High school Halloween english language arts activities

Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Engage your students with this unique first day of school activity where students "investigate" the teacher and make inferences based on what they observe in the classroom. This kinesthetic activity is the perfect way to mix things up on Day 1 and set the tone for an engaging, student-centered year. If you want your students to get MOVING around the room, COLLABORATE with their peers, engage in INQUIRY-BASED learning, and practice INFERENCING + CRITICAL THINKING skills, then the "Investigate the

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Back to School Bundle: Syllabus, Stations & Activities - First Day of School

Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS

Created by

Laura Randazzo

Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in

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English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

8th - 11th

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Activities, Lesson

Wonder Novel Study Workbook, Flip Book, and Digital Learning | Wonder Bundle

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Wonder, novel study helps you bring enthusiasm to your common core literacy lessons. Your Wonder novel study lessons will thrive when you choose between the interactive workbook, notebook style of the flip book, or the Wonder Google Drive™ version. Works great with a read aloud and focus on the Wonder characters. Students will practice reading/summarization skills, recalling details, writing, and inference skills...and everything will be in this one pack! Great for Center Task / Differentiation

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Grades:

3rd - 9th

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Activities, Centers

Also included in: ELA Bundle for Google Drive and Digital Notebooks

The Outsiders Body Biography, Characterization, Character Analysis

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

The Outsiders Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and relevant novel. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, The Outsiders, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! ****Now it includes the digital learning version. ****This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle include

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Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

The Daring English Teacher

Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle

Back to School Activities for Secondary - First Week of School - PRINT & DIGITAL

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Engage your new students from day one with these 11 back-to-school activities that are ideal for the first day and first week of school! This Back-to-School Activities Packet is ideal for middle and high school students, and it is filled with beginning-of-the-year ice breakers and activities you and your students will love!You and your students will get to know each other and start the school year on the right foot with these beginning-of-the-year activities. These 11 first-week-of-school activi

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Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subjects

Grades:

6th - 9th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.6.3

, W.7.3

, W.8.3

, W.9-10.3

, SL.7.1

...

Also included in: Secondary English Curriculum - Year-Long ELA Resources - Grades 7-10 Bundle

End of the Year Escape Room Zombie Teacher Breakout Game Activity

Created by

Presto Plans

Escape Room Team Builder - Zombie Teacher Classroom Breakout Game Activity: Use this creative and fun end of the year escape room team builder activity to help foster classroom community and improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The teacher has transformed into a zombie, and students must decode puzzles, riddles, and challenges to get the ingredients to turn them back into a human! This can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills (spelling, homophones), but ca

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End of Year, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Games

Also included in: Team Building Classroom Activities - Back to School Videos & Assignments Bundle

Greek Gods, Greek Mythology Body Biography for Print and Digital Learning Bundle

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Ancient History, English Language Arts, Informational Text

This Greek Mythology Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote amazing Greek Gods and Goddesses and their myths. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, Greek mythology, research, and the body biography project! ***Now it includes the digital learning version.***This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle includes 22 Greek Gods and God

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Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

The Daring English Teacher

End of the Year Activities - Last Week of School Activities PRINT & DIGITAL

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Make the last week of school memorable and engaging with these end of the year activities for the secondary classroom! Ideal for middle and high school students, this last month and last week of school resource includes enough reflection assignments and activities for the end of the school year!Celebrate the end of the year with fun activities including letters to future students, self-reflections, end of the year coloring, and more!This End of Year Activities Packet contains a variety of activi

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End of Year, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Also included in: Secondary English Curriculum - Year-Long ELA Resources - Grades 7-10 Bundle

Back to School Bundle: Syllabus, Stations & Activities - First Day of School

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English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Save time and start the school year strong with this bundle of my best-selling back-to-school resources and activities. Want your first, second, and third day of school PLANNED and ready? Want your syllabus to be DONE? Then this collection of resources is for you. This bundle includes the following best-selling resources in print & digital formats:-Investigate the Teacher Activity -Back to School Learning Stations-Brochure Syllabus-Personality Test ReflectionInvestigate the Teacher Activity:

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Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Syllabi, Activities

Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More

Created by

Rachel Lynette

Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2nd - 9th

Types:

Activities, Games

Body Biography, Characterization, Any Novel, Short Story, Film, Analysis

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

The Body Biography, Characterization, Bundle for any novel, short story, play, or film is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters your students experience in their reading. Your students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, a character study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project! This blank template bundle includes 3 characters sketches for an adult female, adult male, and a child. Give your students a relevant an

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Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Centers

Also included in: Middle School ELA, An Entire Year of Body Biography Projects, Bundle

MUG #1, Mechanics Usage & Grammar Bell-Ringers, Editing & Proofreading Practice

Created by

Laura Randazzo

Welcome to M.U.G. Monday, where students master Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar by working together to proofread real-world writing examples. These 19 weekly grammar editing sessions address the most common errors made in middle-school and high-school writing. I've used these lessons on Mondays because I like alliteration (M.U.G. Shot Mondays), but you can use them anytime you want. Most semesters run 18 weeks, but I threw in an extra M.U.G. editing mini-lesson in case you have an extra Monday (or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

L.8.1

, L.8.1d

, L.8.2

, L.8.2a

, L.8.2c

...

