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8th grade Spring close reading games
April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form
This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as young as 3rd have said it worked great!
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3rd - 12th
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Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room (paper + digital) - Shakespeare Activity
This Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room is the perfect start to your Shakespeare unit! Present this as a paper game or digitally to introduce the Globe Theatre, William Shakespeare’s Life, and Elizabethan London. Your students will love these activities and develop the background they need to study any play. Key Elements:Game (~45-60 minutes)Elizabethan Fact SheetResearch ideasQuizTeacher’s GuideThis game is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for any drama unit! What Teachers are Saying
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7th - 10th
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"The Tell Tale Heart" Escape Room for Grades 7-10 ELA
Engage grades 7-10 ELA students with "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Escape Room--now in print OR digital format! Can students piece together the plot and find the Old Man's heart to avenge his killer? Find out with this escape room! To implement this escape room, arrange students into groups of approximately four students each. Give each group a detective file and hide the five clues in designated spots around the classroom OR share the Google Form in Google Classroom and see your stud
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Introduction to The Odyssey Escape Room (paper + dig) - with opt. ELL support
This Introduction to The Odyssey is an Escape Room or Digital Breakout activity your students will love! This resource also includes additional support for your ELL students and younger readers. This digital escape room has been designed to take 60-90 minutes and covers Greek mythology, the characters in The Odyssey, and life and customs on Ithaca, serving as the perfect introduction to your The Odyssey unit. This Introduction to The Odyssey activity can be used in multiple ways: Digital activit
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7th - 10th
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Romeo and Juliet Escape Room Unit Review Activity - Shakespeare Activities
This unit review activity for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare helps you gauge reading comprehension while students solve puzzles! In this escape room, students complete activities about the plot, characters, conflict, and figurative language in Romeo and Juliet.Highlights of this Romeo and Juliet review game:✅ Students will be HOOKED (but also studying - rad!)✅ You can check reading comprehension✅ It's both FUN and rigorousOverview:Students play at desks or throughout the roomFull Teache
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7th - 10th
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Valentine's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Stolen Love Letter
This Valentine's Day close reading inference mystery activity is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. The resource includes everything you need to facilitate the activity in your classroom. This works well as a Valentine's Day activity, but there are no specific holiday references so it can be used within any classroom at any time of the year.Amanda absolutely loves Jack, but she is far too shy to tell him how s
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
End of Year Activity Game Would You Rather Summer Activity
End the School Year on a Fun Note with This Exciting Activity! An end-of-the-year This or That icebreaker activity is just what you need to ease the nerves and bring some joy to your students. Whether they're introverts or extroverts, the entire class is going to love it – and trust me, you'll love it too! (In fact, I've even had teachers use this as a staff icebreaker during professional development sessions!)In this engaging activity, students will navigate through a series of slides, making c
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: End of Year ELA Project Activities & End of Year Reflection BUNDLE
Thanksgiving Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Stole the Pumpkin Pie?
Thanksgiving Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Stole the Pumpkin Pie?: Engage your students with a captivating close reading inference activity that challenges them to explore and find text evidence, make inferences, and read more closely. This resource provides all the necessary materials to facilitate this fun and creative reading activity in your classroom. Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively, enhancing their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills as they unr
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
Christmas Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Who Destroyed the Snowman?
Christmas Close Reading Inference Mystery - Who Destroyed the Snowman?: This Christmas close reading activity is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. The resource includes everything you need to facilitate the activity in your classroom. The resource doesn't specifically mention Christmas, so you can consider it winter-themed and appropriate for any time between November and April!Students will read the back st
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
Literary Jenga Reading Comprehension Activities Game for ANY Novel
Your students will LOVE practicing their comprehension skills while playing Jenga. The interactive component will help students retain the knowledge, too! Whether you're playing as a whole class or in small groups, this resource will leave a lasting impression on students.Looking for a unique and creative activity for your students’ reading comprehension practice? Look no further! This (editable) Literary Jenga game is the perfect way to strengthen students’ skills in a fun and engaging way.All
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6th - 12th
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Who Killed Mrs. Bass? ELA Murder Mystery for Middle School
It is Homecoming! All week the seniors at Waynesville High School have been hard at work on their float, and their English teacher, Mrs. Bass, has been helping them. They finish the float on Thursday evening around 7:30 and head out to the Homecoming bonfire in preparation for Friday’s parade and football game. On Friday morning when a group of students go out to the sheds where the floats are being held, they are met with a gruesome surprise. Perched on top of the float with a silver knife in h
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6th - 8th
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ESCAPE ROOM Plot Elements: Fractured Fairy Tales & Creative Writing
This PLOT ELEMENTS ESCAPE ROOM breakout activity uses fractured fairy tales to teach and reinforce the elements of a plot. It is a fun, team building ADVENTURE that requires reading comprehension skills, understanding of plot elements, creative writing, inferencing, and problem-solving.
