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Free creative writing resources for GATE
Back-to-School Brain Teaser/Vocabulary Builder
This back-to-school brain teaser doubles as a vocabulary builder. Students are challenged to use definitions and clues to identify words that contain the sound ooh, such as school rule, cool, and classroom. Answers to the first set of forty items are relatively common words, The more difficult second set requires the identification of less familiar words, such as boudoir, fondue, and elusive. A companion graphic organizer for writing presents an opportunity for each student to create (on paper
Grades:
4th - 8th
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CREATIVE THINKING PROJECTS License Plate Activity GATE Creativity
LICENSE 2 B U is a creativity project from Destination: Imagination via Creative Thinking, Vol 2. This FREE product allows you to try Vol 2 before you buy it! Build your students' understanding of vanity plates, car license plates that convey a personalized message, by displaying and discussing the examples included herein. Challenge them to notice and share vanity plates they encounter. Then have them make 2 vanity plates of their own using just 7 letters and/or numbers. Guidelines for making t
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3rd - 5th
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Writing Prompts - Visual Quick Writes Freebie 2
Ever heard your students say, “I don’t know what to write”? These quick write visual writing prompts are going to make your teacher heart happy! Included are 5 high-interest images and variety of prompts that will have your students begging for more time to write! The purpose of these writing prompts is to get students’ imagination flowing! The goal is to build writing fluency and creativity, so students get used to writing right away without worrying about whether their grammar is correct, comp
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Grades:
4th - 7th
The Pigeon Wants to Be An Inventor {FREEBIE} Literacy Activity
Have fun engaging higher order thinking and writing creative invention pigeon books!
I created this activity as a culminating activity for an inventors and invention unit that I did with my K/1 gifted class. We had studied many inventors. You can read about it on my blog!
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K - 2nd
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January Rhymes and Analogies with Writing
Welcome your students to the new year with this FREE January vocabulary builder with a related graphic organizer for writing.
Begin with RHYMING IN THE NEW YEAR, a fun anagram activity focusing on words that rhyme with NEW and YEAR. A companion graphic organizer for writing, THREE YEARS, provides the basis for a composition about a favorite year from the past, the present, and a much-anticipated year from the future.
Next, JANUARY ANALOGIES provides a thinking-skills challenge with
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Elements of a Short Story-Planning template for Students
This outline template can be used when planning a short story. It also includes a quick activity where you can teach the elements of a short story (conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) prior to beginning the outline. The visual shows the students how a short story must include all of these elements in order to continually engage the reader. Teacher answer key included.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Book Project Menu
Students love book projects! They allow students to demonstrate their understanding of a novel or chapter book in a creative way. They also love to make choices about their work! In this product, students can utilize their multiple intelligences to best showcase their comprehension of basic literary elements (characters, plot, setting, etc.). Students may choose the format of their book report/project.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Early Finishers: Writing Prompts
Creative writing prompts for early finishers!
Print these handy writing prompt cards and place on an O-ring. Students who finish early can flip through and find a prompt just right for them. Each open-ended prompt is designed to encourage student choice and creative thought.
Includes 20 different prompt cards ~ enjoy!
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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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.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Disgusting Creative Writing Challenge for 7-12 graders - 5 Senses
This is a fun creative writing assignment, perfect for a Halloween challenge or extension activity. Students read and analyze 2 model pieces saturated with imagery and creative word choices that elicit a sense of disgust. Students look for interesting words/phrases, identify the use of the 5 senses to create imagery, give each piece a title, and finally, write their own piece using the models as a guide. The challenge is to develop the most creative, disgusting writing piece possible!Great activ
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7th - 12th
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Writer's Notebook Opening and Closing Prompts
This is a fantastic "first day of class" warm-up Writer's Notebook Prompt on the topic of "Ontological Clarity", followed by a great closure activity called "I Just Might...". Either activity can be used as is, or adapted at will for longer or shorter class periods.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Raft Activity: Conflict During Westward Expansion
This document explores Chief Joseph's Lincoln Hall Speech and challenges students to use creativity to explore the conflict from various points of view. A RAFT activity (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) allows students the opportunity to place themselves into historical context by personifying a character from Westward Expansion and creating their choice of document to reflect the issues of the time period.
