Middle School English Language Arts Independent Work Packet

Looking for a versatile resource that works with any fiction novel? This Lit Circle Packet is perfect for Upper Elementary and middle school students, offering a wide range of engaging activities designed to encourage deep analysis, creativity, and critical thinking, regardless of the novel being studied. Whether you're working on a class novel, independent reading, or small group book clubs, this resource provides a comprehensive approach to exploring literature.

What’s Included: This packet includes 20 flexible and meaningful activities that can be applied to any fiction text. From character analysis to creative writing, each activity is designed to help students engage with and understand the story on a deeper level.

Activities:

1. Summary – Students summarize key events of each chapter to track the story’s development.
2. List the Characters – Identify characters and describe their roles or actions in the chapter.
3. I Predict... – Students make predictions based on text evidence, promoting critical thinking.
4. Significant Quote – Choose a key quote and explain its importance to the story’s themes or characters.
5. Illustrate an Important Scene – Draw and explain a pivotal moment from the chapter.
6. Vocabulary – Define new words, use them in context, and draw pictures to reinforce meaning.
7. Character Adjectives – Describe the protagonist with three adjectives and support one with text evidence.
8. Musical Playlist for the Main Character – Create a playlist that represents the character's journey or emotions.
9. Character Identity – Explore six key elements of the character’s identity and support with text from the novel.
10. Window and Mirror – Compare and contrast yourself with the main character, identifying similarities and differences.
11. Conflict Analysis – Identify and explain three types of conflict (e.g., character vs. character, self, society, etc.).
12. Text Conversation – Write a text message conversation between yourself and a character to help them solve their conflict.
13. Setting Analysis – Explore how different settings impact the characters and the story’s events.
14. Imagery of Setting – Use sensory details to describe a setting and analyze the mood it creates.
15. Theme Statements – Write three universal theme statements that apply to the novel’s message or lesson.
16. Rewrite the Ending – Get creative by rewriting the final chapter or scene using the author’s tone and style.
17. Comic Strip – Draw a comic strip of four key moments from the story, showing the progression of the plot.
18. Breaking News – Write a newspaper article about a major event in the story, reporting it as breaking news.
19. Expository Essay – Write an essay explaining how the protagonist changes throughout the novel, supported by evidence.
20. Argumentative Essay – Argue whether the protagonist’s critical decision was justified, using textual evidence to support your claim.

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Flexible for Any Novel: These activities can be applied to any fiction text, making this packet a versatile tool for any reading assignment, novel study, or literature circle.
• Engaging and Interactive: Activities encourage students to think critically, make connections, and engage creatively with the story.
• Multiple Skills: Students will practice a variety of skills, including summarization, analysis, prediction, creative expression, and essay writing.
• Ready-to-Use: Simply print and go! Perfect for class novels, independent reading, or book clubs.

Use this Lit Circle Packet to foster a deeper understanding of any novel while encouraging meaningful discussion and creative expression in your classroom!

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Students will love learning about the history of Ancient Egypt by through this two-page Guided Reading summary of the main eras from 3000 BC through 700 BC. Many of the monumental buildings and structures such as the pyramids, mortuary temples, statues and obelisks came from this period.

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While this is a tested skill, students will learn what to look for and evaluate sentences carefully through examining redundant and extraneous sentences. Five practice passages are included with the answer key and rationale. A "teach" page is included for self-guided learning!

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Ignite curiosity with this engaging reading activity on historical legends. As one assignment in a 20-part series, it’s designed to develop critical thinking and comprehension in an accessible and exciting way. It is written at a 7th grade level so is accessible to a wide range of students.

Students will read 4 focused paragraphs that explore key elements of the story:

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Looking for fun reading comprehension Emergency Substitute Plans for your ELA sub binder? Maybe you need high-interest close reading articles about trending topics for your sub tub, but wish you don't have to write them? Better yet, add in some sub tickets for an easy behavior management tool and incentive while you're out.

