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Free middle school literature games
ELA Bell Ringers Free Week - Team Trivia, Puzzles, and Riddles - ELA Warm Ups
These fun and challenging bell ringers (or exit tickets) are a mix of ELA trivia, riddles, puzzles, and quizzes about books, movies, and music. Your students will work in teams to collaborate, earn points, and eventually try to win the class competition. This is a great way to build classroom community!This freebie contains five mini-quizzes and an answer key.Students will tackle:✅ Riddles & word games✅ Classic lit with a twist✅ YA fiction & pop cultureCheck out these complete sets:Each
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7th - 10th
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Shades of Meaning Task Cards | Free Literacy Center Activity | Reading Task Card
This set of free shades of meaning task cards is perfect for teaching, reviewing, or practicing ELA skills whole group, small group, or independently! There are 24 different questions and an answer key in this low-prep activity. All you need to do to prep this lesson is print off the anchor chart, task cards, and answer sheet and you're all set for your next reading lesson this week!Resource Includes:Anchor Chart (Full Page)Mini-Anchor Chart (For Student Notebooks)24 Task CardsAnswer KeyRecordin
FREE 360 Digital Escape Room Middle School ELA Activities
Want to try a 360 digital escape room with your ELA students, but would like see how they work before purchasing? Or, maybe you would just like to check out the quality of DiGiGoods Resources? Grab this free one I created for you to explore! You can wander virtually and click links to make sure this digital experience is compatible with your tech specs and suitable for your students’ needs. 360 Escape Rooms are a blast! Students become fully immersed in the audio and visual spectacles, clever
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Short Films Hair Love Digital & Printable INFERENCE PLOT THEME CONFLICT
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Jeopardy - Free Version
Keeping students focused at the end of a novel study can be challenging. This game is a fun and exciting way to review concepts and ideas from The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Divide your class into teams or challenge your class to play other classes. The game can also be utilized as an individual digital assignment for students to test their knowledge of the novel. This free download includes:Questions and Answers for the 400 and 500 point questions for "Ivan" and for "Characters"F
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3rd - 6th
Summer Reading List Word Search for 5th and 6th Grade Students!
I LOVE making book recommendations for my students. I've learned that excitement is contagious, and if I hype up particular book titles for students, they will jump right into reading them!This word search serves two purposes. Sure, it's a fun end-of-the-year activity, but it's also a list of class favorites that I gathered from my own students. So have your students complete the word search for fun in class and then tell them to put it in their backpacks and take it home to use as a reference o
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5th - 6th
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Simile and Metaphor Matching/Concentration Game
Use this game to reinforce concepts of identifying and understanding the meaning of similes and metaphors. Students must match a black card to a blue card.Print cards in color. This activity would work best if printed on cardstock.Place all of the blue text cards face down in one pile. Place all of the black text cards in a separate pile. Taking turns, a child would choose one card from the blue text pile and one card from the black text pile to try to find a pair. If a match is found, the
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3rd - 6th
Literary and Figurative Language Terms Jeopardy review game
Literary and figurative language terms Jeopardy review game.
All categories are the same so the topic tiles are just my name, but you many easily change that.
Terms include: simile, metaphor, alliteration, allusion, idiom, oxymoron, assonance, euphemism, satire, irony, mood and tone.
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6th - 9th
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I Have . . . Who Has . . ? Story Elements
This story elements activity is a whole class game for reviewing story elements.The terms in this card game include: characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict, character traits, exposition, rising action, climax, static character, dynamic character, first person, third person, foreshadowing, and more for a total of 28 questions. Four blank cards are included so that you can customize the game to suit your classes. Directions and an answer key are included. The cards are arranged four to a pag
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Story Elements Task Card Bundle - Print and Easel Versions
Romeo and Juliet Act I Crossword Puzzle
Romeo and Juliet Act I and Prologue Crossword Puzzle
If you like this free activity, you will love this package of crosswords and other games for the whole play..
