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Middle school creative writing scaffolded notes for Microsoft PowerPoint
Show Don't Tell Narrative Writing Activities
Show Don't Tell ActivitiesTeaching Students How to "Show" Details in their Writing! This writing bundle includes a PowerPoint lesson, scaffolded notes, and a "Show Don't Tell" practice sheet. The lesson guides students through the use of vivid words, five senses, and different types of figurative language in order to transform their writing. Interactive Notes are also available for this lesson in my: Narrative Writing Interactive NotebookDo you want your students to Love ❤️ Learning Writing?Che
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
What is a Vignette? (Presentation)
This is an awesome PowerPoint to introduce middle/high school students to vignettes and House on Mango Street!
Here are the notes that go along with it: What is a Vignette? Notes
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Complete Curriculum and Materials
This bundle is a collection of the lesson materials and curriculum for a creative writing mini-unit. Included in the bundle is every PowerPoint and note catcher needed to teach Creative Writing.This mini-unit includes five days on various aspects of creative writing.Monday - Students will be able to identify the key parts of a plot as well as create a story using the plot points.Tuesday - Students will be able to create complex characters for their storyWednesday - Students will be able to devel
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Grades:
6th - 8th
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Lesson Notes PowerPoint Practice Activity Quiz Test Prep
***UPDATED 2024!*** Help students gain descriptive writing skills with this no-prep, 33-page/slide Descriptive Writing Lesson, Practice, Activity, and Assessment Mini Unit. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students understand how to write, identify, and edit to include descriptive writing. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, Scavenger Hunt Activity, and Multiple-Choice Practice/Assessment are included making this an engaging scaffolded approach that uses the “I Do, We D
Grades:
4th - 8th
What is a Vignette? (Notes)
Scaffolded notes for teaching students about vignettes. Perfect as an intro for House on Mango Street!
This goes along with the What is a Vignette Presentation!
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Poetry Presentation and Notes for Class
Class Presentation and Notes for PoetryThis includes notes on Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman (including author backgrounds, writing careers, etc.). This also includes notes about general poetry as an art form + notes on free verse.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Lesson 4 - Thursday - Dialogue - Bundle
This product is the bundle (note catcher and PowerPoint) for the lesson on dialogue This lesson is part of the Creative Writing Mini unit. Students will be able to create dialogue and use it to propel a story.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Lesson 3 - Wednesday - Setting - Bundle
This bundle includes the PowerPoint and scaffolded notes for the third lesson of the creative writing mini-unit.This lesson focuses on the development of the settingStudents will be able to develop the setting for their story
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Lesson 2 - Tuesday - Characters - Bundle
This Product is the bundle for the second lesson of the creative writing mini-unit. This lesson focuses on the creation of characters.Students will be able to create complex characters for their storyThe Bundle includes note catcher and PowerPoint.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Letter to My Future Self
This PowerPoint provides guided instruction in formal letter writing. It can accompany my free download of the Letter to My Future Self Assignment Overview (which includes a graphic organizer for the notes). Students are asked to write a letter to themselves to read 5 years in the future. This activity works best with writing portfolios that follow a student's educational career. Assignment can be modified for middle school or to use as beginning of the year activity to open at the end of th
Grades:
6th - 11th
Sonnet 138 William Shakespeare — Sonnet Lesson, Guided Notes, & Writing Activity
Teach your students all about Sonnets with a unique analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. 1) First, use the Powerpoint presentation to familiarize your students with:Sonnet definition and structureShakespearean SonnetsPetrarchan SonnetsSpenserian SonnetsMiltonic SonnetsIambic pentameterVoltaTwo-part thematic StructureRhyme SchemeGuided notes worksheet included!2) Then, have your students analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 by answering comprehension and literary analysis questions. Answer k
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Characterization- Presentation, Notes, + Activities for ELA and Creative Writing
Understanding characterization helps students to understand texts AND helps them to be better creative writers. This purchase is equally helpful for regular English Language Arts students along with Creative Writing students!Included in this purchase is a characterization presentation with accompanying guided notes, two types of character sketches, and a character mask activity. Additionally, for the characterization presentation and the mask presentation, you will receive the Canva template lin
Grades:
6th - 12th
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Lesson 5 - Friday - Revising and Editing Bundle
This product is the bundle (note catcher and powerpoint) for the lesson on revisions and editing. This lesson is part of the Creative Writing Mini unit.Students will be revise and edit their stories using this weeks lessons
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Creative Writing Mini Unit - Lesson 1 - Monday - Plot - Bundle
This Product is the bundle for the first lesson of the creative writing mini-unit. This lesson focuses on the aspects of a plot.Students will be able to identify the key parts of a plot as well as create a story using the plot points.This bundle includes a note catcher, PowerPoint and plot activity.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Folktale Genre Study Bundle Powerpoint, Guided Notes, and Activity
This bundle includes a Folktale Powerpoint with guided notes and a writing activity for a great price!
