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Middle school ELA test prep projects
Finding the Theme in a Story: Four Practice Worksheets, Poster, & Craft Activity
Do your students struggle with finding the theme in a story? Keep your student engaged as they learn to identify the theme, or central message, of a story with this set of four worksheets and optional craftivity! Each worksheet features one fiction passage.Here's what you'll find in this resource:POSTER: The instructional poster explains how the theme-filled cupcake analogy. Just as creme can be hidden inside a cupcake, a theme is hidden inside a book. A book's theme is revealed as you read it.F
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4th - 6th
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Character Traits Worksheets and Activity: Christmas Craftivity
Keep your students engaged during the month of December with this Christmas craftivity that focuses on identifying character traits! This resource features three worksheets and all of the graphics needed to reproduce the craftivity display. These three worksheets contain four fiction stories about elves working their way toward Christmas. Students read a passage and then determine a character trait for the main character(s) in the story. The finished products make a unique holiday bulletin board
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: December Craftivity BUNDLE: Create Student-Centered Bulletin Boards
Test Prep Activities: Two Reading Passages and Test Taking Strategies Craftivity
It’s that time of year…. time to think about those major assessments coming up! Are you looking for a creative way to engage your students while preparing them for the genre of test-taking? This bundle includes a fiction practice passage, a nonfiction practice passage, and a craftivity that focuses on test-taking strategies! After discussing good test-taking strategies, students get to put them to use as they complete the two practice reading passages! These 3 days of activities all feature owls
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3rd - 6th
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Design Your Own Video Game (Writing Project)
It’s a given, students love video games. What students may not know is that a successful video game has many elements of literature: a good plot line, interesting characters, a clear, define problem and an eventual solution. In this resource students will be asked to design their own video game. Even if they are not a gamer, they will still have success. Students will create a name and cover design for their video game and product description. Included in this resource: ** Brainstorming Page **
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3rd - 7th
Character Traits Worksheets: 15 Practice Passages with a Craftivity
Keep your student engaged as they learn to analyze characters and identify character traits with this set of four worksheets and craftivity! Students will read fifteen short passages and determine a character trait for the main character in each short story. The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display! Worksheets- Students begin by completing a set of FOUR worksheets! A word bank filled with character trait terms is provided at the top of the first page. Stud
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3rd - 6th
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Research Project: Outline Organization and Essay Writing: Teen Issues
Self-guided research packet and Google Doc. Perfect for Google Classroom or distance learning!Research and the Research Essay Process is a vital skill for any student in order to be successful through school and beyond. It covers multiple standards and is time consuming to design organization materials and to teach explicitly. NOT ANY MORE!This packet takes students step by step through the research and writing process in 10-15 days (depending on student skill level and in class work time availa
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5th - 10th
Grammar Video Project: Students Teach Their Peers!
We learn by DOING and by TEACHING others. Transform your grammar instruction by putting STUDENTS in the role of teacher!In this project, student groups collaborate to design and record their own SHORT videos (1-5 minutes) teaching one focused grammar concept to their peers. The project can take place in as little as one week, depending on how much class time you give and your available technology.Once made, these videos can:• be played in class (followed by your instruction/lesson)• be played in
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA
ELA Vocabulary Poster Project - Elements of Literature, Poetry, and Drama
This poster project is a great way to introduce elements of literature, poetry, and drama. Creative academic vocabulary activities help your students connect quickly to terms they’ll see throughout the school year. You can even use these vocabulary posters as classroom décor as a constant reference.Students create a poster with a definition and example of one vocabulary term. You can distribute these so that all of the terms are covered.Three sets of vocabulary activities: ✅ Elements of literatu
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7th - 10th
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HUGE ELA & Math Project-Based Learning Bundle | Thanksgiving, Christmas + More
This bundle of 12 cross-curricular project-based learning activities covers math, reading, writing, design, and other skills! Use each project for authentic skill practice or to teach new standards.Save with this bundle that's worth over $78 and keep your students engaged with these fun seasonal projects all year long!Included Projects:Making SlimeTrunk or TreatCandy GramsDesign a Parade BalloonDesign an Ugly Holiday SweaterClassroom Costume ContestTrick-or-Treat StreetCanned Food DriveHoliday C
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3rd - 6th
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Greek and Latin Roots: Five Worksheets and a Vocabulary Craftivity
Keep your students engaged as they practice identifying and defining words with Greek and Latin roots. Best of all, it provides a visual connection to the meaning of word "roots"! Your students complete five worksheets where they identify words with Greek and Latin roots in the 60 sentences. The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display!This engaging activity puts a fun spin on learning the meanings of Latin and Greek roots! Better yet, it provides a visual con
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Greek and Latin Roots: A Bundle of Word Study Activities
Point of View Worksheets and Craft Activity with Four Practice Passages
Here's a hands-on, creative way for your students to practice identifying the four main points of view as they read! This is an engaging activity where your students complete two worksheets with four short passages. On each worksheet, they identify which point of view the author used in each story. Then, they use their worksheets to assemble the craftivity. The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display! It can also be used as a novel entry in an interactive not
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4th - 6th
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Persuasive Advertisement Rhetoric Project - Rhetorical Devices & Appeals Project
Looking for an engaging and authentic way to test students' knowledge of rhetoric? This rhetoric advertisement project allows students to creatively express their mastery of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) and rhetorical devices (any studied in class). Students must produce and polish a persuasive advertisement that incorporates rhetoric in a meaningful and practical way. Not only do they have to fashion a rhetorical masterpiece, but this product also provides custom materials that
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8th - 11th
