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High school creative writing assessments $5-10
Memoir Writing: Using Mentor Texts for Student Voice and Assessment in ELA
Reading and writing memoir are powerful ways to have students experiment with narrative writing and have a chance to explore some groundbreaking nonfiction reading. Whether your students are in the midst of a literature circles unit or wrapping up a great novel, have you considered adding a memoir writing element to your curriculum?This mini unit is designed around a metaphor: the footprint. They’re what we leave behind us, no matter how muddy, messy, small, or imperfect, and that’s our legac
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8th - 11th
Memoir Unit: 2+ Weeks of Reading, Writing, & Discussion
Read and tell true stories through a memoir unit that keeps students engaged from the first web quest to each mentor text to the last interview!
All of the frontloading and reading activities build up to the grand finale: writing our own memoirs (and/or doing the interview project to write someone else’s memoir for them).
This unit uses a lot of choice to make room for student engagement (and differentiation); the unit can be easily adapted for middle OR high school, based on the texts you ch
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Haiku Poetry Lesson - How to Write a Haiku Assignment Haiku Templates and Rubric
Teach students the history of haiku and about writing haiku poetry with this haiku poem workshop! This lesson includes haiku templates and a haiku rubric for assessment. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Writing Haiku Poetry Workshop:✏️ Haiku Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Guided Note for Haiku Poetry Lesson - Digital & Print✏️ Haiku Writing Assignment Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Differentiated Haiku T
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4th - 10th
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Novel Study Final Group Project (for ANY short story, book or play)
Are you looking for a new, fun, creative and engaging way to wrap up a novel study? This group project works in conjunction with ANY text. This novel study project is a great way to assess comprehension of a text, an easy way to incorporate technology into your curriculum, as well as the fact that this project gives students an opportunity to work in groups. I have personally used this project numerous times with my students, so the instructions, templates, rubric and other assessment pieces are
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7th - 12th
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Fable, Fairy Tale, Myths, Legends Unit
This comprehensive unit is a fantastic resource to use with a variety of fables, fairy tales, myths, or legends of your choice. Students will discover how life lessons are learned from understanding fables and how fairy tales influence society. They will also be able to identify connections to cultures that legends originated from and realize how myths illustrate the belief systems and customs of the cultures that created them. Here is what is included:★Essential Questions★Vocabulary Word List★
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6th - 10th
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Free Verse Poetry Lesson - Poetry Writing Workshop with Pages for Blackout Poems
Explore free verse poetry with this poetry writing workshop! Students will read modern free verse poems with the option to write blackout poetry, a collage poem, or an illustrative poem. Includes an editable poetry rubric, assignment instructions, and digital worksheets for distance learning!Included with this Free Verse Poetry Writing Workshop:✏️ Free Verse Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Free Verse Poetry Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Writi
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6th - 11th
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Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION
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
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7th - 11th, Higher Education
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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Authentic Writing Project: Creating Teen Magazines (Standards-Aligned)
Your students will love creating teen magazines with this authentic writing project that directly aligns with ELA standards! In groups, students engage in Research, Persuasive, and Informative writing as they write, edit, assemble, and publish their own teen magazines. Working in groups of 4, 5, or 6, each student contributes 4 articles and 1 full-page advertisement as follows: -- one Research-based Feature Article-- one Persuasive Article-- two Choice Articles from a list of 14 "Open Topics" (s
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6th - 9th
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Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief Novel Study -Stations Digital Activity
This unit contains nine different learning stations for you to use.Set up thought-provoking tasks at stations for your students to cycle through. They enjoy the movement as they learn more about the novel and explore it more deeply activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes.This is a great way to culminate a study of your novel unit. It can also be used as a group of Common Formative Assessments. Students are organized into multiple "learning stations". I’ve used learn
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6th - 9th
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Create a Blog 101: Alternative Research Project
Create a Blog 101: Alternative Research ProjectThis project is an alternative research assignment that focuses on strengthening reading, writing, and research skills. There are two project options-- controversial topics or world issues. The students will create a blog (with proper MLA citations) and exchange links to encourage collaboration in the classroom.Download the preview for more information! Enjoy!Connect with Me SuperHERO Teacher BlogFind me on FacebookFind me on InstagramFind me on P
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6th - 12th
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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, Questions, Satire Writing and Analysis
This famously incendiary short story can be a great unit for Halloween, or, if you're feeling spicy, Thanksgiving. I think there's always room for "A Modest Proposal", like there's always room for pie. Spoiler: the proposal is that starving poor people should eat their own babies. Sound crazy? Outrageous? Ludicrous? It is, and just wait until your students get to delve into this meaty story and understand the deeply moving message it holds. This is a classic for a reason. Included:Link to the st
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9th - 12th
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Bronx Masquerade Unit Resources - Creative Writing, Research Project, and Test
Students LOVE Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, so here are some projects that will translate that excitement into learning. Bronx Masquerade has been a huge hit with my reluctant readers, so you’ll find lots of differentiation and editability. Have a great Bronx Masquerade unit!✅ Harlem Renaissance research✅ Creative writing✅ Bronx Masquerade unit test All of these resources are editable and digital. These scaffolded projects have been optimized for grades 6-9 and are geared towards struggling
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6th - 9th
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ELA Projects for Any Novel - Bundle l End of the Year English Project
Need a creative final project for your next novel? Want to see your students so deeply engaged they hardly realize how much critical thinking they're doing?Get students excited about...⇒ Creating an App for a Literary Character (STEM crossover!)⇒ Writing a College Essay from a Character's Perspective⇒ Launching a Character's Food Truck ⇒ Designing a New Home to suit a Character (STEM crossover!)⇒ Exploring The Power of Street ArtCheck out the preview to see more details, or click into each produ
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7th - 10th
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Mystery -The Adventure of the Speckled Band Comprehension Unit Print & Digital
This classic short story will have your students analyzing details and making inferences. This is a fantastic mystery unit that works well in a class of diverse learners. I teach this to my accelerated class, my resource students, and my ESL group. Distance Learning: The worksheets are in Google Slides to use digitally and to easily assign by Google Classroom. For students without technology print PDFs for send-home packets.Here is what is included:★"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" - full t
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Margin Feedback Slips: English - Writing [EDITABLE]
Margin Feedback Slips: English - Writing [EDITABLE]These Literacy Margin Feedback Slips fit into the margin of any A4 writing book. This ORIGINAL concept allows for: quick, specific and timely feedback.Instructions for print: Print coloured margin feedback slips onto white paper OR,Print black & white slips onto coloured paperCut margin feedback slips into stripsGlue margin feedback slip onto the margin of workbooksTick during or after the learning session9 different feedback slips are inclu
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Margin Feedback Slips BUNDLE
High School Creative Writing Project: Author Study | Imitate An Author's Style
Give students choice, freedom, and the chance to study any author of their choosing with this High School Creative Writing Project: Author Study! This Author Study Creative Writing Project is great as a capstone final project for any high school Creative Writing class or even as a deep dive with mentor texts. In the first step of this high school Creative Writing project, students will select one author to study.After choosing an author to study, students will need to analyze their author's styl
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing: Complete 9-Week Class & Curriculum for High School
Multi-Genre Project for Secondary ELA
Wondering how to implement a multi-genre project but you're not sure where to start? This multi-genre project includes EVERYTHING secondary ELA teachers need from start to finish. This multi-genre project begins with students reading and analyzing the famous poem "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman. Students work to identify the themes, then use one of the themes to spark their entire project! Students completed projects will include a reading response to the poem "The Hill We Climb" along with
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Figurative Language Unit Bundle | Teach, Practice, Assess!
Looking for engaging, no-prep resources to practice figurative language in your ELA classroom? Download my Figurative Language Unit Bundle to teach, practice, and assess figurative language with your students!⭐ UNIT OVERVIEW⭐ : Begin by giving your students a pre-test to see what they know. Then, use the included resources to instruct your students on common figurative language types using the provided presentation and CLOZE notetaking sheet. Practice with engaging activities like a hands-on sor
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7th - 10th
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BOOK REPORT- Create a COMIC BOOK|Distance Learning+Printable|
Your students will be completely engaged in this COMIC Book Report! This is a fun way your students can show what they have learned about a book in a creative way! Includes:7 Comic Book Front Cover Templates13 Comic Book Page Templates6 Comic Book Back Cover TemplatesComic Book Cut-Out Templates (speech and thought bubbles, star burst)Comic Book RubricStudent Friendly Writing RubricCharacter Profile TemplateStory Board Template to map out their comic book plotThis is a great way to assess your
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2nd - 12th
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Write Your Own 1 Act Script - Drama Assessment *Google Drive* w/ Examples/Rubric
This assignment is a great resource to extend your students' involvement with drama! Students will create their own play script to show their understanding of drama structure and conventions. This assignment will also help students develop their creative writing skills! Students will create their own characters, outline a plot, and write a one act script for their original play. I used this as a final assessment for a drama unit. Items included in this product (all are editable Google Docs in a
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7th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men Unit Bundle: EDITABLE Quizzes, Test, Nonfiction, Essay, and More
Need help with a low-maintenance, easy to grade, rigorous “Of Mice and Men” unit? Save planning time and energy with this one download!This assessment pack includes everything you need to teach the novella to early high school or advanced middle school. Though the pages are ready to print and copy, they are ALL EDITABLE in case you need to modify anything to meet your preferences. In addition to the assessments you'd expect in a literature unit, like quizzes and an essay, this download includes
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8th - 10th
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World War I Poetry Bundle
You're all set to cover World War I poetry with this bundle! The resource includes intro slides, a packet of analysis questions with poem texts, and a final writing assignment. More details on the contents:Introductory Slides: These slides include a quick write to help students connect their prior knowledge to the topic, political context for why Britain got involved in World War I, a collection of British military recruitment posters with discussion prompts to help students understand the socia
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9th - 12th
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Vocabulary: 32 SAT Word Lists and Corresponding Quizzes
This is a bundled set of 32 SAT vocabulary lists with accompanying quizzes and answer keys for High School students. Each test is composed of a matching segment (15 words)and then an original fill-in-the-blank section (10 words), which forms a serialized short story about teenagers and their conflicts. A culminating written assignment follows the 32nd quiz.It now includes a Quiz Answer Sheet so students can take the quizzes online. Teachers will need to explain their criteria for completing onl
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9th - 12th
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