Less than $5 9th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Worksheets (by date, oldest first)

Ignite your students’ creativity this Halloween season with 20 engaging writing prompts and 20 note-taking sheets.  Perfect for middle and high school students, these prompts cover a wide range of Halloween topics, from spooky storytelling to exploring the history and symbolism behind the holiday. The accompanying note-taking sheets are designed to help students organize their thoughts, enhancing their critical thinking and writing skills.  Whether for creative writing assignments, classroom discussions, or independent projects, this resource is ideal for incorporating Halloween into your lessons in a fun and meaningful way.

Dive into the captivating history of Halloween with this comprehensive, FREE resource designed for middle and high school students.  This freebie includes a detailed reading passage on the origins, symbols, and global celebrations of Halloween, complete with engaging questions and guided note-taking sheets to reinforce learning.  Whether you’re exploring the cultural significance or dispelling common misconceptions, this resource is perfect for helping students develop a deeper understanding of Halloween.  Ideal for use in history, social studies, or language arts classrooms, this set is fully ready to use, with no preparation required.

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This freebie includes 10 fun St. Patrick's Day theme Would You Rather questions on Google Slides & PDF. You can use it digitally or print them for your class!

These questions can be used as ice breakers, to begin classroom discussions, create classroom polls and graphs or a writing prompts!

This is a free sampler of my Seasonal Activities for Older Kids and includes pages from all three of my morning work resources for middle schoolers: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Give your older students some thematic fun this year! This freebie is a great way to try out these resources to see if they're a good fit for your classroom or homeschool!

One full color worksheet, containing two half-page morning work activities, is included for each of the three units, plus the black and white version of each for easier printing. These are also great for early finishers or as a way to add a little holiday joy to the classroom or homeschool! These are no-prep...just print and go!

These three units are also available in a money saving bundle. Buy the bundle to save 20%!

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Christmas in Africa.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Christmas in Africa Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Christmas in Asia.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Christmas in Asia Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of the history of Valentine's Day.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• The History of Valentine's Day Passage (2 pages)
• 10 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Christmas in Europe.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Christmas in Europe Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Christmas in Australia & Oceania.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Christmas in Australia & Oceania Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Hanukkah.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Hanukkah Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of Kwanzaa.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• Kwanzaa Passage (2 pages)
• 5 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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AVID End of Year | Summer Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for June and July months! Use for early finishers, sub plans, or even as printable worksheets used in study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of end of year-themed fun and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, planning for next year, and an inspiring reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

Get this packet for FREE by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of April
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of April

21 Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page
• Podcast script outline for grade level survival guide
• Costa leveled interview questions for future AVID students
• Metacognition journal over skills gained during AVID
• Reflection questions about the school year
• SAT vocabulary chart
• Summer volunteering reading passage with summery writing
• Summer volunteering questions
• Summer volunteering writing Costa questions
• Passive, assertive, aggressive worksheet
• Non-academic summer SMART goal
• Summer planner
• Finish the story prompt with writing page
• Create your own summer word search
• Summer bucket list
• AVID acrostic poem
• Maze challenge
• Zentangle
• Would you rather with writing page
• Research and design a vacation brochure
• Sudoku with answer key
• Maze with answer key

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This is the perfect grab and go activity to do before Thanksgiving break! Students can draw or write what they’re grateful for, then proudly display their work on a bulletin board. Perfect for promoting gratitude and social-emotional learning in a colorful and interactive way. This is also the perfect classroom or hallway decor for the month of November!

What's Included

• 8 different colored cell phone photo albums with the title " I am thankful for"
• includes a black and white version

Directions

• Either choose a color cell phone or let students choose a color they prefer

• Students can either draw or write to fill up their “photo album” with things they are thankful for

• Display on a hallway bulletin board or in your classroom!

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Roll a Story Bundle

Students roll the dice to unravel a magical and exciting tapestry of settings, protagonists, antagonists, conflicts, and Cinco De Mayo-themed elements, igniting creativity and narrative fluency! Perfect for narrative writing units, centers, daily writing, public speaking practice, Fun Friday, and more!

✨Seasons & Holidays Roll a Story Bundle✨

✨Holidays Roll a Story Bundle✨

What's Included

• A PowerPoint with 1 unique board
• 1 editable Roll a Story Board
• A QR code on the story board that leads to digital dice (so no dice needed, just devices!)
• Vocabulary page
• Writing page

Story Elements

• Setting (examples: inside a soap opera show, a blind taste-test challenge, salsa dancing competition)

• Protagonists (examples: serenader who only talks through song, persistent hot sauce salesman, soldier back from war)

• Conflict (examples: is challenged by, is captured by, is bribed by)

• Antagonists (examples: wrestling enthusiast, soap opera actor with a big ego, wealthy tycoon)

• Cinco De Mayo Elements (examples: piñata with a winning lottery ticket inside, ghost pepper, mechanical bull time machine)

Spring Roll a Story

Summer Roll a Story

ELA Resources

Writing Resources

*AVID Nerds resources are available for use in virtual systems like Outschool without the need to purchase extra licenses

Welcome students back from spring break by allowing them to share some of their spring break experiences through this 2 truths and a lie freebie activity! This printable is great for morning meetings, team building, fun Fridays, brain breaks and more!

✨After Spring Break Bundle✨

✨Spring Bundle✨

✨AVID Bundle✨

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Activity Packet

Stand Up Sit Down

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Finish the Story

Would You Rather

What's Included

One PDF Printable worksheet

Directions

• Print a page for each student.
• Students will write their name and add 2 truths and 1 lie about their spring break.
• Take up papers and shuffle them.
• Throughout the day or week pull a paper and share the students name along with their two truths and one lie.
• Allow students to try to guess the lie.
• Optional: Put students into teams and give points to teams that guess correctly.

