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Common Core W.8.3b projects
Ugly Christmas Sweater: Décor and Party Invitation Writing and Design Activity
Imagine this: You or a character of your choosing, have just been invited to attend an ugly sweater Christmas party. You will now have the opportunity to evaluate and carefully select the décor for this festive Christmas event. There are four activities included in this file. They can be used as individual Christmas writing activities or as a complete unit, as they all go hand in hand, yet offer something different in each activity.
Four Christmas writing options to choose from:
• Ugly Christma
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Christmas ELA Activities Literary Devices Short Films Theme Character Plot
Short Film Workshop: A Christmas Star Super fun way to teach NARRATIVE writing and LITERARY ELEMENTS! This lesson is PACKED with engaging activities that will teach students real world use of literary elements and how writers use them to create great stories. Students will learn to transfer the techniques to their own literary writing. ❤ DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION AVAILABLE! CLICK HERENOTE: This workshop can be easily differentiated because their are a variety of difficulty levels and DOK wi
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5th - 8th
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The House on Mango Street Narrative Vignettes Book - Novel Unit Project Cisneros
Ignite your students' creative spark with a spectacular writing journey inspired by Sandra Cisneros' literary masterpiece, "The House on Mango Street"! This isn't just any writing exercise; it's a project that will leave a lasting impression.Use this resource to guide your students through the creation of ten captivating narrative vignettes. It's a unique and imaginative approach that breathes life into their storytelling skills, and it's the perfect grand finale for your unit!Here’s what you’ll
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8th - 11th
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Creating Characters in Creative Writing | Two Activities to Create a Character
In creative writing or with narrative writing, students will need to create characters. They should not stereotype or only build flat character though. This creative writing activity includes a teacher sheet, student sheet, five brainstorming activities, a fun multiple choice "quiz" for the character, and a rubric. Everything except the pictures are editable.You can download this as a Powerpoint to use in your classroom, share it with students on Google Classroom, or print the pages if needed.Sp
Grades:
7th - 10th
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
Narrative Writing: Short Stories - Presentation, Prompts, Handouts for Students
Writing short stories: A complete presentation with printable handouts for students.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This zipped download includes two *editable* Powerpoint files that cover:-Essential components of a story (setting, plot, character development, theme, conflict, point of view)-Story idea generators (ways to generate ideas for stories, which include visual picture prompts, online prompts, and other ways to come up with ideas)-Handouts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Historical Fiction Project - Creative Writing + Historical Research!
This is a six-part creative writing project in which students research a time period in history and then set a short story there! Product includes an explanation, grading rubric, and step-by-step project creation.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Literary Crimes:"Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," & "The Landlady"
After reading "Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Landlady," students will become the detectives and analyze the murderers in each story! In this activity, students will fill out a "case file" for each murderer where they will summarize, make inferences, and cite text. Then, they will select one character and respond to the narrative writing prompt. This product includes an outline to help students prewrite.
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6th - 9th
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Growing Bundle of Writing Resources for Middle School Language Arts
This bundle has many resources for helping middle school students write, including but not limited to the following:Creative writing/narrative writingShort story writing prompts and resourcesPersonal writing including an autobiography and a thankful essayStory writing resources for various elements of writing including dialogue, setting, characterization, plot development, etc.Writing an urban legendPersuasive writingPersuasive essay writingPrint advertisementsResearch writingResearch papersRese
Grades:
6th - 8th
Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions
Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions: Ditch the traditional book report and use these six creative digital alternatives suitable for any novel or short story instead. Engage even your most reluctant students with this comprehensive digital bundle, which includes everything you need to implement these innovative projects. Each digital assignment is accompanied by a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by John Spencer, designed to hook students from
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7th - 10th
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Middle School End of the Year Reflections Writing Project
Middle School Reflections ProjectUse this project with your 8th Grade Students to build a memory book that both students and parents will enjoy looking at later in life! It sets the tone for their high school years!You can use any or all of the pages. Tailor it to fit your students! Cover Sheets – ►Two sheets with editable PDF sections. Be sure you know how to edit a PDF. ►Students can also add their own name/picture/art in the large space available. Essay Sheets – These are for students to wri
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6th - 8th
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Personal Narrative Assignment & Rubric - Common Core Aligned
Personal Narrative Assignment
This unit contains a student directions sheet, prewriting pages, graphic organizer, student revision sheet, peer conference sheet and Common Core Aligned Rubric.
All forms are student friendly and easy to follow. The assignment is open enough for students to select a topic of their choice to write about. Great for grades 5th-8th.
