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8th Grade English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides

The big ideas in Eighth Grade ELA include developing the correct use of conventions of Standard English, conducting research, reading, understanding and analyzing a variety of contemporary literature, nonfiction, poetry, and plays, as well as different types of writing.

English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides Eighth Grade

Language - conventions of standard english, capitalization, modifiers-adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, punctuation, language - vocabulary acquisition, adding new words to our language, reading informational text, descriptive text, reading and the internet, text features, reading literature, persuasive text, reading rate, reading-drama, reading-figurative language, titles and authors, reading: foundational skills, gerunds, infinitives, and participles, library skills, reading-structural analysis, thinking skills, speaking & listening, conducting interviews and discussions, writing: ela literacy, compound and complex sentences, regular and irregular verbs, using references, writing a research report, newpath learning resources are fully aligned to us education standards. select a standard below to view aligned activities for your selected subject and grade:.

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Grade 8 Language Arts Worksheets

We cover a number of High School ready activities here. Everything is a little more open response at this level.

Infinitives – These are root of what verbs are. [L.8.1.A]

Subjunctive Mood – When you are not working with facts. [L.8.1.A]

Verbals – Nouns that function as verbs. [L.8.1.A]

Gerunds – Similar to nouns. [L.8.1.A]

Active and Passive Verbs – Are the verbs in motion or just about to get warmed up? [L.8.1.B]

Phrasal Verbs – These are usually adverbs, but that doesn't always hold true. [L.8.1.B]

Using Verbs To Indicate Mood – A good descriptive verb can really bring emotion into a sentence. [L.8.1.C]

Interrogative Pronouns – When your are really looking to elicit a response from someone. [L.8.1.C]

Verbal Shifts In Voice and Mood – It is amazing who a simple word change, or two, can complete change the impact of text. [L.8.1.D]

Punctuation Pause and Breaks – What would make that sentence flow very well? [L.8.2.A]

Semicolons – Most college educated adults still have trouble this pesky use of punctuation. [L.8.2.A]

Ellipsis Omission – Sometimes say using less is more effective to make your point. [L.8.2.B]

Grade 8 Spelling – As far as vocabulary, you will find the usual suspects here. [L.8.2.C]

Conditional Language – When you are trying to require an outcome. [L.8.3.A]

Identifying Active and Passive Voice Writing – You are deciphering another author's writing here. [L.8.3.A]

Writing With An Active or Passive Voice – We take the previous topic and use our own language to complete the tasks. [L.8.3.A]

Paragraph Based Context Clues – Students will need to take the whole work into account here. [L.8.4.A]

Advanced Root Words – Some of the words they form are a bit tricky. [L.8.4.B]

Using References To Understand Words – Using a reference tool is also a great idea. [L.8.4.C]

Inferred Word Meanings – Taking those words to a new level and then verifying them too. [L.8.4.D]

Irony and Puns – These figure of speech shouldn't give you that hard of a time. [L.8.5.A]

Relationships Between Vocabulary Words – They exist you just have to make the connection. [L.8.5.B]

Advanced Connotation and Denotation – You are deciphering another author's writing here. [L.8.5.C]

8th Grade Vocabulary – Time to put all that reading to good use. [L.8.6]

Middle School Vocabulary - Students will learn grade level vocabulary terms for use in their own writing. [L.7-8.6]

Reading: Informational Text

Interpreting And Inferring From Text – This truly is the key to getting the most out of what you read. [RI.8.1]

Theme Development – You are deciphering another author's writing here. [RI.8.2]

Connecting Individuals, Ideas, or Events – This can be across the same story or multiple works. [RI.8.3]

Understanding Word Impact – Some words can be explosive others can be chilling. [RI.8.4]

Analyzing Paragraphs – It may just be a few sentences, but it can be profound. [RI.8.5]

Conflicting Viewpoints – Opinions start to collide and the debate begins. [RI.8.6]

Understanding Written Works In Different Mediums – It is so interesting to think which of your favorite story makes a better movie, book, or even told aloud story. [RI.8.7]

Validating Arguments – Is that a lawyer's job on either side of a court case? [RI.8.8]