Keywords: Nez Perce, Westward Expansion, Gifted Education, RAFT, Choice, Differentiation,
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6th - 11th
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early finisher's choice board
Have students done with work early all the time? Print and put this choice board in their seatwork folder. Students choose something to do from the menu instead of telling the teacher they have nothing to do.
Editable for your own class needs. :)
Grades:
1st - 6th
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Band-aids: Advertisement Writing
Did you know that companies can be SNEAKY to make things that are normal and ordinary seem much more interesting to some people just because of the decorations they add? Let’s look at an example of this. We need them, we don’t always think they are very interesting unless they have decorations. We are going to look at the audiences that want to buy band-aids and create our packaging.
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3rd - 5th
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New Year Activity - Holiday Activities - Bulletin Board
This FUN New Years Writing Activity is a fun writing activity that will ignite your students' young minds. Begin your New Year adventure today! #EducationMagicHuge Money-Saving Bundles!January Mega-Bundle (10 Book Companions + 1 Virtual Field Trip)February Mega-Bundle (Valentines + Black History Month 13 Book Companions)Women's History Month Mega-BundleRead Across America BundleAll-Year Speech Literacy Mega-BundleThe Bad Seed and The Good Egg BundleBest-Selling Book Companions & SEL LessonsC
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Not Grade Specific
{Christmas} Snowball Gingerbread Activity - Holiday Activities
These FUN and INTERACTIVE high-interest Snowball Gingerbread Collaborative Writing Activity is perfect for Christmas and will keep your students extremely engaged! Dive into these Winter interactive activity that will ignite your students' young minds. Begin your learning adventure today! #EducationMagicHuge Money-Saving Bundles!January Mega-Bundle (10 Book Companions + 1 Virtual Field Trip)February Mega-Bundle (Valentines + Black History Month 13 Book Companions)Women's History Month Mega-Bundl
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Not Grade Specific
January Creative Thinking Prompts Calendar
Use these fun prompts to get your students thinking outside of the box. Great for warm-ups, for early finishers or for homework.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
SCAMPER
Unlock creativity with my SCAMPER Template! This will guide students through the innovative SCAMPER method, empowering them to explore new ideas and approaches by prompting them to Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to Another Use, Eliminate, and Reverse/Rearrange elements. It is perfect for brainstorming sessions, product development, and problem-solving. This template provides a structured framework for unleashing imaginative thinking and generating fresh perspectives.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Podcasting Unit and NPR Competition - FULL UNIT
I've created a slideshow for a podcasting unit with the NPR competition. For more awesome, free resources, visit the Gifted Guide website.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Valentines Day Drama Lesson| Creative Writing| Dialogue with Given Circumstances
Part of a Bundle This lesson focuses on a play-writing exercise--the monologue and beginning acting. Each student is handed a slip of paper for a particular St. Valentine's day situation or character with a given circumstance, which they must write into a monologue. If time allows, the students perform their monologues. Students don't even realize they are studying play writing! This can be adapted for other holidays, too. It's such fun! This lesson was created for a creative dramatics, int
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Valentines Day | Creative Writing | Playwriting| Monologue Grades
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"The Tale of the Mountain Cat, A Native Story;" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s
[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. This short story has been incorporated into the novel, "The Legend of Rail Wolf." ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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5th - 10th
Disney/ Pixar "Up" project based learning choices
Unit assessment on conception vs. reality examined through Disney/ Pixar's "Up". Includes different assessment types for different learning styles with 4 different options. All project-based learning. Choice board used to differentiate learning.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Going Above and Beyond Extension Freebie
Early finishers? Students who always want more? Need some quick options for them to choose from to challenge them further? Feeling like you don't know what to do for your gifted population? Going Above and Beyond (GAAB) resources are helpful as they give you something quick and easy to keep them learning and inquiring in an engaging way.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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