Middle School Instruction

Sentence Types & Terms Note-Taking Booklet, Print & Digital Graphic Organizers

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

This printable and digital Sentence Structures & Terms guided note-taking grammar booklet covers types of sentences and concepts like subject, predicate, complete sentences, sentence fragments, independent clauses, compound sentence, dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions, complex sen

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

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Figurative Language Notes Booklet, Print & Digital Graphic Organizer Worksheets

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

This printable and digital Figurative Language notes booklet covers terms and concepts like: alliteration, idioms, hyperbole, similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification, adages or proverbs, imagery, assonance, and consonance. Perfect for any ELA teacher or AVID school.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Figurative Language Bundle: Notes Booklet, Scoot Task Cards, Printable Card Game

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Figurative Language Bundle: Notes Booklet, Scoot Task Cards, Printable Card Game

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

This engaging figurative language printable activity bundle includes a note-taking booklet that can be used as standalone graphic organizer worksheets, scoot station task cards, and a printable interactive card game. You'll get everything you need to teach, practice, and review alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, personification, adages, and idioms.

4th - 7th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Reading

Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers Worksheets 4th-5th Gr. Note-Taking Booklet

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

This Narrative Writing Note-Taking Booklet is designed to help kids learn and practice key story elements such as setting, characters, plot structure, beginning-middle-end, conflict, dialogue, and show don’t tell—all in one organized, student-friendly handbook.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep

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Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

If you’re teaching a narrative writing unit in grades 3–8, this Narrative Writing Activity Bundle has everything you need to help students plan, draft, elaborate, and polish their creative writing stories with confidence.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing, Other (ELA)

Narrative Writing Mini Performance Task ELA SBAC Test Prep Gr. 3-6: SPACE

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Prepare for the SBAC test performance task with a journey through the stars! This Narrative Writing Mini Performance Task is designed to mimic the format and rigor of the CAASPP or SBAC end of year state test while keeping students engaged with a "Grand Tour" of our solar system!

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Narrative Writing Mini Performance Task ELA SBAC Test Prep: HELPFUL ROBOTS

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Prepare for the SBAC test performance task with a high-tech rescue mission! This Narrative Writing Mini Performance Task is designed to mimic the format and rigor of the CAASPP or SBAC end-of-year state test while keeping students engaged with the world of Helpful Robots.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing

American Revolution Spies Narrative Writing Performance Task ELA SBAC Test Prep

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

Prepare for the SBAC test performance task with a high-stakes mission into the shadows! This Narrative Writing Mini Performance Task is designed to mimic the format and rigor of the CAASPP or SBAC end-of-year state test while keeping students engaged with the world of the Revolutionary War.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Poetry Elements Note-Taking Booklet: Print Digital Graphic Organizers Worksheets

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

This printable and digital Poetry Terms guided note-taking booklet is ideal for your upcoming poetry unit. It covers poetry elements such as lines, stanzas, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhythm, meter, repetition, figurative language, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor,

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

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Comma Rules Review Lesson | Guided Notes, Practice, Slides & Exit Ticket

Created by
Plotting Something

Comma Rules Review LessonReview seven essential comma rules with a complete, low-prep lesson designed for secondary ELA. This resource gives you the materials you need to teach or reteach common comma conventions, guide students through examples, provide meaningful practice, and quickly check unders

7th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Comma Rules Guided Notes | FREE Grammar & Punctuation Review

Created by
Plotting Something

Free Comma Rules Guided NotesHelp students follow along with comma instruction using these free guided notes covering seven common comma rules.Students fill in key terms, complete quick checks, and add commas directly to examples as they work through the notes. The format gives students enough struc

7th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Antigone test prefix suffix and roots

Created by
Plotting Something

Sixty question comprehensive test on prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Meant to accompany a unit on Antigone, but could be used any time to teach prefix, suffix and roots. Common core aligned, Also helpful for SAT prep. Included is a chart with many different roots.

