Middle school Halloween creative writing literature circles

Social Media Templates for ANY text - TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Text

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Five 2023 social media templates in both DIGITAL (Google Slides or PowerPoint) and printable versions. These reusable and highly engaging templates for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Messenger are perfect for ANY novel study, creative writing task or even history class!Carefully designed on the 2023 versions of these popular Apps. Also includes editable exemplars to show students what success looks like.Happy teaching :)

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

Also included in: FULL Unit for ANY Novel & Independent Reading (Digital & Print)

Stargirl: Novel Study and Book Activities

Created by

Inclusive Classrooms

I hope you will enjoy this 52 page package full of a variety of engaging activities. My first and foremost objective as an educator, when reading a class read aloud, or sharing novels for group study is to encourage a love of reading. I aim to make the pages of the stories come alive, and to provoke thoughtful and meaningful discussion. For this reason, you will not find chapter by chapter questions and answers that can at times make reading seem like a chore. I do however include activities tha

Subjects:

Creative Writing, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

Cereal Box Book Report- Fiction Narrative Reading & Writing Story Elements

Created by

Classroom Cookbook

I had so much fun with our Non-Fiction Cereal Box Book Reports, I decided to make one for any Fiction book! My students had a great time creating these! It is a simple, fun way to do a book report.There are two options to choose from, one primary and one geared toward intermediate.The elements include:Title Page: Draw your own cover for the bookCharacters & Traits: Identify main characters and give each a traitSetting: Draw the main settingPlot: Primary- beginning, middle, end. Intermedia

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles, Centers

Bunnicula Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests

Created by

Nothing but Class

This novel study for Bunnicula, by Deborah and James Howe, contains 97 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, asking and answering questions, character analysis, opinion writing, and plot.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ** The book must be purchased separately to be u

Subjects:

Halloween, Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.10

...

Also included in: Bunnicula, Best Halloween Ever, Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve Novel Study Bundle

Recount Writing Unit | Retelling | Lessons | Graphic Organizers | Prompts

Created by

Innovative Teaching Ideas

MASTER RECOUNT WRITING in 2024 with this complete EDITABLE UNIT that ensures your students learn the ESSENTIAL SKILLS, PURPOSE and PROCESS of RETELLING events with accuracy and energy—covering PERSONAL, FACTUAL, LITERARY and HISTORICAL RECOUNTS.❤️NO PREPARATION REQUIRED to teach INDEPENDENTLY or as a WHOLE CLASS ACTIVITY.INCLUDING 80 PAGES OF ❤️ Lesson plans,❤️ Teaching materials❤️ Visual writing prompts❤️ Assessment tools❤️ Writing Checklists❤️ Graphic Organizers❤️ Plus, much moreUse it as an I

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.3.3

, W.4.9

, W.5.1b

, W.5.3

...

Also included in: Year Long Writing Bundle | All Text Structures | Fiction & Nonfiction 1140 Pages

Halloween Activity - MYSTERY Readers Theater - Who Swiped the Spells?

Created by

Rachel Lynette

This fun and engaging Halloween "Whodunnit" read aloud is a perfect activity for your students! In this activity, students will learn to become detectives and then use their sleuthing skills to figure out what happened to the magical spell book! With lots of suspects and circumstantial evidence, the students will have to take good notes, make lots of inferences, and think like a real detective in order to solve the mystery! This product was created with upper elementary students in mind, but it

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles

Also included in: Reader Theater Solve a Mystery Holiday Activities Readers Theatre Scripts ELA

Book Club/ Lit Circle Study for Any Chapter Book

Created by

One Classy Teacher

This book study can be used for any chapter book/picture book/book study. It includes: -Book title with book cover picture -Book cover prediction -Making predictions by answering questions -Making predictions with pictures -Vocabulary words and definitions -Letter to a character -Letter to the author -Movie in your mind -Favorite part of the chapter -Favorite part of the book -favorite character in the chapter -Favorite character in the book -Summarize the chapter -Interview a character -Interv

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

Restart by Gordon Korman - Novel Study!

Created by

Miss Rowe's Book Club

This novel study for "Restart", by Gordon Korman, contains 50 pages of resources, including Vocabulary & Comprehension Q's per Chapter Packet (and answers!), Focused Assignments and a Culminating Task Choice Board.Focus standards include prediction, visualization, character analysis, point of view, summarization, plot & theme, figurative language and creative writing.No-prep, fun and engaging activities! This novel study is ideal for full class, literature circles, independent study and

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Literature Circles, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

...

