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High school english language arts literature circles $5-10
Social Media Templates for ANY text - TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Text
Five 2023 social media templates in both DIGITAL (Google Slides or PowerPoint) and printable versions. These reusable and highly engaging templates for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Messenger are perfect for ANY novel study, creative writing task or even history class!Carefully designed on the 2023 versions of these popular Apps. Also includes editable exemplars to show students what success looks like.Happy teaching :)
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5th - 12th
Also included in: FULL Unit for ANY Novel & Independent Reading (Digital & Print)
Middle School Literature Circles and Book Clubs Forms Roles Worksheet Activities
Make implementing literature circles and book clubs in your middle school ELA classroom fun, engaging, and streamlined with these forms and structures. This resource includes 20 printable and digital Google slides for middle school literature circles and book clubs. These literature circle response forms include forms and job roles directly related to literature concepts and standards. That makes these response forms perfect to use alongside any individual reading assignment as well. Here's what
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6th - 9th
The Outsiders Chapter Quizzes
Assess your students' understanding of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders with chapter quizzes! This PDF download for The Outsiders chapter quizzes includes one quiz for each chapter! There is also a link to a Google Doc that will provide you with editable quizzes. Here's what you'll get:12 quizzes (one quiz for every chapter) Each quiz includes ten questions: 5 matching and 5 multiple-choice.Answer keysNEW BONUS LINK: Google Doc with editable chapter questions These quizzes are ideal for checkin
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7th - 10th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Literary Lenses Literature Circles: A Book Club Meeting of the Masterminds
Turn your students in literary masterminds with Meeting of the Masterminds Literature Circles. For this literature circle activity, student will meet in a book club and role play using a literary lens. They’ll be a critic, (reader) responder, psychologist, historian, philosopher, and linguist. Meeting of the Masterminds Literature Circles are perfect for you if are looking for...an engaging learner-centered approach to encourage literary analysisan activity to get your students excited about rea
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Literary Analysis | Literary Lenses Activities Curriculum Bundle
Interactive Literature Circles for Grades 4-8 {& Traditional Literature Circles}
This is your complete handbook to implementing literature circles in the middle grades. I walk you through every step of the literature circle model, including:
organization
book selection
quizzes
role assignments and work
the actual reading
group meetings
student choice
Included in this pack are role sheets and examples for students to complete the following roles:
Discussion Director
Word Wizard
Passage Picker
Character Sketcher
Figurative Language Finder (optional)
I’ve included separate
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4th - 9th
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Novel Study
This 50 page novel study covers "Long Way Down" a realistic verse novel by Jason Reynolds and includes comprehension questions, group discussion cards, vocabulary building, summarization, an anagrams page, sequencing, and more. Over FIFTY pages included to give you teaching options!This resource includes:✔️ 8 Comprehension Question Pages (50 Q's total) One for each chapter.✔️ Detailed answer keys including page numbers and text evidence✔️ 12 Group Discussion Cards: Make text to self connections✔
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Jason Reynolds Bundle Long Way Down Look Both Ways Ghost
The Book Thief Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Markus Zusaks's award-winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Eve
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5th - 9th
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First Chapter Friday (Entire Year Bundle)
MAKE READING FUN AGAIN!WHAT IS FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY?First Chapter Friday is an easy and fun way to spark the joy of reading in your students and only takes 15-20 minutes a week! Bring back the love of reading for your entire class with this one of a kind resource! WILL IT WORK FOR DISTANCE LEARNING?Yes! There are many ways to make this product work for distance learning.WHAT IF USING IT ON FRIDAY DOESN'T WORK FOR MY CLASSROOM?Not a problem! The prompts are editable (Google Slides) so you could c
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5th - 9th
Book Club Activities ANY NOVEL - Literature Circles - Novel Study - End of Year
This is a NO PREP BOOK CLUB unit for any choice novel that has many differentiated activities: assessments, choice boards, literary analysis, evidence-based writing, & more! Distance learning Google Slides, digital games, and Google Forms Quizzes included! It is great for secondary students.What's included:Teacher PreparationGetting Started Teaching NotesBook Club Teacher Conference Schedule – editableBook Club Parent Permission FormDigital Games Teaching Notes (*new)Discussion Day LogPlanni
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Ultimate Secondary Reading Bundle NO PREP!! - Nonfiction & Fiction
The Book Thief Novel Study: Reading Guide and Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning WW2 novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 20 sections, with each section focusing on 25-30 pages of reading. (My novel studies are typically divided up into chapters, but due to the unique nature of Zusak's storytelling, this novel study is divided into sections that correspond with the book).This Common
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: The Book Thief and The Boy in Striped Pajamas Novel Studies - Bundle
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Interactive Flip Book, 10 Activities
This interactive resource contains everything you need to engage students with Edgar Allan Poe's creepy classic, "The Tell Tale Heart." Perfect in October (or any time of year!) this resource can be used alone, with Interactive Notebooks, or with Interactive File Folders.THIS "TELL-TALE HEART" RESOURCE INCLUDES:full text of “The Tell-Tale Heart” in easy-to-read font, with especially difficult vocabulary terms definedlesson plananticipation guidetext-dependent questions10 activities9 writing prom
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7th - 9th
Starbooks Book Tasting
Your students will LOVE this book tasting activity, and even better, so will you since all of the materials are done for you! This book tasting is Starbucks-themed, which made it that much more exciting for students. This activity is perfect for preparing for book clubs, literature circles, or to preview books that are new to your classroom library or that you just want to expose your students to!Provided in this product, you will receive a book tasting menu for students to complete during the
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Also included in: Book Tasting BUNDLE
Survivor - An Introduction to Discussion and Textual Evidence
Welcome to the game of Survivor! This introductory lesson is perfect for any collaborative classroom and utilizes text annotation, finding textual evidence, forming an opinion based on text, and respectful debate all in one fun activity! The Game:Students must determine 5 plane crash survivors to be rescued immediately and 5 to stay and attempt to survive on the island.What's included?Slides to accompany the lessonA student-facing worksheetA full lesson plan with objective and common core standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Book Tasting Kit (Book Tasting Menu - Literature Circles)
BOOK TASTING KIT
This kit includes everything you need to throw a book tasting! Get your students excited about reading new books by turning your classroom into a restaurant for the day! (JUST ADD RED & WHITE CHECKERED TABLE CLOTHS!)
