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8th grade english language arts resources for Microsoft OneDrive under $5
Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Text Set: ELA Theme, Characterization, Plot
Engage students with the classic yet twisted short story Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl paired with lesser known but equally surprising poem by the same author.With this Roald Dahl text set, students will read his version of Little Red Riding Hood and compare it to Lamb to the Slaughter. Viewed through a gender lens, Roald Dahl is a master at portraying female characters as a powerful element of surprise. These two Dahl texts paired with informational texts and a story element review create
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8th - 12th
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How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Letters to Books: A meaningful way to reflect on themes for ANY book
This end-of-reading activity gives students a chance to reflect on how a book or story affected their lives in a meaningful way. Students choose from 10 different letter templates to help form positive reflections on themes, morals, and messages of books. You can project these templates and have students hand write their letters, you can print zen doodle stationery for them to write on, or you can have students type their letters in colorful stationery using Google or Microsoft classrooms. The w
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5th - 12th
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Back To School Digital Activity - Soundtrack or Playlist of My Life
Digital Back to School Activity - This is such a busy time of the year so why not get your students started by writing about the music that best represents them and their unique lives! Using Google Slides™, MS OneDrive™ and other digital platforms, this activity can either be used as "Soundtrack of My Life" or "Soundtrack of The Summer" - the full online activity includes options for both. Easily adaptable to different ages and abilities! A fun activity for the beginning of the year and a fun
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Back to School / First Week of School Activities - Digital Bundle
Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
History of Halloween Masks Close Reading or Informational Text Pairing
This informational text close reading and craftivity makes a perfect stand-alone assignment or an interesting informational text pairing for The Masque of the Red Death or the Romeo and Juliet masquerade scene. Students will read the informational text passage and answer close reading questions in the margins of the page. The craftivity allows students to design a mask that fits their personality based on a color connotation worksheet that is provided (they could also design a mask in the colors
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4th - 12th
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Paraphrasing - Steps to Great Paraphrasing PowerPoint
How to paraphrase is a research skill that must be practiced. This Paraphrasing PowerPoint presentation includes what is putting research in your own words and why it is important, gives students real practice paraphrasing, and stimulates students to think. Provides five steps to writing a good paraphrase, as well as strategies to turn what they are reading into written summaries. Use this digital resource in a virtual classroom or in a face-to-face in-person classroom environment. Helpful for t
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5th - 8th
Beowulf Introduction, Beowulf Epic Hero Traits, and Beowulf Intro Activity
Use these Beowulf introduction stations or Beowulf introduction PowerPoint to hook students and teach them epic hero traits along with needed background information before reading Beowulf. As a way to reinforce learning, assign the corresponding Beowulf get-to-know-you activity (a digital or print option are available).This resource can be used as a regular printed worksheet, or as a digital learning activity. These lessons work perfectly in a traditional printed resource classroom, Google class
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7th - 12th
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Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
Vocabulary Activities 30 Fun Creative Word Study Tasks
With 30 print & digital activities, this workbook makes teaching vocabulary fun, easy, and ready to go! Editable word lists, checklists, and lots of creative ways for your students to engage with learning new vocabulary! Choices galore!Use with your words or the editable vocabulary "menu" provided.Assign one, some, or all activities -- so flexible! Use for self-paced activities, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class word studies. This resource includes:"vocabulary collectors"vo
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4th - 8th
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Literary Elements of a Short Story PowerPoint
Literary Elements PowerPoint on literary terms and the main short story parts including characters, plot, conflict, setting, theme, resolution, denouement. This digital resource explains the critical elements of a short story and specific knowledge (like plot diagram, types of conflict) that students need to be able to identify when they read, as well as incorporate into their own writing. Short quiz on story elements at the end for assessment. Project on your whiteboard or print out the print f
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Novel Study - Reading Response & Analysis for ANY Novel - Digital Activity
Reading Response for ANY Novel - Independent Novel Study or Whole Class Novel - Looking for an alternative to chapter questions? These Reading Response pages can be used alone or in different combinations with ANY novel. The organizers touch on many important facets of a novel study, including plot, characters, theme, conflict, setting, and more! Easy to differentiate for different novels, grade levels, and abilities! Easy to share with students on any digital platform.Includes 12 slides for st
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6th - 9th
Also included in: DIGITAL Novel Study Bundle - Use with ANY NOVEL
Context Clues Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary words in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice with short context clues reading passages. These activities help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. This digital resource includes strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each bellringer slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the un
