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8th grade other (ELA) resources
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review
Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review: Help your students understand figurative language with this highly engaging interactive escape room breakout activity! Students will circulate the classroom, visiting stations and completing puzzles and challenges related to the following figurative language and literary devices: metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, pun, idiom, and allusion.How The Figurative Language Escap
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7th - 9th
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Hard Summer Word Search Puzzle Middle School Fun Activity Vocabulary Worksheet
Keep your students occupied with this Summer word search puzzle!The words are hidden in various directions - horizontally across or backward, vertically up or down, diagonally up, down or backward. The words may also intersect which makes the activity more fun and challenging! This is ideal to keep your students' minds healthy and active while having fun at the same time.Product ContentsYou'll get the following in this product:85 Total Words to Search1 Colored Word Search Worksheet1 Black and Wh
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5th - 8th
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Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters
This editable meet the teacher template is a perfect way to provide your students and their families with some information about you and your classroom at the beginning of the school year. You can send it in the mail in the summer, email it home, provide a copy to each family at an open house, hand out to your students during the first week of school, or upload to google classroom. Click here to SAVE 30% by buying this as part of my Back to School Forms Bundle!What's Included:- Meet the Teacher
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Forms Bundle | Print + Digital
Speed Debating Engaging Persuasive Activity: Practice Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
Looking for an engaging way to practice ethos, pathos, and logos? Want to practice debating in preparation for a formal debate? Just want to have some FUN and hit the listening and speaking standards? Feel like challenging your students to think fast on their feet? Don't know what else to teach tomorrow?Look no further, because this is it. I am not exaggerating when I say "Speed Debating" is the BEST lesson I've ever taught. It's one of those activities that is so student-directed that you, as t
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7th - 12th
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Word Puzzles Brain Teasers - Fun Logic Rebus Puzzles Word Sense Brain Break Game
Word Puzzles Brain Teasers - Fun Logic Rebus Puzzles Word Sense Brain Break Game: Use this word puzzles resource to engage your students in problem-solving and critical thinking. Students will attempt to solve these 100 rebus puzzles, which are picture representations of words or phrases. This word puzzle activity works great as a daily warm-up, enrichment, or early finisher. These puzzles not only enhance problem-solving and critical thinking skills but also are so much fun. Your students wil
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5th - 10th
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Class-Wide Data & Goal Setting Posters | iReady & NWEA MAP Test | Student Data
These large 36 x 24 inch poster-sized data trackers are designed to spice up any data wall! Once they are on display, you can have student leaders graph the class average for reading and math assessments each week. These class data trackers can also be used to set quarterly goals and track iReady progress.They are designed to be printed as large 36x24 in posters. They need to be printed at a local print shop. (Instructions included!) I've also included a 8.5 x 11 in. version so that you can pri
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Student Data Tracking BUNDLE | Data Binder & Data Posters for Data Wall
Media Literacy / Advertising & Social Media Activities - Bundle
Are you looking for media literacy activities that will engage your students? This bundle includes 6 different resources and includes activities such as poetry, writing, discussion topics, ad techniques, student social media use, and more! My students have always enjoyed working on a Media Unit and some of my best classroom discussions have related to media, social media, and advertising. Looking for a DIGITAL VERSION? CLICK HERE.Includes activities designed to stimulate classroom discussion,
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6th - 9th
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Novel Study FINAL Projects | 20 Hands On Projects for ANY Novel + Rubrics
This resource comes with 20 different hands-on, engaging projects that can be completed with ANY novel or short story. These projects will encourage students to be creative and think outside the box, all while applying important ELA skills and standard practices! 45+ pages of creativity! ALL 20 projects come with an individualized rubric for easy grading and a brainstorming section for students to complete.Projects Include:Cartoon StripMovie PosterMobileNewspaperBoard GameCostume DesignShadowbo
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7th - 12th
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Public Speaking Activity: "15 Minutes of Fame" Real World Speeches (with Google)
I'm going to go out on a limb with a big statement: this project was the most fun my class had all year. (This isn't always true with public speaking!)Almost everyone has to give a speech in his or her lifetime. In this fun project, students prepare and present SHORT mini-speeches from real-world scenarios, based on the “15 Minutes of Fame” that students will hear about or personally experience in life. How it Works:• First, students are introduced to the project and randomly draw one of 40 scen
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6th - 9th
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Morning Work Morning Meeting Calendar Interactive Binder for Special Education
This 15 page “Morning Group Calendar Binder” for Autism and Special education is a great interactive book for increased participation and engagement during morning meeting, morning group, calendar time, or circle time. Each student has their own binder and follows along with the teacher to choose the correct picture icon for a variety of calendar and life skills activities listed below.Included in this binder:-cover page-Rules-Name writing page (2 versions)-Greetings (choose a friend)-Today is,
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PreK - 8th
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Alphabet Affirmation Posters | Brights | Print + Cursive
Display the alphabet while empowering students at the same time! This set of alphabet posters has unique affirmations that correlates to each letter. The affirmations can serve as growth mindset and uplifting reminders.Looking for this set in a boho color scheme? Check it out HERE.This set is also included in my Back to School Mega Growing Bundle! Invest in this bundle to grab all your back to school resources at once at a discounted rate. Bonus, after you purchase, you will have access to any
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K - 8th
Analogies, 250 Analogy Questions, Build Vocabulary & Logic, PDF & Google Drive
