8th Grade Projects (by price, low to high)

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Pharaohs and Gods Project

By The Magical Avocado

Ancient Egypt slide show project for Egyptian Pharaohs and Gods/Goddesses. Includes a description of project and a rubric.

Ancient History
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A Christmas Carol - A Traditional Version Play Script FREE PREVIEW

By Creative Primary Literacy

This is a free preview of the Christmas play script - A Christmas Carol - A Traditional Version. The full play script is available for just $5.50 by following the link below:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/A-Christmas-Carol-A-Traditional-Version-Play-Script-4129677

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This is a play script for Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. It tells the story of a mean, old man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who runs a dark and miserable business. His workers are under-paid and over-worked, especially his assistant Bob Cratchett.

It is Christmas eve and his Bob asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Tiny Tim. Scrooge almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from his previous business partner – another miserable person called Jacob Marley.

Marley tells him he needs to change his ways or end up with the same fate as him; he tells him how he will be visited by three ghosts that night. The ghosts visit and show Scrooge various things that upset him enough to change his ways.

After the visits of the ghosts Scrooge wakes up on Christmas day a changed man and tries to put right all the wrongs he has caused over the previous decades!

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There are song recommendations throughout the script and roles for 19 speaking parts, with extra parts for up to 30 students. The play is around 40-50 minutes long.

I hope you have fun with it!

If you are unsure whether it will suit your class, download a free preview and give it a go!

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There are also a few more Christmas play scripts in my store including:

  • Holly the Christmas Elf
  • Santa's Successor
  • A Christmas Carol (A School Remix)
  • A Christmas Carol (Traditional Version)
  • The Grouch

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Drama
Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa
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AVID Career Exploration Interview Questions

By KJ Inspired Resources

AVID students are required to research and learn about different careers to prepare for a successful future! This one page interview will allow students to get familiar with a particular career by interviewing someone they know.

What's Included:

  • One page PDF Interview sheet

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Career and Technical Education
Classroom Community
Oral Communication
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Any Country Report Page

By Meggen Loew

2 Page Country report. Pre-generated blanks and questions to guide in the development of early research skills.

Does not include space for recording citation notes.

English Language Arts
Writing
Geography
Free
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Free Apple Writing Paper with Six Line Styles

By Bunny Hop Shop

Inspire your students with our Apple-Themed Writing Paper! Perfect for fall-themed activities, this fun apple-shaped design will make writing assignments more engaging. Featuring clip art apples around the main shape, you can easily choose from six different line styles to suit your students' needs. Each style is also available with or without name and date lines for added convenience.

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English Language Arts
Creative Writing
Writing
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Making The Band

By MsNerdWood

This project is designed for students to create their own original artist/band and to market their newly formed artist(s). It is appropriate for middle school students (grad 6-8) and is always a crowd pleaser!

Students submit a band/artist portfolio which includes a profile about their artist/band, a concert poster, album cover art, and a jingle. The jingle can be performed using an instrumental track to a piece that they enjoy. Included are some examples of products that they could write a jingle about. A rubric for assessment purposes is included and you could even extend this project further by creating an art assessment piece for the album cover art and concert poster.

This assignment typically takes approximately 5-10 classes to complete, from introducing it to completing the final jingle performances. It is handy to have students to complete a rough copy of their work before submitting their good copy to ensure their best quality work is submitted.

Music
Vocal Music
Writing
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FREEBIE Earth Day Activities

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Are you looking for a fun online activity for Earth Day? Do you want to keep your students engaged and motivated to learn? Then download this FREEBIE Earth Day Activities! Your students will enjoy learning about Earth Day with any of these 35 fun activities for middle school students. This resource is a list of online activities to be used for Earth Day.

This handout - either in class or virtual - contains a wide variety of activities. Something for everyone! Fully editable and interactive your students can choose from activities including things to make, places to explore, things to read and write, quotes to learn, practice some fun trick shots....even learn how to walk like different types of animals! Some activities are to be done together, others you can simply send your students the link and watch as they have fun learning about our wonderful Earth! Happy Earth Day!

