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High school creative writing homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word
Fable, Myth, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, and Legend Creative Writing Unit
This is a reproducible handout or packet of information about Fables, Myths, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Legends. This packet includes information and examples of each type of story. It also includes short writing assignments for each type of story as well. Students can either create a Folktale collection which will include each type of story or do these projects individually. Each story can be illustrated with drawings, paintings, magazine pictures, computer generated pictures etc.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Drama Distance Learning Project: Parody of a TV Commercial
Coming up with activities for our students working from home is not easy, especially if the class is one as interactive as Drama! This is why I customized my Commercial Parody assignment to work for students in middle or high school Drama classes. This has been a success with students at home and allows them to explore parody writing and acting, with family members or alone. I am attaching a Word file, so that you can easily customize it for your needs. I have created a rubric, as well, to m
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6th - 12th
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Historical Fiction Story Writing Project - Creative Writing
This is a reproducible handout or packet of information teachers can give to students. It contains background information about writing a Historical short story which incorporates research. This writing assignment can be used in either a Creative Writing, Language Arts, or Social Studies class. Students must research a time and place in history in order to write a "period" story.
Students should follow a typical plot structure but add in accurate details about clothing, setting, custo
Grades:
7th - 12th
Memory Book - Creative Writing Assignment- Narrative Writing
Students will create a 5 to 10-page, keepsake, memory book of their Senior/Junior year. (or 8th grade year)
This engaging, creative writing project is great for the end of the semester or end of the year. Students will use the narrative and imaginative writing modes to create 5 short essays or stories that reflect on their time in high school. This project also makes use of visuals and graphic arts design for producing the memory book. This assignment can also be modified for middle school s
Grades:
8th - 12th
The KIS Approach to Grammar & Composition I - (Judeo-Christian Vers.)
The KIS Approach to English Grammar and Composition comes as a result of 35 years of teaching English and hearing legitimate complaints of confusion, consternation, and contempt. So my advise is this: Keep It Simple!
Key--This approach uses the verb as the key to understanding sentence structure built with parts of apeech.
Individual--This approach is a text-workbook comprised of packets with 15 pages or less.
Satisfying--Presenting only necessary knowledge for developing the skill of clea
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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How to Write a Poem: A Rulebook
This is a lighthearted handout meant to highlight some of the best advice a poet can give to beginning poets. Hand this out to your students before you assign them the task of writing their own poetry. This handout is meant to reinforce some poetic concepts like emotion in writing, perspective, style and form, patterns, and respect for the art.
Please feel free to alter this handout in order to best suit the needs of your students and your classroom.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Literary Devices Handout (Definitions and Examples)
This handout includes definitions and examples of literary devices. Great for your students to keep in their folders for reference!
Grades:
5th - 12th
Fable/Story #27 Similar & Different
How a group of aliens came together to realize despite their differences in appearances, they did share similarities.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Writing with Home: Year One
Writing With Home is a writing curriculum which encompasses all aspects of writing: reading, journaling, practice and craft. Students are provided high interest writing topics which include family and home, strengthening the bond to family while allowing students to develop their writing expertise. With clear examples of what is expected, relevant practice in writing techniques and options for honing the craft of writing, Writing With Home allows parents and family to inform writing topics and s
Grades:
7th - 10th
How to write a short story
This is a step-by-step pupil guide on how to write a successful short story.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Build With Your Words-Creative Writing Ideas and Prompts
Build With Your Words include information and facts about creative writing genres, prompts, and ideas. For example, you will find helpful information about foreshadowing, descriptive writing, etc., and prompts and ideas to kickstart your students' creativity.The book has plenty of photos and images to inspire and explain a concept. This book can benefit students who struggle to come up with ideas to write and spend a long time thinking before starting to write. The prompts and ideas can also be
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The KIS Approach to Grammar & Composition II - (Secular Version)
The KIS Approach to English Grammar and Composition II is for secular settings. It comes as a result of 35 years of teaching English and hearing legitimate complaints of confusion, consternation, and contempt. So my advise is this: Keep It Simple!
Key--This approach uses the verb as the key to understanding sentence structure built with parts of apeech.
Individual--This approach is a text-workbook comprised of packets with 15 pages or less.