Analogies are now specifically included in middle school Common Core State Standards and these fun little puzzlers are a great tool to help students at all levels build vocabulary and logic skills.This introductory lecture is paired with 10 follow-up assignments that can serve as in-class work (solo or group), homework, substitute teacher materials, or game materials. Each assignment sheet can also be sliced up into five separate mini-assignments, allowing for short bell-ringer work sessions or
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8th - 11th
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End of the year Teacher Appreciation Note Cards / Teacher Appreciation Letters
Teacher Appreciation Note Cards / Kindness Writing Cards. Perfect for end of the year activity.In this PDF file you will find 25 printable pages for your classroom. The cards come in 12 designs that are featured in both full color versions, as well as B&W versions for printing on white or colored paper. There is a bonus TACO B&W card included!Great for early finishers or a writing center! Simply print, copy, cut and go! These flat note cards print 2 per page and are the perfect size for
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1st - 12th
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Public Speaking Bundle: ALL My Speech Lessons! {Full Semester, with Google Docs}
NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS: Take the fear and intimidation out of public speaking with a FULL SEMESTER bundle of classroom-tested speech activities that will safely get students out of their chairs (and their comfort zones!) Download this bundle of speaking resources to build up student confidence with projects that don’t “feel” like work. Great for any general ELA teacher assessing CCSS Speaking & Learning (and also Speech class teachers specifically), these tools build foundations, track progres
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7th - 12th
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No Prep Wh- Questions BUNDLE! Worksheets
There are now over 165* activity pages, all with illustrations! You can use these worksheets in person, or assign digitally.*5 new color-by worksheets added 3/15/21Most of the pages included work well as a TpT Digital Activity*, and can be assigned through Google Classroom. The spinner and cut and paste pages can be adapted for online use (ex: draw a line to connect the question and answer instead of cut and paste, check off the question instead of using a spinner). No color ink, no laminating!
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PreK - 8th
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Back to School Night | Teacher Information Brochure| Meet the Teacher | EDITABLE
This is a super easy way to give your parents all the information they need on back to school night. It has a spot for teacher wish list, student supplies, daily schedule, subjects, contact info, etc.It is in black and white. I print it on a cute colored paper and it turns out adorable and can be copied on the school copier to save your some colored ink! There is a colored version that you can find in my TpT store if you prefer that!Parents love this and hang it on their fridge year round!
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Grammar Coloring Activity Pack Grammar Coloring Sheets
Wanting to switch up your grammar lesson plans, make grammar fun? Try grammar coloring sheets! This grammar activity is a starter pack for coloring sheets that incorporate grammar lessons. This grammar bundle will give you a 'taste' of how coloring sheets can work will older students and allow you to assess if your students like these activities. This grammar coloring bundle includes FOUR products for a discounted price. Students will identify parts of speech, parts of a sentence, active and pas
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5th - 8th
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The Bucket List: “Short Research Project” with Real-World Goal-Setting
Bucket Lists don’t have to be morbid; they can inspire us, give us hope, and force us to change or try new things. Setting goals is a valuable skill made even more priceless when we learn HOW to achieve them!Hook students into doing research in disguise, hiding the work within a topic that they actually care about! In this project, students first make their own bucket lists and are then instructed to go RESEARCH how to actually accomplish at least ONE of those list items in a step-by-step manner
End of the Year Digital Escape Room
This end of the year digital escape room allows students to work independently or with their peers to solve 10 summer-themed challenges. Students must solve the required challenges to "escape" the school basement storage room they accidentally got locked in. Participants will use their reading and listening comprehension skills and any general knowledge about summer to solve each escape room challenge.This is a perfect activity to help build community and engage students in social-emotional lear
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: End of the Year Mega Bundle For Middle School
Genius Hour, 20% Time, Inquiry Based Learning, Project Based Learning
Have you been looking to implement an inquiry-based learning project or Genius Hour in your classroom, but you don’t know where to start or how to incorporate this in your classroom?This 40+product of handouts, guidelines, how-to's, rubrics, and everything you need to get started with the inquiry-based learning project, Genius Hour. This is a loaded product, and I will be adding to the product as I continue to do the project!With Inquiry-Based Learning-1. Learning focuses on a meaningful, ill-s
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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Listening Comprehension Unit - Upper Elementary to Middle School - Note Taking
Listening comprehension is an essential element of ELA instruction. That’s because students do not intuitively know how to take notes, discern what is important in a listening passage, or even know how to reference their notes when answering questions. This unit develops all of those skills through fun active listening anticipatory sets, instruction on listening and note taking, five original listening passage practice tests, multiple choice and short answer questions, and a final assessment t
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5th - 8th
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Escape From Camp Green Lake! - Holes Novel Activity
Holes Escape Room: Perfect for a final novel activity! Transform your classroom into Camp Green Lake as you send students on an adventure they’ll never forget- dig a hole, save a runaway camper, and climb God’s Thumb, all while reviewing plot elements and literary devices from Holes by Louis Sachar.This activity is formatted as an ESCAPE ROOM. Students will play the part of a Camp Green Lake camper and advance through five “days” of challenges in order to escape. The challenges are as follows: D
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5th - 9th
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99 Riddles Brain Teasers Morning Meeting Bell Ringers set 1
Riddles Brain Teasers Bell Ringers / Lesson Starters / Morning MeetingAre you looking for some gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your online or face to face lesson?Here are 99 of the best riddles out there that you can use as bell ringers / lesson starter activities for teens!I have done all the hard work for you and gathered the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 99 riddles have passed my strict screening proces
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: 268 Riddles / Brain Teasers / Morning Meeting / Bell Ringers
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