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7th grade creative writing resources for Microsoft Publisher
Middle or High School English Syllabus
This is a very complete high school English syllabus that could be easily adapted for any grade level and other disciplines as well. It includes standards covered, discipline and attendance expectations, late work and other relevant policies, a teacher letter to parents, and a back sheet for students to give contact info and information about their access to technology. It includes references to a system for rewarding good behavior using a personalized classroom currency, templates for which can
Grades:
6th - 12th
"This I Believe" Essay
As popularized by NPR.org, teach your students how to write a "This I Believe" essay. This packet includes easy-to-follow worksheets, model essays, brainstorming activities, a gallery walk, graphic organizers, and a grading rubric to assist you in personalizing this engaging project in your class.Great for ESL/EFL to practice speaking skills! (I used this activity in relation to teaching American Transcendentalism. After reading Emerson and Thoreau's beliefs, students wrote their own in the form
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
December/Christmas/Winter Journal Writing Prompt Booklet
This is a 7 page booklet that features two journal entries on each page. The first is a title page, so there are 12 writing prompts. Each page has several lines for a student response, as well as a box to draw a picture of the journal entries.
These half sheets are to be cut out and given to students one at a time. At the end of the month, just before break, I like to punch holes and bind the journals for students to keep as a momento.
This is for levels 2-4, or for special education students
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2nd - 12th
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Structure Strips - Biographies
These strips can be used and stuck into the margins of children's books to help signpost them whilst writing in particular styles and genres. Each is colour coded and broken down into paragraphs with hints and tips including sentence starters.
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4th - 7th
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WORD CHOICE: Are You Showing Not Telling
Are you frustrated with your student's lack of descriptive writing. This activity is a great introduction to the concept of showing not telling in writing. On each of the twelve pages, students have an opportunity to sketch a picture related to an emotion. At the bottom of each page, they should describe the emotion without using the actual word (e.g. my heart was racing, my jaw dropped, and etc.)
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2nd - 8th
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Narrative Planning Plot Chart
I created and printed this plot chart onto 11 by 17 paper for my class this year in order to help them plan their narrative stories before writing. It worked wonders!
Each step on the plot chart has clear instructions for each part of the story. (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution)
I let my students write notes of their plans all over these and their stories have stayed right on track once they began writing!
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3rd - 8th
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Editable Literacy English Working Wall display - text studies.
Editable version of my Literacy Working Wall resources. You can use publisher to edit these resources to change the colours, fonts etc. The working wall resources are based on the concept by Lancashire Literacy Consultants, which provides a clear, interactive structure to the study of text genres in English. I have included an example of how the walls can be set up to help learning.
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K - 9th
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Project Menu
Let student choice drive your classroom and you'll see improvements in classroom management, student engagement, and administrative smiles. This menu lets students choose how they will show you what they've learned. The choices include a recipe project, a pin/tweet, and brochure. Each choice has a point value and a student checklist is on page two with listed requirements. Enjoy!
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Structure Strips - Biographies
These strips can be used and stuck into the margins of children's books to help signpost them whilst writing in particular styles and genres. Each is colour coded and broken down into paragraphs with hints and tips including sentence starters.
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4th - 7th
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December (or Winter) Literature Project
This was created as part of a monthly project for my gifted and talented students. Feel free to modify it with your due dates!
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3rd - 8th
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Student Play
Instructional guide and handouts for students to write their own play. Handout walks students through the process they need to go through in order to complete the project, complete with a calendar to fill in, a story map to guide them, and instructions on how the typed paper should look. This project is very laid out and therefore can work for the elementary grades.
Download will come with a publisher file so it can be edited to fill in your own calendar.
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3rd - 7th
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Editing Stations! (Editable)
I have used these this year with my Year 6s and have seen massive improvements to their editing skills and my marking time. These stations have made it easier for the children to pinpoint their editing and work collaboratively to help improve each other's learning.
Each station has a selection of resources that accompany it. For example, for spelling we have the Year 5/6 spelling words and dictionaries available.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Aboriginal Totem Pole Project
The following activity is a fun social studies project your upper elementary students will love. It is a group or pairs project. This product is colourful and has the project template with step-by-step instructions for the students. Please Note: This is a Publisher file. Please ensure you have the program before purchasing and downloading this product!!!
Grades:
4th - 8th
Using Classified Ads to Write Creative Short Stories
This is a fun activity to get your kids thinking and writing.
There are 7 real classified ads (with graphics) for your students to create back stories for.
I intentionally left grammatical errors because I believe it will add interesting details for your kids to incorporate into their analysis and writing.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Sentence Types Posters
Creative writing involves understanding different types of sentences. These posters describe the different types of sentences that we see in text, identifying each important component, and providing a sample sentence.
I have compiled these pages into a bound book that I use in my small groups when working on creative sentence construction. The students are able to read the description, see an example, and create their own. When they are working independently, there are extra bound books availa
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3rd - 8th
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You as a God/Goddess
This is a fun activity to use during a Mythology unit. The student invents a fictional god/goddess based on themselves. They then fill out the template be careful to include all of their important information/traits. The assignment is only complete when the students adds a creative name/illustration to the oval in the middle.
Extension Activity - Students take the god/goddess they created and write a creative short story that revolves around this inventive character.
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6th - 8th
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Create A Nail Polish Line - Romeo and Juliet
A line of nail polishes representing The Hunger Games was released earlier this month. It struck me that it might be fun for the students to create a nail polish line based on another set of star-crossed lovers: Romeo and Juliet. This activity would not only allow students to be creative, but to show their understanding of the events and characters in the story.
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7th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Parody Activity
While searching Pinterest, I saw a few photos of Peeta and popular songs that had been rewritten about the "bread incident." I thought the students would enjoy creating their own parodies of popular work, so I created a worksheet to do just that! Enjoy!
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7th - 12th
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Lightning Thief Writing Packet
A story writing packet for a unit on "The Lightning Thief," by Rick Riordan. Students will write their own half-blood story with 16 pages of guidance on creating characters, locations, and event sequences. They will fill in a story map and edit their final work.
This packet was created for my 6th grade English students, but could be used with any 5-8 class. Feel free to edit as you like!
Aligned to Common Core standard W.6.3.
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5th - 8th
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Daily Writing Journal calendar for 2011-2012
This calendar provides daily writing prompts (Tues, Wed, Thurs) for students at a variety of grade levels. The file is in Publisher so that it can be modified to fit your needs.
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1st - 12th
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Sample Microsoft Publisher Newspaper Writing Project
This is the sample I give students to go with their final exam project for English II (listed as Science Fiction Newspaper Project under my products.) The project consists of creating a newspaper from a day in the year 2026. The project sheet (for purchase) lists the specific guidelines/requirements for the project.
Satire/Fiction/Point of View/Dialogue/Author's Purpose
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Snowman Book Review
Create an easy bulletin board by printing out the snowmen, having students fill in their book recommendations, and put the title "Chill Out with a Good Book."
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Grades:
K - 8th
Facebook Writing Template
A Facebook template for a writing assignment. I used this for a history writing assignment. My students had to create a Facebook page for a historical person. This could also be used for a character study or all about me. This is created on Publisher and can only be downloaded and used with Microsoft publisher.
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
"Classbook" Poster Templates (Publisher version)
Bring "Classbook" status updates to your classroom! Use these templates to make posters so your students can let everyone know what's going on in your class. Use a poster maker to enlarge these templates and create a hallway "classbook" status wall. **This is the Publisher format so you can type your students' names in before you print the posters. The font is Franklin Gothic Medium**
I require all my students to be finished with all their work (including left over unfinished work) before t
Grades:
K - 12th
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