Taylor White

Engage your students in daily short constructed response (SCR) practice with this expanded 20-day warm-up set. Designed for middle school ELA, these activities help students build confidence in analyzing texts, citing evidence, and crafting strong responses, all in just 10 to 18 minutes a day. This set builds on the success of my original 10-day SCR packet with 10 additional days that gradually increase text length and complexity, giving students more practice and helping them take their anal

Looking for an engaging Valentine’s Day activity that builds argumentative writing skills? This resource includes everything you need to guide students through analyzing an argument, forming their own opinions, and crafting a well-structured essay! What’s Included:✅ Argumentative Article – Valentine’s Day: A Celebration of Love or Just a Commercial Holiday?✅ Multiple-Choice Questions (Answer Key Included) ✅ Short Answer Questions for deeper analysis ✅ Argument Structure Analysis Activity✅

Immerse your students in the history and excitement of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while reinforcing essential ELA skills with this Macy’s Parade Bundle! Tailored for middle schoolers, this bundle combines reading comprehension, text analysis, and STAAR-style practice questions to support and challenge students’ skills in an engaging, Thanksgiving-themed format. What’s Included in This Bundle:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade STAAR Prep ActivityInformational text article exploring the parad

This G.O.A.T. Bundle is the ultimate resource collection for teaching argumentative writing, debate, analysis, and research in your 7th or 8th grade classroom! Whether your students are comparing the greatest basketball players, building research skills, or developing structured arguments, this bundle has everything you need to engage them with fun and relevant activities. Each resource in this bundle covers key standards in ELA while promoting critical thinking, writing skills, and real-world

Bring some Thanksgiving excitement to your middle school ELA classroom with The Case of the Missing Pumpkin Pie, a fun and engaging inference-based mystery activity! Perfect for grades 6-8, this mystery invites students to step into the role of detectives as they analyze clues, make inferences, and solve the case of Grandma’s missing pumpkin pie. With STAAR-style comprehension questions, discussion prompts, and inference exercises, this activity is ideal for reinforcing reading and analytical s

Engage your middle school ELA students with this comprehensive and visually engaging activity based on the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! This resource is perfect for building reading comprehension skills, analyzing informational text, and preparing for STAAR-style questions. What’s Included:Informational Article on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, written specifically for middle school students.STAAR-Like Multiple-Choice Questions focusing on organizational patterns and autho

Get your students excited about Thanksgiving with this interactive and engaging debate activity! Perfect for middle school ELA, this Thanksgiving-themed activity has students arguing over which traditional Thanksgiving food is the best. From turkey to pumpkin pie, each student or team will dive into persuasive writing and speaking as they make their case. This resource includes everything you need to facilitate the debate, plus a detailed teacher guide and beautifully designed student materials.

Engage your students with this comprehensive research project on fall traditions from around the world! Designed for middle school ELA classrooms, this project encourages cultural exploration, enhances research skills, and fosters creativity. What’s Included:Teacher Guide: Clear instructions and tips for implementing the project in your classroom.Student Choice Board: A tic-tac-toe style choice board with 9 creative presentation options, including infographics, podcasts, travel brochures, and mo

Enhance your poetry activities with this Free Spooky Word Bank! Perfect for Halloween-themed lessons, this resource provides a curated list of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs that will inspire your students' creative writing and poetry exploration. What's Included:A collection of spooky nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.Easy-to-use format for quick reference in the classroom.Subject: Language Arts, Poetry Why You'll Love It:Inspires Creativity: The themed word bank encourages students

This double-sided sheet gives student the opportunity to practice writing 2 SCRs and 1 ECR. There is also additional space for peer/teacher feedback and self reflection. There is also a copy of the 2 point SCR rubric for easy access. Recommendation: use the STAAR released rubric for your grade level ECR for the back page. Use this product with my fall-themed SCR writing analysis activity!Check out THIS Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Informational Article and SCR Activity!

Unlock the secrets of text structures with this comprehensive and interactive activity! This resource includes 14 vibrant slides that explore 5 key text structures: sequential/temporal order, chronological order, compare and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect. Perfect for helping students grasp these essential concepts in a fun and engaging way. What's Included:14 Detailed Slides: Each slide is carefully designed to illustrate one of the five text structures, making it easy for

Get your students excited about writing this Halloween with our comprehensive Halloween Writing Bundle! This engaging resource includes everything your middle schoolers need to enhance their writing skills, including an analysis activity, highlighting exercises, essay writing, and peer feedback. Perfect for preparing for the STAAR writing assessment, this bundle is designed to help students excel in their writing abilities while having fun! What’s Included:Analysis Activity: Students will analy

Engage your middle school students with this exciting "whodunnit" mystery story set in a spooky mansion! This resource includes a captivating story, along with a variety of activities designed to enhance critical thinking, inferencing skills, and creativity. Perfect for the Halloween season or any time you want to inspire some detective work in your classroom! What's Included:The Curse of the Forgotten Mansion: An original suspenseful mystery story featuring characters with hidden motives and a

Bring some festive cheer into your classroom while still hitting the standards with this Christmas Short Constructed Response (SCR) activity! Designed for grades 6–8, this resource includes a highly engaging informational text about the history and traditions of Christmas stockings, followed by three STAAR-style SCR questions that target key TEKS. To keep the holiday theme going, this also includes 5 multiple choice questions to go along with the informational article and a graphic organiz

Get your students thinking critically this holiday season with The Festival Lights Mystery ECR Writing Activity! This engaging literary analysis activity is designed for middle school ELA students and focuses on character development, conflict resolution, and author’s purpose. The story follows a group of friends from diverse backgrounds as they solve the mystery of a missing star—crucial for their town’s Festival of Lights. What’s Inside:The Festival Lights Mystery: A short story featuring div

Engage your students with this free set of leveled passages and open-ended questions on Hispanic Heritage Month! This resource is designed to support diverse reading levels and encourage deeper understanding of the significance and impact of Hispanic contributions. What's Included: Three leveled passages on Hispanic Heritage Month, each tailored to different reading levelsFive open-ended questions with space for student responses, designed to promote critical thinking and discussionPassages cov

Get your middle school students excited about writing this Halloween season with the Spooky Halloween Persuasive Writing Activity Bundle! In this creative writing project, students will craft persuasive advertisements for haunted houses, using real-world descriptions to create eerie, spine-chilling properties. This bundle includes all the resources you need to guide students through the process of developing persuasive writing skills, from brainstorming to the final polished advertisement. Stud

Engage your middle school students with this comprehensive resource on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe! Perfect for 8th-grade advanced students, this bundle includes an informative article on Poe's biography, multiple comprehension-level activities, and critical thinking prompts designed to strengthen reading and writing skills. What’s Inside: Informational Article: A detailed yet accessible biography of Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on how his life influenced his themes of death, madness, and

Engage your students with this comprehensive and versatile Phobia Research Project Bundle! Perfect for middle school English Language Arts or integrated ELA and STEM classes, this resource provides students with an exciting opportunity to research, analyze, and creatively present their findings on a phobia of their choice. What’s Included:Two Research Project Templates:Traditional Research Project: Focuses on detailed research, analysis, and creative presentation options.STEM-ified Research Proj

Product Description:Dive into the debate of the greatest basketball player of all time with our comprehensive analysis pack! This resource is designed for 8th-grade students and aligns with TEKS standards, offering a detailed comparison of Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Included in This Pack:2 Informative Articles:Michael Jordan – The G.O.A.T & LeBron James – The Modern G.O.A.T.Answer Key:Detailed answers for all questions, including short answers and interactive activities.TEKS Alignment: TEK