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Higher education english language arts task cards for staff
Real-World Grammar Fails, Proofreading Task Cards, Set #1
This easy prep, multi-functional task card set of real-world grammar mistakes is an excellent modern and engaging activity for bell ringers, grammar practice, review or just for fun! These amusing images are ready-to-go in bright, attractive task card format, which gives you tons of flexibility for using these in class. Students love to spot errors in the unlikeliest places, and an activity like this gets them thinking, collaborating, and editing! All subjects could get involved in the editing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Response Question Cards for Any Book-- Multi-grade Usage
These 100 question cards for any novel will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, symbolism, point of view, style, and more! Students will need to use reading strategies such as inference, summarizing, comparing and contrasting etc. to dig deeper into the text.These cards work for grades 3 through 12-- seriously! They are universal questions that work in conjunction with any novel
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day
This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery to convey a message about love.Enduring Understandings:Students will understand how language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery affect a letter's meaning.Students will learn about famous people from history through the lens of their rel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Media Bias News Articles - Fake News & Media Literacy Analysis Activity Vol. 1
Practice detecting media biases in the news and get your students to decipher the complexities of the media landscape with this set of 15 custom-written fake news articles designed to delve deep into the world of Fake News and Media Bias. Each fake news article is meticulously written with heavy bias to showcase the various kinds in media, including Mudslinging, Slant, Spin, Sensationalism, Opinion Statements, Jumping to Conclusions, Mind Reading, and Unsubstantiated Claims. You'll love how thes
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Hashtag Block Alphabet Task Cards - Lowercase Letters
Are your kiddos obsessed with the Target Building Hashtag Blocks or the Amazon Plus Plus Blocks? These alphabet task cards are perfect for developing fine motor skills while also practice letter production and recognition. This set includes all 26 lowercase letters. This is great for STEM bins, early finisher activity, centers, and so much more. I recommend printing 4 pages per sheet to get the desired task card size. Please feel free to reach out with any questions and leave a review! (: The bl
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PreK - 4th, Staff
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Back To School Meme Game Ice Breaker Getting to Know You
Have you ever played a meme game? They are a lot of fun. Your students will love creating memes using different topics. This will be the best First Day Ice Breaker Ever!This can be done in a center or as task cards. Students will love this I promise, as mine did!Included is a 23 slide powerpoint with 10 meme slides and 10 Bonus Free topic Memes... (10 slide may not seem like a lot but the whole game will take a good amount of time, depending on how you do it about a half-hour to an hour)...**thi
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Real-World Grammar Fails, Proofreading Task Cards, Set #2
Identify and Correct Grammar Mistakes in Real World Fails. This 2nd set of proofreading task cards for real-world grammar mistakes is an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and make connections to the world around them. In fact, these are all fun images I've spotted along the way somewhere or another!These amusing images are ready to go in bright, attractive task card format, which gives you tons of flexibility for using these in class. Plent
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real-World Grammar Fails, Journalism/Yearbook Proofreading Task Cards
This set of real-world grammar mistakes is an excellent engaging activity for bell ringers, grammar practice, review or just for fun for your yearbook, newspaper, media, or journalism class! I've collected mistaken-ridden magazine covers, newspaper headlines, yearbook pages, and more to keep things interesting - and to provide plenty of examples!Allow students to take ownership of their learning and make connections to the world around them. Students love to spot errors in the unlikeliest places
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
ELA Task Card Bundle: Rhetorical Devices, Figurative Language, Diction, Poetry
Help your students test their knowledge and analytical skills with this bundle of 182 task cards -- 6 complete sets, all with recording sheets and answer keys.
Included in the bundle are:
• Diction Boot Camp: Analyzing Diction Task Cards
• Analyzing Syntax in Literature Task Cards -- 32 Cards with Answer Key
• Figurative Language Task Cards for Grades 7-12
• Poetry Task Cards -- 32 Cards Poetic Terms and Prompts
• Rhetorical Devices in American Speeches Task Cards: Quizzes, Bell-Ringers
• First
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Close Reading and Annotation Mini-Unit
Complete close reading and annotation unit with fiction and nonfiction practice**August 2020 Update: This unit is now digital! I created a fiction and nonfiction workbook that is optimized for digital learning. A Google Slides version is included that can be downloaded and used as a PowerPoint as well (directions included).**August 2019 Update: This unit now includes two passages that can be used for nonfiction annotation (complete with an answer key). This is perfect for AP Language and Composi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â AP English Language and Composition Year Long Curriculum | AP Lang Bundle
Drama Role Play Task Cards-Games and Activities- 36pc
Promoting engagement is a key factor in creating an effective classroom environment. In my classroom, I use drama in a variety of ways and have always found it to be a wonderfully engaging motivator for my students. These Task Cards are a fantastic resource to help you bring drama and enhance engagement in your class.
There are 36 cards in this pack. Each card a general overview of a drama activity which you can run in your classroom. I like to do a different task each week in order to maintain
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1st - 12th, Staff
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IMPROV GAMES with IMPROV PROMPT CARDS BUNDLE (16 sets! Heaps of Improv Games!)
