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Middle school english language arts assessment pdfs
Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Summarize It! Task Cards - Nonfiction Text Summary with Audio - Print & Digital
Summarizing nonfiction texts can be so hard for students! Give them lots of practice with these 24 informational task cards! Use in a print or digital format!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE
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3rd - 6th
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Figurative Language Task Cards Multiple Choice Figurative Language Anchor Charts
This is a set of 32 multiple choice figurative language task cards (and google slides/Easel activities). Each card features a different figure of speech within the context of a paragraph. Seven types of figurative language are featured on these cards: similemetaphoridiomhyperbolepersonificationonomatopoeiaalliteration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What's Included?Teacher Instructions32 Task Cards with Underlining (easier)32 Task Cards without Underlining (advanced)Black L
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4th - 6th
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End of the Year Activities Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Summer
Elevate your students' reading comprehension with these hassle-free, NO PREP text structure worksheets! These reading comprehension passages and questions include themed text structure passages, featuring end of the year themes such as May - Memorial Day pg.40, Summer Vacation pg.10 Earth Day pg. 56, Recycling pg.22, Spring pg.20, Butterfly Lifecycle pg.18, and more! This package focuses on Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence. It includes 20
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3rd - 6th
Handwriting Worksheets | CURSIVE PRINT D'NEALIAN BUNDLE for Older Students
Cursive and print handwriting should be fun for older kids! This is a year long daily handwriting practice that students will actually beg for! This handwriting pack is great for students who already know how to form cursive letters, but just can't seem to slow down and write neatly! Handwriting practice for all ages!*NEW look! Same great resource! A set of the following is included for both CURSIVE and PRINT:-26 pages of Silly Alphabet Sentences -20 pages of Positive Affirmations-20 pages of Aw
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1st - 8th
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Writing Prompts Narrative Opinion Informational Paragraph and Essay Writing
Are you looking for ways to strengthen your students' writing skills? These 15 writing prompts will give your students the practice they need to write narrative, opinion, and informative stories and essays while focusing on organization, evidence, sentence structure, and grammar. Just print and go or assign digitally through Google. These prompts are perfect for writing practice any time during the year! Through a variety of writing prompts, students will learn how to focus on the prompt given w
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3rd - 6th
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Ontario Report Card Comments - Grade 6 - ALL SUBJECTS & Learning Skills EDITABLE
These Ontario report card comments will SAVE YOU TIME writing your best report cards and progress reports! Includes report card comments for Learning Skills, 2023 English Language Arts, and all other subjects. Copy and paste directly into your report card program or edit to personalize for your students.We have also included a separate British Columbia (BC) report card comment bank that aligns with British Columbia (BC) curriculum. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 6, or just looking f
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5th - 7th
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ELA REVIEW & TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM - Reading Comprehension
Standards-driven content on Reading Comprehension, Figurative Language, Point of View, Text Structure, Main Idea, & Critical Thinking! This interactive and engaging digital escape room is a great way to review throughout the year as well as to prepare students for state testing! It's also ZERO PREP and self-checking for students!All you have to do is share the link, and students are on their way! Take a look at the video preview for a quick glimpse of how this escape room works.**Click HERE
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Test Prep Reading Comprehension - Review Escape Room Bundle
Grammar Worksheets and Tests: Grades 7-8 NO PREP Printables
The topics/skills included in this huge packet of grammar worksheets are the same as in my Interactive Grammar Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.**Grades 7-8 Version** Level C *Practice & Assess GrammarThis product can be used with OR without the Interactive Grammar Notebook. Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 33 lessons, there is a 20-item practice, followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess Grammar: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Short Story Units for Middle School (Short Story of the Month Club, 7th Grade)
Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7Grab this collection of popular Short Story Units tailored for Grade 7! I created these units specifically around the CCSS for grade 7, but they can absolutely be used in grades 6-10 - please check the preview file to verify this. Try the first month (August!) free! Click here.The Short Story of the Month, Grade 7, is a bundle of short story units created specifically to cover the Common Core standards for grade 7 using short stories that I can promise your
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6th - 8th
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The Video Game Project: An ELA Activity for Big Kids (Digital & Printable)
Looking for a rigorous, but engaging, activity that assesses a variety of middle school ELA standards? The Video Game Project - An ELA Project for Big Kids is just what you need! It is simple to differentiate and virtually print-and-go! Additionally, this resource includes a digital workbook, making it the perfect project for virtual or hybrid classrooms. In this activity, students will assume the role of a video game designer. They need to submit a video game design to the fictional Nin, Ten, a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Digital Bundle
Ontario Report Card Comments - Grade 5 - ALL SUBJECTS & Learning Skills EDITABLE
These Ontario report card comments will SAVE YOU TIME writing your best report cards and progress reports! Includes report card comments for Learning Skills, 2023 English Language Arts, and all other subjects. Copy and paste directly into your report card program or edit to personalize for your students.We have also included a separate British Columbia (BC) report card comment bank that aligns with British Columbia (BC) curriculum. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 5, or just looking fo
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4th - 6th
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Grammar Worksheets and Tests: Grades 4-5 NO PREP Printables
Grammar worksheets and tests FOR THE YEAR! The topics/skills included in this huge packet of grammar worksheets are the same as in my Interactive Grammar Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.**Grades 4-5 Version** Level A Grammar Practice & AssessPurchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 33 lessons, there is a 20-item practice, followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so th
