Higher education Halloween creative writing resources

Writing & Creating a Children's Book; Complete Project Grades 6 - 9 - 12 - Adult

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Creating a Children’s Book – Complete Project Grades 6 - 9 – 12 – University – Adult, is an exceptional journey by which students will research, strategize and use technology, critical thinking and art to make a complete and professional picture book. This project will be fun. It will also be challenging and by the time it is finished, students will definitely understand more about the picture book industry, the types of books that sell, how a book is actually put together, and how many decision

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Creative Writing, Graphic Arts

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Graphic Organizers

Edgar Allan Poe, Collaborative Poster, Writing Activity, Great for Halloween

Created by

Danielle Knight

This Edgar Allan Poe collaborative poster is triple the fun with the combination of coloring, creativity, and group work! All inspired by promoting Edgar Allan Poe, a fall literature unit, National Poetry Month, his short stories, gothic literature, and his poetry in your classroom. The collaborative poster features a writing prompt and brain-friendly fun. Students will collaborate to assemble the poster for your classroom wall, bulletin board, classroom door, hallway, lobby, or library. Great f

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Printables

Halloween Game Answer Battle - Fun Family Trivia Powerpoint Game Mac PC iPad

Created by

Think Games

You can use this for your Virtual Party! Check out this video showing you how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2WIMvocYo This Halloween Answer Battle Trivia Powerpoint game is sure to be a big hit at your Halloween party, classroom, office party, or Harvest Festival. It has 10 rounds like:- Name A Halloween Costume You Can Make At Home For Cheap- When You Were Little, Where Did You Think Monsters Lived?- If You Were Running From A Vampire, Name Something You Wish You Had- Etc. Each round has

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry

Created by

Tracee Orman

Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1 This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE. Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards. This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.4

, RL.8.1

...

Poetry Terms Presentation with Song Lyric Examples

Created by

Tracee Orman

Poetry Terms Presentation with Song Lyrics Examples: Song lyrics are one of the easiest ways to teach poetry terms/devices such as alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, and rhyme. This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE. This zipped file contains three pdf presentation files. The teacher's file contains a presentation to introduce each term, define it, and gives examples of each one. Then is uses Daughtry's song

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.7.4

, RL.8.4

, RL.9-10.4

, RL.11-12.4

, L.7.4

...

Mother's Day Questionnaire - UPDATED - Fill in the Blank for many mom figures

Created by

423 creates

****UPDATE TO INCLUDE 7 PAGES, as opposed to ONE.******I have been searching and searching for something like this since about March. But have yet to find one that I really liked, so I made my own! This is a Mother's Day questionnaire for kids to fill out about their moms. There are 22 questions/fill in the blanks.I will be using this in my Kindergarten classroom and cannot WAIT to see some of the hilarious and precious answers that they give. :)If you are looking for more questionnaires like t

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Other (Arts), Specialty

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

For Parents

Dolly Parton's America Podcast Unit Plan : Podcast Lesson Plans for High School

Created by

Building Book Love

When I first heard the Dolly Parton's America podcast, I knew it was special. Since its release, it's won a Peabody award, topped the podcast charts, and captivated listeners from all over the world. As an advocate for using podcasts in the classroom, I knew this literary production would make a fabulous unit for the ELA classroom.If you have never listened to Dolly Parton's America, please do so BEFORE considering this podcast unit for your classroom. There are some mature topics best suited fo

Subjects:

Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Fractured Fairy Tale Narrative Writing Unit: Middle and High School

Created by

Exploring ELA

This is a bundle of all the products I created to use with my students for our narrative writing Fractured Fairy Tale Unit! My suggested use of the products is as follows: 1. Use the "Fractured Fairy Tale Writing Project" to introduce the narrative unit (directions included in product) 2. Use the Elements of a Fairy Tale with the presentation and guided notes. 3. Use the "Writing Project" file to read 6 classic fairy tales adapted from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm while guiding

