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Creative writing Common Core RL.11-12.5 literature circles
Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Kite Runner Symbolism Creative Activity
This is a one-page, creative assignment that directs students to draw and write an interpretation of the kites and pomegranate tree in The Kite Runner. This would be best used after students read Chapter 14 or finish the novel. This can be used in class or as a homework assignment, or even as an option in a menu of focus activities. This helps students understand the duality of the symbols in The Kite Runner; they are complex enough to carry paradoxical meanings that highlight Amir's coming o
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9th - 12th
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Structure - Beginnings and Endings
These lessons look at the importance of beginnings and endings for the structure of a story. They look at the choices you can make in beginning and ending a story and each choice is accompanied by an activity which reinforces the technique. Tasks include continued editing of previously developed stories with the new information in mind, discussion and analysis of existing fictional texts in terms of beginnings and endings, research tasks leading to writing activities, and discussion with a gui
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Unit Plan
This is an entire unit plan to accompany Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It includes over 30 PowerPoint slides with Before Reading Activities, Annotations Bookmark, Discussion Questions or Creative Writing Activities for every chapter and End of Book Essay and Project Prompts. Along with the PowerPoint is a teacher’s overview document explaining how to use the PowerPoint and suggested responses to prompts. Also included are 8 pages of chronological guided reading ques
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9th - 12th
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Publish This Not That
Publish This not That is an activity that shows students the publishing side of English. My novel Paramour will be traditionally published Septemper 2023, which means that I'm able to bring a bit of realism to this activity. In this activity, I ask students to pretend to be literary agents. They must read the first ten pages of my novel, Wisher, and decide whether they would want to help me get published. Wisher is original content written by me as a young adult fantasy novel.This product includ
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Inferno
Let me be your guide through hell! Seriously, Dante had Virgil and now Our-Mrs-Johnson has done the heavy-lifting and will tell you where all the bodies are buried. Pun intended! This book is so worthwhile and it is just as relevant today as it was 700 years ago. If you have serious literature students and these notes in hand, you can confidently teach Inferno. Don’t wait for hell to freeze over! Add it to the cart today! TERMS OF USE (TOU):All rights reserved by Our-Mrs-Johnson• This product i
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9th - 12th
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