End of Year ELA Project Activities & End of Year Reflection BUNDLE

Engage your students at the end of the year with this 3-pack bundle of high-interest activities! It includes an ELA choice project, a community-building activity, and a fun reflection with memory Pictionary.

RESOURCE #1

Middle school students will go absolutely nuts for these fun topics that will have them diving into research, citing evidence, making compelling claims, and confidently presenting their findings—all while having a blast!

This project is designed to integrate multiple standards, making it an great choice for an engaging and comprehensive end-of-year activity.

"The FIVE Slide Final"!

What's included in this resource:

✅ Three project choices: Unsolved Mystery, Criminally Underrated, and Be the Teacher

✅ Google Slides featuring two pages of student-friendly directions (portrait and landscape option)

✅ Color or black and white options

✅ Editable grading rubric for easy customization

✅ Google Slides student template with embedded directions, ensuring students stay on track throughout the process

RESOURCE #2

Icebreaker for Introverts: Vacation Edition

In this engaging activity, students will navigate through a series of slides, making choices between two options provided in This or That prompts. As they make their choices, they will add elements to a drawing of a tropical island. It could be a unique hair color or even a bucket of ice cubes by their side – the drawing keeps getting quirkier and quirkier!

Laughter and giggles are inevitable, so consider yourself warned!

But here's the twist: instead of the usual sharing sessions in front of the whole class, every student gets up, proudly holding their artwork in front of them. They wander around, exploring their peers' drawings and searching for lookalikes. Who knows? They might find twins, triplets, or discover that they're truly one of a kind!

This low-pressure interaction encourages conversations and makes it an absolute blast for everyone involved.

What's Included:

✅ Clear and easy-to-follow digital student-facing directions

✅ 20 engaging This or That questions with accompanying drawing prompts ✅ A blank tropical island worksheet

✅ Both PDF and Google Slides versions for your convenience

RESOURCE #3

End of Year Reflection

It's hard to believe a reflection THIS simple can lead to such great engagement. Use this end of the year reflection for 2024 to get your students thinking about what they did this year (and what they did none of!)

Then have them create a Memory Collage or play Memory Pictionary.

This includes:

✅ 2 Printable B&W worksheets

✅ Color strips for a wall display in 4 colors

✅ Digital Google slides version

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