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Creating Setting in Creative Writing | Two Activities to Build a Setting
In creative writing or with narrative writing, students will need to establish setting. They should reveal the setting naturally and not all at once. This creative writing activity includes a graphic organizer, teacher sheet, student sheet, five brainstorming activities, and a rubric to help students build a story's setting. Everything except the pictures are editable.You can download this as a Powerpoint to use in your classroom, share it with students on Google Classroom or with email, or prin
Grades:
7th - 10th
Bundle of Resources with Short Story Writing Prompts for Middle School
Stimulate student creativity with these resources for writing short stories! With a variety of resources and prompts, there are lots of ideas for students who struggle to come up with a topic for a short story. The bundle includes multiple resources to help students write stories. Included are story prompts for various genres. The cards include a lesson plan and graphic organizers. In addition, some of the resources can be integrated with other curriculum. The Leprechaun's Quest for Gold has stu
Grades:
6th - 8th
Group Projects and Activities for Middle School Language Arts
These resources allow your students to work in groups on projects and activities that can be used in various units!Collaborative Stories - This creative writing activity allows students to work together to create stories as a group! It works well with teacher-selected groups or as pass-back stories where students pass the paper to the next person in their rows to continue writing. Packet includes instructions with clear guidelines to be given to students and pages for up to eight authors. Teache
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6th - 8th
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Summer Creative Writing Assignment
Summer Creative Writing Assignment | PDF and Digital Formats: In this Summer Creative Writing Assignment, students will select one of the provided character roles: ice cream store owner, student, tourism CEO, dog, author and create a written or visual product based on the character's specific writing prompt. This no-prep - just photocopy and teach creative writing assignment gets students excited and engaged during Writer's Workshop or any ELA writing lesson. This resource contains individual PD
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Full Year Bundle
Create a Superhero Comic Book | Creative Writing Digital Activity
With this creative writing activity, students will create a comic book for preteens and create a mock marketing proposal. I chose this task because students understand the age and they understand social media where most of the advertising will occur. The goal of this activity is twofold: students will create a comic book, but they will also write a brief marketing campaign which should lead them to discover the importance of reading. You can share this material digitally with students on Google
Grades:
7th - 10th
EDITABLE Writing Rubrics and Oral Presentation Rubric GROWING BUNDLE 6th-8th
Grading writing assignments and oral presentations can be tedious and time-consuming. Take one thing off your checklist for these things: creating the rubrics! This growing bundle of customizable rubrics makes it quicker and easier for you to assess students' writing in your middle school English language arts classroom!Do you need the upper elementary growing bundle instead? CLICK HERE!ORDo you need the high school growing bundle instead? CLICK HERE!Please check out the Preview to get an idea o
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6th - 8th
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Historical Fiction Writing Activity | Creative Writing for Historical Fiction
Write historical fiction with your young creative and narrative writers! This creative writing download includes multiple activities to engage students in writing historical fiction. This historical fiction download provides teachers, parents, and homeschoolers with a fun and engaging way to get students excited about writing. Included in this historical fiction download: √ Editable lesson plan. This file includes ideas and a link to an overview of historical fiction. It also has suggestions for
Grades:
8th - 11th
Writing a Historical Fiction Story (Narrative Writing/Research Project, 6-8)
This middle school resource combines creative writing with a fun research project! Students will choose a historical time period and conduct research to help them write an authentic historical fiction story. The packet includes 11 graphic organizers to help them conduct their research and to prepare them for writing their stories. Space is included for students to record information about their sources for citing at the end of their stories. An excerpt from a historical fiction story is also inc
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Growing Bundle of Writing Resources for Middle School Language Arts
Historical Fiction Journal Entry
***UPDATED on September 25, 2022***Throughout history, journals have proven invaluable primary source documents. They include vivid testimonials and first-person accounts of events. Through the journals of famous individuals such as Anne Frank, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Frida Kahlo, we learn bits more about the past as it truly was. We are offered a glimpse into history.Through this mini-unit, students will understand and implement the key elements of journal writing. Students will use fi
Grades:
5th - 8th
End of the School Year Memory Book Middle School Narrative Writing
This digital end of the school year writing activity has students write about their top five memories from the previous year. It will work perfectly with Google Drive! Students have a unique audience though; they are writing to themselves in ten years. As a closing activity, students will create a final "what we will miss about you" for their classmates.UPDATED! This end of the school year writing activity has been updated for the 2023-2024. The Google files show the accurate school year. This b
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Narrative Writing Bundle Middle School Narrative Writing Activities
The Giver Final Projects: Creative Project, Lois Lowry
This fun and creative final project for The Giver by Lois Lowry is meant to bring excitement into your classroom as you near the end of your The Giver Novel Study. For this project, students explore themes from The Giver such as the importance of memory and the importance of feeling our human emotions. The end product of this final project is for students to create a digital or physical book that documents their understanding of human emotions and showcases a personal narrative that they write a
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6th - 8th
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The Hero's Journey: Children's Storybook Narrative Project
Let students' creativity shine! Many of my students list this as one of their favorite projects on my end-of-year evaluations. After studying the steps of the hero's journey, students have the opportunity to construct THEIR OWN STORY using those same steps! Students create a children's storybook using the steps of the Hero's Journey (this project can be modified for any plot type if wished). Materials Include: -Project Description (overview & specific requirements list)-Comprehensive Project
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8th - 11th
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