This novel study unit for “Maizy Chen’s Last Chance” by Lisa Yee has everything you need to support your students as they read Yee’s award winning novel. In this Maizy Chen’s Last Chance novel study, you will find: **Chapter summaries *** presented in two ways- one for teacher use and another for student use Supplemental Information presentation (created in Google Slides). Student discussion question pages Comprehension activities Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes Extension question writing activity End of Novel, Multiple Choice Assessment (in print and Google form version). Answer Keys This unit is offered in both print and digital formats.

This Novel Study for The Many Assassinations of Samir, The Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri will help you support your students as they read Nayeri’s engaging and important novel. This 114-page, low-prep “The Many Assassinations of Samir…” novel study unit contains: Chapter Summaries formatted for teacher use & distribution to students. Discussion Questions Comprehension Activities Vocabulary Quizzes Character List Vocabulary Lists and 4 Quizzes Student Discussion Question Worksheets End-of-the-Novel, Multiple-Choice Assessment (Print and Google Form Version) Supplemental Information Google Slides Presentation Answer Keys Other resources you might like: The Last Cuentista Novel Study Understanding Theme, Motif and Symbolism

This novel study unit for Two Degrees by Alan Gratz has everything you need, including chapter summaries, to support your students as they read Gratz’s thrilling novel. In this Two Degrees novel study, you will find: Chapter summaries formatted for teacher use & distribution to students. Supplemental Information SLIDES presentation Student discussion question pages Comprehension activities Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes End of Novel, Multiple Choice Assessment (in Google form version too) Answer Keys This 120 page/slide unit is offered in both PRINT and DIGITAL formats. The structure of the unit allows for easy differentiation to help you support your students in class or in a distance learning environment. Another resource you might be interested in: Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study Unit

This Middle School Creative Writing Activity collection is a fun way to get your middle school students writing! This resource guides students through 9 creative writing activities (in both print and digital formats.) Students are prompted to independently compose an exciting and interesting short story. Each creative writing activity contains a writing prompt that provides the important characters, the setting, and the problem. The students then take the story in whatever direction their imagination leads them! In this 100-page/slide resource, you get 9 creative writing activities that each contain a graphic organizer focusing on one of the following aspects of narrative writing: Story Elements Character Traits Revealing Characters Using Dialog Using Sensory Words Using Transitions Elements of a Mystery Peer Review Opportunities! (Digital Version) In addition to guiding students through writing a narrative, each activity provides the opportunity to SHARE stories with classmates. This encourages the student writers to communicate with each other and improve their writing. Other resources you may be interested in: Graphic Novel Reading and Writing Project Narrative Writing Unit for Middle School Argumentative Writing Unit for Middle School

Take the stress out of teaching pronouns with this engaging, student-centered, standards-aligned unit. This resource is a result of the many years we’ve spent refining the way we teach pronouns in our middle school classrooms. We’ve learned teaching grammar is a balance between introducing new concepts at a level most middle school students can grasp (without overwhelming them) while reinforcing their understanding of the fundamentals. Through the years, we have learned that when we get this balance right, grammar study really helps our students become knowledgeable, confident, and successful writers. (It can also be fun!) This resource helps students understand pronoun case, indefinite singular pronouns, relative pronouns, as well as reflexive and intensive pronouns. INSIDE THIS RESOURCE, YOU WILL FIND… A List of Standards/Learning Objectives Teacher Background Information Pages for all Concepts A Noun Review Lesson Presentation An Engaging, Editable, 27-slide Lesson Presentation Covering: possessive, subjective, and objective cases indefinite singular pronouns reflexive and intensive pronouns relative pronouns Fifteen (15) Printable Student Practice Pages Five (5) Printable Quizzes End- of-Unit Assessment in Print and Google™ Form Versions Answer Keys Links to Presentations and Digital Assessments Other resources you might like: Understanding Phrases and Clauses

This engaging grammar resource is the product of many years refining the teaching of phrases and clauses in a middle school classroom. These activities get students to the point where they are able to identify phrases and clauses, use phrases and clauses effectively in writing, and punctuate correctly. It really helps our students become knowledgeable, confident, successful writers too! INSIDE THIS RESOURCE, YOU WILL FIND… A List of Standards/Learning Objectives Teacher Information Pages 5 Editable, Review Lesson Presentations: Nouns Verbs Prepositions Conjunctions Subject/Predicate Printable Student Practice Pages Connected to all Presentations PRE and POST Assessments in Print and Google™ form Versions Review Quiz Editable, Step-by-Step Phrases and Clauses Slide Presentation More Printable Student Practice Sheets Punctuation Guidelines Page Answer Keys Links to Presentations and Digital Assessments**

