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Free creative writing Common Core W.6.3b resources
Teaching Dialogue in Writing {Freebie!}
This free pack is sure to help you through your writing dialogue unit! In this pack you will receive:-Posters outlining the rules to edit and punctuate dialogue correctly -A passage for students to correctly edit and punctuate dialogue, with answer keys-Links to my blog posts on teaching dialogue with additional ideas, lessons, and mentor texts-Student center/group activity and recording sheet to practice putting together a quote with the correct punctuationSee my 2 blog posts at: YoungTeacherLo
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3rd - 6th
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Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts
Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts. Using writing prompts with photos to teach descriptive writing is an effective exercise. Teach your students to use concrete, or sensory, detail with three thought-provoking photos with writing prompts and notes on using sensory detail. This is part of my complete unit on Writing a Narrative Essay.Writing a Narrative Essay - Complete UnitYou might also likeWriting Prompts for Research and Response PapersWriting a Persuasive Essay - Complete UnitWriting a Rese
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7th - 10th
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Narrative Writing Checklist - FREE - Primary Exploration - Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREE Narrative Writing Checklist serves as a wonderful reminder for students to check their work! The checklist walks students through the editing process to ensure that they are submitting their best work! This is a great addition to a writing center or narrative writing booklet. In my classroom, I use this narrative writing checklist along with Primary Narrative Writing and Book Cover Assessment. This Narrative Writing Booklet is a step-by-step student work booklet that teaches students to suc
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PreK - 8th
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Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
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4th - 8th
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Show Don't Tell Creative Writing Activities, No Prep Descriptive Writing
Most creative writers have heard the term "show, don't tell." But young minds may not completely grasp what that truly means. Completing these show don't tell activities will help students understand the idea of showing and why it is superior to telling. Digital activity is pre-made by me. Just download and digitally assign to your students! You also have the option of adding and/or changing the digital activities!Students will learn:How to use showing using body languageHow to use showing using
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4th - 8th
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Free Halloween Creative Writing Activity
Are your students still talking about Halloween? A little sluggish from candy overload? Try this fun activity that lets them talk a little more about one of their favorite holidays, yet allows them to practice great critical and creative thinking skills: The Day After Halloween Activity. It's FREE.You can use the writing prompt in conjunction with a literature or history unit. They'll have to tell about a character's or historical figure's night out trick-or-treating. It's fun and gets them writ
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Free Daily Writing Prompts with Pictures | Google Slides™
Your class will be super excited when it comes to writing with these daily writing prompts! This resource includes 7 amazing images, each with a bank of associated words. This freebie is a selection of slides from the resource, 206 Daily Journal Writing Prompts - For the Entire School Year! A great way to try before you buy! These images are definitely not ordinary! They will spark your student's curiosity, capture their imagination, and inspire them to write. The word banks are specific to eac
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3rd - 6th
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Halloween Picture Prompt Writing - FREEBIE!
This resource is the perfect way to get your students in the Halloween spirit through creative writing!The Halloween Picture Prompt Writing Resource includes:10 Halloween imagesGraphic organizers and questions to prompt brainstormingStory writing organizerRevision PromptsDon't forget to check out some of our other fantastic resources, such as:Short Story Writing NotebookElements of Short Stories BundleThe Bad Beginning Novel Study WorkbookThe Breadwinner Novel Study BundleInsignificant Events in
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6th - 8th
Digital Narrative Prompt + Writing Process Activity: My Hero's Journey Story
This Common Core aligned Narrative Project is perfect for 6th-8th grade students. Students will write a story about a hero and the journey the hero takes. This activity will take your students through the Writing Process: Brainstorming, Drafting, Editing, Revising, Final Draft. This is a ready to go activity - All you need to do is either post to your site or print and go. Included:*A Common Core aligned rubric*3 Brainstorming slides - These user-friendly slides will help students brainstorm bef
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5th - 8th
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Writing: Practicing Dialogue FREEBIE
With this activity, students will receive a slip of paper telling them their two characters in which they will create dialogue for. Using the template provided, students will write the dialogue on the lines and then draw a picture of their characters talking in the blank space. Included is a list of different objects and characters for your students. This is a great introduction activity for writing!
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3rd - 8th
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Narrative Fiction Writing (Student Checklist- Middle School)
This student friendly checklist is great a tool for any middle school writer tasked with writing their very own narratives. The checklist uses the language of the standard, and features an area for checking off the elements of a short story present in their own writing. Excellent handout to be used in the interactive notebooks as well.
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5th - 9th
Short Films Workshops Virtual Tour Guide Literary Devices Elements & Techniques
Guide For Teachers: Quickly figure out which Pixar short films pair with the standards you are ready to teach, without sorting through hundreds of films and scrambling to find related materials!This virtual tour can be used as reference guide and a library of workshops so that you can pluck a NO PREP workshop on the spot and teach immediately! INCLUDED FOR EACH WORKSHOPCCSS Alignment guideHand-picked selection of the best short films for teaching literary elementsSummary for each film along with
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4th - 8th
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Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer
Help your students organize their writing!This graphic organizer is perfect for the PRE-WRITE!It has space for brainstorming, characters, setting, emotions, sensory details, creating a HOOK, and it's set up to follow a story chart: Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Resolution. Perfect for student who don't know where to start when trying to write a narrative!
