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Argumentative Writing Middle School ELA Argument Essay PRINT & DIGITAL

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Q- What makes argument essay writing easier to teach?A- An EDITABLE argumentative writing unit with well-written mentor texts and a step-by-step process! Students will LOVE this argument essay writing unit, as well as the real-life application and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.6.1d, W.6.1e, W.6.7, W.6.9, W.6.10, W.7.1, W.7.1a...

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Argumentative, Narrative, Informative, Research, & Expository Writing BUNDLE

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

This awesome writing bundle includes every resource you need to teach an entire year of writing for grades 6, 7, and 8. Buy it now, while it is offered at a steep discount of 30% off!These resources all include digital versions for Google Drive.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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$53.46

$34.00

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Narrative Writing Unit - Personal & Fictional Narrative - PRINT & DIGITAL

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Narrative Writing is fun and easy with the step-by-step instructions and mini-lessons included in this unit! It covers personal narrative writing, fictional narrative writing, and biographical narrative writing. It includes full-length mentor texts

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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W.6.3, W.6.3a, W.6.3b, W.6.3c, W.6.3d, W.6.3e, W.6.10, W.7.3, W.7.3a, W.7.3b, W.7.3c...

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Argument Writing, Narrative Writing, Informational Writing PRINT & DIGITAL

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Argument, narrative, and informative essays are fun and easy to teach when you use strong mentor texts and a step-by-step process. These highly-rated writing units include everything you need, all in one place.Each writing resource is comprehensive

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.6.1d...

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Fiction & Nonfiction Reading -Teach, Practice, Test BUNDLE - Middle School ELA

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills Units - Step-by-Step, Complete, No Prep Lessons for Middle School ELAEVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER needs the resources that are now available in this HUGE, money-saving bundle. Thousands of teachers

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1, RL.8.2...

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Literary Elements Units: PowerPoints, Guided Notes, Worksheets, & Tests BUNDLE

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Literary Elements: Teach, Practice, Test includes lessons, practice, and tests to teach story elements using the awesome, step-by-step, gradual release of responsibility method!The Literary Elements Teach, Practice, Test Bundle will help you save

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1, RL.8.2...

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$39.00

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Feature Article Research Paper Writing Workshop PRINT & DIGITAL

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Say the words “research paper” to middle school students and their groans will echo through the school like a yodel in the Grand Canyon. Introduce the term feature article, and you have a fighting chance of piquing their curiosity. I promise you, it

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.2, W.6.2a, W.6.2b, W.6.2c, W.6.2d, W.6.2f, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.7, W.6.8, W.6.10...

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Close Reading: Step by Step Strategies BUNDLE for Middle School English

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

The Close Reading Step by Step Strategies are comprehensive units that include wonderful resources to assist your students in performing close reading of complex texts. Best yet, they're now 20% off! The step-by-step process is effective. It

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Poetry, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

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$11.99

227

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Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

These exciting challenges are perfect for practicing back to school team building and communication skills! Each breakout activity begins when your students are on a "field trip" run by YOU- the most awesome and creative teacher in the history of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Critical Thinking

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

$20.97

$16.99

446

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RACES Writing Paragraph Frames & Templates Bundle EDITABLE & DIGITAL

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Prepare for EXTRAORDINARY results with these RACES Writing Frames resources!RACES Writing Sentence and Paragraph Frames are an effective, scaffolded approach that will support your emerging writers. If your students are struggling when responding to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, RI.6.1, RI.7.1, RI.8.1, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.7.1b, W.7.1c, W.8.1b...

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ESCAPE ROOM ELA BUNDLE Team Building, Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

From Back to School to End of Year, this breakout bundle includes interactive and immersive adventures. Each challenge addresses ELA standards in a fun and engaging way. Your students won't even realize how much they are learning, which is the BEST

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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RL.5.3, RL.5.5, RL.5.9, RL.6.3, RL.6.5, RL.6.9, RL.7.3, RL.7.5, RL.7.9, RL.8.3, RL.8.5...