Poetry, One Pager Writing Activities, Poem in Your Pocket Pennant

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Spring

April is National Poetry Month. English language arts students will love their poetry one pagers and Poem in Your Pocket pennant. How can I teach poetry? Poetry is a challenge for my students. English teachers prepare poetry lessons to get students enthusiastic about haiku, acrostic, I am poems, and "My Selfie Poems." This spring, get visual with the poetry one pagers and templates for your students to kick-start their creativity! Includes:One pagers- in color- gray scale- completed example

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Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Cultivating Lifetime Learners

Also included in: English Teacher Activities and Fun Bundle

End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension - Digital Resources

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Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! This mystery game digital resource is great for team building. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantast

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Algebra, Graphing, Halloween

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Also included in: End of the Year Activities - Mystery Game Reading Comprehension Activities

Graphing Lines and Killing Zombies ~ Graphing in Slope Intercept Form Activity

Created by

Amazing Mathematics

This distance learning ready zombie themed graphing linear equations activity will strengthen your students’ skills at graphing in slope intercept form.Distance learning?No problem! This activity now includes a Google Slides digital option!Explore the ⌨ Distance Learning in my store for more digital resourcesAfter many requests a "Catching Zombies" version has been added. It's the exact same activity and problems but replaces the word "Killing" for "Catching". It's included in the resource dow

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Grades:

7th - 10th

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Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

8.F.A.2

, 8.F.A.3

, HSF-IF.C.7a

Also included in: 8th Grade Math Bundle ~ All My 8th Grade Math Products at 1 Low Price

Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Rhetorical Appeals Analysis and Persuasive Language Unit

Created by

The Daring English Teacher

Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

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...

Also included in: Argumentative Writing Unit - Grades 7-10 - Teaching Argument Essay Writing

Growth Mindset Poster, Setting Goals, Collaborative Poster

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Back to School, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

This Growth Mindset collaborative poster is triple the fun with the combination of coloring, creativity, and growth mindset poster group work! All inspired by promoting a Growth Mindset and setting goals in your classroom. The collaborative poster features a goal setting writing prompt and brain friendly fun. Students will collaborate to assemble the poster for your classroom wall, bulletin board, classroom door, hallway, lobby, or library. Great for back to school, test prep and to get your stu

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Grades:

4th - 10th, Staff

Types:

Also included in: Growth Mindset Activities Bundle for Back to School Fun

The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle -Engaging Novel Study - Stations, Activities & More

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Get EGG-cited to teach F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby with this GREAT novel study full of engaging activities, including an escape room, learning stations, film analysis, and more! This resource contains a whopping 222 pages of resources sure to engage and challenge your students. I absolutely LOVE teaching Gatsby now, but I actually hated the book when I read it in high school, so my mission has always been to make this novel engaging and relevant for teens today. Seriously, I am obsess

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Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

Earth Day Agamographs | Makes a Great Summer Craft Activity!

Created by

Art with Jenny K

What's an Agamograph? A picture that changes from one to another when you look at it from a different angle. It's hard to say but easy to do! They are super fun, unique activities to easily integrate art into your classroom this Earth Day. They are engaging for students, easy for teachers, and have a high 'Wow!' factor. So, this year, try it out and add a new "twist" to your Earth Day activities!This resource was created for Earth Day, but Earth Day is really every day...so this is a useful reso

Subjects:

Earth Day, Visual Arts, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

Also included in: All Year Art Activity Lessons BUNDLE for Classroom Teachers | Art Made Easy!

The Crucible Unit Growing Bundle: Engaging Activities - Stations, Escape Room

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Engage and challenge your students during Arthur Miller's drama "The Crucible" with this huge bundle of resources with pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities designed with student engagement and critical thinking in mind.You will not find dry packets of study guide questions or PowerPoints in this bundle; instead, you will find learning stations, collaborative activities, fun stuff like "Puritan trading cards," film analysis guides to scaffold literary analysis, an ESCAPE ROOM

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Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

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Vision Board Student Workbook, Goal Setting, New Year's Resolutions

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English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

This Vision Board Student Workbook starts the year with a great goal setting activity for back to school; with plenty of engagement and creativity! Writing for the end of the year reflection? Teachers will love promoting a growth mindset while completing the workbook pages. It gets exciting because the vision board workbook pages turn into a student poster! Your students will love their vision boards! Visual inspiration to kick off the school year! UPDATED: Now includes 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2

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Grades:

4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff

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