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FREE Valentine's Day Mad Libs for Middle School ELA

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE!Quick, grab this FREE downloadable and printable Valentine-themed Mad Libs for your middle-grades students!Nothing makes our middle schoolers act a little silly quite like Valentine's Day. Here's an easy way to keep them engaged in class with a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Valentine's Day

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

FREE

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Identifying Theme Practice - FREE DOWNLOAD

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE! This two-page handout works well both as a hard copy or electronically. The first two pages are black and white. The second two pages are the same but in color. The lesson progresses from identifying themes in two short passages to students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3

FREE

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Getting to Know You Beginning of the Year Activity

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE! Looking for away to get students up and moving? Check! Looking for a way to foster conversation between students? Check! Looking for a quick activity that won't require a ton of prep on your end? CHECK!This FREE activity is as easy as clicking

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Staff

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (5.56 MB)

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Context Clues & Vocabulary BELL RINGERS - FREE!

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE context clues & vocabulary daily bellringers!Simply present the slide on your SmartBoard or share it in your virtual classroom and ta-da! The work is already done for you!15 questions and they each come with an answer slide. The answer

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

CCSS:

L.6.4, L.6.5, L.7.4, L.7.4a, L.7.4b, L.7.4c, L.7.4d, L.7.5, L.7.5a, L.7.5b, L.7.5c...

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Winter Brain Breaks for Middle School - Free!

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

Are your students feeling the BRAIN DRAIN and WINTER BLUES? Need a quick way to breathe life back into them? Here are 15 brain breaks to get students perked up and engaged! These activities require zero prep - the most you need is a pencil. Each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Management, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

FREE

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Thanksgiving Found Poetry Middle Grades ELA FREEBIE

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

Are your students nuttier than squirrels in the days leading up to Thanksgiving Break? Crankier than cranberry sauce? Use this FREE activity to keep your students engaged and on task! Found poetry using an informational text about Thanksgiving

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.7.5, L.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.3, L.7.4, L.7.5

FREE

Digital Download PDF (4.16 MB)

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FREE Color by Part of Speech

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE! This printable Easter-themed activity will keep students engaged as they review parts of speech. Download now!Keywords: parts of speech, noun, proper noun, common noun, verb, activity, coloring, middle school, grammar, Easter, spring

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Easter

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

L.6.1, L.6.1a, L.6.1b, L.6.1c, L.6.1d, L.6.1e, L.6.2, L.6.2a, L.6.2b, L.6.3, L.6.3a...

FREE

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I'm Really Into Central Idea - FREE download!

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

*This resource will be listed for FREE for 24 hours*2/27/24 3:00 pm through 2/28/24 3:00 pmDoes nonfiction feel like a snoozefest? Students can't relate to it? This lesson focuses on finding the central idea of small informational articles that are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.8.1...

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Mini Mundane Halloween 2023 Inference Activity - Middle Grades ELA FREEBIE

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE!Don't be afraid of a spooktacular good time with your middle schoolers! We can take inferencing skills from horror to engaging!This free download has everything you need to keep students engaged, on task, and reviewing rigorous material! Just

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

L.7.4, L.7.5, L.8.4, L.8.5, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

FREE

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How do astronauts wash their hair in space? Critical Thinking Activity

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

How do astronauts wash their hair in space? How do YOU think they wash their hair in space? Your mission: brainstorm a step-by-step guide for an astronaut to successfully wash their hair in space with zero gravity!This activity works best over the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Back to School

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

SL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.7.1, SL.7.2, SL.8.1, SL.8.2

$1.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Winter Scavenger Hunt! Middle School Game

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

Are your students climbing the walls with boredom? That midyear itch? Do they desperately need a way to blow off some energy but it's too cold and dreary to take them outside?Try a scavenger hunt! This activity works for middle school students

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Winter, Classroom Community

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Theme & Summarizing Graphic Organizer for Middle School ELA

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

This graphic organizer bridges the gap from simply filling out a plot diagram with recall information to actively ANALYZING a short story in order to identify the theme. Don't be fooled by the pretty colors. Pay attention to all those HOT verbs!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.8.2, RL.8.3

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.27 MB)

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Mundane Halloween Inferencing Activity

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

FREE for 24 hours! (offer ends 4:00 PM 10/27/23)You know how middle schoolers love to be bored? Or how it's cool to be apathetic? Zombies? How they fixate on the smallest/oddest points? Let's play into that!The newest Halloween trend in Japan is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.8.1, RI.8.2...

$3.00

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Compare & Contrast Poetry for Middle Grades ELA

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

Are you in "prepare for the end of the year standardized testing" mode but are too drained to come up with a review for your students? Let me help!This review activity requires students to read two poems and then go through a series of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Internet Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, L.7.5

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Forms™

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Types of Text Structures Poster

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

This colorful and easy to comprehend poster is a great way for students to visualize different types of text such as narrative, poetry, informational, and argumentative. Each text type is broken down by specific elements such as plot and theme in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Informational Text

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Study Guides, Handouts, Posters

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Color by Vocabulary - Middle Grades ELA Test Prep Station Review

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

Test prep? Vocabulary? Students using class time wisely and working independently so you can run a station without being interrupted a million times? Might as well add unicorns and flying pigs to this list, right?Introducing COLOR BY VOCABULARY!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

$3.99

Digital Download PDF (0.24 MB)

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Context Clues & Vocabulary Bell Ringers - Part 3

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

*FREE* for 24 hours until 9:30 am est Thursday, May 4! This PowerPoint includes 15 bell-ringers that focus on language skills such as context clues, root/affix vocabulary, and analyzing standardized-test questions. Each bell-ringer comes with an

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Study Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

CCSS:

L.7.3, L.7.3a, L.7.4, L.7.4a, L.7.4b, L.7.4c, L.7.4d, L.7.5, L.7.5a, L.7.5b, L.7.5c...

$3.99

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Haunted Ski Lodge - Virtual Escape Room Review on Types of Text Structure

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

What's scarier than a review on text structure? A BORING review on text structure!This will be FREE on TpT through September 21. Grab it now!With the spooky season almost upon us (and let's be real, it's always spooky season for middle schoolers)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Webquests, Simulations

CCSS:

RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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ELA Question Trail Test Prep Activity - Version 2.0

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

*FREE FOR 48 HOURS* (ends 6:00 am 4/4/2024)If you like getting free resources make sure to follow my store. I routinely list new resources for free for the first 1-2 days. Make sure to follow so you get the alerts!This activity requires very little

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

L.6.4, L.6.5, L.7.4, L.7.5, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.9-10.4, L.9-10.5

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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100 Days of School! ELA Symbolism Pixel Art

By Lit in the Middle 6-9

100 days of school! Sounds like something they only celebrate in elementary school, right? Wrong! This pixel art activity is the perfect way to celebrate something silly (100 days of school!) while still focusing on the ELA standards - specifically

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Computer Science - Technology, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

W.6.1d, W.6.1e, W.6.2, W.6.2a, W.6.2d, W.6.2e, W.6.2f, L.6.1, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.4a...

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have over 15 years of working with children of all ages but my teacher heart belongs to middle school! 4 years as a Montessori elementary assistant, 7 years as a seventh-grade ELA teacher, 2 years as an eighth-grade ELA teacher, 2 years as a middle school literacy coach

MY TEACHING STYLE

Paired partners, small groups, creative projects, learning progressions, and technology-infused

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. Performance Theater M.A.T. Middle Grades Education (ELA and Social Studies) Fulbright Hayes - Shanghai, China AIG certified

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love time in the classroom with my kids! I also have two daughters at home.