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Creative writing Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Myth Writing Unit - 8 days of writing lessons! (PDF and Digital Versions)
In this eight day, CCSS-aligned Myth Writing Unit, students will demonstrate an understanding of the myth genre as they write their own myths. The unit begins with a review of the characteristics of myths and student analysis of a sample myth. Then, following a step-by-step process that includes pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, conferencing, and then writing a final copy, students will write an original and creative myth. In this unit students create a myth that creatively presents an ex
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
Punctuating Dialogue - Embedding Quotations Grammar Worksheets - Quotation Marks
Teach students about punctuating dialogue using these grammar worksheets, games, and activities! Students will learn about embedding quotations and the proper use of quotation marks with this modern and engaging lesson. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with these Punctuating Dialogue Grammar Worksheets:✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® & Google Slides®✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Informational Handout✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Practice Ac
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6th - 10th
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Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry Unit Plan - Poem Writing & Analysis Activities
This no-prep, engaging, 5-week CCSS-aligned slam poetry unit is packed with fun spoken word poetry activities and assignments - EVERYTHING you need for your next slam poem unit! Studying poem writing and writing slam poetry can be a fun, interactive, student-centered experience that engages every learner! These resources provide the complete slam poetry experience, from exploration to analysis, from writing to performance. Your students will understand and appreciate slam poetry, but they will a
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8th - 11th
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Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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Star Spangled Banner Activity: National Anthem Reading & War of 1812 summary
It's the National Anthem! Whether it's social studies, english, or music class, this mini-unit is perfect for any study on the Star Spangled Banner (or the War of 1812). This bundle includes a fun, introductory whole-group PowerPoint-style quiz, a historical reading with comprehension questions, and a creative re-writing of the National Anthem. Everything you need is included! It's even in PDF and Google drive formats! Learn more specifics in the details below:☞ This resource is also a part of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
Save and help your students develop the craft of writing with this Writing Unit Bundle! The bundle includes a Persuasive Writing Unit, Descriptive Writing Unit, and Myth Writing Unit...over 25 days of instruction!Digital Version Included - The writing units in this resource include a traditional PDF version of the student writing packet, as well as a link for Google Slides. This means that the writing units are ready for Google Classroom! The digital versions of the packets are accessible from
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5th - 8th
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Halloween Activities Unit
This Middle School Halloween Unit is packed with 5 exciting and engaging lesson activities that will ignite your students' love for reading and writing while exploring fascinating Halloween traditions and the economics behind this day. This Middle School Halloween Unit also comes complete with comprehensive lesson plans, ensuring every step of the way is carefully planned out to maximize student engagement. To ensure your assessment process goes smoothly, rubrics available in both levels and poi
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6th - 8th
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Hero’s Journey Unit - Hero’s Journey Worksheets and Creative Writing Project
Your students will love this Hero’s Journey Unit! Includes Hero's Journey worksheets to explore Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and apply it to fan-favorite films PLUS assignment instructions, graphic organizers, and an editable rubric to develop students’ own Hero’s Journey outline Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! ⚡︎ Save 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎ Included with this Hero’s Journey Bundle:✏️ Hero’s Journey Informational Handout - Digital & Pri
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6th - 9th
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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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Lesson for Dialogue Poems - Writing with Mentor Texts - Poems for Two Voices
Teach point of view with this poetry writing lesson. Students use mentor texts as models for their own writing of poems with two voices. The reading and writing of dialogue poems also helps students grasp character and theme complexities. In this lesson, students first read examples of dialogue poems (hyperlinks are provided to these poems) and then write their own dialogue poems. They start by brainstorming a list of characters that they could use in their poems, and then they journal about th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Reading and Writing Activity Bundle
Creative Writing Prompts - Daily Writing Journal Prompts, Digital Choice Board
Includes 3 weeks' worth of creative writing prompts to use for daily writing journal prompts, narrative writing story starters, and other writing activities! Suitable for online learning with a digital choice board formatted for Google Classroom®.Included with these Creative Writing Prompts for Middle School and High School:✏️ 15 Creative Writing Prompts for Student Choice - Digital & PrintStudents can select a prompt from a list of creative and engaging topicsProvided in digital format usi
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6th - 10th
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*Writing Unit Bundle - Personal Narrative, Slam Poetry, and Argumentative Units
This 3-unit, CCSS-aligned bundle includes units for Personal Narrative, Slam Poetry, and Argumentative writing for a total of 4 months of detailed lesson plans, slides, handouts, and rubrics. Purchase and you're set for a jam-packed, highly-engaging semester!Each unit pushes students to pick topics, life lessons, or world problems that they are passionate about, and then identify real ways to publish their writing. For the Personal Narrative unit, students get to know each other and deepen their
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Writing Lesson - Descriptive Writing Prompts with Pictures for Setting
