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12th grade creative writing games
How Well Do You Know Your Teacher? (Fun End of Year Activity)
This is a fun, no-prep end of year activity to see how well (or not well) your students know you! The students get to come up with creative responses to fun and engaging prompts.Depending on the age of your students, you can pick and choose which slides to assign. For the older kids, I've included prompts related to social media.
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3rd - 12th
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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
IMPROV GAMES with IMPROV PROMPT CARDS BUNDLE (16 sets! Heaps of Improv Games!)
I have compiled DRAMA TRUNK improv cards and games for endless improv prompts. These versatile cards can be used in so many ways and are a MUST HAVE improvisation resource. THIS IMPROV BUNDLE INCLUDES:IMPROV SCENE STARTERS (here)ANIMALISTICS Characterisation Activities + Animal Family Cards (here)SOCIAL SITUATIONS Improv Cards and Improv Activities (here)SCENE THEMES Improvisation Cards and Improvisation Games (here)GROUP FREEZES Improv Cards and Teaching Activities (here)DRAMA SHOES Improvisati
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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OPENING LINES Drama / English Cards (with Drama Games + Activities)
This set of 99 OPENING LINE Drama Cards comes with 3 suggested drama activities (Opening Line Scenes; One Word / Line at a time; Monologues) but can be used in so many more ways. Get your scenes and storytelling off to a great start with this collection of open ended short scene starters. DRAMA TRUNK DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND! Just print, laminate (optional) and cut out a set of versatile drama cards that you can use over and over again. I cannot count how many times and ways
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Drama Cards : BUNDLED 17 SETS (with Drama Activities & Games)
Ice breaker Games - Back to School Icebreaker Bundle for Middle and High School
This back to school icebreaker bundle includes engaging ice breaker games for middle school and high school students! Based on popular classics, this bundle includes: “Speed-Meeting” icebreaker questions, “Matchmaker” partner pairing cards, and collaborative “Snowball Writing” prompts.⚡️ Save over 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡️Ice Breaker Games included with this Bundle:✏️ “Speed-Meeting” Icebreaker Questions for Teens - Color & Greyscale30 unique, engaging, and age-appropriate icebreake
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6th - 12th
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Improvisation Scene Starters (Improvisation Scenarios) with Improv Games
Improvisation scenarios by Drama Trunk. Looking for improvisation resources that are ready to print and go? Use these improv scene starters for any drama game where a simple scenario is needed. These improv scene starters are suitable for scenes where 1 person starts or where there are 2 or more players.Use Drama Trunk ‘Improv Scene Starter’ Cards with the following suggested improv games (instructions included in resource), use them to start scenes or to start any improvisation.• Space Jump• Wh
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CHARACTER Drama Cards / English Cards (Drama Games + Activities)
This set of 259 Character Drama Cards comes with 3 suggested drama activities (Character Scenes; Monologues; Bus Stop) but can be used in so many more ways. Enhance creativity, storytelling and character development with these versatile cards. DRAMA TRUNK DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND! Just print, laminate (optional) and cut out a set of versatile drama cards that you can use over and over again. I cannot count how many times and ways I have used drama cards – absolutely my most
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Drama Cards : BUNDLED 17 SETS (with Drama Activities & Games)
Show Don't Tell Descriptive Writing Game
Elevate Writing with the Show Don’t Tell Descriptive Writing Game!Transform your writing lessons with the Show Don’t Tell Descriptive Writing Game, a multisensory experience that makes learning to write descriptive paragraphs fun, engaging, and interactive. This game teaches players how to "show" rather than "tell" by using vivid adjectives, dynamic action verbs, expressive adverbs, and creative literary devices like similes, metaphors, and personification.Key FeaturesMultisensory Learning: Enga
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4th - 12th
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Group Freeze Frames (Improvisation resource with improv cards)
Freeze Frames Drama Teaching Resource. These cards have been created to help develop drama performance skills (facial expression, gesture, body language, mood) with a focus on freeze frames (tableaux). Use the cards to extend and develop performance techniques, for spontaneous improvisation games where a prompt is needed or otherwise task players to come up with scenes based on the cards. This set of cards includes freeze frame scenarios with additional directives to extend the initial freeze fr
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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War of the Words: A Fast and Fun Game to Practice Diction and Sensory Language
This one is so fast and easy! It takes only two class days or less, and with hardly any work for the teacher, students will be highly engaged in discussions about word choice and grammar.
I came up with this idea and started using it decades ago when I was teaching middle school ELA. Now that I teach high school and AP classes, I've still used it every year, and it has never failed with any group or any level.
This resource includes everything you need--a 24-slide engaging presentation to tea
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6th - 12th
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Public Speaking -- Impromptu Speeches: Fake Words
Each slide contains a prompt with a fake word. Students have to give an impromptu speech responding to the prompt as if the fake word is a real thing. I use this as an ice-breaker in my public speaking class, but it could also be used as a creative writing assignment. I do this assignment in public speaking within the first week of the class so students can gain confidence in speaking and start working on dropping filler words. There are 36 different prompts in this PowerPoint plus two slides f
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7th - 12th
180 Language Arts Bell-Ringers -- Writing, Critical Thinking, and More!
This product contains 180 bell-ringers for Language Arts, with thirty different types of activities. Those activities range from SAT-vocabulary-based crosswords and madlibs, analyzing and creating the end of poems, responding to pictures, YouTube videos, and startling statistics, and writing, writing, writing!