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Writing

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Activities

Urban Legends

Created by

Zuzana Trail

You can find two activities in this download : 1. There are seven urban legends – you can give them to the students in the form of a handout or they can be cut out in the form of the cards. The legends are, however, not finished. Now, you can ask the students to finish the legends using their own imagination and creativity (the first half of the worksheet is called Create your own ending). The second half of this worksheet contains the “real” endings of the given legends. Students need to match

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

Game: Murder at the Manor (mystery party activity)

Created by

Kathleen Applebee

If you like Game of Thrones, you'll enjoy Murder at The Manor The Earl Henry is dead and without an heir on the eve of the annual tournament and feast. Who could have done such a dastardly deed at the castle? His 4th wife? The traveling minstrel? One of his sisters or a host of other relatives, servants and knights from the realm? Play a suspect and a detective as you investigate the crime set in Medieval Europe. Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and

Subjects:

Drama, Forensics, Halloween

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Games, Scripts

Halloween Charades Printable PDF - Party Game Printable

Created by

OldMarket

Liven up your Halloween party with these fun charades printables. Great for all ages, these cute charade prompts will have everyone smiling. All you do is print out the cards on cardstock, cut them out and you are ready to play. Fun for the whole family!You will receive one - 5 page pdf file, printable on 8.5" x 11" size paper. It includes 4 pages of 2.5" x 3.5" cards, 8 to a page for a total of 32 different Charade prompts plus an additional page of blank cards to write your own prompts on.How

Subjects:

Drama, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Printables, Games

Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity

Created by

Tracee Orman

"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Journalism, Writing-Expository

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism

Middle School Art, High School Art Project Visual Journal, Altered Book Lesson

Created by

Look Between the Lines

Visual journals, or altered books, are a great continuous project for your art class. This art assignment is perfect for middle school or high school age students. The visual journals can serve as a weekly, monthly, or yearlong project. I teach this visual journal assignment in every class, every year. Every Friday, students have a visual journal day. They get to work in their altered books or to catch up on a project if they have been absent or have fallen behind. It gives my students space to

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.L.3

Also included in: 9 Art Curriculum Bundle Pack: Intro to Art, Advanced Art, Photography, Sculpture

Acrostic Poetry for Teens, Creative Writing, Poetry Creation, PDF & Google Drive

Created by

Laura Randazzo

Use the classic acrostic form of poetry to inspire your students’ creativity. This student handout includes advanced acrostic poetry writing tips, an excellent example of the acrostic style of poetry by Lewis Carroll, and a writing assignment. Also included are three separate themed topic assignment sheets, including popular film titles, characters from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, and noted authors of American literature. If none of these topics work for your classes, you could easily brai

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities

Halloween Reading, Cause and Effect and Inference Skills Using, "Thriller"

Created by

Danielle Knight

Students like to be entertained while they learn! HALLOWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT AND INFERENCE SKILLS USING, "THRILLER." Introduce students to the concepts of cause and effect and inference skills. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories, poems, viewing films, creative writing, novel studies. Includes: PDF File Presentation for the smart board or projector Active link to the music video, “Thriller” Cause and effect handouts (2) Inference handout Lyrics handout B

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans

Created by

Reluctant Reader Books

All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.4

, RL.6.5

, RL.6.6

, RL.7.4

, RL.7.6

...

Also included in: Best Short Stories for Middle & High School BUNDLE: 28 Stories / 350+ Pages

IMPROV GAMES with IMPROV PROMPT CARDS BUNDLE (16 sets! Heaps of Improv Games!)

