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High interest learning resources for the Middle School student - fun, challenging and varied.
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High interest learning resources for the Middle School student - fun, challenging and varied.
English language arts
The Art of Exaggeration
Using exaggeration or hyperbole can be one of easiest ways of getting a laugh from your audience.
These simple but challenging worksheets help the Middle School student identify humourous exaggeration techniques and develop some strategies to write their own comedy lines.
Great fun and yet another part of my humour series.
About 1 week's duration - answer key included - total of 24 pages in all.
Yeah Right! - Sarcasm
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx
“The problem with common sense is that most people are morons.” - The Sarcasm Society
Sarcasm can be witty, but in the school environment it can be hurting. Teach your students to recognise sarcasm and to be careful with its use.
This is a starter pack of humour worksheets centred around the topic of Sarcasm.
Topics include:
- Irony v Sarcasm
- Sarcasm Detector
- Sarcasm as Verbal Bullying
- Groucho Marx and his form of Sarcasm
- Comparing Sarcasm with being Sincere
- Plotting types of Sarcasm on the Nasty v Nice scale, and the Funny v not Funny scale
... and more
15 pages, 1 week duration
How to Write & Present a Speech
The ability to construct and confidently present a speech to any audience will always be one of the most sought after skills required in any form of employment.
Any student needs to master the skills to speak confidently, and this pack of worksheets will provide every student with some unique insights to how to speak confidently.
Topics include:
Developing a hook to involve the audience
Telling a story to engage the audience
Develop a Call to Action to finish off the speech
Tips to gain confidence with public speaking
And the importance of seeking feedback about a speech that was delivered.
These topics and more are covered in these 20 plus pages of activities aimed for the Middle School Student
Answer key included
Fun with Malapropism
What's a Malaprop?
"It is the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )."
This pack has more than 170 Malaprops that are fun, challenging and great for learning about correct English. Many of the Malaprops include common mistakes that English speakers make.
Translating what the speaker was meaning needs some hard thinking in some cases.
An answer key is provided at the end.
Sarcasm - Worksheets & Movie
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx
“The problem with common sense is that most people are morons.” - The Sarcasm Society
Sarcasm can be witty, but in the school environment it can be hurting. Teach your students to recognise sarcasm and to be careful with its use.
This bundle includes a great introductory Full Quality narrated slidedeck that introduces the topic of sarcasm.
The slidedeck includes:
- samples from Groucho Marx,
- how sarcasm can hurt others,
- some samples for students to test their sarcasm detector, and
- some examples for sarcastic body language.
The bundle also includes a starter pack of humour worksheets centred around the topic of Sarcasm.
Topics include:
- Irony v Sarcasm
- Sarcasm Detector
- Sarcasm as Verbal Bullying
- Groucho Marx and his form of Sarcasm
- Comparing Sarcasm with being Sincere
- Plotting types of Sarcasm on the Nasty v Nice scale, and the Funny v not Funny scale
… and more
Great fun for the classroom, but this pack also relates to the topic of emotional bullying and how some words that seem funny to others can impact a victim’s feelings.
Graffiti Activity Pack
Some great investigative worksheets on the cross-curriculum topic of Graffiti. Here I have used student interest in the topic to explore various cross-curriculum areas such as math, social science, debate, visual arts, and history.
I find the cross curriculum nature of these units provide so many learning opportunities.
The packs covers the following topics:
- Street Artists such as Banksy
- School policy on dealing with graffiti
- Investigation on graffiti removal products - reading a chart
- Experimenting in Street Art
- Art v Vandalism arguments
- Creating a Tag
- History of Graffiti
- Graffiti Poetry Response
This is NOT a course in Graffiti, but rather a stimulus pack of activities that uses various skills to investigate the topic of Graffiti. Suitable to Middle Schools Students in both interest and ability level.
23 pages in total
Answer key included.
More Google Earth Worksheets
Use Google Earth to complete these self-directed worksheets. Easy to use and very educational.
A wide range of topics covered, including:
- Religions of the world
- Capital cities
- Deserts
- Trip planning
- Cryptic Clues to solve
- Volcanoes
- Rivers
- The Roman Empire
- Around the World in 80 Days
and more
Enjoy
30 pages
Note that only sample worksheets shown here, but full pack of 30 pages will be available for download once purchased.
Duration - 1 week
How To Interview a School Visitor
From time to time a special visitor comes to the school and your class might be called on to ask them a question. How often is that question very ordinary, may be a bit embarrassing, and sometimes it may not really excite the visitor?
I have used these worksheets to prepare my students to come up with some more interesting questions to ask the visitor to the class or the school.
