Less than $5 Middle School Grammar Activities (by date, oldest first)

Learning the Parts of Speech for High School and Middle School - while this might one of those building blocks for lower levels, students still need a refresher.

Why is this important?

• Common Vocabulary - When talking about the structure of a sentence, students and teachers need a common vocabulary.
• Improve student writing - when students see how adverbs and adjectives create vivid sentences, you can prompt them to work them in.
• Structure Matters - when talking about what's wrong with a sentence, we have to examine the elements that go into it.

What's Included:

• Powerpoint Lesson covering the basics
• Guided Student Lecture Notes during the lesson
• In-Class Games
• Anchor Charts for Class & Notebooks
• 3 Pages of Practice
• 2 Student Activities are digital
• 1 Quiz (PDF & Google)
• Gimkit & Kahoot Templates for easy uploading
• Tips for teaching ELLs/EBs

Vocabulary building worksheets for 7th and 8th grade.

This resource includes nine individual activities.

Topics covered include:

* parts of speech

* synonyms

* word maps

* syllables

* heteronyms/homonyms

These worksheets are a part of a Vocabulary Builder Word Study unit, working on vocabulary building. You can easily use just these worksheets as part of your English Language Arts programming.

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These are fake Instagram posts that have pictures of activities. One post shows the activity happening in the present and the other post shows the activity either finished or happening in the past. The teacher will need to cut out the Instagram posts and the text boxes. Then the students will need to place the descriptions (inside the text boxes) with the correct Instagram post. The majority of the practice with this activity is focused on past tense, but there is also present and future tense.

**An extension for the activity is to have the students underline and identify the verb that shows the tense of the sentence.**

This can be used for multiple grade levels and would be a great support activity for upper elementary and middle school students who need practice with verb tenses (especially past tense).

I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

Vocabulary for Grades 7-10

Improves Vocabulary, Reading, Writing

10 Higher level words

Connotation, Denotation, Antonyms, Synonyms, Parts of Speech

Hands on and Interactive

Description:

• This is a group activity to help students practice using correct punctuation when using quotation marks. It is meant to be printed and each task card cut out. Then each group of students should be given their own copy of the task cards. The students will sort the incorrect cards apart from the correct cards in a set amount of time. This activity assesses not only that the quotation marks are in the correct place but also the following punctuation: question marks, exclamation marks, periods, and commas.

Included:

• 12 task cards (6 incorrect and 6 correct)
• An instruction slide
• Answer key/Guide

Your feedback is appreciated!

Celebrate the first days back to school with these fun Back to School Mad Libs - now with digital version to support distance learning!

No matter the age of your students, everyone loves a good Mad Lib. This resource features a fun Mad Lib about the beginning of the school year and serves as excellent grammar practice for learners of all ages. Your students will have a blast showing off their grammar skills as they settle into the new school year.

Product Includes:

• Back to School Mad Libs Story (appropriate for all ages)
• Blank Mad Libs sheet for students to fill out (2 to a page to save paper during printing)
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive - newly added!
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

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Purchase Mad Libs as part of the Back to School ELA Bundle for Middle School and save 25% off the cover price:

⭐ Back to School ELA Bundle

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More resources and activities for the beginning of the school year:

⭐ Back to School ELA Escape Room

⭐ Back to School ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition

⭐ First Day of ELA "Book Talk" Activity

⭐ Back to School Effective Effort Lesson Plan

⭐ Back to School "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" Activity

⭐ First Day of School Powerpoint

⭐ Study Hall Expectations Powerpoint Presentation

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Can't get enough Mad Libs? Check these out from Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Mother's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Father's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Valentine's Day Mad Libs

⭐ End of Year Mad Libs

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Surprise your students (and their moms!) on Mother's Day with these fun Mother's Day Mad Libs!

No matter the age of your students, everyone loves a good Mad Lib. This resource features an original letter to mom and serves as excellent grammar practice for learners of all ages. Your students will have a blast practicing grammar and their mothers will be so appreciative that you remembered them too on this very special day of the year.

