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English language arts independent work videos
BUNDLE Cursive Handwriting Video Lessons Worksheets Extra Practice Copywork
Finally, there is a way to teach cursive handwriting without using all your core instruction time! These video lessons provide your students with guided practice and explicit instruction on cursive letter formation while freeing you up to teach other content. This bundle includes lessons for all lowercase and uppercase letters and provides tons of extra practice worksheets. Perfect for DISTANCE LEARNING, STATIONS, or AT-HOME PRACTICE ====== BUNDLE FEATURES ========Access to 26 Video Lessons
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1st - 6th
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Remember the Titans (2000): Complete Movie Guide
This 24-question movie guide will help your students get the most out of this powerful movie. This movie guide comes with an answer key. Ready to print and ready to use! Enjoy!Movie overview: "Set in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971, the fact-based story begins with the integration of black and white students at T. C. Williams High School. This effort to improve race relations is most keenly felt on the school's football team, the Titans, and bigoted tempers flare when a black head coach (Washingto
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6th - 12th
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13 LOWERCASE Cursive Handwriting Video Lessons with Worksheets & Extra Practice
Finally, there is a way for your students to learn cursive while you are teaching small groups. These cursive video lessons will provide your students with guided practice and explicit instruction on cursive letter formation while freeing you up to teach other content. Why teach cursive?-Students are highly motivated to learn cursive so they are engaged.-It improves handwriting and eliminates letter reversals.-It actually helps dyslexic students and other struggling learners with spelling and ha
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2nd - 6th
Edgar Allan Poe A&E Biography, Easy Video Lesson or Sub Plan, PDF & Google Drive
Help students understand the tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe with this print-and-teach video lesson featuring a question set designed to work with A&E Biography’s “The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe,” a free high-quality 43-minute episode available on the A&E Biography YouTube channel and a third-party website. (Video links included.)The video covers the major events of Edgar Allan Poe’s tragic life and includes small slices of his famous works, including “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.”This 5-
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Informative Writing - Research an Animal!
This product comes with six custom made YouTube videos for the flipped classroom or online learning. The download includes digital access and a PDF file to the graphic organizers that accompany the videos. Additionally, the file includes an editable exemplar, an editable rubric, and an editable tracking sheet for the classroom. 1 - Introduction to informative writing2 - Choosing a topic3 - Gathering facts4 - Writing body paragraphs5 - Introduction paragraph6 - Conclusion paragraph
13 UPPERCASE Cursive Handwriting Video Lessons with Worksheets & Extra Practice
Finally, there is a way for your students to learn cursive while you are teaching small groups. These cursive video lessons will provide your students with guided practice and explicit instruction on cursive letter formation while freeing you up to teach other content. Why teach cursive?-Students are highly motivated to learn cursive, so they are engaged.-It improves handwriting and eliminates letter reversals.-It actually helps dyslexic students and other struggling learners with spelling and h
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2nd - 6th
How to Write a Paragraph - Paragraph Writing - Weekly Guided Paragraph Prompts
The perfect paragraph writing bundle is definitely perfect! Teach students how to write a paragraph with the videos and best-selling STEP-BY-STEP PARAGRAPH WRITING® unit. Then use the weekly guided paragraph prompts for the paragraph of the week! Everything is prepped and ready for you to turn those reluctant writers into ROCKSTAR WRITERS®!WHAT IS INCLUDED?1. STEP-BY-STEP PARAGRAPH UNIT- It has scripted lesson plans, anchor charts, differentiated interactive notebook pages, practice pages, tas
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3rd - 5th
Sentence Writing Unit with Sentence Structure Mini-Lesson Videos
Are your students struggling with sentence writing? This SENTENCE STRUCTURE BUNDLE is loaded with teaching tools like complete sentences, subjects and predicates, fragments, and run-on sentences with conjunctions to give your students a solid foundation of sentence writing!THIS IS A CUSTOM BUNDLE. PLEASE SEE EACH ITEM FOR A DESCRIPTION and PREVIEW.What is included?1. Sentence Structure Unit2. Mini-lesson videos to go along with the unitThank you for visiting my store!Pam★★★ GO TO ROCKINRESOURCES
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3rd - 5th
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Inferring with Alma
This product is a companion sheet for the video Alma . https://youtu.be/irbFBgI0jhM. Your students will be RIVETED by this film!!This video features an adorably animated little girl strolling through the city on a winter day. Oddly, she spots a doll in a window of a shop, and the doll looks exactly like HER!!As the story unfolds, students are provided with 'stop' points featuring a variety of inferring skills: ✨Inferring Author's Purpose✨Inferring Tone✨Inferring Character Behavior✨Inferring St
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Inferring Skills BUNDLE
TED Talk Worksheet
Use this worksheet as a general guide for any TED Talk! This worksheet asks students to identify the speaker's claim/thesis and support for it. Students then reflect on the information shared in the talk.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teach Language Arts with Film Clips: Suspense and Foreshadowing
This short Film, Alma, is an excellent tool to have students review suspense and foreshadowing techniques. Students love the "creepy" film and figuring out exactly what has happened to the character. The file includes the film, student worksheets, and an answer key. The 4 worksheet pages include pause times to have students reflect and infer, as well as screenshots for analyzing examples of foreshadowing. Older students will enjoy this film which is not too young and engaging enough to keep them
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6th - 12th
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"Monkey's Paw" Engaging Short Story Analysis (Mood, Theme, and Foreshadowing)
This is not only a comprehensive lesson using the classic tale "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, but it is also a whole lot of fun for middle school students! This story is great to teach around Halloween time!What you get in the student guide:1) Background information2) Anticipation guide3) Mini research opportunity on superstitions4) Full copy of the unabridged text5) Mood analysis sheet6) Foreshadowing analysis sheet7) Socratic question sheet8) Theme: fate vs. free will analysis9) Film / sho
