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8th grade english language arts independent work packets for Google Apps
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions ELA Test Prep Digital Resources
Are you looking for a way to have your students engaged and ready for class as soon as they walk in the door? These Daily Reading Comprehension Passages make the perfect bell ringer or morning work! These printable and digital bellringers are specifically designed to improve middle school students’ reading skills. This resource includes short and engaging daily reading passages that provide meaningful practice with context clues, main idea, making inferences, determining theme, and more!These pa
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6th - 8th
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
ESL Newcomer Activities & Vocabulary Units ESL Reading, Writing, Speaking
Designed for older students, the resources in the ESL Newcomers Pack encompass no/low prep units to help students develop speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. This ESL Curriculum pack is filled with ESL worksheets and ENL activities including ELL vocabulary, pictures, games, and vocabulary acquisition & retention activities to help give your ESL student the confidence they need to continue their English acquisition journey.Each unit in the pack is designed to provide engaging, i
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â ESL Newcomer Activities Pack Mega Bundle Print & Google Drive
ESL Newcomer Activities Pack Mega Bundle Print & Google Drive
Empower newcomer English Language Learners through our comprehensive collection of activities. Our worksheets, graphic organizers, and study guides are designed to cater specifically to teen and tween English language learners, boosting their language proficiency and confidence. From grammar exercises to interactive tasks, our resources ensure a seamless and enjoyable learning journey for all ESL students.This is a bundle of my popular Newcomer Pack 1 and Newcomer Pack 2. Purchase the bundle a
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
ESL Newcomer Activities Pack 2: English Learning Resources for Older Ells
ESL Newcomer Activities - Vocabulary Workbooks for Newcomers - Independent Learning Activities - PDF (printable) AND Google Slides (digital) This ESL vocabulary workbook BUNDLE builds basic everyday vocabulary for beginning English language learners. Activities are designed so that newcomers are able to complete them independently and without being embarrassed working with "baby" pictures and text. During independent work time and in subject content classes, beginning ELLs need meaningful
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â ESL Newcomer Activities Pack Mega Bundle Print & Google Drive
Daily Grammar Practice For 8th Grade | Year-Long Bundle | Spiral Review
Give your students daily grammar practice for 8th grade grammar concepts with this digital and print resource! This resource provides 36 weeks of editable, quick, daily grammar practice. Each grammar worksheet is fully editable in both the printable version and the digital Google Slides version. Plus, tutorials are included to make assigning, editing, and using this resource super simple and user-friendly.This 36-week resource contains 5 days of practice per week with 5 questions per day. It co
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8th
Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Get ALL the middle school reading comprehension review activities you need in one bundle! Practice inference, cause and effect, roots and affixes, context clues, story elements, figurative language, connotation, text structure, text features, compare and contrast, and fact and opinion with this complete reading skills test prep pack! This bundle includes 11 resources covering the following skills:InferenceStory ElementsCause and EffectRoots and AffixesContext CluesFigurative LanguageConnotationT
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6th - 8th
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Text Evidence Activities
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions with Text Evidence Activities - 15 informational and literature reading passages with 100+ text evidence questions. Two games are also included to reinforce RI and RL skills.Students use a variety of text evidence activities including color-coding with highlighters. This can be done on paper, or using the highlighting feature in Google Classroom. Other questions involve deeper thought such as making inferences.The independent work packets
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7th - 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
Sentence Writing & Grammar Practice No-Prep BUNDLE - 47 Pages, Print & Digital
Writing Sentences NO-Prep, "print and go" Bundle! 47-page Sentence Types, Sentence Construction Writing & Grammar Practice bundle includes lesson handouts and worksheet practice on the basic grammatical elements of sentence structure (fragments, main and subordinate clauses, noun, adjective and adverb clauses, sentence types, using and punctuating modifiers, sentence combining, varying sentence beginnings, and MORE). Classroom-tested by over 1500 teachers - with over 350 FIVE-STAR ratings!I
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7th - 10th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. 5th & 6th grade Social Studies
