Middle School ELA Valentine’s Day Activities

Middle School ELA Valentines Day Activities

I feel like my Middle School (7th and 8th Grade) students sometimes get forgotten on Holidays, but I also don’t like to make myself crazy with a bunch of activities or insane ideas. I knew that if I ever got a chance, I would want to start by making Middle School ELA Valentine’s Day Activies.

Because of this, I have been trying to create fun and simple holiday activities that are ELA based, but also fun and out of the ordinary for the kids.

Last year on Valentine’s Day I pulled a bunch of Valentine’s Day-Themed ELA activities together to create a fun, no-pressure filled day with my middle schoolers in our ELA classes.

We had so much fun with:

Figurative Language Valentine’s Day-Themed phrases
Rhetorical Appeals in Valentine’s Day commercials
Valentine’s Day Love Songs Theme Analysis Teacher
Love Story Novel Would You Rather Read…
Valentine’s Day Word Scramble for a warm-up

They are also all Digital in Google Slides if you are doing distance learning!

For each activity, I have included reference sheets:

Rhetoric
Figurative Language

The activities were meant for mostly review for my students, but I also know that whether or not these concepts have been taught, sometimes students just need a reminder!

Fun Valentine’s Day Word Search Warm-Up

Below is the table of contents of everything included, plus the fun Valentine’s Day Middle School ELA word search. I always like to do a fun Holiday based word search on days like this, because it’s a nice break for my students. Nothing hard or crazy, just fun! Middle schoolers like fun too ha!

Valentine’s Day Commercials Rhetorical Appeals Analysis Activity

This might be one of my favorite things I have ever come up with ha!

When I came up with my Middle School ELA Valentine’s Day activities we were right in the middle of our rhetoric unit and we had been watching TV commercials to analyze them for rhetoric.

I wanted to continue that so we watched a Valentine’s Day TV Commercials and analyzed their rhetorical appeals! The kids loves it!

Valentine’s Day-Themed Figurative Language Activity

Lastly, is a fun figurative language Valentine’s Day Middle School ELA themed activity (plus you can get this one as a freebie too!) All answer keys are included and it’s a fun and easy Halloween activity no matter how much time you have.

Other Holiday Packs

Since making my Valentine’s Day Middle School ELA themed activities (which were a huge hit with teachers and students) I have since made a Halloween version. I have bundled both these packs, and plan to make more in the coming months (probably for St. Patricks Day and the New Year, just to have one for each season!

FREE Valentine’s Day Figurative Language Activity

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