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Middle school creative writing independent work packets under $5
Figurative Language Worksheets and Google Slides - Simile, Idiom, Allusion, etc.
Figurative language independent practice worksheets print and digital resources. This packet of worksheets contains extensive guided practice on figurative language. Alliteration, allusion, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, proverb, personification, proverb, pun, and simile are covered. Use them for classwork, homework, bonus work, and substitute plans. Printable and Google Slides versions are included.FROM MEMORY TO MASTERYBloom's taxonomy verbs are applied throughout. Student
Grades:
6th - 9th
Tall Tales Story Pattern Graphic Organizer Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Tall Tales Story Pattern. How to write tall tales! A simple story pattern that will help students write their own tall tale. Fill in the blanks to create a story sketch, then elaborate and expand on to create a personal tall tale. Includes a handout on "What is a Tall Tale?" to use as a reference or put in an interactive notebook, a graphic organizer to help create the main character, and writing paper for a final draft. Also includes a Tall Tale suggested reading list for students to take to
Grades:
4th - 6th
Design a Video Game- Creative & Persuasive Writing Activity- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
Embark on an engaging journey where creativity and persuasive writing seamlessly intertwine! Inspired by your students' unwavering passion for video games, this resource presents a unique opportunity for them to delve into the academic exploration of this beloved medium. Within this resource, students assume the role of visionary game designers as they craft their very own video game, accompanied by a meticulously hand-drawn mock-up that breathes life into their imaginative creation. With carefu
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Creative Writing Bundle- 5th, 6th, 7th Grade
Writing Prompts for Middle School--100 High Interest Prompts!
100 High-Interest Writing Prompts are presented to inspire creative and detailed writing. These are sure to engage even reluctant writers, with writing prompts that address personal, relevant issues for middle school students. Examples:★ Reflect on the following quotation: “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” –Epicteus★ How does technology influence your life? What are the positives and what are the negatives? Use examples to support your answer.★ Tell the story
Grades:
6th - 8th
Improving Sentences Strong Writing Worksheets for Expanding Sentences NO PREP
Creative writing practice activities, ideal for stretching sentences! This independent work packet contains 40 sentence structure practice worksheets for upper Elementary and Middle School Literacy Centers. Also ideal for no prep sub lessons, these printable complex sentence building or sentence expansion worksheets include differentiation and worked examples to help students add detail and interest to their narrative writing. Use as warm ups / starter activities, bell ringers, support in SPED c
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Improving and Expanding Sentences Fun Creative Writing Activities BUNDLE
Preposition Poem Worksheet, Word Lists, and Easel Activity
Preposition Poem Worksheet. Prepositions and poetry together! Worksheet will help students playfully combine poetic form with a riddle, while extending awareness of prepositional phrases and their use. Also encourages use of imagery and figurative language like similes and metaphors to paint pictures with words. Includes a preposition list, a sensory word list, and a brainstorming sheet to help students get their poems started, along with teacher directions. Emoji theme, in color and black and w
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Poetry Writing - Five Senses Poem Creating Imagery with Easel Activity
Five Senses Poem Poetry Writing with Easel Activity. Help students begin using sensory language and writing poetry using vivid imagery. Add to your poetry unit. Students write a poem using their senses. Examples guide thinking. Includes handout, brainstorming pages, final poem publishing page, slides for whiteboard, and teacher directions. You’ll be amazed at the original and creative poems students write using this format. Great addition for Poetry Month in April. Good for substitute, homework
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Activities & Worksheets - Digital & Printable!
Interacting with W.W. Jacob’s short horror story “The Monkey’s Paw” is easy and engaging with these post-reading activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep activities are included, making it easy for you to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging critical th
Grades:
6th - 8th
25 Fun Writing Activities | All Text Types | Quick Writes, Graphic Organizers
This collection of INDEPENDENT WRITING ACTIVITIES offers 25 fun and engaging writing tasks across all text types that are quick and convenient to teach yet still provide profound learning opportunities. NO PREP IS REQUIRED. Your students will find this easy to follow and complete with 75 PAGES of EDITABLE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, LESSON PLANS, and INSTRUCTIONS.This resource comes in both DIGITAL and PRINT options and will work with all digital learning platforms, including GOOGLE CLASSROOM and Micro
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
Figurative Language Worksheets - Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and more ...
