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Middle school creative writing unit plans under $5
The Best Part of Me Opinion Writing Graphic Organizers, Writing Paper, & Rubrics
THE UPDATED FILE (which is included in this unit) includes:brainstorm organizerintroduction paragraph hamburger organizerbody paragraphs 1-3 hamburger organizerconclusion paragraph hamburger organizerteacher copy to model writing all 5 paragraphs during the drafting stage and revision and editsrevising checklist visualediting checklist visualfinal copy paperIncluded in the ORIGINAL SET: 2 Versions (Colored and Black and White)Step 1: Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (Students complete bubble graphic
Grades:
1st - 6th
One Word Writing & Art Project: Goals for the New Year / Beginning School Year
This One Word Project is an engaging, reflective, and powerful way for students to stay motivated and set positive goals for the year. Use at the beginning of the New Year, or beginning of the school year. There's also a fun chalk art and video component! Students pick one inspirational word to focus on for the year to provide clarity, focus, and ambition. You could start this at the beginning of the school year (back to school), or calendar year (January). Full unit & ALL resources included
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3rd - 7th
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Realistic Fiction Writing Planners on Character Traits and Story Arcs
This 12 page piece includes the planning elements needed for students to development their own final realistic fiction pieces of writing. Character Planner: The first two pages helps students develop and plan a character by helping them establish character information and internal and external characteristics. Small Moments Planner: The next section includes a story arc, showing the organization, placement and description of each step of the planner and provides a student sheet to fill in. This
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3rd - 6th
Where I'm From Poem Mini Unit
Get into creative poetry with your students! Your students will craft creative "Where I'm From" Poems. This is a great Mini Unit to use during a larger unit on Poetry, as a beginning or end of the year activity. This unit includes:Unit IntroductionGeorge Ella Lyon BiographyExample Poems to get your students thinking Planning and Drafting MaterialsEditing SuggestionsFinal Copy PaperRubricTeacher notes on the student handouts to prevent and minimize confusion during instruction. ................
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4th - 8th
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Fantasy Literature Genre Unit, Writing Projects, Fantasy Writing Guide, and More
No-Prep, fantasy genre unit! With this resource you will have everything you need to add fun and creativity to your fantasy genre studies. I have included a "Fantasy Writing Project Menu" with nine creative projects, a fantasy element checklist, a writing outline for students to organize and write their own fantasy story and a complete "Fantasy Book Report" for students to fill out after they have read a fantasy novel.Digital Option Available! This will work perfectly for distance learning as w
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Genre Units Bundled, Projects for Every Reading Genre
Formal Letter Writing Unit | Business Letters | Email | Distance Learning
This best-selling 100-PAGE DIGITAL resource contains everything your students will need to learn how to write outstanding FORMAL LETTERS and EMAILS in 2024 that IMPACT upon their audience. This INTERACTIVE unit contains - Easy-to-follow, engaging instructional slides - High-quality tutorial videos - A range of writing samples for students to follow - Assessment tools, rubrics, and checklists - A range of graphic organizers, templates and tools for reluctant writers - Everything is entirely EDI
Grades:
4th - 9th
Fantasy Writing Unit- Short Story Creative writing
A full, comprehensive writing unit for grades 4+ where students will create their own short story. The unit is organized in a step by step, easy to follow manner which allows teachers a simple way to get started. The unit can be combined with other subjects for a cross-curricular approach (such as art, science and social studies). Students complete steps along the way to create the pillars of their story. Once completed they compile all the sections together to craft the best story they have eve
Grades:
4th - 10th
4th 5th and 6th Grade Poetry Unit and Workbooklet
Includes teacher instructions, student work booklet, student portfolio booklet, and printable key terms for your word wall!Includes the following figurative language terms for students to learn:Simile MetaphorPersonificationOnomatopoeia HyperboleIdiomImagery AlliterationAllusionOxymoronSymbolismIncludes the following poetry terms to learn: LinesStanzasRepetitionRhyme SchemeStudents will learn and write the following poem styles: NarrativeFree VerseLyricalDiamanteRiddleCinquainAcrosticHaikuCouple
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4th - 6th
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Summer fun independent reading Activities Unit Sub Plans crafts Early finishers
Summer theme is math & writing reading activity, the Summer vacation topic is English language art activities, the summer break icebreaker game BUNDLE, May, june, july, August writing craft activities, Summer break morning work reading for an early finisher, End of year phonics main idea centers activity NO PREP, Back to School substitute, Summer brain breaks Classroom Management, gift idea ... This game is great for ages: 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th grade, Kid Education, early fi
Grades:
5th - 12th
Writing Our Memories: A Memoir Unit
With this unit, I wanted to help my students move from narrative writing to a more personal, inward exploration through words. Memoir writing is great because it engages the writer where he or she is and our pasts are ripe for searching out ideas. Memoir writing also fits within the Common Core standards and will still help prepare students for narrative writing or personal writing found on high-stakes tests.
