31 results
Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core W.6.5 resources
Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa
Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
Christmas Writing: Elves on Strike Narrative Unit with Google & Print Version
Engage your students with a fun narrative writing unit! Students will follow each step of the writing process as they develop stories about holiday elves. A unit plan is included to help you guide your students through each step. Now includes differentiated plot diagram maps and a Google version, perfect for distance learning!Included:Digital Links & DirectionsUnit PlanBrainstorming/OrganizerHow to Write an Amazing Elf Story PrintablePeer Editing PrintableStory ChecklistStages of WritingFina
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Christmas Writing Bundle: Narrative, Cause & Effect, and Poetry Units
Ugly Christmas Sweater: Décor and Party Invitation Writing and Design Activity
Imagine this: You or a character of your choosing, have just been invited to attend an ugly sweater Christmas party. You will now have the opportunity to evaluate and carefully select the décor for this festive Christmas event. There are four activities included in this file. They can be used as individual Christmas writing activities or as a complete unit, as they all go hand in hand, yet offer something different in each activity.
Four Christmas writing options to choose from:
• Ugly Christma
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
Christmas Writing Activity - Unemployed Elf
Are you looking for a fun and engaging Christmas writing activity for your upper elementary students? In this Christmas writing activity each student is an unemployed elf seeking a job at the North Pole for the Christmas Season. This creative project will ask students to apply for one of the North Pole job openings (candy maker, barn assistant, toy maker, etc.). Then, students will need to fill out a job application, have someone write a letter of recommendation, write a cover letter, and interv
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Christmas Writing and Math Bundle
Christmas Creative Writing Assignment
Elevate your writing curriculum and infuse festive joy into your classes with this Christmas Creative Writing Assignment. Students step into the shoes of captivating characters such as Santa's Elf, Christmas Turkey, Gingerbread Man, Christmas Tree, or Museum Curator, crafting imaginative written products like brochures, postcards, infographics, and more based on character-specific writing prompts. Using the RAFT format (Role, Audience, Format, Topic), students choose from five distinct writing o
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Creative Writing Full Year Bundle
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH PROJECT | Winter December Report Writing
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 15-page Christmas Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Christmas Around the World Project, students will be assigned a country. They will research how that country celebrates Christmas using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. They will also compare and contrast how that country ce
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Christmas Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Quizzes Rubrics
Introducing essay writing for Christmas has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric,
Grades:
6th - 8th
How the Grinch Stole Christmas compare/contrast book and movie with writing.
Can be used in any grade level. Read the book and play any of the two versions of the movie! This can be taught in a week or shorter/longer as you need. A compare and contrast thinking map, pre-write, rough draft, edit, revise, and final draft sheets are provided. A quick time filler needed for those weeks leading up to Christmas break! The color coding on the thinking map and pre-write are useful for any student, particularly those who are EL and struggle understanding how to write. The visu
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
It's a Wonderful Life - Literary Essay Writing (Christmas Activity)
This 10 page, Christmas themed assignment offers students the opportunity to practice the Literary Essay based on their response to the critically acclaimed film, "It's a wonderful Life". This assignment requires no prep and is a fantastic student led assignment which, after initial class discussion, should require very little prompting from teacher.
Assignment includes:
1. A brief introduction to the movie
2. A note-taking form to use while watching the movie
3. Instruction about literary th
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
STEM Christmas Craftivity - Imagine It...Design It...Create It...The North Pole
STEM Project Based Learning! Common Core Learning with holiday fun!
Geometry, Measurement, Graphing, Design - so many math skills!
Reading, Visualizing, Persuasive Writing - so many ELA skills!
Project Based Learning Unit Designed and Ready to Go!
There has been an earthquake at the north pole which has destroyed Santa's Workshop and entire North Pole Community.
Students are enlisted to design and create their own north pole while following the requirements laid out by Santa, the Elves
Grades:
4th - 12th
Types:
CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPTS | Winter Bulletin Board Narrative Informative Opinion
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 25-page Christmas and Winter Holidays Writing Prompts! It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read about American Christmas traditions, and write responses to what they’ve read, Revising and editing checklists and 13 holiday-themed writing papers are also included. All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The following resources a
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Winter Craft Project & Writing Activity - Ugly Christmas Sweater (Middle School)
An ugly Christmas sweater craft project and writing activity for middle school! This winter project will keep your kids busy with a meaningful activity. Kids will roll the dice and put decorations on their sweaters. The writing activity has a brainstorm to get them focused on a creative writing story. This is a printable activity with digital options. Makes a great bulletin board!Here is what is included:✅Sweater pattern - print on paper or oaktag✅Dice rolling activity - for decorations✅Wri
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Christmas Holiday Reading Comprehension & Written Response RACES Strategy- SEL
Reading Comprehension and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other winter holidays!Handling Holiday Stress Social and Emotional Learning Activity to Support Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Classroom Discussions, and more!Great for Special Education and General Education Students with Modified Lesson & Activity!⭐️ Check out some more Holiday SEL lessons here! ⭐️Handling Holiday Stress: Social and Emotional Learning ActivityThe story "Handling Holiday S
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
18 PAGES: Winter Break Activity Book and Journal with Mental Wellness Check-Ins
As teachers, we know that not all of our students are safe, well-fed, or happy at home. This packet should give teachers a little peace of mind that our students will have a bit of entertainment and an outlet for their feelings over Winter Break.This product includes:A cover page and title page18 daily pages with an activity (word search, coloring, art, etc.) and a wellness check-in (gratitude, mental check, stretch, etc.)Similar productsSnowman prefix/suffix and winter bulletin board decor BUND
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Unemployed Elf Digital Christmas Writing Activity
The purpose of this resource is to engage your students in a creative Christmas writing activity as your students become unemployed elves at the North Pole. Students will be presented with some jobs at the North Pole and will need to apply for a job (candy chef, barn assistant, toy maker, doctor/veterinarian, health trainer, etc.) of their choice. Students will also be asked to fill out a creative elf employment application, include three references, and write a cover letter. Through this activi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
December Writing & Parts of Speech Center Activity: Writer’s Shopping Spree
••• Writing Activity••Parts of Speech••Winter••Writing Centers •••
Instead of going on a regular shopping spree, students get to see how fun it can be to go on a “writer’s work-shopping spree”! This activity invites students to “shop” for words in each of seven “stores,” with each store selling a different type of word or phrase (i.e., nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, similes, metaphors, and transitions). Students are then challenged to use as many of the words as they can to write a cohesive
Narrative Writing with Songs and Poems (Christmas and Every-day Themes)
Here is a creative way to incorporate Christmas Carols or other songs and poems into your Language Arts class! With a focus on text evidence and writing about reading, this is an excellent project for students to use what they know about narrative text to create an original work.In this activity, students read an analyze a carol or poem for poetic elements and content. Then, they use the carol or poem as a jumping off point to write an original narrative. The students will make inferences as
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Christmas Shape Poetry
Christmas Shape Poetry is a fun way to think about Christmas traditions and practice writing during the holiday season. Christmas Shape Poetry helps students reflect on one Christmas tradition and what it means to them. Christmas Shape Poetry is the perfect Christmas poetry to engage students during the holiday season and practice the writing process. This Christmas poem easy and challenging at the same time and comes with outline and drawing Christmas shape poems examples. This writing project
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Simple Parent Holiday Gift & Writing Lesson - Printable - Editable
Are you looking for an inexpensive student Christmas gift for parents that also involves AND a purposeful writing lesson for the week before winter break? This holiday parent gift AND Writing Lesson will allow your students to show their love. Add holiday purpose to your writing lesson as students create a gratitude letter and card (for any winter holdiay) using resources already in your classroom. This no prep, lesson will take several hours and could be completed over several days before winte
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Simple Holiday Party & Gifts Bundle - Editable
Elf Letter of Job inquiry to the North Pole - Creative Christmas Writing
This is a FUN no prep creative Christmas writing assignment. Students write a job inquiry letter to Santa. The students brainstorm possible North Pole jobs. They are writing from the point of view of an elf. They provide Santa with three reasons why he should hire them for the job. I provide you with the lesson plan, learning target, success criteria, teacher example, brainstorming web, planning outline, and a grading checklist. This is my FAVORITE Christmas writing assignment; therefore, I wa
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Writing Bundle 3rd-4th Grade
Haiku About Christmas
Haiku About Christmas captures the small moments of this special holiday because a haiku poem Christmas is all about describing a small moment. Haiku About Christmas is a wonderful way for your students to capture part of the holiday they are grateful for and reflect on it through a poem Christmas. Not only that, but Haiku About Christmas is a great way to have your students practice gratitude instead of greed. Haiku About Christmas is a meaningful way to celebrate the holiday, get some writing
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Kwanzaa Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Quizzes
Introducing essay writing for Kwanzaa has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric, p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Visual Writing Prompts Practice Narrative Writing Christmas Themed Mini Set
Visual Writing Prompts Practice Narrative Writing Christmas Themed Mini SetDevelop your students narrative writing skills by including these engaging visual writing prompt cards, worksheets and/or slides into lessons. Students will complete a series of worksheets using the one visual writing prompt as inspiration. Once completed, students select another visual writing prompt card and start the process again. Alternatively, slides can be displayed on the IWB as a whole class/small group activity
Grades:
5th - 8th, Higher Education
Types:
Christmas Writing Prompts
Christmas Writing Prompts (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Grade). • 11 Prompts on 5 Worksheets.• Need a holiday writing bundle? Click HereWith adult guidance, the prompts support at least 20 Common Core Writing standards for each grade 3-7.Preview same as Download.Dialogue• Pictures with Santa.• Mrs. Claus saleswoman.Suspense• Santa oversleeps.• Choose a topic.• Santa's dry cleaner has both good and bad news.Expository• Christmas customs.• Wish list vs. gratefulness.Humor• Beach Santa.• Gift return
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
Also included in: Reading Assessment
Showing 1-24 of 31 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands