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The Outsiders Digital Pre-Reading Activity: Explore the 1960s | Google Slides

By Meandering through the Middle

This Google Slides presentation is a no prep way to allow your students to explore the 1960s prior to reading The Outsiders! Eight categories are provided: cars, music, fashion, slang, entertainment, then & now, history, and student choice.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

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

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Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

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January Check In | New Year Activity | SEL for Middle & High School Students

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Checking in with students is absolutely essential, and there's no better time to do it than right after winter break. This January-themed check in features six SEL based slides that prompt students to reflect on the previous year and think about the

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

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Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

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Summer Grammar Twister | Middle School ELA Activity | End of the Year |Mad Lib

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If you need a fun activity to break up the routine in your middle school ELA class, you found it! Students of all ages love completing mad libs, and this version, " Roadtrip Ranting" is perfect to add a little variety in during that long stretch at

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Summer

Grades:

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

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Activities

$3.00

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Student Check In Full Year Bundle | Middle & High School SEL | Digital SEL

By Meandering through the Middle

Taking time to check in with our students is absolutely essential. These digital check ins are designed to be engaging and zero prep, and this bundle incorporates monthly and seasonal check ins for a FULL YEAR of Google Slides social emotional check

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Google Apps

$68.00

$50.00

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"Flowers for Algernon" Pre-Reading Activity | Webquest | Google Slides

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This digital pre-reading activity is the perfect introduction or accompanying activity to "Flowers for Algernon!"Part 1: Rorschach testing (Video Link + Questions) & 3 sample inkblots to viewPart 2: IQ Testing (Article Link + Questions &

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$3.99

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Brain Teasers for Secondary Students | Puzzles | Riddles | Bell Ringers

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My students love brain teasers, and I've found them to be a versatile addition to my classroom resources. I have implemented them differently from year to year, including as a morning challenge for my homeroom students, a "brain teaser Tuesday" bell

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.50

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Intro to Me Back to School Activity for Middle & High School Students

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Get ready to know your students with this fun and absolutely zero prep "Intro to Me" brochure! It was designed with a typical class syllabus in mind in order to flip the tables and give students the opportunity to introduce their teachers to them in

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (0.17 MB)

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Digital Time Capsule |End of the Year Activity for Secondary Students |April May

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Ready to close out the school year with your students?! This Google Slides resource features 15 slides for students to choose from in order to complete a digital time capsule! It is absolutely zero prep and includes a teacher's guide to help you

Subjects:

The New Year, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

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Activities, Google Apps

$4.50

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The Giver Digital Pre-Reading Activity | Google Slides Webquest

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My experience with teaching any type of literary work is that student buy-in is greatest when students are exposed to some elements of the narrative before reading. This Google Slides presentation is a no prep way to allow your students to explore

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

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Summer Mad Lib 2 | Middle School ELA Activity | End of the Year | Grammar

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If you need a fun activity to break up the routine in your middle school ELA class and wrap up the year with some fun, you found it! Students of all ages love completing mad libs, and this version, "Last Day of School," is perfect to add a little

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, End of Year

Grades:

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

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Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.16 MB)

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Back to School Printable Resource Bundle | Middle School | Secondary

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This bundle includes some of my best-selling back to school resources including the following: Classroom Management for Secondary StudentsH-APP-Y Back to School ActivityAll About Me BrochurePeer Interview IcebreakerZero Cost Class Incentive

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Syllabi, Activities

$25.00

$15.00

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About Me Mandala Back to School Coloring Activity For Middle Schoolers

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Get ready to know your students while giving them a chance to know each other with this low prep and relaxing "Get to Know Me Mandala." Students will start by answering ten multiple choice questions about themselves before moving onto coloring a

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

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Activities

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (1.09 MB)

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Christmas Trivia Game | Middle School Christmas Activity

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Looking for a fun whole class game to play before Christmas break?? You found it! This product includes a 32 slide Google Slides presentation featuring four rounds of Christmas trivia (20 questions total) plus a final wager round, team scorecards,

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Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.00

Online Resource
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The Outsiders Movie Report Card | Book & Movie Comparison | Movie Analysis

By Meandering through the Middle

Ready to watch The Outsiders with your class? Instead of just identifying similarities and differences between the book and movie, this movie report card encourages them to think more critically about choices that were made in order to adapt the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

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

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Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.38 MB)

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Winter Grammar Twister | Snow Day | Middle School ELA Activity | Mad Lib Style

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If you need a fun activity to break up the routine in your middle school ELA class during the winter season, you found it! Students of all ages love completing mad libs, and this version, "Snow Day Shenanigans," is perfect to add a little variety in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Winter, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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Digital Plot Diagram Template Google Slides

By Meandering through the Middle

This is a basic, editable, one slide plot diagram template with text boxes provided for exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It may need modified to fit your needs. Directions are given on the left

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$1.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Color By Number Bundle | Winter ELA Activity | Middle School ELA Activity

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Students are never too old to color, and with this fun winter ELA activity bundle, students will color pictures according to the following literary skills: irony, figurative language, and connotation. All future winter coloring pages will be added

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$7.00

$5.00

Bundle

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Peer Interview Middle School Ice Breaker | Back to School Activity | Elementary

By Meandering through the Middle

Peer interviews are one of my absolute favorite icebreakers in my middle school classrooms! They provide so much insight into my students beyond just the answers to their questions. This resource provides a teacher's guide and one basic template.

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.16 MB)

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New Year Activity for Secondary Students | Reflection | Middle School | 2024

By Meandering through the Middle

Get ready to ease back into school after break with this New Year brochure! It's ready to print and go, just remember to set your printer to print on the short side of your paper! This product was designed with my middle school students in mind, but

Subjects:

The New Year, For All Subjects

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.20 MB)

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"Twos"-Day Grammar Twister | Middle School ELA Activity | Mad Lib Style Story

By Meandering through the Middle

If you need a fun activity to break up the routine in your middle school ELA class, you found it! Students of all ages love completing mad libs, and this version, "Seeing Double," is perfect to add a little variety in! Although I designed this for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.10 MB)

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