* This resource has (13) FILLABLE SOCIAL STUDIES reading comprehension passages for 5th and 6th grade students (39 worksheets in total, spread throughout 182 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to SOCIAL STUDIES. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. >>> Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) version of this BUNDLE <<<This bundle includes the f
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5th - 8th
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
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6th - 9th
Middle School ELA Worksheets. 156 Grammar Lessons & Reviews. 362 PAGES. BUNDLE
✶ This 7th and 8th grade ELA MEGA BUNDLE contains 156 grammar worksheets and Lessons; spread throughout 362 pages, with full answer keys about all the main topics in ELA; Parts of Speech, Sentence Structure, Phrases, Clauses, Usages and Mechanics, Capitalization, and Punctuation. ✶ There is also a ❤ Bonus PACKET ❤ that includes 16 EXTENSIVE GRAMMAR PRACTICE / REVIEWS ( ONLY EXCLUSIVE FOR THIS BUNDLE) ✶>>> Click here to get the PDF version of this bundle <<<This resource is also
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6th - 9th
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:Â Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
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:Â American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Paragraph of the Week Writing Prompts, High School Set 1, Traditional & Digital
Get ready for standardized writing assessments and improve your students' writing a little at a time week over week! With this traditional and digital paragraph of the week resource, you'll have one semester's worth of no-prep, excellent, challenging prompts for high school level!What is a text-based prompt? Text-based prompts require students to cite from at least one text in their written response, and this format is popular on many current standardized tests. The prompt itself is derived from
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Paragraph of the Week Prompts, HS BUNDLE, Printable and Digital
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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Multi-Grade Year-Long Daily Grammar Practice 6th-8th Grade | Year-Long Bundle
Give your students daily grammar practice with this digital and print resource! This resource provides 36 weeks of editable, quick, daily grammar practice. Each grammar worksheet is fully editable in both the printable version and the digital Google Slides version. Plus, tutorials are included to make assigning, editing, and using this resource super simple and user-friendly.This resource includes 36 weeks of daily grammar practice for each grade level from 6th-8th grade.6th Grade Spiral Grammar
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6th - 8th
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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Figurative Language Quiz : Print and Self-Grading Google Form
Use this figurative language quiz for a quick check of your students. They will read and identify examples of metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and onomatopoeia. Located on Google forms, this product is 100% digital and self-grading! A printable PDF is also included in your purchase.This Download Contains:Self-grading Google forms version of quizPrintable PDF version of fill-in-the-blank quizAnswer KeyYou Might Also Like:Differentiated ELA Activities: Color by NumberText Struc
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4th - 8th
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5th-6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Science - Set 5/5
* This resource has (3) FILLABLE science reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through science-related lessons. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. *** Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) Version of this set **** The lessons are:1. The Dark Chamber2. Contact Lenses3. Bioluminescence
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Science Reading Comprehension Passages (FILLABLE Bundle) 5th - 6th Grade
Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
High Interest Argumentative Writing Bundle (Digital & Print)
This bundle of argumentative writing lessons challenges students to think, write and reflect on key issues around social media and new technologies in their lives.Spread over 8 complete lessons, students are guided to:differentiate between fact and opinionsort real contemporary evidence complete a topic and concluding sentence workshoppractice embedding quotes in paragraphsproduce evidence-supported paragraphs.By the end of this learning sequence students will have practiced a variety of skills
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6th - 10th
Daily Grammar Bell Ringers, Proofreading Practice, High School Vol. 1
These 108 daily grammar bell ringers for proofreading practice are an excellent routine to begin your classes, prep for the ACT Text, review grammar skills, and more. There are two sentences of grammar practice per day for three days a week for each week of an entire semester, which sets this resource apart from others, makes it an incredible value, and gives your students the MOST grammar prep!! It's completely set up for you to have a classroom success story as you spend the first ten minutes
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Daily Grammar Practice Curriculum, High School Vol. 1 BUNDLE
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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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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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