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High school creative writing handouts for Easel Activities
End of Year Writing Activities Letter to Future Self Prospective Student Teacher
Are you looking for an end of year writing activity? Do you want your students to be reflective of their year or semester? Students will be writing letters to themselves, letter to the teacher, letter to future students, and letter to their friend. There is a list of questions they can answer as well as a writing template for them to write in. This is a print and go resource, but are you looking for a digital version? Open it up in Easel and assign to Google Classroom or wherever your students a
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Digital End of Year Fun Activities Writing Activities BUNDLE SEL
Horror Writing Workshop – ELA – Genre Creative Writing Unit w/ CCSS Rubrics PPT
Interested in teaching students how to write a spooky horror story? Looking for the perfect creative writing unit to engage all learners? This no-prep horror and suspense creative writing unit will guide you from start to finish, comprehensively facilitating the analysis, development, and creation of frightening and suspenseful narratives.An ideal fall creative writing unit, this 22-page and 14-slide unit includes the following activities and assignments (See PREVIEW):A "Horror Writing Workshop"
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7th - 10th
Creative Writing Poetry - 50 Formulas to Help Students Write Poems
Creative Writing Poetry 911: First Aid for Writing Poetry * Now over 50 Formulas for Helping Students Write Original PoemsThis IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This student aid and handouts bundle features OVER 50 formulas for writing poetry. If you have students who struggle with creativity (excellent for L.D. students, as well as dominant left-brained thinkers), these formulas are excellent. Even the most uncreative student will be able to write poetry.
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7th - 12th
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Creative Mystery Writing Unit Fictional Narrative Writing
Make writing fun! Complete mystery writing unit. 13 activities that guide students through the creative writing process with no advance prep! 21 pages of student handouts guide students through the process of brainstorming, writing, editing, and finalizing their own mystery story. Activities include:Choosing the settingWhat is the crime?Who are the suspects?What are the alibis?Who are the witnesses?What is the evidence?What are the clues?Design a Plot LinePlanningFirst DraftEditing-PersonalEdi
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6th - 9th
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Show Don't Tell Creative Writing Worksheets | Print | Digital | Easel
One of the most important techniques a writer can master is learning to SHOW action rather than TELL the reader about it. Although many writers are aware of the importance of the technique, they are not sure how to accomplish it. This lesson presents 5 easy ways to show rather than tell and provides students with exercises to practice what they have learned. Your students will have fun learning to show rather than tell and in doing so will greatly improve their writing. Here's what teachers are
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Exercises and Activities Bundle | Print | Digital
Modernize A Shakespeare Scene Movie Project - Works with ANY Shakespeare Play
Sometimes it can be difficult to make Shakespeare engaging and relevant for students. With this culminating project, which is packed full of technology and modern-day relevancy, your students will have no trouble understanding how Shakespeare's characters and themes can still "fit in" to 21st century culture. Not only does this culminating project work with ANY Shakespeare play, but it incorporates meaningful 21st century technological skills like film production, along with group collaboration
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9th - 12th
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Building Suspense in Creative Writing - Activities and Techniques
In creative writing, the only thing that will keep the reader engaged in your story until the last page is by building effective suspense. This resource includes a visual chart of the different types of suspense to include in writing and includes relevant examples and tips to achieve it. In addition, also included in this resource are two suspense building activities and 4 pages of notes on how to effectively build suspense within any type of story.Please see the preview for more details.You m
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle - Techniques, Activities, Evaluations, Ideas
Sonnets: Critique & Create, Lesson & Handouts; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Sonnets Lesson Plan: Students can stomp it, shout it, and get the beat while grappling with the challenge of iambic pentameter in Sonnets: Critique & Create. This set of lessons, guides, and handouts provides detailed instruct
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7th - 12th
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"The Rocket" by Ray Bradbury - Close Reading, Analysis, Writing Short Story Unit
"The Rocket" by Ray Bradbury is a wonderful dystopian short story about a determined, poverty-stricken protagonist named Fiorello who dreams about going to space with his family. While not as well known as some of Bradbury's other dystopian short stories, it includes the same masterful language, unforgettable characters, and an imaginative setting. Therefore, it serves as a fantastic teaching tools for students. This reading comprehension, literary analysis, and fiction writing unit will allow s
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7th - 11th
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Creative Writing Middle School High School - Using Classic Texts as Mentors
When my students complete this learning activity, their creative writing is delightful to read - truly! Plus, they feel 'smart' and it boosts their confidence to add sophistication to their imaginative writing. Unlike simply using a thesaurus, the students have explored the new vocabulary in context and therefore produce sophisticated narrative writing as they understand not only what the words mean, but also how to use them well. I share this with you to get back the love of writing we all have
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer allows students to visualize The Hero's Journey myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell. Each box correlates to stage of the journey, noted within the circle. The circle is divided between "real world" stages of the journey and magical world stages. For visual learners, colors are coordinated so boxes match the color of the stage they correlate with.Students can use this graphic organizer to...Take notes on the hero's journeyDetail the hero's journey of a character in a partic
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5th - 12th
Superhero Project:Common Core: The Hero in Literature
Kids love superheroes! In the classroom, I often use popular superheroes to explain characteristics of the hero in literature. I created an extended journal entry that allows them to take this to another level. They design a character and place him/her in to a conflict. They will learn about: hero, heroine, foil, onomatopoeia, conflict, and symbolism. **********I've recently updated this file to include a template for the crest, and three templates for the cartoon. ********Click here to follow m
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6th - 12th
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Practice Writing Extended Metaphors (Similes & Metaphors) (Creative Writing)