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104

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Reading Comprehension & Writing Skill of the Day Spiral Review BUNDLE

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Get ready to unchain yourself from boring review and test prep with 150 daily reading and writing spiral review bellringers! That's 30 weeks of argument, narrative, and informative writing review, as well as central idea, text structure, inference,

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$36.00

$23.00

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Middle School Listening Activities - Creepy Podcasts Bundle

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Want fun "scary" activites without the fuss? These four NO PREP, interactive, high-interest podcast activities will captivate your students! The Creepy & Chilling podcast bundle can be used any time of year. Yes, it is perfect for Halloween,

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Halloween

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.6.1, RI.6.10, RI.7.1, RI.7.10, RI.8.1, RI.8.10, W.6.1, W.6.2b, W.6.3, W.6.9, W.7.1...

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HOLIDAY ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE: Snow Globe, Valentine's Day, & Halloween

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

This HOLIDAY ESCAPE bundle includes three awesome and interactive ESCAPE ROOM activities: HALLOWEEN, VALENTINE’S DAY, and WINTER. They will all immerse your students in each story as they read, write, and practice team-building and problem-solving

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Halloween, Valentine's Day

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$19.99

$14.99

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Middle School ELA Test Bundle Digital

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

This extensive collection of pre-made, editable ELA assessments can be used individually or can be combined to create a diagnostic exam, pretest, post-test, or final exam. The Google Form multiple-choice questions are all self-checking. Most of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4...

$37.50

$30.00

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Argumentative Writing Frames Editable

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Your students never have to struggle to write argument essays again. And you'll never struggle to plan a differentiated argumentative writing unit again. Everything you need is right here. Lesson plans, prewriting prompts, step by step student

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, For All Subject Areas, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Unit Plans, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.6.1d, W.6.1e, W.6.7, W.6.9, W.6.10, W.7.1, W.7.1a...

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Teacher Retirement Gift Memory Book - General Education, Hobbies, and Interests

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

If you're looking for a dynamic retirement gift for a teacher, a book of memories and congratulations from the staff is perfect! This beautiful, watercolor memory book will impress everyone who sees it, including the retiring teacher who is lucky

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps

$15.00

Digital Download ZIP (25.43 MB)

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One Pagers: Back to School, Thanksgiving, Holiday, New Year Bundle

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Meet the One Pager Bundle that’s like having a teaching buddy tap you on the shoulder to hand off a great activity just when you need it most. This creative activity bundle: One Pager Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Holiday, New Year Growth

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$19.00

$11.50

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Podcast Listening Skills & Writing No Prep Activities BUNDLE

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

Unlock the Power of Podcasts - Limited-Time Offer!Are you looking for a versatile and engaging activity that combines listening comprehension, entertainment, and writing practice? Look no further! Introducing Listen, Learn, Write Lessons, no-prep

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$80.00

$39.97

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Teacher Retirement Gift Memory Book - BUNDLE BONANZA!

By Darlene Anne - Middle School ELA

This beautiful BUNDLE BONANZA includes ALL of the teacher memory books! Every single slide is unique, and there are enough to create INNUMERABLE personalized teacher retirement books! If you're looking for a dynamic retirement gift for a teacher, a

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, For Administrators, End of Year

Grades:

Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps

$50.00

$27.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching middle school English Language Arts for the past 15 years, and I've been in the same district for over 20. Although I've taught many grade levels, my heart belongs to my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA classes. I love to create lessons that appeal to their natural curiosity and enthusiasm. Yes, middle school students can be a challenge, but we all need something to keep us on our toes. :)

MY TEACHING STYLE

I strive to be the ELA teacher I would want my own children to have. That means differentiating instruction and challenging students at every ability level. It also means being interesting! Teaching is 3/4 theater. Finally, it all comes down to demonstrating respect for students and appreciating them for who they are right now. As teachers, the promise of the future is in our hands. I try to remember that every single day.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Although I am honored to be the recipient of honors and awards from my school district, my most cherished "trophy" is a battered, second-hand binder filled with letters and poems from thankful students and parents. That binder is precious to me and never fails to warm my heart.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

My master's degree is from Stony Brook University, and I am certified to teach English 7-12 and Elementary Education N-6.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

When I'm not writing or teaching, I love to play tennis, read, and travel with my family. You and I can hang out together at my blog ELABuffet We'll settle in for some teaching tips, free resources, and a whole lot of fun!

GRADES

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Staff

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, U.S. History, ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Study Skills, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, For Administrators, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading, Social Emotional Learning