Product Includes:

- Mad Libs "Dear Mom" letter (appropriate for all ages)

- Blank Mad Libs sheet for students to fill out (2 to a page to save paper during printing)

- One of my favorite real-life student examples

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Can't get enough Mad Libs? Check these out by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Father's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Valentine's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Back to School Mad Libs

⭐ End of Year Mad Libs

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Surprise your students on Valentine's Day with these fun Secret Admirer Mad Libs!

No matter the age of your students, everyone loves a good Mad Lib. This resource features an original love letter from a secret admirer and serves as excellent grammar practice for learners of all ages. This is the perfect worksheet to kick off, end, or take a mental break during the international day of love!

Product Includes:

- Mad Libs Love Letter from a secret admirer (appropriate for all ages)

- Blank Mad Libs sheet for students to fill out (2 to a page to save paper during printing)

- One of my favorite real-life student examples

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Also, check out these great Valentine's Day resources by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Valentine's Day Collaborative Writing Activity

⭐ Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Valentine's Day Figurative Language Practice

⭐ Valentine's Day Figurative Language in Love Songs PowerPoint

⭐ Valentine's Day Figurative Language in Love Songs Task Cards

⭐ Valentine's Day Love Song Figurative Language BUNDLE

⭐ Sonnet 130 Valentine's Day Lesson Plan

⭐ Sonnet 18 Valentine's Day Lesson Plan

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Can't get enough Mad Libs? Check out these fun Mother's Day Mad Libs!

⭐ Mother's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Father's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Back to School Mad Libs

⭐ End of Year Mad Libs

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Surprise your students (and their dads!) on Father's Day with these fun Father's Day Mad Libs!

No matter the age of your students, everyone loves a good Mad Lib. This resource features an original letter to dad and serves as excellent grammar practice for learners of all ages. Your students will have a blast practicing grammar and their fathers will be so appreciative that you remembered them too on this very special day of the year.

Product Includes:

• Mad Libs "Dear Dad" letter (appropriate for all ages)
• Blank Mad Libs sheet for students to fill out (2 to a page to save paper during printing)

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Can't get enough Mad Libs? Check these out by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Back to School Mad Libs

⭐ Mother's Day Mad Libs

⭐ Valentine's Day Mad Libs

⭐ End of Year Mad Libs

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Click to Follow Language Arts Excellence

Enhance your students' vocabulary with morphology and unlock the power of words with these engaging Suffix Puzzles! Designed to make learning suffixes enjoyable and effective, this suffix activity is perfect for students mastering the art of morphology.

What's Included:

• 11 low level suffix puzzles
• Recording sheet
• Frayer Model graphic organizer

Uses:

• Cut puzzle apart and use for centers, small groups, or morning work
• Leave puzzle together and add to morphology wall display

Suffixes included in this product:

-ed, -er, -ly, -ful, -ing, -y, -s, -est, -less, -ness, -ment

This engaging resource features an exciting revising & editing passage about the island of Bora Bora, the jewel of the South Pacific. My students have enjoyed this resource, and while it is sometimes a struggle to get them engaged in revise/edit activities, I heard tons of collaborative conversation as I monitored while they worked.

Aligned to Texas TEKS & Common Core

What's Included:

• Revise/Edit Passage: "Bora Bora! The Jewel of the South Pacific." This passage about the small island of Bora Bora is interesting and engaging, filled with opportunities for students to practice revising and editing.

• Targeted skills practice:

  • Revising:
    • Revising for Clarity
    • Combining Sentences
    • Unnecessary Details
    • Adding Details
  • Editing:
    • Homophones/Commonly Confused Words
    • Spelling
    • Commas/Complex Sentences

• Flexible Assessment (3 formats): (All assessment types feature the same questions.)

  • 10 Multiple Choice Questions: A traditional assessment format to gauge understanding
  • Task Cards: Interactive and student-driven practice
  • Google Form (Link Included): Easy online assessment with automatic grading (requires a Google account).

• Answer Key: Makes grading a breeze, saving you valuable time.