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5th - 7th
Valentine's Day Writing Picture Prompt
Is Valentine's Day a little too "mushy" for some of your students? This free Valentine's Day picture prompt will encourage even your most reluctant writers to write dialogue with speech bubbles. Frankenstein seems to take Valentine's Day quite literally when he gives his heart to the ghoul of his dreams, which could spark a quick mini-lesson about literal and figurative language. Love is in the air...even for Frankenstein!Also, makes a great distance learning activity!Happy Valentine's Day!Lor
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3rd - 6th
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FREEBIE Valentines Writing Prompts for February Narrative, How to, and More
These Valentines writing prompts are a great way to engage your students in a variety of writing centers this February!NOTE: This includes 3 Freebies! If you would like the full set, click the link below40 Valentines Writing Prompts40 Writing Prompts IncludedTypes of Text: Narrative, Opinion, Compare and Contrast, How to, FictionPoetry/Figurative Language: Haiku, Acrostic, Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Rhyming, Alliteration
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3rd - 6th
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Descriptive writing prompt - Christmas Winter Wonderland
Develop your students' ability to describe settings with these Describe a Setting Writing Prompts! I am offering this 'Winter Wonderland' writing prompt for FREE in the hope that you will leave a positive review in return. (Let me know if you have any specific requests for settings.)This resource includes:A photograph to inspire writingA list of nounsA list of adjectivesA list of verbsPhrases including adjectivesPhrases including verbs Example sentences using ideas from the word banksStudents wi
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3rd - 7th
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Writing Choice Board: "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
This writing choice board is a great way to get your students creatively writing after reading or watching "The Gift of the Magi." All prompts can be done in a Google Doc, written in a notebook, and so much more! Enjoy!-Ms. M
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5th - 8th
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FREE Creative Writing Lesson Plan - WANTED POSTER
In this lesson students think of something they really want then write a story about why they want it, what they have to do to get it, and what they will do with it once they have it. It is interactive because they brainstorm, write in paragraphs, edit, and grade their own paper before turning it in. The lesson includes: 1. Instructions on how to use the lesson plan2. The writing process steps for teaching the plan 3. An Idea Organizer that taps into the students personal bank of knowledge4. A
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6th - 8th
Narrative Writing Peer Review | Rubric | Distance Learning
This digital & printable Narrative Writing Peer Review/Rubric is a great way for students to ensure they have included all of the required elements for a strong narrative.***This is also part of my Narrative Writing Unit that covers everything your students need to know in order to write their own narrative.***Peer Review Resource Includes:Link to digital peer reviewPrintable Peer Reviewhttp://www.bit.ly/2021SunSandSavingssandyandfree**********************************************************
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5th - 8th
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Using Disney Movies to Create Quotation Marks for Dialogue
This activity allows students to look at a picture from a scene in a Disney movie to create a conversation about. They can follow the scene as they remember it, or get creative with what they chose for the characters to say. The students have a blast creating their own mini stories, and get good practice the rules of quotation marks.
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4th - 7th
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100 Creative Writing Story Starters for Elementary and Middle School (Sample)
100 Creative Writing Story Starters for Elementary and Middle School contains 100 story starters to unleash the creativity of aspiring authors and reluctant writers. Featuring monsters, aliens, talking animals, and magic, this PDF has plenty of off-the-wall story starters to get writers writing!Includes 100 writing prompts/story startersBlank lines follow each promptA great way to eliminate writer's blockMany genres such as sci-fi, fantasy, humor, horrorRecommended for kids in grades 5-8Perfect
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5th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Lesson BLACK CAT DECIDES for Inferencing, Defending, & Writing
45-90 Minutes depending on how many extensions you require
Send this plan to your English Language Arts sub and let the rest begin!
Lesson includes a short reading piece, student inferencing lessons and extensive choices for student writing.
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4th - 7th
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Fantasy Character Worksheet - Fiction Writing Character Questionnaire
Unleash the creative imagination of your students with our Fantasy Character Writing Worksheet! This free downloadable resource is perfect for engaging young minds in the world of storytelling and character development. Features:Character Analysis: Prompts students to brainstorm character struggles, needs, positive traits, and flaws, fostering deeper, richer characters. Fiction Writing: Encourages detailed descriptions of the character's appearance, background, and personality, fostering storyte
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5th - 12th
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Free Writing Prompts with Pictures
Your class will be super excited when it comes to writing with these daily writing prompts! This resource includes 7 amazing images, each with a bank of associated words. This freebie is a selection of slides from the resource, 206 Daily Journal Writing Prompts - For the Entire School Year! A great way to try before you buy!These images are definitely not ordinary! They will spark your student's curiosity, capture their imagination, and inspire them to write. The word banks are specific to each
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2nd - 6th
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