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Personal Narrative Color Coding Slideshow
Personal Narratives are my favorite essays to teach, and I love reading my students stories! I was struggling with a way for students to make sure that they had every element and standard covered in their personal narrative essays and finally figured out a hands-on way to do this!It has worked like a dream for my students and their final essays are so much better! I have included a link to a slideshow that will walk students through the color coding system and gives examples of each item they
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Bundle- 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
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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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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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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6th Grade Fictional Story Writing - "Write the End" to a Zombie Trilogy
After reading a 3 part story (post-apocalyptic, zombies) from ReadWorks.org together (The Run, Refueling, Searching for Survivors), students wrote the fourth and final part of the story for their end of 6 weeks final project.
Their writing needed to include a variety of elements to be successful:
-Vocabulary from the series so far
-Dialogue (to review our learning of Dramatic Elements)
-Lyrics from a song or lines from a poem incorporated into the story in some meaningful way (to review our lea
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5th - 6th
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DAILY WRITING PROMPTS - Editable Calendar Journal Prompts for Middle Schoolers
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS - Editable Calendar Journal Prompts for Middle SchoolersAre you always scrambling in the mornings trying to get morning work ready for your students? I know I used to! Not anymore! I’ve created a Daily Writing Prompts Calendar FULL of thought provoking Journal Prompts to get your students prepared, ready, and know what to do as soon as they walk in the door. No more quickly making copies before the tardy bell. No more wondering what to give your students. No more being ask
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: FULL SCHOOL YEAR PROMPT CALENDAR BUNDLE - Daily EDITABLE Journal Prompts
Sixth Grade CCSS Writing Rubrics- Use with any prompt (Editable!)
Included here are 3 writing rubrics based on Common Core standards for sixth grade. Criteria is written in a kid-friendly language. Students self-assess and comment on why they gave the rating. Included categories are: narrative, informational, and argument writing. These rubrics are not specific to a prompt and can be used with any of your choice.
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6th
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Revising Sentences and Adding Details
Are your students needing some more practice with adding details to their writing? Use this template with examples to help your students' writing go from good to great! They will see a sentence transform by adding sensory details that describe and bring their writing to life. This is a perfect for a mini lesson before a narrative writing unit. It can also be used in small groups for students who need a little extra scaffolding with creating imagery. Includes two examples and three additional ind
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3rd - 6th
Myths and Legends Unit Plan
Myths and Legends - incredibly detailed scheme of work on reading skills and writing skills that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, characters, tone, types of character and more.To work in conjunction with our Myths and Legends pack
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Myths and Legends Grade 6, 7, 8 Complete Unit
Tone Words - Free Resource
I am confident this resource will please almost every English teacher. Especially when students have to turn in their essays or cram for a test.Packed with over 200 tone words!Tone gives shape to a story. Through tone, the attitude and "mood" of a literary work are created and presented. It gives voice to the characters, both literally and figuratively.Your students will love the two-page handout. Tuck away for a rainy day or when writing their next masterpiece. _________________________________
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Freebie - My Creative Writing Notebook
This freebie is a sample of potential creative writing notebooks which includes a Table of Contents, as well as individual pages for each prompt. Purchase the full version for $1.99 to get 19 more prompts and corresponding pages.
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4th - 8th
Explode the Moment Creative Writing Activity
A guided mini activity for students to write an "exploded moment" creative piece. There are examples and explanations of figurative language techniques to prompt them in how to write with specific details. Have students finish with an actual illustration of the moment.