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess Grammar: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Upper Grade Grammar Boot Camp
Get your students practicing, reviewing, and learning all about the core parts of speech with this interactive and engaging grammar resource!Students will experience a boot camp style learning opportunity that allows them to use eight different parts of speech. It can be used in stations, both as small groups or individually, or can be taught and practiced whole class.This resource can stretch over multiple days and weeks OR completed in a single day!Included in this resource:Pre-assessment (wi
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3rd - 6th
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Night by Elie Wiesel - Complete Teaching Unit - Activities, Quizzes, & More
Engage your students in a comprehensive memoir study of Elie Wiesel's memoir Night with this Night Teaching Unit. This Night Activities Bundle includes pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities to use when teaching Night. This Night Teaching Unit Begin includes teaching resources and activities for you to complete with your students before, during, and after you read Night. This unit includes a 5-week pacing guide to help you plan your Night unit! Begin your unit with a Holocaust/
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8th - 11th
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Romeo and Juliet Lessons and Activities for Real Life Connections
ROMEO & JULIET has so many life lessons for our students. Engage them in the study of the play by helping them see the many connections they can make between their lives and those of the characters.UPDATE JANUARY 2024: the resource as been updated with many additions to the slideshow and an editable version that you can use digitally.This resource includes a variety of responses, activities and reflections that are designed to help students make connections between Romeo & Juliet and th
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8th - 12th
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RTI: 60 Fluency Passages for Progress Monitoring Comprehension 5th-12th Grades
180 Comprehension Assessments aligned to these passages HERE, added Aug. 28, 2019. Are you a middle school or high school teacher and have you been told that you must "do" RTI? Yet have been given no direction, no training, no intervention resources or no progress monitoring tools? Then this is the packet for you. This packet is not the interventions...I do however, have an RTI Reading Interventions Menu (free) HERE. This product will help you progress monitor fluency and comprehension inter
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5th - 12th
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ESL Writing Activities With Picture Prompts
Need a fun way to get your ESL / ELL / EFL students to practice writing? Here are 40 engaging picture prompts that can be used 2 different ways.1. 40 Picture Prompts with 2 sets of questions (Level I and Level II). These can be projected onto a screen. (These are "full page" size.) After students write their answers, you can have them discuss their responses aloud for an interesting class discussion and great speaking practice!2. 80 Task Cards (40 different pictures + 2 levels of questions). The
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Grammar Worksheets and Tests: 6th Grade NO PREP Printables
The topics/skills included in this huge packet of grammar worksheets are the same as in my Interactive Grammar Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.**Grade 6 Version** Level B * Practice & Assess Grammar This product can be used with OR without the Interactive Grammar Notebook. Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 33 lessons, there is a 20-item practice, followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess Grammar: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Figurative Language - Similes and Metaphors
This is an 18 question worksheet that focuses on similes and metaphors only. Students are required to identify each statement as either a simile or a metaphor. Then they must circle the two things that are being compared. This is a good way to check for understanding. ♦FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE♦Save 50% Figurative Language Bundle Save 50%♦Check out other FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resources♦Figurative Language - Similes and their MeaningFigurative Language - Similes and MetaphorsFigurati
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2nd - 10th
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Create Your Own Bundle | Spiral Review & Quizzes | DIGITAL & PRINT, You Pick!
This One Stop Bundle gives YOU the option to purchase ANY THREE Spiral Review & Quiz resources from my store for an even better price. Unlike most bundles, this bundle lets YOU decide what is included. That means you can pick ANY combination of spiral review resources, including multiple subjects and grade levels (both PRINT & DIGITAL options available)☝☝ Use the PREVIEW to browse through all of my included resources! ☝☝IMPORTANT NOTE: This bundle is intended for use by ONE teacher (or
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K - 12th
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Mentor Sentences: The Bundle
This bundle contains all the mentor sentence volumes!Using mentor sentences is a great way to incorporate grammar, word work, vocabulary, writing, and reading!Students can work through the mentor sentence all week, labeling, noticing, revising, and imitating. This resource includes a worksheet that students use all week, with a separate assessment for the end of the week.The volumes cover: common nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, articles, con
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4th - 7th
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Ontario Report Card Comments All Subjects & Learning Skills Grade 7 8 EDITABLE
SAVE HOURS OF TIME! Copy and paste directly into your report card program! Includes Learning Skills AND New Ontario Language Arts, Math, Health & Physical Education, Music, Drama, Dance, Visual Arts, Science, History, and Geography. or edit to personalize for your students.We have also included a separate bank of British Columbia (BC) report card comments that aligns with British Columbia (BC) curriculum. Whether you're a new teacher, new to grade 7 or 8, or just looking for new ideas, thi
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7th - 8th
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Finding Theme Worksheets Aesop's Fables with Comprehension Questions Passages
Finding theme worksheets— these Aesop's fables with comprehension questions are a timeless collection of stories that your students will love. Help students master the skills of finding the theme, making connections to the text, and responding with text evidence. This packet contains 15 fables to read, followed by multiple choice and short response questions. Each fable is produced on a ready-to-print and use, one page worksheet, followed by 2-3 questions. Each fable is short and manageable, an
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3rd - 6th
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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.
How do I find English language arts lessons on TPT?
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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