8th - 10th English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Edgar Allan Poe Biography & Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Themes & Work

Created by
Plotting Something

Introduce Edgar Allan Poe with a concise biography and background lesson that gives students the literary context they need before reading his stories and poems. Rather than turning Poe’s life into a list of sensational facts, this lesson connects his biography to the themes, techniques, and literar

8th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Reading

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Close Reading Mini Unit, Analysis & Quizzes

Created by
Plotting Something

Help students understand what happens in “The Raven” before asking them to interpret its symbolism and psychological horror.This close reading mini-unit follows Poe’s poem chronologically, with a stanza-numbered reading text, vocabulary support, a student analysis packet, and coordinated lesson slid

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry

Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

The Monkey's Paw Lesson | Gothic Suspense, Foreshadowing, Irony & Ambiguity

Created by
Plotting Something

KeKeep “The Monkey’s Paw” tense instead of turning it into a worksheet marathon. This two-day secondary ELA lesson uses a few deliberate reading stops, then asks students to go back and examine how W. W. Jacobs builds suspense through warning, irony, pacing, Gothic atmosphere, and ambiguity.“The Mon

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Drawing & Observation Foundations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 1

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Learn Art Today

Master the foundations of drawing through observation, mark-making, and structural analysis, blending classical techniques with contemporary experimentation for technical proficiency and creative expression in visual arts.⚡ FASTART TASK 1 — Drawing Foundations Study Program (Ages 12–18+)Build core...

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Drawing & Observation MAX Art Bundle | Middle High School | TASK 1 + 2 Workshops

Dry Mediums Exploration | Middle & High School | Foundations | ART TASK 2

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Learn Art Today

Master dry mediums through textures, gradients, and color techniques, blending classical mastery with contemporary experimentation for technical proficiency and creative expression in visual arts.⚡ FASTART TASK 2 — Dry Mediums Exploration Study Program (Ages 12–18+)Build proficiency in charcoal, pa...

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Dry Mediums MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 2 + 2 Workshops

Acrylic Watercolor Foundations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 3

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Learn Art Today

Introduce acrylic and watercolor painting through washes, layers, color techniques, and historical references, fostering technical control and expressive application for exam-level proficiency and artistic growth.⚡ FASTART TASK 3 — Acrylic & Watercolor Fundamentals Study Program (Ages 12–18+)De...

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Painting MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 3 + 2 Workshops

Collage Assemblage Experimentations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 4

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Learn Art Today

Explore collage and assemblage through found materials, recycled elements, and composition techniques, integrating historical influences with contemporary mixed media for innovative, conceptual expression in visual arts.⚡ FASTART TASK 4 — Collage & Assemblage Essentials Study Program (Ages 12–1...

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Collage MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 4 + 2 Workshops

Photography & Digital Editing Foundations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 5

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Learn Art Today

Introduce photography and digital editing through angles, light manipulation, narrative composition, and software techniques, integrating historical masters with contemporary practices for conceptual depth and technical skill.⚡ FASTART TASK 5 — Photography & Digital Editing Introduction Study P...

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Photography MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 5 + 2 Workshops

Perspective Foundations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 6

Created by
Learn Art Today

Establish deep understanding of perspective through vanishing points, horizon lines, linear systems, and advanced concepts, blending Renaissance mastery with modern applications for precise spatial representation and compositional skill.⚡ FASTART TASK 6 — Perspective Foundations Study Program (Ages

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Perspective MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 6 + 2 Workshops

Color Theory Foundations | Middle & High School | ART TASK 7

Created by
Learn Art Today

Master color theory through wheels, harmonies, contrasts, value/saturation control, and atmospheric perspective, decoding the science of vision and applying it to create depth, mood, and emotional impact in painting and composition.⚡ FASTART TASK 7 — Color Theory & Atmospheric Perspective Study

8th - 12th Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Color Theory MAX Art Bundle | Middle & High School | ART TASK 7 + 2 Workshops

The Cell Theory Lesson | Biological Science | Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, History

Created by
TWFScience

The Cell Theory Lesson. Everything you need to introduce or review The Cell Theory is right here. It includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), an auto-graded Exit Ticket, one video, and a student lesson handout as a document. The presentation is fun and applicable with

7th - Adult Education Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: SNC2D Ontario Grade 10 Science Biology - Cells & Body Systems Full Course Unit

Cell Structure and Function Lesson | Animal & Plant Cells | 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th

Created by
TWFScience

This lesson contains everything you need to introduce or review cell structure. It includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), an auto-graded Exit Ticket, three videos, and a student lesson handout as a document. The presentation is fun and applicable with many opportunit

7th - Adult Education Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: SNC2D Ontario Grade 10 Science Biology - Cells & Body Systems Full Course Unit