My students sometimes also need to visit a local politician or business person as part of a class project, and I use these worksheets to again prepare them for the visit.
I find these type of interpersonal communication skills so important for later life and that’s why my store is full of activities around public speaking, using humor and interviewing techniques.
I hope you find this pack useful to start the topic of interviewing.
How to Have a Meeting
One of the most common events that will happen to anybody who enters work life, will be to participate in meetings.
It is important for Middle School students to start learning how to conduct themselves at meetings, and to learn about meeting procedures.
This pack of worksheets includes activities on:
creating an agenda
note taking
being a chairperson
taking minutes
proposing a motion
Have fun conducting your own class meetings once these worksheets have been completed.
I’d be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that’s you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I���d really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.
Speak Without Stress
10 simple actions that anyone can take to overcome the fear of public speaking.
Overcoming that fear helps people stand out at work, take charge at family events and be upfront at any school celebration.
Everyone will be thankful that it is you standing there speaking. Your life will be changed when you have the confidence to speak to any audience at any time.
Download this 38 page manual of tips, actions and templates that will help you speak with confidence.
I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this pack suits their needs. If it doesn’t, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.
Note Taking Methods
Understanding note-taking strategies is important for further study and in working life.
These 23 pdf pages of activities show different ways of taking and recording notes.
It includes practice using the Cornell Method, Mind Mapping, the Charting Method, taking book notes, and using the SQ3R and Outline Method.
Each note-taking strategy can be used for different purposes.
The Political Cartoon - Interactive Notebook
The Interactive Notebook is a fun, creative and engaging learning experience for each student, and this pack encourages students to acquire the skills to view and analyse the political or editorial cartoon.
The various strategies and techniques used in political cartoons are explained and learned by completing tasks that show how cartoonists:
- use analogy
- use irony
- use exaggeration
- labelling, and
- symbols
..... to comment on the issue of the day
The final activities in the pack provides students with a template and practice to analyse political cartoons and make sense of their meanings and subtleties.
48 pages with Answer key included
Mastering Persuasive Speech Writing (Rubric included)
Mastering Persuasive Speech Writing (and Delivery)
Transform your students into confident, articulate speakers with this persuasive speech writing unit. Designed specifically for grades 6-8, this ready-to-use package makes creating a persuasive speech engaging, structured, and achievable for every student.
Includes:
More than 20 pages of student worksheets
Clear, age-appropriate teaching objectives
Professional rubric for fair assessment
Step-by-step speechwriting guide
Student-friendly handouts and worksheets
Speech writing is an essential life skill.
Perfect for:
Language Arts Teachers
Speech and Debate Coaches
ELA Departments
Literacy Specialists
Student Leadership Advisors
The Student's Storyteller's Activity Book
You know that storytelling is an important skill every student must master.
It is an important skill for work and in life.
The best business leaders are great storytellers. The best community leaders are great storytellers.
To sell, to persuade, to influence, to show, to tell, to entertain - you need to tell a story.
Stories make an emotional connection.
But where do they come from? How do you structure a story? Is there a template? Or even some story starters that people use?
The Student’s Storyteller’s Activity Book answers all of these questions.
This pack of 24 pages of activities will guide students on how to find, create and deliver great stories to any audience.
Table of Contents
Finding Great Stories
Personal Stories
Deeper Personal Stories
Structuring Your Story
Structuring Your Story
Stories with Messages
The Story Spine
Stories with Character
Two Must-Have Stories
Delivery
Story Analysis
29 Storytelling Tips
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Public Speaking
Great Value bundle combining two popular packs focussing on public speaking, the techniques used by others and the process in writing and presenting a speech.
Each worksheet in each pack has engaging activities for the Middle School student to start to master one of the most important skills that any adult needs in their private and public lives - no matter what career they pursue.
Ove 50 pages of tips, ideas and activities for the student to self-guide their way to speaking mastery.
PLUS, a free fun pack is included to check on those speech trip-ups that will get in the way of any good speech. Nothing worse than saying the wrong thing, when you really meant something else. The effect can be catastrophic.
Essential Tips for Writing a Speech
25 Plus pages of worksheets for students to practice these tips and then compile them all in to a speech for any purpose. Includes an answer key.
A good speech is like a good play, movie, or song. It is a form of entertainment. And like all entertainment, if it doesn’t entertain, then the feedback is immediate.
There are not many classes that teach students how to write a speech, however there are many occasions in later life when we need to give a speech.
These tips will help your students to develop an effective speech. The tips aren’t the normal ones (like, ‘make sure your speech has a beginning, a middle and an ending’). They are from many years of personal experience. I’ve written speeches for all occasions and a variety of professions.