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

AVID students can use this back to school scavenger hunt to get to know their school and the AVID support team! This printable worksheet is perfect for a first week of school team building icebreaker activity and works for both middle and high school AVID students.

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✨AVID Team Building Bundle✨

✨AVID Public Speaking Bundle✨

✨AVID Writing Bundle✨

What's Included

1 PDF partner selfie scavenger hunt in color

1 PDF partner selfie scavenger hunt in black and white

More AVID back to school resources...

WICOR Choice Board

Drawing Challenge

30 Second Speeches

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This no-prep Dia de los Muertos vs. Halloween ELA activity worksheet guides middle and high school students through a cultural and historical comparison of these two holidays. Engage students with reading passages, comparison activities, and critical thinking questions that explore death and remembrance.

Explore the fascinating cultural and historical differences between Dia de los Muertos and Halloween with this no-prep ELA worksheet. Designed for middle and high school students, this activity encourages critical thinking through thematic analysis and comparisons of how different cultures view death, remembrance, and traditions. With reading passages, comparison charts, and guided questions, this resource is perfect for introducing students to the unique significance of both holidays.

What's Included:

• Informational Text on Dia de los Muertos and Halloween (1 page)
• Venn Diagram for comparing the two holidays (1 page)
• Critical Thinking Questions (1 page)
• Answer Key for teachers (1 page)

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Cultural Awareness: Helps students understand and appreciate cultural differences in holiday traditions.
• Critical Thinking: Encourages analysis of the thematic elements of death and remembrance.
• Comparative Analysis: Strengthens the ability to compare and contrast cultural practices.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Begin with the informational text to introduce Dia de los Muertos and Halloween.
2. Have students use the Venn diagram to compare the two holidays' traditions and themes.
3. Use the critical thinking questions to prompt classroom discussions or individual reflections.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.9: Analyze documents to compare and contrast key themes.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.7(F): Analyze and compare themes across texts.
• ELA.9.12(C): Evaluate how different cultural backgrounds influence text meaning.

Dive into the world of Edgar Allan Poe with this no-prep, Halloween-themed activity resource designed for middle and high school students. This unit focuses on Poe’s Gothic masterpieces, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven. Students will analyze these stories' themes of madness, death, and the supernatural, all while exploring 19th-century American history. Ideal for building critical thinking, literary analysis, and engaging students during the Halloween season. This lesson plan provides everything you need to connect Poe’s dark themes to the broader cultural anxieties of his time.

What's Included:

• Text Analysis Worksheet for The Tell-Tale Heart extract
• Text Analysis Worksheet for The Raven extract
• Class Discussion Questions

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Literary Analysis: Strengthens students' ability to identify themes, symbolism, and literary devices.
• Historical Understanding: Links literature to societal and cultural developments in 19th-century America.
• Critical Thinking: Encourages students to analyze how Poe's works reflect the anxieties of his time.
• Creative Writing: Provides opportunities for students to craft their own Gothic-inspired pieces.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Use the slide deck to introduce Edgar Allan Poe and 19th-century America.
2. Assign extract The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven for reading and use the analysis worksheets to guide discussion.
3. Facilitate a Venn diagram activity comparing the themes of death, madness, and fear across both works.
4. Lead a class discussion on Poe’s works and their reflection of 19th-century anxieties.
5. Use the creative writing prompts for a fun extension activity where students write their own Gothic short stories.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.4(A): Analyze the use of literary devices such as irony and figurative language.
• ELA.9.8(B): Analyze the cultural significance of Gothic literature in Poe’s time.

Uncover the Welsh origins of Halloween and trace its journey to becoming the modern, commercialized holiday celebrated in the U.S. today. This no-prep activity worksheet for middle and high school students delves into the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, its adaptation by Welsh, Irish, and Scottish immigrants, and how it transformed into the Halloween we know today. Through engaging reading passages, comparison activities, and critical thinking questions, students will analyze the cultural evolution of this holiday and its shift from honoring the dead to costumes, candy, and fun.

What's Included:

• Reading Passage: The Welsh Origins of Halloween and Its Journey to the U.S. (1 page)
• Critical Thinking Questions on cultural adaptation and commercialization (1 page)
• Venn Diagram for comparing ancient and modern traditions (1 page)
• Discussion Prompts on key Halloween changes (1 page)
• Solution Key for teachers (1 page)

Skills Developed Through This Activity:

• Historical Analysis: Encourages students to explore the cultural transformation of traditions.
• Critical Thinking: Fosters analytical skills by comparing ancient and modern holiday practices.
• Cultural Awareness: Helps students understand how immigration and commercialization shaped modern U.S. holidays.

How to Use the Activity in Your Classroom:

1. Begin with the reading passage to introduce the Welsh origins of Halloween and its evolution.
2. Use the Venn diagram to compare traditional Samhain with modern U.S. Halloween.
3. Assign the critical thinking questions for in-class discussions or independent reflection.
4. Engage students in discussing the cultural and commercial shifts of Halloween using the provided prompts.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2: Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasoning.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Outcomes:

• ELA.9.7(F): Analyze the influence of historical and cultural contexts on literature and traditions.
• ELA.9.9(B): Analyze how cultural traditions evolve over time.

Le Nouvel An Chinois Méli-Mélo - French Chinese New Year Scrambled Words This no prep Chinese New Year scrambled words activity is a fun way to teach your students seasonal vocabulary and is a perfect resource to use in immersion, core or homeschool curriculums. Included: 1 méli-mélo worksheet with 17 words Answer key Check out my other French holiday resources
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