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8th grade english language arts independent work packets $5-10
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
Grades:
6th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
Differentiated Fun ELA Activities : Color by Number Figurative Language & more
These color by number puzzles are a great way to differentiate and reinforce ELA skills: Parts of Speech, Point of View, Literary Terms, Figurative Language, and Sentence Types. These fun activities can be used as review stations, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plans. Each skill comes with two puzzles—one original puzzle and one challenge puzzle. The original puzzle has 45 spaces to color and fewer questions. The challenge puzzle has 65 spaces to color and more questions, as well as m
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: ELA Color by Number Activities Bundle | Figurative Language & more!
Context Clue Chart with Worksheets and Passages for Vocabulary Activities
Use this context clue chart to build vocabulary, and practice skills with these 26 context clues worksheets. These vocabulary activities will help your students understand and use context clues to define unknown vocabulary words. Practice over 145 Tier 2 vocabulary words!This Download Contains: PRINTstudent anchor chart with examples6 intro practice worksheets10 passages with multiple choice questions7 passages with fill in the blank questions3 passages with matching questionsAnswer Key DIGITALR
Grades:
6th - 8th
Main Idea and Supporting Details. Inferences. Reading Comprehension Strategies
This Middle School bundle has reading comprehension passages and questions that are designed to help your students improve their reading strategies / skills. This bundle focuses on the following reading strategies: (1). Main Idea (2). Supporting Details (3). Making Inferences.Students will have the opportunity to practice these important reading skills from an interesting selection of informational texts (nonfiction) and few fiction texts in the form of short paragraphs. Answer Keys are inclu
Grades:
5th - 8th
Back To School Activities Middle School & High | Ice Breaker Games All About Me
Back to school middle school activities and high school activities. 80+ pages of back to school activities for the beginning of the school year. This bundle of back to school activities are designed for getting to know your students. It includes icebreaker games, All About Me activities, social emotional learning activities, mood tracker, habit tracker, goal setting activities, setting class expectations, classroom rules, gifts and talents, gratitude jar, classroom scavenger hunt, Would you Ra
Grades:
6th - 12th
Genius Hour Passion Project: Research Skills for Inquiry Project Based Learning
Your students will love this Genius Hour Passion Project! They'll develop strong inquiry research skills while engaging in project-based learning (PBL). You'll SAVE TIME with this EDITABLE NO-PREP research unit that includes a bulletin board kit, rubrics for assessment, and much more. Genius Hour is a classroom favourite because it allows students to choose a topic of interest and create a presentation. ABOUT OUR GENIUS HOUR PASSION PROJECT RESOURCE✪ PDF files for easy printing and computer com
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Worksheets Activities Grades 8-9
These 10 pages of reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets contain multiple choice questions for students to practice a range of skills. Passages are high-interest and written on an 8th-9th grade level. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. This Download Contains: 10 passages with multiple choice questions: easy one-page printables answer keyself checking digital version on Easel
Grades:
8th - 9th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
Grammar Worksheets, Weekly Grammar Practice, High School Vol. 1
This set of 18 grammar worksheets is classroom-tested and proven to raise test scores and improve students' writing!! With these weekly grammar exercises and paired video links for tutorials, you'll be set up for a classroom success story to review a specific grammar skill weekly or however often you choose!Student Experience: I use one worksheet a week in conjunction with a tutorial as a flipped classroom video (18 links provided). Each set of worksheets covers a hot topic that teens care about
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Daily Grammar Practice Curriculum, High School Vol. 1 BUNDLE
TED Talk: Persuasive Writing Unit & Assignment
Our most popular item, now with an updated TED Talks To View list!This TED Talk presentation assignment begins with viewing and analyzing TED Talks based on different Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking techniques. Students then create their own. Perfect for either in-class or independent work! This Package Includes: Overview of TED Talks Assignment Sheet Persuasive Techniques HandoutRecommended TED Talks to study Note Taking Template for active viewing Research Notes Template Ideas Templ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Engineering and STEM Careers Research Project and Activities for Middle School
Teaching students about exciting STEM careers is one of the most important things we can do to inspire our next generation of scientists and engineers! But, what does it mean to have a career in STEM? What are some STEM career examples? You can answer these questions and more with this multi-day research project. Grab all the Engineering resources and save today!In this project, students meet science, reading, and writing standards as they research an engineering career of their choice and creat
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bundle- Distance Learning Options
UPDATED 4/16/20 This resource now includes TWO versions on the novel study. The first version includes many basic comprehension questions and graphic organizers. The second version is more streamlined and would be appropriate for on level and above level students. The second version is also available in a DIGITAL version for distance learning via Google Slides! I've also made the character graphic organizers available in Google Slides via a separate link from the Version 2 novel study. Updated 2
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5th - 8th
RACES Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts for Text Evidence
This product contains 5 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACES strategy. RACES is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. → Need a 100% Digital Google Slides compatible version? CLICK HERE!Why use the RACES strategy? This mnemonic device is especially helpful for struggling writers and students w
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade Bundle
Main Idea and Supporting Details. Making Inferences worksheets 5th-6th Grade
This ELA reading strategy bundle is designed to help 5th and 6th graders improve their reading comprehension skills. This resource focuses on the following reading strategies: (1). Main Idea (2). Supporting Details (3). Making Inferences.Students will have the opportunity to practice these important reading skills from an interesting selection of informational texts (nonfiction) and few fiction texts in the form of short paragraphs. The questions in this resource are FILLABLE; Students can simp
Grades:
5th - 8th
ESL Speaking & Writing Activities Differentiated Funny Picture Prompts
Give yourself a break from those boring ESL worksheets and engage your English Language Learners with these picture prompts. Perfect for bell ringers, ELL lessons, extension activities, and differentiated stations, these picture writing prompts are sure to get your most reluctant learner writing and speaking. These prompts have generated plenty of discussion during our ESL lessons and I hope they open up conversation for your students as well. And, if you have a mixed ability class like mine,
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
ELA Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles - Literary Devices, Writing, Grammar, etc.