Conflicting Information – This is where a good journalist thrives. [RI.8.9]

Grade 8 Literary Nonfiction Comprehension – These passages are more about explaining or learning something new. [RI.8.10]

Reading For Information – The topics are not common and are very interesting for any age. [RI.8.10 and W.8.7]

Reading: Literature

Using Textual Evidence – The primer steps to becoming an inferential detective. [RL.8.1]

Identifying Themes of Work – You are deciphering another author's writing here. [RL.8.2]

Character Actions and Decisions – What do those crazy characters try to do? [RL.8.3]

Literary Devices - Students explore techniques that are used to capture readers. [RL 8.3, W.8.1.C]

Literary Techniques - We look at some unique twists that are often found in literature. [RL 8.3, W.8.1.C]

Plot Twist - We help students learn to identify the use of this technique and we help them get comfortable with using it in their own writing. [RL.6-8.3]

Analyzing Word Choices – You never fully appreciate how powerful words are to make people take action. [RL.8.4]

Comparing Parts of a Story – Most of the time we are looking for keys to the plot development. [RL.8.5]

Differences In Point of View – Healthy debate makes for a powerful democracy. [RL.8.6]

Films and Their Scripts – Sometimes the screenplay is culprit as to why a wonderful book becomes a bad movie. [RL.8.7]

Analyzing Modern Works of Fiction – Doesn't it seem like masterpieces only come around once per decade? [RL.8.9]

Grade 8 Literature Reading Comprehension – We start to call upon all skills of the reader here. [RL.8.10]

Little Women - Students explore this classic Louisa May Alcott novel. [RL.6-8.10]

Introducing Written Arguments – Verbal arguments might be a little easier to start. [W.8.1.A]

Writing Supporting Claims – You will be asked to do this more often as you become an adult. [W.8.1.B]

Using Effective Words, Phrases, and Clauses – You can create a powerful position for yourself here. [W.8.1.C]

Writing Formal and Informal Letters – There is a vast difference between the two. Even more so between different authors. [W.8.1.D]

Writing Supportive Conclusion Sections – How do you sum all of this up for us? [W.8.1.E]

Informative Text Introduction – Be clear and concise. Also, make sure to provide a preview of what is to come. [W.8.2.A]

8th Grade Writing Prompts – You will find multiple sections like this covered in by the Core. [W.8.2.B]

Transitional Writing – How do you fluidly move from one topic to another? [W.8.2.C]

Writing To Explain, Describe, and Inform – When there is a purpose behind your writing, it is simple to evaluate. [W.8.2.D]

Commands – Sentence that must be followed. [W.7-8.2.D]

Writing Formal Letters – A further expansion of the previous standard. [W.8.2.E]

Argumentative Essay Outlines - These are to help you form an argument and plan all your major thougts. [W.7-8.2]

Writing Expository Conclusion Statements – Where do you go from here with it? [W.8.2.F]

Notice Writing – Listen up! Something is going down. [W.6-8.2]

Constructing Narratives – How do you put two and two together? [W.8.3.A]

Narrative Writing Techniques – We show you a few things that you might not have thought of before. [W.8.3.B]

Shifting Time and Settings Through Writing – The two standard sets are almost identical. [W.8.3.C]

Precise Words and Relevant Details – This is just paying attention to detail here. [W.8.3.D]

Concluding Narrative Statement – How do you finish that perfect thought off? [W.8.3.E]

Writing Thank You Notes – Tell someone that they made your day and it may just make their's too. [W.6-8.3]

Grade 8 Task Based Writing – These can be a great deal of fun. [W.8.4]

Guided and Peer Writing Revision – Working as a team should not be a new skill for this age. [W.8.5]

S.M.A.R.T. Goals – We follow the concept of SMART planning. [W.8.5]

Writing About Similarities – This is skill that come easier for most writers. [W.8.6]

Grade 8 Research Projects – Make sure to infer properly. Don't read into anything. [W.8.7]

Gather Relevant Search Information – How do you build your case with what you are given. [W.8.8]

Grade 8 Writing Projects – You will have some fun and some challenges at the same time here. [W.8.10]

Science Related Language Content – It's time to start looking at school across multiple subjects. [RST.8.1]

Social Studies

Social Studies Related Language Arts – There is a lot of history here, pun intended. [RH.8.8]

What Do 8th Graders Learn in English Class?

