This activity features an engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 puzzles covering plot, characters, vocabulary, and quotes from Shakespeare's Macbeth!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Instead of coming into your room this morning, your students have entered Inverness, the castle of the new king, King Macbeth. Word has it that he has gone a little crazy lately and all of his ‘friends’ have been dropping like flies. Now he’s starting to look at your students a little funny too.... and in order to survive, they must flee from the castle as fast as they can! The only way to escape is by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.

• In the first task, students must order the major plot points of Macbeth on Freytag's Pyramid. When ordered correctly, letters in the shaded boxes on the chart form their first code.
• In the second task, students must match each character from Macbeth with their description by drawing a line connecting them. Letters not intersected by these lines will form their second code word.
• In the third task, students must complete fill-in-the-blank sentences using vocabulary words from the play. The vocabulary cards, once assembled correctly, will reveal the third code.
• In the fourth task, students must complete a crossword puzzle about major plot points, characters, setting, and quotes from the play. Circled letters within the crossword, once unscrambled, reveal their fourth code.
• In the fifth and final task, students must solve the encrypted message (a notable quote from Macbeth) using clues from the first four tasks and answer the final question.

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- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on Macbeth and a great way to review for the final test.

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⭐ Shakespeare Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

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⭐ Introduction to Shakespeare Powerpoint

⭐ Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt

⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Activity

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This activity features an engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 puzzles covering vocabulary, figurative language, poetic elements, and quotes from Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. It is the perfect activity for Halloween or any day you want to shake it up with your students without sacrificing learning. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In this escape room, students will try to escape out of the haunted chamber of doom and depression by solving 5 different puzzles.

• Vocabulary: In the first task, students must match the correct definitions to vocabulary words from The Raven. The corresponding letters form a numeric code that only the teacher has the encryption key to solve and reveal the first code.
• Figurative Language: In the second task, students must identify 6 types of figurative language within the poem. Highlighted boxes in the correct answers will reveal the code.
• Fallen Phrase: In the third task, students must solve a fallen phrase that when correct, displays an important quote from the poem. Shaded boxes in the quote reveal the code.
• Close Read: In the fourth task, students must answer challenging multiple choice questions about The Raven that when correct, will reveal the code.
• Hidden Message: In the fifth and final task, students must discover the hidden message (a quote from The Raven) using clues from the first four tasks.

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

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⭐ The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM

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If you are looking for the perfect way to celebrate the March college basketball tournament with a rigorous yet engaging, skills-based activity, look no further than this March Basketball Escape Room for ELA!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length ELA Escape Room to celebrate March basketball. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students must learn to collaborate with their peers to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles about the big tournament.

• March Basketball Fun Facts: In the first task, students will read fun facts about the tournament. In each passage is an incorrectly used homophone. Students must identify and correct the homophone. Shaded boxes in the correct answers will reveal their code.
• Bball Quotes: In the second task, students will read 8 inspirational quotes from famous basketball players and identify parts of speech within the quotes. Once assembled correctly on a chart, shaded boxes will reveal the code.
• Catch: In the third task, students must perform a close reading of the poem, Catch by Samiya Bashir and answer multiple choice questions about the selection that when correct, will reveal the code.
• History of the Madness: In the fourth task, students will read about the origins of the basketball tournament. Within each paragraph, there is one commonly misspelled word. Students must identify the word and write it correctly on their answer sheet. Shaded letters within the correct answers will form their third code.
• Bball Trivia: In the final task, students will be quizzed on what they learned throughout the first four tasks and enter their answers to trivia questions in a fun crossword puzzle. Circled boxes within the puzzle will reveal their final code.

Product Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary information to be kept at stations
• Student Answer Sheet
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Although this escape room is ideal for March, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification, particularly if you have a sports-obsessed class!

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⭐ 100th Day of School ELA Escape Room

⭐ Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ End of Year ELA ESCAPE ROOM

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Valentine's Day Poetry ESCAPE ROOM?

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Valentine's Day-themed Poetry Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a sugar-filled holiday, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students are stuck in your classroom on Valentine's Day and cannot leave until they solve 5 challenging poetry skills-based tasks about the holiday of love!

• Puppy Love: In the first task, students must fill in the blanks for love-inspired idioms.
• Rhyme Time: In the second task, students must determine the rhyme schemes of classic love poems.
• Shakespeare in Love: In the third task, students must decipher the meanings of Shakespearean love quotes (knowledge of Shakespeare is not required for this task).
• Birthday of my Life: In the fourth task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in the love poem, A Birthday by Christina Rossetti.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle to reveal a poetic quote about love.

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for any time during the month of February.

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In this escape room, students will try to escape the picturesque American town with a dark secret by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, deciphering an encrypted message, and finding clues along the way.

