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Middle school creative writing center pdfs
Paragraph of the Week
The ORIGINAL Paragraph of the Week program on TpT! This daily, scaffolded approach to paragraph writing is perfect to help get your students writing good, solid, detailed paragraphs. Students will write one weekly paragraph, focusing on the organization and format of the paragraph itself. There are 36 weeks worth of writing prompts (plus 5 BONUS prompts) in this 258 page file. All of the prompts are student-centered so that they will not get bogged down on the topic but rather focus on wri
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Paragraph of the Week and Essay of the Month Writing Bundle
Fictional Narrative Writing Mini Unit
Teach fictional narrative writing in eight lessons with a focus on the traits of writing – taking students through the whole writing process from generating ideas all the way to publishing final drafts. Fictional Narratives can be completed as part of a writer’s workshop, writing center, guided writing in small groups, or whole class activity.Each day (lesson) takes students through one trait of writing:•Lesson 1 – Ideas – Students brainstorm ideas for their narrative – problem/solution, charac
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4th - 7th
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The Creeping Hour Podcast Worksheets End of Year After State Testing Activities
Looking for fun after state testing activities or ways to wrap things up at the end of the year? Check out these podcast worksheets for The Creeping Hour! Students from 4th to 7th grade LOVE listening to these creepy 15:00 episodes while working through the paired podcast listening worksheets. These five terrifying tales are easy to plug in after each state testing session, on early release days, during Halloween, or even last-minute sub plans.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!► What is
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4th - 6th
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Ready-to-Color "Pop Art" Father's Day Cards | Great Father's Day Craft Activity!
Father's Day Pop Art Cards are easy (no prep) for teachers, fun for kids, and make a unique and colorful card for dad this Father's Day. I have designed and created 13 Pop Art card templates for use in this Father's Day resource. These cards are inspired by famous pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Indiana, Romero Britto, and Keith Haring. Grandfather Variations Now IncludedYou will need: Pop Art handouts/examples/instructions (included)Pop Art cards (inclu
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1st - 6th
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4th and 5th Grade Writing Center - Finish the Story with Google Slides Versions
Do you need rigorous literacy centers for your 4th and 5th graders? This 4th and 5th grade writing center resource is a perfect literacy center to engage and challenge your students.NOTE: This resource now has a Google Classroom version, making it ideal for digital distance learning and remote teaching! Please see the 3rd page of the PDF for details and the link!Included in this Writing Center Resource:- 16 different story starters for narrative stories. The stories vary from point of view (1st
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4th - 6th
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Comic Strip Templates - BIG Bundle!
Comics are a great way to engage the reluctant learner and can be used across all subject areas to integrate common core as well as content specific standards.
This file is a big bundle of 60 comic strip graphic organizers. Within this set, I have included a big accordion comic strip foldable and a story element graphic organizer that I have my students fill out prior to beginning any comic story.
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Photosynthesis Comic Strip Project
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Grades:
K - 12th
Poetry Writing Unit for Fall
This poetry resource has your students working with poetic devices, figurative language, and different forms of poetry, all with a Fall theme. Each device and type of poetry has a definition and original example. Students will create a booklet full of their own poetry and examples, as well as a Fall leaf writing craft that makes a beautiful classroom display of learning.Poetic devices include: alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, repetition, rhyme scheme, and simile.
