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Holidays/seasonal Common Core RL.8.3 resources
Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture Fun ELA Activities Middle School Summer
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Mystery pictures are the perfect after-testing activities fun!This Reading Comprehension set includes 6 mystery picture activities.The sets have 20 short reading passages with 48 multiple-choice text-dependent questions students have to solve to discover a surprise picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices
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4th - 8th
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Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi: Complete Differentiated BundleYour upper elementary and middle school students will love reading the classic Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry and you'll love the differentiated options for you and your students!This packet includes 5 different versions of this text ~ See Preview File for samples of each:Original Version - unaltered text, The Gift of the MagiModified Version - The Gift of the Magi re-written in clear, easy-to-understand languageAnnotated V
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Christmas Activities for Middle School Bundle
Halloween Reader's Theater & Reading Literature Toolkit for Grades 4-8
The Happy Halloween That Almost Wasn't... is a Halloween reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Halloween themes into your language arts instruction. This 11 character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!Your students will love reading about the characters of Parkersburg Elementary School and how their Halloween tra
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Reading Comprehension Mystery Pictures Fun ELA Activities Middle School Coloring
Are you searching for a fun yet effective way to help your students improve reading comprehension? Look no further! Our comprehensive set of 26 mystery pictures with reading comprehension passages and multiple choice questions has got you covered. Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested color-by-number pages will help boost your students' reading comprehension.➡️ Click HERE for the elementary version! ❓Is it a struggle to engage your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade
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6th - 8th
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The Tell-Tale Heart Digital Escape Room | Reading Comprehension Game
Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this creepy, 360° digital escape room. This activity is designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe in order to crack the master lock and escape the room. This game entails reading comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences.Included in this download are teacher instructions, student instructions
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7th - 11th
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A Christmas Carol Activities Unit Plan | Middle School
This A Christmas Carol Unit Plan is a great way to keep your middle school students engaged in learning activities during the Holiday Season. This PDF resource is complete with detailed lesson plans for each Stave of Charles Dickens' holiday tale, including before, during and after reading activities. Students will analyze characters, setting, theme, and more as they enjoy this classic story! These resources work well with the novella and various dramatized play versions of the story.Best of al
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
Brown Girl Dreaming by J.Woodson; A CCSS Aligned, PDF & Digital Book Study
OVERVIEW: If you like to inspire, teach, and motivate your students using award-winning, literature, don't overlook this amazing memoir: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2015 Newbery Honor Award, 2015 Coretta Scott King Award, 2014 National Book Award, and 2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award). Use this PDF, custom-made, no-prep, CCSS aligned memoir-study to help your students focus, understand, and stretch themselves as they read. If you want to use it with distance lea
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5th - 9th
The Monkey's Paw Escape Room - Digital, Printable, & Editable!
Wrap up W.W. Jacob’s macabre tale of "The Monkey's Paw" with an unforgettable (& standards-based) escape room. This literary-elements-themed escape room activity will have your students 100% engaged and 100% challenged! Use this ELA escape room in October or anytime during the school year to review the literary elements. ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Teachers love using this “The Monkey’s Paw” escape room to conclude W.W. Jacob’s short story. It’s highly recommended that y
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6th - 8th
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Back to School First Day Jitters Reader's Theater Script for Grades 4-8
First Day Jitters? If you love the back-to-school book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg, your students will love performing the reader's theater script even more. Based on the events from the silly picture book, I have created a reader's theater and reading literature toolkit that BIG KIDS will love to perform in those first days of school.This First Day Jitters for BIG KIDS resource includes:• 2-page 4-character reader's theater script• context clue word work• reader response questions• po
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Text-Based Reader's Theater and Read Aloud Activities Bundle
Intro to Horror - Elements of Horror Genre Mini-Study For ANY Scary Short Story!
Launch your scary story unit with this introduction to the elements of horror genre study! This engaging horror intro will give your middle school students that “just right” level of information to understand how fear, suspense, setting/imagery, foreshadowing, and mystery create those scary short stories we know and love. Use the PowerPoint, interactive notetaker, and stations to hook your ELA students this Halloween or any time of the year!✔ Check out the PREVIEW for more information!With this
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Scary Short Stories Unit - Horror Stories for Halloween in Middle School ELA
Holiday Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture ELA Coloring Sheets Fun Activities
Help your students practice reading skills in a fun and engaging way! Holiday Mystery Pictures that are color by number are the perfect addition to your middle school classroom reading comprehension practice.This fun and engaging holiday reading comprehension mystery picture bundle includes short passages and multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a seasonal mystery picture.Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on
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5th - 8th
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The Landlady Activities - Middle School Short Stories for Plot Diagram & More!