• Close Read: In the first task, students must answer challenging multiple choice questions about The Lottery. The corresponding letters of the correct answers reveal their first code.
• Vocab Challenge: In the second task, students must fill in the blanks with vocabulary words from the text. Shaded boxes within the correct answers form their second code.
• Character IDs: In the third task, students must fill in a blank character chart about important characters in the story. When assembled correctly, letters of the correct answers reveal the third code.
• Criss-Cross: In the fourth task, students must solve a crossword puzzle with questions about literary elements and plot events of the story. Circled boxes on the crossword once unscrambled will reveal the code.
• Encrypted Message: In the fifth and final task, students must decipher an encrypted message (a quote from The Lottery) using clues they collected during the first four tasks. When the message is written on the scroll, final question is answered, and booklet brought to you, they can finally escape before it is their turn to pick from the dreaded black box.

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is perfect for a review of the story before the test.

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⭐ The Lottery Comprehension Questions, Literary Elements & Vocabulary

Check out these great DYSTOPIA resources to frame the study of this tale:

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Dystopian Literature Socratic Seminar

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This resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a Stations Activity to teach students about Veterans Day. The lesson involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this engaging lesson, learning is not sacrificed; in fact, students will come away with it with a greater understanding about the importance of Veterans Day.

How does it work?

Your students will work to complete 4 Language Arts-based tasks about Veterans Day in order to learn more about this important holiday and about the veterans of our proud country.

• Veterans Day Fun Facts: In the first task, students will read 8 facts about Veterans Day and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages.

• O Say, Can You See: In the second task, students read "The Star-Spangled Banner" and match poetic devices within the song to their definitions.

• Veteran-Spiration: In the third task, students read 8 quotes about veterans and patriotism and must identify the incorrectly spelled word in each sentence.

• Jig Saw Quote: In the fourth task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that, once completed, will reveal a quote about veterans. Once students bring this to you, they have completed the activity!

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- Stations Activity Basics

- Preparation Checklist
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 4 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Stations Activity Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Veterans Day Reflection Writing Prompt

This lesson is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for the day before Veterans Day or any time during the month of November.
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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Halloween Grammar Escape Room!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Halloween-themed Escape Room about grammar. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are grammar skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a sugar-filled holiday, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your room has been transformed into a haunted house of horrors and your students can only escape by solving 5 challenging grammar skills-based tasks about Halloween!

• Here, Kitty Kitty: In the first task, students will read a passage about black cats and correct incorrectly used homophones.
• Witch Sentence?: In the second task, students must identify each type of scary sentences (indicative, imperative, subjunctive, etc.) in a matching game.
• In Cold Blood: In the third task, students must identify incorrectly used past tense verbs in a passage about vampires then unscramble letters to solve the code.
• Zombie Escape: In the fourth task, students must solve a zombie word maze.
• Sentence Skeleton: In the fifth task, students must identify the parts of speech of words within a Halloween quote in a matching game. Once complete, they must input all codes into a sentence to escape the haunted house!

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print & Set-Up Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal during the month of October or any time you want to give your students a fright!

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⭐ Halloween Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Halloween ELA Digital Escape Room

⭐ Halloween Collaborative Writing Activity

⭐ Halloween Figurative Language Practice

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol ESCAPE ROOM!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this fun lesson near a sugar-filled holiday, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

It is Christmas morning and you have traveled all the way to London to visit your Uncle Scrooge. He is visibly shaken and tells you that he’s had a terrible dream about 3 ominous ghosts. He says that apparently he’s supposed to have learned some valuable lesson last night but he can’t remember what it is…. and if he can’t remember it by midnight, Christmas will be destroyed forever! The only way to escape the room and save Christmas is by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles about A Christmas Carol to help Scrooge remember the lessons he learned last night.

• Plot it Out: In the first task, students must order the major plot points of A Christmas Carol on Freytag's Pyramid. When ordered correctly, letters in the shaded boxes on the chart form their first code.
• VocaBah Humbug: In the second task, students must match the vocabulary words from A Christmas Carol with their definitions by drawing a line connecting them. Letters not intersected by these lines will form their second code word. Clue cards using the words in context are included.
• Criss-Cross: In the third task, students must complete a crossword puzzle about major plot points, characters, setting, figurative language, and quotes from the story. Circled letters within the crossword, once unscrambled, reveal the code.
• Say What: In the fourth task, students must match notable quotes with the characters who said them. When cards are matched correctly, the fourth code is revealed.
• Missing Word: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms a notable quote from the story with one missing word. Once the puzzle is assembled and students figure out the missing word, they may escape the room and save Christmas.

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- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on A Christmas Carol and a great way to review for the final test.

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⭐ A Christmas Carol "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity

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⭐ Christmas Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM

⭐‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Figurative Language Lesson Plan

⭐ The Little Match Girl Sensory Details Lesson Plan

⭐"Christmas Talk" Lesson Plan

⭐The Gift of the Magi & The Necklace Compare/Contrast Essay

⭐Christmas Song Figurative Language Powerpoint Presentation

⭐Figurative Language in Christmas Songs - 32 Task Cards

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Paolo Coehlo's The Alchemist ESCAPE ROOM!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based so that with this fun lesson, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Instead of entering your classroom today, your students have arrived in the middle of the Sahara Desert where they have been captured by a band of Arabian soldiers. The soldiers demand their money and their lives and offer your students two options: turn themselves into the wind OR complete this escape room to display their knowledge of the novel, The Alchemist.

