Middle school Back to School informational text resources in English (UK)

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, Specialty

Back to school decor pennants for the first day or week back. Get students reflecting on growth mindset quotes to start the year off right then decorate your classroom with these cute banners!I’m a big advocate for coloring therapy for students and adults, and I already have quite an extensive collection of different quote coloring pages available in my store! They are wonderfully relaxing and especially effective for growth mindset as all quotes are inspirational and positive!In this unique set

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Grades:

4th - 9th

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Printables, English (UK)

Also included in: Growth Mindset Coloring Inspirational Sheets, Pages, Posters: GROWING BUNDLE

Growth Mindset Inspirational Classroom Posters

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For All Subject Areas, Informational Text, Life Skills

Growth Mindset Posters and decorThis fun resource contains a whopping 101 inspirational and motivational growth mindset quotes to encourage, inspire and motivate: perfect for instantly brightening any classroom, corridor, office or even home!There are a vast variety of quotes in this pack enabling you to conveniently change up your bulletin boards regularly or cover a large footprint of your school. These quotes can also easily be used on a daily basis as a "quote of the day" up on the interacti

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Grades:

4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Posters, English (UK)

Also included in: Stress Management Activities for Teens BUNDLE

A Complete IB PYP Bulletin Board Kit

Created by

Susan Powers

These cute and colourful signs for the IB PYP bulletin board are great to use as a way to introduce the brand new unit of inquiry or to use as labels for displaying the children’s work on the walls. It offers collaborative learning and hands on inquiry requiring the children to think critically and apply their knowledge of the language of the International Baccalaureate’s Primary Years Programme, when the students are involved in the layout and creation of your class bulletin board and inquiry

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Back to School, International Baccalaureate, Vocabulary

Grades:

1st - 6th

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, English (UK)

First day of School All About Me Activities

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

Back to school time is a great opportunity to encourage students to begin the new school year on the right foot. It's really important to take the time to get to know them from the start, and these fun and quality printable activities (now with digital overlay options!) will allow you to do that in a format that they will enjoy and relate to! It comes with attractive, enjoyable and creative activities that will last for weeks.This resource will encourage students to reflect over their summer in

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Grades:

4th - 9th

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Activities, Printables, English (UK)

Also included in: Back to School Bundle for big kids: all about me, icebreakers & profile template

A "Mad Libs" Letter to My Teacher (First Day of School ELA Activity)

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Ranchin' and Teachin'

This is the perfect First Day of School activity, and can be completed either digitally or on paper. While this is an ideal activity for upper elementary and Jr High, it could be used with any grade that is capable of writing by themselves with some modifications!

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Back to School, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Games, English (UK)

Wolf Hollow Novel Study

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Creative Writing, Informational Text, Reading

This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk.ABOUT THE NOVEL: Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becom

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Grades:

4th - 7th

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Activities, Guided Reading Books, English (UK)

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Also included in: Lauren Wolk BUNDLE

First day of school activities get to know you ice breakers

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Back to School, Balanced Literacy, For All Subjects

This printable resource pack and now with digital overlay options contains everything you need to help break the ice with your students. This would be ideal for any new class whether they are just new to you or even new to each other and thanks to the digital overlay, can be used with distance learning too.You will also find some physical activities to get them up and about, moving and talking to one another and finding things in common, helping the group to improve their social skills in talkin

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Grades:

4th - 8th

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Activities, Printables, English (UK)

Also included in: Back to School Bundle for big kids: all about me, icebreakers & profile template

WWI and the Rise of Totalitarianism (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin) - Reading Text

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European History, Informational Text, World History

This Reading Comprehension worksheet gives an account of the post WWI conditions that contributed to the rise of different totalitarian regimes around the world, including Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolph Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in Russia. The text is suitable for advanced intermediate to proficient ESL learners and native English speakers.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definitions

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Homework, English (UK), Lesson

Also included in: WWI & WWII BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Pax Novel Study

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Grammar, Informational Text, Reading

This newly updated resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Pax by Sara Pennypacker. ABOUT THE NOVEL: From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come.Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Pete

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Grades:

4th - 7th

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Guided Reading Books, English (UK)

