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High school creative writing cultural activities $10 and up
World Mythology
A complete three to four week unit on mythology from around the world. Includes Mythologies from 8 different cultures, worksheets, myth packets, creatures from different mythologies, a project, and a jigsaw activity.The myth unit covers creation myths in the 1. General Asian Mythology 2. Celtic Mythology 3. Egyptian Mythology 4. Greek/Roman Mythology 5. Islander Mythology 6. Native American Mythology and 7. Norse Mythology. In addition to Local Myths from my area. You will need to do your own re
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Hero's Journey/Ender's Game/World Mythology Bundle
Dystopian Projects and Activities
This dystopian package includes the following 6 projects and activities to pair with a dystopian unit. I have also paired these activities with a Holocaust unit, and Social Justice unit.
1. Dystopia Introduction (Power Point) – This activity asks students to review a series of images, colors, words, and sounds, and give an emotional assessment of each. At the end, students are then asked to reflect on their emotional reactions and explain what a world might look like where these items, emotion
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Year-round Art Appreciation Program
Art Year-Round is a project that could be added to any K-8 classroom. It takes very little from the teacher and adds a great educational value to any program.
By adding art to your classes, children will become familiar with important artists and masterpieces, and these will be part of their every day life.
The art appreciation pack includes 80 letter-size posters to be shown in class in sets of two paintings every week. The first time an artist is introduced there is a self portrait or photo
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PreK - 9th
Scattered Podcast Unit; Oral Storytelling & Active Listening; Latinx Heritage
The Scattered podcast by Chris Garcia is a captivating way to teach storytelling elements, active listening skills, empathy, history, poetry, and analysis to high school students, and works great during Latinx Heritage month (September-October) . This compelling podcast details the host's journey to find out more about his recently deceased father. Part memoir, part homage, it tackles the full range of human emotion. Your students will be exposed to the art of oral storytelling while learning ab
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
The Things They Carried - Empathy Building Unit
The series of activities in this unit are designed to enhance empathy for your students to situations, people, cultures, and places they may have never experienced before. Tim O’Brien’s book, The Things They Carried, is an excellent literary resource, in particular with setting, narrator, and characterization, imagery, syntax, and more, as well as developing deeper understandings of the themes of war, post-traumatic stress disorder, battlefield violence, social and political inequities, and men
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10th - 12th
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LORE Podcast Analysis, Presentation, and Writing
LORE Podcast is so mesmerizing! Students will be immediately hooked on learning about different cultures and their bizarre histories. This podcast has something for everyone while maintaining a completely appropriate listening experience for 9-12th graders (or beyond!)This bundle can be done in 8 classes, or last much longer or much shorter depending on what you want to do!You will find a breakdown of the project with a lesson planner which includes daily objectives, assessments, and materials.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
FUN Creative Writing Project - Writing the Sequel to "A Quiet Place"
This product gives you a full, fun, and interactive creative writing project suitable for middle school or high school students of any age. Specifically, the project is to write the sequel or prequel to the movie, A Quiet Place. You purchase includes access to these materials:1) A 4-page project description sheet with an overview, directions and requirements, plot structure diagram, background information on the movie, a storyboard graphic organizer, and an initial example story (I.e., a prequ
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7th - 12th
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Fur Wars! Unit on Canadian Fur Trade
A full unit on the Canadian Fur Trade. Students work to answer 4 essential questions which are written on posters at the beginning of the unit. Divide your class up into the two dominate fur trade companies, the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company and have them compete at different activities throughtout the unit to see who deserves to survive the amalgamation of 1812. Or, as an extension have your students write the ending to the Chasse-Galerie, a famous voyageur campfire story. Unit inc
Grades:
4th - 9th
AQUA TIMES NEWS
Would like to add a bit of theatre, drama, journalism or even broastcasting to your students activities. This two or three day project will do the trick. Graphic arts, composition, drama, social studies, problem solving, researching skills, creative writing, decision making, design, media construction and small group work could be involved depending on which way you want the class to construct this news. Using a real news paper or video broadcast segment. Can be modified to fit grades and age. S
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2nd - 12th
Creative English Autobiography Unit
Over 40 activities (51 slides) in this power point presentation designed to get your students reflecting, drawing, and connecting their life to various writing strategies. This has been used with great success for even those "hate to write" students in my classroom over the years.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Iceberg of Culture Classroom Project Activity
This is a great classroom activity for teachers who have a diverse classroom. Included are 4 powerpoint documents and 5 Word documents which detail the activity. This lesson introduces students to the unique aspects of one another's cultures and encourages them to share what makes them, their family and traditions unique. It's a great way for a class to get to know one another and respect the differences they might have.