However, this writing felt very authentic to my students, and they absolutely love
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5th - 8th
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Character Teaching Unit | Traits, Analysis | Characterization | Story Elements
☀️This DIGITAL UNIT provides the RESOURCES to teach students to ANALYZE and CREATE GREAT WRITTEN CHARACTERS. Learn how CHARACTER TRAITS, CHARACTER ARCS, and more interact with STORY ELEMENTS to create characters we know all know and love and why.EMPOWER your students as READERS and WRITERS as they explore the purpose and process characters play within the five STORY ELEMENTS.LEARNING INTENTIONS✍ To understand the PURPOSE & ROLE of Characters within a story.✍ Exploring characters within ST
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5th - 7th
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INFERENCE & SUMMARY | "ORDEAL BY CHEQUE" UNIT
INFERENCE SKILLS IN THE UPPER GRADES! Use Wuther Crue's "Ordeal by Cheque" to develop inference and summary skills for older students. A "sophisticated" way to reinforce lower reading skills, while challenging proficient readers.The unit include:-Complete text (this text is really hard to find in a legible form for students- it was originally written in cursive)-Analysis graphic organizer using claim, evidence, and reasoning-"Ordeal by Cheque" student assessment- identify student understanding
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: INFERENCE & SUMMARY BUNDLE | SLO READY
Descriptive Creative Writing: Show Me! 6 Traits, Lesson Plans, Common Core
This is the perfect unit to help your middle and high school students to enhance their creative writing. It is a critical component of your Writer's Workshop.
Students will analyze published writing, their own writing, and their peer's writing to determine what makes writing compelling. They will focus on turning boring "Tell Me" writing into exciting, powerful "Show Me" writing. The focus is on rich word choice, the 5 senses, figurative language, and active verbs. There are several handouts t
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6th - 10th
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Thanksgiving independent reading Activities Unit Sub Plans craft Early finishers
Thanksgiving theme Christmas All around the world math & writing icebreaker game BUNDLE activity, December November august craft activities, Fall break English language arts morning work reading for an early finisher, I'm thankful for tradition culture traditional food celebrate phonics main idea centers activity NO PREP, Autumn break holiday vacation, Thank you appreciation, pumpkin Turkey, substitute unit plan, brain breaks Classroom Management, ... This game is great for ages: 4th 5th 6th
Grades:
5th - 12th
Harris Burdick | Mystery Writing | Writing Workshop Unit
PERFECT SEASONAL OCTOBER WRITING WORKSHOP UNIT!!!Just in time for halloween....Get your students writing mysteries, learning the structure and elements of the mystery genre, and bringing a piece of writing through the stages of the writing process with this ready to use unit. This complete writing workshop unit follows The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. This unit teaches the features of the mystery genre. Students start with using the photos of Harris Burdic
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3rd - 6th
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Narrative Writing: Mini Lessons, Graphic Organizers, Planning and Writing Pages
Have your students create AMAZING Narrative Stories in Writers Workshop by guided them through the stages that authors use:
Start with Mini-Lessons on:
• Brilliant Beginning to hook the reader right away
• Imagery to develop the setting
• Painting Vivid Pictures with Figurative Language
• Using Onomatopoeia
• Types of Conflicts in Stories
• Developing Character Traits Directly and Indirectly
• Showing Emotions and Feelings
• Strong Endings
• Having a Perfect Balance between Narration, Showin
Grades:
3rd - 6th
10 Minute Plays - A playwriting Unit
This playwriting unit will help you put together a 10 minute play writing project. This is great for Drama classes, English classes or Creative Writing electives. It provides a simple format so you can move around the pieces to suit your specific class. Exercises are provided for specific element focus, such as character analysis and development, as well as for different stages such as brainstorming free writes. There is also information about using table reads and staged readings as part of
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6th - 12th
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Script Writing Intermediate Unit - Create Your Own Movie Script!