• Guess Who: In the first task, students must match each character from The Alchemist with their description by drawing a line connecting them. Letters not intersected by these lines will form their first code word.
• Plot it Out: In the second task, students must order the major plot points of The Alchemist on Freytag's Pyramid. When ordered correctly, letters in the shaded boxes on the chart form their second code.
• Quote Me On It: In the third task, students must match notable quotes from the novel with the universal lessons they teach. When cards are matched correctly, the third code is revealed.
• Criss-Cross: In the fourth task, students must complete a crossword puzzle about major plot points, characters, setting, and quotes from the novel. Circled letters within the crossword, once unscrambled, reveal the code.
• Missing Word: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms a notable quote from the novel with one missing word. Once the puzzle is assembled and students figure out the missing word, they may escape the room.... otherwise they must embark on the task of turning themselves into wind!

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- Escape Room Basics

- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on The Alchemist and a great way to review for the final test.

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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Alchemist by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ The Alchemist Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

⭐ The Alchemist Socratic Seminar Materials

⭐ The Alchemist "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity

⭐ The Alchemist Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan

⭐ The Alchemist Quote Posters

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching poetry with a lesson that your students will love with the Back to School Poetry ESCAPE ROOM!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Back to School Poetry Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed; in fact, your students will come away with a stronger understanding of poetic terms and devices. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying (and the number of poems they have analyzed) in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

The ghosts of Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, and Maya Angelou have risen from the grave to lock your students inside your classroom. They are upset because they believe that students spend too much time talking about (fill in the blank with whatever is hip with students these days) and not enough time reading and writing poetry. Students cannot escape until they complete 5 poetry-based tasks to show these ghosts of poets past that they do in fact know their poetry.

• Watch Your Tone: In the first task, students will read 6 poem excerpts and identify their tone. When cards are matched correctly, shaded letters will reveal the code.
• Rhyme Time: In the second task, students will read 8 poem excerpts and determine the rhyme scheme of each. When cards are matched correctly on a chart, numbers on the cards will reveal the code.
• Poe's Anatomy: In the third task, students will closely read A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe and complete an anatomy of the poem. When completed correctly, shaded letters within the answers will reveal the code.
• Ah-Mazing: In the third task, students must solve a challenging word maze. Letters collected along the way form the fourth code.
• Complete the Quote: The final task brings the first four tasks together. Students must match the code words with their definitions and complete a quote about poetry.

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal at the beginning of the school year or any time during your poetry unit without modification. Students will need to know definitions of poetic devices and terms in order to complete the activity. Some of the terms covered: stanza, enjambment, simile, oxymoron, alliteration, rhyme scheme, personification, tone, sonnet, haiku, limerick, acrostic...

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More awesome poetry escape rooms:

⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Digital Poetry Escape Room

⭐ Halloween Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Christmas Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

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If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year and send your students off to summer vacation on a high note (while remembering their grammar rules), look no further than this End of Year Grammar Escape Room!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length grammar-based Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In order to graduate from your ELA class and make it to summer vacation, your students must escape your classroom by solving 5 different grammar-based puzzles, discovering a secret message, and finding clues along the way.

• Match 'Em Up: In the first task, students must draw lines to match sentences about graduation with the type of sentence they are (declarative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive) on the right.
• School's of America's Past: In the second task, students must read a passage about colonial schools in America and identify words not written in the past tense.
• Education Inspiration: In the third task, students must identify the parts of speech in quote about learning from famous figures.
• Idiomadness: In the fourth task, students must fill in the blanks with idioms that have to do with school.
• Eleanor's Wisdom: The final task brings everything together in which students must input the codes from the first 4 tasks into a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, then figure out the final word by matching the codes with the types of speech they represent. When they determine the final word, they may bring it to you to escape to summer vacation.

Product Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
• Student Answer Booklet
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Although this escape room is ideal for the end of the school year, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification.

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Like this escape room? You will LOVE our other End of Year editions!

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room SECOND EDITION

And because your students will be begging to do more escape rooms...

⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM

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This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a Stations Activity to teach students about Memorial Day. The lesson involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this engaging lesson, learning is not sacrificed; in fact, students will come away with it with a greater understanding about the importance of this holiday.

How does it work?

Your students will work to complete 4 Language Arts-based tasks about Memorial Day in order to learn more about this important holiday and about the veterans of our proud country.

• Memorial Day Fun Facts: In the first task, students will read 8 facts about Memorial Day and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages.

• Not to Keep: In the second task, students will perform a close reading of "Not to Keep" by Robert Frost and answer questions about the poem about a soldier who must return to war.

• Sing it Loud: In the third task, students will read 7 passages from patriotic songs and must identify the incorrectly used homophones in each passage.

• Word Maze: In the fourth task, students must complete a word maze and collect the letters they find along the path. Then they must input the codes from all four tasks into a final sentence and bring to the teacher to complete the activity!

Product Includes:

- Stations Activity Basics

- Preparation Checklist
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 4 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Stations Activity Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This lesson is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for the day after Memorial Day or any time during the months of May/June.
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Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence:

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