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Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays

By UPBEAT ELA

If your students think English Language Arts is boring, they need to think again. This bundle of 100+ fun and engaging ELA resources will keep your middle school students learning and laughing all year long!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Projects, Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.8...

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Character Archetype Bundle

By UPBEAT ELA

The word archetype can sound overwhelming or stuffy to students, but the concept certainly doesn't have to be! These activities will have students laughing AND learning in no time.In the Literary Character Archetype Game, students receive cards with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Projects, Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.8.9

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Fun ELA Christmas Activities for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

As Christmas approaches, our students' minds are already on winter break. This can make it tricky for us to teach the content we need to cover! Thankfully, these holiday ELA activities fill students' need for Christmas fun and your need to teach

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Projects, Activities, Games

$21.00

$16.80

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Persuasive Appeals Project for Middle School | Ethos Logos Pathos

By UPBEAT ELA

If words like ethos, logos, and pathos feel way over your middle-school students' heads, try this engaging project that will allow your students to review the persuasive appeals in a fun and creative way!First, your students will invent a new cereal

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Activities

$3.00

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Monroe's Motivated Sequence Project

By UPBEAT ELA

This memorable and engaging project helps students understand Monroe's Motivated Sequence and put it into practice!Every year in my public speaking class, I teach a motivational speech unit to my students using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Because

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Homework

$2.00

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Record an Audiobook Oral Reading Fluency Assessment for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

This audiobook project allows you to assess your students' fluency without embarrassing them in front of the class! As a student in English class, there was nothing I dreaded more than popcorn reading. I could feel my whole face turn hot when it was

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Projects, Assessment

$4.75

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Literary Response / Book Report Alternative - Design a Theme Park Ride Bundle

By UPBEAT ELA

Book reports have a bad rap, but this response to literature is ACTUALLY fun! First, students are hired to design a brand-new, book-inspired ride for Book World, the country's greatest literary theme park.Based on their favorite recently read books,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1e, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.7.1e...

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Literary Character Archetypes Project - Fun Review Activity

By UPBEAT ELA

Are you stuck in a rut and looking to break up your classroom routine? This fun event is one that your students won’t soon forget! It is so important for our students to learn basic character archetypes so they have the background knowledge they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.8.9, RL.9-10.9

$9.99

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Persuasive Appeals Christmas Activity with Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

By UPBEAT ELA

This fun project gives middle school students engaging practice with ethos, logos, and pathos as they use these persuasive appeals to sell products in their very own festive holiday commercials.The weeks before Christmas can be a tricky time for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

$3.50

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Writer's Block Posters with Travel Theme

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These posters help students combat writer’s block with simple tricks they can easily remember. The eye-catching design is especially appealing to visual learners, and the posters make a wonderful addition to middle school classroom décor!This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.00

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Fluency Assessment and Posters for Middle School Oral Reading

By UPBEAT ELA

This project allows you to assess your students' fluency without embarrassing kids in front of their peers. Accompanying posters remind them how to read smoothly and clearly.When I was a kid, I absolutely, completely dreaded popcorn reading. I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Posters

$6.25

$5.25

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Literary Response Project / Book Report Alternative - Design a Theme Park Ride

By UPBEAT ELA

Ditch the boring book report for this super fun literary response project for middle school!Students design and build rollercoasters for a literary theme park, and they base their rides on details from the books they have read.A planning sheet

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (29.45 MB)

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Timeline Twist Project for Any Novel

By UPBEAT ELA

Assess students’ comprehension of any novel with this fun and engaging timeline twist project that will help them remember the book for years to come. For this project, students will describe the importance of 10 major events in a novel,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (1.88 MB)

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Fun Poetry Project for Any Poem with Imagery | Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

If your students think poetry is boring, they need to think again. This fun and interactive poetry project helps middle school students understand the imagery in the poems they read and experience poetry in an unforgettable way!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Activities

$6.25

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I have taught Reading, Language Arts, Composition, American Literature, British Literature, Public Speaking, Journalism, and Greek & Latin Etymology to over 800 students in grades 7-12.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love bringing learning to life with games, projects, and out-of-the-box essay prompts!

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I feel honored to have helped over 90,000 fellow teachers bring life and laughter to their classrooms over the past 10 years.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English with teaching certification for grades 7-12.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a teacher, an author, a wife, and a mother by both birth and adoption. My family lives on a tiny Florida hobby farm with two dogs, six cats, two sheep, four ducks, a handful of hens and roosters, and one miniature zebu.