Teach narrative writing with these descriptive writing prompts with pictures! This creative writing lesson will teach students how to establish setting using the “zoom” method. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Narrative Writing Lesson for Descriptive Writing:✏️ Descriptive Writing Informational HandoutsDefine key terms for narrative writing and explore strategies for establishing setting✏️ Descriptive Writing Prompts with Pictures -
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6th - 10th
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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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All Summer in a Day by Bradbury short story unit with digital option
This short story resource for "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury is a low prep packet and includes a student PDF file with the student activity pages and a second PDF with all student pages, teacher notes, answer keys, student samples, and the link to a Google Drive digital file."All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story. Students identify features of science fiction before reading the story. There are a variety of reading and writing activities from which to choose. It is also a
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle Grades Short Story Unit Bundle with digital option
Colonizing an Uninhabited Planet Unit Study for 7th-Grade ELA
"Colonizing an Uninhabited Planet: A Unit Study on Space Exploration, Survival, and Teamwork"---This complete, detailed unit study includes three direct instruction multi-day lesson plans, including instructions for an anticipatory set, modeling (I do), guided practice (we do), independent individual or group practice (you do), and a culminating activity for each lesson. It also includes vocabulary words, graphic organizer handouts for formative assessments, and guidelines for two summative asse
Hero’s Journey Project - Hero’s Journey Outline, Graphic Organizer, and Rubric
Students love creating their own Hero’s Journey monomyth with this Hero’s Journey project! Includes assignment instructions, graphic organizers, and an editable rubric to develop a Hero’s Journey outline using Joseph Campbell's archetype. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Drive®! Included with this Hero’s Journey Project:✏️ Hero’s Journey Assignment Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Hero’s Journey Outline - Digital & Print✏️ Hero’s Journey Rubric - Editable &am
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7th - 10th
FREE Middle School Creative Writing Prompts Task Cards | 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade
These FREE print-and-go middle school creative writing prompt cards will inspire thoughtful writing and spark conversations in your ELA classroom. There are 20 writing prompts included on the printable PDFs that are designed for 6-8th grade students. Students will strengthen their language skills by exploring each prompt topic. Instructions for Using Creative Writing Prompt Cards: Once you download the pdf, I recommend printing them on sheets of card stock and cutting them. You can use the crop
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5th - 8th
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Book Report Ride
Book Reports can be kind of a drag. So, let’s make it into a ride. Using Minecraft or any other form of visual presentation – stop-motion, animation, live action video or graphic stills – take us on a roller coaster-like journey through three seminal scenes in your book. You pick the scenes, write the narration for this journey (only one voice), and bring us to a place where we won’t be able to resist reading the book ourselves.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
50 Creative Writing Prompts - Creative Writing Activities for Narrative Writing
These creative writing activities will inspire your students in their narrative writing! Includes 3 interactive writing activities and 50+ creative writing prompts that can be used as daily writing journal prompts or story starters. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with these Creative Writing Activities for Middle School and High School:✏️ “Sentence Starters” Creative Writing Activity - Digital & Print16 unique and engaging sentence starte
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6th - 10th
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What Would You Do? Hypothetical WWYD Situations GROWING BUNDLE
Get students thinking and talking with this collection of creative and original hypothetical What Would You Do? situations from veteran English teacher Taylor Sapp. What would you do if:your best friend stopped showering and people noticed?there was a ghost in your bedroom?you could drink a potion of immortality?you could only save one thing from your house before it was covered in lava?you had to hire an unqualified US citizen or a qualified undocumented immigrant?These prompts get students tal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fantastic Fables
Reading, writing, speaking and listening in action while learning about fables! Includes: *What are Fables? *Fable Reading Chart to be used with Fable Website *24 Moral Cards for Idea Generation *Write a Fable Brainstorm *Peer Editing Checklist *Figurative Language Guide *Exit Ticket ReflectionDear Valued Educator,The stories of the past are the stories of our ancestors. Aesop was an amazing storyteller who used fables to teach others about the complexity of humanity. Aesop lived a challen
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fables Galore Bundle
A Sound of Thunder - Ray Bradbury - 6 Day Lesson Plan
With this comprehensive and ready-to-print resource students will have fun, enhance literary skills, and gain valuable insights into the profound impact of small decisions on our world.What's included:- Common Core Standards- Teaching Guide- Pre-reading Questions- Vocabulary Worksheet- Post-reading Questions (Multiple Choice, Group Scaffolding & Real World Connection)- The Butterfly Effect Reading- What-if Game- Written Response Question with Rubric- Text Vs Movie Worksheet- Extension Activi
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6th - 12th
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Narrative Structure Package: PPT Lessons + Worksheets
Are you teaching a novel study or creative writing unit? This package will give you all the tools you need to teach students about narrative structure and conflict. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES PPT lesson slides (12-pages) on narrative structure which contains:learning intentionsexplicit teaching materials on five-part plot structurebrainstorming and think-pair-share activitiesend-of-lesson reviewA Worksheet for a group activity where students analyse and label Melanie Dixon's short story 'Cows'. The a
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6th - 11th
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