Grades:
4th - 6th
Character Archetypes Presentation and Notes
This presentation includes an introduction to 13 different character archetypes. It is a combination of archetypes from Reader's Workshop and Carl Jung's archetypes. Each slide features an archetype, a brief description, traits to describe the archetype, and a picture of a well-known character who fits the archetype. The last slide features a link to a Buzz Feed quiz that allows students to discover their own archetypes.Also included is a 3-column chart for students take notes. There are two ver
Grades:
6th - 9th
Parts of a Paragraph Notes- Google Slides
Get your students engaged with learning new information by having them learn how to take--and use--notes. These Google Slides over the parts of a paragraph include a template for Cornell Notes. Simply print one for each student, put slides on Whiteboard, or post in Google Classroom, and teach them how to copy notes.Included:What is a Paragraph?Topic SenteceSupporting Details/Three Main PointsClosing Sentence FormulaIf you are looking for some hands-on learning to use these notes with, they go pe
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Parts of a Paragraph Bundle
Narrative Writing - Characterisation
These are the second and third lessons in a series of lessons to teach your student how to write an engaging narrative story!These lessons teach your students all about characterisation and how to bring their characters to life in their narrative stories. It includes fun games of 'Guess the Character' that students go crazy for! A fun and engaging PPT and/or PDF file that follows the Gradual Release of Responsibility teaching model (I Do, We Do, You Do). It shows examples of excellent character
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Figurative Language & Poetic Devices PPT
This PPT presentation is an excellent overview of what figurative language is, and how it is used in written and oral communication. It reviews 16 figurative language techniques including metaphor, idiom, irony and 10 poetic devices including assonance/consonance, rhyme and symbolism. The cloze notes for the presentation are included separately so students have a copy of the notes without having to write everything down.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Identifying Poetic Devices in THREE engaging texts!
Scaffolded Vocabulary - Creative Writing Prompts - English Bell Ringers
It's no secret that having good vocabulary increases reading comprehension and fluency skills. However, simply memorizing definitions is one of the hardest ways to absorb what the word means and how to use it.This bell ringer activity introduces a new word every day. Students will get to see how the words should be pronounce, their part of speech, and their definitions. Then students will be asked to use that word to address a creative writing prompt. This activity builds on itself by introducin
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Sensory Language - Imagery
Students learn how to use their five senses to become better writers!
"Thanksgiving dinner was not good," can be re-written using sensory language to make the reader feel he or she is seeing, smelling, and tasting the same dinner. "The dressing was so dry that my throat became parched, but the water smelled a bit fishy and I could not bring myself to drink more of it."
Three writing prompts including images make for easy grades for you!
Grades:
6th
How Authors Build Suspense
I have used this brief PowerPoint presentation at the beginning of a genre study of Gothic fiction in preparation for students to write literary analyses and as part of a creative writing course when students are working on short fiction. It works across grade and ability levels because it breaks the more abstract idea of suspense down into specific author's craft techniques, most of which students are already familiar with or which are easily understood. The six methods of creating suspense tha
Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Narrative Writing: Horror Mini-Unit
This unit is for the course of several days for students to learn how to write a narrative story and learn the elements of a horror story. In this bundle are learning packets, notes, PowerPoints and resources to help students write. The ultimate objective being SWBAT create a three-paragraph narrative story with descriptive details and well-structured event sequences
Grades:
6th - 8th
Figurative Language Gallery Walk Poetry for Middle School ELA
A gallery walk is one of my favorite ways for kids to take notes. Instead of sitting in a desk copying down information, students move around the room at their own pace active and engaged.These posters provide a strong foundation on 10 basic figurative language terms. They’re the perfect start to any poetry unit. They could also be used in partnership with an author’s style analysis or as part of a writing workshop. This resource includes:10 colorful posters for figurative language. Each poster
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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