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Free middle school creative writing resources
This Day in History Daily Writing Prompts - May Quick Writes Daily Warm Ups
Engage students with daily quick write prompts that are related to each day in history! Get students writing and thinking with these high interest historical facts and prompts. These prompts are perfect for morning work for upper elementary students. Students engage in a variety of writing types: persuasive, expository, cause and effect, summary, narrative, and descriptive writing.This resource is a projectable Google Slides presentation. Also includes printable and digital student response jour
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3rd - 6th
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A List of Character Traits
This is a list of 174 different Character Traits. So often when I was teaching I wanted a list of traits so that my students could look at the list while describing characters. This also helps students get to know and understand different character traits.
Mrs. R.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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All About Me Worksheet FREE 6th 5th 4th Grade Back to School After Spring Break
All About Me Freebie **This resource also includes an additional Team Avatar/Selfie Activity! This download contains four Smartphone activities! The perfect resource for back to school or wrapping up the end of the year. All About My#Selfie - Students design a profile with a drawing, a description, and they list their favorite hashtags. My Life in Apps - Students draw and label 9 apps that represent their favorite things or activities they enjoy doing. ***NEW***Team Avatar - Student groups desi
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PreK - 6th
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{FREE!} Persuasive Writing Prompts
Here are 24 thought-provoking prompts to jump-start persuasive writing. The Common Core standards put a strong emphasis on persuasive writing skills. These prompts allow students to experiment with a variety of types of writing with a common purpose.
Print on card stock, laminate, and cut apart and you're ready to use these in a variety of ways! I've used them in my own classroom successfully in a few different ways:
•daily "do now" at the start of writing workshop
•independent center activi
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2nd - 8th
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Journal Prompts FREE
Journal Prompts FREE
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Do you have students who say they don't like to write or those who say they don't know what to write about? Watch pencils fly across their papers when they're given my 280 prompts that be used for daily journal writing or to encourage class discussions. Suggestions of how to use them are included. Great for morning meetings and centers! Take a look at the comments teachers have made about my prompts and you'll understand why they've been downloaded thousands of
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4th - 10th
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FREE Graphic Organizers for Writing
Graphic Organizers for Free! These 10 Graphic Organizers are helpful for writing paragraphs and essays for any type of writing. They are based on brainstorming 3 topics, ideas or details or as I call it- the power of 3! Please be kind enough to leave feedback when downloading a free product! Thank you for visiting my store!PamRockin ResourcesARE YOU INTERESTED IN 90+ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENTIATION? CLICK HERE!★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Check out our best selling STEP-BY-STEP writing programs k
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Biography Graphic Organizer - Elementary
This is a graphic organizer we are using with our 3rd graders. It is helping them take biographies and organize the important information to truly understand that person. Can be used for older and younger grades as well!
We used the Where in the World section to list important places the person lived or travelled throughout their lives to help show what impacted their life.
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2nd - 6th
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Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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Comic Strip Template FREEBIE!
Enjoy these FREE comic strip templates in your classroom! Product includes a template for both six and eight section comics. Also includes an optional section where students can add the title/author/setting/characters. These pages add a unique and fun way to have students create or summarize stories! Choose any of these four templates to make the assignment your own! This product is now a TpT Digital Activity! It can be used for Distance Learning.You can now:1. Customize this resource for your s
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PreK - 12th
100TH DAY OF SCHOOL FREEBIE WRITING COLORING FUN NO PREP!