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Virtual Scavenger Hunt/Webquest: National Museum of African American History&Culture

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Women's History Month - TicTacToe Choice Board(Reading & Research)

Women's History Month Choice Board Activities, Lesser-Known Women & Rubric

Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)

50 FlipGrid Discussion Questions Posting Tips & Rubric

Games and Activities:

Truth or Dare...the Classroom Party Game You Didn't Know You Needed!

Truth or Dare 2nd Edition

BUNDLE Truth or Dare Versions 1 & 2

Virtual Scategories & Truth or Dare (All Ages!)

Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)

Holidays/Seasonal
Earth Day
Spring
Free
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Letter to a Member of our Military

By Language Arts Excellence

This may be the most meaningful assignment you give to your students all year.

This product teaches students how to write a letter to a service member who is currently deployed overseas. It describes the importance of writing to our military and gives suggestions for what to say. I use this as an extra credit assignment and hold my students to high standards about the content of their letters. It is incredibly important that genuine thought and effort go into the letters as they are going to real people currently fighting for our country.

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⭐ Veterans Day Stations Activity

⭐ What is Patriotism Activity

⭐ History Quote Posters

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English Language Arts
Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa
U.S. History
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Cartoon Last Character Standing Probability Experiment (Best Selling)

By Modified Treasures

Cartoon Last Character Standing

Students will be given a list of Cartoon Characters to see how their characters are eliminated over a 10 day period during the Last Character Standing Games. They will be given a pair of dice that will be used to determine if the character moves on to the next day or if they are eliminated. On the back is a series of questions to ensure that students are learning about experimental probability. Very fun and there will be a lot of laughs.

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Math
Algebra
Fractions
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The Outsiders chapter 6 story map directions, planning, and success criteria

By The Red-Haired Reader

This file contains directions and a planning sheet for a story map the students will create for chapter 6, specifically pages 90-95, of The Outsiders. The purpose of the story map is for the kids to choose the 6 most important events that they will summarize on their visualization story map in 6 panels. Included is the handout with directions and a planning sheet, as well as a grade sheet that you could use as a student checklist/ success criteria and/or a teacher rubric.

Are you in search of other materials to use with The Outsiders? Please check out my other resources!

1. Narrative Writing Scene: Students choose one of the options and write a missing scene from the novel mimicking Hinton's style and staying true to the voice of the characters.

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-narrative-writing-extended-scene-4047718

2**. Indirect Characterization chart for The Greasers-** great for the beginning of the book when the reader is first meeting the boys!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Indirect-Characterization-chart-for-the-Greasers-3444476

3. An in-depth analysis of the Socs for after chapter 7:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Socs-characterization-for-after-chapter-7-3443335

4. Socratic Seminar: can be used as the final assessment!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Socratic-Seminar-and-rubric-4047681

  1. Characterization: Ponyboy's self- image (works best after chapter 4):

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Indirect-Characterization-Ponyboys-Self-Image-3443060

6. Found Poem (works best after chapter 4):

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Found-Poem-includes-example-checklist-rubric-3442949

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ELA - Differentiate Novel Response Task

By Amanda G

Differentiate Novel Response - 7 different responses for students to choose from. This has been used as an accountability piece for students. Many of the options are also applicable to media literacy studies, so marks could be given for both reading and media.

Reading
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Out to Eat Decimal Project

By EduCraft Marketplace

This is a simple project, but it adds in real life scenario of what the cost is going out to eat. Students end up shocked at the cost of going out to eat! The students pick out a restaurant of their choice (can download the menu offline), "go out to eat" with three other family members, order, determine cost, sales tax and tip for a total of going out to eat for 4 people. This could be a group project with four students going out to eat and seeing what the cost is for each. Either way, it shows their decimal skills with basic math operations and gives them a new appreciation of going out to eat!

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Basic Operations
Decimals
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The Bill of Rights - What It Means To Me!