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Editable Book Tasting Menu - all you have to do is add your book titles & QR Codes! Available in 5 or 6 book options
Table Number Tents - to help you organize your students into groups and make it feel more like a restaurant!
Place-mats - to make
Grades:
6th - 12th
Long Way Down || Guided Poetry Analysis
Let's be honest with each other: poetry can be intimidating for students and their teachers, and layers of imagery, symbolism, and metaphor paired with complex syntax and diction are enough to strike fear into the hearts of even our most accomplished students. But it doesn't have to be this way. Jason Reynolds novel in verse, Long Way Down, provides students with an entry into poetry through the compelling story of Will Holloman. Having just witnessed the murder of his older brother Shawn, Will
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7th - 11th
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Literature Circles Bundle - Literature Circle Roles and Book Club Activities
This literature circles bundle includes everything you need for student-led book clubs! Use these literature circle roles, rubrics, assessments, and book club activities to facilitate independent novel studies. These materials are suitable for middle school and high school students.Included with this Literature Circles Bundle:✏️ Literature Circle Roles and Responsibilities✏️ Literature Circle Roles Worksheets✏️ Literature Circles Task Chart and Pacing Guide✏️ Peer Rubrics - Editable + Read
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7th - 10th
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Novel in Verse Vault : Digital reading worksheets for novel in verse lit circles
Are you teaching a novel in verse such as The Crossover, Long Way Down, The Poet X, or a hundred other options to engage students in poetry and prose? Then this novels in verse vault has you covered!This reading worksheet vault has 15 completely editable activities for ANY novel in verse!It's Common Core aligned hitting author's craft, author's vocabulary, author's choice, author's mind (inferencing), and author's message.⭐Also included is a novel in verse viewing guide for setting up novel in v
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7th - 12th
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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
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Reading Response Journal Prompts for Any Novel (Set 1) - Distance Learning
Need a way to hold students accountable for choice reading? Whether you're using literature circles, a book club format, or some other type of independent reading program, these digital reading response journal prompts will keep students engaged while allowing them an avenue to share what they are comprehending from their books. Research shows that asking students to write about what they are reading is one of the most beneficial activities we can ask students to do. And, that's exactly what the
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Grades:
7th - 10th
The House on Mango Street Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Sandra Cisneros' award-winning novel, The House on Mango Street effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Lear
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Grades:
7th - 12th
A Long Walk to Water Test (Paper Print and Go or Google Forms)
Whole Book Test for A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park This purchase includes three copies of the test:One copy is in microsoft word and is completely editable. Another copy is a pdf with more of a "professional look." The pdf version cannot be edited due to specific fonts used. There is also a link to a self grading Google Forms version of the test. 50 QuestionsMultiple Choice Includes Key Please upload the product preview to see a portion of the test. This should help you determine if
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5th - 9th
Also included in: A Long Walk To Water Novel Study Bundle (Digital or Print and Go)
Poetry & Art: Blackout Poetry Book Pages
(7) BLOWN UP BOOK PAGES & Instructions Included for creating poetry from the heart without the pressure of rhyming or form. Even if participants are not familiar with the principles of poetry (i.e., feeling, image, rhythm simile, metaphor, shape, and sound), they can express themselves with this fun activity to creatively problem solve varying poetic forms. Teach Social Emotional Learning or Poetry in a supportive way that will encourage creativity, participation, and deeper self-expression.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"Refugee" Novel Study
Guide your students to a deeper understanding of the novel "Refugee" by Alan Gratz. This low prep unit is offered in both PRINT and DIGITAL FORMATS. (This is a .zip file. Please make sure your computer can download and open a .zip file. )It includes:Chapter summaries formatted for teacher use & distribution to students.Detailed background information pagesComprehension questionsVocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzesAnswer keysComprehension practice sheetsAnalyzing figurative languageUsing con
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6th - 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.
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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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