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6th - 10th
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Animal Farm (1999) - Russian Revolution Study: Complete Movie Guide
Animal Farm is an allegorical novel by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. This movie guide helps the students stay focused on the main ideas of the movie. It also helps students understand the characters in the animal farm and their allegorical equivalents (Old Major = Karl Marx, etc.). This movie guide comes with an answer key. Ready
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Theme | Story Elements with Google Slides and Video Lessons
All activities in this Theme Unit are provided in both digital and printable formats. The digital resources were created using Google Slides. You may convert the Google Slides to PowerPoint lessons for students to complete when they are not online.General Teaching· Vocabulary Practice – word and definition cards for practice + a test on these words· Question Stems by Grade LevelVideo Lessons with Organizers and Activities· Lesson 1 – Finding Themes in LiteratureActivity – Students will practice
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Story Elements Bundled Set
The Shawshank Redemption Film (1994) Study Guide Movie Packet
The following thirteen-page study guide film packet is used to accompany the Frank Darabont-directed 1994 drama film "The Shawshank Redemption" that stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. It can be used in an English or film studies classroom. The first page contains a list of cast and crew and a background and introduction on the film. The second page is a page that allows viewers to jot and take down their own notes. Pages three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven are comprehe
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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PARAGRAPH WRITING UNIT AND PARAGRAPH MINI-LESSON VIDEOS
This custom bundle was developed to provide the instructional mini-lesson videos to go along with the paragraph writing unit. Please see each of the previews!Thank you for visiting my store!Pam
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3rd - 5th
Movie Guide-March Of The Penguins Questions, Vocab and Word Search
This Academy Award winning documentary by National Geographic, is a stunning video showcasing Emperor penguins as they trek 70 miles across the frozen wasteland of Antarctica to mate, give birth and propagate the species. It is breathtakingly beautiful and perfect for grade 4 and above. The movie runs approximately 80 minutes. This includes: a set of 21 questions, a key, important vocabulary terms with definitions, and accompanying word search. This would be especially convenient for a substit
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5th - 12th
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Macbeth Film (2015) Study Guide Movie Packet
The following ten-page study guide film packet is used to accompany the Justin Kurzel-directed 2015 drama film "Macbeth" adapted from Shakespeare's tragedy that stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. It can be used in an English or film studies classroom. The first page contains a list of cast and crew and a background and introduction on the film from Wikipedia. The second page is a page that allows viewers to jot and take down their own notes. Pages three, four, five, six, seven, eight
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Point of View | Story Elements Activities with Google Slides & Videos
This story element unit focuses on point of view. All activities are provided in both digital and printable formats. The digital resources were created using Google Slides. You may convert the Google Slides to PowerPoint lessons for students to complete when they are not online.General Teaching· Vocabulary Practice – word and definition cards for practice + a test on these words· Question Stems by Grade LevelVideo Lessons with Organizers and Activities· Lesson 1 – First, Second, and Third Po
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Story Elements Bundled Set
Prereading for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: 20/20 episode
This is a worksheet that guides students through viewing ABC's 20/20 Episode, "A Hidden America: Children of the Plains." In this episode from October 2011, Diane Sawyer takes an in-depth look at the young dreamers and survivors of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, fighting against decades of neglect. Questions on the worksheet involve education, alcoholism, and health problems on the reservation. This episode guide can be used as a pre-reading assignment for Native American literature, such as
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7th - 12th
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How to Write the Alphabet - 52 Letter Formation Videos
Pair with: Alphabet Tracing SheetsThis presentation is perfect to use for whole group, small group or individual instruction. Scholars should have writing utensils such as a whiteboard and markers or pencil and paper.Each video is 2 minutes long. The step by step directions are provided 4 times with voice instructions and the remaining of the video is without sound. Scholars should practice saying the words while forming the letters.Print our letter tracing sheets to supplement this resource: h
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PreK - 3rd
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The Princess Bride Film (1987) Study Guide Movie Packet
The following 5-page document is a study guide movie packet to guide a viewer's analysis of the 1987 film "The Princess Bride" directed by Rob Reiner. The study guide can be used for study in an English or film studies class. The first page provides a cast and crew list and a background and introduction to the film. The second page provides a notes page for viewers to write their notes. The third page provides comprehension questions that actively challenge viewers to analyze the work's story an
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Lean on Me (1989): Complete Movie Guide
"An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually his successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story."- Written by Keith Loh This 18-question movie guide will help your students get the most out of this powerful movie. This movie guide comes with an answer key and a
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7th - 11th
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Jurassic Park Film (1993) Study Guide Movie Packet
The following six-page study guide film packet is used to accompany the Steven Spielberg-directed 1993 film, Jurassic Park. The first page contains a list of cast and crew and a background and introduction on the film. The second page is a page that allows viewers to jot and take down their own notes. Pages three, four, and five are comprehension questions to guide the viewer on the work's camera movement, cinematography, costume design, editing, irony, plot, story, style, and themes. The sixth
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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:
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