Eighth grade is a highly important year for anyone's academic success because the major things learned during this year are used throughout high school, university life and even in professional fields. An eighth-grader should have a strong grip on the English language because of this language's status in the world. Teachers during eighth grade should focus on spoken and written content in the English language. An eighth-grader should have excellent reading and writing skills along with correct pronunciation and accurate punctuation practices.

Given below are some of the things that the eighth-graders learn in their English class:

Writing Skills

During their eighth grade, students learn a lot of new and unique writing skills. With the help of these new skills, students write essays, stories, letters in a way better than ever before. Eighth graders also learn about formal and informal ways of communication that help them in their professional life and research works.

Reading Skills

During eighth grade, students are advised to read as much as they can. Reading is essential for the development of a good vocabulary. Eighth graders are taught how to make inferences, how to grab the main idea, and how to read in between lines.

Punctuation

When it comes to writing, a proper use of punctuation matters a lot. Eighth graders spend a lot of time struggling with the correct use of punctuation marks. It is a must for every eighth-grader to have a strong grip on punctuation and knowledge of all punctuation marks so that they can use the right mark at the right place.

During eighth grade, teachers should focus a lot on students' vocabulary and pronunciation. Teachers should teach new words, their meanings, and correct pronunciation to the students and should emphasize their use in written and oral content. Teachers' should also encourage students to communicate more with their fellows to improve their spoken English.

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8th Grade Common Core Worksheets

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) provide a framework of educational expectations for students in reading, writing, and other language skills. The goals of the CCSS ELA are broken out by grade and subject area, including Reading: Literature, Reading: Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language, as well as expectations in additional subject areas such as science and technology, history, and further writing areas. Seventh and eighth graders are expected to master reading and analyzing fiction and non-fiction books, be able to execute complex writing and grammar skills, branch out into new technologies and collaborations in their oral presentations, and continue to deepen the complexity of their reading choices. See the subheadings for each ELA category for more information on the specific expectations for students.

Greek and Latin Suffixes: -Phile and -Osis

In this worksheet, students will use the Greek or Latin suffixes -phile and -osis to create five different English words out of those given in the word bank. After writing five original sentences using the words these words, students will be asked to circle the word made with the suffix. This is great practice for learning how to use and identify Greek and Latin suffixes!

Abbreviations and Names of People

Let’s work on some common abbreviations for people’s titles!

Abbreviations and Street Names

This worksheet addresses the abbreviation in addresses!

Abraham Lincoln Bio Poem

Your students will write a bio poem about Abraham Lincoln.

Add an Appositive

It’s time to add some appositives to sentences!

Add an Appositive II

This worksheet has more on adding appositives to sentences.

Appositive Hunt

It’s time to go appositive hunting!

Appositives at Beginning or End

This worksheet features appositives in different places of a sentence.

Appositives Match

In this worksheet your student will match the appositive to a noun or noun phrase.

Bio Poem: My Mother

A fun Mother’s Day bio poem activity for your students!

Bio Poem: Pilgrim

A biography poem, also called a bio poem, is a short poem which describes a person or thing. This printable Thanksgiving Activity guides students through creating a bio poem about Pilgrims.

Bio Poem: Someone You Know

Students will write a bio poem about someone they know using the format set in this worksheet.

Character Traits Worksheet – Black Beauty

In this passage from Black Beauty, students will read an excerpt from Chapter 7 and list 10 character traits of Greer.

Choose the Correct Homophone

Students complete each sentence by choosing the correct homophone and writing it in the blank.

Christmas Tree Bio Poem

A biography poem, also called a bio poem, is a short poem which describes a person or thing. Sometimes writing a bio pem can be tricky! This printable Christmas Activity guides students through creating a bio poem about a Christmas tree.

Classic Literature: Captains Courageous

Help your students improve their reading skills with this activity set about Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous.

Combining Sentences with Appositives

This worksheets asks your student to combine sentences using appositives.

Combining Sentences with Appositives II

Here’s more practice on combining sentences with appositives.