Middle School Poetry Bundle: 12 Mad Libs, 3 Puzzles, 10 Poems (BEST DEAL)

Created by

All for Wisdom Wisdom For All

Middle School Poetry Bundle: 12 Mad Libs, 3 Puzzles, 10 Poems to Create (BEST DEAL) Mad Libs: Poetry 3-Pack: Twelve pages of poetry-based mad libs grammar-fun activities. Each one includes a short writing activity based on the original poem for the students to complete; Set 2 contains additional illustration activities. Word Puzzles: Literary Terms - Poetry: Three word puzzles using poetry terms. Includes a crossword puzzle, double puzzle, and word search. Answer keys included. Poetry-Pac

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Poetry

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

Digital Writing Prompt Slides - Google Classroom

Created by

Teach Create Motivate

Keep your students writing with these digital open ended and engaging writing prompt slides. Use them in google classroom/google slides or use the picture versions in Seesaw!Video Tutorials are included for Google Classroom, Seesaw, and OneDrive.Prompts included:What is something you are proud of?If you were in charge of school lunch, what would you serve?What is one of your favorite memories this year?Should kids be allowed to play video games? Why or why not?If you could learn a new hobby, wha

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles

Also included in: Reading Comprehension & Writing Prompt Activities Bundle

Complete Memoir/ Nonfiction Unit

Created by

Teacher Turned Child Therapist

Recently Updated in February 2023-- New & Improved! Now includes Day-by-Day Instructions for this 3-week unit-- No prep needed!This Memoir Unit is always a huge hit in my high school English classes! Many of my students consistently say it is their favorite unit in the class This bundle includes 3 different PowerPoint presentations focusing on memoir writing. The first one I use is the "Show, Don't Tell" presentation where students are introduced to the idea of writing in a more descriptive

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Literature Circles

Reading comprehension in Spanish | Comprensión lectora en espanol | NO PREP

Created by

With T of Teaching

This MEGA BUNDLE includes all sorts of reading comprehension passages and activities in Spanish. What you will find? More than 140 pages of reading comprehension passages and activities. This resource includes:- 120 general reading passages and activities- 7 Halloween related reading comprehension passages- 7 Thanksgiving related reading comprehension passages- 7 Christmas related reading comprehension passagesI hope you enjoy using these worksheets with your students!!** Looking for more Spanis

Subjects:

Halloween, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Independent Work Packet

Synonym Posters and Charts - WOW Words

Created by

Clever Chameleon

WALL POSTERS• Synonym Full Page Posters - WOW Words for 30 Words (30 pages)• Positive and Negative Character Words (2 pages)• Narrative Transition Words (3 pages)• Text Structure and Signal Words (6 pages)FOLDER CHARTS• Synonym Charts WOW Words for 30 Words (5 pages)• Positive and Negative Character Words (1 page)• Narrative Transition Words (1 page)• Text Structure and Signal Words (1 page)The words are displayed on 41 full page posters. The same words are displayed on 8 pages of charts that ca

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Word Walls, Literature Circles, Centers

Love That Dog Novel Study and Poetry Unit

Created by

TheRoomMom

This literature resource for Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is a low prep novel study and includes both reading comprehension activities as well as creative poetry writing activities related to the figures of speech used in the story. The other great feature of this book is the famous poems that are integrated throughout the story. This is the perfect supplement to a poetry unit of study and really gets kids motivated to write poems and use figures of speech-- just like Jack (the main character

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.5

...

Also included in: Poetry and Figures of Speech Bundle

The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo Novel Study

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Joy in the Journey by Jessica Lawler

The Tiger Rising is an excellent, thought-provoking book by Kate Dicamillo. The book tells the story of 12-year-old, Rob, who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind his house. Rob befriends a new girl in school, Sistine, and his life is never the same. Filled with powerful symbolism and emotion, this book will leave you thinking long after the final page. This MEGA packet is the perfect supplement to a study of the book, whether you're doing it as a whole-class, a small group (i.e. reading gro

