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Free middle school creative writing resources in English (UK)
Introduction to Character Archetypes
This interactive and manipulatable Google Slide/PowerPoint Presentation introduces students to 12 Classic Character Archetypes. The lesson begins with a general description of character archetypes, then takes students through 12 archetypes by examining a colourful infographic. The teacher and students will then discuss how character archetypes are used in modern media (Harry Potter and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) to create consistent, rich characters. Finally, students will have fun guessing
Grades:
7th - 12th
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CCSS:
Writing a Monologue
Students will look at the ingredients of a monologue through both comedic and dramatic examples. Through hands-on highlighting and annotating, students will watch engaging monologues and see how they are translated to the page. Students will understand how a monologue is crafted, and what kind of details they need to include.
The end goal is for students to be able to write their own monologue with confidence and style.
Examples, handouts, and links are provided.
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
HALLOWEEN Who are you?
You must find out which Halloween character you are by looking at the first letter of your name and your birthday month.Then, you complete the worksheet and you show it to the rest of your classmates.If you download it, I would really appreciate your feedback. THANK YOU!
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Traveling the world Writing Report
Every child has a dream of traveling to a different country. This short research report is a great way for kids to find about the country that they wish to go.
Kids will have to research all kinds of things such as national flag, dress, currency, animals, food and language. They have the options of drawing, finding a picture on the internet and printing or cutting pictures from a magazine. At the end, there are 5 simple questions for them to answer. A great little homework exercise or project.
Grades:
1st - 7th
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Writing Journal Rubric
This is a writing journal rubric I designed for my online learners. It is based on the well known six traits of writing. I have added in a points system, as this was necessary in my Google Classroom set up. This is in Word so you can alter it as you wish.
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Fairy Tale Story Elements planning page
Fairy tale planning includes all the story elements (story mountain) characters, heroes, villains, conflict, climax and a resolution. Also have your children plan their hooks and closings with this planning page created for writing your own fairy tales
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Magic potion templates
This resource contains a set of six magic potion themed templates. Three of the templates are blank and three have writing guide lines of different sizes.This is a great creative writing resource for a variety of topics which can be easily used by all age groups and abilities. It is also fun to use as part of craft projects for example, younger students can stick items inside the blank bottles or paint them and add glitter to make shimmering magic potions.
Grades:
PreK - 7th
Describe A Character
If you would like to purchase the 100% Editable version of this product, click here!This is a great activity designed to help students write descriptive paragraphs about people or characters. Students are asked to use interesting adjectives to help bring their characters to life. Once the character has been thoroughly described, the student is asked to challenge another classmate to draw their character using all of the details in the description!My students love doing this activity and I hope y
Grades:
4th - 8th
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ISPACE Sentence Starter Resource
I have used this resource in Years 2 - 5 to support pupils. This resource is an excellent springboard for pupils to build a range of sentence openers into their writing.
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2nd - 6th
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Gothic horror, homework task grid, cover, writing activities
This grid has 12, short activities, all linked to the genre of gothic horror. Activities should take roughly ten to fifteen minutes.Originally created as homework to support a unit on gothic horror but could also be developed for cover.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Middle School Lesson Plan (Poetic Elements)
This lesson plan resource is designed to introduce students to the concepts of metaphors and similes, two fundamental aspects of figurative language in English. Through engaging activities, discussions, and examples, students will develop a deeper understanding of how metaphors and similes enhance language and communication.Learning Objectives:Define metaphors and similes and differentiate between the two.Identify and analyze metaphors and similes in literary texts.Create original metaphors and
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences – Comprehension Task Cards
What’s an Inference?Based on the information presented in a text or situation, readers make logical conclusions or educated guesses known as inferences. The process of making inferences involves combining background knowledge and reasoning skills with implicit information or clues provided by the text or context to draw a conclusion that is not explicitly stated. Inferences are an essential part of reading comprehension and critical thinking.Inferences go beyond the surface-level meaning of text
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Grades:
K - 6th
Colourful Semantics Sentence Planning Sheet
I have created a sentence planning sheet to support colourful semantics in Key Stage 2. It includes the basics of a sentence and then ways that they can improve and add details such as when, how, to who and describing words. Enjoy!