Many of my students love sports, so I made these figurative language worksheets with a sports and outdoor theme. This packet of standards-aligned worksheets can be used for guided practice or independent work on metaphor, personification, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and hyperbole. Great for homework, distance-learning, packets, early-finishers, and more.The worksheets can be slipped into sheet protectors and used in centers. Simile - Identify and EvaluateSimile - Create through word cho
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Creative Bell Ringers ELA and Early Finishers For Middle School Choice Board
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer a fun alternative for the early finishers who have already done their work? Is one of your goals to encourage creativity and writing skills by using creative bell ringers for middle school? Would you be interested in empowering your students to do independent work as warm-up activities? If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away? Think about what a difference it would make i
Grades:
6th - 8th
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End of the Year ELA Menu Choice Board Middle Grades with Easel Activity
This End of the Year middle grades ELA Menu assignment is a great final project or end of year activity. Useful writing choice board for differentiation. Print or go digital. A favorite end of year activity. Students like to have a choice to complete any of 6 different projects to demonstrate what they have learned in the course of the school year. Displayed in 3 different formats. One is presented as a menu choice board, one is presented as a list that students can read over with parents and ci
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: End of the Year Activities for Middle Grades Language Arts BUNDLE
Back to School Reading and Writing Autobiographies
Want to get to know your students as readers and writers? Back to school has never been easier! Get to know your student readers and writers in the beginning of the school year with Reading and Writing Autobiographies. Implementing Reading and Writing Autobiographies: Students close read an excerpt from an interview with author Ray Bradbury where he shares his favorite idea generating strategy for writing: making lists. Students then make lists of the things they love most and the things they di
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Back to School Essentials for Middle or High School ELA
Summer fun independent reading Activities Unit Sub Plans crafts Early finishers
Summer theme is math & writing reading activity, the Summer vacation topic is English language art activities, the summer break icebreaker game BUNDLE, May, june, july, August writing craft activities, Summer break morning work reading for an early finisher, End of year phonics main idea centers activity NO PREP, Back to School substitute, Summer brain breaks Classroom Management, gift idea ... This game is great for ages: 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th grade, Kid Education, early fi
Grades:
5th - 12th
Christmas Scattergories game Puzzle riddle sight word middle high school 6th 5th
Christmas Scattergories game, First Day of Winter break Scattergories word Game, classroom Worksheets, Back to School classroom Spelling, Speaking, Speech therapy Activity, Morning Work, centers, Team Building, Teamwork - This Scattergories word work game is great for all ages 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Kid Education, homeschool, Primary school, Junior high school, high school, Middle school, and Homeschool students.--- YOU WILL RECEIVE:- 1 PDF File Includes 4 Pages (Scatterg
Grades:
4th - 12th
Halloween Imagery Word Lists - 140 Writing Prompts with Easel Activity
Halloween Writing imagery sheet and sensory word lists for reference. Use these to write spooky Halloween stories with imagery and more description. Great pack for a writing center or print for writing notebooks or folders. First page explains when a writer uses imagery, the reader can create a set of mental pictures produced by the memory or imagination. The author uses sensory images and figurative language to stimulate the reader's mind. Readers visualize and feel the senses of sight, sound,
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Thanksgiving independent reading Activities Unit Sub Plans craft Early finishers
Thanksgiving theme Christmas All around the world math & writing icebreaker game BUNDLE activity, December November august craft activities, Fall break English language arts morning work reading for an early finisher, I'm thankful for tradition culture traditional food celebrate phonics main idea centers activity NO PREP, Autumn break holiday vacation, Thank you appreciation, pumpkin Turkey, substitute unit plan, brain breaks Classroom Management, ... This game is great for ages: 4th 5th 6th
Grades:
5th - 12th
Digital First Week of School Activities for Upper Grades and Middle Grades
This is a digital set of back to school activities for use with Google Slides and Google Classroom. Students insert images and text into the slides. These are great digital get to know you type activities for the first week of school for upper and middle grades. Check out the video preview to see what is included.You can also check out my digital end of the year memory book for upper and middle grades HERE.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Weather Poetry Imagery Word List, Templates and Easel Activity Digital and Print
Imagery with Weather Poems! Easel Activity included. Have your students create weather poems using descriptive adjectives and imagery. Three different poem formats support differentiated instruction. Includes a list of weather adjectives and eight different acrostic poem writing papers with differentiated lines. Fun and engaging activity when reading a story or novel in which weather plays a major role in developing the plot (i.e. the short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury or the nove
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Myth Writing Lesson for Middle School with Easel Activity Digital and Printable
Myth Writing Lesson for Middle School. Fun for your mythology unit or writing lesson. Includes lesson plan details, assignment handout, and rubric. Students will learn the elements of myth, research a mythological hero, and write their own narrative. They will create a modern-day myth and tell how the hero they chose can solve one of a list of problems that face middle school kids today. Great for substitute, homework, homeschool, distance learning, and independent study. This can be used as a n
Grades:
5th - 8th
Water Bottle Stickers (Hydroflask & Stanley) | Character Studies, Summer, About
Three different sheets for SIX different activities! One Hydroflask and one Stanley for each topic. Great for back-to-school, new students, and character studies or character analysis. Great for upper elementary and middle school grades.- All About Me Waterbottle Stickers- Character Study Waterbottle Stickers-Summer Waterbottle StickersThanks for the support! Leave a review for FREE TPT credits!@miss.rosenfield
Grades:
3rd - 12th
French End of the Year No Prep Activities: Memory Book - Fin d'année 4-6e
Introducing the French End of the Year Activities: Memory Book designed specifically for grades 4-6! This beautifully crafted memory book is the perfect way for students to reflect on their school year in French and celebrate their accomplishments.This memory book is packed with engaging writing activities that include sections for students to write about their favorite memories, and their summer plans, also allowing them to write a letter to their future selves and give awards to their friends.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Narrative Poem Graphic Organizer Writing Template
Narrative Poem Graphic Organizer Worksheets :Includes 2 pages:* NP Graphic Organizer outline * Narrative Poem writing pagePrint these pages front/back for easy handouts! ************************************************************************************ Be sure to visit my store for many comprehension packets, and other activity worksheets! My packets strive for inclusion of all students. I provide lined paper, a choice of comprehension, simple activities, and answer sheets. I also take request
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Writing Poetry — Haiku, Concrete, Acrostic, Limerick, Free Verse Poetry Writing
Students will write their own original poems with this lesson and activity created for middle school students (6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th grade).Make writing poetry fun for students by giving them choice! Students will first learn about five different types of poems. Then, they will choose 3 of the 5 poems they'd like to write. Students will write their rough drafts in a packet, and then finalize their work on blank pieces of paper which result in beautiful wall art for your room.In this ELA resource
Grades:
6th - 9th
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