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Five Little Indians Novel Study

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Creative Writing, Informational Text, Short Stories

This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop with Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.About the Novel: Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling

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Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Literature Circles, English (UK)

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Boy Overboard Novel Study: Research Tasks

Created by

Galarious Goods

Explore topics related to Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman with this research and investigation resource. With scaffolded task sheets, country studies, task cards and activities to support research learning. The tasks cover a range of places, ideas and topics covered in the novel.This resource is also available as part of the Boy Overboard Novel Study Bundle To use this resource you will need:At least one copy of Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman (first published 2002)This resource includes✫ S

Subjects:

Informational Text, Reading, Writing

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Activities, English (UK)

Also included in: Boy Overboard Novel Study Bundle

The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - Reading Comprehension Informational Text

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Informational Text, World History

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of the Spanish Flu / Influenza pandemic of 1918 and why it was the deadliest and strangely most forgotten medical calamity in history.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword and multiple choice exercises . The text can be used for vocabu

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, English (UK)

Also included in: Modern History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Turtles All The Way Down Novel Study

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Creative Writing, Informational Text, Reading

This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Turtles All the Way Down by John Green.ABOUT THE NOVEL: It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that se

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Grades:

6th - 8th

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Assessment, English (UK)

Environment BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Environment, Informational Text

This bundle includes different Reading Comprehension Worksheets suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners. The texts explore a number of environmental issues including air and water pollution, genetic engineering, climate change and nuclear radiation.After carefully reading each informational text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, crosswords, word search exercises, definitions matching exercise

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

What does smoking do to your lungs? - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text

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Biology, Health, Informational Text

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the damage that chronic first and second-hand smoking can cause to the lungs, what is COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and how chronic smoking can cause to oxygen deprivation, blood clogging and increase the risk of heart attack, lung infections, pneumonia and lung cancer among others,After carefully reading the text, students are required t

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Adult Education

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Worksheets, English (UK), Lesson

Also included in: Medicine, Health & Medical Conditions and Advancements - Reading Texts

A Brief History of Medicine - Reading Comprehension Text

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Informational Text, Social Studies - History

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the evolution of medicine from the first herbal remedies to the latest medical advances of the 21st century.After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: a title match, comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword . The

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Grades:

8th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

Also included in: A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Compare & Contrast two Texts based on "Renewable Energy" High School English

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Rosedale's Shop

Useful PDF for those desiring to learn/teach the differences in two perspectives on the same topic! Perfect for those studying English in secondary schools, desiring to understand how authors can write with different perspectives, engaging their audiences’ in dissimilar ways. This document will be comparing the following texts as unseen pieces of literature for students to analyse and compare:Text 1: Perspective A - Optimistic View Title: "The Future of Renewable Energy: A World Powered by Clean

Subjects:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

Get to Know Me Rainbow Cloud

Created by

Education Emporium 7

This 'Get to Know Me Rainbow Cloud' is a perfect activity for the first week back in school. It comes in pdf format and is in black and white. The rainbow strips should be printed on coloured card and cut out. The cloud itself has space and handwriting lines for the student to write their name. This can be done in different colours to make it stand out even more. There are 6 strips to be filled in:ageclassfavourite subjectI live with...favourite thing to dowhat I want to be when I'm olderAs alwa

Subjects:

Back to School, Reading, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Activities, English (UK)

Also included in: Back to School Bundle

MUSIC: Back to School Organization and Behavior Management Forms - Editable!

Created by

MusicTeacherResources

Organization and Behavior Management Forms for Music Teachers - EDITABLEPRINTABLE FORMATPrint off and hand out to studentsWHAT'S INCLUDED:EIGHT handy forms for music teachers using both North American and UK EnglishStudent/Family Information Sheet (US and UK English) Daily organizer – To do listRecord of Student Progress. Two versionsParent Contact Log Student Behavior Contract (US and UK English) Student Behavior Log (US and UK English) Music Sign Out SheetPractice Log**UK English can be foun

Subjects:

Back to School, Music

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Professional Documents, English (UK)

Day of the Dead Dia de los Muertos Coloring Pennants - Inspirational Quotes

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