Explore the most popular ELA resources created by the Coffee Shop bloggers to save you time, support your teaching, and spark student engagement.
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A Year of English Bell-Ringers - Volume 3This comprehensive full-year resource includes all the handouts and slides you need to start each class with an engaging bell ringer activity. With tasks related to figurative language, word choice, vocabulary, grammar and video journals, you'll have what you need to engage your students and improve their ELA skills. |
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Lessons and Activities for Teaching InferencingLearning to make inferences is a key foundational skill for literary analysis. This resource will help you teach inferences in a way that brings results. Scaffolded mini-lessons and activities allow students to practice and reinforce their understanding. Through independent and collaborative work, they will gain the skills needed to make inferences in the texts they read. |
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Literature Worksheets for Any Text BundleGrab this bundle of over 350 printable and digital activities you can use with ANY literary text! They are perfect for alternative assessments, creative assignments, emergency sub plans, and so much more. Use them with novels, short stories, plays, graphic novels, novels in verse, and more! These are essential for all ELA teachers. |
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Back to School Escape RoomAre you searching for a FUN back-to-school/first day of school activity for your students? This escape room is a challenging way for your students to kick off the school year. There are six school-themed trivia challenges included in this file. The challenges could be used as individual, pair or small group activities. The puzzles and games are designed to promote communication, cooperation, and problem-solving skills. |
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Essay Writing Unit PlanHelp your students master essay writing with this essay writing unit that breaks down every paragraph of the essay. With engaging lessons on thesis statements, introductions, topic sentences, body paragraphs, and conclusions, this resource includes editable presentations, scaffolded examples, and student practice. It's perfect for middle and high school ELA classrooms. |
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A Full Year of Journal Writing PromptsBe prepared with an entire year of journal writing prompts. Many of the prompts are connected to pop culture, literary and historical figures, and so many interesting facts that generate the best responses from students. This pack includes over 400 prompts your students will love. |
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Sentence Combining Bell RingersGet a full year's worth of engaging Sentence Combining Bell Ringers that will help students become stronger writers! These ready-to-use sentence combining activities include 40 different weeks of combining sentences writing prompts and activities. All volumes include links to fully-editable Google Slides |
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Career Exploration Research ProjectThis resource gives students an opportunity to explore a career of interest. Students will learn more about career/job of interest, how to complete a job application, how to write a resume, how to write a cover letter and how to write a reference letter |
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4 Short Stories for Teaching ThemeUse these high-interest short stories to help middle and high school English students understand theme. The stories were written to appeal to 21st-century teens and will allow them to focus on the skills they need to analyze them. You will get four stories and two activities you can use to explore their themes. |
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Figurative Language Escape RoomHelp your students understand figurative language with this highly engaging interactive escape room breakout activity! Students will circulate the classroom, visiting stations and completing puzzles and challenges related to the following figurative language and literary devices: metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, pun, idiom, and allusion. |