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Fall Activities Creative Bundle for Upper Grades
Fractured Fairy Tales Unit Activities: Readers Theater Scripts, Writing & More
Readers' Theater - Fairy tales readers' theater for grades 3, 4, 5 & 6: Fractured fairy tales readers' theater scripts by children's author T. P. Jagger. For 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th grades, this 147-page readers' theater Fairy Tales Bonus Bundle takes four traditional fairy tales and turns them on their heads.The bundle includes:>The Three Little Pigs becomes . . . THE THREE PIRATE PIGS (5-8 readers)>Rumpelstiltskin becomes . . . NOT RUMPELSTILTSKIN (4-8 readers)>Goldilocks & th
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3rd - 6th
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101 Writing Prompts - Daily Writing Warm-Up - Bell Ringer Journal
Looking for the very best way to get your students writing and loving it? Then, you’ve found the perfect resource! This highly engaging and effective set of This or That Writing Prompts includes 202 writing prompt choices on 101 creative handouts. Each This or That Writing Prompt provides students with two choices for showcasing their writing. After reviewing each choice, students can choose to do the “This” activity or the “That” activity. The choices promote engagement, differentiate the
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4th - 7th
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Finish the Story Narrative Writing Activities | Fun Test Prep | Print + Digital
Need fresh ways to engage your students in writing again? These narrative writing Finish the Story activities are not only fun for students, but also provide excellent narrative writing skills practice for your upper elementary students. Using these Finish the Story activities will help alleviate the struggle of writing for your reluctant writers because they will not feel the pressure of staring at a blank page and starting their own writing from scratch. These help build confidence and strong
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3rd - 6th
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Prewriting Graphic Organizers: Writing Worksheets, Hamburger Paragraph, RACE
These prewriting graphic organizers are perfect for the prewriting stage of the writing process for all types of writing. Using graphic organizers as supports during writer’s workshop allows your students to become more independent during prewriting. Different options are included for many of the writing types to allow you to switch up your students’ prewriting guides throughout the year or differentiate to meet the needs of all your growing writers. These pre-writing organizers were created wit
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Graphic Organizers: Prewriting and Writing Strategies Activities
How to Write a Friendly Letter Writing Mini Unit
This Friendly Letter Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. First, model how to format a letter and envelope and practice with a sample passage. Students will then follow the template to write their own letter.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson plansGoogle Classroom linksSample letter and envelopeSample letter
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
Cereal Box Book Report- Fiction Narrative Reading & Writing Story Elements
I had so much fun with our Non-Fiction Cereal Box Book Reports, I decided to make one for any Fiction book! My students had a great time creating these! It is a simple, fun way to do a book report.There are two options to choose from, one primary and one geared toward intermediate.The elements include:Title Page: Draw your own cover for the bookCharacters & Traits: Identify main characters and give each a traitSetting: Draw the main settingPlot: Primary- beginning, middle, end. Intermedia
Grades:
1st - 6th
Personification Spot It & Steal It Game
Personification will be a breeze to teach with this engaging, hands-on game filled with fun illustrations! The visuals make it easy for students to understand personification... this will make them more likely to use personification in their own writing!Play the game as a class... or keep it as a center! Use the visuals to introduce the topic; for review; or put them up on a bulletin board for a visual reminder... the options are endless!Take a look at the preview to see all the cards included i
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Valentine's Day Bundle
Writing Strategies Graphic Organizers for Prewriting Revising Writing Process
These writing strategies graphic organizers are perfect for the prewriting and revising stages of the writing process for all types of writing. Using graphic organizers as supports during writer’s workshop allows your students to become more independent throughout the writing process. Different options are included for many of the writing strategies to allow you to switch up your students’ writing graphic organizers throughout the year or differentiate to meet the needs of all your growing write
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Graphic Organizers: Prewriting and Writing Strategies Activities
What If ? Task Cards for Creative Thinking, Cause and Effect, and Journals
A set of *52* creative "What If" prompts to stretch thinking and encourage kids to think outside the box. These are perfect task cards to use for teaching cause and effect, to use as journaling prompts, with early finishers, and for students to think critically and creatively.
