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8th grade english language arts homeschool curricula for Easel
Radio Theater Unit Drama Class Aligns CCSS 7.7 Audio Storytelling Foley Artists
Part of a Bundle One of my most popular products! Get in on the excitement for your classroom, too! Got reluctant students in your classroom? Did you know that podcasts are the newest home for radio theater? Try radio theater--your students will find a place for themselves to participate in this unit! It is my radio theater unit ONLY. No script is provided. This TEN DAY unit, 43 pages in length, however you can use as little or as much as you like. It is suitable for middle and high school d
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7th - 9th
How to Write an Awesome Paragraph Step-by-Step
Does your learner need help with writing strong paragraphs?The How to Write an Awesome Paragraph Step-by-Step workbook teaches your students how to write a strong paragraph using a foolproof step-by-step process. Each incremental lesson teaches one step and contains practice examples to build their skill and confidence.Writing strong paragraphs is a key requirement for all school writing. Students without strong paragraph skills will struggle when it comes to essays or other longer writing tasks
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4th - 9th
Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist
Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft ChecklistThis Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist is the perfect writing checklist for ANY grade! Students check for capitalization, punctuation, correct spelling, and more! This checklist also requires students to...Read their essay out loud to make sure it makes sense ✓Take out any words or phrases that don't sound right ✓Replace boring adjectives with more exciting ones ✓Check for subject-verb agreement
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K - 12th
The Persuader! A Comic Adventure in Persuasive Writing. Activities Included!
A comic book about a serious subject like persuasive writing? And one that’s actually amusing? It can be done! Award-winning cartoonist David Rickert and award-winning author Cheryl Miller Thurston have joined forces to create an entertaining and instructive comic book that teaches the basics about persuasive writing.It features a female superhero known as “The Persuader” and her sidekick “Bud,” who swoop in to give practical help to two struggling students. The 16 page full color comic also inc
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4th - 9th
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Drawing Conclusions
Engage and challenge your kids with nonfiction reading passages to teach English or social studies students how to make inferences about real events! These eight drawing conclusions reading passages with questions concern people, events, or procedures related to American history and will give your kids the critical thinking practice they need to make inferences or form conclusions from reading. Higher-level short pieces help students think outside the box, and your kids will love them! Click her
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7th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Mystery Project Middle School English
In this ready for October, student-centered, open-ended middle school language arts unit, students explore the genre of mystery. What makes a mystery? Why do some people love to be scared? What makes mysteries interesting? A great addition to your middle school English and Language Arts classroom. Ideal for distance learning.Delve into mystery fun just in time for Halloween or any time of year. Editable Slides AND PDF files included. This is a great project for students to do on their own
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6th - 8th
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Novel Study
If you’re looking for printable or digital resources, these no-prep reading worksheets will serve as a great book companion. This novel study for The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare has one page for every chapter and aims to enhance reading comprehension, review some forms of figurative language, and review or learn new vocabulary words – all while still enjoying the book! A full answer key is included. Included activities are:Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Critical Thinki
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elizabeth George Speare Novel Studies Bundle
Drama Theater The Invisible Man Radio Play Plus 3 Week Unit Sci-Fi H.G. Welles
IMPROVED! This THREE WEEK radio theater unit and the PG13 rated radio play of The Invisible Man by H. G. Welles, with roles for 17 + students teaches the history of radio theater, Foley engineering and gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It's a one-stop-shop! The Invisible Man is a novel by H.G. Wells which I've adapted into a radio play. It is r
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Halloween Themed Drama Units Speak Design Read Write Plays
I Am David: A Novel Study Unit
Thank you so much for taking a look at my novel study packet on I Am David! What an incredible story! It will make you cry, cause you to think, make you join in David’s prayers to the God of the green pastures and the still waters, and leave you wanting to know and understand more.TpT Digital Activities Pages are now available!!!I Am David is the story of a boy raised in a Nazi concentration camp who escapes. Then we follow his path as he heads toward Denmark. The journey is much more than a g
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Novel Study Bundle: 12 Novels
Note-Taking Journal Templates, Editable Graphic Organizers Worksheets
These note-taking templates can be used over and over. You have the flexibility to change the title and tailor the directions to fit the content the students are reading. These graphic organizer templates help students organize their notes and can be used with either fiction or nonfiction text.The worksheets are 11 by 8.5. (horizontal) There are 9 editable worksheets on Google Slides.Below is a list of note-taking templates included in this resource:-4 Square Graphic Organizer-3 Column Graphic
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4th - 12th
Little Women Novel Study
If you’re looking for printable or digital resources, these no-prep reading worksheets will serve as a great book companion. This novel study for Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has one page for every chapter and aims to enhance reading comprehension, review some forms of figurative language, and review or learn new vocabulary words – all while still enjoying the book! A full answer key is included. Included activities are:Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Critical Thinking QuestionsTrue or F
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Little Women Novel Studies Bundle
15 Focus On Grammar Writing Lessons
This collection of 15 grammar focused writing lessons gives students the opportunity to learn and then apply grammatical concepts. After reading the definitions and examples included for each topic, students write and then analyze sentences. These lessons, like all my lessons, are made to be accessible to students by giving them the opportunity to practice their skills in the context of their own abilities and needs. Topics Include:Lesson One: Parts Of A Sentence (Direct Objects)Lesson Two: Part
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5th - 9th
How People Around The World Eat Pizza. Geography. Cooking. Video Lesson.
