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Free high school creative writing activities
Comic Strip Template FREEBIE!
Enjoy these FREE comic strip templates in your classroom! Product includes a template for both six and eight section comics. Also includes an optional section where students can add the title/author/setting/characters. These pages add a unique and fun way to have students create or summarize stories! Choose any of these four templates to make the assignment your own! This product is now a TpT Digital Activity! It can be used for Distance Learning.You can now:1. Customize this resource for your s
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PreK - 12th
Free Winter Creative Writing Activities
Free Winter Creative Writing Activities
Lighten up the winter blues with these fun creative writing activities for the winter season. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards for Writing, this 13-page document (nine student handouts and two pages for examples & teacher's guide) includes poetry prompts, short story activities and prompts, and a fun narrative prompt using Twitter for inspiration.
As always, I like to create activities that will appeal to a wide range of students. These
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS Book Report Activity | Generic Novel Unit Study Activity FREE
With this freebie, your students will be able to present a creative summary for any character for any book. This no-prep activity makes an engaging addition to any of my creative novel units (find the list below).CLICK HERE to find this in my Generic Novel, Movie, and Documentary Brochure Bundle!My novel units allow your students to work through the book in a natural and enjoyable way. There will be no dreaded multiple-choice tests. However, these activities are thorough which will allow you to
Grades:
4th - 12th
End of Year Activity - Letter to My Future Self Freebie - Distance Learning
I always close out the school year with this fun and easy (NO GRADE) activity! Students write a letter to their future selves. PDF and Google Slides versions available. In class activity: I ask them to bring in a self-address envelope, with a forever stamp on it. They place their letter in the envelope when they are finished. They can write as little or as much as they like! This is private; I tell them that I will not read them! I save them and send them the year that they graduate from high sc
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5th - 12th
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30 Circles Challenge | Creative Thinking
30 Circles Challenge | Creative ThinkingThis 30 Circles Challenge comes from Bob McKim. It’s a great warm-up that encourages creative thinking! Simply give students 3 minutes to transform as many circles as they can into recognisable objects!
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1st - 12th
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Brain Teasers: REBUS Puzzles FREEBIE
This product is a sample of my Brain Puzzles recommended for grades 2-6! It includes one of my word puzzles student activity sheets and answer keys. This is a great way to sample to see if your students are up to the challenge before buying my larger pack!Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH 24 HR FREEBIES once a month! It pays to follow me!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/StraightoutofpencilsI create individualized, or content specific for what y
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2nd - 12th
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Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts
Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts. Using writing prompts with photos to teach descriptive writing is an effective exercise. Teach your students to use concrete, or sensory, detail with three thought-provoking photos with writing prompts and notes on using sensory detail. This is part of my complete unit on Writing a Narrative Essay.Writing a Narrative Essay - Complete UnitYou might also likeWriting Prompts for Research and Response PapersWriting a Persuasive Essay - Complete UnitWriting a Rese
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7th - 10th
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Valentine's Kindness Flower - FREE Printable Writing & Coloring Activity
Students write about how they can plant seeds of kindness and help spread acts of love beyond Valentine's day. This one page, no-prep worksheet is a perfect way to engage your students in thoughtful creativity - a gift that keeps on giving.If you enjoy this freebie, please leave feedback on my TPT store and join my email newsletter at rainbowbrain.cloud for updates on new products and fun freebies!Thank you for YOUR kindness :)
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PreK - 12th
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2-Sentence Horror Stories Creative Writing Activity FREEBIE
Let students have fun and get creative with this FREE 2-Sentence Horror Stories Creative Writing Activity! Students will write a couple of 2-sentence horror stories, which will challenge them to consider their reader's reactions while writing concisely. This creative writing activity can serve as enrichment, a resource for early finishers, or just a fun Halloween lesson!A teacher's guide is also included which covers directions for using this lesson as a whole class activity, a station, or deliv
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Study Unit for Digital or In-person
FREE Figurative Language Practice Activity
Engage students in figurative language practice with this FREE Figurative Language Tasting Activity! This fun, tasting activity will have even the most disengaged students writing similes, metaphors, and hyperbole as they practice using figurative language in descriptive writing.Stop dragging students through figurative language practice! Replace boring exercises with this hands-on activity.In this FREE Figurative Language Tasting Activity, you will provide students with small treats (think a mi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Mini-unit Bundle: Creative Writing
FREE SAMPLE Bell Ringer Journal: (VOL 4) Printer Friendly Version Grades 6-12
This FREE resource includes two weeks of bell ringers from my printer friendly bell ringer journal. It also includes a guide to help you determine which Bell Ringer Journal would best fit your students! Here are details of the full, paid version:This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused way. Volume 4 is 100% printer friendly and is designed for teachers who do not have access to a color printer. The journal is organized by month w
Grades:
6th - 12th
Blackout Poetry Activity l black out poetry l blackout poetry passages
Blackout poetry is such an easy way to take the fear factor out of writing poetry. Instead of staring at a blank page, students get to choose the words they want from a page that is already full. Less pressure = more creativity! You've probably seen the striking final product of blackout poetry assignments around Instagram and Pinterest. With their writer's block is out of the way, students can use the blackout poetry form to create powerful poetic AND visual images. They will amaze themselves a
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: The Creative Poetry Bundle l poetry activities l fun poetry activities
(FREE) Mother's Day Craft: Mindfulness Zen Doodle Card Printable
For an easy and effective card to complement any gift, get students to colour and write in these Mindfulness Mother's Day Card templates. Want even more Mindfulness Mother's Day Card Designs?Click here for more Mindfulness Mother's Day Card templates (seven different designs, name and spelling variations for all the special women in a child's life). ⭐️ Follow Me to always have fresh, fun and engaging activities at your finger tips!⭐️ Please take a second to provide feedback for this product (and
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1st - 12th
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Free Templates! Exit Slip, Bell Ringer, Journal Entry, & Take Note
Free editable/printable/digital templates for 1. Bell Ringers 2. Journal Entry 3. Exit Slip and 4. Take Note. These are great 5-minute activities that help maintain superior classroom management! They are editable, so change them to best fit your classroom needs. Enjoy this freebie & please check out new products when I drop them--I AM A NEWBIE!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Make a Meme Fun Project
This is a 1 day, easy and fun project where the students have to Make a Meme about their class or teacher. I have included the directions that I use for my class (I teach reading, writing, and social studies in 5th grade) but feel free to edit it! Perfect for a substitute, asynchronous work, June, or just to take a fun break! :)
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4th - 12th
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Poetry Book Project - Free with Easel Activity
Free! Using this poetry project assignment, students will create a poetry book by writing 11 different poems from a list of subjects, and each poem will require a different element of poetry including figurative language (metaphor, simile, idiom, personification, hyperbole) or sound device (onomatopoeia, alliteration). Students must also include one of each type of poetry given (limerick, ode, haiku, ballad, free verse, etc.) Cover page, Table of Contents, Writing Pages, and Detailed Rubric incl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (Animated)
This is an animated PowerPoint presentation on figurative language. It introduces/reviews similies, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole, and personification.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Core Aligned Creative Writing Rubric
Fully editable!
Flexible for assessing many forms of creative writing.
Memoirs, short stories, Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Personal Narratives
Core aligned to 9-10 Common Core, but easily adjustable to all middle grades.
Can be used as a teacher grade tool, peer-review grade tool, or self-assessment grade tool
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6th - 10th
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Free Simile and Metaphor Practice
Help students identify similes and metaphors using awesome sentences from famous novels! If you love this freebie, check out the full 'Similes and Metaphors in pop culture' lesson :)Also check out the free simile and metaphor game for further practice!
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6th - 9th
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FREE Story Path, step-by-step storytelling, creative writing, narrative writing
Use this Story Path worksheet as a tool to help students understand the steps of a successful narrative structure. You can use this worksheet as a standalone lesson in between units or expand the lesson by asking students to use this assignment as the starting spot to create their own original work of fiction. Lots of options for both creative writing and regular English classes. Looking for more storytelling tools?Click here for a free storytelling arc worksheet:https://www.teacherspayteachers.
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Printable Lined Paper
Printable PDF lined paper template for writing in the classroom. Great for short stories or poems!!
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PreK - 12th
So you think you know your teacher? No prep needed!
This assignment has already been used in my classroom and is kid approved! My students had a blast answering questions about their favorite teacher. Students will respond to questions using the slides provided, they can use text box, pictures of gifs… Do be warned, your classroom might be full of laughter after you’re finished with this activity! Want to make this activity last longer? Allow students to present their answers to the class.
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3rd - 12th
FREE Halloween Synonyms | Color Coding Lists | Active Learning and Pre-Writing
Prepare for Halloween themed descriptive, narrative or even persuasive and argument writing with this pre-writing synonym sort.Aimed at middle and high school, the word bank includes simple, moderate and challenging vocabulary to sort into synonym groups. You may be surprised at the discussions that the task stirs up about language use!Want the Halloween BUNDLE? Check out Halloween ELA BUNDLE | October Activities | Reading, Writing, Speaking✨As this is a free product, please consider FOLLOWING M
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Halloween ELA BUNDLE | October Activities | Reading, Writing, Speaking
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