Mission 1: Satire & Censorship
Clean Saturday Night Live clips that teach satire
Satire Reading Comprehension Worksheets (FREE on TPT)
Mission 2: Fact-Checking
How to Fact-Check the Internet
The Great Cursive Writing Debate
Pros & Cons of Standardized Testing
Mission 3: Science Reading
Mission 4: Theme
Note: The video above contains references to a spirit and “gods”
Mission 5: Symbolism
Mission 6: Tone & Mood
Mission 7: Point of View
Mission 8: Foreshadowing & Flashback
Mission 9: Movies as Literature
Movies as Literature film list
Your parent/teacher must approve the movie.
Mission 10: Phonetic Spelling
Create Your Own Phonics Dictionary
Mission 11: Foreign Words
Mission 12: Writing with Numbers
Mission 13: Hyphens
Digital Notecards free download
Notestar (requires an account)
Mission 14: Confused Vocabulary
Mission 15: Slang & Jargon
Mission 16: Idioms
Idiom Dictionary – use with teacher permission
Mission 17: Shades of Meaning
Mission 18:Word Analogies
Mission 19: Subject vs. Object Pronouns
Subject vs. object pronoun worksheets
Mission 20: Indefinite & Other Pronouns
Indefinite pronoun agreement worksheet
Mission 21: Progressive Tense
Mission 22: Grammatical Mood
Mission 23: Participles & Infinitives
Mission 24: Clauses & Phrases
Clauses and phrases worksheets
Mission 25: Misplaced Modifiers
Mission 26: Colons, Semicolons, Dashes & Parentheses
Colons, semicolons, and dashes worksheet
Mission 27: Parallel Structure
Mission 28: Creative Writing Exercises
Creative writing exercises for middle school
Writing prompts for middle schoolers
Mission 29: Sentence Starters
Mission 30: Passive Voice
Active/passive voice worksheet
How to communicate assertively
Mission 31: Concise Writing
Mission 32: Writing Business Email
Mission 33: Writing Blog Posts
Mission 34: Interview Essays
How to Write an Interview Paper with Examples
Mission 35: Podcasting
Student podcasts in the classroom (ideas appropriate for homeschooling, too)
