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High school creative writing resources for GATE $5-10
Abandoned Places - Creative Writing Activity from Nonfiction (print + digital)
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world abandoned places! Students choose one as a setting for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten abandoned places (in
Grades:
7th - 10th
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5 Paragraph Essay Writing- EASIEST way to teach kids to organize their writing
A Best-Seller! Here are a few TpT Buyer reviews:"It's a small resource, but mighty. And extremely intuitive. In fact, I'd say that so far, this may be the best 5 paragraph essay resource I've used yet. Thanks! I would buy this again in a heartbeat. It is awesome. (16+ year teacher here!)""One of the best writing products I've ever purchased!""I used this with my 7th & 8th graders as yet another way to organize their writing. It helped the students that still did not know how to organize thei
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Writing Bundle (Grades 3-6)
Animate A Story (Scratch Coding Project)
In this project, students will animate a story. This story could be anything. It could be an original creative piece they've written. It could be a story you're reading in class. It could even be a movie or moment in history that connects with their interests or topics/themes you're currently learning. Students will get to experience the connections between technology and writing, as they dive into computer programming and animation of their stories. Specific skills students will develop are: -
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Coding Adventures: 4 Interactive Scratch Projects Bundle
BOOK REPORT Board Game|Fun Creative Challenging|Distance Learning
Sold individually or as a bundle at a discounthttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Report-FUN-PACK-4-Projects-Board-Game-Newspaper-Facebook-Cereal-BoxBook reports don't have to be that boring! This a more creative way to find out how much of the book the student really understands.This can also be used to compliment your already classroom book report assignment.Includes:Simple Directions/InstructionsBoard Game Criteria for Students (kid-friendly)Board Game Scoring Rubric2 Board Game T
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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The Giver Thinking Skills and Graphic Organizers
The Giver, The by Lois Lowry
The Giver Thinking Skills and Graphic Organizers is a 37-page resource with two components for teaching Lois Lowry's 1994 Newbery Medal Winner.
The THINK, WRITE, CREATE portion, based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy, offers chapter-by-chapter and whole-book open-ended activities with a range of difficulties from the most basic to challenges for gifted students.
The items are designed to spark critical thinking, build vocabulary, and en
Grades:
6th - 9th
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The ULTRAMEGA English Warm Up Bundle (300 Warm Ups!!!)
ALL of these warm ups were designed to be used with whatever you are teaching tomorrow since they are so versatile! I hope you have as much fun using these as I did making them!Legal StuffYou may:Use this product for your own personal use or use in your classroomCopy part of or all of this product to share with your own students onlyYou may not:Give a copy of this product to othersCopy this product for use by othersPost this product on any website including district websitesStore this product on
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Green Screen Projects Made Easy
Green Screen Projects Made EasyThis product includes the items that I use in my classroom to help my students get started using the greenscreen. In my 3rd grade class we use greenscreen for our famous persons research and also science research on endangered animals! In November, my students created greenscreen videos where they were flying over New York with the balloons they created for Balloons Over Broadway (lesson plans for that coming soon)! Such fun!You will need a green background (you
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
100 Prompts: Let Your Imagination Wander
Hello Fellow Teacher,Thank you for considering this 12-page PDF designed to spark students' creativity. Each prompt includs a setting and primary conflict. Students can pick and choose the prompts they want to develop.Are you also looking for a poetry unit? If so, check out this 4-week unit: 4-Week Unit: Introduction to Poetry with Examples, Lesson Plans, and RubricsHow to get TPT credit to use on your future purchases:Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feed
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE for Creative Writing Activities
Amanda Gordon “New Days” Analysis, New Years 2024, No Prep, Google Apps
Introducing the ultimate solution to kickstart the daunting month of January with a bang with the New Year's activity! Designed specifically for students who are still daydreaming about the cozy Christmas break, this activity is guaranteed to captivate their attention and ignite their enthusiasm for the new year. At the core of this activity lies Amanda Gorman's awe-inspiring poem "New Days," a beacon of hope and inspiration. With the convenience of Google slides, you have the power to effortles
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Spotify Wrapped Character Analysis, HS English, Holidays, No Prep, Google App
Introducing the ultimate end-of-the-year or beginning-of-the-year activity that will have your students buzzing with excitement! Say goodbye to boring lessons and hello to the perfect blend of music and literature with my Spotify Wrapped Recap activity. Inspired by the obsession with Spotify Wrapped and Apple Replay, this activity taps into your students' love for music and famous Christmas characters (or any literary character). Imagine the joy on their faces as they create their very own symbo
Grades:
9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Christmas Literary & Rhetorical Analysis, No Prep, Google, Holidays
Flash Fiction: 24 Creative Writing Prompts for Students