By YourTeachingDoc

Students often can/will recite the basics of SOME of the Bill of Rights but often do not know how they apply to their personal life. They believe that it was written years ago and does not have any relevant meaning to the HERE and NOW. With this interactive activity, my US History and Government classes dived into the Bill of Rights and learned how to apply each of the Amendments to their personal life. This brought about outstanding debates in class (and online) about civil rights and liberties.

This was created as a PDF document to use in the classroom. There is also a Digital Learning Format where it can be assigned to students to complete in a virtual setting such as Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.

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Civics
Government
U.S. History
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Middle School Animal Cell Organelles Doodle Notes | Science Notes

By Jennifer

Do you need an engaging and interactive activity for your science class? Try out this animal cell coloring poster, where students can also practice defining the functions of the organelles.

Coloring is a great way to enhance memory, which will help your students remember the organelles and their functions.

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Adding Integers Bundle

Halloween Task Cards - Addition

Subtracting Integers

Science
Biology
General Science
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Writing a Summary Template

By Sign with me TOD

Writing a summary can be challenging for students when they first start learning how to complete this writing task. This template breaks down the beginning, middle and ending paragraph in a summary into three sections. Tips are also provided along the way to help support students when writing a summary.

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Writing an Acrostic Poem Example and Templates:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Acrostic-Poem-Example-and-Templates-11537945

Graphic Novel Writing Project Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Graphic-Novel-Writing-Project-Example-Graphic-Organizer-and-Template-11022175

Summer Bucket List Essay Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Summer-Bucket-List-Essay-Example-Graphic-Organizer-and-Template-11520798

Writing an Informational Essay Graphic Organizers, Example, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-an-Informational-Essay-Graphic-Organizers-Example-and-Template-11423435

Writing an Informational Paragraph Graphic Organizers, Example, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-an-Informational-Paragraph-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-8209928

Writing an Animal Research Report Graphic Organizer, Example, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-an-Animal-Research-Report-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-11418062

Spring Writing Graphic Organizer, Example, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Spring-Writing-Example-and-Template-11381047

Writing a Realistic Fiction Story Graphic Organizer, Example, and Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Realistic-Fiction-Story-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-11386752

Writing a Mystery Fiction Story Template and Example:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Mystery-Fiction-Story-Template-and-Review-11275866

Writing a Graphic Novel Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Graphic-Novel-Example-Graphic-Organizer-and-Template-11022175

Writing a Biography Rubric:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Biography-Rubric-9709166

Writing a Friendly Letter Example and Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Friendly-Letter-Example-and-Template-9453760

Writing a Magazine Article Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Magazine-Article-Template-9212729

Writing a Book Report:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Book-Report-Template-9161788

Writing a Pirate Adventure Story:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Pirate-Adventure-Story-Graphic-Organizer-Example-Template-8196649

Writing a Story:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Story-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-8197750

Writing Instructions:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-Instructions-Example-and-Template-8362531

Writing an Opinion Paragraph:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-an-Opinion-Paragraph-Example-Template-8315312

Writing to Solve a Problem

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-to-Solve-a-Problem-Example-Template-8319585

Learning and Writing my Address – Examples and Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Learning-and-Writing-My-Address-Example-Template-8218625

Writing a Narrative Story – Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Narrative-Story-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-8197782

Writing a Summary Template

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Summary-Template-8197872

Writing a Play – Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Writing-a-Play-Graphic-Organizer-Example-and-Template-8205396

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Writing-Essays
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Childhood Spanish 2 Project

By ARIANA PEREZ

I like to use this project with students in Spanish 2 especially those in IB.

It does not only require students to write a book, but it requires them to incorporate other cultures and of course a bit of investigation. I have great examples of how this project has turned out :)

Spanish
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Miwok Native American Research Reading Passage + Report Booklet- Indigenous

By Veronica Reyes

Explore the rich history and culture of the Miwok people with our comprehensive Research Booklet Template and Informational Reading Passage Bundle. Perfect for elementary and middle school students, this bundle is designed to facilitate an engaging and informative research project and provide differentiated reading materials for various grade levels. Dive into various aspects of Miwok life, from their traditional land to influential figures who have shaped their history.

