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Common Core W.8.3c projects
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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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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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
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
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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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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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
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
Winter Writing Activity | Middle School Narrative Holiday Writing Activity
This winter writing activity has students write a narrative about a winter OR holiday experience. Students will create a keepsake for years to come with this writing lesson. If you need a ready-to-teach activity in December or January, this narrative writing activity will help you have fun with students. This winter writing activity includes:❄️ Detailed lesson plans with conversation starters and differentiation ideas—completely editable.❄️ An outline of the writing process and terms dealing wit
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Narrative Writing Bundle Middle School Narrative Writing Activities
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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Creative Writing Bundle of Resources for Middle School
Encourage your students to use their imagination with these six fun resources for middle school language arts!Check out the product previews to learn more about these resources!Bundle includes:Writing an Urban Legend - Students learn about urban legends and write one of their own!Writing a Suspenseful TV Show Script - Students work in groups to write a script about a fictional TV show.Describing a Setting for a Fictional Planet - Students learn to develop settings by coming up with a fictional p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Creating External Conflict in Creative Writing | Two Activities Create Conflict
In creative writing or with narrative writing, students will need to create external conflicts. They should use various approaches to reveal an external conflict. This creative writing activity includes a graphic organizer, teacher sheet, student sheet, five brainstorming activities, and a rubric to help students write an external conflict. Everything except the pictures are editable.You can download this external conflict activity as a Powerpoint to use in your classroom, share it with students
Grades:
7th - 10th
Gravity of Paper Lab - 8th Grade Physical Science
Students will use writing to explore the concept of Gravity. This lesson includes a "lab" activity and a writing assignment. In the Lab students will explore how gravity affects pieces of paper dropped to the floor. Assignment includes a data table, graphing assignment and analysis questions. Also included in the lab is an extension activity for advanced students or students who finish early.
Once the paper gravity lab is completed, students will write a fictional story about a day in thei
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5th - 10th
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Interactive Reading Project for Middle and High School Digital Resources
Wondering what to do with students after testing? Need to keep them reading and writing?Want them to have fun while they're doing it?I took a page from the Choose Your Own Adventure books and made the best selling books digital. Now students can read a story of their choice and write their own alternate story endings with this digital resource. Perfect after testing activity, reading projects, summer reading projects, and more.Everything you need is included for your students to have fun thinkin
Grades:
6th - 12th
Asian American Pacific Islander Month DIFFERENTIATED Flag Banners
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Month! Let's celebrate by decorating flags from countries across Asia and the Pacific Islands and writing about their culture!Includes 42 countries:High Level (4 normal lines to write)Med High (3 normal lines to write)Med Low (handwriting lines and traceable country name)Low (handwriting lines with sentence stem and traceable country name)Self-assessment checklist for each levelActivities can range from a detailed independent research project to a group ass
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Not Grade Specific
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Descriptive Writing Bundle-EDITABLE
Have students create 5 beautiful and creative projects worth displaying in your classroom all year round. Perfect for Back to School Night or Open House. Use it as a descriptive writing unit or space the projects out throughout the year. In total, all the assignments will last about 2+ months which is $0.50/day on lesson planning.Building in difficulty, each project fosters community without sacrificing on the curriculum. Each comes with a custom lesson plan along with finished student samples s
Grades:
6th - 8th
Holiday Writing Bundle for Middle School Language Arts
This bundle includes five fun writing assignments for holidays!Bundle includes:Writing a Valentine's Day Poem - This assignment is a fun and engaging way for students to learn about various elements of poetry while celebrating Valentine’s Day. The packet includes guidelines to help students write a three-stanza poem. Students learn about rhyme scheme and syllabication. They also learn about various elements of poetry such as similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and assonance. Graphic
Grades:
6th - 8th
Gravity Unit - Build an egg parachute - Grade 8 Physical Science
This project is designed to illustrate the concept of gravity for physical science students. In small cooperative groups students will design and build a parachute that can safely delivery an egg dropped to the ground from a standard height. The parachutes are made out of simple materials that can be purchased at a grocery store and I generally drop the parachutes from the top of a ladder. This is a SUPER fun project that the kids love! This is the kind of project that appeals to every stude
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8th
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End of Year ELA Project: A Psychological Profile of Sherlock Holmes
I loved studying Sherlock Holmes in school, and I bet your kids will too! Engage students with this comprehensive project, which explores the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, focusing on his iconic character Sherlock Holmes. Students will combine insights from literature and psychology to analyze Holmes' traits, habits, and motivations, ultimately determining if he fits the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath, sociopath, or neither.IMPORTANT! Students should read "A Study in Scarlet" before star
Grades:
8th - 12th
Writing a Story About a Superhero: Creative Writing Assignment for Middle School
Let your students unleash their creativity with this engaging creative writing short story assignment. This project includes instructions and brainstorming pages, two checklists for writing and editing, and space for students to illustrate their superheroes and villains. Perfect for middle school students. Include it in your next creative writing unit with your other narrative writing prompts!What’s included in this resource:Student packet cover pageReflective questions about students’ favorite
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle of Resources for Middle School
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