This is a great way to settle your students in for an engaging class. Because the activities are different every day, they don't get old or boring, and students never know what to expect.
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6th - 12th
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Improv Games with ARGUMENT STARTERS improvisation cards
Improv Games and Improv Cards by Drama Trunk. Looking for improv teaching resources? This set of Argument Starter prompt cards comes with the following suggested impro games: • Evil Twin Argument Version (fun improv game)• The argument game• Open scene - enhance classic open improvisations with the improv cards• Emotion quadrants drama game• Shakespearean Scene (challenge improv skills)• Scene replayBut the improv cards can be used in so many more ways and with different improvisation games and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Creative Writing Jenga: Grades 6-12
If you teach narrative writing and are looking for a new and exciting way to engage your students, look no further! Your students will LOVE practicing their creative writing skills while playing this interactive Jenga game. Whether you're playing as a whole class or in small groups, this resource will leave a lasting impression on students.This (editable) Creative Writing Jenga game is the perfect way to strengthen students’ skills in a fun and engaging way.What's included?Teacher directions for
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6th - 12th
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Improv drama lesson plans : SOCIAL SITUATIONS improvisation cards and activities
Improv drama lesson plan - social situations improvisation cards and activities. These cards have been created for use with various improvisation games and exercises include situation based improv prompts based on 'social situations''. Use the cards for spontaneous improv games where a prompt is needed or otherwise task players to come up with scenes or monologues based on the cards. Use these fun 'Social Situation' cards (which act as an improvisation setting) with the following suggested impro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Amazing Mouse Trap - Logic Puzzle and Writing Assignment
This is a great activity which can combine logical problem solving skills and either writing or oral presentation skills. It is the Amazing Mouse Trap. There are 24 cards which you have your students cut out and put together in order to make the machine work. (The idea came from the game Mouse Trap). Once the kids have correctly assembled the machine I have them do an extension activity. They must write a detailed description of how the machine works which takes a lot of creative writing and
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5th - 12th
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52 Back to School Drama Activities
Whether you are new to teaching drama, or simply want to add some fun to your class, these activities will help set the tone for a building a strong classroom community. If you have been teaching for years, these activities can help you feel inspired by trying something new!On a typical first day of drama, you’ll want to: Introduce yourself and create a sense of excitement/magic Learn names Start to establish trust within the group Introduce an easy performance activityFor each of th
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2nd - 12th
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ORWELL'S 1984 CREATIVE ACTIVITIES | Newspeak poetry activity + 1984 games
1984 creative activities and games lessons might sound like an oxymoron, but given that much of Orwell’s scarily prescient dystopic novel can be looked at as games played by the Inner Party on an unsuspecting populace, I think that my fun activities are justified! 5 activities await. The most challenging and creative of the games is Newspeak found poetry. Students construct poems using only a pair of scissors and the two pages of the carefully selected 1984 words included in this resource. It gi
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10th - 12th
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Theater Improv Warm-Ups and Games FOR EVERYONE
Young people LOVE theater improvisation, and so will you. Improv can help you create a cohesive class culture, spark creative writing, and make your students 100% engaged!Using this 4-page handout, you can explore many Improv WARM-UPS, EXERCISES and GAMES with your students - no previous improv experience required. The first page can turn into an easy anchor chart of what skills are necessary for improv (and serves as great justification for using improv in your classroom - these are important
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching improv games : THINGS THAT GO WRONG improv cards and exercises
Improv lesson plans - funny improvisation cards with 'things that go wrong' scenarios plus improv games suggestions to use the cards with. These cards have been created for use with various impro games and exercises but can be used with so many more. Use the provided improv cards for spontaneous improvisation games where a prompt is needed or otherwise task players to come up with scenes or monologues based on the cards. Use these engaging 'things that go wrong' cards (which act as an improvisat
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet Unit -Lesson Plans, Activities, Answer Key, Digital Copy
ROMEO AND JULIET UNIT (Revised)Introducing the ultimate resource for teaching Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, "Romeo and Juliet"! Our Romeo and Juliet Unit is a comprehensive and highly engaging package designed to captivate your students' interest while delving deep into the themes, language, and characters of this iconic play. As an educator, I understand the importance of flexibility, which is why this unit is completely editable in both Word and Google Docs versions, allowing you to pers
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Romeo and Juliet Bundle with Game Bundle and Digital Copy of Activities
CHRISTMAS CREATIVE WRITING High School prompts and activities
A dozen NO PREP Christmas and winter fun creative writing activities and games for your secondary ELA or Creative Writing class will keep your students engaged for two packed lessons.The found poetry and dice roll story will occupy the most minutes and a simple rubric is included should you wish to use these activities for marks. Most of the other 10 activities in this package are rapid-fire quickies. Students don't have premium concentration as the end of term beckons! Most of these seasonal ac
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8th - 12th
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A Homemade Version of the Game Balderdash
This is a "home cooked" version of Balderdash (the game where students take an obscure word--one person has the real definition while the others in the group have to "fake" their definitions). Complete directions come with this download as well as scoring/definition sheets and a "starter kit" of about 60 words (after that you can go to the OED or even a regular dictionary for more words). You can use this as a "just for fun" activity or it can be something more meaningful as you discuss how wo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Capitalization Jeporady Game
What better way to check for understanding than to play a game with your students? This interactive Capitalization Game will get your students eager about learning the capitalization rules and how to use them correctly when writing.
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2nd - 12th
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