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5th - 8th
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Realistic Fiction ELA Writing Assessment Rubric Middle School
This rubric may be used to assess Realistic Fiction Writing. It is intended for Middle School students, but could easily be altered or differentiated for higher and lower level students as well. There are eleven different criteria areas students will be assessed with: Genre, Lead, Dialogue, Description, Inner Thinking, Show, Don’t Tell, Transitions, Conflict,, Ending, Conventions and Miscellaneous (format/professionalism). Within each criteria there are three levels of descriptions for students
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6th - 9th
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Writing Paragraphs with Logic and Cohesion
Students learn how to build login in their paragraph writing. A paragraph should contain its own beginning, middle, and end. Students will learn that building in logical flow and sequence helps their paragraph make sense and feel complete. This exercise is a hit with middle school writers! It is challenging, creative, and helpful when teaching the way each sentence should flow into the next. Students begin with a scaffolded unscrambling exercise and eventually build up the skills to write their
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6th - 8th
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Irrelevant Details and Unity
Students are asked to identify the main idea of each paragraph and then find the irrelevant detail that takes away from the paragraph's unity.
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6th - 8th
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ELEducation 6th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
This is the ELEducation's Narrative Writing Rubric in an editable format with a student name section!
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6th
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Also included in: EL Writing Rubrics Editable Grades 6-8
Dialogue in Narrative Activity
⭐FREE 2-in-1 Dialogue Activity!Dialogue can make or break a narrative- it needs to either build characterization or advance the plot (or both!).In this freebie from The Bookish Blair, students will practice writing relevant dialogue AND review basic dialogue punctuation.Please follow my TpT shop-- The Bookish Blair-- for more ELA products designed for upper elementary and junior high.⭐The downloaded product will NOT have the background watermark on it.
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4th - 8th
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Original Commercial Brainstorm - Middle School
Full Activity Worksheet for Commercial Writing - middle school appropriate!The Mad Libs activity is an activity to warm students up, then group students in groups of 3-5. Students work collaboratively to formulate their creative ideas. I always note for students that the limits of physics do not apply - think of any (school-appropriate) problem and a product to solve it, then show it in action!
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6th - 9th
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Teaching Narrative Writing
This resource was designed to teach the basic components of narrative writing to students grades 3 and above-- by using a lot of fun pop-culture references! Students will love seeing new concepts reinforced by references to old favorite stories such as Moana and Charlotte's Web, as well as references to NEW favorites like Riverdale and To All The Boys I've Loved Before (available on Netflix). *Note: Students need NOT have seen any of the stories/movies/shows referenced in this learning tool in o
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3rd - 8th
Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer
My students often struggle with organizing the content of their essays. Narrative essay writing is a standard in elementary school and I want to set them up with a clear, concrete example of how to organize their ideas before they begin writing.
This organizer is editable and keeps them on track. It's a great brainstorming sheet and students can even help peer edit or review.
Before students get started writing, I often have them come to me for a quick check of the components. If they're stru
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3rd - 6th
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Create your own Zodiac Sign and Myth
Students can create an original constellation using google images and then create an original character to go along with their constellation. Once students have created their constellation and character, they will come up with their own myth to go along with their creation.
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4th - 6th
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MS-ESS1-3
Writing with Dialogue and Figurative Language Handout
I created this product during our narrative writing unit. Students were struggling with adding in those creative elements and sensory details in their writing. Writing dialogue is not something that comes naturally to everyone! In this handout, you will genuinely find that my examples are relatable to the students and use "student-friendly" language. It's a fresh and engaging handout that the students can have next to them while they draft their own narratives!Follow me on TikTok and Instagram!
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6th - 9th
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10 FREE Journal Entries - Creative Writing - Google Slides Version
Try out this free sample of the journal entries I use with my Creative Writing classes.Each journal entry takes up 1 slide.There is a prompt and and accompanying photo or GIF that goes along with the prompt.Prompts are varied and include:Direct writing promptsSentence starters/sentence endersWriting based on a photographAsking students to include specific words within the entry
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6th - 12th
Summary-Responses with Podcasts | Google Classroom Distance Learning
These No-Prep handouts are the perfect activity to accompany any podcast. They provide enough scaffolding to allow your students to write a comprehensive summary-response in the classroom or at home. These handouts are perfect for distance learning and can be used to spark conversations online.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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