Essay Bundle for Middle School | Prompts | Rubrics | Worksheets | Activities

Middle school essays don't have to be boring, intimidating, or the end of your personal life. In fact, these essays can become some of your students' favorite memories from middle school while you are free to make memories of your own!

Twelve guided essays walk your students through the essay-writing process, step by step, while engaging games and activities bring your classroom to life with fun, laughter, and a whole lot of learning.

These resources will help your students . . .

⭐️ Develop a solid thesis statement

⭐️ Write logical topic sentences

⭐️ Support their claims with evidence

⭐️ Embed quotes seamlessly

⭐️ Hook their readers from the beginning

⭐️ Transition from one idea to the next

⭐️ Build a logically organized essay

⭐️ Write essay conclusions with closure

⭐️ Self-assess their writing

⭐️ And more!

What exactly is included?

✅ 4 Literary Analysis / Book Response Essays with Organizers, Rubrics, and a Sample

✅ 4 True Crime Research Essays with Organizers, Rubrics, and a Sample

✅ 4 Silly Argumentative Essays with Organizers, Rubrics, and a Sample

✅ Essay Hooks Lesson

✅ Essay Hooks Game & Activity

✅ Essay Hooks Posters

✅ Paragraph Ordering Activity

✅ Supporting Evidence Lesson

✅ Supporting Evidence Posters

✅ Citation Sorting Activity

✅ Embedding Quotes Activity

✅ Paraphrasing Movie Quotes Activity

✅ Persuasive Paragraph-Writing Lesson

✅ Ethos, Pathos, Logos Mini Project

✅ Transition Words Game

✅ Essay Conclusions Lesson

The Essays:

4 Argumentative Essays

✏️ What is the worst gift you can give someone for under $5?

✏️ Which letter could we eliminate from the English language?

✏️ Is pizza a vegetable?

✏️ Which mythical creature has the best chance of survival in today's world?

4 True Crime Research Essays

✏️ Who is guilty of robbing the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?

✏️ Who is the Chicago Tylenol murderer?

✏️ Was Fyre Festival a scam from the beginning?

✏️ Who is responsible for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann?

3 Literary Analysis / Book Response Essays

✏️ Design and pitch a theme park attraction for the book you most recently read!

✏️ Build a signature sandwich that embodies the essence of your chosen book character.

✏️ Invent a new professional sport that reflects the plot of your most recently read novel.

✏️ Design a new video game inspired by your favorite book.

Each essay pack comes with student instructions, examples, and rubrics that will save you time and sanity during the craziness of the school year.

The Lessons

4 clever presentations teach students the trickiest parts of an essay, the introduction and the conclusion, along with how to write a strong persuasive paragraph with a claim and solid support.

A catchy Q.U.A.C.K. acronym teaches students to write essay introductions that start with a quote, unexpected fact, anecdote, controversial statement, or kidding around.

The enticing B.A.G.E.L.S. acronym teaching students how to support their claims effectively.

The T.R.E.E. acronym guides students to build their body paragraphs in a logical order.

A trendy S.L.O.T.H. acronym teaches students to write essay conclusions with a combination of a summary, lesson, outcome, thesis restatement, and hypothesis.

The Activities

7 engaging games and activities are included to help your students understand how to hook their readers, organize their paragraphs, transition from one idea to the other, embed or paraphrase outside sources, and write persuasively.

These activities are so much fun, students often forget they are actually learning!

Let me take the stress out of the next few months of your school year and help your students learn to LOVE middle-school essay writing as much as I do. Together, we've got this!

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