short answer or essay) questions if you wish to have your students write using evidence from the text to support their answer. Answer key included. Excellent story about going back to school in 7th grade. Print and Digital Resource: Includes an
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Bundle
Figurative Language Flipbook Foldable & Pre- Assessment - PDF & Digital
Figurative language notes can be interactive and fun! This figurative language foldable flipbook makes vocabulary memorable as it introduces (or reviews) six important figurative language terms - simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and symbol. It's a perfect addition to a figurative language, writing, or poetry interactive notebook.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Figurative Language Activities Bundle!)Page 1 is a pre-assessment on which students are asked to match example
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
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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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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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