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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

$2.50

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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

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Worksheets, Handouts

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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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Argumentative 5 Paragraph Essay with Rubric and Sample | Mythical Creatures

By UPBEAT ELA

This argumentative essay will engage your middle school students as they write about a fun literary topic: which mythical creature would have the best chance of survival in today's world?Who would survive?Imagine a world where mythical creatures

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8

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Valentine's Day Activity for Middle School ELA | Author's Tone

By UPBEAT ELA

Valentine's Day may have its share of dramatic distractions, but it doesn't have to be a wasted day. This fun activity gives students a chance to analyze author's tone as they read 10 silly Valentine's letters in 10 different tones.The tones in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

CCSS:

RI.6.6, RI.7.6, RI.8.6

$4.95

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Persuasive Appeals Activity | Break Up Using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

By UPBEAT ELA

Practice using ethos, logos, and pathos as your students write hilarious (and persuasive) breakup letters for their significant others.Do the persuasive appeals sound like a bunch of Greek to your students? I mean, technically, they are Greek, but

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

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Fun Literary Analysis Essay Assignment for Middle School | Theme Park Ride

By UPBEAT ELA

Say the words literary analysis essay in front of your middle school students and watch their faces turn ashen. I don't blame them; writing with textual evidence sounds super intimidating! But in reality, it doesn't have to be. Writing literary

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

CCSS:

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

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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

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Imagery in Autumn Poetry Activity for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Autumn provides the perfect inspiration for poetic imagery, and this activity prompts students to use these vivid sights, sounds, feelings, tastes, and smells in their own imagery-rich poetry. Students listen to Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken,"

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics

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Logical Fallacies Posters with Examples

By UPBEAT ELA

These twelve (12) eye-catching posters define common logical fallacies in an easy-to-understand manner and include sports-related examples with athletic illustrations that catch students’ attention. This set is helpful for visual learners who may

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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First Day of School Interactive Procedures Activity for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Are you hoping to have more student buy-in with your classroom management this school year? This engaging activity involves students in the process of creating procedures for the new school year. How does it work?Print out the 14 procedures posters

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Posters

$2.00

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Romeo and Juliet Character Review Game

By UPBEAT ELA

With old-time language and extravagant names, Shakespeare’s characters can seem tricky for students to remember. Help them review these characters with a fun “Who Am I?” game featuring the fictional cast of Romeo and Juliet. Students each have a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.00

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Descriptive Writing Activity for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

Kids often struggle when attempting to describe scenes, moments, and emotions with vivid and clear language. This fun writing activity helps students to stretch their minds by describing bright images of abstract shapes and textures without using

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.20

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Figurative Language Bundle for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

When I first announce we're going to be working on figurative language, my students' eyes often meet mine with blank or foreboding stares. Even if they have been taught similes, metaphors, personification, and the works for the past four years, they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.8.4

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$15.40

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Onomatopoeia Activity for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

Literary devices make students’ descriptive writing pop, and this short activity and assignment help students remember onomatopoeia in a fun and memorable way.First, students are split into teams that must compete against each other to sketch and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Homework, Rubrics

$1.50

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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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Book Response Activities for ANY NOVEL | Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Tired of boring book reports? These fun, engaging activities for ANY NOVEL are scaffolded to help your middle school students analyze the characters in the books they read and support their claims with evidence from the text.These activities will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$12.30

$9.84

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Setting of a Story Activity for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

This fun and engaging game will help your students determine the setting of any fiction story with details they find in the text. I stared at my class in shock. I had asked them a question about the setting of a story, and each one had answered

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.50

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Descriptive Essay Writing for Middle School with a Sample Paper and Rubrics

By UPBEAT ELA

This descriptive essay will engage your middle school students and bring empathy to your classroom as your students write about a meaningful topic: each other.Beyond the SurfaceEvery morning, as your students step into school, they are greeted by a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8

$5.97

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Middle School Research Paper | True Crime Essay Writing Project #2

By UPBEAT ELA

This middle school research paper will grab your students' attention with a modern, no-guts, true-crime writing prompt.The Prompt:In 2017, an ambitious music festival was planned to take place on a remote island in the Bahamas.The Fyre Festival was

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8

$5.75

Digital Download PDF (13.20 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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