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The Famous Comedy Fun Bundle **VALUE**
Teach Your Kids How to LOL .... Right Here!
You start with Slapstick, then Sarcasm, then move on to Satire, and finish with some Puns. You won't be able to stop your kids from all their wisecracking. But who cares when everyone is enjoying the work?
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This bundle of humor activities will start the comedy craze in your school. Who know where it will lead?
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Comedy is so much fun in the classroom and to learn how to understand and recreate the main comedic devices is a great advantage for any student.
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The activities are fun and relevant. They cross a range of disciplines. This bundle is a combination of four packs that can be bought separately. But with this fun bundle you get four packs for the price of three.
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I'd be really disappointed if anyone is not happy with these packs, so if that's you, please get back to me and your money will be very happily refunded. I'd really like some feedback too, so all comments most welcome.
How to be a Super Speaker - Manual
Fearless Public Speaking for Kids
More than 40 pages of essential information for Middle School students wanting to improve their public speaking skills.
From writing the speech to constructing a speech, and delivering a speech with fun, quotes and impact - it’s all here presented in a fun and inspirational way.
Learning how to speak in front of an audience is one of the most important skills that any student should leave school with, and this manual will help your students to practise the right things.
After all, public speaking is all about practice.
I’d be disappointed if anyone does not feel that this pack suits their needs. If it doesn’t, please get in touch and your money will be returned - no issue at all.
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Google Earth Bumper Volume **VALUE**
100 plus pages of self-directing activities for the Middle School students.
Google Earth Worksheets
More than 50 pages of Blackline Masters for upper primary/lower secondary students.
All worksheet activities are completed with the fabulous Google Earth application which is free to download on to your PC or Mac from http://earth.google.com/. Activities require minimum teacher direction and provide maximum learning for the student.
• Constellation conundrum
• Landmarks
• Cruise around the world
• Help!! Endangered species
• The Galapagos Islands
• Continents
• Google Moon
• The Earth's Grid System
• Make the World a Better Place
• Mission to Mars
• Majestic Mountains
• My Google Earth Autobiography
• Mysterious Locations
• National Parks
• Ocean Explorer
• Ocean Investigations
• The Olympics
• The ABCs of Google Earth
• Bonjour, Mon Ami
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Layers Reference and Activity Booklet
Google Earth has over 50 layers of information and all are explained in this booklet, along with student activities designed to allow the student to explore each of the layers and track down the type of fascinating information that can be found on each layer.
Layers are also given a value rating so that teachers can go directly to the most valuable layer with the most educational information.
The booklet includes definitions and activities around the following Google Earth layers:
• Borders and Labels
• Photos
• 3D Buildings
• Ocean
• Weather
• Gallery
• Global Awareness
• and more
Key points of interest are highlighted and quirky little tips are included.
This is a true reference book for any student or teacher who works with Google Earth.
_______________________________________________________How to Zoom and Fly
A slide show that instructs users on how to use these basic functions of Zooming and Flying around Google Earth.
Download this Powerpoint slide set to show your students how to use and practice the zooming and flying functions. Easy to follow - students could review them at their own pace.
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Longitude and Latitude Worksheets
Lesson Plan with worksheets for the Secondary classroom that teaches the principles of Longitude and Latitude using the popular Google Earth.
The worksheets are simple and self-guiding. There is an answer sheet at the end of the booklet.
The lesson takes about 3 weeks to complete and there are additional worksheets that the early finishers can work on to further extend their knowledge. Objectives included.
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More Google Earth Worksheets
32 pages of printable worksheets for the Upper Primary student. Clear instructions, clear print and totally self-guiding
Use Google Earth to complete these self-directed worksheets. Easy to use and very educational.
A wide range of topics covered, including:
- Religions of the world
- Capital cities
- Deserts
- Trip planning and more
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Google Earth Task Cards
46 Task Cards with 46 activities for students to explore Google Earth.
Activities include:
- measuring distance with ruler function
- calculating area
- using longitude and latitude
- mastering Google Earth tools and applications
- understanding continents, countries
- exploring Google Sky, Moon and Mars
- zooming in to significant landmarks
- investigative work on the ground
- and much more.
Comprehensive Answer Key included.
Print out cards on to firm board - easy two-cut template to create four cards per page.
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Middle School Resources
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Learn more about the author at
Malcom Brown
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100% Money Back guarantee - if there is anything at all about this pack that disappoints or was not as expected, please get back to me and your investment will be completely refunded - no issue at all.
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