Back to School | Beginning of the Year Activities for High School English

Are you looking for a stress-free and FUN way to start the beginning of the year in your high school English classroom? These activities will have your students reviewing skills, building relationships, and most importantly - having FUN in the classroom!

The best part about this bundle is that many resources can be used semester-long, and not just for the first week of school. However, I've provided everything that you'll need to have the best back-to-school week ever!

When you purchase this product, you will receive:

• 5 syllabus templates
• An engaging get-to-know-you activity
• A high-interest reading piece on the enneagram (personality types) and a creative study project that goes along with it
• A 17-page workbook for students which covers every Reading Literature standard.

(Includes break down of standard, guiding questions, activities for review, writing opportunities) Detailed answer key, Editable version of workbook, 8 page Google Slide presentation where each slide is tailored toward refreshing students on the standard they're working on in the workbook, and Instructions for use

• Informational text graphic organizers where students can choose their own articles for analysis! (This product contains enough graphic organizers for 9 weeks' worth of implementing the article of the week. The graphic organizers cover the following informational text skills: - Inferencing/citing textual evidence

Central idea/objective summary, Sequencing ideas and analyzing the sequence, Word choice/connotations, Author's claim, Author's point of view/rhetoric, Syntax, Reflective reading, Recognizing bias

• 3 student pre-tests to assess skills in informational text, literary text, and poetry
• An editable student survey