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Middle school creative writing resources under $5
Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity
Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity: This emergency sub plan is ready-to-use for any day off! This lesson and activity will keep your students totally engaged and on-task. The assignment is about your inexplicable absence and puts students in charge (by the principal) of investigating the reason you are not at school. Students will create a Missing Teacher poster and an investigative police case file that has them examine evidence and witness testimonies
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5th - 8th
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Would You Rather Questions Opinion Writing Prompts This or That 3rd 4th Grade
You will love using these Would you Rather This or That Opinion Writing Prompts. These writing prompts will encourage students to use higher level thinking skills to reflect, choose and respond. These are a perfect activity to complete for warm-ups, bell work, independently in literacy groups, homework, extension work, and more.INCLUDED:These are great starters to help motivate writers.30 Would You Rather Writing Prompts in color, bw, and digital options!Students will first decide which choice t
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3rd - 6th
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Finish the Picture: Drawing and Writing Prompts
Use finish the picture prompts to encourage your students to think creatively! My students LOVE to draw so I created this resource to engage them in writing about their masterpieces. These prompts are excellent options for morning work, writing centers, creative writing activities, art centers, and early finishers. I use these prompts for morning work and my artists share their work at morning meeting! https://bit.ly/2XS6GD7 #hotsummerdealsThis resource includes:40 Finish the Picture prompts
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K - 8th
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6th Grade End of Year Memory Book - End of Year Activity - Last Week of School
TWO WEEKS of End of year Activities! PRINTABLE & DIGITAL End of the Year Memory Book that includes 14 mix and match activities! Students will enjoy this trendy resource that allows them to express themselves! Teachers will love the writing prompts that keep students engaged while continuing to work on writing.Looking for 6th Grade Awards too? Check out our 6th Grade EOY Bundle!Included in the Product:- End of year doodle reflection sheet- Choice board with 8 writing prompts- 8 different j
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6th
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Rae Dunn Inspired Mother's Day Craft and Writing
This product includes: - Brainstorming page- 3 differentiated writing pages for each option- Includes writing for mom, aunt, grandma, stepmom, and a blank option- Blank writing pages- 2 writing page options (depending on the word selected)- 40 different mugs- 2 blank mugs-EDITABLE mug option
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PreK - 8th
Narrative Writing - Graphic Organizers, Rubrics & More For A Personal Narrative
Personal Narrative Writing - An easy package to teach students how to write a well-organized personal narrative. These organizers and worksheets lead students through the writing process, from brainstorming to the finished product. Using examples and extensive peer and self-editing, students can produce a well-written narrative paragraph. It can also be a starting point for a longer essay or writing piece.For a DIGITAL version of this resource, click HERE. Includes the following 15 pages:- Les
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6th - 9th
Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Cereal Box Book Report Template: Project Directions, Rubric & Example Idea Photo
Students LOVE this Cereal Box Book Report template! Students pick a fiction book and design a cereal based on it. This creative & fun cereal box project resources comes with awesome real-life example photos. My favorite part is the character 'ingredient' list & special prize inside. Students love this creative cereal box book report project and it is a great way to recycle/reuse cereal boxes too. Happy teaching!**Just Added!** I have added printable templates for students to write on,
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2nd - 6th
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Christmas Writing Activity Dear Santa I Can Explain
Dear Santa ... I Can Explain is a fun holiday or Christmas activity that has students writing a persuasive letter to Santa from the point of view of a well-known villain from childrens' stories, movies, fairy tales, etc. Writing in role, students must convince Santa that they don't deserve a spot on the naughty list - what they are infamous for has all been a misunderstanding.This resource contains a full set of instructions, brain storm web, completed brain storm web, pre-writing graphic organi
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas Activity Bundle Upper Grades
Short Story Creative Writing (Roll-a-Story)
Introductory PowerPoint covering the elements of a short story plus silly story starters for creative writing in a "Roll-a-Story" format. These four "Roll-a-Story" cards allow for 864 different story combinations! Students first roll a die to select a character, then roll to select a setting and one more roll to select the conflict. Then let the creative writing fun begin.I suggest laminating the "Roll-a-Story" cards. Students only need to use a card briefly, for three rolls of the die. The
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3rd - 6th
Writing Dialogue Practice Activities | Punctuating Dialogue Rules
Teach students the art of writing dialogue using this printable and digital lesson plan. Everything you need to teach dialogue is included! Your students will analyze the differences dialogue creates when added to narrative writing, take notes on dialogue punctuation, and apply learning with independent and cooperative activities! A printable PDF and Google Drive version is included.Included With Your Purchase:Introductory ActivityDialogue Rules NotesTake a Closer Look NotesGuided Practice Sent
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5th - 8th
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6th Grade All About Me Book - Poster - Back to School Activity - Bulletin Board
Fun beginning of year All About Me Worksheets & Poster. Australian spelling version has been added. An engaging back to school resource for a memorable first day and week of school. With 13 mix and match activities, including Back to School writing prompts. It's a perfect "Get to Know You" icebreaker. The All About Me book allows kids to express themselves for the new school year. Use the finished printables to create a colorful hallway display for your Welcome Back to School bulletin board.