A Great Big Story video based lesson where students watch a video about how people in 7 countries around the world eat pizza. Students fill in the information (ingredients and how it tastes) for each country as they watch or after. Maybe do the first one together, pausing the video. Answer key and full transcript included. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uzhgYuDnxMLastly, students discuss which is their fav. and why and then use a template to design their own creative pizza to share with the cl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Twenty-five Creative Writing Lessons
This product includes twenty-five no-prep Creative Writing lessons all with detailed instructions, optional rubrics and original mentor texts. Topics include: personal narrative, narrative voice, poetry, science fiction, interviews, drama, and more.These lessons, like all my lessons, are made to be accessible to students by giving them the opportunity to practice their skills in the context of their own abilities and needs. This set of twenty-five lessons is available separately or as part of a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing and Rhetoric 80 Lesson Bundle
State Report Fact Sheets for All 50 States with Graphic Organizers
Learners of multiple levels will enjoy creating a fact sheet for one or all 50 states! Check out my TpT store for resources to create multipage research reports using graphic organizers for each one of the 50 states.Topics for the one-page fact sheet include:State nickname, date entered the Union, population, area, landforms, bodies of water, top employers and attractions, current governor, capital and largest cities, highest and lowest points, borders, and finding an interesting fact.States in
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4th - 8th
Twenty-five Writing Practice Lessons
This collection of twenty-five no-prep lessons includes complete instructions and original mentor texts to give students the kind of focussed, uncomplicated practice they need develop their skills. Topics include direct and indirect description, using affixes to improve sentences, avoiding redundancy, avoiding misplaced modifiers, translating prose into poetry, writing good introductions and conclusions, adding detail, epistolary fiction and more.These lessons, like all my lessons, are made to b
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing and Rhetoric 80 Lesson Bundle
Books of the Bible Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet Pack
The Books of the Bible Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet Pack consists of two word search puzzles covering all 39 books of the Old Testament and makes the ideal no-prep activity for your Bible Class, Sunday School, Children's Church or as a homeschool lesson.This Bible word search printable also includes a gray-scale Coloring-In version (for easy printing and as a extra fun activity for younger children) and an answer sheet (with the solution to each word search puzzle). Please note that a d
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4th - 12th
Papa Panov’s Special Christmas-- A Short Story To Teach Literacy Standards
Leo Tolstoy’s short story about the old Russian shoemaker, Papa Panov, is a classic Christmas story that is easy for students to read and to understand. It lends itself nicely to teaching literacy standards. It is a beautiful story of one man’s longing to give a gift just as the wise men did on that first Christmas.
The analysis includes
1. A first close reading with general comprehension questions side-by-side with the text.
2. A second reading with deeper analysis questions alongside the t
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4th - 8th
World Geography Vocabulary Practice and Review for Social Studies
Review World Geography vocabulary with students with these review activities. Students will review renewable and nonrenewable resources, push and pull factors, and economic activities! Useful for Vocabulary Reinforcement. Can be completed as a whole-class activity or an individual review. Help all learners access grade level content. Includes an Answer Key. These are great for your social studies classes!TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…- "A good way to review the concepts of geography. Thank you so much!
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8th - 10th
A Night Divided Test on Novel, Digital and Print
20 questions, multiple choice....Jennifer Nielsen’s exciting YA novel A Night Divided tells the gripping story of a young girl trying to escape from East Berlin in the 1960’s. Before starting composition or extension activities, check reading with this 20-question test. The quiz checks both reading comprehension and fictional and historical connections. It is multiple-choice, with an optional essay at the end.A digital copy of the objective test is also included in Easel.
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6th - 9th
Also included in: A Night Divided Novel Bundle - Test, Mid-point Quiz, Puzzle, Enrichment
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Novel Study
If you’re looking for printable or digital resources, these no-prep reading worksheets will serve as a great book companion. This novel study for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham has one page for every chapter and aims to enhance reading comprehension, review some forms of figurative language, and review or learn new vocabulary words – all while still enjoying the book!A full answer key is included.Included activities are:Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Critical Thinking QuestionsFil
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6th - 8th
Twelve Famous Black Leaders (ESL or Spanish Immersion)
Black History Month Lesson--lección de la Herencia Negra for ELL classroom.Images of twelve famous Black Leaders followed by a description in Spanish. The second part of the slides can be used as a guessing game (Spanish only) in which students listen to a description of a leader and have to guess their name.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Bessie Coleman, Amanda Gorman, Serena Williams, George W. Carver, Jackie Robinson, Alton C. Parker, Oscar Peterson, Dr. Mae Jemison, Ruby Bridges.Imág
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K - 8th
Let's Go to the Theater: Summary and Critique
Let's Go to the Theater - Summary and Critique:This workbook is an opportunity for students to write a summary and critique of a musical, play, or movie based on a musical or play. It can be used for in class assignments, homework, or field trips. Teachers can choose the story based on the age of the students. NOTE: Students can use images and words for the writing process. Key Words: Musicals, Plays, Movies, Books, StoriesFor more fun resources, visit Creativity in Motion on TPT!
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: HIGH SCHOOL ELA BUNDLE: SPRING AND SUMMER
Radio Drama Unit and Play The Canterville Ghost| Classic Short Story
IMPROVED! This THREE WEEK radio theater unit and play script of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is over 60 pages in length with roles for 15+ students and is suitable for middle and high school drama classes or upper elementary gifted classes. The Story: A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking chains and gruesome disguises – but the new The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the gh
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8th - 10th
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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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