Teach and reteach ELA vocabulary with this collection of crosswords for upper elementary and middle school English Language Arts. There are eight puzzles covering over 80 English Language Arts vocabulary terms. Every worksheet has the puzzle, clues, and word bank on one page. Perfect for homework, substitute teachers, early finishers, review, test prep, and more! PuzzlesFigurative Language - 4 KeysGrammar and Usage - 2 KeysInformational Text - 1 KeyLiterary Devices - 1 KeyLiterary Structure - 1
Grades:
3rd - 9th
French regular and irregular verb review packet: core French RÉVISION DES VERBES
These French worksheets are a great review of French regular and irregular PRESENT TENSE verbs commonly used in a beginning core French class. It's the perfect French verb conjugation review to use just before finals, during back-to-school time, or as a summer learning activity to help students with their French verb conjugations. Your beginning French students will love these easy-to-use French worksheets to review regular and irregular French verbs to prepare for a year-end exam or a back-to-s
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Mini Unit, Lesson Plan
This low prep unit for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the perfect standards-based resource just in time for Halloween. Your middle and high school students explore the legend through a careful process of close reading and thought-provoking activities while taking note of the author's expert narrative techniques.Student Experience: Students will read the short story and follow along with a set of questions. The reading will conclude with an interactive plot chart review ac
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7th - 9th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
RACE Strategy Prompts and Passages 6th-8th Grades | More Passages
Looking for more practice with the RACE Strategy? This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. Please note: the passages in this product are the same ones used in this Reading Comprehension and Writing with the RACE Strat
Grades:
6th - 8th
Context Clues Passages for Vocabulary Comprehension 6th 7th 8th Grade
Do your students struggle with understanding and using context clues to define vocabulary? This no-prep, digital product for Google forms helps your students master using context clues to determine a word's meaning. It shows examples of definition/explanation context clues, synonym/restatement context clues, antonym/contrast context clues, and inference context clues. Students will practice multiple choice as well as constructed response questions, all based on using context clues to determine a
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6th - 8th
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Poetry Analysis Worksheets, Printable and Digital
These poetry analysis and comprehension worksheets in printable and digital format are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students take ownership of their learning and dig deeper and closely read a poem. Get ready for National Poetry Month!! The no prep sheets can be used in isolation, or you could use several for one poem depending on what your needs are. You can have these ready and pull them out a moment's notice to conduct an amazingly in-depth lesson of your favorite poem.Stu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study - Science Literacy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind novel study is based on the young reader’s edition. This exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would ch
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5th - 9th
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Grammar Worksheets, Weekly Grammar Practice, High School Vol. 2
This set of 18 grammar worksheets is classroom-tested and proven to raise test scores and improve students' writing!! With these weekly grammar exercises and paired video links for tutorials, you'll be set up for a classroom success story to review a specific grammar skill weekly or however often you choose!Student Experience: I use one worksheet a week in conjunction with a tutorial as a flipped classroom video (18 links provided). Each set of worksheets covers a hot topic that teens care abou
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Daily Grammar Practice Curriculum, High School Vol. 2 BUNDLE
Podcast Worksheets, Listening Guides for Analysis, Digital and Printable
Have you discovered the power of podcasts? It’s easier than ever to find, subscribe and listen to literally thousands of podcasts on every topic from news, arts, business, comedy, education, politics, sports, technology, music, health, spirituality, hobbies, and more. Now with no prep for you, you and your students can join the movement quickly, easily, and purposefully with these podcast worksheets for analysis in printable and digital format. Add a paired podcast to your current unit of stud
Grades:
8th - 11th, 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:
- 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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