Welcome
Educators!
Looking for a fun classroom activity to pair with The Hustle Files?
Teaching verbs with laughs instead of yawns?
Or maybe you need a slick Pitch Deck to show how this book turns vocab into a good time?
We’ve got you.
Classroom Activities
Level up your lesson plans with engaging student supplements!
Looking for fun, interactive ways to bring The Hustle Files to life in your classroom? Our activity pack is designed to reinforce key concepts, build vocabulary, and support comprehension—all while keeping students hooked.
What’s inside?
A word search featuring ACT/SAT-level vocabulary from The Hustle Files
Verb-focused worksheets that guide students through key excerpts, prompting them to identify, analyze, and use verbs from the text
Whether you're targeting grammar, vocabulary, or critical thinking, these ready-to-go resources make it easy to turn every lesson into an adventure.
✨ Perfect for bell ringers, homework, or group work.
ACT Verb Hunt
Student Instructions
1. Grab + Skim: Snag a highlighter/pencil and skim the word bank. Say each word aloud in your best "quiz-show host" voice. Let's lock these words in so we can find them.
(Bonus: Star any words you don't know or recognize, just for grins. We're finna come back to those guys.)
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2. Spot those Unicorns: Scan for rare letters (think Q, X, Z--the weirdos). Look side to side and up and down, checking out both rows AND columns. This is like activating cheat codes for your eyeballs.
3. Keep our radar wide: Words can hide left to right, top to bottom, diagonal, and yep-- even backwards. If it feels sneaky, you're doing it right.
4. Highlight, Don't Hype-lite: Found one? Drag your highlighter through every letter in one smooth stroke. Own it. Totally satisfying.
5. Time to Flex: Say that word aloud + cross it off the list with a flourish. (Bonus: Once you're done, flip to the back of the Hustle Files and read those definitions for all the starred words.
Partner Verb Dive
1. Pick a partner and grab 2 verbs from the word list that you starred from #1.
Define the verb in your own words (no dictionary vibes, just make it make sense. Use the Hustle Files for inspiration.)
2. Give an example for what that verb looks like in real life or on a test.
Ex: “Infer means making a smart guess using clues — like guessing someone’s mad from their body language.”
3. Flip the script and give an example of what the verb isn't.
Ex: “Paraphrase isn’t just copying and changing a few words — that’s lazy, not real paraphrasing.”
4. Share the definition with another group.