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Romeo-and-Juliet-Crossword-Puzzle-Bundle-1806697?aref=cj83sp9a
This is a challenging crossword puzzle related to Act 1 of William Shakespeare's classic love story, "Romeo and Juliet." I have included both the crossword weaver and PDF version of this puzzle. I am offering this a
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7th - 12th
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study FREE Activity!: Word Search
If you need more activities that are ready-to-go (detailed student instructions = less work for you!), please check out the:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory NOVEL STUDY UNIT BUNDLE!_________________________________________________________________Charlie and the Chocolate Factory NOVEL STUDY UNIT FREE ACTIVITY! WORD SEARCHThis is a handy worksheet to have on hand for your early finishers. It also is good to have to use as a quick review of characters and terms. There are fifteen words included:C
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5th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol activities
What’s Included:• Clipart – Scrooge, Marley, Bob Cratchit, Holly wreath, Holly swag, and individual holly leaves to create your own items. • Prereading activity – Padlet link to learn about Charles Dickens as a boy, world events during his lifetime, read a review of David Copperfield, and look at different versions of A Christmas Carol.• Characterization sheet for Scrooge• Plot Chart• Disney’s A Christmas Carol movie worksheet• A Muppet Christmas Carol movie worksheet• Dictionary – terms for stu
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6th - 9th
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Greek Mythology
This is an I Have, Who has game for the mythical creatures that often appear in Greek Mythology. Included in the pack are the Minotaur, the Sirens, and Hydra among others. This would be a great way for students to learn the basic characteristics of each creature. You could also print out multiple copies of each card and have students play a Go Fish game or a memory/concentration game until they learned the various creatures and their attributes. This is a great way to hook students into the
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3rd - 8th
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FREE 360 Digital Escape Room For ELA Literary Devices Elements & Techniques
360 Digital Escape Room FREE Virtual Tour! I created this free escape room for teachers who would like to see how they work from a student's perspective. Grab this one for free and start exploring! You can wander around virtually, clicking links and icons, to make sure this digital experience is compatible with your school's technology and suitable for your students’ needs. 360 Escape Rooms are a blast! Students become fully immersed in the audio and visual spectacles, clever clues, and funny
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5th - 8th
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The Grand Stand Objective Summary Game
If you want an engaging, common-core aligned way to have students objectively summarize ANY text, then look no further!
With this activity, students will be out of their seats, engaged, and provide a full list of summary information in just minutes.
This FREE PDF file contains all of the information that you will need to play The Grand Stand Game with your students.
I suggested that this game be used with grades 4 and up, but I believe that it can be adapted for even more grades!
Want to se
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4th - 12th
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Mood and Tone Matching Game
These matching cards can be used in any point in instruction on Mood and Tone. Allow students to work in partners and attempt to match the passage with either it’s matching tone or mood. The passages are aligned with their correct answer in this document. However, they should be mixed up, face down, for the purpose of the game.
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4th - 9th
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Genres of Literature Vocabulary - Card Games and Flashcards
This comprehensive set of flashcards include 18 different vocabulary terms dealing with the Genres of Literature.
Use these to make flashcards. (Print on heavy paper, fold horizontally, glue, and cut the pieces apart. This allows the term to be on one side and the definition on the backside.)
Use these to play matching games, memory, fish, bang and more!
Terms included are: Drama, Poetry, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Folktale, Realistic Fiction, Fable, Autobiography, Myth, Fairy Tale, Biog
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1st - 8th
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Free Tuck Everlasting Worksheets
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Identifying Character Quotes
Identifying Theme through Textual Quotes
Figurative Language Record
20 Question True/False Review
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4th - 8th
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Determining Text Structure Station (Center) Game
This is a fun card game that helps students learn how to determine text structure using only the title of the book found on each card.
It is a great activity for stations (centers).
It is a free product. Please let me know how much you like it!
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3rd - 6th
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Text Structures BOOM™ Cards
Text structures are hard to differentiate and locate in reading! This task card activity will help your students learn the five text structures. Each card has a passage that students will identify as one of the five parts of speech. This boom card deck is self-checking and great for informal assessment. This resource was made with 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade in mind. It is perfect for distance learning or face to face instruction!What Does this Deck Include?50 Text Structure CardsSelf-Ch
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4th - 6th
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Survival Game (For Novel Study or teaching Needs vs Wants)
This is a game that asks students what items they would need to survive on a new planet. I have included instructions, class discussion questions, and ideas for differentiation. There is a group activity worksheet for students to use during the game.
I have used this activity to teach needs vs wants, and also for novel studies such as Lord of the Flies and Tomorrow When the War Began.
Please remember to rate my product and leave feedback below! I'd love to hear how this worked with your class.
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4th - 10th
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Library Genre Scavenger Hunt
Use this exploratory activity to reinforce the concept of common fiction genres, or to provide your students with an opportunity to explore the fiction section of your library (and perhaps discover a new treasure)!
If using this activity with a full class, it helps regulate traffic flow in the stacks to limit the students to one area using the author line (ex. they have to find examples of each genre only using authors whose last names start with A-D).
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3rd - 8th
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October Puzzles and Activy Pack Halloween Challenges
Keep students busy with these fun and challenging October-based puzzles! This Halloween-themed freebie offers two exciting activities that you can use in your classroom to entertain the class and ignite some spooky spirit!This product includes:1) One October-themed maze (medium-high difficulty)2) One Gaming Tile Activity: using the special gaming tiles, students assign point values to each letter and tally up the points for October-themed words!Use for:✏️ October classroom centers✏️ Bell-ringers
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3rd - 6th
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The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis Jeopardy - Free Version
Keeping students focused at the end of a novel study can be challenging. This game is a fun and exciting way to review concepts and ideas from The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis. Divide your class into teams or challenge your class to play other classes. The game can also be utilized as an individual digital assignment for students to test their knowledge of the novel. This free download includes:Questions and Answers for the 100 and 300 point questions for the category, "Getting in Trouble."
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3rd - 6th
Board Game Template
Use this template to write directions for your students so they can create their own board games. I also included a PDF of the directions I gave my students when they created their own fractions board game.Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or subscribe!Your feedback is appreciated!Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a shor
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2nd - 12th
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