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High school creative writing resources for GATE under $5
A Recipe for Writing a Sonnet (like Shakespeare)
This is a graphic organizer that allows your students to write sonnets that are amazing. I have used this in both a Gifted 4th and 5th grade, and a regular 5th grade and the results were amazing in both. This clearly lays everything out...topic and structure. It can be used all the way up to high school!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Creative Writing Prompts - Journal Prompts using Poetry & Song Lyrics Task Cards
Use these poetry snippets & song lyrics as journal prompts to inspire creative writing and storytelling. These journal and creative writing prompts help to demystify poetry and show students that they can draw inspiration anywhere. They also make for a great writing activity during National Poetry Month (or any time of year)! Use these poetry task cards as bellringers, journal prompts, a creative writing station, or for small-group inspiration. Daily exposure to poetry through these journal
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7th - 10th
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Halloween & Fall S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:Pumpkin PatchWitch's Broom Haunted HouseJack-O-LanternCandy CornTrick-Or-TreatScarecrowApple PieCorn MazeHayrideThanksgiving DinnerCandy Apple+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
Grades:
K - 12th
Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:snowmanSnow globeSledUgly SweaterMistletoeCandy CaneGingerbread HouseChristmas TreeNutcrackerWreath Christmas LightsStocking+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
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K - 12th
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Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
Nonfiction Mysteries and Creative Writing Activities + Vocabulary in Context
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world maritime mysteries! Students choose one as inspiration 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 maritime mysteri
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7th - 10th
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Informational Text - Creative Writing from Nonfiction - Train Heists and Outlaws
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about train heists and outlaws in the Wild West. Students choose one topic for a piece of Flash Fiction. Differentiate with a condensed or expanded brainstorming worksheet. Includes optional close reading questions. Also includes a Teacher’s Guide, answer key, and TAG feedback form. (grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Nonfiction reading about train robberies and outlaws2. Introduction to Flash Fiction and brainstormi
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7th - 10th
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Figurative Language Activities - Writing Prompts - Print & Digital
Let students use imagination and creativity to show what they've learned! These fun figurative language writing prompts are the perfect way to wrap up a unit, review for a test, or add enrichment to your figurative language lessons. Nine engaging writing prompts encourage students to show comprehension and let their imaginations run as they write about animals, idioms, their own lives, and more.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Figurative Language Activities Bundle!)This resource includes t
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
SHOWING CHARACTERS--NOT TELLING ABOUT THEM--with Description, Action, & Dialogue
"Show, don't tell!" Those oft-repeated words drive detail-oriented writing in all genres. Not only is "showing" writing more memorable, but it also gives credit to one's readers that they have sufficient interpretive skills to figure out what the writer is implying via the chosen details--the kind of interpretive skills associated with CRITICAL THINKING. This lesson teaches student writers to think like their readers, to anticipate what their readers will infer from their descriptions, act
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6th - 10th
Informational Text - Creative Writing from Nonfiction - Codes and Codebreakers
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about historic codes and codebreakers! Students choose one as inspiration for a piece of Flash Fiction. Differentiate with a condensed or expanded brainstorming worksheet. Includes an optional procedural text for constructing a Fleissner Grille. Also includes a writing sample, Teacher’s Guide, and TAG feedback form. (grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Nonfiction reading about historical codes and codebreakers, includ
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7th - 10th
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Personal Statement & Hero's Journey Writing Assignment & Rubric
Personal Statement & Hero's Journey Writing Assignment & Rubric--This personal statement assignment is based on the classical Hero's Journey. All students are on their own personal journey & the juniors and seniors are all working on personal statements, so I combined the two. This standards-based writing assignment includes two writing prompts, a scoring rubric, and a peer editing checklist. This assignment can be differentiated for several levels, and has been used/modified succe
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9th - 12th
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My Future Autobiography: A Creative Writing Project
Imagine that you met your 40 year old future self. What will you be like at age 40?
What experiences will you have had? What events might you have witnessed?
Students get to use their imaginations while they learn about autobiographies! This is a great activity for the end of the year.