This resource is perfect for:

• Grammar and mechanics practice
• Building editing and revising confidence
• Low-prep test prep activity
• Engaging students with an engaging topic
• Providing differentiated assessment options

Turn editing and revising from mundane to captivating with this exciting resource! I hope you find it as useful in your class as I have in mine!

Streamline your exam preparation with this comprehensive Review Packet. Students will read an excerpt from a Spanish chat room, write to an Argentinian pen pal about their favorite activities and the seasons they like to practice them, listen to students discuss their favorite pastimes, speak about their likes and dislikes in a pretend voicemail, and much more!

Designed for Spanish 1, Beginning Spanish, Middle School Spanish, or Spanish Foundations classes, this review packet is the perfect resource to increase your students' exam readiness. Whether you're gearing up for Midterms, Final Exams, or Unit tests, it has everything you need to support your students' success.

Includes 5 Competencies:

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing Prompt
• Speaking/Oral Practice
• Listening Comprehension (teacher-read script)
• Grammar and Vocabulary

Topics Covered:

• Gustar/ No Gustar
• Sports
• Hobbies/Activities
• Seasons
• Greetings

Editable PowerPoint format lets you customize to your own curriculum!

Equip your students with the tools they need to excel on their Spanish exams using this complete review packet. Simplify your lesson planning and ensure thorough preparation with this all-in-one resource!

Need more vocabulary review? Check out my Spanish Vocabulary Emergency Sub Plans. These ready-to-use sets are so convenient that they can be utilized by any substitute teacher, regardless of experience. :)

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Daily Sentence Sleuths: S/AV is a 30-slide set designed to help you practice identifying subjects and verbs. Each slide has one sentence for quick, daily review. Answer keys are included! Whether you're a student or teacher, this simple tool makes it easy to strengthen your grammar skills, one sentence at a time. Great for a Bellringer, a Do Now, or a quick review!

Daily Sentence Sleuths: S/AV/DO is a 30-slide set designed to help you practice identifying subjects, action verbs, and direct objects. Each slide has one sentence for quick, daily review. Answer keys are included! Whether you're a student or teacher, this simple tool makes it easy to strengthen your grammar skills, one sentence at a time. Great for a Bellringer, a Do Now, or a quick review!

Need a FAST way to formatively assess your Spanish students?  This Minuto loco (Mad Minute) Spanish conjugating activity can be digital or print, but it’s a tried and true method to conjugating with speed and accuracy.  Students seem to really focus and work intently when we give them a time limit.  It reminds them of memorizing their math facts when they were in elementary school, and in a way, memorizing endings for verbs is no different!  But turning the important skill of conjugating into a short and fun game is very motivating for students.

The best thing about this resource is that it is ready to go, for any level, for any verb tense! You can use this resource over and over again in each class, and every school year!  It is so easy to tailor to your curriculum, vocabulary or grammar!  Having everything you need in one place is such a time saver, and all the irregulars of particular tenses are worked in!  Students love this, and enjoy tracking their progress over time!

Who can use this product?

• Students at any level of Spanish

How can I use this product?

• Print or digitally assign a page 
• Use as a warm up, a class activity, a homework assignment or even a quiz!
• Time students (1-2 minutes), and correct in class.  Use a copy of the same sheet for several classes to track improvement in speed and accuracy!

What’s included in this product?

• 1 page of Teacher Notes with suggestions for many ways to use this resource

• 10 different conjugating sheets that focus on the following kinds of verbs:

• Regular verbs (ar, er, ir)

• Irregular preterite verbs

• Irregular subjunctive verbs

• Reflexive Verbs

• Future and Conditional Verbs

• Present and Past Perfect Verbs

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Need more activities for conjugating?  Try these!

Present Subjunctive Interactive Drag and Drop Sentences: Digital Manipulatives!

Spanish Verb Tenses Project: Present, Past and Future

Spanish Writing Workshop: 6 Activities to Improve Preterite and Imperfect

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Are you looking for a new way to present book reports? Are you tired of the same old vocabulary activities? Are you looking for a unique way to display student work but your walls are full? Well, look to your ceiling!!