This is a six-page product that gives students various ways to access (and then create) Extended Metaphors (and Similes). It starts with a quick and easy, one-page worksheet to kickstart students in their creative writing. There are seventeen metaphor stems which students have to fill out (e.g., Freedom is _____________.) After completing the worksheet, students share with a partner, but also choose their favourite three as the basis for writing extended metaphors (e.g., Freedom is a summer's
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7th - 12th
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Graphic Organizers-Personal Narrative
"Graphic Organizers-Personal Narratives" includes differentiated organizers and templates to help all students plan and draft their compositions.With your purchase of "Graphic Organizers-Personal Narratives," you'll receive the following: 3 graphic organizers for planning (Use Freytag's Pyramid when you're studying plot development or use the BME chart when you're using a beginning-middle-end strategy for reading. To differentiate, try a personal narrative plot diagram for advanced students, a c
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6th - 9th
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Avoiding Redundancies - A Revision Technique -Print | Google| Easel
"We all use redundancies when speaking and writing. This resource makes students aware of this common problem. It seems like an easy fix, but these worksheets are challenging." Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)This is a revision technique that will improve students' writing. Examples of redundancy can be found in news articles and on television. This writing error is so common, it is hard to recognize. For example, I warn you in advance that it will be difficult to completely eliminate examples
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Proofreading and Revision Activities Bundle
Science Fiction Narrative Writing Unit
Make writing fun! Complete science fiction writing unit. 15 activities that guide students through the creative writing process with no advance prep! 23 pages of student handouts guide students through the process of brainstorming, writing, editing, and finalizing their own science fiction story. Activities include:Choosing the setting- Time and PlaceScience Fiction Elements- Imagined ElementsScience Fiction Elements- Real-Life InspirationRules of Your WorldProtagonistAntagonistWhat If? Plot A
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6th - 9th
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30 Personal Narrative Writing Prompts for ELA Middle School and High School
Empower your students to express their thoughts and experiences with this collection of 30 personal narrative writing prompts for middle and high school students. These prompts can be used for bell ringers, homework, filler tasks, extension activities, sub lessons, and free writing, providing endless opportunities for creativity and self-expression. The prompts are carefully crafted to inspire your students and help them delve into their own lives and emotions. From reflecting on an important le
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5th - 12th
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Scenarios to Plot a Mystery Story Creative Writing Activity | Print and Digital
This is a fun, creative writing assignment in which students use their imaginations to create a scenario that could be converted into a mystery story.Nine scenarios and lists of suspects are presented and then students must decide how and why the crime was committed. The tenth scenario is left entirely up to the student to create.***************************************************************************************************************SAVE $$ Click here to buy this resource along with severa
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Exercises and Activities Bundle | Print | Digital
Halloween Song-Writing Activity Print and Digital
This fun Halloween Song-Writing Activity works best if students work in pairs or in small groups. They will enjoy changing the lyrics of familiar Christmas songs to spooky or funny Halloween songs.This handout is ready to give to students with no further explanation needed from the teacher. It is a sneaky way to work in practice with rhyme and syllables while students have fun.I had my students do this exercise a few days before Halloween, and they would sing the songs aloud in class, much to th
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Holiday ELA Resources Bundle
Creating Characters in Creative Writing
In creative writing, it is very important to create strong and dynamic characters. In addition, characters within a story need to have strong motivation, and their interactions with other characters need to add interest and appeal to the reader.Included within this resource is a visual reminder to students in creative writing when it comes the time to incorporate characters in their work.Also included is a worksheet that will guide students in creating a strong main character and a second works
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle - Techniques, Activities, Evaluations, Ideas
Grammar- CCSS: Painting Parts of Speech Word Pictures Activity
Although most Middle School and High School students can verbalize the definitions of the seven Parts of Speech, many do not comprehend their usage in a sentence. Others are confused by the various roles many words undertake. When I conference with my students about Subject/Verb agreement issues and vague pronoun/antecedent references in their writing, or exhort them not to use Indefinite Pronouns, they look at me as if I am speaking Early Alien.After labeling every word in a two-paragraph story
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6th - 12th
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Fall Vocabulary Activities - Vivid Words and Writing Prompts for Middle School
Fall Themed Vocabulary Activity. A writing assignment that builds vocabulary on each handout. When you go back to school, these four word lists will have students thinking about word choice and writing with more vivid words. On each handout, students are challenged with some "spectacular" vocabulary which they will need to define and write sentences for. There are four handouts (do one a week for four weeks) of writing prompts to go along with the word lists so students can then produce some ori
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Visual Writing Prompts - Natural Disasters
Visual Writing Prompts - Natural DisastersIntroducing our exclusive product, the "Visual Writing Prompts - Natural Disasters" – a meticulously curated collection of 6 highly detailed and original images, accompanied by visual prompt student response sheets, tailored specifically for Middle Years students.Key Benefits:Time-Saving Solution:Say goodbye to endless searches! Our curated bundle eliminates the frustration of hunting for classroom resources. Each image and corresponding visual prompt re
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Visual Writing Prompts - Real Life Bundle
Poetry Unit Student Booklet - Middle School
This Poetry Booklet for Middle School Students is a great place for students to record information about the poetry they study. They are asked to find several different kinds of poems, given a list of poets to research information about, write a short biography and create a bibliography This booklet encourages students to look at different kinds of poetry and is a good tool for you to use for assessment.You may also like:Middle School Poetry UnitMiddle School Dictionary Skills - Notes and Prac
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7th - 9th
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