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3rd - 12th
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New Year's Toast, No Prep, English Language Arts, Interactive, Google Activities
Introducing the ultimate solution to kickstart the new year with a bang - the New Year's Toast activity! Say goodbye to the post-holiday blues and hello to an engaging and exciting classroom experience that will have your students glad they are back in school! Designed specifically for the daunting month of January, when students are still in vacation mode, this activity is guaranteed to captivate their attention and get them excited about the year ahead. The concept is simple yet powerful - stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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New Year Vision Board Christian Themed, No-Prep, Canva
Introducing the Christian Vision Board – the ultimate tool for the beginning of a new year where believers seek divine guidance and alignment with God's sovereign plan. Crafted with elegance and reverence, this board is not just a mere tool, but a sacred testament to a student’s commitment to walk in alignment with God's will. Inspired by Habakkuk 2:2, it encourages students to write their vision. But this board is not just about setting intentions and envisioning the future. It goes beyond that
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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New Year's Quick Write , High School, No-Prep, Creative Writing, Editable
Introducing the ultimate solution to kickstart the new year with a bang - this incredible New Year's Quick Writes! If you're feeling overwhelmed and unsure about how to tackle the post-Christmas slump when students would rather be curled up at home, look no further. These quick writes are specifically designed to inject a burst of energy and inspiration into your classroom, ensuring that January becomes a month of excitement and growth. With these innovative Google slides format, you have comple
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lieux abandonnés - Texte informatif et Écriture créative (+ version digitale)
Dans cette activité d’écriture créative, les élèves s’inspirent d’un texte informatif portant sur dix lieux abandonnés du monde réel! (Perfect for French immersion, Core French, or "français langue maternelle") Les élèves en choisissent un comme décor pour une micronouvelle. Différenciez avec une fiche de travail de remue-méninges résumée ou développée. Vous trouverez incluse une activité de vocabulaire en contexte optionnelle. Et également inclus un exemple de rédaction, le Guide du Professeur,
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7th - 10th
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Horror Unit | Play with Pacing Create Suspense | Narrative Writing | 2 Lessons
Students asked for it, so I created it: two comprehensive lessons to help students build suspense by quickening the pace and drawing out the moment in their horror stories and/or narratives. Packed with writing tips, mentor samples, engaging slides, word banks, and even musical scores to analyze pacing. I teach this under the umbrella of my Horror Unit, but it works perfectly for any narrative writing unit. Use for whole-class instruction or small groups. Follow me for more teacher and tutor too
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7th - 11th
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Awesome Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi Activity
This Qin Dynasty activity brings Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi to life for students! This obituary activity is a fabulous writing activity that ties into the ancient China curriculum. There is a creative component as well, including artwork and advertisements for students to create. All of your students will be engaged during this project!
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5th - 9th
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Behind My Mask - A Back to School Activity
A beginning of the year activity for all students to help identify strengths, interests, and talents. Students brainstorm ideas and design a mask. There are 2 identical lessons included in this file. The first lesson has a focus on gifted students. The second lesson is written for all students.
Grades:
K - 12th
Writing Brainstorming Activities- Print & Go Worksheets
Easy to use and ready-made! 3 brainstorming activities to help create your next writing project. The first step to creating good written work is to brainstorm ideas of what to write about. These three worksheets guide students through that process, teaching them that ideas can come from real life, from memories, or from their imagination.Included in their packet:• teacher notes on how to use each resource. • A 'How-to' Writing brainstorming sheet (guides students through the brainstorming pr
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2nd - 9th
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8 Picture Writing Prompts and Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, and Dialogue
8 Picture Writing Prompts and Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, and Dialogue, a Google Slideshow is designed to help middle and high school students overcome the challenges they face while incorporating setting descriptions, character development, and dialogue into their narrative writing. It includes slides on teaching setting and mood and how to add characters into the setting, as well as 8 writing picture prompts which provide inspiration and practice for your students' writing. The slideshow
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Creative Writing Prompts: A Bundle of 8 Resources
TONE: How To Convey Tone with Dialogue, Actions, and Descriptions
Students in grades 5 through 10 can be enriched by this lesson that explores how altering tone via careful word choices can alter the reader's experience.
The tone of one’s written words, like spoken words, affects how we communicate with others. The problem with texting and emailing quick notes is that tone is often left up to inserted smiley faces or punctuation (often misused), which hasty readers may overlook or misread; this results in frequent misunderstandings! When we can’t hear tone,
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6th - 10th
Horror Unit | Show Don't Tell Lesson | How Fear Manifests | Narrative Writing
Easy and effective! One of my most popular narrative writing lessons with students because it works. Teach students how to use research to play on common phobias, craft authentic backstories, paint realistic settings, and create vivid imagery. Packed with engaging slides, writing tips, examples, AI suggestions, and teacher tour. New and improved. I teach this under the umbrella of my Horror Unit. Follow me for more teacher and tutor tools. Make them feel brilliant. Happy Horror Unit! Get your we
Grades:
6th - 10th
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"Wipe That Off the Floor, A Readers Theatre Script;" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a folksy Readers Theater script about a mess that gets out of control. It can accommodate four players, and invites the audience to participate with two of the verses. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Freedom, Death, Love, Loneliness, Boredom, and Happiness (Writing Prompts)
10 printable or digital writing prompts to help students write about love, loneliness, boredom, death, and happiness:FREEDOM: I watch them wander by, free to roam, free to stay, free to fly. And here I am, stuck, miserable, angry. I am not happy. Why me? Why this torture, this isolation, this pain? Why can’t I be free?DEATH: The millipede only thought of escape, as the brightness exposed her to danger and death. Get away! Flee! I must not be taken alive.LOVE: The yellow-bellied slider
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Enrichment BUNDLE
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