English Language Arts Lessons

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 74 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 74. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 75 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 75. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 76 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 76. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 77 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 77. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 80 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 80. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 82 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 82. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 83 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 83. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

FREE Dialogue & Characterization Mini-Lesson | Gift of the Magi | Grades 9-12

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Plotting Something

Students sometimes describe what characters say without explaining how a conversation develops characterization. This free mini-lesson gives students a focused opportunity to examine dialogue, repetition, silence, and actions in a scene from O. Henry's “The Gift of the Magi.”Students first read the

9th - 12th Literature

FREE Personal Narrative Brainstorming Mini-Lesson | College Essay Writing | Grad

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Plotting Something

Students often begin a personal narrative or college essay with a topic that is too broad to describe in detail. This free mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 find a specific moment within an experience, plan what happened, and begin writing a scene.Students first compare broad topics with mor

9th - 12th Writing

FREE Literary Discussion Questions Mini-Lesson | The Lady, or the Tiger? | Grade

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Plotting Something

Students often write discussion questions that ask classmates to recall what happened rather than interpret the text. This mini-lesson helps them develop questions that invite different interpretations and require supporting evidence.This free 45-minute mini-lesson uses an excerpt from Frank R. Stoc

9th - 12th Literature, Reading

FREE Gothic Literature Mini-Lesson | Setting & Mood Close Reading | Grades 9–12

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Plotting Something

Students can recognize an eerie setting—but can they explain how a writer creates that feeling? This FREE Gothic literature mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 analyze how word choice, ordinary details, and uncertainty make a setting feel unsettling.Students begin by comparing two descriptions

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature

FREE Literary Analysis Mini-Lesson | From Evidence to Insight | Grades 9–12

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Plotting Something

Students can find a quotation—but can they explain why it matters? This free, 30-minute literary analysis mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 move beyond plot summary and develop commentary grounded in specific textual details.Students work with a short model and two original literary passages

9th - 12th Literature, Writing

Dot Day Kindergarten Games: 14 Interactive Math & Phonics Games Kids Ask to Play

Created by
Koco Kyo

You know that moment when a game clicks and the kids actually get it — the ones who never raise their hands suddenly shout "I got it!"? That's what happened when I put these 14 games together for my kinder.Everything lives in one simple file. No printing 47 pages, no cutting laminated cards at 9pm,

Preschool - 1st Reading, Other (Math)

The Haunting of Hill House Novel Unit | Shirley Jackson | Gothic Literature

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Plotting Something

Teach Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with a complete novel unit built for 10th Grade English. Students get the support they need to understand what is happening before they are asked to decide what it means.The unit includes lesson slides, an 18-page student packet, an exact filled key

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies

A Doll's House Complete Unit | Reading Guides, Quizzes, Test | Henrik Ibsen

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Plotting Something

Teach A Doll's House with a complete, coordinated unit that helps students understand what is happening in the play before asking them to make larger claims about character, power, marriage, identity, and Ibsen's dramatic choices.The unit begins with a spoiler-light ethics pre-reading activity and a

10th - 12th Literature, Drama

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 86 - Small Group

Created by
Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 86. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

Dante’s Inferno Creative Activity | Nine Circles of Hell Lesson | Contrapasso

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Plotting Something

Teach Dante’s nine circles of Hell without requiring students to read the entire Inferno.In this two-day creative literature lesson, students first learn how Dante organizes the underworld, why the order of the circles matters, and how contrapasso connects wrongdoing to punishment. Then they use tha

9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)

A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf | AP Lit Close Reading | 30-Minute Lesson

Created by
Plotting Something

Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” fits easily into part of a class period, but the shifting pronouns and two couples can make the first read confusing. I revised this activity after using the story with my own AP Lit students and seeing where they lost the thread. The first five questions help stud

10th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

The Open Window | Saki Short Story | Irony, Characterization & Twist Ending

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Plotting Something

Teach Saki’s “The Open Window” in one class period without stopping the story to death. Students read the complete story straight through, briefly sort out the ending, and then go back to examine how Vera gets Framton to believe her. Includes the full public-domain text in a beautifully illustrated

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

The Great Gatsby Complete Unit | Chapter Lessons, Quizzes, Review & Assessment

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Plotting Something

Teach all nine chapters of The Great Gatsby with one coordinated post-reading unit. Includes 9 instructional decks, 9 student packets, 18 A/B reading quizzes, 9 teacher guides, an interactive whole-novel review, and a cumulative assessment with two 50-question forms. All materials are included in ed

9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading

Grammar Bell Ringer Warm-Ups: 50 Digital Grammar Activities for Grades 3-6

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iTeach & iWrite

These 50 Grammar Time Filler Warm-Ups are exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their grammar and writing skills. You’ll get access to both a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slideshow with 10 weeks of no-prep digital bell-ringers.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

Snowflake Bentley Picture Book + Primary Sources | Inquiry-Based | Grades 4-6

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Bring Snowflake Bentley to life with this three-day Story to Source Investigation for Grades 4–6. Students connect the picture book to six primary and secondary sources, analyzing evidence to determine how accurately the story reflects history. Activities include close reading, collaborative expert groups, source analysis, and evidence-based writing. Includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, discussion prompts, exit tickets, synthesis activities, and bulletin board materials.

4th - 6th English Language Arts, Informational Text

Working with Primary Source Documents: Primary vs. Secondary Sources

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Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Introduce primary and secondary sources with this engaging social studies lesson for Grades 3–5! Students learn to identify and distinguish historical sources through clear definitions, real-world examples, guided notes, and a hands-on sorting activity. Includes vocabulary posters, student note sheet, sorting mat, answer key, and exit ticket. Perfect for whole-class instruction, small groups, centers, or review. Aligned with NYS Social Studies Practice A2.

4th - 6th Informational Text, Social Studies

Primary Source Document Analysis Lesson: A First Go

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Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Introduce primary source document analysis with this scaffolded social studies lesson for Grades 3–5! Students learn to think like historians as they observe, infer, and interpret historical evidence while considering a document's purpose, audience, and context. Includes two authentic primary source documents with transcriptions, a document analysis worksheet, completed answer keys, and vocabulary posters. Perfect for building historical inquiry and critical thinking skills.

4th - 6th Informational Text, Social Studies