Description
Make your end of the year activities memorable with these language-based assessments, engaging games, year-end student gifts, and end of the year reflection prompts! These resources are suitable for middle school and high school students and are sure to end your school year on a high note.
Included with these End of the Year Activities:
- Book Trailer Project – Digital & Print
- Our end-of-the-year best selling resource!
- Includes a project outline, task checklist, student planner, storyboard graphic organizer, reflective writing prompt, and editable evaluation rubrics
- Manuscript Mystery Game – Digital & Print
- Practice making inferences with this solving a mystery game
- Includes investigation briefing slideshow and handout, investigation clue cards, evidence documents, suspect profiles, plot development worksheet, final presentation template, and an editable 4-level rubric
- End of the Year Memory Book – Digital & Print
- Facilitate guided reflection and inspire your students to start thinking about the year ahead
- Includes 6 different end of the year memory book templates, 11 year-end writing prompts, assignment instructions, and an editable 4-level rubric
- Book Review Project – Digital & Print
- An engaging alternative to book reports!
- Includes overview slideshow lesson, informational handout, editable assignment outline, and an editable 4-level rubric
- Literary Quotes Reflection Journal – Digital & Print
- Inspire extracurricular reading and foster a love of literature in your classroom
- Includes 24 diverse quotes that appeal to teenage themes & interests, along with reflection prompts for personal and literary analysis
- End of the Year News Articles – Digital & Print
- Have students write an informational article to report on the school year’s events
- Includes a slideshow lesson, informational handout, editable assignment outline, news article graphic organizer, and an editable 4-level rubric
- End of the Year Gifts for Students – Color & Grayscale
- These motivational student bookmarks make an affordable and easy end of the year gift
- Bookmark quotes feature Zendaya, Elon Musk, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, and more!
- Teacher Instructions for using these resources
Resources Included in this End of the Year Activities:
1. Book Trailer Project – End of the Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project can be used for any independent novel study, whole-class novel, or even as a final assessment for literature circles! Use this end-of-the-year project as a creative alternative to standardized testing for assessment of comprehension and higher-level thinking. This project outline includes a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more.
2. Making Inferences Lesson – The Case of the Lost Manuscript
Transform your lesson on making inferences into a thrilling adventure with this solving a mystery game! Students will explore “The Case of the Lost Manuscript” to make inferences and solve the mystery. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.
This activity teaches students critical thinking, inferencing, and problem-solving skills as they analyze clues, evaluate evidence, and draw conclusions to solve the mystery at hand. Students will explore the resources provided in order to develop a presentation outlining which suspect they believe to be guilty of stealing the missing manuscript.
3. End of the Year Memory Book – End of Year Reflection Prompts
Looking for an end of the year reflection activity? This end of the year memory book is perfect for older students! It includes 11 end of year writing prompts to engage your students in mindful reflection over themes such as school accomplishments, personal interests, challenging situations, and goal setting for the future.
Students will have the opportunity to congratulate themselves for their hard work while they practice letting go of any difficult moments they may have encountered. They will also share photos and showcase important mementos from the school year.
4. Book Review Project – Book Report Alternative for Any Novel Study or Short Story
Looking for an alternative to book reports? This differentiated book review project can be used for any novel study or short story! Includes book review templates for both vlog- and blog-style book reviews to empower students to become literary critics.
There are two formats offered with this assignment: a video book review or written book review. The worksheets and assignment outlines are formatted to provide you with the option to assign either the video book review or written book review exclusively, or assign both options to students.
5. Literary Quotes Reflection Journal – End of the Year Reflection Prompts
Inspire an end of the year reflection with these literary quotes & journal prompts! This activity features 24 powerful literary quotes for teens paired with reflective writing prompts. Students will analyze a quote of their choice from a literary and personal perspective. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.
This resource includes 24 powerful quotes for students to explore. These quotes appeal to popular teenage themes and interests and are sure to inspire deep reflection and analysis. Each quote was selected to represent both classic and contemporary literature while featuring diverse authors, including Toni Morrison, Paulo Coehlo, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sandra Cisneros, Ocean Vuong, and more!
6. End of the Year News Reports – Writing a News Article Assignment
Engage your students and school community in reflective writing with this end of the year news article assignment! Ideal for English, journalism, or social studies classes, this resource equips you to lead students through reporting on the school year’s key events and highlights. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.
This project teaches students how to write end-of-the-year news articles. Students are introduced to the Five Questions Model (W5-H), a writing framework that is applicable to any informational text. They will use this framework to write their own news articles about a major topic or event from the past school year.
7. Motivational Student Bookmarks – End of the Year Gifts for Students
These inspiring end of the year student gifts feature motivational quotes from public figures your students adore! End of the year gifts don’t need to be expensive – simply print and laminate these bookmarks for a cheap, memorable, and easy gift for students.
There are 7 bookmarks in total. Each bookmark features a different end of the year quote featuring noteworthy authors, celebrities, and public figures. Each end of the year gift also features a different design; you may wish to offer students the option to select their own bookmark.
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⭒ For classrooms utilizing Google Classroom® ⭒
To access the digital version of these worksheets, simply follow the instructions within the resource to copy the files directly to your Google Drive®.
