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Winter Middle School ELA Digital Escape Room | Distance Learning

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Middle School students grades 5-8 will love this winter and snowman themed digital breakout escape room! It's perfect for those winter months when you need high-engagement ELA activities. Students are engaged in a fun and challenging set of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Winter

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$7.50

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ELA Skills Digital Escape Room | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

ELA Skills Digital Escape Room is the breakout escape room that will keep your middle school kids grades 6-9 asking for more! Students are engaged while practicing their skills in revising and editing, figurative language, and Greek and Latin roots

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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Handouts, Internet Activities, Google Apps

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Digital Poetry Unit for Middle School | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This digital poetry unit for middle school is an easy way to introduce students to the basics of poetry in a distance learning online format. Students learn the elements of poetry and discover six different types of poems. This resource will turn

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$7.50

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ELA Skills End of Year Breakout Escape Room| Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Are you and your students simply "over it" at the end of the year? This digital escape room is a low-prep activity that will keep your kids engaged and having fun while reviewing ELA skills like revising and editing, parts of speech, figurative

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, End of Year

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Internet Activities

$7.50

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Halloween Middle School ELA Digital Breakout Escape Room | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This is a Halloween themed digital breakout escape room that will keep your middle school kids grades 5-8 asking for more! Students are engaged in a fun and challenging set of activities as they collect codes to break the lock! Activities include

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$7.50

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Digital Blackout Poetry Activity for Middle School

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Digital Blackout Poetry is a set of poem writing activities for middle school in which students remove words and phrases from existing text to create a poem. There are ten sets of slides with editable text placed on a background. The background

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$3.50

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ELA Bell Ringers for Middle School | YEAR LONG

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

These ELA bell ringers for middle school ELA Bell Ringers provide daily skills in print and digital format and are perfect for back to school. The resource covers standards-based skills and provides the daily practice your students need for many of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

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Dystopian Digital Breakout Escape Room

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Dystopian Literature Digital Breakout is the breakout escape room that will keep your kids engaged while learning about this genre! Students attempt to unlock four codes to save humanity from the droids in a dystopian society. This digital breakout

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Internet Activities

$7.50

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Simple, Compound, Complex Sentence Sorting | Print and Digital

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This types of sentences hands-on sorting activity encourages students to identify complete simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students will work through 12 different sentence example cards and sort the cards into the correct column - Simple,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

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Digital Picture Prompts for Writing Set 1 | Middle School

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Are you ready to go paperless? This digital writing and journal resource is a collection of 20 photographs (Set 1) with accompanying writing prompts including questions on inference and figurative language that can be used for journaling, morning

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Google Apps, Centers

$3.50

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Daily Agenda Slides Templates BUNDLE | Back to School | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Get organized for back to school with this bundle of Daily Agenda Slides templates that work in both Google Slides and PowerPoint! This resource is perfect for distance learning and in-person teaching and will help your students follow the lesson

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For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, The New Year

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Classroom Forms, Google Apps

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A Christmas Carol Holiday Digital Breakout Escape Room

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

A Christmas Carol Digital Breakout is the escape room you've been waiting for! Can your students save Tiny Tim by finding the codes to break the lock? This digital breakout is based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, A Christmas Carol. It can be

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Google Apps

$7.50

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Digital Endangered Creatures Activity

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Get your students engaged with this science, reading, and writing digital or print activity on endangered creatures! Questivities are bite-sized, technology-integrated assignments that give students the opportunity to investigate and create. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Environment

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

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English Cheat Sheet

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

The English Cheat Sheet is a grammar, usage, and mechanics quick reference chart for writing that students use during the writing process all year. Upper elementary, middle, and high school students will find this easy-to-use cheat sheet a valuable

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English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

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Study Guides, Handouts, Printables

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"Seventh Grade" Gary Soto Short Story Unit | Print and Digital

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto is the perfect short story for your 7th graders for back to school! This unit is packed full of ELA activities that include reading, writing, and grammar giving you tons of options for integrating and covering learning

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Google Apps

$7.00

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Daily ELA Skills Bell Ringers for Middle School EDITION 1 | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Can't figure out how to fit in ALL the standards and skills your students need? Use this LOW PREP daily ELA skills practice bell ringer that targets four standards (grammar, reading, writing, and vocabulary) and allows you to FINALLY give your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities, Google Apps

$10.00

$8.00

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Back to School First Week Activities Bundle Middle School | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This Back to School Bundle includes resources that are exactly what you need to engage students from the first day of school! Grab these eight back-to-school activities for middle school in one bundle!Print and digital versions for most all of the

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

$29.00

$22.50

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Poetry Unit and Activities Bundle | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This digital poetry unit and activities bundle for grades 5-8 will engage your students in learning about the elements of poetry and creating and writing poems of their own. It's an easy way to introduce students to the basics of poetry in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$18.00

$16.20

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Digital ELA Mega Resource Bundle | Distance Learning | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

This ELA skills mega resource bundle is for teachers who are looking to save time and take advantage of ready-to-use activities for distance learning and in-person instruction for their middle school language arts classroom. All materials are easily

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Centers

$93.99

$74.59

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Digital Notebook Writer's Tools Reference for Middle School | Google Classroom

By Straight Outta Class - - Melissa Castillo

Give students the writer's tools they need in this digital notebook reference resource for grades 6-9 middle school. The writer's digital notebook is a writing guide for students with rules, definitions, and examples of grammar, usage, mechanics,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

$6.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

National Board Certified Teacher ~ Thirty years experience in English Language Arts and Gifted education, instructional technology, and academic coaching.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Whole language, Hands-on, collaborative groups, constructivist approach, technology integration

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certified Teacher Teacher of the Year

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in French, English Certifications: Generalist 4-8; ESL Secondary 6-12

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm a TPT Author, Blogger, Academic Coach, Wife, Mom, and adventure seeker. I strive to create quality, ready-to-go resources and materials that will save teachers time while keeping students actively engaged. Visit my blog for tips, ideas, and a slice of life as a teacher. www.straightouttaclass.com My teaching style has always been about students being actively engaged and taking ownership in the learning process. My class runs on collaborative learning experiences, hands-on workshop writing lessons, technology integrated units, and critical thinking activities to foster independent and higher-level learning. All of this takes place in a community of learners style classroom established from day one.