Grades:
8th - 12th
FUN Creative Writing Project - Writing the Sequel to "A Quiet Place"
This product gives you a full, fun, and interactive creative writing project suitable for middle school or high school students of any age. Specifically, the project is to write the sequel or prequel to the movie, A Quiet Place. You purchase includes access to these materials:1) A 4-page project description sheet with an overview, directions and requirements, plot structure diagram, background information on the movie, a storyboard graphic organizer, and an initial example story (I.e., a prequ
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7th - 12th
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Springboard Unit 3: The Challenge to Make a Difference Interactive Notebook
This notebook is tied to CA Springboard curriculum for 8th grade students and can be used for any history or English class teaching about the Holocaust. Some slides are pulled directly from Springboard Online and edited to fit the slide style. Slides connected to Springboard curriculum will have a removable label for copyright purposes. Other slides are pulled from reputable education sources as supplemental, adjusted to fit the notebook and will also be labeled with their watermark. Any slides
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Story Prompts for Australian students- Bundle
Story Prompt Bundle for First Nations Students- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander- Great resource with lots of writing and speaking prompts that reflect outback life for many of our First Nations students including fishing, rodeo, bush food, swimming in water holes and more. - Suitable for students in rural and remote Australian contexts including First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children as well as mainstream students who want to 'walk in their shoes' to gain a greater u
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3rd - 10th
Unit: African Stories / Mythology and Folklore / ELA: 7-12 (EDITABLE)
*17 links in Bonus File- Agenda: African StoriesGrade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 12Original Products: 10Links to Resources: 8Rubrics: 3
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Grounded for Life - A One Act Play
Lots of Dads say "You're gounded for life!."
What if one Dad meant it?
This brief one act play requires only three actors and minimal sets and props.
The purchase price gives you unlimited copying and performance rights for a period of three years. At $15.00, this is much less expensive than plays purchased from traditional theatrical publishing houses.
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7th - 12th
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Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Drama: Creating a Production Step by Step using tons of Visible Thinking
This 33-page "workbook" or "drama journal" guides a group of students to create their own short (or longer) original production, using only Visible Thinking Strategies. It covers the entire creative process from goal setting, conception, story outline, character development, research, costume and set design, scheduling and planning strategies, audience reflections and finally, personal reflections. The students can, but do not have to write a script. There is no prescribed theme, genre, style or
Grades:
4th - 10th
Unit: Animal Farm by Orwell - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Unit: Novel- Animal FarmClass: ELA 9-10Bundles: 6Essay Type: 4 Argumentative and 1 Informative/ExplanatoryText Sets: 5Prompt Type: 2 Topic and 3 Standard5 Thematic TopicsReading Skills: 5Links to Resources: 45Keys: 46Assessments: 18Writing Skill: Formal WritingScaffolding Levels: 5Activities: 99Creator: Erica Villilo26 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on 18 different CCSS Anchor Standards 5 Writing Prompts: 2 Topic and 3 Stan
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9th - 10th
Unit: Fables for Mythology and Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 8Steps: 10Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 15Rubrics: 1Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Theme (CCSS.ELA.R.2)with textbook fable of choice (CCSS.ELA.R.10)STORY: “Right Mind and Wrong Mind” Page 172 STORY: “Princess and Tin Box” Page 332Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Narrative Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.3)With Folder: Fables- Not by Aesop (CCSS.ELA.R.1)Complete MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Literary Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.2) With LINK: List of Aesop's
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7th - 12th
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Writing Prompts | Analyze Quotes | Year Long Bundle
This bundle includes 20 full products! You can use this for a year long writing center because there are quotes to go along with each month of the year. Students will analyze and explain what the quote means to them. There is a quote coloring page to go with each quote analyzing page too! You can use as writing prompts, journal entries, morning work, homework, or writing centers! This is a great way to work on opinion writing and analyzing text.This Product Includes:▹ 400 different quotes to An
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Great African-American Artists Calendar Set
This colorful calendar set is a great way to foster multi-cultural education and art history in the classroom. Each month features a prominent African-American artist and their birth date. This set can be used to create an inspiring bulletin board for each month of the year. This set includes:
* Lesson Ideas
* A Calendar Template
* Numbers for the Calendar
* Frame Template
* Titles for each month of the year featuring:
Jan.- Clementine Hunter
Feb.-Horace Pippin
March- William H. Johnson
April- E
Grades:
K - 12th
Native American Literature Unit Bundle
This unit bundle includes several Native American short stories with corresponding questions, a study guide, a final assessment, and an answer key.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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