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12th grade creative writing resources for SMART Notebook
6 Word Life Memoir SMARTboard Lesson (Editable!)
This activity encourages critical thinking and higher order questioning by having students write their own 6-word memoir. The lesson is a SMARTboard file, so you can edit it to fit your needs!
Started by Ernest Hemingway and popularized in the book "Not Quite What I Was Planning," students will write a story about their lives. The only catch - they can only use 6 words!
In my classroom, I had my students draw an illustration to accompany their six word memoir. We bound the memoirs in a boo
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Story Characters - Using Body Biographies to Help With Character Analysis
This Smart Board Activity uses an INTERACTIVE character to go through the instructions!! Your students are sure to love participating with the character!!!
Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. A body biography is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a body biography, students practice character analysis, understanding liter
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Smartboard Presentation Frankenstein Knowledge is Dangerous
This presentation can be used with Pearson's Knowledge is Dangerous Unit Plan and the Frankenstein Unit plan Slides present images of a political cartoon of Jenner's vaccine and pose the question What is acceptable science Students view a small clip from the Frankenstein movie 1931 and through compare/contrast or argumentative writing support their claims
Grades:
11th - 12th
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak-Lesson Plans and Activities
Here are a few lesson plans and activities to complete before, during, and after reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.It includes various types of activities for differentiated instruction: interactive games, a 'quilt' making activity for hands on learners, comprehension/opinion questions and a creative writing activity which includes a task sheet and sample text.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Plagiarism Week
I have created a SMARTboard lesson that introduces students to plagiarism. The lesson covers what plagiarism is, who can commit plagiarism, and even some of the consequences of it. It includes several famous examples of "borrowing work" and has many links to additonal information for discussion. It also include a short quiz.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Creative Writing Journal Topics
These colorful and thought-provoking Creative Writing journal prompts encourage all levels of students to write in ways both playful and serious. Most of the slides feature humorous or inspiring visuals. In my classes I gave the kids ten minutes to write, and afterwards we spent a few minutes sharing our entries. Many ideas for larger writing projects (stories, plays, memoirs, etc.) evolved from some of these prompts. Or course, if students wanted to write on another topic or alter the one that
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Expository Essay
This smart lesson walks students through what an expository essay is and what makes a great paper! It is an interactive and very engaging lesson that is easy to follow. It is broken down into 4 categories: 1. Strong and personal connection to the prompt. 2. Organization: Introduction, 1st Reason, 2nd Reason, and Conclusion. 3. Accurate use of language and conventions. 4. Descriptive Language: Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Alliteration, $100 words/RIP words, Ba Da Bings, etc...
Grades:
3rd - 12th
AP Language Purposeful Memoir Smart Notebook
This Smart Notebook file contains examples, tips, and pre-writing activities to focus AP Language students on developing their voice in a purposeful memor. Goes along with my AP Language Memoir prompt and rubric.
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11th - 12th
SMART Board Chevron Swirls Background Pages
Use these fun Chevron Swirls for your morning messages using the pens on your board, or any time you'd like to have a fun background when writing. Add them to your gallery to have them at your disposal each time you want something more exciting than just a white page!
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
SMART Board Chevron Scroll Background Pages
Use these fun Chevron Scroll Background Pages for your morning messages using the pens on your board, or any time you'd like to have a fun background when writing. Add them to your gallery to have them at your disposal each time you want something more exciting than just a white page!
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Creating Tone and Mood with Similes
Creative writing lesson teaches students to use similes and metaphors to effect tone and mood. Students are given tips and rules about avoiding clichés and have to practice rewriting sentences with and without clichés. Roll the dice and students write scenes from randomly selected settings and moods. Automatic dice selects from settings like junkyard or cabin in the woods with varying moods like anxiety, bitterness. Set the timer and have student’s free-write. Students will quickly learn tone an
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Daily Writing Prompts-September
September Journal prompts. This is a Smart notebook file and you must have the software to view it. You can easily update the year one you have it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Daily Writing Prompts-November
November Journal prompts. This is a Smart notebook file and you must have the software to view it. You can easily update the year once you have it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Narrative Writing "Tell Them Your Story Cubes"
Teacher Notes:
1. "Tell Them Your Story Cubes" have many uses for the classroom. They can be used as classroom ice-breakers, problem solving, build creativity, speaking and listening skills, and promote literacy development.
2. Students simply tap on the nine different cubes on page 3. Each cube has six different pictures which leads to an almost unlimited amount of variations that students can use and create amazing stories. These stories can be shared with the class, shared as partners, o
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Fairytales and "Coraline"
I use this to teach the characteristics of fairy tales and then watch "Coraline" with my class to show how fairy tales have evolved over time. After this, I task my students to write their own fairy tale, making sure to use at least 5 of the "characteristics" we talk about.
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6th - 12th
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Four Square Writing for the Smart Board
This is a one page Smart Board graphic organizer used in Writer's Workshop to help student's utilize the Four Square Writing technique.
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Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education
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Daily Writing Prompts-December
December Journal prompts. This is a Smart notebook file and you must have the software to view it. You can easily update the year once you have it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Daily Writing Prompts-October
October Journal prompts. This is a Smart notebook file and you must have the software to view it. You can easily update the year one you have it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Descriptive Writing Helper SMART notebook lesson
This is a great SMART notebook lesson to accompany a descriptive writing lesson.
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education
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Introduction to RAFT
Short notebook file to introduce the concept of a RAFT project. (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)
Includes an example and a practice question.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Now Serving Numbers
This is a Smart Notebook file that can be used to show students who the teacher is meeting with at the time. The notebook is in modeled after the deli style number system.
Grades:
K - 12th
Creative Writing Bellwork
This file contains 10 writing prompts I used as bellwork in Creative Writing for juniors & seniors. It is a notebook file to be used with Smart Notebook. I also have it as a PDF file if you prefer. I also offer 30 writing prompts for $5.00 (using these 10 as 1-10).
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9th - 12th
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