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Elementary english language arts dbqs $10 and up
DBQ Bell Ringers--Ancient History
Have your students think like a Historian. 199 Slides...170 DBQ Bell Ringers for Ancient World Middle School Social Studies, aligned with the ELA Common Core. Let's get rigorous with our bell ringers and ask them to analyze, infer and draw conclusions. This amazing package will fill your needs all year long. Answer Key given.I have provided 1, 2,3 or 4 weeks worth of bell ringers per topic. Topics include Mesopotamia – 1 week, Ancient Egypt-- 2 weeks, Israelite--1 week, Maps – 1 week, Prim
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5th - 7th
Black History Month Bundle: 37 Reading & Quiz Activities - MLK , Obama, Tubman..
Celebrate Black History Month with our comprehensive bundle of 37 engaging Nonfiction Reading and Quiz activities! Immerse your students in the remarkable lives of iconic figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, and many more, as they explore the rich tapestry of African American history. Engaging and Educational Content: Our Black History Month Bundle is carefully curated to provide students with insightful readings about influential individuals who have made signif
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3rd - 6th
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Ancient Egypt Stations
This product contains 8 "articles" that comprise the Ancient Egypt Case Study. Each article has a particular topic related to the Nile River Valley. Specifically, this document includes Geography, Economy, Seasons of the Nile, Social Order, Government, Religion, and Achievements of Ancient Egypt, with an additional article on the pyramids for fun! Each article uses images, bold text, and vocabulary to enrich the reader's engagement with the document. Each article has a corresponding Student Que
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5th - 8th
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Black Lives Matter & Civil Rights Movement Project
An incredible hoard of primary and secondary source documents for students to research, analyze and synthesize into a comparative essay on the civil rights movement and modern day movement for Black lives. Students will have 3 different topics to choose from, all with guided research scaffolds (text sets and questions to guide inquiry): "civil rights", "policing", "students and youth", and "creating social change". Included is an intro lesson on Black Lives Matter, a rubric for the writing proje
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Inventors Day Mega Bundle: 12 Engaging Nonfiction Readings and Quizzes!
Unlock the wonders of innovation and celebrate Inventors Day with our comprehensive bundle! This mega pack features 12 captivating nonfiction readings and quizzes, each highlighting the incredible contributions of renowned inventors throughout history. From the groundbreaking inventions of Willem J. Kolff and Steve Jobs to the revolutionary ideas of George Washington Carver and the Wright Brothers, this bundle covers a diverse range of inventors who shaped the world we live in today. Why Choose
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3rd - 7th
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Fairy-Tale Unit (18 rigorous passages, questions, and graphic organizers)
This product includes 18 popular fairy tales with one specific text-dependent questions per story. For student-use in collaborative groups or literacy stations, I have designed the texts to be printed and laminated so that students can use dry-erase markers to practice the skill of text-marking for relevant evidence to the question. The document includes a graphic-organizer on which students can glue the rigorous question for the story and practice skills in text-marking, annotating, a
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3rd - 5th
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A.C.E. Writing Strategy for Social Studies Constructed Response Pack *14 Page*
Product DescriptionThe A.C.E strategy is a constructed response strategy that gives students a format to make valid claims and support their claim in Social Studies Constructed Response writings. The strategy focuses on providing with meaningful evidence to support the claim.Why Use the A.C.E Strategy?The A.C.E Strategy is a great strategy for use in the Social Studies classroom for constructed response writing. The strategy encourages students to make a claim by answering the question in their
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3rd - 12th
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Wonder
This product includes close reading questions from each of the parts for the book Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. Each part is saved separately, and includes some "right there" questions, some inferential questions, some drawing conclusions, making predictions and vocabulary questions. There are a variety of question types including short answer, multiple choice, comparison (venn diagrams), sketching, listing, etc.
It also includes the Julian Chapter, and answer keys for all sections of the book.
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4th - 7th
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Poem of the Week Activity Pack - February-June
This pack includes 18 poems for Feb.-June.
Each poem includes:
--Printable Poem
--Poem with Hidden Words for Whole Group Cloze Activity
--Text-Based Evidence Activity with Comprehension Tasks
--Page for Student Illustration
See Preview! Fun, engaging poems with opportunities to apply valuable Reading Strategies.
September-January Pack available for entire year of Poetry Activities!
By Patricia Morin
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Jamestown VA DBQ combined with Lucy Calkins Units of Study Boxes & Bullets!!!!
I worked so hard to connect the Lucy Calkins Units of Study boxes and bullets technique with an incredible DBQ (Document Based Question) around the fact that so many colonists died at Jamestown, VA. I am very excited to share it with you. This is the a perfect 3-5 week long cross-curricular social studies and writing unit to conduct with 4th graders studying Virginia History. I rewrote the original DBQ essay to align it with VA SOLS, as well as the questions about each document. The documents us
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4th - 12th
Civil Rights Movement, BLM Movement, vs. Capitol Hill Insurrection
Students will explore protest by looking at the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter Movement and compare and contrast these movements to the insurrection and breach on Capitol Hill on Jan 6, 2021.What's included in this digital interactive workbook:- Frayer Model Graphic Organizer - Vocabulary Picture Sort- See-Think-Wonder with Civil Rights Movement, BLM, and Capitol Hill breach images- "What's the Story Behind the Picture," video activity- Caption This! activity- Claim-Evidence-Re
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4th - 8th
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Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: Alliance
Put colonial North America into full context with over 25 lessons using activities, maps, an animated video, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the ALLIANCE board game (separate purchase). WARNING: History class will never be the same.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "A clever take on statecraft whereby six teams across colonial North America meet the triple challenge of nation building, international diplomacy, and economic sustainability. Iroquois Confederacy
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4th - 7th
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Poem of the Week Activity Pack - September-January
This pack includes 20 poems for Sep.-Jan.