Satisfying--Presenting only necessary knowledge f
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FRENCH Creative Writing - Story Builder Game - MASH Editable | Distance Learning
Vous êtes coincé sur des idées sur quoi écrire? Vous voulez créer un personnage aléatoire dans une histoire? Utilisez ces feuilles comme un moyen amusant de stimuler l'écriture créative. Ceci est du jeu MASH original que nous avions l'habitude de jouer quand nous étions enfants. Toutes les instructions incluses. Le document Word est modifiable, vous pouvez donc modifier les catégories en fonction de n'importe quel sujet, sujet ou thème. *Il y a aussi un jeu bonus pour vos élèves à jouer pour pr
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3rd - 9th
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First Lines for Murder Mystery Scenes
Give your students a fun script-writing and acting assignment from the "Murder Mystery" genre! These 30 fun, somewhat serious, somewhat ridiculous "first lines" will give them a great starting point! They'll be able to devise creative plots and develop fantastic characters with any of these 30 "first lines"! The packet includes the "first lines" handout as well as a rubric for script-writing, a rubric for acting, and list of suggestions for using the "first line" prompts in theatre or English
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing with Home: Personal Narrative
Writing With Home is a writing curriculum which encompasses all aspects of writing: reading, journaling, practice and craft. Students are provided high interest writing topics which include family and home, strengthening the bond to family while allowing students to develop their writing expertise. With clear examples of what is expected, relevant practice in writing techniques and options for honing the craft of writing, Writing With Home allows parents and family to inform writing topics and s
Grades:
7th - 10th
17 Poetry Writing Exercises
Here are 17 Poetry Writing Exercises to help both new and experienced poets break their writer's block. These exercises would be great for in class writing prompts, homework, or handouts for students to keep when they're stuck. These prompts would also work as stand alone assignments to do as a class. These prompts are a lot of fun and meant to really help students look at their writing in a new way.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Essay Writing Unit/Writing Process: Intro, Body and Conclusion Scaffolds, Topics
Parents and Teachers,Teaching good writing has been a passion of mine for over twenty years, whether in a French, Spanish or English classroom. This program is the end product of all my experience and hard work. This product will provide a complete one to two week unit on how to write an essay, taking information from multiple sources and working very kid-friendly examples until gradually releasing the material for them to do. In other words scaffolding the entire process. Non-readers, ESE and a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing with Home: Family Legends
Writing With Home is a writing curriculum which encompasses all aspects of writing: reading, journaling, practice and craft. Students are provided high interest writing topics which include family and home, strengthening the bond to family while allowing students to develop their writing expertise. With clear examples of what is expected, relevant practice in writing techniques and options for honing the craft of writing, Writing With Home allows parents and family to inform writing topics and s
Grades:
6th - 11th
Descriptive Paragraph Example
This sample descriptive paragraph was written by a certified Teacher of English and Reading Specialist. It includes all of the necessary elements and structure. It's a great resource to use when modeling writing for students. This example can easily be copied and pasted to a Google Doc.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Interactive Poetry Exercise: "Warning: When I am an Old Woman"
This is an interactive poetry exercise using Jenny Joseph's poem "Warning: When I am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple." Part I of this exercise begins with a Hyper Doc that explores the poem and asks students to respond in complete sentences. The questions test a student's ability to read the lines, to read between the lines, and to read beyond the lines. Part II of the exercise asks students to fill in the poem with their own word substitutions, ultimately creating an original poem on the same
Grades:
7th - 12th
Poetry Unit
This is a comprehensive unit that covers the basic elements of poetry. The unit includes fill in notes for the students and a test upon completion of the unit. There are also teacher notes that includes titles of sample poems to use by each section, as well as an answer key for the notes and test.
Grades:
5th - 9th
Coronavirus Mix&Match Multi-week Project in English ELA (Distance Learning)
Stressed about how to provide a quality learning experience for your students over the next several weeks (or more!)? This is a mix and match assignment with 27 options based on Gardner’s ideas of multiple intelligences. And it is completely editable so you can customize it to your students and their needs. How does it work? There are three columns, based on the amount of time an assignment should take: · The first column represents assignments that would take approximately one day if done in c
Grades:
6th - 12th
Active Reading Questions for Journaling about Literature and Informational Text
This 13 page packet could very well transform your journaling program. Have students respond to their readings with a number of carefully explained options. Choice empowers students and these options give them many different angles into a text, from reader response approaches to formalistic analysis exploring literary elements and devices, to creative writing based on close reading. See the demo for the rationale, grading suggestions, and pedagogical backing for this approach. One benefit for
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6th - 11th
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Character Portrait of a Family Member: Distance Learning Writing Assignment
I am attaching here a writing assignment that is ready to go and perfectly customizable! Students can work on this at home or in class. They can interview a family member in their homes or via Skype or Zoom. I have broken this down in steps that make this assignment easy, engaging, and meaningful. A rubric is attached, along with additional resources that include the following:* how to write dialogue* ways to begin* paragraph review* MLA formatting This is a wonderful way to help teach writi
Grades:
6th - 9th
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