Middle school reading activities

Motivate students with independent reading by adding engaging reading sprints...turn the traditional reading log upside down!

Looking for unique post-reading activities to inspire students and provide a sample of their analytical skills? Find high-interest strategies for secondary.

It's an end of year reading escape room extravaganza! As we say goodbye to another year, let's spice up the final days in the upper elementary classroom with

Guided reading is a valuable tool for middle school teachers looking to improve their students’ literacy skills. It's an effective strategy to increase comprehension and fluency, and promotes engagement and motivation.

As someone who is always looking for ways to integrate best elementary teaching practice into my upper grade/middle school classroom, I wanted to share how my small group routine has evolved as I…

Fun and educational middle school ELA games for grammar and literacy

Offering Choice in your Reading Response Activities | Top Teaching Tasks

Teaching vocabulary in high school? Try this simple yet meaningful extension activity.

For most of us as English teachers, reading was a love-at-first-sight kind of experience, and while some of our students have that same natural love for reading, others simply have cold feet. Thankfully, it only takes a little creativity and the right reading activity for a love of reading to bloom. To foster this love

How to Teach Character Analysis Using Body Biographies. Have you been searching for a really fun, student-centered, interactive way to eliminate their boredom? Here is a wonderful student-collaboration activity that will get your students involved and excited for a character analysis for any novel, biography study, mythology, current events, or for creative writing and character development. For grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Middle School ELA | High School English #iteach678 #reading

12 Ways to Motivate Middle School Students to Read - Imagination Soup

Teaching Middle School students short story and literary elements is easy with these engaging stories. The short story has been a hallmark of the middle school Language Arts classroom. Short stories are so versatile that they can be taught as a whole unit, used to review a skill, or featured as a complement to a writing unit or novel study. 11 of the best short stories for middle schoolers. Read more: a summary and some teaching tips for easily integrating the story into your curriculum.

This battle of wills is perhaps the most epic, universal, and notorious problem that English teachers face, even more than grading struggles: getting students to ACTUALLY read that book, short story, article, or poem. Whether it’s an assigned text or choice reading, students have a variety of obstacles that make reading at home difficult. The struggle ranges from the innocent (forgetting to read) to the sympathetic (struggling to read) to the frustrating (too busy to read) to the malicious…

A Pre-Reading Activity for Your Middle School English Classroom -

How To Host A Book Tasting For Middle Schoolers! Middle school English Language arts fun activity and lesson plan for teachers! A book tasting is an engaging activity where students read a few pages of several books throughout one class period; students will read a variety of novels for a short amount of time to sample and reflect on different authors, genres, and styles of writing! Reading is fun for kids when they ACTUALLY enjoy what they’re reading about. Your students will love it!

A multiple choice quiz after reading is a quick and easy way to check student comprehension, but it doesn't allow you to assess deeper understanding and it certainly isn't fun or creative. If you are looking for more meaningful and engaging activities to use with students during literature circles or a novel unit, here's twelve ideas that are favorites in my classroom and the Common Core standards they align with.

Are you tired of traditional test prep methods that bore your students? Shake things up with these exciting test prep game ideas like this one called Hot Seat! Click to read more about ways to engage your students AND review for state testing!

This FREE DIY Escape room for kids is perfect for elementary classroom activities. Get escape room classroom ideas for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school math and reading with this fun figurative language escape room theme transformation. Perfect for classroom activities and party theme and ideas. Free escape room printables and figurative language worksheets and activities. #4thgrade #5thgrade #escaperoomforkids #figurativelanguage #readingteacher

Fun reading activities for middle school and high school English language arts! | Lindsay Ann Learning English Teacher Blog

I love teaching poetry and can't wait to share these fun ideas with you! This post is full of ways you can make poetry fun in your middle school classroom.