Features
Title Page: Two title page options are included. One is filled in with "Miwok People" and the other is a blank template for personalization.
Land: A dedicated section with a map highlighting traditional Miwok land. Students can explore and document the geographical aspects of Miwok life.
Homes: Learn about the types of dwellings used by the Miwok, including their construction methods and materials.
Clothing: Discover traditional Miwok clothing, including materials, designs, and cultural significance.
Children: A section focused on the lives of Miwok children, their roles, and daily activities.
Influential Miwok: Highlight and research notable Miwok figures who have made significant contributions to their community and beyond.
About the Author: A space for students to add their own information, reflecting on what they learned during their research.

Informational Reading Passage
Differentiated Levels:
Includes two versions of the reading passage, one for elementary students and one for upper grades. Each passage is designed to be engaging and appropriate for the respective reading levels.
Elementary Level: A simplified version of the reading passage, focusing on key facts and basic information about the Miwok people, their land, homes, clothing, children, and influential figures.
Upper Grades Level: A more detailed and complex version of the reading passage, providing in-depth information and encouraging critical thinking about the Miwok culture and history.

Benefits
Engaging Learning: Encourages in-depth research and understanding of Miwok culture and history.
Customizable: The blank templates allow for personalization, making each project unique.
Educational: Provides a structured format for students to document their findings, enhancing their research and writing skills.
Comprehensive: Covers a wide range of topics, offering a holistic view of the Miwok people.
Differentiated Instruction: The reading passages cater to different reading levels, ensuring all students can access and understand the material.

Usage
Ideal for classroom assignments, history projects, or independent study. This bundle can be used in both physical and digital formats, making it versatile for various educational settings.
**Perfect For
**Teachers: Looking for a structured and informative project for their students, with differentiated reading materials.
Students: Interested in Native American history and culture.

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Veterans Day I Spy and Word Search & Find Military Remembrance Day Activities

By The Emergency Sub

Veterans Day Word Search and I Spy Worksheets

Celebrate and honor our veterans with this engaging set of worksheets designed to inspire learning and appreciation for Veterans Day! The Veterans Day Word Search includes a collection of meaningful words related to military service, patriotism, and remembrance, allowing students to discover terms like "honor," "freedom," "patriot" and "peace."

The I Spy Worksheet challenges participants to find hidden objects based on four US Armed Forces, Navy, Marines, Army and Air Force. These activities are a fun and educational way to engage students or families in reflecting on the significance of Veterans Day, while also boosting vocabulary, observation skills, and critical thinking.

Perfect for classrooms, homeschooling, or community events, these worksheets make learning about veterans both fun and meaningful.

Holidays/Seasonal
Social Studies - History
Specialty
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Mother's Day Pre-Made Coupon Book

By Abigail J McClellan

This fun and easy Mother's Day craft includes 12 pre-made Mother's Day coupons in a coupon book as well as 12 blank coupons for students to fill in themselves! This activity is cute, quick, and a perfect gift for Mother's Day! It also includes a cover page for their coupon book that includes four options, including a choice for students who may not have a mother in their life.

I also have another similar product where students have to color and decorate the coupons themselves!

Mother's Day Coloring Coupon Book

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Writing a Play Rubric

By Sign with me TOD

This product is made for:

  • adapting instruction

  • differentiating instruction

  • on level learners

  • ESL/ENL/ELL

  • Deaf Education

  • Homework

  • Classwork

  • Homeschooling

  • Bell Work

  • Virtual Instruction

  • Remote Instruction

  • Struggling Readers

  • Struggling Writers

This rubric looks at 5 different areas when students are being assessed on writing a play. The areas that are reviewed on the rubric are as follows: the topic and meaning/purpose relate, what's included in the play - characters, props, scenes, stage, directions, dialogue, and scenes, staying on task, grammar/punctuation/spelling, and working with others. This rubric scores the play writing assignment out of 15 possible points. The rating scale use is a 3, 2, 1, & 0.

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Writing-Essays
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