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Public Speaking Games

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Public speaking can seem like an impossible task to many students, but it doesn’t have to feel that way! Students can tolerate – and even enjoy – public speaking when they learn it in a fun and engaging way. These 4 hilarious public speaking games

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.6

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Symbolism Game for Making Connections in Literature

By UPBEAT ELA

Many great literary and poetic works contain enriching symbolism, but these symbols are useless unless students know how to actively search and find connections between the concrete world and abstract ideas. This game gives students the chance to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Games

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First Day of School Procedures Game for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

Rather than read a long list of classroom rules and procedures, I play this fun game with my students on the first day of school. It completely changes the tone of our first week of school! First I pass out cards to my students and tell them that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Games

$3.00

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ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review

By UPBEAT ELA

These fun and engaging middle-school ELA games are the perfect way to review concepts with your students during class. Days between vacations, picture days, half days, ends of the quarter -- they don't have to be a waste of time! I love to use

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

W.6.3, W.6.3b, W.6.3d, W.6.4, W.7.3, W.7.3b, W.7.3d, W.7.4, W.8.3, W.8.3b, W.8.4...

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Fun Essay Hooks Writing Game and Practice Activity for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

"But I don't know how to start!" Sound familiar? Even when our students have great ideas, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions for their essays. This fun game and activity changes that!First, students are

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Games

$6.25

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Symbolism Matching Game for Traditional Symbols in Literature

By UPBEAT ELA

In this fun symbolism game, middle school students race to match common literary symbols with their traditional meanings.Symbols have appeared throughout literature for thousands of years. Students will understand classic literature (and modern

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.25

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Author's Tone Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Students need to learn the important skill of analyzing texts to determine the author's tone, but terms like author's tone can sound intimidating to students at first. This fun game gives them the opportunity to act out a variety of literary tones

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4

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Simile and Metaphor Sorting Game

By UPBEAT ELA

My students can tell me what a simile or metaphor is, but when it's time to distinguish between them, they need some help! This fun game gives students the opportunity to practice both identifying and writing similes and metaphors. Students are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$3.25

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Themes in Literature Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

This engaging game gives middle school students valuable -- and fun -- practice with finding universal themes in literature. First, the class reads a poem together, and the teacher reminds the students that a universal theme is a repeated concept

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Games

CCSS:

RL.7.2, RL.8.2

$2.00

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Alliteration Game for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

This fun alliteration photo hunt helps middle school students become more aware of alliteration and how to use it in their own descriptive writing.Literary devices make students’ writing crisp, clear, and captivating – and alliteration is one of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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Literary Character Archetype Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Character analysis is taken to the next level when students recognize and understand common character archetypes in the literature they read. This game gives students a fun, interactive opportunity to review thirty of these archetypes with their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.8.9

$3.00

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Hyperbole Activity for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

Hyperbole is such a fun technique to use in writing, but often students get hyperbole mixed up with superlatives or metaphor. This fun showdown gives students the opportunity to practice creating fun examples of hyperbole that will help them

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

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Irony Sorting Game

By UPBEAT ELA

Irony is a tricky concept for many middle school students, but this fun review game gives kids valuable practice at distinguishing the difference between situational irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony, and no irony at all! Students are split into

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.25

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Sentence Fragments Review Game

By UPBEAT ELA

Sentence fragments often continue to pop up in students’ papers well into middle school and high school. Review these fragments and how to fix them with a fun game that features a topic your students love – sports! This game includes instructions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Autumn

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.00

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Figurative Language in Christmas Movies Game

By UPBEAT ELA

This fun and festive game helps students review figurative language in a way that they will love and remember! During this game, students must match ten classic Christmas-movie quotes to the type of figurative language they exemplify. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.00

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Logical Fallacies Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Don't let your students be fooled by faulty logic! Help them learn to identify and avoid common logical fallacies with this fun and engaging game.In this game, students draw game cards with logical fallacies, definitions, and examples. The first

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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Slow the Action Narrative Writing Game

By UPBEAT ELA

Students often fall into the trap of glossing over their narratives, rather than describing each moment in a way that catches the reader's attention. When my writing students struggle to slow down the action in their stories, I enjoy playing this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities

$3.25

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Fake News Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Students are bombarded with information every day, but many do not know how to sift through these messages to find true, evidence-based information that they can trust. This matching game gives students the opportunity to review the following

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

RI.7.8, RI.8.8, RI.9-10.8

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Essay Hooks Writing Practice for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

"But I don't know how to start!" Have you heard that complaint as often as I have? Even when our students have amazing ideas for their essays, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions. These handouts give them the

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

$3.25

Digital Download PDF (17.39 MB)

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Personification vs. Anthropomorphism Sorting Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Do your students still struggle to correctly identify examples of personification in literature? My seventh graders ALWAYS come to me thinking personification and anthropomorphism are the same thing! When they see actual examples of personification

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (2.18 MB)

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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.

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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.

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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.