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

Narrative Writing Bundle | 7 Complete Story Writing & Story Elements Units

Created by

Innovative Teaching Ideas

This bundle comprises SEVEN PRODUCTS designed to cover all aspects of NARRATIVE WRITING and STORYTELLING in 2024. It contains seven high-quality DIGITAL, PRINT and INTERACTIVE units of work, including:Introduction to Narrative Writing Unit ( For younger and developing writers.)Our TpT best-selling Narrative writing Unit ( With hundreds of glowing reviews )Narrative Writing Unit for Established Writers ( For high school students )Introduction to story elements for younger and developing writers.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

2nd - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Literature Circles

The Best Halloween Ever Novel Study Unit - Comprehension | Activities | Tests

Created by

Nothing but Class

This 94 page book study for The Best Halloween Ever, by Barbara Robinson, contains comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative Common Core-aligned reading response activities, assessments, and much more!You will find this unit to be teacher and student friendly. It contains a wide variety of question types, along with open-ended graphic organizers and unique activities, all carefully crafted for this particular story. Focus standards include setting, character analysis, theme, opi

Subjects:

Halloween, Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.6

, RL.3.7

...

Also included in: The Best School Year, Halloween, and Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study Bundle

The Polar Express Christmas ELA Unit for Big Kids

Created by

Sassycat Educational Resources

It's Christmas! That means it's time for....The Polar Express! Included in this Christmas themed Polar Express packet are several activities for a variety of learning activities that go with the book The Polar Express. First, you will find a set of 16 Polar Express vocabulary cards. They are in color, but will also print well in black and white. Use these cards for a variety of activities. Print in color for a word wall. Students can write definitions on the back for flash cards. Place i

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, Phonics

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Literature Circles, Lesson

Also included in: Christmas ELA Writing and Short Story Bundle

Bunnicula | Comprehension Questions and Vocabulary by chapter

Created by

Nothing but Class

This is a 57 page comprehension and vocabulary packet for Bunnicula, by Deborah and James Howe. The student work is organized by every 2 chapters, and is a mix of sequencing, multiple choice, short answer, vocabulary work, and creative activities. Questions have varying levels of rigor and are at all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.You will find the layout easy to use, student-friendly, and predictable, while at the same time challenging and easy to adapt for all learners. Perfect for whole classes,

Subjects:

Halloween, Literature, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.10

...

Storm Boy

Created by

Learning With Literature

Storm Boy is the 8th in a series of classic Australian children’s fiction literature units. I taught this unit 2 years ago and it was very popular. It is a short novel but very entertaining. The 1980s movie version is a classic and still holds up very well today. (Look out for the picture story book version with brilliant illustrations by Robert Ingpen and a more recent one out now. Also the recent movie.) This has proven to be a big seller. check out some of the other units in this series. Many

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Reading

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

Frindle Literature Study: Tests, Vocabulary, Printables, Activities, Questions

Created by

Casey Seasholtz

FRINDLE: Nick likes to liven things up...and he comes up with a way to do just that. Who says that you have to follow the crowd... Does Mrs. Granger? Or maybe she's on his side the whole time... Nick's persistence pays off... but at what expense? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I have prepared a packet of materials to be used with the study of FRINDLE by Andrew Clements. Use these ideas in your classroom and your students will love rea

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Vocabulary

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

Picture Dictionary in Spanish | Diccionario Ilustrado | Vocabulario en Español

Created by

Sra Tatiana

*Este documento contiene 56 páginas las cuales forman el diccionario ilustrado. Viene un set a blanco y negro y otro a color. Lo único que tienes que hacer es imprimir, laminar la primera hoja y argollar.Cada imagen viene acompañada por su palabra para ejercitar la memoria visual y por ende aprender el vocabulario más rapido y de una manera más efeciente. * El diccionario viene en formato carta. Una hoja entera por cada letra. Es ideal para argollar o colocar en un folder para trabajar en estaci

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Spanish, Vocabulary

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Flash Cards, Literature Circles, Centers

Also included in: Make your own Bundle | For Maritza Macias

When Stars Are Scattered: A Literature Study Unit BUNDLE

Created by

Room 2 Ruminations

About this Unit & NovelThis is a Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson. The lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from vocabulary and argument building to literary analysis and creative writing. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The unit is editable so you can pick and choose which elements and prompts

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel & Film Study Unit BUNDLE (editable)

Created by

Room 2 Ruminations

About this Unit & NovelA Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick. The lessons and activities span the curriculum, covering vocabulary building, literary analysis, film history, the physics of simple machines, creative writing and argument building. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The unit is editable so you can pick and choose w

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Graphic Arts

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Movie Guides, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5