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
ELA STEM Challenge Activity: Explanatory Essay, Hatchet Writing Activities +More
This hands-on, zero prep, zero supply cost STEM lesson is a fun way to incorporate STEM in ELA! Additionally, it pairs nicely with any wilderness survival story including examples like Lord of the Flies - Hatchet - My Side of the Mountain - Island of the Blue Dolphins - Sign of the Beaver - Touching Spirit Bear +MoreYou will get:⭐ An editable preplanning worksheet⭐ An editable exemplary procedural text⭐ An editable breakdown of what makes a good explanatory text⭐ An editable rubricYou will love
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5th - 9th
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How to Evaluate Websites and Data Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print or Digital -- you have both! Get students ready for critical thinking and research by learning how to evaluate digital data by determining the value of a website. Have them practice this skill before they need to begin research for a project.Ready for your distance learning or in-person classroom setting.What teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to de
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6th - 9th
Analogies PowerPoint and Easel Assessment
Analogies Interactive PowerPoint. What is an analogy and how do you solve one? This presentation defines what an analogy is, how they are written, and what relationships to look for when solving analogous pairs. There are 10 practice analogies for students, with answers and explanations. The guided practice helps students develop critical thinking skills and prepares them for standardized tests. Use on a whiteboard or on Chromebooks. Great to use at the end of the year before summer break or for
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5th - 8th
Reader's Journal for Independent Reading - DIGITAL Reading Response
Here’s a digital reading response journal that students will find both motivating and enjoyable! You keep students accountable for independent reading while they respond on colorful slides to discuss key events and their reactions. Perfect for distance learning when students read independent novels at home.The Reader’s Journal assignment requires a reader to divide the novel into 5 approximately equal segments using sticky notes. Then the reader stops at each interval to recall key events and pr
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6th - 9th
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Daily Digital Exit Ticket Template
I have been using a digital bellringer notebook every morning for the past four years in my 1:1 classroom, so I figured it was about time I went digital with my exit tickets too.This resource contains one original template for students to record responses to exit ticket prompts/tasks*, date, and topic. The template can be used with any prompt and duplicated to be used over and over again. You simply need to add your own prompts to the template or project/display your prompt for the students to r
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7th - 12th
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Introduction to Drama PowerPoint
This Drama PowerPoint is an excellent introduction to theater and drama lesson you project on your whiteboard to start teaching and hook your students. Presentation has animations, sounds, and graphics that engage students when starting a drama unit. Defines drama terms like playwright, stage directions, set, props, script, etc. Includes staging, dramatization, how plays are produced, the role of the audience and theater etiquette. Also includes information on Greek theater, Shakespearean theate
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
Also included in: Drama Unit Resource BUNDLE Print and Digital Easel Activities
Shakespeare Informational Text, Test Prep, Close Reading, and Poem Puzzle
Before you teach Shakespeare's plays, have your students learn about Shakespeare through this informational text while also practicing test prep and close reading skills! This Shakespeare informational text is designed to spark curiosity about the mysterious life of the bard while also prompting inferencing, reading for context clues, and other Common Core test-taking skills. After students work hard on their Shakespeare close reading, they will have a chance to be creative by putting together t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Expository Essays PowerPoint with Printable Graphic Organizer
Expository Essay Writing PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer. Guide students step by step through an expository writing prompt, using a four-square graphic organizer. Students learn how to put ideas in logical order to support a thesis statement, develop an introductory paragraph with a hook, and develop a concluding paragraph that ends with a punch! This digital resource includes a printable graphic organizer template to print (black and white), links to online resources, and a writing prompt for
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7th - 10th
To Kill a Mockingbird Final Test: Digital Self-Grading Form - Distance Learning
This self-grading final test for Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" runs on the Google® Forms platform. This final test includes 68 questions (character matching, multiple-choice, true/false, and figurative language), and built-in answer key that makes grading a breeze! Your students will know their grades as soon as they submit their forms, and all of your data will be compiled neatly into a Google Sheet!
This resource also includes the original paper test as well to accommodate studen
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8th - 11th
Writing a Research Paper PowerPoint for Middle Grades
Research Paper Writing PowerPoint for Middle Grades. This research process PowerPoint will walk your students through the BASICS of doing research and writing a research paper and will introduce research skills. Includes the purpose of research, selecting a topic, making source cards and note cards, taking notes, creating an outline, drafting, writing a bibliography, sources to use, the difference between primary and secondary sources, and avoiding plagiarism. 51 slides. Includes an interactive
Grades:
5th - 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.
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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.
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