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Persuasive & Opinion Writing BUNDLE | Graphic Organizers, Prompts & Rubric
Help your students master persuasive and opinion writing with these highly engaging Making a Claim writing activities. Each pack includes engaging persuasive writing prompts, a graphic organizer to help students plan, and a rubric for grading. With highly engaging topics, your students will be excited to share their opinion or write to persuade. In each persuasive writing pack, students will find out what a claim is and then read articles on the controversial topic. Students will then use th
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3rd - 6th
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Compare and Contrast Paired Passages Craftivity with a Venn Diagram
Here's a hands-on, creative way for your students to practice comparing and contrasting the content of two reading passages. After reading the two passages about King Louis XVI and King Henry VIII, students write comparison and contrast statements on the castle Venn diagram. The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display! A writing prompt was recently added to this file. If you want, students can also write an explanatory essay that compares and contrasts the tw
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Passages Bundle: Analyze Two Texts and Write an Essay
Paired Texts: Comparing Myths & Legends from Across Cultures
This BUNDLE includes both of the Comparing Myths and Legends packets including Medusa VS. No-Faced Doll and Icarus vs. Native American Legend.Here are the full descriptions:Icarus VS. The Warrior and The Eagle:This project asks students to compare myths and legends from two very different cultures, finding both the similarities and differences. Through this common core linked project, students will read two myths, one about the Myth Icarus, and the other a Lenni Lenape legend called, "The Warrio
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4th - 6th
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Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizers, Checklists & More
Persuasive Writing - This 30-page packet of guided instructions, templates, graphic organizers, and exemplars leads students through the process of writing a persuasive essay with no teacher assistance. Includes Google Doc link for Google Classroom activity. Perfect for distance learning!Worksheets can be used with a topic of your choice / student choice OR you can use a topic I've had success with in the past. .Zip includes PDF, editable .docx and Google Doc link of 30-page presuasive writing p
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5th - 10th
Plot Elements Craftivity for Valentine's Day
This engaging activity puts a fun spin on identifying the concepts of characters, setting, plot, and theme! It would also make for a great Valentine's Day activity!I split this activity into two days.Day 1- Students read the short story "The Box of Chocolates". Then students complete two worksheets to identify the plot elements and the theme. These will eventually form the inside of the box of chocolates in the craftivity.Day 2- Students complete the craftivity by following the student-friendly
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4th - 6th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Middle School Challenge Activity Printable
Reviewing argumentative essay writing can be challenging but this engaging and interactive challenge activity will break it down and make it fun!Students are given a prompt, texts, and a checklist to write an essay. Each successfully completed step from the checklist earns a puzzle piece. On the appointed day, students are awarded whatever their puzzle shows that they earned!What's included:✅ A Challenge for embedded counterclaims✅ A Challenge for separate counterclaim paragraphs (These 2 chal
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5th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Argumentative Essay Writing BIG BUNDLE for Embedded Counterclaims
Greek Myth- Comparing the Myth Icarus and Native American Legend - Grades 4-6
Greek Mythology and Native American legends may seem like the two very different genres, with little to no similarities, but you'd be wrong! This pack compares the Greek myth Icarus and the Native American tale of "The Warrior and the Eagle."This project asks students to compare myths and legends from two very different cultures, finding both the similarities and differences. Through this common core linked project, students will read two myths, one about the myth Icarus, and the other a Lenni L
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Texts: Comparing Myths & Legends from Across Cultures
Author's Purpose Worksheets and Craftivity: Ideal for Earth Day
This engaging activity puts a fun spin on reviewing the five author's purposes for writing! Author's purpose is a concept that I have to revisit with my students throughout the year, so I created this activity to do with my students at the beginning of April... right before state testing! When the craftivities are finished, you can use them to create a fun spring bulletin board or school hallway display for Earth Day.Students will complete three worksheets that contain five short passages relate
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Spring Craftivity BUNDLE: Create Student-Centered Bulletin Boards
Cause and Effect Essay - Informative Essay Packet
This project packet includes a prompt, high-interest passage set... and so much more! I use it to guide students through entire process of writing an informative / explanatory text-based essay. A complete resource, it covers everything from analyzing the prompt to revising and peer-editing. Here's what you get with it:• Sample Essay with guided questions,• Writing Prompt and Passage Set (3 high-interest articles),• Graphic organizers for note-taking and essay-planning,• Reference tools: Cause
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5th - 8th
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2 Foldable Projects: Tackling Text Structures & Supporting the CCCS
Text Structure Foldable Project Set
Text Structures Addressed: Compare/Contrast**Cause/Effect**Problem/Solution**Sequence**Description**
✔Project 1 Focus: Students use multiple books to identify the various text structures. They also make connections between the text structures and their own life.
✔Project 2 Focus: Students select a topic and use their knowledge of text structures to collect, research and present information (briefly touches on text features as well)
**THIS PACKET IS AIMED AT
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3rd - 8th
Informational Writing - Test Prep
WritingTest Prep Made Fun! This Boot Camp Styled Writing Test Prep is all that you need to get your students ready for Informational Writing. This file is designed to give you a fun and engaging review as you are getting ready for your State Writing Test. This can be used with any writing test, where Informative writing is used. Included is everything you will need to run 6 different stations:6 Station Signs with Instructions in Color and B/W version5 Spinners for Text Structure5 Writing Pro
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4th - 6th
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Step-by-Step Informational Writing Packet- (3rd-6th Grade)
This is the packet I give to students when we first begin our research-based informational writing project.
The packet includes a step-by-step plan for students and breaks things down to make things a bit easier for even my lowest students.
This project allows students to choose any topic they would like to research (as long as it's approved by me). I always tell the kids to choose a topic they don't already know a lot about, so they are learning something new.
These are the steps that I use
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3rd - 6th
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