I have compiled DRAMA TRUNK improv cards and games for endless improv prompts. These versatile cards can be used in so many ways and are a MUST HAVE improvisation resource. THIS IMPROV BUNDLE INCLUDES:IMPROV SCENE STARTERS (here)ANIMALISTICS Characterisation Activities + Animal Family Cards (here)SOCIAL SITUATIONS Improv Cards and Improv Activities (here)SCENE THEMES Improvisation Cards and Improvisation Games (here)GROUP FREEZES Improv Cards and Teaching Activities (here)DRAMA SHOES Improvisati
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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16 Bright Chevron Editable Task Cards Templates PPT or Slidesâ„¢
16 Bright Chevron Editable Task Cards Templates PPT or Google Slidesâ„¢Includes:16 blank doodle frames over backgrounds in a variety of colors and patterns including red, lime, aqua, yellow, purple, red, and multi-colored. These would be great for your chevron classroom decor! Be sure to look at the preview to see a larger version of all the templates.Templates are ready for you to begin typing. If you prefer not to add text, then you can delete the text boxes and print the cards to use as a borde
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Hashtag Block Alphabet Task Cards - Uppercase Letters
Are your kiddos obsessed with the Target Building Hashtag Blocks or the Amazon Plus Plus Blocks? These alphabet task cards are perfect for developing fine motor skills while also practice letter production and recognition. This set includes all 26 capital letters. This is great for STEM bins, early finisher activity, centers, and so much more. I recommend printing 4 pages per sheet to get the desired task card size. Please feel free to reach out with any questions and leave a review! (:The block
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PreK - 4th, Staff
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Drama Cards : BUNDLED 17 SETS (with Drama Activities & Games)
I have compiled classic DRAMA TRUNK drama card sets together with suggested activities for an endless amount of drama fun! Never be stuck for a drama or on the spot English activity again – these versatile drama cards can be used in so many ways and are a MUST HAVE drama resource for any drama teacher or anyone else who wants to bring some drama or character fun into the classroom. Students love picking random cards for planned and even on-the-spot improv activities but the drama cards can be us
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Shakespeare's The Tempest Unit
Shakespeare's The Tempest is a fantastic play for exploring ideas of love, family, forgiveness, power, and revenge.
This bundle of over 200+ pages and 15 hours of lessons will guide your students through the play step-by-step. This resources contains detailed explanation and analysis for each Act of the play, focusing on Shakespeare's ideas, language, and stage craft. In addition to this detailed close analysis of Shakespeare's play there is also in depth historical factual information regard
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Shakespeare Curriculum Teaching Activities Bundle
Poetry Cafe Analysis Stations
**Redesigned with digital option in August 2020**OVERVIEWThis Poetry Café Stations activity is a versatile resource for teaching any poem! Not only will it introduce your students to important literary perspectives, but it also will engage your students in valuable poetic analysis. Now, this activity includes an interactive digital stations option too! Best of all, the content on the slides is editable! This means you can edit the poetry tasks to meet the needs of your students.*These stations t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Literary Analysis | Literary Lenses Activities Curriculum Bundle
Media Literacy & Analysis Activities & Tasks for Studying Media Bias & Fake News
Give your media studies students the skills to decipher media bias, spot fake news, and think critically about the information from the media they encounter. This comprehensive bundle of media literacy resources is an essential teaching tool for getting your students to learn and understand bias in the media. A collection of lesson plans, activities, tasks, handouts, task cards, and PowerPoints all about media, it’s the perfect package for teachers looking to increase their students’ media liter
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Paraphrasing Practice Task Cards
60 Inspirational Quotes to practice paraphrasing every day! Task cards, PowerPoint slides, Google slides and answer key included. Perfect for distance learning!Perfect English bell ringer or task card activity for middle or high school students to strengthen reading comprehension, analysis, and paraphrase skills for CCSS-aligned reading and writing standards. Don't stress about creating engaging English Bell Ringers or Reading & Writing Activities to strengthen comprehension. Use these 60 in
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â English Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School
The Polar Express Activities
The Polar Express has been a holiday classic for years, and this Christmas themed packet is full of literacy and math activities to keep your students engaged and on the "WRITE TRACK" during December. This packet is full of no-prep activities including ELA graphic organizers, math activities, and writing activities are included! These printables are guaranteed to motivate and excite your students as they begin their Christmas countdown! Teachers, check out the preview and start planning now t
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1st - 4th, Staff
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Drama Role Play or WritingTask Cards- Situational Improv-72pc
Promoting engagement is a key factor in creating an effective learning environment. In my classroom, I use drama in a variety of ways and have always found it to be a wonderfully engaging motivator for my students. These Task Cards are a fantastic resource to help you bring drama into your class and enhance engagement with your students.
There are 72 cards in total with four options on each card. Differentiation is possible due to the inclusion of numerous more complex options. Higher order th
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1st - 12th, Staff
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DIGITAL Back to School Escape Room Ice Breaker (Paper Version Included Too)
Turn your course syllabus into a memorable game! Whether you are beginning the year in the physical classroom or learning via distance, this back-to-school DIGITAL escape room will:Set an engaging tone from the start;Encourage student collaboration; and Help kids become familiar with your class routines and policies. * * * * *This Escape Room consists of 3 tasks...Task 1: Here students will decode your encrypted classroom rules. (This activity is based on your course syllabus and/or class websit
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summaries - Plot Cards for Harper Lee's Novel
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summary Cards are an excellent classroom reference for both teacher and student. These 29 printable chapter summary cards outline the most important plot moments from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Simply print and cut out the cards, and you have a resource available that can be used as a tool for struggling readers, as a quick way to find plot moments, or as a tool to find text evidence during essay writing. Included in The To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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BUNDLE (GROWING): The complete colourful (colorful) semantics set
Jump onboard the Colourful Semantics Train! This bundle includes ALL colourful semantics worksheets, task cards, activities and digital products in my TPT store. Yes that's right all of them! This HUGE bundle offers colourful semantics activities on a range of topics. INCLUDES:Printables,Interactive Books,No Prep Worksheets,Task CardsPowerPoints Boom Cards+ More This bundle provides a wide range of activities to develop writing and communication skills using the colourful semantics approach. Thi
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult 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:
- 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.
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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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