The Venn Diagram Cubes are made to hang from the ceiling or sit on your bookshelves. Students can display their knowledge of vocabulary in this fun activity!

The file includes:
-Student Handout

-Electronic Rubric! Yes, you just enter the numbers and it calculates the grades for you!!

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Scattegories is a fun and challenging board game that tests your creativity and quick thinking. I have recreated a classroom version for SPANISH LEARNERS called: ¡PÁREME LA MANO! also called in other countries, TUTTI FRUTI o PARA EL FUEGO. This is a fun game we used to play in school growing up in South America. I have tried in my own classroom and kids LOVE IT! This is such a great game to practice vocabulary and parts of the speech.

This product contains two versions of this game. One for individual play and one for a group game. There are a set of rules for both games but these are just suggested rules as you can set your own depending of the group of kids you teach. Kids will only need a dice, a white board marker and a wiper.

Turn your classroom into Antonym City with this fun and engaging antonym activity designed to help students master opposites in a creative way! "Opposites Day Conundrum" introduces your students to the concept of antonyms as they decode the funny, mixed up sentences and replace the bolded words with their correct opposite, or antonym. This activity fosters critical thinking, enhances vocabulary, and keeps students entertained as they "save the day" in Antonym City.

Perfect for literacy centres, independent practice, or as a fun whole class activity, this resource is a fantastic addition to your antonym lesson plans. With its unique format and imaginative twist, your students will have a blast while strengthening their understanding of antonyms.

What's Included:

• A set of creatively designed antonym practice sheets.
• Engaging scenarios that encourage students to think critically and use context clues.
• Opportunities for students to write and revise their own sentences using antonyms.
• Clear, easy to follow instructions for both teachers and students.

Looking for some synonym and antonym actiivties?

Secret Synonym and Antonym Code Breaker Challenge

Super Star Synonyms

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Introducing Super Star Synonyms – the ultimate Synonym and Antonym game that brings fun to literacy centres! Perfect for Years 3-6, this exciting game transports students onto the red carpet as they learn synonyms and antonyms in an engaging and interactive way. Up level those literacy centres!

As students move along the game board, they’ll land on Hollywood stars, pick up star cards with words, and record their synonyms on the included recording sheet. For an added challenge, they can also write down antonyms to further expand their vocabulary skills. That's right, working in synonyms AND antonyms! The goal is to reach the end of the board while mastering key vocabulary concepts!

Whether you're using it in the classroom or for small group activities, Super Star Synonyms is a fantastic resource for reinforcing vocabulary in your literacy centres. This game not only builds synonym and antonym knowledge but also encourages collaborative learning in a fun, Hollywood-inspired setting.

Key Features:

• Hollywood theme with stars, red carpet, and movie-related words
• Includes recording sheets for synonyms and antonyms
• Perfect for Years 3-6 literacy centres
• Fun and engaging way to practice vocabulary skills

Add some Hollywood glamour to your literacy centres with Super Star Synonyms and watch your students shine as vocabulary superstars!

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Are you looking for a fun grammar activity? Do you want to make reviewing irregular past tense verbs engaging? Do you want your students motivated to learn? Then download this Irregular Past Tense Verbs Grammar Activity - Dice Games! Kids will be engaged and motivated to play this individual or team-building dice game. Well suited for the Language Arts or ELL classroom, your students will be having so much fun they will forget they are learning! In this activity, students roll a die - either digital/online or in class - find the corresponding word, then write the irregular past tense form of the verb on the “Dice Games Answer Sheet.” The first student to complete a row or column wins the game! This activity can be played multiple times and is great for practicing or reviewing the past tense.

➟ This resource includes:

• Instructions and answer key
• 2 different Google docs digital/online gameboards (with a link to a digital single die roller on Youtube)
• Printable in class game board (you will need an individual die for each group)
• 55 irregular verbs 
• ‘Answer Sheet’ for students to write their sentences - Can be used digitally OR in class
• Terms of Use

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