Each poem includes:
--Printable Poem
--Poem w/ Hidden Words for Whole Group Cloze Activity
--Text-Based Evidence Activity with Comprehension Tasks
--Page for student Illustration
See Preview! Fun, engaging poems with opportunities to apply valuable reading strategies.
Feb-June pack available for entire year of Poetry Activities!
By Patricia Morin
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Socratic Seminar Guide for Teachers (Common Core)
**Updated**
Socratic Seminar have so many benefits for students and developing their critical thinking skills.
Includes assessment ideas for seminar.
Use this easy guide to help get you started with using Socratic Seminars within your classroom. I have used seminars for all subject areas and use this guide for staff professional development as well as introducing to my students.
This is a word document, so you can change to meet your classroom needs.
**If you love it, please give it 4 star
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4th - 12th
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Hyperdoc
This interactive Google SlideShow walks students through an extensive background knowledge of Jim Crow Laws of the South in the 1940’s. It then walks students chapter by chapter through the novel and allows students to answer close reading questions related to the story. It also allows students creativity by giving opportunities for open ended answers and hypothetical situations to have students spoil apply what they have learned in the novel. You will need to make a copy for all of the link
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4th - 7th
Analyzing MORE Primary Sources
Analyzing MORE Primary Sources takes off where Analyzing Primary Sources leaves off. Make primary source documents manageable for upper elementary and middle school students with this collection of 10 graphic organizers based on known strategies as well as 21 primary source documents based on 7 engaging topics for students. Through the use of organizers designed to break apart independent sources, students will be able to complete a comparison chart on which they will analyze the purpose of the
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3rd - 9th
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150 Days of 2nd Grade Journeys Daily Writing Prompts
Included in this zip file are all 6 units, or 150 writing prompts to go with the 2nd grade Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys series. Each story contains 5 high-level thinking writing prompts, with a comprehension question, an application question, an analysis question, an evaluation question, and a synthesis question. The writing prompts will help students to develop the skills needed to meet the rigorous common core standards. If you do not wish to purchase the writing prompts for all 30 st
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2nd
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Primary Source Analysis Collection (20 Units)
The Primary Source Analysis Collection examines primary sources and secondary source narratives that bring to light certain eras of U.S. History. Each PSA contains resources to help students interact with the text and gather evidence to defend an argument in answer to the PSA question. Each PSA includes the full PSA with embedded questions, an abridged PSA, interactive notebook questions, graphic organizer, and writing planners for two, three, and four paragraph essays.
Includes 20 units:
Explo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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ACER Style Scholarship Paper for Grades 4-7
Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) high-stake style- exam for students wanting to pass SCHOLARSHIP tests. * Includes one complete set of FULL 4 tests. * ANSWERS included.Test 1: Written Expression (25minutes)Test 2: Humanities Comprehension and Interpretation (40minutes)Test 3: Mathematics and Science (40minutes)Test 4: Written Expression (25minutes)
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4th - 8th, Staff
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GradesK-12 Common Core ELA Rubrics
These expertly designed rubrics not only meet the performance bands to identify progress toward mastery of the Common Core Standards; they also show vertical alignment to the previous and next year standards. This assists identifying and differentiating instruction for our struggling and advanced student.
Each grade level features rubrics for:
Opinion-Argument
Informative
Narrative
There is an additional:
Middle School Document Based Question
The folder has pdf and doc files so that you can
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K - 12th
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A.C.E. Writing Strategy for Social Studies Constructed Response Pack *14 Page*
Product DescriptionThe A.C.E strategy is a constructed response strategy that gives students a format to make valid claims and support their claim in Social Studies Constructed Response writings. The strategy focuses on providing with meaningful evidence to support the claim.Why Use the A.C.E Strategy?The A.C.E Strategy is a great strategy for use in the Social Studies classroom for constructed response writing. The strategy encourages students to make a claim by answering the question in their
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3rd - 12th
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The Lightning Thief Unit Plan: Teacher Matrix (5th Grade Literacy)
Take a journey with Percy Jackson as he discovers who he and his family are through a class favorite, The Lightning Thief. This teacher matrix is a unit plan that includes a chapter-by-chapter lesson with:-Standard-Content Language Objective-Essential Question (Overarching question for the book- this can be used for an end-of-unit assessment)-Vocabulary words-Language Frames (scaffolding)-Exemplar/ Success Criteria (scaffolding)-Text Dependent Questions (varies from short answer, multiple choic
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4th - 6th
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World War II America on the Homefront Text Mapping Activity
If your students are anything like my 6th graders, they struggle with text annotation and citing evidence to justify their answers. I have created a text mapping activity that allows students to interact with the text and see the big picture. Through this bundle, you will receive four topics: Rationing, Japanese Internment, Women in WWII, and Propaganda. All four of these topics have their own essential question that can be answered using evidence from the nonfiction text excerpts. Each of the d
Grades:
4th - 11th
Wilson Step 4.2 Comprehension Questions Google Slides
Trying to generate comprehension questions for part 9 of Wilson's fourth edition passages? No worries! Each passage in 4.2 has 5-6 comprehension questions, which encourage written response to the texts and align with common core standards. These questions foster "referring back to the text" to support opinions with text evidence.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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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
What types of English language arts lessons are available on TPT?
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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