Middle Teaching Method

Bring Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief to life with this engaging and ready-to-use unit bundle! Perfect for middle school ELA, this resource pack combines comprehension, creativity, and interactivity to help your students connect deeply with Rick Riordan’s epic adventure. What’s Included: Comprehensive Study Guide – Chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary, and discussion prompts to ensure students understand the plot, characters, and themes. Virtual Field Tri

Bring The Lightning Thief to life with this creative and symbolic character analysis project! Students design their own “flying shoe” to represent one of the characters in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. After designing, students write a paragraph explaining the symbolism behind their shoe design. With differentiated writing scaffolds, this activity works for a wide range of learners and adds a creative spark to literature study. What’s Included: Shoe design template for artistic and symbolic

Includes: - Map of Yanek's Travel - Graphic Organizer of Events - PowerPoint - Virtual Tour - Survivor Testimony - Answer Key

Bring Ghost to life with this creative and symbolic character analysis project! Students design their own “custom jersey” to represent one of the characters in Ghost. After designing, students write a paragraph explaining the symbolism behind their shoe design. With differentiated writing scaffolds, this activity works for a wide range of learners and adds a creative spark to literature study. What’s Included: Jersey template for artistic and symbolic representation 2 levels of writing suppor

Looking for a way to teach Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado that’s both accessible and engaging? This resource includes a leveled text adaptation, bold visuals, and English + Spanish versions to help all students access this spooky classic. Perfect for Halloween reading comprehension, fall ELA units, or a short story study on symbolism, irony, and theme. What’s Included: Adapted Leveled Passage: Simplified sentence structures and vocabulary while preserving Poe’s suspenseful tone.

This engaging Most Dangerous Game resource helps students analyze Richard Connell’s classic short story through character study and critical thinking. Includes activities with both main characters, supported by helpful graphics to guide understanding. Perfect for class discussion, independent practice, or assessment.

Make argumentative writing approachable and fun! This scaffolded essay-writing activity guides students step-by-step through crafting a characterization-based argument using the Phineas and Ferb episode “Isabella and the Temple of Sap.” Students will identify leadership traits, gather evidence, and complete a fill-in-the-blank five-paragraph essay—perfect for struggling writers or reluctant learners! Skills Covered: Argumentative writing structure Character analysis Textual evidence and supp

Make characterization fun and culturally relevant with this creative digital activity! Perfect for Valentine’s Day, relationship-themed units, or any time you want to deepen students’ understanding of character traits, this editable profile template allows students to “create a dating app profile” for a literary or historical figure. It encourages inference, analysis, and voice—all while keeping students engaged. What’s Included: Editable Google Slide template (can be printed or assigned digital

Includes: word and definitions practicecut and paste word buildercolor by numberword identification practice

Make plot structure memorable with this mountain-themed visual organizer! This engaging, editable resource compares story plot points to hiking a mountain. Students track a novel’s rising action, climax, and resolution using a vertical layout that mimics a real trail climb—perfect for visual learners and reluctant readers alike. What’s Included: Exposition organizer to introduce characters, setting, and mood Aligned for novels like The Outsiders, Flipped, or any fiction text Visuals include

A reference sheet for ELL students to help with understanding plot and story elements with a translated plot map.