Middle Teaching Method

This is a no-prep Google Form that automatically assigns students to a cabin based on their answers! This is a great way to get students invested in the book and to get to know them better!

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

Turn your classroom into a crime scene investigation with this interactive inference activity! Students step into the role of detectives to uncover what really happened to Billy in Roald Dahl’s The Landlady. Using textual clues, photographs, and guiding questions, students work through six inference-based prompts and cite textual evidence to support their claims. Perfect for practicing close reading and critical thinking in a fun, immersive way! What’s Included: 6 inference prompts focused on

Help students visualize Yanek’s harrowing journey across WWII Europe.This interactive map and timeline resource helps students track important locations, events, and dates from Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz. Perfect for close reading, comprehension, and historical context, this activity builds engagement through geography and chronology. What’s Included: Student Map & Answer Key tracking Yanek’s route through Germany and Poland Timeline Worksheet to sequence key events from the novel "Impo

Get your students engaged in analyzing character with a fun twist!This Character Autopsy digital activity transforms traditional character analysis into an interactive and investigative experience. Perfect for middle and high school ELA classrooms (grades 6–10), students "examine" a character using the STEAL method (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks) to determine what truly makes them tick. This activity works well as: A supplement to a novel study or short story A creat

Before reading Refugee by Alan Gratz, students step into the shoes of Josef, Isabel, or Mahmoud and imagine they must flee their home with only a single suitcase. They choose 10 items to pack—balancing health, safety, survival, comfort, identity, and sentiment. This engaging, empathetic activity helps students connect personally to the characters and themes of Refugee, making it the perfect way to launch a novel study or literature circle. What’s Included: 10-box suitcase drawing template (d

According to Forbes.com Ebenezer Scrooge is the 6th wealthiest fictional character of all time. They place his net worth at around 8 BILLION DOLLARS. Use this presentation to help you spend his 8 billion dollars. What will students spend it on? How much will they have left? Students will become engaged in the reading before beginning the story. This activity allows students to understand Scrooge's emmense wealth fully and allows them to full grasp the theme of A Christmas Carol.

Students get to become tattoo artists and create symbolic tattoos for some of their favorite characters from Jason Reynolds' Long Way Down.Includes:TemplateStudent DirectionsRubricLink to Editable Template

Bring Greek mythology to life with this Percy Jackson MET Virtual Field Trip — the perfect introduction to Rick Riordan’s world of gods, heroes, and monsters! Students will explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art virtually, uncovering the myths behind stunning Greek, Roman, and European artworks featured in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This engaging digital resource includes: ✅ An interactive virtual tour with embedded links to authentic MET artwork ✅ An audio tour guide (t

Daily reading passages each focusing on a different short vowel sound. There is a different objectives and instructions for each day. Great for middle schoolers.

This Book Playlist Project combines music and literature to help students make meaningful connections to characters, scenes, and themes. It is designed to increase engagement and support deeper analysis during independent reading. What’s Included Google Slides template (ready to assign) Built-in student directions 10 structured song entries Paragraph writing and text evidence expectations Preview included: Student Tasks Students create a 10-song playlist connected to their book: Charac

Engage your students with this immersive budgeting activity that brings Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to life through the lens of economic survival! Perfect for middle and high school ELA classrooms, this real-world application project allows students to step into the shoes of George and Lennie and attempt to survive the ranch during the Great Depression using authentic 1930s prices and wages. What’s Included: A student-friendly budgeting worksheet Realistic wages and expenses from the 1930s L

10 PassagesDifferent LengthDyslexic Friendly FontsCute Graphics Passages starting at 100 words to 300 wordsEach line is numbered for easy word counting Focused on Compound CVC wordsDecodable High Interest at a Low Level

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

Bring Edgar Allan Poe’s classic to life with this highly engaging, hands-on literature activity that turns your classroom into a crime scene investigation. In this interactive lesson, students become detectives as they analyze clues, make inferences, and uncover the dark truth behind The Cask of Amontillado.Designed to promote close reading, critical thinking, and textual evidence analysis, this activity transforms Poe’s short story into a literary mystery your students will never forget. Perfe

Escape the Catacombs | The Cask of Amontillado Digital Escape Room Bring Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling short story to life with this auto-graded digital escape room! Students step into Montresor’s catacombs and must solve puzzles on symbolism, foreshadowing, irony, plot, and character analysis in order to escape. Each correct answer unlocks the next chamber—until they reach freedom… or become Montresor’s next victim. What’s Included: Google Form Escape Room (no prep, self-grading, interactive

Bring the Hero’s Journey to life with this interactive superhero and villain design project! This creative resource invites students to design their own hero or villain and map their character’s adventure using the Hero’s Journey framework. Students work individually or in pairs—one as the hero, the other as the villain—to build stories, analyze archetypes, and explore character development. What’s Included: Character design templates (hero and villain versions) Hero’s Journey graphic organiz

Wavelength: Connotation & Denotation Game This interactive activity helps students master connotation and denotation through a Wavelength-style game. Students first complete a worksheet by defining words (denotation) and placing them on a Positive ↔ Negative scale. Then, using the game slides, they reveal the official placement, earn points, and discuss why word choice matters in literature. What’s Included: Student worksheet for definitions and scale placement Interactive slides with scoring

Build reading fluency and background knowledge with this February-themed informational text bundle! This resource includes five engaging, student-friendly passages focused on holidays and observances commonly taught in February. Each passage is written in clear, accessible language, making it perfect for fluency practice, close reading, and comprehension instruction. These texts are ideal for upper elementary and middle school ELA, intervention groups, sub plans, or cross-curricular social st

Engage students with symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony through creative design!Product Description Bring Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling short story The Cask of Amontillado to life with this hands-on symbolic mask activity! Students analyze key themes, symbols, and character traits while designing their own symbolic masks to represent Montresor and Fortunato. This activity encourages critical thinking and creativity while reinforcing literary concepts such as symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony.