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High school creative writing assessments for Microsoft Word
Short Story Writing Assignment & the Elements of Fiction
A strait forward and READY TO PRINT booklet on the six Elements of Fiction. If you're teaching short stories or novels, this is a perfect resource for your class or for students working independently. Works well for either analysis of texts or for students writing their own stories.Designed for diverse learning environments - students can complete it in a teacher-led class or use included scaffolding for independent learning at home.The package includes definitions, explanations, and examples of
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
This bundle is a collection of The Lesson Shop's most popular Persuasive Writing Resources at a 50% DISCOUNT!!!The products in this bundle can be taught in combination with one another or can be broken up into stand alone resources. It includes a variety of assessment types (speeches, articles, essays) and multiple writing styles (types of tone, etc.).Designed for diverse learning environments! Students can complete these resources in a teacher-led class or use the included scaffolding for indep
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7th - 12th
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LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL - Letter to Next Year's Students
What better way to end the year than to have your students write letters to your upcoming students next year! This is a one-page template for a guided 3-paragraph letter that your students can write during the last week of school. It includes introducing oneself, and explaining learning, favorite projects/assignments, and tips/advice for students to be successful in your class! My students always do a wonderful job inspiring next year's students (I give these to my new students on the first d
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4th - 12th
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9th Grade English ELA Lesson Plans & Printable Materials for FULL YEAR
This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of in-depth daily lesson and unit planning, quizzes, tests, projects, and printable teaching materials around the following core texts (in this order): Frankenstein, Chinese Cinderella, Julius Caesar, Night, and Native Son. You will receive 307 pages of daily lesson plans and instructional materials addressing Grade 9-10 ELA Common Core standards with passion and purpose – promoting critical thinking and text-to-world connections grounded in deeper m
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â 9th Grade English ELA Lesson Plans, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL YEAR
Simile, Metaphor, Personification Worksheet
This worksheet allows students to practice the differences among simile, metaphor and personification. It also gives them a chance to create each of these devices! This is a good supplement to an existing poetry, reading, or writing unit.
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7th - 12th
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How to Write a Great College Admissions Essay - Works with Common Application
I have been teaching 11th graders to write a college admissions essay for the past ten years and this system really works! It's especially great if you have a wide variety of writing abilities within the same class.My favorite part of the packet is the "student" writing samples that help students understand what a finished product is going to look like. I've also included a brainstorming activity, an essay organizer, a rubric, and brief explanation of how to effectively use these materials.
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10th - 12th
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ENGLISH | The Great Gatsby: Complete Unit, Assignments, Study Guide & Test
This unit prepares students with historical context and author information. Then students are guided through analysis of the book, chapter by chapter, and focusing on characters and symbolism. Included in this Unit:Introduction Powerpoint giving Historical Background & Author informationModernism and the Modern NovelAutobiographical Information about F. Scott FitzgeraldChapter By Chapter Review Questions5 Pages: Summary and review questions for each chapterGuides students to reflect as they
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9th - 12th
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Elements of Poetry worksheet
This one page worksheet can also be used as a quiz. It is divided into three sections. First, students match six example sentences to the literary sound devices they use. Next, students match five sentences to the types of figurative language used. Students will complete the worskeet by creating an original haiku.
Created by Laurie Nelson.
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5th - 12th
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Student Self Assessment for Creative Writing Class - Short Prompts / Final Exam
This can be used as a final exam for a creative writing course, or just as a final assignment and evaluation for the course. Students will reflect on their performance throughout the class, their writings, and how they have improved as a writer. There are 10 prompts for which they will write about a paragraph, and then question 11 asks them to give themselves the grade they think they deserve for the course. The questions are general, so this can be used with any creative writing and/or English
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9th - 12th
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Memoir: Memoir Writing Rubric
Help your students write an outstanding memoir with the Memoir: Memoir Writing Rubric. Includes the components categorized under the five domains of writing: focus, content, organization, style, and conventions. Good for students to grade themselves first using the rubric before the teacher grades the paper. For each domain, a score of 4, 3, 2, or 1 is explained. Each domain is weighted, and the total points equal 50 points. This document is included in the Evaluating the Memoir MINI Unit A
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6th - 12th
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Thank You M'am ~ Langston Hughes ~ Differentiated Project TIC-TAC-TOE
A UNIQUE BOOK REPORT IDEA! This tic-tac-toe project appeals to all children because it gives them choices. It is designed for a variety of learners. The options are strategically placed so that all students are completing tasks that are considered "fun and easy" as well as tasks that involve higher order thinking skills.
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Writing Outline, Student Sample Outline & Essay
Engage your students in narrative writing using this "Narrative Writing Outline" (student sample outline and essay included), which helps students brainstorm and organize their ideas before writing their own fictional or personal narrative (story). This outline includes sections for: Attention-Grabber, Beginning (characters, setting, conflict), Middle (complications/events, climax), and End (resolution, message/meaning). This outline will help students confidently write their own narrative and w
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5th - 9th
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BOOK REPORT + RUBRIC: MOVIE TRAILER PROJECT!
MOVIE TRAILER PROJECT!This is one of SEVEN original BOOK REPORTS, along with a specifically created RUBRIC designed to illustrate a student's ability to apply practical and theoretical knowledge of a novel/collection/play. There are two major portions, each designed to allow for each student to showcase knowledge, interpretation, and creativity: · the Project, which allows for students to challenge their own creativity in narrowing their interpretation into a tangible end; and· the Report, whic
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â 7 (SEVEN) ORIGINAL BOOK REPORTS + RUBRICS!
Writing a Myth or Origin Story
Incorporate creative writing into your Literacy or Social Studies/History class by walking the class through a myth writing or origin story creation tale. Directions are included, as well as, a detailed grading rubric to make life easier.
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3rd - 12th
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"My Name" Activity and Essay for teaching The House on Mango Street
This is a great activity followed by an essay for students reading the vignettes in Sandra Cisnero's beautiful narrative, The House on Mango Street. This will get students to think about their own heritage and their namesakes. It will get them involved in other cultures as well as their own.
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7th - 12th
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Dystopian Society Project -- Create a Dystopia
This project is for use with a dystopian novel/literature unit. It asks students to create a dystopia of their own. Ultimately, they create four end-products: encyclopedia entry, creative story, promo/commercial, and presentation.
Students should have a good understanding of dystopias before assigning this project. It works well in conjunction with both literature and movies, such as The Hunger Games, Divergent, Fahrenheit 451, The Truman Show, etc.
This project covers multiple English Langu
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9th - 12th
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The Last Lecture Final Project
In The Last Lecture Final Project, students will create their own last lecture. The project allows students to reflect upon their own life experiences, education, and adversities in order to create a meaningful and memorable presentation. The project is geared towards high school seniors, but could be modified to fit any secondary grade level.
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9th - 12th
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Changing a Story Into a Screenplay Lesson
If you are looking for something different and fun for your students to do for media studies unit, and are tired of interpreting and creating visual media texts, then this unit is for you. In this unit, students will use their creative writing skills, and knowledge of screenplay conventions, theme, tone, characterization, setting and plot development, to change a fun short story into a screenplay. Students will enjoy the creative writing aspect of this unit and you will enjoy combining the media
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11th - 12th
Show Don't Tell: Make 50 Boring Sentences Interesting- Distance Learning
This product contains 50 boring sentences that merely tell information. Students must revise and rewrite the sentences to show the information in an interesting way. Sentences can be used to help develop students' skills in descriptive and/or narrative writing.The sentences are in an editable Word document, so you may change names and edit details as you desire.Teachers can pick out some sentences and model for the class how to show instead of tell information.Additionally, the whole class can w
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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News Broadcast Media Project
This project has every detail needed for students to complete! It has a handout explaining the entire project. This project has a list of historical events that students may chose from. From there, students will create a script, complete research, and create a news broadcast to teach other students about that historical event!
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5th - 9th
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One Pager: Advanced!
****PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IF YOU LIKED THIS FREE PRODUCT!****One Page of Reflective and Analysis Questions designed to break down a piece of literature (short story collection, poetry collection, or play), based on Bloom's Taxonomy of Knowledge/Learning. Alternative to or supplemental to Traditional Book Reports.***Depending on your school's requirements, this can be considered appropriate from 7th-12th grade to be used in English Language courses.***
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â One Pagers: BUNDLE!
Unwind Propaganda Project
This project can be used with the novel Unwind by Neal Shusterman. The project contains directions that allow the students to create their own propaganda poster using topics from the novel. I've included the topics that worked best with my students and the projects went really well! I will include the propaganda stations that I used in a separate listing.
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7th - 12th
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Learn Read Write Type Printables Elementary - Adult Education
These worksheets provide an opportunity for students to improve spelling, create a short story, and write or type clear complete sentences. Learners will also enhance their thoughts via literary genre, a short story.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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LOL: Humorous Fiction Unit
This 30 plus page file includes humorous fiction vocabulary words, practice worksheets, and quizzes, as well as handouts on irony, puns, parodies, and understatement. There are also handouts related to the humorous fiction stories "The Ransom of Red Chief," "Charles," and "Pecos Bill." There is also a planning sheet to help students write their own tall tale.
Grades:
6th - 10th
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