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All in One Podcast for Middle School Language Arts Teachers · Sep 23, 2025 · 15 min

5 Engaging Autumn Classroom Activities for Middle School ELA

Autumn is the perfect season to bring fresh energy into your middle school ELA classroom. With cooler weather, colorful leaves, and plenty of seasonal inspiration, it’s an ideal time to spark creativity and keep students engaged in reading and writing. In this post, we’ll explore five engaging autumn classroom activities for middle school ELA. Each activity is designed to be flexible, fun, and easy to adapt for your students, so you can bring the spirit of the season into your curriculum without adding extra stress to your planning. We will discuss: Games Creative Writing Short Stories Poetry Art/ELA Crossover Activities Let's connect! Membership: Join the All in One Middle School Membership! Full Year Curriculum on TPT Teaching Writing Workshop Course – Available on TPT Subscribe: Get updates and free products when you subscribe Facebook Group: Middle School Language Arts Teacher Instagram: @all.in.one.middle.school Info on products: Follow me on TPT My website: www.allinonemiddleschool.com My TPT Store: All in One Middle School – TPT YouTube: Teach My Class with All in One Middle School – free lessons and First Chapter Fridays Email: linda@allinonemiddleschool.com Helpful Links Companion Blog Post for this Episode Autumn Vocabulary Escape Room October Write Around the Room One-on-One Coaching for Observations and Lessons Teaching Writing Workshop Course Click here to join the Middle School Language Arts Facebook Group

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Autumn is the perfect season to bring fresh energy into your middle school ELA classroom. With cooler weather, colorful leaves, and plenty of seasonal inspiration, it’s an ideal time to spark creativity and keep students engaged in reading and writing. 

In this post, we’ll explore five engaging autumn classroom activities for middle school ELA. Each activity is designed to be flexible, fun, and easy to adapt for your students, so you can bring the spirit of the season into your curriculum without adding extra stress to your planning.

We will discuss:

  1. Games
  2. Creative Writing
  3. Short Stories
  4. Poetry
  5. Art/ELA Crossover Activities

Let's connect! 

Helpful Links

Companion Blog Post for this Episode

Autumn Vocabulary Escape Room

October Write Around the Room

One-on-One Coaching for Observations and Lessons 

Teaching Writing Workshop Course

Click here to join the Middle School Language Arts Facebook Group

 

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