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Free high school creative writing projects
CHARACTER ANALYSIS Book Report Activity | Generic Novel Unit Study Activity FREE
With this freebie, your students will be able to present a creative summary for any character for any book. This no-prep activity makes an engaging addition to any of my creative novel units (find the list below).CLICK HERE to find this in my Generic Novel, Movie, and Documentary Brochure Bundle!My novel units allow your students to work through the book in a natural and enjoyable way. There will be no dreaded multiple-choice tests. However, these activities are thorough which will allow you to
Grades:
4th - 12th
Blank Comic Strip Template
In this file you will find four unique and fun blank comic strip pages. Students can work on creating their own graphic novels, summarize and sequence events of a group activity or simply transfer one of their narrative pieces into comic strip format. Skills that are practiced: paraphrasing, picture/text correspondence, critical thinking, sequencing, imagination, storytelling, and creativity. ANY GRADE LEVEL. Find more fun ideas at www.readnespanol.com.
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1st - 12th
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Poetry Book Project - Free with Easel Activity
Free! Using this poetry project assignment, students will create a poetry book by writing 11 different poems from a list of subjects, and each poem will require a different element of poetry including figurative language (metaphor, simile, idiom, personification, hyperbole) or sound device (onomatopoeia, alliteration). Students must also include one of each type of poetry given (limerick, ode, haiku, ballad, free verse, etc.) Cover page, Table of Contents, Writing Pages, and Detailed Rubric incl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Soundtrack Of My Life {Student Project}
Music makes the world go round. Engage your students with this thought-provoking "Soundtrack Of My Life" student project. As students explore the music that plays throughout life, this will help them to gain a deeper understanding of their true self & how they present themselves in this world... and you the teacher just might get a deeper understanding of them too. This project is great for:Back to SchoolCreative WritingDeep ThoughtsAnd Just Plan Fun
Grades:
6th - 12th
Where I'm From: List Poem Activity for Secondary Students
Looking for an easy poetry project for your secondary students that you know they'll enjoy? This resource ties in with the popular poet, George Ella Lyon's well-known poem "Where I'm From" and asks students to consider what little, everyday things make them who they are. Included in this resource:- teacher pacing guide- links to the "I Am From" project to add context to the poem- linke to examples of other "Where I'm From" poems- graphic organizers and brainstorming worksheets - decorated statio
Grades:
8th - 10th
POETRY MONTH ACTIVITY | Personification Poetry Walk | Figurative Language Skills
Bring the tough figurative language concept of PERSONIFICATION to life for your students with this simple around-the-classroom activity that gets students out of their seats in a fun, effective, and CREATIVE way.*Also found in this Complete Poetry Unit Bundle* In this “Poetry Walk” students get the chance to experience figurative language (specifically, personification) in a hands-on, kinesthetic, and interactive way in the classroom! This is one of the best ways I’ve found to engage every kind
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4th - 9th
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Letter to Favorite Teacher (An End of year activity)
This is a great end of the year activity. Have students (especially those who are ending their last year at that school) write a letter to their favorite teacher or staff member. Once students have typed or written their letters, they can choose to hand deliver it to that person, or the teacher can give it to them. I have gotten so many thank-you's from people with this activity. We don't hear enough about how we've helped students, and this is a great way to do it!
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5th - 12th
I AM Personal Narrative Project
Need a project to introduce the year or a personal narrative unit? This project is perfect! Inspired by Jeff Anderson's Mechanically Inclined, this activity allows students to represent themselves using nouns and adjectives. Included in this packet:* Instructions* Nouns and Adjectives Help List* Nouns and Adjectives Recording Sheet* I AM Final Draft Form* Samples of finished productsI hope your class enjoys this project as much as my student did!For more information, please visit my blog at teac
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2nd - 9th
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Poetry Teacher's ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE: A Handbook for Secondary ELA Teachers
Are you stumped trying to think of teaching ideas for April's National Poetry Month? Do you love the idea of teaching poetry, but find it too difficult to really pull off? Then you need to grab this FREE poetry teaching resource to add to your curriculum arsenal!!
The Poetry Teacher's Ultimate Survival Guide is a handbook of resources for secondary ELA teachers. This ebook contains four major sections:
Part 1: Recommended Resources
Browse through my highest recommended resources from acros
Grades:
7th - 12th
Poetry Stations: Four Group Assignments for Poetry Fun
This file includes four "Poetry Stations" I created to help students find fun in studying poetry. So often I have encountered the "I HATE poetry" response to the mere mention of the word, that I decided to create this activity as a break from the "norm" of studying poetry. The activities allow students to work in groups, share poetry/song lyrics they enjoy, and even create some of their own poems. Use it as an activator, a fun activity to liven things up a bit, or something to "fill" a class per
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7th - 12th
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Poetry Portfolio Assignment for High School With a Scoring Guide
This FREE POETRY PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT provides guidelines and a scoring guide for a student-created poetry portfolio. Use this to frame your poetry unit or after students have a wide array of poetry to present. Includes a Google Docs version for those using Google Classroom. Poetry Resources Available in My Store: ⭐ Poetry Unit for Writing, Analyzing, & Presenting Poetry ⭐ Analyzing Poetry Packet & Quiz with Analysis of Sample Poems ⭐ Writing Poetry Packet with Twenty Different Types
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8th - 12th
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Breaking News Journalism Assignment
This is an assignment that I used at the beginning of the year for my journalism class. My class submits articles to the local newspaper. However, before we started that adventure, I wanted to make sure the students had a basic understanding of journalism and investigative writing concepts. This assignment is also really fun because it requires students to create a newspaper for a fictional community of their choosing! The requirements are listed in the PDF.