The adventure begins when YOU, the most awesome teacher in the history of the world, take the kids on a little trip to a publishing house. Things go a bit awry, and the kids have to save the day by rising to th
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5th - 9th
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Lord of the Flies Escape Room Review Activity
Are you ready for an engaging review for your Lord of the Flies unit? Students review the novel by William Golding by completing a series of puzzles to demonstrate understanding of plot, character, figurative language, conflict, and theme. There’s even a TWIST ending!✅ Paper game (no locks required)✅ Full teacher’s guide and set-up instructions✅ ~45 minutes for on-level 9th gradersIf you'd like you can find the digital version of this escape room here.Your Lord of the Flies Review Game includes:
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8th - 11th
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April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 2
EASY, LITTLE TO NO PREP PRANK YOUR CLASS FOR APRIL FOOLS' DAYINTERACTIVE ONLINE NEVER ENDING GOOGLE FORMIt's back and better than ever! Version 2 made in 2022This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!!It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly.Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as
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3rd - 12th
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April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 4
Versions 1, 2 and 3 were a hit. Here's version 4 for 2024!This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! All questions are tied to what is relevant with middle school to high school age groups. Upper elementary may know it as well!It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. You must add questions abo
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4th - 12th
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Elements of Poetry Escape Room Activity - Poetry Review - National Poetry Month
Are you looking for the perfect way to end your Poetry Unit and gauge student understanding of the elements of poetry? This EDITABLE escape room is an engaging poetry review. Students identify figurative language, complete a poetic devices puzzle, do a poetry close reading, and decode a secret poem. This is your new favorite poetry review activity (especially great for National Poetry Month)! Why should you end your Poetry Unit with an Escape Room?It’s likely that you’ve given students tons of o
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7th - 10th
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Escape Room - Unit Review Activity
Are you ready for an awesome review activity for your A Midsummer Night’s Dream unit? This escape room is a series of puzzles covering plot, character, figurative language, conflict, and quote identification. Review AMND by William Shakespeare like you’ve never reviewed it before! ✅ Collaboration ✅ Critical Thinking ✅ DifferentiationIf you’ve never done an escape room before, never fear! The complete Teacher’s Guide is written with total beginners in mind!How does this help students review A Mid
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7th - 10th
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All Summer in a Day Escape Room
Escape Room Activity All Summer in a Day: Help your students understand this popular short story by Ray Bradbury with this highly-engaging interactive escape room / break out activity! No keys or lock boxes needed!Less Prep for teachers as students will cut out the cards for each task!This escape room has four tasks:1. Plot Elements – Students will correctly order the plot cards. There are 5 extra distractor cards that will not be used. Once they determine the plot points, they will write the se
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6th - 9th
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The Veldt Escape Room Activity for Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Short Story
Make your students’ final experience with Ray Bradbury’s chilling dystopian short story “The Veldt” unforgettable. This engaging The Veldt escape room activity will give your students that “just right” challenge as they work to break out of the different tasks. Use this spooky escape room in October or any time of year to review short story elements.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️It’s highly recommended that you read, discuss, and interact with The Veldt before putting students
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Ray Bradbury Short Story Activities & Escape Rooms
READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
The Reading Mysteries Program is a full-year, 40-week close reading program for middle and high school English language arts teachers that challenges students to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. It includes everything you need to facilitate 40 fun and engaging reading mysteries in your ELA classroom. Included in your purchase: 40 teacher presentations in PowerPoint format that guide the mysteries with the backstory, evidence, the answer, and detailed explanations
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6th - 9th
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Rhetorical Appeals Sorting Game - Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - Rhetorical Devices
Do you need a fun way to practice ethos, logos, and pathos? Students will love racing against their classmates with this rhetorical appeals sorting game. Each group will sort 30 different rhetorical appeal cards. The first group to complete the task correctly wins. This game can also be used as a station activity or an early finisher task. For a higher level thinking task, this product also includes an optional analysis extension activity.This rhetorical appeals sorting game includescategory lab
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6th - 9th
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Story Elements Digital ELA Escape Game with Plot, Setting, Characters, & More
Use this digital escape room to review story elements. This game focuses on plot, characters, conflict, setting and how it impacts a story, and basic dialogue rules to help students write their own stories in the future! Students can work as a whole class, in small groups, or individually to complete this digital challenge. This is a high-engagement activity! No setup required! Students go to the web page and will search through notes, videos, texts, and small games to find the codes of the gam
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5th - 9th
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St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Leprechaun's Gold
St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Mystery Inference Activity - Leprechaun's Gold: This St. Patrick's Day close reading inference mystery is a fun way to engage your students and challenge them to look for text evidence, infer information, and read more closely. The resource includes everything you need to facilitate the St. Patrick's Day activity in your classroom.The Fortune Hunters are a band of treasure hunters in Ireland who are determined to solve the mystery of the leprechaun's missing pot o
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Escape Room
Is there a better way to wrap up and review The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street teleplay by Rod Serling than with an escape room? I think not! This literary-elements-themed escape room activity will challenge and engage your students while delivering a standards-based review. Perfect for your scary short story unit, your drama unit, or during October! ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Teachers love using this “The Monsters of Maple Street” escape room to conclude Rod Serling’s sh
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6th - 8th
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