Ideal for creative writing electives, after-school creative writing clubs, as "Do Nows or Bellringers," or as a means for developing longer narrative pieces in Language Arts or English classes, the slideshow, "Flash Fiction: 24 Creative Writing Prompts for Students", offers 24 engaging, and thought-provoking Flash Fiction prompts with both pictures and written prompts, a guide to using them in the classroom, links to four professional authors' Flash Fiction stories, and information on Flash Fict
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Prompts: A Bundle of 8 Resources
The Setting Sets the Mood: Teaching Students How to Write Effective Settings
The Setting Sets the Mood: Teaching Students How to Write Effective Settings is an interactive Google Slideshow designed to assist middle school and high school students in writing descriptive settings for their creative or narrative writing. It focuses on how to use sensory imagery to evoke mood. The slideshow features:Interactive mini-lessonsSample setting paragraphs written by the author for students to analyze and discuss the moods they evokeWriting prompts with both copyright-free and autho
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Prompts: A Bundle of 8 Resources
Narrative Writing Through Finding Nemo
Trying to teach narrative writing concepts? Looking for a way to teach high level concepts about plot and character development that is engaging and educational? This lesson is the perfect way to do that. Tried and tested in fourth and fifth grade, but perfect for middle and high school classrooms as well, students will develop a common vocabulary to discuss narrative stories all while developing their own.This seven day lesson plan walks your students through Finding Nemo while learning about:P
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Mega Bundle of Resources
Writer's Block-BUSTERS! /40 Writing Prompt Cards + 16 Challenge Cards, Easy-Prep
BUST the writer’s block! The resources in this set provide a quick and easy way to motivate reluctant writers and challenge more advanced writers. Each Block-BUSTER card contains a different set of five words and phrases. Students will use the words and phrases from each card in a written piece of their choice or one that you assign. Give your students an extra challenge and an opportunity to think outside the box by pairing a Block-BUSTER card with a Challenge card. Now students must use the wo
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Create Your Own Country end of year project with slides and rubric
Need an end-of-year project that encourages analytical thinking and creativity? Want a presentation that has a step-by-step process for students, a rubric for grading, and a schedule of what slides they should get finished every day? This is the perfect end-of-year project that has students create everything from their name, government, culture, physical environment, natural resources, trade groups, and population demographics. This project is designed to take four to five days of class time but
Grades:
7th - 11th
24 Additional Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Students
24 Additional Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Students, a Google Slide Show, will get your middle school and high school students excited about narrative writing. Covering a range of topics, such as character development, conflict, setting, mood, and more, the prompts also incorporate elements such as personification, sensory details, and descriptive writing.Your students can choose to write stories, poems, and scenes, or explore different genres including realistic fiction, mystery, fa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Prompts: A Bundle of 8 Resources
BOOK REPORT|Create Puppet Theater PLAY|Distance Learning|
A FUN way to write a book report! Write a PLAY and act it out!This a more creative way to find out how much of the book the student really understands.This can also be used to compliment your already classroom book report assignment.Includes:Simple Directions/Instructions3 Templates for writing a play-Character and Settings Template-Map Out Your Story Template-Write your Play TemplatePuppet PatternTONS of Photos of actual Student Puppets! These look great displayed on Bulletin Boards!Check out
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Word Choice: Blackout Poetry Lesson and Activity GB22
Blackout poetry, also known as Found Poetry, is a visual creative writing project. Blackout poetry is a great word choice exercise because it forces you to consider the elements of word choice. With blackout poems, certain words might be read connotatively rather than denotatively, or you might change the meaning and specificity of a word by using other words nearby. This resource contains a mini-lesson, resources, examples, whole or independent activity, format links and options, and standards
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Fiction with Complex Characters via Memorable Traits and Backstories
Young writers often write fictional characters as superficially described puppets for plots, without delving into the personalities, psychological profiles, and interrelationships that make a character come to life. This lesson focuses on developing memorable personality details that force writers to develop complexity in their style, by adding backstories and motives for behaviors. This exercise and discussion regarding character development will certainly enhance future reading experiences in
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Grades:
7th - 10th
24 Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire your Students
Stuck on how to get your students to write? Boost your writing prompt collection with the Google Slideshow "24 Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire your Students." Perfect for middle school and high school students, these prompts cover character development, setting, conflict, mood, personification, and descriptive details, and can be used to write stories, poems, scenes, mysteries, realistic fiction, and fantasy. The prompts are numbered but can be used in any order. These prompts are great for
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Prompts: A Bundle of 8 Resources
Enyclopedic Musings - Creative Fiction/Non-Fiction Digital Writing
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Comic Poetry Sketch - Creative Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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