Grades:
4th - 12th
"Recipe of Me" Creative Writing Project
This project is included as a PDF and also as a Word Doc that you can edit.
This is a project in which students get to create a recipe of themselves. All of the ingredients and preparation steps to the recipe are based on that individual student. This is a fun creative writing project that can be adapted and used in a variety of ways. I use this with my middle school advisory students but it would also work great in an English classroom!
Included are all of the instructions and a sample reci
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5th - 12th
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A Week of Kindness Activities
Creating a solid foundation of kindness in your classroom will go a long way. This culture of respect, trust and fellowship will take time. These materials will help you guide you in your quest to create a positive learning environment in your classroom.
The worksheets could be made double sided or as single handouts. The pages with the large face on them can also be used as a poster you can can hang on your wall at the end of the week you can share these in the hallway for others to see how ki
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1st - 12th
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End of The Year Brochure
If you are looking for a project to keep your students busy at the end of the year, look no further. Many teachers have their students write letters to their future students. You can now take this to the next level. Why not have your students create a brochure describing what your class or grade level will be like.
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3rd - 12th
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Book Bento Project Description and Grading Checklist
A bento box is a visual representation of a story. This project should tap into student creativity through photography and design to demonstrate your interpretation of a novel. Students are tasked with taking a photo with the book jacket/cover paired with a still life of objects connected to the story and theme. They should gather physical objects that represent the theme: the book cover, artifacts, and objects. Then, they should place the book and the objects over a background that reflects the
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6th - 12th
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Magazine Characterization Playwriting Scene Writing Acting Activity Project
Resources designed to help you lead students through a simple scene writing and acting project using faces cut out of magazines as the inspiration for characters.
The scenes could be used as a creative writing project in an English class, as a formal performance project in a Theatre Arts class, or as a beginning of the year icebreaker in any class!
I use this as the performance component of my Intro to Technical Theatre Unit in my high school Theatre Arts 1 classes. It is their first performa
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3rd - 12th
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Choose a Path Unfinished Story Creative Writing Prompt
What's an unfinished story?An unfinished story is just what it sounds like, a story that has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
Reflection Project: Teacher Exemplar
Towards the end of the year, it is always a great idea to have students reflect on their year and think of ALL of the growth they have made. With this end-of-the-year reflection project, students will be able to think of their personal growths, academic growths, lessons they have learned, and some goals they would like to set for themselves. This project is great for the end of each grade level year or even a collaborative reflection of middle school or high school! This is a teacher exemplar of
Grades:
5th - 12th
Student Choice Reading Activities Based on Blooms Taxonomy
Looking for a way to differentiate by PRODUCT and STUDENT INTEREST? Looking for a way to reach your VISUAL, AUDITORY, and TACTILE/Kinesthetic learners? This collection of "Student Choice Reading Activities" is a project based collection of reading activities that allows students to *choose* the methods they prefer to use in demonstrating their mastery of reading skills and strategies. The points based projects were developed using the original Bloom's Taxonomy (key verbs underlined in each proje
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3rd - 10th
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The Outsiders Newspaper Article Project
An easy project to assess student understanding of The Outsiders novel and practice close reading and creative writing skills! Students will create a newspaper article and image reporting Bob's death in Chapter 4 of The Outsiders. This download includes: Assignment outline and completion checklistRubric for grading Note: Newspaper article templates are not included with this download, however students can make their own or there are tons for free here on TpT, via a simple Google search, or on Ca
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Cereal Box Book Report
Here is a freebie! Cereal Box Book Reports are so fun!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fairytale
Hansel and Gretel
retold and illustrated with photographs taken in the Hesse region of Germany, where the Grimm Brothers found the original folktale in the early 19th Century,
This is a 24 page full color picture book presented in 14 spreads. It contains original text at a minimum 5th grade reading level and original photographs taken in the area of Germany from which the tale was collected.
It could be used in a literature class, a creative writing class, a German or world culture culture. St
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Design a Winter Snow Globe - Interactive Google Slides - Winter Activity
Students get familiar with Google Slides tools as they design their own snow globe. How-to tutorials and writing prompt included!
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3rd - 12th
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