Thanksgiving Activities for Middle School ELA
Harness your students’ excitement for the holidays with these Thanksgiving Activities for Middle School ELA! Whether you are looking to keep students engaged for the few days prior to Thanksgiving Break or you want to bring the spirit of Thanksgiving into the entire month of November, you’ll find something that will meet your students’ needs!…
Scary Stories for Middle School ELA
Do you like scary stories? I admit I am a total wimp when it comes to anything scary! But my middle school ELA students LOVE creeping themselves out with this scary story and Halloween activities! I love to use their love of all things scary to practice reading literature and improve their analysis skills! I…
Vocabulary Games for Middle School
In order for middle school students to truly add new words to their personal vocabularies, they must work with the words multiple times over a length of time! While we could ask students to write sentences with the vocabulary words over and over again, that’s not nearly as fun as utilizing vocabulary learning games! In…
5 Writing Prompts for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day can either be a major distraction for students and teachers OR it can be a catalyst for learning! We know students will be thinking about the holiday. Rather than fight against it, put that energy to good use! These fun creative writing prompts will turn St. Patrick’s Day into an exciting learning…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Easy Halloween Lesson Plan
Many of our middle school students will be familiar with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. With all the many film and television adaptations that have been produced over the years, many of them have been exposed to the story! However, many of them have not read the actual text! Why? Well, Washington Irving seems to…
Middle School Vocabulary Instruction that ACTUALLY Works!
Check out my ELA Vocabulary Warm-Ups that will change the way your middle school students learn vocabulary! August. Is. Here. It’s game time, people! Raise your hand if you’re ready??!! Truly, I hope you are feeling rejuvenated and energized and ready to tackle another school year! Your students are SO lucky to have you! Here’s…
My 4th Grade Spelling Bee
I thought I’d help you start your week off with a little humor. This absolutely true story is one of those experiences that you wish you could watch on demand later and laugh at yourself. When I was in 4th Grade, I was so excited because I was finally old enough to participate in my…
Unbroken – A Complete Unit Plan
I have to admit: the idea for creating an Unbroken unit plan was not my own! As many of you know, when you first subscribe to my email list, I ask for product suggestions. I do this to help create resources that YOU need! If I do create your suggestion, you get the resource for…
Informational Text Features for Middle School
Reading informational texts and other types of nonfiction becomes increasingly more important as our students progress through middle school. In high school and especially in college, students are expected to read large amounts of complex text and retain the information. The shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” generally begins in middle school.…
How to Write Hooks!
You would think that a blog post about writing hooks would have an incredible hook. Perhaps I am getting wimpy in my old age, but I am hesitant to even try it! You’ll have to settle for a GIF! What I will dare to do is introduce you to a new product that teaches secondary…
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