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Grades:
1st - 7th
Word Classes: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives (3 Worksheets)
Unleash Creativity with Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs Worksheets! Engaging Learning for Ages 6-12: Designed for the vibrant minds of primary school students aged 6 to 12, our worksheets on nouns, adjectives, and verbs promise an exciting journey into the world of language and creativity. Advantages for Your Students:Comprehensive Word Mastery:Nouns: Students will grasp the concept of naming words, identifying people, places, and things.Adjectives: Your students will enhance their descriptive skil
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Essay Template/Organizer Narrative
This skeleton is a scaffolding tool used to help young, struggling, or beginning writers. It is a template that has separate sections for paragraphs. Also featured, are text boxes that guide and direct students for each section. Text boxes provide support for students and their facilitators who are working outside the classroom on the assigned writing. This template is great the first stages of the writing process/rough drafting of essays.
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Writing a response worksheet, reflection writing
Our response worksheet features a series of guided questions that serve as prompts to inspire students as they begin to develop the opening of their story. These thought-provoking questions are strategically designed to spark imagination, encourage critical thinking, and set the stage for an engaging and well-crafted narrative.Elevate your students' story writing prowess and ignite their passion for writing with our response worksheet, the perfect catalyst for embarking on literary adventures!
Grades:
5th - 6th
Ode poetry planning sheet
This resource is designed to aid children in planning their poetry after input has been made. A visual resource to organise thoughts and ideas when writing an Ode. I would suggest enlarging for group work or those with large handwriting.
Grades:
5th - 6th
Hamlet | A Play Script for Young Performers | FREE PREVIEW
This is a free preview of the Hamlet - Play Script. The full play script is available for just $4.75 by following the link above.The play script is suitable for students aged 9 to 14. Hamlet tells the story of a Prince whose father, the King, has just died. His father’s ghost visits him and tells him that the new King, Claudius – who has married his mother – was the killer.Hamlet wants revenge and the story follows a bloody path in which he takes revenge but loses his own life, and the life of t
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Valentine's Day Cute sheets decorated | The day of love and friendship.
Valentine's Day Cute sheets decorated | The day of love and friendship.It is important to work on school coexistence, promote friendship and respect among our students and as teachers we must take advantage of the date of love and friendship day or Valentine's Day by working the letter with these sheets, I hope you like it.✨This Product Includes✨ 10 Pages Of Cute sheets decorated for the day of love and friendship or Valentine's Day.Ideal for primary students.You will receive A ZIP folder that i
Grades:
2nd - 8th, Staff
Saving the Rainforest
Saving the Rainforest is a descriptive lesson highlighting how rainforests have been suffering over the past few years. The presentation describes summary, vocabulary words along with sentences and question and answers.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Finding Words within Word
Finding words within words is a great way for Language Educators to assist their students in practicing their spelling by using the letters of the main word to find the missing words below. This activity will assist students with their spelling as well as how to rearrange letters in a word to spell a completely different word.This is a fun activity for both students and teachers alike and will generate participation from everyone.
Grades:
6th - 10th, Adult Education
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A Sensory Word List
A comprehensive list of sensory words organised by the different senses. Print or upload to a digital classroom for students to use to improve their descriptive writing or poetry.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Blackout Poetry Lesson Plan, PPT and Samples
A one off lesson plan for Blackout Poetry with room to be expanded to a couple of lessons. This free download includes;
- Blackout Poetry lesson plan
- Poetry match up cards
- Novel ideas to photocopy
Links to free introductory powerpoint;
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blackout-Poetry-Introductory-PPT-3622109
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
EXCITING SENTENCES: THE DE:DE SENTENCE
A complete English lesson, based around Alan Peat's model of DE:DE Sentences. Suitable for KS2 or grades 3 - 5 (as the lesson is fully differentiated)
Children will learn about the special sentence type, practice writing them as a class, before completing independent work containing them. Fully differentiated 3 ways.
The lesson includes a plan, a detailed PowerPoint and independent activities.
The lesson has a dragon/monster theme.
All images are sourced from PIXABAY.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â ULTIMATE ALAN PEAT BUNDLE OF READY TO TEACH SENTENCE LESSONS
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