Teach verbals, voice, and mood with this engaging, student-centered, standards-aligned unit. We’ve spent years refining the way we teach these grammar topics in our middle school classrooms and learned teaching grammar is a balance between introducing new concepts at a level most middle school students can grasp (without overwhelming them) while reinforcing their understanding of the fundamentals. Through the years, we have learned that when we get this balance right, grammar study really helps our students become knowledgeable, confident, and successful writers. (It can also be enjoyable!) This resource helps students understand gerunds, infinitives and participles, passive and active voice as well as the various verb moods. INSIDE THIS RESOURCE, YOU WILL FIND… A List of Standards/Learning Objectives Teacher Background Information Pages for all Concepts Student Reference Sheet A 15-Slide Review Lesson Presentation on Verbs, Subjects, and Predicates An Engaging, Editable, 20-Slide Presentation Covering: gerunds, adjectival participles, and infinitives passive and active voice five verb moods 15 Printable Student Practice Pages 5 Review quizzes End-of-Unit Assessment in Print and Google™ form Versions Answer Keys Links to Presentations and Digital Assessments Other resources you might like: Understanding Phrases and Clauses Understanding Pronouns

This novel study unit for City Spies by James Ponti has everything you need to support your students as they read Ponti’s mystery/thriller novel. in this novel study for City Spies, you will find: Chapter summaries presented in two ways-one for teacher use and another one for student use. Supplemental information presentation (created in Google Slides). Student discussion question pages (print and digital formats) Comprehension activities (print and digital formats) Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes 2 Extension question writing activities End-of-Book, multiple-choice assessment (in print and Google form version). Answer keys Learning targets Character list Another resource you might be interested in: Mystery Genre Study Unit

This novel study unit for THE LAST CUENTISTA by Donna Barba Higuera has everything you need to support your students as they read Barba Higuera’s science fiction novel. In this The Last Cuentista novel study, you will find: **Chapter summaries **formatted for teacher use & distribution to students. Supplemental Information SLIDES presentation Student discussion question pages Comprehension activities Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes End of Novel, Multiple Choice Assessment (in Google form version too) Answer Keys This is unit is offered in a print and digital format so you can upload digital student sheets to a learning management system. The structure of this resource allows for easy differentiation to help you support your students in class. Other resources you might be interested in: Science Fiction Genre Study Unwind by Neal Shusterman Novel Study Unit

This novel study unit for “The Door of No Return” by Kwame Alexander has everything you need to support your students as they read Alexander’s important new novel. In the The Door of No Return novel study, you will find: Chapter summaries formatted for both teacher use & distribution to students Supplemental information presentation Student discussion question pages Comprehension activities Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes Extension essay question End of Novel, Multiple Choice Assessment (also in Google form version) Answer Keys

This novel study unit for Show Me A Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte has everything you need to support your students as they read LeZotte’s historical fiction novel. In this Show Me A Sign novel study, you will find: Chapter summaries presented in two ways-(for teacher use and student use) Supplemental Information presentation (created in Google Slides) Historical Background Information Student discussion question pages Comprehension activities Vocabulary lists Vocabulary quizzes End of Novel, Multiple Choice Assessment (in print and Google form version) Answer Keys This unit makes it easy for you to differentiate and support your students! It’s offered in bot PRINT and DIGITAL formats!

This novel study unit for Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston has everything you need to support your students as they read Alston’s engaging fantasy novel. In this Amari and the Night Brothers novel study, you will find: Chapter Summaries formatted for teacher use & distribution to students. Discussion Questions Comprehension Activities Vocabulary Quizzes Whole Book Multiple-Choice Assessment in print and self-correcting Google form version. Student Discussion Question Worksheets End-of-book essay question Answer Keys Comprehensive teacher Information pages Each chapter contains multiple leveled questions allowing the teacher to differentiate for all students. Another resource you might like: Fantasy Genre Study Unit

This 4 week long mystery genre study unit provides students with an understanding of the mystery genre through engaging slide presentations, original mystery short stories, creative writing story starters and comprehension sheets. This 97 page/slide unit also includes: A list of the mystery terms suitable for posting. Differentiated note-taking sheets to help students record mystery terms and definitions. Formative and summative assessments with answer keys. Mystery story graphic organizers. Mystery “story starter” peer feedback forms (in the digital format only.) Rubric Other resources you might be interested in: Trash by Andy Mulligan Novel Study Clean Getaway by Nic Stone Novel Study Unit Science Fiction Genre Study

