SC College and Career Readiness Standards for ELA (all grades)
6th grade ELA Standards - “1 pager” and Standards in Google Slides (1 standard per slide) - Preppy Polka Dots
7th grade ELA Standards - “1 pager” and Standards in Google Slides (1 standard per slide) - Preppy Polka Dots
8th grade ELA Standards - “1 pager” and Standards in Google Slides (1 standard per slide) - Preppy Polka Dots or Watercolors
SDE Resources & Support Documents - Glossary of ELA terms from SCCR standards
CCSS Text Exemplars and Performance Tasks & CCSS Samples of Student Writing
Lexile - Find the Right Book - the Recommended Reading report from SAMweb (from Reading Inventory) is great for this!
6th grade
6th grade Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
6th grade GT Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
6th grade GT Unit Resources (Google Site)
7th grade
7th grade Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
7th grade GT Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
7th grade GT Unit Resources (Google Site)
8th grade
8th grade Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
8th grade GT Required and Supplemental Resources ELA Units
8th grade GT Unit Resources (Google Site)
SC READY - Text Dependent Analysis resources (prompts, responses, rubrics)
Pennsylvania PSSA TDA Toolkit
Argumentative Writing - Cult of Pedagogy blogpost
Persuasive Speaking/Writing- Monroe’s motivated sequence - 5 steps to writing a persuasive speech
Text explanation - visual explanation
Grade Student Writing Quickly with Rubric Codes - Cult of Pedagogy blog
Better Lessons - search by CCSS standard, topic, grade level
Writing Fix - sample lessons and resources for all 6+1 Traits
OWL Purdue - MLA style resources and examples
EasyBib - MLA citation generator *has a Chrome extension!
Ask Ms. Matthews about a library lesson on research & citation skills!
Online Textbook - Houghton Mifflin Reading https://my.hrw.com/index.jsp or dashboard
*NEW* username: your school email address
*NEW* password: the “@” symbol, plus the first letter of the first name capitalized, the first letter of the last name lowercase, four leading zeros, and their employee Id. For example. If my name is Jane Doe and my employee ID is 1234 my password would be @Jd00001234
**All students have access! They log in with student web ID “@bcsdschools.net” and student web passwords.
Flocabulary - rap songs and videos on grammar, research, reading & writing, literature
BrainPop - videos and quizzes for grammar, reading, writing, famous authors
ReadWorks - poetry, lit. and info. passages and questions org. by Lexile, topic, grade
NewsELA - nonfiction, primary sources org. by topic, category, Lexile
CommonLit - literary and nonfiction passages, org. by genre, lit. device, theme, Lexile, grade level
Tween Tribune - current events and news, org. by grade level and Lexile
DOGOnews - ELA, SS, Science articles - free & paid accounts, use with Google Classroom
Rewordify - simplified translations of classic literature - scaffolded support
Teacher ToolKit - how-to videos and downloadable resources for teaching reading strategies
NCTE Read Write Think - standards-based lesson plans, handouts, and online interactives
Literary Devices - Dictionary of terms for ELA
Poetry Gameboard Hyperdoc (File > Make a Copy)
Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe (File > Make a Copy)
How to use Context Clues - 8-min video, great for flipped/blended learning
Awesome Vocab Teaching Tips - great summary of best practices supported by research
Student-Selected Vocab: Google Doc activity
Words in a Sentence - tons of example sentences for tier 2 words
Practice and review:
Quizlet - flashcards, games, practice tests (free, with the option to upgrade for $35/yr)
Quizizz - online review games, practice tests (free)
Gimkit - import Quizlet sets for review games -- like Quizlet Live on steroids!
Kahoot - review game for small groups
IXL - online practice questions organized by grade and standard
Grammar Monster - guides to grammar, punctuation - look at “Tests and Fun Stuff” tab on far right for pre-made tests, tattoos with grammar mistakes, and proverb/idiom glossary
No Red Ink - free grammar diagnostics, practices, quizzes/tests organized by category. Decent selection for free account; full access if you buy a school subscription.
Quill.org - alternative to No Red Ink - students proofread passages, combine sentences, or complete a diagnostic (10 minute activities) - refresh page if hanging up - CCSS based, Google Classroom friendly, student data
Summary of Common Errors - quick reference
Grammar Handbook - reference
Grammarly - free grammar & spelling checker. Download an extension to Chrome or copy and paste text into the website. Gives suggestions about what error you made and how to fix it. More for $.
👉 Grade Grammar Errors in Student Writing with Rubric Codes - Cult of Pedagogy blog
Why Teach Etymology? 7 Great Reasons
Root Words & Prefixes: Quick Reference
Bradley’s Stems on Quizlet and Meverden’s Stems on Quizlet
Better Lesson - ELA lessons from master teachers