Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 2

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Answer Key: Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration: 1 Year
File Type: Zip

Say goodbye to last-minute lesson planning and hello to an organized, engaging, and curriculum-aligned ELA classroom! This Grade 8 Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle is your all-in-one solution for teaching the 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum with confidence and ease. Whether you're a first-year teacher or a seasoned educator, this complete ELA program has everything you need to guide your students through a successful year of Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Media Literacy, and seasonal activities - all in one convenient bundle.

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What’s Included:

✅ 100+ Ready-to-Use ELA Resources
✅ Detailed Lesson Plans for the entire year
✅ Reading, Writing, Speaking, Media, and Seasonal Activities
✅ Assessment Rubrics & Answer Keys
✅ Student Choice & Differentiated Tasks
✅ Monthly Teaching Plan & Report Card Comments
✅ Print + Digital Formats
✅ Bonus File: Weekly Plans

Reading Lessons

• Reading Journal Assignment
• 31 Non-Fiction Articles
• Short Story Unit
• Novel Study Unit
• Biography Symbolism Assignment
• Poetry Unit
• Career Research Assignment
• Book vs. Movie Assignment
• Lit Launch Reading Engagement Workshop
• Middle School ELA Sub Plans - Topic One Child Policy

Writing Lessons

• Article of the Week Program
• Parts of Speech Grammar Unit
• My Life in Logos Paragraph Assignment
• Poetry Unit
• Argumentative Essay Writing Unit
• Career Research Assignment
• Book vs. Movie Assignment
• Creative Writing
• Middle School Punctuation Unit
• Middle School Greek Prefixes Morphology Unit and Worksheets
• Middle School Greek Roots Morphology Unit and Worksheets
• Middle School Cursive Writing Workbook

Speaking/Listening Lessons

• 12 Podcast Listening Comprehension Lessons
• Career Research Assignment
• Poetry Unit
• Good News Assignment
• Product Pitch Assignment
• Book Unboxing Assignment
• Spoken Word Assignment

Media Literacy Lessons

• Analyzing PSAs and Commercials Unit
• 10 Consumer Awareness Lessons
• Christmas Truce of 1914 Media Unit
• Mockumentary Unit
• Digital Citizenship Unit

Seasonal Lessons

• Back To School Activities
• Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Back To School, Halloween, Christmas, and Easter Creative Writing Assignments
• Remembrance Day Unit
• Christmas Truce of 1914 Media Unit
• End-of-the-Year Activities

Note: ELA Bundles 1 and 2 are very similar. ELA Bundle 2 has these resources that ELA Bundle 1 does not.

• 8th Grade Poetry Unit
• Argumentative Essay Writing Unit
• Career Exploration and Research Project
• Mockumentary Unit
• Biography Symbolism Assignment
• Book Unboxing Assignment
• Good News Assignment
• Persuasive Product Pitch Assignment
• Short Story Unit 2
• Spoken Word Assignment
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Composting Myths
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Expensive Shoes
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Fake Products
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Food Prices in Northern Canada
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Genealogical DNA Tests
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Plastic Waste
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Product Returns
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Shrinking Products
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Smartphone Addiction
• Media Literacy: Consumer Awareness Lesson - Smartphone App Privacy
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Food Delivery Tips
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - End of Free Returns
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Ghost Kitchens
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Impulse Shopping
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Unit Pricing
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Secret Menus
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Egg Prices
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Donation Bins
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Crowdsourced Shipping
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Banned by Brands
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Book Publishing
• Podcast Listening Comprehension Lesson - Halloween Stores
• Grade 8 Language Report Card Comments

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Why Teachers Love This Bundle

Saves You 100+ Hours of Planning: No more spending your evenings and weekends scrambling to build lessons from scratch or piecing together resources that almost align with the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum. This bundle includes over 100 ready-to-use resources - each thoughtfully designed to meet curriculum expectations and promote critical thinking, creativity, and communication.

All-In-One Convenience: From reading and writing to oral communication, media literacy, and seasonal learning, this bundle is your complete literacy solution. This isn’t just a collection of worksheets - it’s a year-long teaching system that’s been used successfully in real classrooms. Every resource includes clear teacher instructions, student handouts, and rubrics, with built-in differentiation and student choice to meet the needs of every learner.

Increases Student Engagement: You’ll get creative assignments that go beyond the basics - podcasts, mockumentaries, spoken word, book unboxing, persuasive writing, and more. These high-interest activities are designed to boost participation, develop literacy skills, and make learning meaningful for middle schoolers.

Stay Organized All Year: With the included Monthly Teaching Plan, you’ll always know what’s coming next. This structure helps reduce burnout and gives you confidence that your year is covered, without the Sunday night panic.

Assessment Made Easy: Each lesson includes rubrics, answer keys, and even editable report card comments to make evaluation faster and easier. Focus more on connecting with your students and less on paperwork.

Teacher Feedback

1. “I used this resource with my 8th graders, (I teach ELA), it is worth every penny, I did about 4 to 6 of the back-to-school activities, also the poetry unit is amazing, and the articles are very engaging, and the movie clips align with literary elements also amazing the students enjoyed the activities quite engaging. tons OF DIFFERENT LEARNING UNITS TO CHOOSE FROM! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”
2. “This has been my best investment in my 20 years of teaching.  I use it daily.  My students are engaged, creating great discussions and debates in my classes.  I am new to this grade and subject and this bundle has given me great activities and saved me many nights of searching for new activities.”
3. “I'm using this resource to rebuild my ELA program and it is making everything so easy. I have everything I need together and I just slot in what I want, where I want it. I have even used some of the resources as centres work and my kids are so engaged!"

Transform your Grade 8 ELA classroom today with this comprehensive, ready-to-go bundle. 

Perfect for busy middle school teachers who want to save time and deliver high-quality instruction all year long.