This activity packets that are perfect sub plans will be game-changers in your classroom because they come with ready to go, no-prep, yet FUN lessons your students will actually want to do! Now, you can finally say goodbye to last-minute stressing trying to find fun sub work!

Includes a Sub Tickets & Note Sheet – the perfect one sheet organizer for all your substitute teacher needs! Whether you're planning a day off or simply stepping out for a meeting, this cute note is here to ensure a smooth classroom experience. Make your classroom management a breeze and keep student behavior in check while you're out! Perfect for all grade levels!

Don't have the time or patience to put together a sub binder? Don't worry! When I have to step out, all I leave on my desk is a Pop Culture Sub Packet my students love and place this Sub Note Sheet on top....it's everything my sub needs to see on one easy note sheet. Fun, tear-off reward tickets that students can redeem for a small prize when the teacher returns will have students fighting to behave in order to earn one of the five coveted tickets! It's an excellent classroom management tool... for when you need to be out! You'll love coming back to a read a note from the sub!

Features:

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• 3 versions of sheet are included (2 color and 1 black & white)

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The Mega Sub BUNDLE features 8 sets of activities: a total of 48 printable worksheets!

WHAT'S INCLUDED…

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

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This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens.

Packed with engaging activities, these ready-to-use sets are ready for your sub tub, and designed to ease the burden of substitute teacher planning while keeping students engaged and motivated. Use them any time you don't feel like lesson planning!

You'll get stand-alone resources that are designed to offer a print-and-go sub-plan solution for ELA teachers who don't have time to prep their lessons. These lesson sets will definitely engage even the most reluctant readers, while challenging your more advanced ones.

Students read an original pop culture article and you get lessons that include both reading comprehension and writing. Two fun puzzles are also included, as well as a design page that allows students to get creative and offers differentiation. There's a little bit of everything!

The estimated Lexile measure of these sets range from 900 to 1100.

► I made these creative activities because I needed fun independent work that I could use in my classroom that I knew students would actually LIKE doing!

► Simply print and go! These packets can be used in a multitude of ways! Keep them on hand to use later!

►There is truly no preparation needed, which is why these sets are perfect to leave for:

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Students can complete all six worksheets of each set as part of a sub packet, but if you don't see them for a full block then assign only one page each day you're out (you'll get even more bang for your buck!) This packet has so many uses beyond sub work - use it any time of year for a no-prep, yet FUN learning activity that kids will enjoy doing! All answer keys are included!

► It'll keep your students busy and coming back for more! It is a great no-prep resource that you can use any time of year for a fun, engaging activity that your students will LOVE!

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Conflict Resolution Workbook for High School: Build Healthy Communication & Problem-Solving Skills (Teacher Cheat Sheet Included!) Empower your High School Students to navigate conflicts with confidence!

This Conflict Resolution Workbook is a comprehensive resource packed with engaging activities and real-life scenarios. It equips students with essential communication and problem-solving skills to tackle disagreements in healthy and effective ways.

Perfect for:

• Daily Lessons (SEL, Health, ELA)
• Substitute Teacher Plans
• Group Activities (Projects, Teams)
• Relationship Building (Friendships, Family, Romantic)

What's Inside:

• Self-Discovery Activities:

  • Pre-Assessment on Conflict Attitudes
  • Conflict Behavior Self-Evaluation

• Skill-Building Exercises:

  • Healthy vs. Unhealthy Conflict Strategies
  • Emotional Regulation During Conflict

• Real-World Applications:

  • Problem-Solving Scenarios (Friends, Family, School, Social Media)
  • Conflict in Group Settings (Projects, Teams)
  • Conflict in Romantic Relationships

• Reflection & Growth:

  • Personal Development Strategies
  • Tracking Progress & Goal Setting

Teacher Cheat Sheet Included!

This time-saving tool provides Sample Answer Guides for every section,

making it easy to:

• Facilitate classroom discussions
• Assess student progress
• Guide students through real-world scenarios
• Review self-evaluations

Learning Outcomes:

• Apply conflict resolution strategies in various situations.
• Manage emotions effectively during disagreements.
• Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy approaches.
• Develop problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Practice empathy and active listening for stronger relationships.

