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Argumentative Essay Writing Middle School Google Slides™

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Need an activity to MOTIVATE reluctant writers that can be used DIGITALLY OR Print & GO? This No Prep, High-Interest Argumentative Writing Middle School Unit has a Common Core-aligned color-coded mentor text, graphic organizer, activities,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9

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End of the Year Activity For Middle School and High School

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#time4flowers Need a meaningful, NO PREP, Print and Go End of the Year Activity? This craft is perfect for middle school and high school students. In this activity, students create a personalized memory box filled with positive affirmations from

Subjects:

Character Education, Holidays/Seasonal, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$2.50

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Direct Objects and Indirect Objects: Parts of a Sentence

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Don't get slowed down by teaching direct & indirect objects! This NO PREP, PRINTABLE unit provides step-by-step instructions for elementary school & middle school students to locate direct objects & indirect objects in a sentence.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1, L.8.1

$4.75

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Predicate Adjectives and Predicate Nouns (Nominatives): Parts of a Sentence

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Upper Elementary and Middle School teachers LOVE this NO PREP, PRINTABLE resource that teaches students how to STEP-BY-STEP locate predicate nouns (predicate nominatives) and predicate adjectives in a sentence. Over twenty years of ELA teaching

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1, L.8.1

$4.75

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Predicate Adjectives & Nouns Direct Objects & Indirect Objects Sentences Bundle

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Pressed for time? Save time & money with this NO PREP, Print & Go BUNDLE that includes everything needed to teach upper elementary and middle school students about direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nouns (nominatives), &

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1, L.8.1

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Middle East History: Israel & Palestine

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This resource tackles the difficult Middle East (Southwest Asia) topic of how & why the modern State of Israel was created! This NO PREP, printable activity explains why the creation of Israel in 1948 led to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. As

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, World History, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$4.50

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Argumentative Essay Writing Middle School

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Take the dread out of writing with this No Prep, High-Interest Argumentative Writing Prompt, that MOTIVATES reluctant writers! Middle school students will find success using a Common Core-aligned sample text, interactive activities, sentence

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9

$4.25

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Types of Sentences Simple, Compound, Complex, & Compound-Complex Review

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Do you have students who struggle with understanding the four types of sentences? This NO PREP, PRINTABLE Color by Number makes reviewing simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to middle school students a breeze! This activity

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.25

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Verbs, Linking Verbs, Action Verbs, and Helping Verbs (Parts of Speech)

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Who doesn't need help teaching verbs? This NO PREP resource breaks down the difference between action verbs & linking verbs. Also, students will identify the helping verbs & main verb in verb phrases. An easy-to-grade assessment that can be

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1

$4.75

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New Years Goal Setting Activity Middle School

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Need a NO PREP, PRINTABLE or DIGITAL New Year's Activity? This Bio Poem is a FUN way for upper elementary & middle school students to start a new year. An easy-to-follow TEMPLATE & TWO example poems are included. The paperless Google Slides™

Subjects:

Writing, Back to School, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Types of Sentences Digital Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex

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Need a digital resource to help your students understand the four types of sentences? This NO PREP, for use with Google Drive Resource™ resource makes teaching simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to middle school students a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$5.00

Online Resource
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Types of Sentences Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex

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Do you have students that struggle with understanding the four types of sentences? This NO PREP, PRINTABLE EIGHT TAB MINI FLIP BOOK makes teaching simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to middle school students a breeze! This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (27.94 MB)

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Parts of a Sentence Elementary School & Middle School Bundle

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"One-Stop-Shop" for teaching Parts of a Sentence! Everything needed to teach prepositions, verbs, subjects, predicates, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate adjectives, & predicate nouns (nominatives) is in ONE NO PREP, Print &Go

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1

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$21.50

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STEM Activity

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Looking for a Christmas STEM ENGINEERING CHALLENGE that provides an engaging STEM activity for middle school & upper elementary school students? This FUN, LOW PREP NGSS Aligned engineering challenge activity designed by an engineer delivers!

Subjects:

Science, Physics, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$5.00

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Prepositions

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Need help working with students to understand prepositions & identify prepositional phrases? With this packet, students will memorize the 48 most commonly used prepositions & complete worksheets to identify prepositions, prepositional

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.4.1e, L.5.1, L.5.1a, L.6.1, L.7.1, CCRA.L.1

$4.25

Digital Download PDF (1.79 MB)

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STEM Activity

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Looking for a STEM ENGINEERING CHALLENGE that provides an engaging STEM Activity for middle school students? This FUN, LOW PREP NGSS Aligned holiday engineering challenge activity designed by an engineer delivers! Students are tasked to build a

Subjects:

Science, Winter, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (325.86 MB)

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Direct & Indirect Objects & Predicate Adjectives & Nouns: Review & Assessment

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Refresh students' knowledge of direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nouns (nominatives), & predicate adjectives in a sentence with this resource. Easy to Grade Assessment is provided for data collection.This 20 page review and assess

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1, L.8.1

$3.25

Digital Download ZIP (1.47 MB)

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Parts of a Sentence Review Color by Number Direct Objects & More

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#time4flowers Refresh students' knowledge of subjects, verbs, objects of the preposition, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nouns, & predicate adjectives with this engaging Color by Number Activity to help identify parts of a sentence.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.6.1, L.7.1, L.8.1

$3.25

Digital Download ZIP (11.10 MB)

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Sentence Writing

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Tired of reading short, simple sentences? This dice game helps students with elaboration writing! Students race against the timer to elaborate by adding interesting words & phrases to sentence starters. This fun resource teaches students to use

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

W.5.2, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.7.3, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.8.4, W.8.5...

$3.25

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Types of Sentences Bundle Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex

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Perfect for Distance Learning! This bundle gives teachers the ability to use PAPER or DIGITAL versions of this resource to teach middle school students the four types of sentences (simple, compound, complex, & compound-complex).Digital Resource

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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