Are you looking for an End of the Year project that lets your student give advice to future students? What if it also combined purposeful end of year writing prompts with meaningful student reflection activities? This Letter to Next Year’s Students project is the PERFECT End of the Year writing activity for middle school and high school students. In this PRINT and DIGITAL Letter to a Future Student activity, students will use scaffolded writing strategies to reflect on what they have learned at the end of a school year and give advice to next year’s students. Teachers will LOVE that they can use the finished letters at the beginning of the school year to welcome their new students with real world and relevant advice from their peers.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ PRINT and DIGITAL Versions
✅ LOW PREP Activity
✅ Strategies and Activities to Promote Student Reflection
✅ Student-Centered Activities: Let Your Students Share Their Knowledge!
✅ Editable Student Materials
✅ Student Work Samples Included
✍ What’s Included:
1. Breaking Down the Writing Prompt and Analyzing Writing Samples Guide
2. Writing Activity Materials (Customizable Options)
- Student Information Sheet
- Food for Thought Guiding Questions
- Letter Sentence Starters Bookmark
- Four Square Writing Organizer
- Rough Draft Pages
- Self and Peer Assessment Tools
- Final Draft Pages
3. Writing Composition Rubric
4. Strong and Weak Student Samples
5. Google Slides Version of ALL Materials
6. BONUS: Back to School Letter Debrief Activity
✋ How Can You Use This Resource?
• End of Year ELA Project
• End of Year Middle School Activity
• Sub Plans
• Last Day of School Activity
What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Succeeding in Sixth says, “My 6th graders had so much fun reminiscing on the year they had while writing these letters. Thank you for incorporating the 4 square writing method. Can’t wait for the new group to read their letters this fall!“
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Fitting into Fifth says, ““My students loved this writing project! I also can’t wait to share it with my future class.“
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: The SuperHERO Teacher says, ““I’ve had my eye on this ever since you posted it on your Facebook and I am SO happy that I finally purchased it!!! I love the style of your work and the overall concept. I work at a career center and I would like for my CTSO group to write letters to future students! 🙂 Thank you!”