**Are you looking for MORE Early Finisher Activities?!**
Early Finisher Task Card Bundle
Creative Thinking A-Z Task Cards
Think It Through: Weekly Activities for Creative and Critical Thinking
Monthly Creative &
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Early Finisher and Enrichment Activities - The ULTIMATE Bundle
Quick Writes for Upper Elementary Students
I have started using Quick Writes as a way to get my kids engaged first thing when they come in the classroom. I throw up an interesting picture and we write away! Sometimes I give them a prompt, sometimes I give them certain guidelines and sometimes we JUST WRITE! Use these however you see fit! I decided to share what I use because my kids are very ENGAGED in the writing, especially when they have the choice to take the story where they want. Big kids LOVE this activity!Please download the Prev
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4th - 6th
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Halloween Narrative Writing Activity | Finish the Story | Print & Digital
This Halloween narrative writing activity is the perfect way to get your students excited about Halloween while practicing their narrative writing skills. Students read the beginning of a Halloween story about two kids who encounter what seems to be a haunted house. Then use their imaginations and writing skills to finish the story!WHAT'S INCLUDED:Teacher GuideHaunted House Story Beginning PDF VersionHaunted House Story Beginning Digital Google Slides VersionSUGGESTED USES:Morning work/bell rin
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading & Writing Activities Growing Bundle | Print & Digital
Digital Writing Journal | 180 Daily Writing Prompts for Google Slides
Looking to add a digital component to your writing block? This EDITABLE digital writing journal is the perfect addition to your daily writing routine. This independent project makes for great test prep for students needing to learn to respond to a prompt.This journal is GREAT for independent work, morning work or distance learning. After students have learned your expectations, it is an independent daily journal on Google Classroom. Suggested Use: Each day, students will read the prompt, determi
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1st - 8th
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Summary Graphic Organizer Summarizing Nonfiction Text Worksheets Rubric +
Summarizing Nonfiction Text Worksheets Lessons and Rubric + ✏️ Summarize reading passages in 4 simple steps! This summary worksheet offers a step-by-step process for both fiction and nonfiction summary writing. It provides a graphic organizer and worksheets that make summarizing easy! Each step is broken down into manageable pieces. It also provides organizers, activities, samples, and a summary rubric. This resource can also be found in The Writing Plan Curriculum Bundle ~ Click HERE to Save $S
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Essay Writing Homework Essay of the Week
This weekly writing resource is perfect for giving students the tools necessary for writing essays independently. It not only includes the assignments and prompts, but the reference notes needed to complete an essay from the prewriting stage to a final copy. The directions are divided up from Monday-Thursday and show students what they need to do each day to write an effective essay. The directions, along with a student reference booklet and checklist, provide your students with the tools to com
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3rd - 6th
How to Writing - Procedural Prompts, Graphic Organizers, Charts
How To writing is explored using guided practice activities such as a sample anchor chart and graphic organizers. You'll find writing prompts, an action verb list, a recipe word list, order words coded for beginning, middle and ending transitions, a transitions word list, a success criteria chart and a rubric.Students will learn to understand that this writing genre: Give a clear reason for the process. Provides a list of materials required to conduct the process. Addresses any safety precaut
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Writing for the Year Procedural, Narrative, Letter, Recount, Descriptive
Halloween Writing Prompts: Creative Narrative Writing Spooky Story Starters
Set a spooky mood in your middle or high school ELA classroom this October with these chilling Halloween story starter writing prompts. Get your students writing for enjoyment while also revising and editing their work to meet the rigor of the Common Core Narrative Writing Standards.This resource features 24 engaging story starters, also known as narrative leads, that you can use in a variety of ways. Don't feel like grading writing? Have students use these as impromptu speech topics. Students c
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6th - 9th
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What Does Our Principal Assistant Principal Dean Director Headmaster Do All Day?
What Does Our Principal, Assistant Principal, Dean, Director, Headmaster Do All Day? Student Written BookWhat is this resource?This activity is perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week, Principals or Administrators Appreciation Days, or the perfect retirement gift for an outgoing principal or administrator.What is included in this resource?Principal VersionAssistant Principal VersionDean VersionDirector VersionHeadmaster VersionThree different levels are included for all grades: -Drawing Version (P
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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