FREE!SEE:100TH DAY - KINDERGARTEN NO PREP PRINTABLES100TH DAY - 1ST GRADE NO PREP PRINTABLES100TH DAY MATH CENTERS100TH DAY BOOK STUDY100TH DAY HATS100TH DAY DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE PACKFOUR 100TH DAY PAGES!1. COLORING AND WRITING - GRANDPA2. COLORING AND WRITING - GRANDMA3. COLORING - HAPPY 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL4. COLORING - I AM 100 DAY S SMARTER*FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK TO SEE NEW PRODUCTS AND RECEIVE DISCOUNTS.https://www.facebook.com/loopedintoliteracy*FOLLOW ME ON TPT: https://www.teacherspayt
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PreK - 7th
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Free Halloween Activity - Figurative Language & Reading Comprehension
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Then, you’ll love the activities in this resource that give your students a trick AND treat.In this resource you’ll find a “Halloween Fun” activity. This one is the ‘TRICK’. In this activity students need to read the instructions very carefully. However, most students do not read the entire set of directions before beginning (that’s the trick). That means that students will follow the directions to create a Hal
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5th - 8th
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USA Regions Activity FREEBIE | States and Capitals Project | Worksheets
This FREE resource is a stand-alone project that can be turned into a FULL WEEK worth of activities. You'll find 5 region activity pages and capitals/abbreviation resource sheets and note pages. Plus, I've included a thorough teacher's guide giving you plenty of suggestions on how to turn this into one awesome mini-unit!These maps are also located in my customized state history projects. You'll find 86 student activities organized in 8 modules for easy lesson planning. This complete notebook uni
Grades:
4th - 8th
New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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Black Out Poetry, Fun Poetry Activity, Blackout Poem Lecture Slides, FREE
Use this visually dynamic tool to get students excited about poetry. No, really, my teens LOVE this blackout poetry creative writing activity. View the 10-slide overview lecture (includes both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions) and imagine all of the possibilities your students could create.All you’ll need to fill an entire class session is the slide deck, dark markers or crayons, and a few newspaper pages or photocopies of a few pages from any novel you’re currently teaching.This item is pa
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7th - 10th
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One Page List of Transition Words and Sentence Starters (Persuasive Writing)
This handy one page list of transition words and sentence starters are sure to improve the quality of paragraph and persuasive writing writing in your classroom. It is a great resource for your students to edit and input various words to make their writing sound more intellectual. By sounding "Smart," students will be impressed with what a few words added to their written work can do to convince others in their persuasive writing.Please Check out the hundreds of teaching resources I have in m
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3rd - 6th
Summer Roll-a-Story Writing FREEBIE | End of the Year Activity | Digital & Print
No Prep Freebie!! Encourage your students to be creative and grow in their writing with this fun Summer themed writing product. . Perfect for an End of the Year Activity. Students will select their own path for their story by rolling a dice then using the writing prompts provided for the character, setting, and plot as they build their own creative writing story.What's included in the set:Roll-a-Story sheet with writing promptsMultiple selections of writing paper (one with clip art at bottom, on
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Roll-a-Story Bundle | All Year Creative Writing
Halloween Writing Prompts and Stationery
Halloween Writing PromptsThis FREE Halloween Writing Activity pack contains writing prompts and Halloween stationery for 4 different forms of writing. Forms of writing include: fictional narrative, procedural writing, news article, and journal writing or personal memoir.These writing prompts can be used as a centers activity during your writing workshop, assigned as a summative writing activity, or as a free-choice free writing activity.Completed writing activities can be posted to create a s
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Halloween Activities Bundle for Upper Grades
Descriptive Writing Words Mini Anchor Charts | Reference Tool
Create a mini-booklet of descriptive words perfect for a writing center or for group tables!Include Lists of:-Sound Words-Sight Words-Taste Words-Smell Words-Touch Words-Movement Words-"Said" Words-Big Words-Little Words-Good Words-"Bad" Words-Character Traits-Feeling Words-Speed WordsIf you have any questions, feel free to email me at SweetToothTeaching@Gmail.comThank you for you for downloading! Feedback is greatly appreciated!-----------------------------------------------------------Earning
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2nd - 8th
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FREE Narrative Writing Checklists | Rubrics | All Ages | Editing Assessment
Teach your students to independently check their narrative/story writing using these beautiful checklists and rubrics. this is the free PDF version. If you are looking for an EDITABLE VERSION WITH ALL TEXT TYPES, you can find it here.These editable checklists are specifically for narratives or story writing. We will be creating more for other writing genres shortly.There are three age variations in the bundle for Junior (Ages 5 - 7), Middle (7 - 11) and Senior (11 - 15). Each bundle contains
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K - 9th
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS Book Report Activity | Generic Novel Unit Study Activity FREE
With this freebie, your students will be able to present a creative summary for any character for any book. This no-prep activity makes an engaging addition to any of my creative novel units (find the list below).CLICK HERE to find this in my Generic Novel, Movie, and Documentary Brochure Bundle!My novel units allow your students to work through the book in a natural and enjoyable way. There will be no dreaded multiple-choice tests. However, these activities are thorough which will allow you to
Grades:
4th - 12th
Save the Turkey! Thanksgiving Writing Project. CCSS Aligned. Grades 3-6
Challenge your students to write persuasively with this fun and engaging writing lesson. Students will write from the perspective of a turkey and convince people to eat a different main course this Thanksgiving season.
Included:
Writing prompt page
Lesson plan layout
Graphic organizer
Rough draft writing template
Publishing writing template
brochure template
Other Thanksgiving products in my store:
Thanksgiving Activity Packet
Writing by the Month: November-4th
Writing by the Month: November-5
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3rd - 6th
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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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Idioms Figurative Language Worksheet Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging activity for teaching your students about the literary devices idioms? This template can be used to engage students in learning about figurative language!This resource includes 1 non-editable worksheet.Click HERE for an engaging lesson idea to teach students about IDIOMS!Want WRITING TEMPLATES for every text type? Check out these!PoetryRecountsDescriptionsNarrativesExpositionsExplanationsProceduresDiscussionsBook ReviewPersonal ResponseInformation ReportsUltimate W
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4th - 7th
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Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
Grades:
5th - 8th
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