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6th
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The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe, Interactive Poetry Activity, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Make Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem, “The Raven,” come alive for your students with this 44-slide lecture and five pages of lesson materials that include detailed directions, a full-text version of Poe's gothic poem, links to a high-quality audio version, "Faux Poe" creative writing assignment, and answer key. The interactive lecture (Prezi, PDF, and Google Slides versions included) inspires students to dig back into the text, think critically, and decode Poe’s structure and technique.These mate
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8th - 11th
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Descriptive Writing Word Lists - Show, Don't Tell
This download includes 9 lists that will help your students show rather than tell in their writing. Below are the categories for the lists. Set-up is super easy! Just print, staple together, cut the pages in half, and have students glue the back into their journal. These are a quick, easy reference for students during writer's workshop. Lists:1. Vivid verbs2. Sensory words3. Adverbs (how)4. Adverbs (degree, frequency, when, where)5. Dead words (said, laughed, went, looked)6. Dead words (big, sma
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3rd - 7th
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Shakespearean Slam, Insults & Flattery Contests, for ANY Shakespeare Play, CCSS
Bring vitality and hilarity to your study of any of Shakespeare’s plays with these two 20-minute contests. In one version, students use William Shakespeare’s language to hurl insults, poetry-slam style. In the other version, students try to flatter and impress using unique combinations of Shakespeare’s honeyed words.This 3-page PDF file includes one page of detailed instructions/suggestions on how to run a smooth, fun-filled contest and two pages of reproducible students handouts – one for insul
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7th - 10th
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How Well Do You Know Your Teacher? (Fun End of Year Activity)
This is a fun, no-prep end of year activity to see how well (or not well) your students know you! The students get to come up with creative responses to fun and engaging prompts.Depending on the age of your students, you can pick and choose which slides to assign. For the older kids, I've included prompts related to social media.
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3rd - 12th
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Book Jacket Book Report: Book Jacket template | Writing, Art & Reading combined!
Book Jacket Project: Students must include the following on their Book Jacket template for fiction books: Character Summary, Author Biography, Illustrations, Book Summary, and more. This book report can be used after completing any fiction novel study. I recommend showing students example book jackets from their favorite stories to get them motivated & their creative juices flowing.This book jacket book report is perfect for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade & middle school. Book Jacket B
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2nd - 6th
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Micro Fiction, Fun Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Micro Fiction – Flash Fiction – Two-Sentence Stories – Sudden Fiction – Twitter TalesWhatever you want to call them, super-short stories are a super-fun way to spend a single class period as you introduce teens to the idea that an entire story can exist within just two sentences.Use this 20-slide overview lecture with eight compelling examples from four different genres (drama, horror, sci fi, and romance) to get your students’ creative wheels turning. (Slide deck is included in Prezi, PDF, and
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8th - 11th
Mystery Stories | Claim, Reason, & Evidence Writing | Argumentative Paragraph
Help your students practice identifying evidence, creating a claim, and writing an argumentative paragraph with this collection of mystery activities. Students will work in small groups to read 4 engaging short stories. Then, students will collaborate with their partners to write a paragraph that defends their opinion about who they think committed the crime in the story. As a culminating activity, students can present their cases to the classroom in a mock "courtroom." A jury of their peers can
Grades:
6th - 9th
Teaching Symbolism and Allegory - Introduction Activity & PowerPoint
Teaching symbolism can be tricky, but symbolism activities like this one HOOK your students and help them engage with any text. This is a sweet introduction to symbolism that your students will remember long after the candy is gone.⭐️ I use this with “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, but it is not text-specific. You can use it with any short story or novel or as a stand-alone lesson. Your resource for teaching symbolism includes:An anticipatory set using Tootsie Roll Pops (or Blow Po
Grades:
7th - 10th
4th and 5th Grade Writing Center - Finish the Story with Google Slides Versions
Do you need rigorous literacy centers for your 4th and 5th graders? This 4th and 5th grade writing center resource is a perfect literacy center to engage and challenge your students.NOTE: This resource now has a Google Classroom version, making it ideal for digital distance learning and remote teaching! Please see the 3rd page of the PDF for details and the link!Included in this Writing Center Resource:- 16 different story starters for narrative stories. The stories vary from point of view (1st
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4th - 6th
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Editable "What Should My Teacher Be for Halloween?" Costume Writing Activity
Looking for a fun opinion writing activity around Halloween time? This is a fun writing activity for students to design a costume for their teacher or teachers! This activity can be edited to change your name. There are sheets for female and male teachers! Before making copies, I cut and glued a picture of my head to the writing paper. My kids LOVED this activity! Who doesn't love turning their teacher into a princess?!***UPDATE*** This product is now in a digital format using GOOGLE SLIDES!*Not
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Halloween Activity Bundle
Create Your Own Island! End-of-Year Writing Project
Do your kids have spring fever? Are you wondering how to keep them writing right up through the end of the year? This is the project for you! Get ready to turn your students from reluctant writers into inspired travel guides.This project engages students in creating their very own personalized island. Kids can make their island realistic or go all-out and make a crazy fantasy island with attractions like a hot chocolate river or a dinosaur petting zoo!After designing their map, students will cre
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3rd - 6th
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Art Sub Lessons - Silly Sandwich Art Lesson Art Sub Plans .pdf .pptx
Do you need elementary or middle school art sub plans ASAP? How about a fun, no-prep, fully scripted art activity that uses simple materials? Would you like an easy to use drawing lesson you can keep in your emergency sub folder? If the answer to any of these is, "yes," check out this art sub lesson called, "Silly Sandwich."In this activity, students use their imaginations to create a drawing of a silly sandwich. It may be presented as a projected Powerpoint or a printed out .pdf and shown close
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1st - 6th
I Am Poem: I Am From Poem Template, Example Poem & Grading Rubric (Bio Poem)
Use these I Am Poem (I Am From Poem) Templates, Example Poem & Grading Rubric during a Poetry unit or during discussion in a Social Studies or Culture class. This may also be called a Bio Poem or Biography Poem and is perfect at any time of the year to get to your students even better.I Am Poem - I Am From Poem includes:-Example ‘I Am From’ Poem-Poem Template with Directions-Final Poem Page with ‘I Am” prompts-Final Poem Page with blank lines-Grading Rubric, half-page❤ Click HERE to view 75
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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