The fantasy genre, a favorite among many students, is the perfect avenue to keep students engaged while learning important reading and writing standards. This 115-page/slide, unit includes: 2 colorful lesson presentations An Introduction to the Fantasy Elements Identifying Fantasy Elements in a Text Differentiated note-taking sheets Assessments A quiz of the fantasy elements 2 multiple choice assessments (also in self-correcting Google form versions) Answer Keys Two original fantasy short stories Comprehension activities to support independent reading of a fantasy novel A FUN interactive writing activity that helps students as they write their own fantasy story Graphic organizers Peer feedback form Rubric Other resources you might be interested in: Science Fiction Genre Study Unit Mystery Genre Study Unit Amari and the Night Brothers By B.B. Alston Novel Study Unit

This argumentative writing unit contains colorful lesson presentations that guide students through an understanding of each aspect of writing an argumentative/persuasive essay. It is also presented in both print and digital formats to provide maximum teaching flexibility. This 145 page,argumentative essay unit contains; 7 easily editable digital mini-lessons (created in Google SLIDES) Parts of an Argument Writing an Engaging Introduction Writing a Thesis Statement Writing the Middle of the Essay (reasons and evidence) Writing a Conclusion Citing Your Sources Conducting Peer Reviews A link to digital versions of student sheets Multiple, printable graphic organizers Student/Parent Information sheets 3-5 days of fun, pre-writing lesson activities (for in-class lessons) Argumentative Writing Rubric Learning Targets/Target Table Pacing Guide Peer Review sheet Student Reflection and Goal Setting sheet Other resources you might be interested in: Graphic Novel Reading and Writing Project Narrative Writing Unit for Middle School

This Middle School Narrative Writing Unit will make guiding your students through the narrative writing process easy. It is a complete, 125-page unit that contains all of the resources necessary for you to teach your students how to write in the narrative genre. It is aligned with learning standards and can be used for first-person and third-person narratives. It also includes digital files of all student handouts! INCLUDED IN THIS MONTH-LONG UNIT: 7 easily editable digital mini-lessons (created in Google Slides) * Introduction to narrative characteristics (including 4 mentor texts) * Brainstorming a topic * Revealing Characters * Expanding a small moment using sensory details * Using and punctuating dialog * Using transitions to show the passage of time * Conducting peer reviews LINKS to the mini-lessons and student practice sheets Printable Student Practice Sheets Multiple Graphic Organizers Student Information Sheets Creative writing story starter card activity Rubric Learning Targets/ Target Table Pacing Guide Peer Review sheets Student reflection and goal-setting sheet Other resources you might be interested in: Graphic Novel Writing Unit Argumentative Writing Unit for Middle School Creative Writing Activities

Students love science fiction and this Science Fiction Genre Study unit makes it easy to immerse them in this interesting genre. This month long unit is always a great hit in our classrooms! This 130 page/ slide Science Fiction genre study unit is presented in both print and digital formats and includes the following: 2 colorful lesson presentations An Introduction to the characteristics of science fiction Two original science fiction short stories to help teach the characteristics of science fiction. Identifying science fiction characteristics in a text Differentiated note-taking sheets Assessments A quiz of the science fiction terms 2 multiple choice assessments (also in self-correcting Google form versions) Answer Keys Other resources you might like: Unwind by Neal Shusterman Novel Study Unit The Last Cuentista Novel Study Unit

Leverage students’ enthusiasm for graphic novels and meld it with research and informational writing! This resource not only helps teachers teach the elements of graphic novels such as splash pages, frames, use of color, close ups etc., It also teaches narrative elements such as characterization and dialog. This month-long, 160 page/slide graphic novel unit will guide you through teaching your students all about graphic novels, their unique elements and how to convert traditional text into a graphic novel format. Students will learn how to read and analyze graphic novels for their literary aspects then create a research-based graphic novel biography. Although this resource contains lessons focused on how to create a biography graphic novel, you can easily adapt the lessons to teach your students how to convert stories, personal narratives or other types of informational text into a graphic novel format!* This resource was created using Google slides. WHAT’S INSIDE: Pacing Guide Standards List 4 Lesson Presentations *Introduction to Graphic Novel Elements *Graphic Novel vs. Novel- Literary Elements (Setting, Dialog, Mood, Traits) *How to Create a Graphic Novel Activity *Biography Graphic Novel Project Reading Comprehension Activity Sheets Assessments with answer keys Applying Graphic Novel Elements Practice Storyboard Research Planning Pages Ten Unique Graphic Novel Layout Templates Graphic Novel Biography Project Checklist Rubric Links to Digital Files Other resources you might be interested in: Middle School Narrative Writing Unit Character Traits Resource