Correct the Homophones

Students identify misused homophones in sentences and make corrections as necessary.

Correct the Transition Words Mistakes – Worksheet

Have your students revise sentences and correct transition word mistakes with this educational writing activity.

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Our free 8th grade language arts worksheets are your go-to resource should grammatical perfection, an expansive vocabulary, or decorative writing be on your cards. Learn the function of verbals, form and use active and passive voice, and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood, allusion, and much more!

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Changing Sentences from Active Voice to Passive Voice

Learn to change active voice sentences to passive voice sentences with our printable ELA worksheets for 8th grade. Convert the sentence in such a way that the subject receives the action.

Collocations with Go, Come, Get, or Keep

Remember to look at the word box and pick out the collocation most appropriate to complete each sentence without changing its meaning.

Answering Questions Based on Allusion Passages

Each passage explicates an allusion and talks about its origin. Get to know the details and refer to the passage to answer the questions.

Completing Cause and Effect Tables

Interpret each informational text, paying special attention to cause-effect relationships, and complete the table of causes and effects.

Third Conditional Sentences

Answer the questions using the format "If + past perfect, would/wouldn’t have + past participle" to transform the sentences into the third conditional.

Time Collocations

Run through all the three options for each sentence and hone in on the correct time collocation in these printable English worksheets for grade 8.

Completing Sentences Using Oxymorons

Fill in the blanks choosing oxymorons from the word box, ensuring they do justice to the context and intended meanings of the sentences.

Indicating Types of Errors in Passages

Go through the passage with a fine-toothed comb, underline and number the errors, and indicate the types of errors in the checklist.

Completing Sentences with Gerunds

Take your learning to the next level with these grade 8 English worksheets pdf. Use the gerunds from the word box and complete the sentences.

Negative, Neutral, and Positive Connotations

Keep an eye on the highlighted word and another on the context of the sentence to find if it has a positive, neutral, or negative connotation.

Rewriting Similes as Metaphors

Rewrite each sentence, rephrasing the simile it proudly features into a metaphor that instills just as much pride in this exciting assortment of worksheets.

Math Inferences

Make use of logic and math to interpret the data sets presented and draw reasonable inferences in these 8th grade language arts worksheets pdf.

Correcting Inconsistent Shifts in Stories

Packed with interesting stories, this section provides practice for students to find the inconsistent shifts, fix the shifts and rewrite the stories.

Framing Sentences with Connotations

Come up with a connotation and a denotation for each given word, and write a connotative sentence in these 8th grade ELA worksheets pdf.

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8th Grade ELA Course Summary

In 8th Grade English Language Arts, students explore the question of whether human beings are fundamentally good or evil. Students will consider how access to power influences human behavior, and how everyday people respond in the face of unjust leadership, violent oppression, and cruelty through careful study of classic and contemporary texts: All American Boys , Night , The Diary of Anne Frank , Animal Farm , Wicked History , Persepolis , An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power , and additional supporting texts: articles, poems, and digital media. Across the 5 units, students deepen their writing skills through argumentative, informational, and narrative tasks, and continue to build their academic vocabularies, speaking and listening skills, and social-emotional competencies.

Throughout the course, students address all ELA Common Core Standards as they engage with increasingly complex texts , participate in class discussions, and write daily. Each unit helps build students’ knowledge and understanding of the world around them through thematically organized core and supplemental texts, embedded writing instruction and extended writing assignments in response to Essential Questions, and daily opportunities to engage in multiple tiers of academic discourse . 

After completing the 8th grade ELA course, students will have the reading, writing, and speaking and listening skills, and the relevant background knowledge to set them up for success in high school ELA. 

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Facing Prejudice: All American Boys

Students explore the American experience through the eyes of two young men - one white and one Black - connected through an incident of police brutality.

Encountering Evil: Night

Students explore human nature through the memoir of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who vividly describes the horrors he experienced.

Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History

Students explore human nature through careful study of the Russian Revolution, focusing on the ways in which leaders manipulated and oppressed their own people.

Surviving Repression: Persepolis

Students explore human nature through the story of a young girl coming of age during the Iranian Revolution, and the challenges she faced during this violent, turbulent time.

Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions

Students explore human nature by studying the climate crisis and its causes and impact, and the role of government, businesses, and individuals in finding solutions.

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Grade 8 English Language Arts

Description.

This grade 8 curriculum modules are designed to address CCSS ELA outcomes during a 45-minute English Language Arts block. The overarching focus for all modules is on building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world. Taken as a whole, these modules are designed to give teachers concrete strategies to address the “instructional shifts” required by the CCSS.

Structure of a Module

Each module provides eight weeks of instruction, broken into three shorter units. Each module includes seven assessments:

– Six unit-level assessments that almost always are on-demand: students’ independent work on a reading, writing, speaking, or listening task.

– One final performance task that is a more supported project, often involving research.

About Downloadable Resources

Grade 8 ELA Curriculum Map : The grade 8 curriculum modules are designed to address CCSS ELA outcomes during a 45-minute English Language Arts block.

Grades 6-8 English Language Arts Curriculum Map : All modules pair literature with rich informational text (including primary source documents and literary nonfiction) on the topic. Informational text and supplemental literature in each module will meet the expected range of quantitative complexity. All modules embed routines related to written argument; argumentation is a particular focus of Module 4. All modules intentionally integrate resources from Odell Education.

Texts from Expeditionary Learning : The texts listed in this document cover Module 1, Module 2A, Module 2B, Module 3A, Module 3B, and Module 4 of the Grades 3-8 English Language Arts curriculum from Expeditionary Learning.

Appendix 1 : Protocols and Resources

Scaffolding Instruction for English Language Learners : The new Scaffolding Instruction for English Language Learners Resource Guides for ELA and Mathematics provide guidance to educators on how to take the curriculum materials on EngageNY and provide additional scaffolds for ELL students according to their level of English language proficiency.

The Grades 3-8 ELA Curriculum Modules, A Look at Assessment Design : This document outlines Expeditionary Learning’s step-by-step process for designing effective assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

Writing in the Modules : While this document focuses on writing, all strands of the ELA standards (reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language) are all tightly interwoven in the modules.

Overview of Research in the NYS Grades 3-8 ELA Modules : The purpose of this document is to highlight how research supports the three ELA shifts that the Common Core requires and meets the standards in Expeditionary Learning Grades 3–8 ELA curriculum.

Helping Students Read Closely : The purpose of this document is to give teachers additional guidance to understand the design of close reading lessons in Expeditionary Learning’s Grades 3-8 ELA curriculum, and also to think about how to modify module lessons or design close reading lessons of their own.

Interventions for Adolescent Readers : This resource package is designed to help school leaders, instructional coaches, general education teachers, special education, and intervention teachers think and plan together about strategic ways to best use additional support time beyond the typical ELA block.

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• Catherine Gevert ,
• Dr Martin Luther King Jr ,
• Edison McIntyre ,
• Fox Butterfield ,
• Franklin D. Roosevelt ,
• Harper Lee ,
• Japanese Foreign Ministry ,
• Jonathan Bate ,
• Keir Cutler Ph.D. ,
• Laura Hillenbrand ,
• Lyndon Johnson ,
• Michael Pollan ,
• Robert Mulligan ,
• Shelley Tougas ,
• Shirley Chisholm ,
• Simon Schama ,
• Sojourner Truth ,
• Thanhha Lai ,
• Thomas Bulfinch ,
• Til Gurung ,
• Tod Olson ,
• William Shakespeare
• A Midsummer Night's Dream ,
• A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School ,
• Ain't I a Woman?,speech made in May 1851 ,
• Children of War ,
• Day of Infamy ,
• Equal Rights for Women ,
• Fourteen-Part Message ,
• I Have a Dream ,
• Inside Out & Back Again ,
• Last Respects ,
• Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration ,
• Montgomery Bus Boycott ,
• Panic Rises in Saigon, but the Exits Are Few ,
• Pyramus and Thisbe ,
• Refugee Children In Canada: Searching For Identity ,
• Refugees: Who, Where, and Why ,
• Saigon Is Gone ,
• Shakespeare's Universal Appeal Examined ,
• The Great Society,speech made on May 22, 1964. ,
• The Harvest That Never Came ,
• The Omnivore's Dilemma, Young Readers Edition ,
• The Shakespeare Authorship Question ,
• The Shakespeare Shakedown ,
• The Vietnam Wars ,
• To Kill a Mockingbird ,
• To Kill a Mockingbird (film) ,
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ,
• War in the Pacific ,
• speech at Refugee Transitions' World of Difference Benefit Luncheon, San Francisco, November 3, 2010

