English Language Arts Teacher Tools

Summer Busy Book For PreK Summer Preschool Activities Summer Toddler Activities

Created by
The Little School Shop

☀️ Summer Busy Book – Printable Activities for Toddlers! ☀️Keep little ones entertained, learning, and having fun all summer long with this Summer Busy Book! Designed for toddlers and preschoolers, this printable activity book is filled with interactive, screen-free fun that sparks creativity and bu...

Preschool - 2nd English Language Arts, Math

Also included in: Busy Book Bundle Seasonal Busy Book Bundle Preschool Bundle PDF Download

Busy Book Bundle Seasonal Busy Book Bundle Preschool Bundle PDF Download

Created by
The Little School Shop

Busy Book Bundle –4 Printable Activity Books for Year-Round Fun!Keep toddlers and preschoolers engaged, learning, and having fun all year long with this Seasonal Busy Book Bundle! Featuring 4 themed printable busy books (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter), this collection is packed with age-appropria

Preschool - 2nd English Language Arts, Math

Busy Book Bundle Holiday Busy Book Bundle Preschool Activities PDF Download

Created by
The Little School Shop

Holiday Busy Book Bundle – 6 Printable Activity Books for Holiday Fun! Keep toddlers and preschoolers engaged, learning, and having fun all year long with this Holiday Busy Book Bundle! Featuring 6 themed printable busy books (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and St. Pat

Preschool - 1st English Language Arts, Math

Expository Writing Bell Ringer Warm-Ups: 50 Digital Info Writing Activities

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

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

4th - 6th Writing, Writing Essays, Writing Expository

Also included in: Writing Warm-Ups Bundle: 200 Bell Ringers for Info, Opinion, Narrative & Grammar

Writing Warm-Ups Bundle: 200 Bell Ringers for Info, Opinion, Narrative & Grammar

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Whether you need quick, fast-paced bell-work routine to start the day, or low-prep, student-approved writing activities you can stretch into full mini-lessons, this Writing Warm-Ups bundle is exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their grammar and writing skills.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing Expository

The Great Gatsby Character Analysis Mini-Unit | Literary Analysis & Writing

Created by
Plotting Something

Once students know the characters well enough to move beyond first impressions, this mini-unit helps them turn what they notice into literary analysis.Students choose one major character—Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, or George Wilson—and look closely at motiv

9th - 12th Literature, Writing Essays

Murder on the Orient Express Novel Study | Reading Guide, Vocabulary, Activities

Created by
Plotting Something

Bring structure, discussion, and evidence-based thinking to your study of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express without piecing together materials from multiple sources.This complete high school ELA novel study includes reading support, vocabulary practice, suspect and evidence tracking, hi

9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary

Comma Rules Review Lesson | Guided Notes, Practice, Slides & Exit Ticket

Created by
Plotting Something

Comma Rules Review LessonReview seven essential comma rules with a complete, low-prep lesson designed for secondary ELA. This resource gives you the materials you need to teach or reteach common comma conventions, guide students through examples, provide meaningful practice, and quickly check unders

7th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Rhetorical Appeals & Devices Mini Unit | Ethos, Logos, Pathos Activities

Created by
Plotting Something

Teach rhetorical appeals and devices without stopping at simple identification.The Art of Persuasion is a ready-to-use secondary ELA mini-unit that helps students understand how speakers and writers influence an audience—and why their rhetorical choices matter.Students begin with an accessible Feel

9th - 12th English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Antigone Greek Mythology Background Project | Allusions Research & Presentations

Created by
Plotting Something

Give students the mythological background they actually need for Sophocles' Antigone without turning the unit into ten unrelated mythology reports. In this collaborative research project, groups investigate one focused topic, teach the class the most useful background, and then students keep using a

9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature

Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis

First Week ELA Diagnostic Without the Dread | Close Reading & Writing Sample

Created by
Plotting Something

Start the year with a real English lesson that gives you useful information about your students without making the first week feel like a test. In this low-pressure activity, students read an original short story, discuss possible interpretations, and write a brief evidence-based response.Student-fa

8th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Writing

Greek Theater & Tragedy Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes & Teacher Guide