Learn the basics of writing a film or TV script and then create your own! Students will learn all about the main components of script writing and then create their own script for a fictional TV show. This unit is packed with practice assessments and information on script writing! Due to the technical language and many components of script writing I recommend this units for Grades 5 and up. Check out the other writing units in my store OR get an amazing deal on the full-year Writing BUNDLE. Jam
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Intermediate Themed Writing Units - FULL YEAR BUNDLE
How to End a Story Unit | Narrative Writing, Conclusions, Twists, Plot Elements
This COMPLETE UNIT teaches students to write EXCELLENT ENDINGS and KILLER CONCLUSIONS to their PLOT in NARRATIVE and STORY WRITING lessons through proven teaching strategies and is ❤️ FULLY EDITABLE, so you can customize it if required.LEARNING INTENTIONS⭐️ How the CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION and RESOLUTION are connected.⭐️ Understanding the 6 COMMON ENDING TYPES.⭐️ ENDING ANALYSIS of WELL-KNOWN stories.⭐️ CLEAN ENDINGS and CLIFFHANGERS.⭐️ TWIST IN THE TALE and AMBIGUOUS ENDINGS.⭐ EPILOGUE ENDINGS an
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STORY ELEMENTS BUNDLE | CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, ENDINGS in NARRATIVES
Informal Letter Writing Unit | Email | Messages | Postcards | Invitations & More
This 100-PAGE DIGITAL and PRINT resource contains everything your students will need to master the SKILLS and PROCEDURES of writing INFORMAL LETTERS in 2024 for various purposes and audiences.This INTERACTIVE and EDITABLE unit contains⭐ Easy to follow, engaging instructional slides⭐ High-quality tutorial video.⭐ A range of writing samples for students to follow⭐ Assessment tools, rubrics, and checklists⭐ A range of graphic organizers, templates and tools for the reluctant writer⭐Everything is co
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Persuasive Five-Paragraph Essays FULL UNIT - NO PREP!
This FULL Persuasive Essays unit teaches your students to write a persuasive essay step-by-step through activities. This unit can be entirely student guided - instructions are clear, and essay elements are thoroughly explained through the activities. These activities are 100% NO PREP. Print, hand out, and watch your class run itself! Okay... maybe you could offer a little bit of support!!
Included in this bundle are the following:
- 50 Essay Topics: Choosing an Essay Topic
- Writing Attention
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Historical Fiction Writing Unit
Looking for a step-by-step way to teach a historical fiction writing unit with your students? This unit is one that I have used with my students for the past few years. It includes a list of historical fiction picture books, a "noticing chart" to help guide your students to read like writers, a SMART Board presentation or Power Point presentation) that you can use as a step-by-step guide through the learning/process, a ten day written lesson guide-for you the teacher, and a copy of the grade she
Grades:
4th - 8th
Stand Up Comedy Unit
This unit gives you a step by step guide on how to create a stand up comedy routine. The students write original jokes and are assigned to groups who help revise the jokes for the performance. Every worksheet, guideline and even suggestions for comedian examples is included in this unit.
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6th - 12th
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Point of View - an ELA mini unit
Point of View is a language arts mini unit that teaches students about perspective. First, students will learn the difference between first person, second person, and third person point of view. Then they will implement that knowledge into a series of activities. By the end, the students will be much better editors. This package is best for Grade 5-8.This unit includes:Explanations and ExamplesIdentify the Point of ViewSpot the ErrorsFairy Tales: Opposing Points of ViewAnswer Keys*SIGN UP AS A F
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Writing Bundle - a resource for middle school
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