Less than $5 8th Grade Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentations (by date, latest first)

Looking for a fun, engaging, and low-prep activity to use the day before Thanksgiving or Fall Break? The Thanksgiving Throwdown is the perfect interactive slide deck for middle school students! This 22-slide digital resource offers a variety of fun, thought-provoking prompts that build community and keep your students engaged in the classroom. With questions like “Which topic should you NOT bring up at Thanksgiving?” and “What’s your go-to comfy outfit for lounging during Fall Break?”, this resource is designed to spark conversation, create memories, and encourage students to connect in a laid-back setting.

Ideal for grades 6-8, this resource is a non-academic break from the usual routine and is perfect for use as a whole-group activity or in small discussion groups. Your students will love the interactive format, featuring fun questions about Thanksgiving traditions, Fall Break plans, Black Friday shopping, and much more!

What’s Included:

• 22-slide deck of fun and engaging questions for middle school students
• Interactive scenarios and community-building prompts
• Perfect for the day before Thanksgiving or Fall Break
• Non-academic, lighthearted topics to keep students engaged

Use this slide deck to:

• Create a fun, stress-free atmosphere before the holiday break
• Help students bond and build classroom community
• Spark interesting discussions that students will love
• Keep students entertained with Thanksgiving-themed content

This digital resource is perfect for middle school teachers looking to end the week on a high note. Get your students excited for the holidays with the Thanksgiving Throwdown!

Introducing Thanksgiving essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Thanksgiving includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Thanksgiving Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Thanksgiving Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Thanksgiving Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Middle School Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fools'
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparent's Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah
• July 4th
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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Are you looking for a fun way to introduce or review Thanksgiving vocabulary in Spanish with your students? Look no further! Included in this PowerPoint are 30 terms represented on 32 slides (plus a title page, a teacher tips page, and terms of use).

The terms represented include:

• Thanksgiving foods (such as stuffing, turkey, and corn on the cob)
• People (Native American, Pilgrim, family)
• other related vocabulary (such as to give thanks, delicious, and traditions)

Each slide is animated so that the picture appears first, followed by the Spanish term, and finally the English term.

**Please note that the pictures are covered by white boxes that are animated to disappear when in presentation mode. When viewing the presentation in any mode other than “presentation mode”, it looks like there aren’t any pictures.**

My students really enjoy when we use this as a review with whiteboards. Make sure to check out the preview for a complete list of terms. Please note that the terms in the presentation are NOT editable, although slides may be deleted or rearranged. I have also included a blank slide at the end so that you can add your own terms and images.

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Celebrate fall in your ELA class with this beautifully-made powerpoint presentation covering figurative language devices, sensory details, and allusion in a Fun, Fall-themed Format! (Oh yes, and alliteration too!)

Powerpoint Presentation Includes:

- Review of the difference between figurative and literal language

- Definition of each type of figurative language device, sensory details, and allusion with fun pictures and examples

- 20 slides of practice

- Blank student answer sheet

- Full answer key

This powerpoint presentation takes about 30 minutes to teach and is the perfect way to review figurative language with your students prior to a poetry, short story, or writing unit!

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Also, check out these great fall products for your ELA classroom by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Task Cards

⭐ Halloween Escape Room

⭐ Halloween Figurative Language Practice

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary - Halloween Lesson Plan

⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Activity

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE

⭐Fall Themed Collaborative Writing Activity

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