Created by
Plotting Something

Give students the background they need to understand how Greek tragedy worked before they begin reading the play itself. This classroom-ready lesson introduces the performance space, actors and masks, the chorus, dramatic structure, and essential tragedy terms through a coordinated presentation and

9th - 12th Literature, Drama

Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis

Antigone Pre-Reading Background | Oedipus Family Tree, Context, Guided Notes

Created by
Plotting Something

If your students jump into Antigone without enough context, the opening scene can feel confusing from the start. This resource gives them the background that matters most—without turning pre-reading into an overlong mythology lecture.Students work through the House of Thebes family tree, the key Oed

9th - 12th Literature, Drama

Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis

Edgar Allan Poe Biography & Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Themes & Work

Created by
Plotting Something

Introduce Edgar Allan Poe with a concise biography and background lesson that gives students the literary context they need before reading his stories and poems. Rather than turning Poe’s life into a list of sensational facts, this lesson connects his biography to the themes, techniques, and literar

8th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Reading

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

Antigone Tragic Hero Analysis | Antigone vs Creon | Literary Analysis Lesson

Created by
Plotting Something

Which character best fits the tragic-hero idea in Sophocles' Antigone? This post-reading lesson asks students to build the strongest case for both Antigone and Creon before they decide. Students compare the characters' choices, warnings, reversals, recognition, responsibility, and final costs, then

9th - 12th Literature

Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis

The Fall of the House of Usher Unit | Edgar Allan Poe Reading Guide & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Teaching “The Fall of the House of Usher” is difficult for one simple reason: students cannot analyze what they cannot follow. Poe’s prose is dense, the plot is strange, and the story’s best ideas only land when students know what is actually happening.This 8–9 day guided-reading unit gives students

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Close Reading Mini Unit, Analysis & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Help students understand what happens in “The Raven” before asking them to interpret its symbolism and psychological horror.This close reading mini-unit follows Poe’s poem chronologically, with a stanza-numbered reading text, vocabulary support, a student analysis packet, and coordinated lesson slid

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis

Created by
Plotting Something

Give students the background they actually need to enter Sophocles’ Antigone, then bring them back to the text for allusions and post-reading analysis.This four-resource bundle combines Greek theater and tragedy background, story-specific pre-reading context, a collaborative mythology/allusions proj

9th - 12th Literature, Writing, Drama

Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

Created by
Plotting Something

Teach a complete Edgar Allan Poe sequence with three coordinated resources that move from author background into close reading of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven.” Together, the resources provide approximately 2½–3 weeks of instruction for grades 9–12, depending on class length and h

9th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Short Stories

House Taken Over by Julio Cortázar | Close Reading, Ice Age Comparison & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Students can follow what happens in “House Taken Over” and still miss the strangest part: Irene and the narrator barely resist as their world gets smaller. This lesson sequence slows the story down, makes the house and both takeovers concrete, and then moves students into ambiguity, evidence, and in

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

College Essay Unit | Personal Statement Writing Lessons & Rubric

Created by
Plotting Something

Teaching the college essay can be frustrating. Students often think they need a dramatic story, choose a prompt before they have anything meaningful to say, or end up writing the same version of “this experience taught me to never give up.”This unit takes a different approach.The College Essay: Find

11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays

College Essay Brainstorming Mini-Unit | Find Your Story

Created by
Plotting Something

Teaching the college essay often gets stuck before students ever begin drafting. They insist nothing important has happened to them, assume they need a dramatic life event, or grab the first familiar topic they can think of and immediately turn it into a generic life lesson.Find Your College Essay S

11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays

College Essay Revision Workshop | Personal Statement Editing

Created by
Plotting Something

Your students have written the college essay. Now comes the part that is often harder to teach: real revision. This three-lesson workshop is designed for students who already have a complete or nearly complete personal statement. Instead of focusing only on proofreading, students look closely at wha

11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays

College Essay Drafting Workshop | Personal Statement Voice & Structure

Created by
Plotting Something

Your students have a college essay idea. Now they have to turn it into an essay. This five-lesson workshop is designed for the middle of the college essay process: after brainstorming, but before final revision. Students work on reflection, natural voice, prompt choice, structure, and beginnings and

11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays