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Middle school creative writing activities for Microsoft PowerPoint
Picture of the Day: 180 Writing Prompt Photos to inspire Creative Writing Daily!
180 Creative & Funny Daily Picture of the Day picture writing prompts: This Photo of the Day Photo Writing Prompt resource presentation contains 180 funny, silly, cute & crazy visual writing prompt photos that your students will love! 180 Picture of the Day photos gives you enough for every day of the school year! I use these writing prompts with pictures as Morning Meeting slides to get students ready for a fun day of learning. These pictures can also be used for: Morning Meeting activi
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1st - 6th
Completely Editable "What Should my Teacher be for Halloween?" Writing Activity
This is a completely editable "What Should my Teacher be for Halloween?" persuasive writing activity. This activity can be edited to include your name and your face! The activity asks the students to choose a Halloween costume for you. The students then have to write down three reasons why they think you should choose their costume. Once the students are done writing down their reasons, they are able to draw you in your costume. Your students will absolutely love this writing activity!
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1st - 6th
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Art Sub Lessons - Silly Sandwich Art Lesson Art Sub Plans .pdf .pptx
Do you need elementary or middle school art sub plans ASAP? How about a fun, no-prep, fully scripted art activity that uses simple materials? Would you like an easy to use drawing lesson you can keep in your emergency sub folder? If the answer to any of these is, "yes," check out this art sub lesson called, "Silly Sandwich."In this activity, students use their imaginations to create a drawing of a silly sandwich. It may be presented as a projected Powerpoint or a printed out .pdf and shown close
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1st - 6th
200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 7/8)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 7/8 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. The writing prompts also contain three sub-questions for those students who find it difficult to brainstorm ideas. With prompts an
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7th - 8th
Also included in: Grade 7 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 4-6 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. Every prompt comes with an example of how students should organize their journals, including partial sentences to get students sta
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Zendoodle Hand Self Portraits Art Lesson Back to School Middle School Art Lesson
DescriptionStudents discover who they are through art in this hand-self portrait lesson! Get to know your students as they write about their beliefs and who they are as a person. Students will use the creative process to design and apply elements using repetition and variety in their handprint piece. Students create their own self-portrait using their handprint, Zentangle designs, and a narrative describing who they are. The art lesson centers around creating a piece of artwork based on a core
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5th - 12th
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Class Recipe Book (Christmas, Holidays, Mothers / Fathers Day, Thanksgiving)
DIY Class Recipe Book
Perfect for special holidays, like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Fathers' Day, Mothers' Day!
Create your own class recipe book by interviewing your students on their favourite special dish to eat with their families! OR, have students complete the recipe pages themselves! See the product photos and preview for more!
For younger students, this often results in hilarious recipes (see below!)
For older students, this is a good activity on writing clear instructions a
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PreK - 6th
Bell Ringer for Middle School ELA Classroom Journal Prompts- 50 Prompts
**Updated 2022** Question of the Days are freestyle journal entries set to music. In my experience, this style of writing helps students feeling more comfortable with their ideas and the process of writing. As a bonus, when you read their journals, you learned so much about your students which will strengthen relationships and connections. This download includes:Colorful Google Slides Presentation: 50 colorful slides to help you stay organized. Questions are split into 10 sets (5 questions in ea
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6th - 9th
Remembering the Heroes of September 11th, 2001 **Distance Learning**
Teaching young children about the events of September 11th always seems difficult to me. I am always torn somewhere between wanting to protect their innocence and wanting to teach them about the history of our country, all of the good and the bad. I created this resource to inform students about the events of September 11th, but more importantly I wanted to focus on the positive; the heroes. I decided to focus on 6 heroes and their stories. This file has been updated to support distance learning
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2nd - 6th
Narrative/Memoir Writing Brainstorming/Generating Ideas: Memory BINGO Activity
Help your writers generate ideas for writing a narrative, memoir, or scene with this interactive "Memory Bingo" game that will get students sharing and collecting memories!During this activity, students will use a list of 50 prompts to add various memories to a BINGO board. During BINGO, students will share memories and add more to their treasure trove of ideas after hearing their classmates' memories. After the activity, students will reflect on their top 5 memories and begin writing about one.
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5th - 12th
Poem of the Week Collection: a YEAR of Multimedia Poetry!
Historically speaking, poems started out as stories intended to be read aloud. Share poems the way they were MEANT to be read - with audio and video readings – while still achieving rigorous reading and creative writing!This Poem of the Week Collection can be used in multiple ways, whether you want... • more consistent poetry stretched throughout the year,• to scaffold students up to more difficult poems, • to compress these poems into a shorter unit in April, or • to make poetry come alive alon
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA
Daily Trivia: 100 Fun Daily Facts of the Day Funny & Educational | Kids Trivia
Trivia Facts for Kids: This Daily Trivia: Fun Daily Facts You Didn't Know! resource contains 100 funny, silly, cute & crazy fun fact of the day for kids that your students will love! Use these facts and real-life photos as Morning Meeting daily slides and activities to inspire creative writing, to start interesting conversations & research, and to get your kids smiling & learning!I always have a Fact projected on my screen every morning and it is a tradition my students love. They c
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1st - 6th
Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers Program for Middle High English ELA
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone their writing skills
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7th - 10th
Halloween Creative Writing: Sensory Details Funny Fillers
Want your students to enjoy Halloween-themed creative writing while still practicing their narrative skills? Let them try out this hilarious partner activity, sensory details stories similar to Mad-libs™, but with a literary twist. From the reviews: “This was a fun warm-up activity for narrative writing--it really got them thinking about unique nouns, adjectives, etc.!”“Fun way to review grammar concepts!”“My students loved this because it was so engaging. Students were able to understand the di
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6th - 9th
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Guided Poetry Presentation and Handouts Distance Learning
Creative writing doesn't have to be difficult. You can teach your students to write like famous poets with ease! My "Write Like a Poet" presentation and handouts are perfect for all students, but especially for those who struggle with creativity or hate to write (or hate poetry). Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for reading literature and writing. This is a great distance learning activity for your students! You can share it on a secured platform and let them work at their own pace.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
ELA Bell Ringer Prompts for Entire School Year: 275 Journal Prompts PRESENTATION
Bell ringer prompts in presentation form for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused PRESENTATION (please note, this is NOT the bell ringer journal. Although they have the same prompts, they are different). The presentation is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their writing and critical thinking skill
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7th - 12th
Halloween Haunted Haikus Writing Poetry Activity (Presentation and Printables)
This Halloween Haiku poetry writing activity will engage your students while having them practice their creative writing skills! This NO PREP resource will allow your students to get into the spooky season and stretch their poetry muscles. This product is perfect for middle school and upper elementary students! Bulletin Board printables included!Included in this resource:- A presentation to review the history and basics of haikus that also provides great examples for students to analyze for thei
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Poetry Unit: Writing Haikus Holiday Bundle Middle ELA
Star Spangled Banner Activity: National Anthem Reading & War of 1812 summary
It's the National Anthem! Whether it's social studies, english, or music class, this mini-unit is perfect for any study on the Star Spangled Banner (or the War of 1812). This bundle includes a fun, introductory whole-group PowerPoint-style quiz, a historical reading with comprehension questions, and a creative re-writing of the National Anthem. Everything you need is included! It's even in PDF and Google drive formats! Learn more specifics in the details below:☞ This resource is also a part of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Parts of Speech Vocabulary Building - Slides
Expand vocabulary with these Parts of Speech Vocabulary Building Slides. There are 34 different slides. Students look at the picture and list the nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs that can be used when talking or writing about the picture. Use as a warm up or writing activity.These slides can be used in the classroom with your students or uploaded into your digital classroom for distance learning.Have a question? Use the Product Q & A or email me at talesfrommissd@gmail.comRelated Products
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K - 6th
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Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.This is the complete complete collection: the seven units comprised the entirety of my fifteen hour writing camp. This is a $25.50 dollar value.
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6th - 12th
Daily Picture Writing Prompts Bundle | Describing & Inferring Quick Write Tasks
Make 2024 your most ENGAGING and PRODUCTIVE year of writing with our massive BUNDLE of PHOTOS AND VISUAL Writing Activities. This YEAR LONG collection of DAILY QUICK-WRITES, TEMPLATES and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS across all text types helps students MAKE INFERENCES, DESCRIBE and connect with their SENSES and write with CREATIVITY and FLAIR.YOU ARE GETTING 715 PAGES OF:⭐A Full Year of Amazing Visual Writing Prompts that can be used daily for QUICKWRITE and EXTENDED WRITING ACTIVITIES.⭐Our DIGITAL an
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
Grades:
5th - 8th
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