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Creative writing videos under $5
Christmas Activity - Elf Toy Making Challenge and Holiday Writing Assignment
Christmas Activity - Elf Toy Making Challenge and Holiday Writing Assignment: Use this engaging Christmas-themed team building activity as a way to improve divergent thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and creative writing. In this Christmas activity, students will take on the role of Santa's elves the week after Christmas. The elves' magic dust is depleted and they are bored with nothing to do! They decide to develop a new toy for elves to play with made out of leftover holiday materials.
Grades:
5th - 9th
Vivid Verbs PowerPoint w/ video clips, worksheet, and extension activity
Your students will LOVE this "eerie" PowerPoint (with video clips) and worksheet that encourages students to be creative and vivid in their writing. It will encourage them to "bury" those dead and boring words and find new words! This outlines the following:
-Parts of the writing process (brainstorming/drafting)
-Verbs
-Boring, overused verbs
-Using a Thesaurus and how to find more exciting verbs
-How NOT to use a Thesaurus
This adorable 13-slide PowerPoint includes video clips (only 1 is Bra
Grades:
4th - 12th
Wonder Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics for the Novel
Wonder Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-world connection. T
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Wonder Unit Plan - R.J Palacio Novel Study Reading Unit
Holes Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing - Louis Sachar
Holes Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Holes by Louis Sachar. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-world connection. Thi
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Holes Unit Plan - Louis Sachar Novel Study Reading Unit
PowerPoint Lessons for Beginners Version 2
PowerPoint Skills for Beginners Version 2. Do your students need help with adding slides, changing their layouts, working with text boxes, adding pictures, and changing the slide designs? This resource will expose them to these features in PowerPoint and give them an opportunity to practice each skill in a fun and creative way.
This version of PowerPoint Skills for Beginners requires no prior knowledge. Each lesson can be done separately or during consecutive weeks in the computer lab. Simply lo
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Also included in:Â 1st Grade Technology Curriculum Activities Bundle | Full Year Computer Lab
Opinion Writing Introduction
OPINION WRITING INTRO:
Have your students follow NINE simple steps to write an interactive opinion piece.
Students will have fun while learning or reviewing the key components of the opinion writing genre.
This lesson includes step by step directions for the first lesson as well as template manipulatives that can be used throughout the year.
What's included?
FILE #1
Intro to Opinion Writing Instructional Slides:
Use while giving directions for the introductory lesson: (1) Lesson Phot
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Scrambled. Animated video short. Rubik's Cube. Writing. Retelling the Story. ESL
A delightful animated video short and lesson about an encounter with a Rubik's Cube. Beginner / Intermediate level. A full pptx version with written text to use for the story is included. Perfect for retelling with pictures. 1. Show the video and pause and elicit what is happening from the students. 2. Provide the worksheets. Students order the sequence of events and write sentences to retell the story using the keywords. Also, complete a T or F quiz. 3. Use the pptx story to get students to re
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Not Grade Specific
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Freak the Mighty Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics
Freak the Mighty Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or tex
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Freak the Mighty Unit Plan - Novel Study Reading Unit - Rodman Philbrick
PowerPoint Lessons for Beginners Version 1
PowerPoint Skills for Beginners Version 1. Do your students need help with adding slides, changing their layouts, working with text boxes, adding pictures, and changing the slide designs? This resource will make them experts in just 3 lessons.
This version of PowerPoint Skills for Beginners requires students to have some experience saving and locating saved files. Each lesson progresses sequentially so the students will be working in the same file on the different skills. Ideal for 2nd or 3rd gr
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Number the Stars Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics
Number the Stars Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-w
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Number the Stars Unit Plan - Novel Study Reading Unit - Lois Lowry
Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief - Video Writing Prompts
Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows stud
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â The Lightning Thief Unit Plan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians Novel Study
PSA Script Writing Lesson - SDAIE Approved
This is the script writing lesson for my Award Winning PSA Unit. This lesson has helped my students garner recognition from all over the world. In fact, in December of 2013 my students created a PSA entitled, "Dear Sea World", which played internationally on CNN and inspired CA State Legislation. My students have also won or placed in many video contests in San Diego and the Los Angeles area.
I used this lesson for my SDAIE Certification course at UC Riverside and the Instructor is currently
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Vivid Verbs PowerPoint w/ video clips and 2 worksheets! FUN!