Aligned with Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1 (Collaboration & Building on Ideas)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3 (Evaluating Viewpoints in Conflict)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6 (Adapting Speech in Conflict Resolution)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1 (Writing Arguments for Conflict Resolution Strategies)

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Embrace the spirit of the season and transform writing time into a magical holiday adventure with these Christmas Creative Writing Prompts and Activities. Whether you're teaching about Christmas traditions worldwide or simply nurturing creative expression, this printable pack is an invaluable addition to your resources. The engaging bundle comprises 10 heartwarming prompts tailored to inspire young writers during the festive season.

This pack is ideal for writing instruction, centers and stations, morning work and early finishers.

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• No Prep Convenience: These worksheets are ready to use making them perfect for busy teachers, early finishers and writing centers.

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This bundle features all 4 of our rigorous and engaging Digital Back to School ELA Escape Rooms for use with Google Drive!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Back to School Escape Rooms at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (thereby cutting down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted resource. Each task is skills-based so that with these fun activities, learning is not sacrificed. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so these escape rooms aim to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of ELA material.

How does it work?

Your students must escape your digital classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

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Enhance your "Animal Farm" novel study with this comprehensive workbook. Designed for middle and high school students, this workbook is the ultimate companion to George Orwell's classic allegory. This resource equips educators with everything needed for a successful novel study, from pre-reading activities to guided chapter notes, multiple writing prompts, and complete answer keys.

Engage your students with purposeful pre-reading activities:
Lay a solid foundation with pre-reading activities that cover essential vocabulary and background knowledge about Orwell and the context in which "Animal Farm" was written. These activities help students connect with the story before diving into the text.

Master the chapters with guided notes:

Guide your students through each chapter with detailed notes emphasizing comprehension, literary analysis, and transfer skills. These notes help students identify key themes, character development, and important events throughout the novel.

Thought-provoking writing prompts:
Encourage deeper thinking and creativity with multiple writing prompts that require students to analyze the text, explore symbolism, and discuss the themes of "Animal Farm." This section includes a peer grading rubric to promote collaborative learning.

Time-saving answer key:
Save time with a complete answer key that provides detailed explanations for all workbook activities, ensuring you have everything needed to guide students through the novel study.

Looking for an engaging language arts activity? Discover our Gumball Machine Themed Verbs and Nouns Sorting Game!

In this interactive file folder game, students sort 20 words into their correct popcorn box categories of verbs and nouns. With a delightful gumball machine theme, this resource captivates young learners and students in autism and MD classrooms, making language learning fun and effective.

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "What Was Pearl Harbor" by Brennan Demuth and illustrated by John Mantha. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. An answer key is included!

Lexile: 800L

Guided Reading Level: T

AR Level: 5.4

AR Quiz Number: 160144

ISBN: 978-0-545-64034-3

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Do you want to help your students learn about African American history? Do you want to support diversity and an inclusive classroom? Then download this no prep Black History Month Activity a Research WebQuest resource! This no-prep, editable, in-class, and digital activity is an online scavenger hunt of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture!

This activity allows students to learn about the museum's collection in a fun and engaging manner. Played individually or in small groups, this WebQuest includes items to find, stories to read, and reflection questions.

Students will explore the museum (either virtually or in person!) to further their understanding of the following:

• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman
• The Tulsa Race Riot
• Emmett Till
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Significance of August 28
• Black Panthers
• Million Man March
• Little Rock
• Music, sports, and much more!

➟ How you can use this resource:

• This can be completed in one full 45-minute class
• Great for meaningful homework OR extra credit
• Makes for a great sub plan

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• WebQuest/scavenger hunt (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, ready to go!
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• Instructions, reflection questions, and an answer key
• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
• Website evaluation form
• Terms of Use

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Elevate your reading instruction with our 4th Grade Figurative Language Choice Board! Designed to enhance student engagement and foster a love for reading, this choice board offers a variety of fun, interactive activities that cater to diverse learning styles. Ideal for end-of-year activities, independent work, or literacy centers, this resource helps combat boredom and keeps students motivated.

What’s Included:

• Choice Board with 20 Engaging Activities: Categorized into four distinct areas ensuring a well-rounded approach to reading comprehension and literary analysis.
• Detailed Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to easily assess student performance, ensuring clear expectations and consistent grading.

Key Features:

✨ Variety of Activities: From creating a book trailer to designing a comic strip, students can choose activities that align with their interests and strengths.

✨ Student Autonomy: Encourages independent learning and decision-making as students select their preferred tasks.

✨ Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and digital-friendly, making it simple to integrate into your classroom routine.

Benefits:

✦ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students interested and involved in their reading assignments.

✦ Promotes Critical Thinking: Activities require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.

✦ Supports Differentiation: Perfect for diverse classrooms, offering multiple entry points for all learners.

Perfect For:

☑ End-of-Year Activities

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Disclaimer⚠️: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.

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Have your students explore the Protest Movements of the 1960’s by becoming an author of a textbook; whose job is to research, write, and creatively craft a chapter that will both inform and engage its readers regarding a protest movement of this era of time. Using Google Slides, students will be assigned one of the six following protest movements from which to research and create their chapter on:

• The United Farm Workers (UFW)
• The Anti-Vietnam War movement
• The Women’s movement
• The Gay Rights movement
• The Environmental movement
• The American Indian movement (AIM)

Using an inquiry based approach, the accompanied Slide Presentation will first have students explore the cause and effect relationship of how these protest movements came to exist in America during this period of time. The latter portion of the presentation will provide students with an overview of the chapter project with student examples. The final activity will involve students sharing their chapter with their classmates, and completing a Venn Diagram that will serve to critically compare the six different protest movements.

This lesson/project easily lends itself to having a sub take over as well!

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Engaging Fiction Comprehension - Character, Plot, Solution

This resource includes a 500+ word engaging fiction story centered around a compelling character facing a problem and coming up with a thoughtful solution. The complex narrative is written at a high 5th - 6th grade reading level and tackles mature themes including passion, injury, depression, and overcoming adversity that will resonate with middle school students.

The passage is followed by 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions focused on analyzing the central character's motivations and development, understanding the plot points and central conflict, and examining how the character grapples with and solves the key problem in the story. Detailed sample responses and an answer key are provided.

This fiction comprehension resource is perfect for:

Analyzing character traits, motivations, and development

Plot analysis and plot structure

Conflict and resolution

Theme and central ideas

Critical thinking and analysis

Key terms: character, plot, conflict, solution, fiction comprehension, upper elementary, middle school reading

With engaging content and thought-provoking questions, this resource provides an excellent opportunity for upper elementary or middle school students to practice standards-aligned ELA skills. This comprehension activity engages learners in analyzing high-level narrative fiction.

Stay standards-based while having a little fun with St. Patrick's Day! This reading comprehension passage about St. Patrick's Day is engaging and has several great features:

• Full, engaging reading passage about St. Patrick's Day

• 10 multiple choice questions in a variety of formats:

-Traditional multiple choice

-A set of task cards

-A Google Form (linked in the PDF)

• Multiple skills assessed
  -Text Evidence
  -Context Clues
  -Tone & Mood
  -Figurative Language (Metaphor)
  -Main Idea & Details
  -Summary
  -Graphic Elements

• 10 Quick Write Prompts
  **-**extension
  -warm-ups
  -use with a current grammar/writing skill

Novel Study for Any Novel (Independent or Small Group Novel Study)

For Grades 6 to 9

Aprox. 8 weeks teaching duration.

Google Slides, PDF, Editable MS Word

No Prep

Includes:

Reading comprehension questions

Several writing assignments

Analysis of character, mood, setting, literary devices

Graphic organizers

Student self assessment

Grading Rubric