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Creative writing activities for Prezi
Fifty-Five Word Stories--A Prezi and Two Worksheets
The fifty-five word story is a fun project that challenges students to analyze the writing craft. The Prezi and other documents offered in this lesson will provide plenty of examples and helpful writing hints that will make this creative prompt even more enjoyable for you and your students. Product Information:1. Instructional Prezi--This seventeen-slide presentation begins by giving the word count for three famous stories. It then challenges them to write a story that includes all of the bas
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â A Writing Project Bundle--Prezis, Rubrics, Handouts, and Teaching Tips
Prezi on Word Choice and Voice (Creative Writing)
This Prezi is used to explain two of the traits from the 6 Traits Writing Rubric. It is intended for use in a high school-level creative writing course, but it can be used to teach about word choice and voice in virtually any context!
Includes an opportunity for students to practice their skills as well. Used in conjunction with an article from the NY Times about description and the human brain: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Lit Terms Rhyme & Rap Media Project
This is a fun group assignment for any middle school to high school age class. It encourages students to understand literary elements in a unique and creative way by creating a poem or "rap" on any subject they wish. Not only do they define the terms, but they must apply them and use examples. The finished products are AMAZING!!!!! They turn in a hard copy of their "poem" or "rap" but also turn it into a video or media presentation.I have included a step by step process, a rubric, a list of sugg
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Build a Character Puppet: A literacy STEM lesson with PREZI
A Literacy Engineering Challenge:
Can you help the your favorite author by building a character puppet to help with writer's block?
This STEMtivity comes with:
~Activity Sign
~Teacher Directions
~Student Challenge Sign
~Challenge Rules Sign
~Design Brief
~K-1 Journal Paper
~2-5 Journal Paper
This project includes a bonus PREZI to use with students that has links to videos and the design challenge.
Check out my FREE STEM Starter Pack for more information about starting STEM in your classroom.
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
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Speak Clan Writing Prompt
This writing assignment is designed to be used at the start of the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Students are assigned to describe their group of friends using figurative language. The PDF has a link for the google docs version and a Prezi describing different types of figurative language.
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Friendly Letter (WWI)
BONUS - FREE PREZI INCLUDED!
Get students to role play as a character from WWI in letter format.
This friendly letter activity helps students identify and express emotions of major characters from the WWI era. Students must consider both persona and audience to communicate understanding. This activity is easily paired with English war novels (All Quiet on the Western Front / Generals Die in Bed) or an historic analysis of the 1914-1918 time period.
This product includes a friendly letter ass
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Easy Poetry Activity: Music Mashup Poem
This is a fun activity to incorporate into any poetry or creative writing unit. My student (even the ones who bemoan poetry) love this as it allows them to incorporate a piece of their world: music.
This assignment can be easily adapted to fit your classroom or unit! Just show the prezi, and let your students go. I was amazed how many students really got into this assignment. For so many of my students music is their life, or so they say, and this allowed them to share some of their passion w
Grades:
6th - 12th
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6 WORD MEMOIR LESSON
This folder contains a handout for your students, and a link to a Prezi presentation that provides a step-by-step lesson for teaching the 6 word memoir. This can serve as an ice-breaker for the first day of class or a beginning lesson for a narrative writing/memoir unit.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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