Your students will LOVE this dinosaur themed PowerPoint (with video clips) and worksheets that encourages students to be creative and vivid in their writing. It will encourage them to identify "extinct" and boring words and find new words! This outlines the following:
-Parts of the writing process (brainstorming/drafting)
-Verbs
-Boring, overused verbs
-Using a Thesaurus and how to find more exciting verbs
-How NOT to use a Thesaurus
This adorable 13-slide PowerPoint includes video clips (onl
Grades:
4th - 12th
Middle-High School Paraphrasing and Citation Activity, Writing and Research
Teachers and/or Parents,As we know, far too many kids think it's OK just to copy and paste material straight from the Internet and hand it in as their own these days. With this product you will help show them otherwise and give them invaluable practice restating simple ideas in their own words.Simply put, this product will kick-start any unit you would like to teach on the writing process. Content-area teachers tell you can show your principals that you are doing your part to support school read
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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3:19
Murder Mystery 2 - Video Based Interactive Story - The Art of Murder!
My second fun and engaging interactive murder mystery that can be adapted for any student grade. The focus of this one is on witness observation and deduction from visual and aural clues within the story. This resource can be used to practice a variety of different skills, including the basics of listening, writing, vocabulary and grammar or more advanced skills such as use of inference and critical thinking. Great for regular writing classes, group work, homework assignment or a fun fill in cla
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Narrative Writing Prompt, Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer - Challenges
Introducing narrative writing has never been easier! This comprehensive personal narrative essay writing prompt lesson guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling narrative. Using a detailed narrative graphic organizer, students will learn to draft a narrative outline and write a complete narrative essay. The topic of this resource is: Overcoming a Challenge.Want this lesson for FREE? It's a Bonus Lesson in these bundles.Narrative Writing Prompts, Personal Narrative
Grades:
6th - 8th
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BUNDLE | Social Media and Body Image - Reading + Creative Writing Prompts
This BUNDLE was designed to discuss the topic "Social Media and Body Image" and it includes reading activities and prompts for a creative writing activity. It can be used with teenagers or older students.All the resources included are teacher-friendly and require no prep. All the information you need is included in the answer keys provided in PDF format and in the PowerPoint presentation.All the worksheets and the answer keys are provided in US Letter and A4 so that you can choose the best size
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Sarah Kay "Hands" Poem Class Activity
In this activity, students will watch a YouTube video of the incredible spoken-word poet, Sarah Kay. After digesting and discussing the poem, students will synthesize a poem that discusses their own hands and why their hands are important and special.
Page 2 of this product is the text of the poem.
* NOTE: This product is a component of the POETRY PORTFOLIO Project that I have posted. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THAT FILE TO USE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Funny Amazon Reviews!
Great starter on funny (and true) Amazon reviews!
I use this when teaching review writing and persuasive language.
The students love this!!
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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Fictional School Day Narrative and Poetry Writing - Differentiated
Everything you need for a differentiated writing unit with options for narrative, rhyming poem, word banks, and a fun rhyming spinner! In this zip file you will get: 1. School Day narrative organizer2. School Day narrative organizer - with word bank3. Rhyming plot twist page4. Rhyming plot twist video - play video, press pause when you feel lucky to see which plot twist you get!5. Personal narrative draft page6. Personal narrative draft page - with word bank7. Personal narrative final copy page8
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Spanish Writing Practice through Pen Pal Letters *Distance Education Course*
Spanish Writing Practice for High Beginners/Low Intermediate students: In this activity, students will see an example of a letter written in Spanish. They will recieve specific instructions on how to reply to the letter, in a Pen Pal style response, in order to improve their Spanish writing in a meaningful and realistic way. The topics for this course include 5 letters, with a total of 10 videos, 2 for each letter, containing additional guidance and examples. Topics: Self IntroductionFamily, hom
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rainy Day Graphic Organizers for Personal Narrative and Poetry - Differentiated
Everything you need for a differentiated writing unit with options for personal narrative, rhyming poem, word banks, and a fun rhyming plot twist spinner! In this zip file you will get: 1. Rainy day personal narrative organizer2. Rainy day personal narrative organizer - with word bank3. Rhyming plot twist page4. Rhyming plot twist video - play video, press pause when you feel lucky to see which plot twist you get!5. Personal narrative draft page6. Personal narrative draft page - with word bank7.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
English for Kids|Eslkidstuff|Learning English|Worksheets|reading
Worksheets are a very important part of learning English. Children learn in different ways and engaging them with coloring, drawing, exercises and puzzles really helps them develop their language skills. Having a short worksheet time during your lesson allows students to have quiet time whilst doing some fun individual activities. The teacher can ask questions as students are doing their worksheets (e.g. What's this? Do you like apples? etc.), the worksheets can be used as a review aid, they can
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Act of Kindness Narrative and Poetry Writing - Differentiated
A no-prep writing unit differentiated with options for narrative, rhyming poem, with word banks, and a fun rhyming spinner! In this zip file you will get: 1. Act of Kindness narrative organizer2. Act of Kindness narrative organizer - with word bank3. Rhyming plot twist page4. Rhyming plot twist video - play video, press pause when you feel lucky to see which plot twist you get!5. Personal narrative draft page6. Personal narrative draft page - with word bank7. Personal narrative final copy page8.
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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