Looking for short stories for your middle school students? Don't miss The Landlady! Teaching Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is easy and engaging with these literary elements activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep options are included for plot diagram, characterization, & more, making it easy to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.Check out the P
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart & The Monkeys Paw Digital Escape Room Bundle
With this Digital Escape Room Bundle, you will save money and get TWO escape rooms: one for The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe & one for The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs.This purchase includes the bundle of two Digital Escape Rooms, which is perfect since many 7th or 8th grade teachers teach both of these short stories in the same unit!Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in these creepy, 360° digital escape rooms. Both escape rooms are designed to work for a l
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7th - 10th
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ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Unit BUNDLE (Taylor) Novel Study Activities, Quiz
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training
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6th - 8th
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 Novel Study & Project Menu; Digital Option
No-Prep novel study for "The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963", a standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this Civil Rights Newbery Medal award winning novel by Christopher Paul Curtis in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Please chec
Grades:
4th - 8th
Back to School ELA Escape Room
If you are looking for the perfect way to start your school year off strong with a rigorous yet engaging beginning of the year activity, look no further than this Back to School Escape Room for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Back to School ELA Bundle
A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Keep students engaged this holiday season with a novel study they'll love! In this A Christmas Carol novel study for middle school, you'll get a variety of skill-based activities for practicing character development, figurative language, theme, and more middle school reading skills. Follow Scrooge on his ghostly Christmas adventure with a complete set of novel activities:Anticipation Guide and Exit Tickets (plus digital)Vocabulary Activities (plus digital)Reading Questions (plus digital)Figurati
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6th - 9th
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ELA Digital Escape Room THE LANDLADY Short Story w Writing Activities OCTOBER
Middle school ELA reading and writing activities have never been more fun! Students help Billy Weaver escape THE LANDLADY while learning literary elements! This 360 digital escape room also includes a full short story literary and reading comprehension workshop on Google Slides, along with a Quizlet set and tons of fun activities. Students will play the role of a detective who is on the case of missing boys in the city of Bath. They must use the clues from the story and the links to find out
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
This resource includes FIVE FULL WEEKS of content for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Additionally, in this UNIT PLAN BUNDLE, you will receive a teacher guide that encompasses an example Unit Schedule/ Pacing Guide!You can purchase each lesson individually (listed below) or save money and get the Bundle!Included in this bundle:A Christmas Carol Full TextA Christmas Carol Anticipation GuideA Christmas Carol Background Information 1840sA Christmas Carol Vocabulary for Each Chapte
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6th - 12th
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Halloween Activity ESCAPE ROOM: Escape the Haunted House
This spooktacular Halloween adventure begins when your students receive a mysterious invitation to a local haunted house. Once there, they will find out they cannot leave until they use their "smart kid brains" to help their hosts solve a ghastly ghost mystery.The fun will begin with a spooky PowerPoint Show/Film. Then, using critical thinking, problem-solving, and reading comprehension, kids will have to follow directions carefully. They will complete creative CHARACTERIZATION, OBSERVATION, and
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â HOLIDAY ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE: Snow Globe, Valentine's Day, & Halloween
Veterans Day Reader's Theater Script and Activities
A Visit From A Veteran is a reader's theater script your middle school students will love! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating Veterans Day activities into your language arts instruction. This 11-character PDF script includes comprehension questions and word work activities, making this unit a flexible teaching resource you can use in multiple ways!This 16-page Veterans Day Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit includes:4-page, 10-character scriptReader response questions
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â ELA American History Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Big Kids
First Week Of Back To School Activities 6th - 8th Grade ELA w FREE Lesson Plans
THE ULTIMATE BACK TO SCHOOL BUNDLE! Your first week of middle school is ready to go! Create class culture, break the ice, establish morning and beginning of class routines with bell ringers, and dive into a fun diagnostic personal narrative writing activity with a writing workshop!INCLUDED:âś” Get-To-Know-You Class Game: Would You Rather?âś” August Grammar Bell ringers- Grammar Focus: Review Parts of Speechâś” 3 in 1 Diagnostic Writing, Six Traits of Writing Workshop, and Personal Narrative- The Story
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6th - 9th
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Sherlock Holmes | The Blue Carbuncle | Readers Theater Script Short Story Unit
A fun holiday short story or drama theater lesson that improves students' reading and comprehension skills with a proven reading strategy. This Christmas mystery is adapted into a Readers Theater script for "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" based on the short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Google Slides Presentation, Readers Theater Script, writing exercise, discussion questions, vocabulary worksheets, and word search puzzle with answer key.**********
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5th - 12th
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READERS' THEATER END OF YEAR MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT
This Readers’ Theater end of year mystery script will grip both drama and ELA grades 5-8 classes in the last few WILD days before the summer break. It transforms students into whodunit detectives, giving them high-interest practice in reading aloud, comprehension, and even some writing. -- Question sheets and answers are included. -- Quick peer and self assessment forms are included. -- A reading rubric is included.-- Fast finishers will love the coloring, games, and observation activities! NUMB
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 50% OFF READERS' THEATER SCRIPTS HOLIDAYS and SEASONS BUNDLE - 10 scripts
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