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• module 1: Finding Home: Refugees 
• module 2A: Working With Evidence:Taking a Stand
• module 2B: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Comedy of Control
• module 3A: Japanese-American Relations during World War II
• module 3B: The Civil Rights Movement and The Little Rock Nine
• module 4: Sustainability of the US Food Supply Chain
• core proficiencies: Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum

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Any and Every Teacher:  What are you doing today?!? I don’t have anything planned!

It’s happened to every single one of us. We have the best intentions and try to prepare in advance, but sometimes things – life, testing, clothing malfunctions, sickness, you name it – foil our lesson plans. It’s a good idea to have a folder or binder of back up plans for this exact reason.

Today, I chatted with my friend Lauralee who teaches high school language arts, and we came up with a list of ten activities that will engage students any time of year. Whether it’s the last month of school or the first, these ELA lesson plans won’t take long, but students will learn. Best of all, they don’t take much prep.

Meaningful ELA Lesson Plans in a Pinch

1. play games.

Play an ELA game ! Games that ask students to interact with figurative language, grammatical terms, poetry forms, vocabulary words, and writing concepts are the perfect way to actively engage all learners. Most students have played Truth or Dare, but they’ve probably never had the honor of playing Truth or Dare Classroom style!

2. Media Literacy

Students love to eat, so bring in snacks for a meaningful activity. Before students dig in, ask them to analyze the colors, language, and fonts with this media literacy activity . Enlighten students with the marketing behind food products and packaging.

3. Creative Writing

Ask students to read a text of their choice. Any high-interest nonfiction article will work! Then, have them create an original response to the article. Everything you need to teach your students how to combine nonfiction and poetry can be found in this creative writing assignment . Give students voice and choice!

4. Public Speaking

This freebie gets students talking the entire class period. Students will analyze how tone changes the meaning of phrases. This public speaking activity is great for partner or group work.

5. Use Podcasts

Podcasts are perfect for one-day lessons. They help to build students’ listening comprehension, and they are also great practice for analysis. Try this chilling, high-interest podcast lesson on body farms .

6. Commercial Analysis

Watch commercials! What? Yes – show students that these highly curated and specialized advertisements target certain audiences. Teaching audience analysis with commercials is unexpected and fun.

7. Oxford Comma

Take time to teach students about the ever-so-controversial punctuation mark: The Oxford Comma . The examples in this free print and go lesson allow for plenty of discussion (and laughter).

8. Brainy Vocabulary

Get brainy with some brain-based vocabulary practice . Use your existing word list, or (if students do not have a current word list) use previous vocabulary lists to review. These activities will help students retain new word meanings. Here’s a digital friendly version .

9. Paired Text Analysis

Pair poetry with short films to make for an engaging paired-text analysis lesson. Check out this post for a handful of ideas regarding which poems and short films might pair well together. These graphic organizers help with scaffolding analysis of any fiction or nonfiction text.

10. Use Play-Doh

There are so many ways you can use Play-Doh! Have students create molds that represent important symbols in literature. Or, ask them to play “pictionary” with Play-Doh for vocabulary words. They could also practice punctuating practice sentences by making end marks and commas out of the dough. If your students could use an introduction to or review of the writing process, try this kinesthetic Play-Doh activity for teens . Don’t have Play-Doh? No worries! You can try all of these activities with aluminum foil, pipe cleaners, or cardstock. Teaching remotely? Here’s the digital writing process lesson I use to decrease frustration and maximize learning!

After Lauralee and I sat down to brainstorm this list, we realized we had way more than ten ideas to help teachers who are in a bind. If you want more, check out her post for ten more language arts lesson plans to keep students engaged – in May or any time of year!

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