Created by

Drama Trunk

I have compiled DRAMA TRUNK improv cards and games for endless improv prompts. These versatile cards can be used in so many ways and are a MUST HAVE improvisation resource. THIS IMPROV BUNDLE INCLUDES:IMPROV SCENE STARTERS (here)ANIMALISTICS Characterisation Activities + Animal Family Cards (here)SOCIAL SITUATIONS Improv Cards and Improv Activities (here)SCENE THEMES Improvisation Cards and Improvisation Games (here)GROUP FREEZES Improv Cards and Teaching Activities (here)DRAMA SHOES Improvisati

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Drama, English Language Arts

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Games, Task Cards

Halloween Headline Writing Practice for Yearbook/Journalism, Print/Digital

Created by

Julie Faulkner

Your yearbook or journalism students will enjoy practicing headline-writing skills and reviewing figurative language with this "Horror"ible Halloween Headlines lesson. It's no prep and easy to use, too!Student Experience: Your yearbook or journalism students will love the Halloween-themed lesson, and you will love that they are brushing up on crucial journalism skills. First, they will review figurative language terms. Then, they will read news articles with the headlines removed and exercise t

Subjects:

Halloween, Informational Text, Journalism

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2

, CCRA.L.5

Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications

Autobiography Project - The Story of Me

Created by

The Middle School Mouth

This is a year-long autobiography writing project where students tell the story of their life. Included are: parent letter, student introduction sheet, list of requirements, project checklist, and twelve chapters, each with guiding questions to help students complete this project. Chapter titles include: A Little Bit About Me, Before I Was Born, You Make an Entrance...and You're Here to Stay!, The Early Years, Childhood Memories, School Days, School Days, Special Times in Your Life, Your F

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Projects, Printables, Lesson

Pumpkin Life Cycle {Creative Clips Digital Clipart}

Created by

Krista Wallden - Creative Clips

This bundle of clipart has everything you need to create your pumpkin life cycle resources! There are 25 images in this set (this includes 8 color images, 7 Word Art Labels, 2 arrow styles and 8 digital stamps for each corresponding image (black and white versions). All image files are in png format so they can be easily layered as you create your lessons or products. Due to the large number of images and size of this set, the file will download as a zip file and you will just unzip it after p

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

AP English Language Unit 5: Complete Unit Plan and Activities CED Aligned

Created by

The English Department

Introduce the Unit 5 skills of AP Lang in this complete, ready-to-teach, 3-week unit. By the end of this unit, students will be ready for the Unit 5 Progress Check. This also works as a stand-alone memoir study and composition unit for any high school English Class. On a personal note, this is my favorite project I do with my AP students because their writing is so memorable and personal. They treasure the pieces the produce in this unit.***BUT WAIT! Before you purchase this unit alone, know tha

Subjects:

Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

Also included in: AP English Language and Composition CURRICULUM BUNDLE full year CED Aligned

Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION

Created by

PerfettoWritingRoom

Thank you for visiting the PerfettoWritingRoom©! Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION is a thorough PowerPoint Presentation of 38 slides including a very handy Pre-test (pre-activity) which helps you assess how much students already know about the Gothic genre beforehand, plus a Post-test with Key. *This is the EDITABLE VERSION of the Same Product offered by PerfettoWritingRoom©. If you feel you need to augment the presentation, tweak the pre- or post-test to better suit YOU

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

7th - 11th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Printables

Daily Picture Writing Prompts Bundle | Describing & Inferring Quick Write Tasks

Created by

Innovative Teaching Ideas

Make 2024 your most ENGAGING and PRODUCTIVE year of writing with our massive BUNDLE of PHOTOS AND VISUAL Writing Activities. This YEAR LONG collection of DAILY QUICK-WRITES, TEMPLATES and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS across all text types helps students MAKE INFERENCES, DESCRIBE and connect with their SENSES and write with CREATIVITY and FLAIR.YOU ARE GETTING 715 PAGES OF:⭐A Full Year of Amazing Visual Writing Prompts that can be used daily for QUICKWRITE and EXTENDED WRITING ACTIVITIES.⭐Our DIGITAL an

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.1

...

Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper

Created by

Chomping at the Lit

In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters

Subjects:

Halloween, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS: