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Middle school creative writing assessments under $5
Book Jacket Book Report: Book Jacket template | Writing, Art & Reading combined!
Book Jacket Project: Students must include the following on their Book Jacket template for fiction books: Character Summary, Author Biography, Illustrations, Book Summary, and more. This book report can be used after completing any fiction novel study. I recommend showing students example book jackets from their favorite stories to get them motivated & their creative juices flowing.This book jacket book report is perfect for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade & middle school. Book Jacket B
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2nd - 6th
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My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment
Middle school teachers use this My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment, to unlock the creativity and self-expression of your students in a truly unique way.In this engaging activity, students will embark on a writing journey to describe logos that represent various aspects of their lives. From their closest friends and family to their favourite entertainment choices and foods, students will delve into the symbols that hold special meaning for them. Additionally, they'll uncover the logos
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
Editable Spanish Project | Spanish 1 Tener Expressions
This editable project is perfect for a Spanish 1 class in middle or high school. Students are prompted to create a visual presentation about the uses of the verb tener. Students will review their school schedule, school supplies, tener idioms, and more!Topics covered:*Uses and forms of the verb*Description of daily class schedule (Primero todos los días yo tengo...)*Description of class supplies for each class (Para la clase de historia yo tengo...)*Tener idioms (Tengo calor, tengo sueño...)*Ten
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Spanish 1 Mega Activity Bundle
Rant Writing Unit
Rant Writing Unit: Rant writing is an engaging way to bring public speaking and persuasive writing into the classroom. Students rant and complain to each other daily, why not channel that creative energy into some high-quality writing? Rants are an engaging way to get students to write and share their thoughts and opinions in the classroom. This assignment can be used for argument writing or persuasive writing. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learnin
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Oral Presentations Bundle
Pet Memes Narrative Writing Assignment
Spark Creativity and Writing Skills with Pet Memes Narrative Writing Assignment!In this engaging assignment, students will unleash their creativity by crafting hilarious pet memes using 105 different pet memes templates. By adding witty captions to photos of adorable pets, they'll tap into their sense of humour while learning the art of concise storytelling. But the fun doesn't stop there! Students will then select their favourite pet photo and embark on a writing journey. With the "Day in the L
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6th - 8th
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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: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Novel Study Choice Board 9 Activities For Any Novel
Novel Study Choice Board 9 Activities For Any Novel | PDF & Digital Formats: Do you deed engaging activities that summarize student learning? Try these novel study choice board activities as a final end of the novel project. This is a no-prep - just photocopy and go activity for any fiction novel. Students are given a choice of 9 different activities to demonstrate their understanding of their novel. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Independent Reading: 14 Book Report Bundle
Student Friendly Opinion Writing Rubric Or Persuasive Writing Rubric
Use this student friendly rubric to fairly assess your students' opinion/persuasive writing.
One version that has space for teacher comments and another version that has simple check off boxes for "writing goals to work on."
Very detailed expectations for each of the 6 Writing Traits:
Writing expositive Text
Ideas
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Presentation
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1st - 6th
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Figurative Language Practice and Assessment, Worksheets and Quizzes
In this assessment pack of editable assessments for figurative language you will be able to "test the waters," and see how your students are comprehending figurative language. You are getting three different ways for students to practice and demonstrate their knowledge of figurative language. The terms included are idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and pun. Some of the questions ask about mood, allusion, theme, and rhyme. The tests are designed to build on each other, but th
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
Creative Writing Prompts and Activities
Creative Writing Prompts | PDF and Digital Formats: Get your students excited about writing with these no prep creative writing prompts. Students will select their topic from 20 different writing prompts. These prompts can be used as a stand-alone assignment, sub plans or enrichment task. Integrate these prompts into your Writer's Workshop classes or any ELA writing lesson. These prompts are a fantastic way to incorporate student voice and choice into your lessons. This resource contains individ
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6th - 8th
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi WANTED Poster Final Project
This final project requires students to read and reflect upon the classic short story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling. The focus of this assignment is CONFLICT and CHARACTERIZATION. It allows students the freedom to "become" whichever character they wish, while analyzing that character's interactions with everyone else in the story.
This assignment is differentiated for all levels of students, and includes a teacher example as well as student examples.
There are several pages to this d
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6th - 8th
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Creative Recount Writing Project | Grade 2 to 6
OverviewThis activity is based on the story “A Bad Case of Stripes” by David Shannon. After listening to the story, students will write their own creative, personal narratives about the day they had “A Bad Case of ___________”. UPDATED: This package now includes a distance learning version using Google This UPDATED package contains: ~ 1 Read-A-Loud mini-lesson (In-person and virtual options) ~ Google Jamboard link for Collaborative Online Discussions about the read-a-loud ~ Student Writing Packa
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2nd - 6th
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The Landlady One-Pager Project
This is a one-pager for the short story, "The Landlady," by Roald Dahl. Students have a lot of fun creating the rooms and I have received some outstanding work using this as an assessment instead of giving them a standard multiple choice/essay test. It is something different that they will enjoy. Students still have to cite evidence using the text, but they also get to be imaginative and create visuals.
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7th - 12th
Esperanza Rising Project | Make a Book Jacket | Esperanza Rising Book Report
Esperanza Rising Project: Students must include the following on their Esperanza Rising Book Jacket: Character Summary, Author Biography, Illustrations, Book Summary, and more. This book report should be done after completing reading Esperanza Rising. I recommend showing students example book jackets from their favorite stories to get them motivated and their creative juices flowing.This Esperanza Rising Book Report project includes:- Book Jacket Project Description Page- Grading Rubric (half-pa
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4th - 8th
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"Junk Journal" Novel Project for ANY NOVEL: A Creative Way to Express Analysis
For this creative project, students will create a "junk journal" representation of their interpretation of a novel. This project works for any text in secondary ELA and presents an engaging way for students to interpret literature.What is a “junk journal”?While junk journals can vary from person to person, they generally share one primary characteristic: the journal is made with mostly a mix of found and recycled materials.In essence, a “junk journal" is a journal that is created out of “junk,”
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Halloween Writing Assignment - Zombie Survival Manual Halloween Writing Activity
Halloween Writing Assignment - Zombie Survival Manual Halloween Writing Activity: This Halloween writing assignment has students take on the role of a leading expert on zombies. With a zombie virus on the rise, they have been tasked with creating a zombie survival guide for the people of Earth. Students must complete a written plan for the manual, which will include 5 different sections: abilities and behavioral patterns of zombies, weapons and fighting techniques, safe places & zombie proof
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
Upper Elementary Writing Paper Choices
Give your students the freedom to choose the type of writing paper that best fits their needs. Or, assign specific pieces to use for their drafting and publishing.This resource contains everything you need to print and write! Included:Cover options (great for narrative stories!)14 writing paper options with varied line spacing optionsI am happy to add more as needed. Reach out to me!
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3rd - 6th
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An Introduction to Dystopian Literature PPT Lesson, Activities, Dystopian Genre
Introduce your secondary ELA students to one of the most exciting and popular literary genres with this originally designed and detailed presentation that covers the origin of the term "dystopia," popular dystopian genre characteristics, and more. Dystopian literature provides students with accessible, yet powerful story lines and characters that they connect with and appreciate - and they will have plenty of opportunity to discuss throughout this engaging lesson!Materials Included:- A Fully Edi
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7th - 12th
Halloween Podcast Response "The Hollow" & Writing Piece
The Hollow - When three 6th graders at Sleepy Hollow Middle School stumble upon a real-life ghost story, they find themselves on the trail of the Headless Horseman himself. Is he truly a terrifying ghoul, or has he been misunderstood for all these years?This resource is comprised of responses to all 8 episodes from The Hollow podcast. Included in each episode response, is a Google Slide that can easily be assigned to each student in Google Classroom. Students have access to the podcast that is l
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4th - 8th
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If I Built a School Fun Creative Writing Assignment | Back to School
This assignment is perfect for Grade 4 - 8 students who are working on paragraph writing or multi-paragraph writing. "If I Built a School" by Chris Van Dusen is the inspiration behind this creative writing assignment and students will use his story as a mentor text to writing about their own dream school. The organizers provided will take students through the full writing process, including brainstorming, organizing ideas, editing and revising and publishing. A sample, mentor paragraph is used i
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4th - 8th
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Creative Writing Prompts Choice Boards Writing Topics for High School English
10 easy-to-use choice boards for middle school and high school allow students to choose from 90 different creative writing prompts for free-writing, creative writing, even fiction writing assessments. Perfect as a creative writing activity, station activity, writing enrichment, differentiation, writing assessment, writing journal prompts, or a no-prep sub plan!Ten different genres, including horror, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, realistic fiction, satire, nonfiction, historical fiction, and
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7th - 10th
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Hatchet Project | Create a Book Jacket | Hatchet Book Report Activity
Hatchet Project: Students must include the following on their Hatchet Book Jacket: Character Summary, Author Biography, Illustrations, Book Summary, and more. This book report should be done after completing reading Hatchet. I recommend showing students example book jackets from their favorite stories to get them motivated and their creative juices flowing.Hatchet Book Jacket Project includes:- Book Jacket Project Description Page- Grading Rubric (half-page design to save paper)- Example photos
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4th - 8th
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THE OUTSIDERS - Writing Task - Newspaper Article - Point of View
The Outsiders - Writing Task - Newspaper Article - Point of ViewThe following is a writing task I use with my students for my unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. To better understand literary point of view and the elements and stylistic features of a newspaper article, students write about the fire in Windrixville as if they are a reporter on the scene. Perfect for Common Core or IB MYP Language and Literature.Included in this ready to print package:*** Task sheet for students with instructions
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: THE OUTSIDERS - Novel Study Resource Bundle
Figurative Language & Poetic Devices Quiz & Activity
A quiz (or can be used as a worksheet) over various figurative language terms and poetic devices. Quiz includes 20 matching and identification of devices in poems.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Terms covered are:
alliteration
assonance
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
eye rhyme
internal rhyme
paradox
carpe diem poetry
true rhyme
near/half rhyme
Activity is an optional internet scavenger hunt of poems and song lyrics
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7th - 12th
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