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8th grade creative writing resources for GATE under $5
A Recipe for Writing a Sonnet (like Shakespeare)
This is a graphic organizer that allows your students to write sonnets that are amazing. I have used this in both a Gifted 4th and 5th grade, and a regular 5th grade and the results were amazing in both. This clearly lays everything out...topic and structure. It can be used all the way up to high school!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Creative Writing Create a Comic Book Hero Activities 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Telling students they're going to do "creative writing" can result in panic. Not with this fun lesson that has great graphics, fabulous graphic organizers, and an engaging partner activity.This lesson is made up of three activities that culminate in the students' creating a comic book. Students will work together to learn a variety of character traits to use to create a comic book hero. Then they will imagine how this champion could save the world. Finally, students will use illustrations and sp
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4th - 8th
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Creative Writing Prompts - Journal Prompts using Poetry & Song Lyrics Task Cards
Use these poetry snippets & song lyrics as journal prompts to inspire creative writing and storytelling. These journal and creative writing prompts help to demystify poetry and show students that they can draw inspiration anywhere. They also make for a great writing activity during National Poetry Month (or any time of year)! Use these poetry task cards as bellringers, journal prompts, a creative writing station, or for small-group inspiration. Daily exposure to poetry through these journal
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7th - 10th
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Halloween & Fall S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:Pumpkin PatchWitch's Broom Haunted HouseJack-O-LanternCandy CornTrick-Or-TreatScarecrowApple PieCorn MazeHayrideThanksgiving DinnerCandy Apple+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
Grades:
K - 12th
Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick - Inferring Lesson
Are you working on inferring with your students? Use an exciting, mysterious book to help them practice utilizing their inferring skills!
This lesson should be used after students after learned some about inferring. It is a great way to practice what they've learned.
The book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, features interesting and strange illustrations with elusive titles and lines. In this lesson plan, you will walk through the book with your class, and then have them infer what Harris Bu
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:snowmanSnow globeSledUgly SweaterMistletoeCandy CaneGingerbread HouseChristmas TreeNutcrackerWreath Christmas LightsStocking+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
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K - 12th
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Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
Nonfiction Mysteries and Creative Writing Activities + Vocabulary in Context
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world maritime mysteries! Students choose one as inspiration for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten maritime mysteri
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7th - 10th
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Informational Text - Creative Writing from Nonfiction - Train Heists and Outlaws
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about train heists and outlaws in the Wild West. Students choose one topic for a piece of Flash Fiction. Differentiate with a condensed or expanded brainstorming worksheet. Includes optional close reading questions. Also includes a Teacher’s Guide, answer key, and TAG feedback form. (grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Nonfiction reading about train robberies and outlaws2. Introduction to Flash Fiction and brainstormi
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7th - 10th
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Halloween Depth and Complexity Frames, Games, and Activities
Make learning about Halloween engaging, educational, and meaningful by incorporating the prompts of Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives! This 50 page bundle offers Depth and Complexity frames, engaging games, and lots of activities to get your kids communicating, writing, creating, brainstorming, illustrating, and thinking! Get your students to hold collaborative conversations regarding Halloween traditions, rules, ethics, and more! Your students will also write their own spooky stor
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2nd - 8th
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Digital Travel Journal for Kids
This resource was created when a parent told me their child would be traveling out of the country for a month. We are still in a hybrid model and I thought a digital travel journal would be great. Simply, assign the Google Slides project to the student that is traveling and have them complete. Optional, the student can present their project when they return/finish! INCLUDES:10 Google Slides-Let's Pack-Departure-Destination-Where in the World -Daily or Generic Journal-Delicious-Photos-My Trip
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2nd - 8th
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SHOWING CHARACTERS--NOT TELLING ABOUT THEM--with Description, Action, & Dialogue
"Show, don't tell!" Those oft-repeated words drive detail-oriented writing in all genres. Not only is "showing" writing more memorable, but it also gives credit to one's readers that they have sufficient interpretive skills to figure out what the writer is implying via the chosen details--the kind of interpretive skills associated with CRITICAL THINKING. This lesson teaches student writers to think like their readers, to anticipate what their readers will infer from their descriptions, act
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6th - 10th
Back to School S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:School BusStudent DeskSchool YearTeacher DeskCafeteriaLunchboxBackpackEmpty BenchPlaygroundLibrarySchool DayClassroom+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
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K - 8th
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Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
Figurative Language Activities - Writing Prompts - Print & Digital
Let students use imagination and creativity to show what they've learned! These fun figurative language writing prompts are the perfect way to wrap up a unit, review for a test, or add enrichment to your figurative language lessons. Nine engaging writing prompts encourage students to show comprehension and let their imaginations run as they write about animals, idioms, their own lives, and more.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Figurative Language Activities Bundle!)This resource includes t
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
Emergency Substitute Lesson Valentines Day Creative Playwriting Monologue
Part of a Bundle Want to have some fun learning for St. Valentine's Day? This low prep lesson focuses on a play-writing exercise--the monologue and beginning acting. Students select a object indicative of St. Valentine's Day which the teacher provides from this lesson and write a monologue speaking as the object. Then, they design the object on their own paper and perform their monologue. Students don't even realize they are studying play-writing. This can be adapted for other holidays, too.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Valentines Day | Creative Writing | Playwriting| Monologue Grades
Informational Text - Creative Writing from Nonfiction - Codes and Codebreakers
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about historic codes and codebreakers! Students choose one as inspiration for a piece of Flash Fiction. Differentiate with a condensed or expanded brainstorming worksheet. Includes an optional procedural text for constructing a Fleissner Grille. Also includes a writing sample, Teacher’s Guide, and TAG feedback form. (grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Nonfiction reading about historical codes and codebreakers, includ
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7th - 10th
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My Future Autobiography: A Creative Writing Project
Imagine that you met your 40 year old future self. What will you be like at age 40?
What experiences will you have had? What events might you have witnessed?
Students get to use their imaginations while they learn about autobiographies! This is a great activity for the end of the year.
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3rd - 12th
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Cinderella Text vs Film Bundle
In this bundle you will receive all of the resources you need to teach a short unit comparing and contrasting the Grimm Brother's text version of Cinderella and Disney's Film version. With these items you can take your students through watching and reading both stories while taking focused notes, using those notes to answer challenging higher level thinking questions and culminate their learning with a narrative writing or recorded podcast. You will receive:Cinderella Text vs Film Lesson Sequenc
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5th - 8th
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Freak the Mighty: Creative Writing Project
An engaging final project for your novel study of Freak the Mighty! Students choose from four different types of letters written to the book or to the main character. Through creative writing, students demonstrate understanding of story elements and explain major lessons and takeaways.Resource includes:Detailed instructions and explanation of each letter typeChecklist of requirements for each letter type2 levels of rubrics to differentiate and allow for extension and scaffoldingRubrics with and
Grades:
5th - 8th
Roll & Write: Creative
Embark on a literary adventure with 'Roll & Write: Creative' designed to ignite the spark of creativity in every student! The dice becomes their storytelling companions, guiding them to unexpected characters, intriguing plots, fantastical worlds, and a playful extra element that adds an extra layer of excitement to their tales. Students eagerly bring their stories to life, infusing them with personal style and inventive twists.Perfect for educators seeking to inspire a love for creative writ
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Roll & Write: Recount
Unleash the power of imagination with this teaching product designed to transform mundane writing exercises into thrilling adventures! Introducing "Roll & Write," a dynamic approach to developing creative writing skills and mastering the art of recount.Engage your students as they roll the dice or choose a number, unlocking the key features—Who, What, When, Where—of their unique story. Watch as their narratives come to life with their own writer's voice and flair, turning the ordinary into t
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Lieux abandonnés - Texte informatif et Écriture créative (+ version digitale)
Dans cette activité d’écriture créative, les élèves s’inspirent d’un texte informatif portant sur dix lieux abandonnés du monde réel! (Perfect for French immersion, Core French, or "français langue maternelle") Les élèves en choisissent un comme décor pour une micronouvelle. Différenciez avec une fiche de travail de remue-méninges résumée ou développée. Vous trouverez incluse une activité de vocabulaire en contexte optionnelle. Et également inclus un exemple de rédaction, le Guide du Professeur,
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Mending Wall by Robert Frost Think-Tac-Toe Choice Board
This Think-Tac-Toe for Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" is based on the applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating levels of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.
This packet includes Frost's poem and the think-tac-toe grid.
CCSS: RL7.2, RL7.4, RL7.5, RL7.6, W7.9, SL7.3, L7.5
RL8.2, RL8.4, RL8.5, RL7.6, W8.9, SL8.3, L8.5
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7th - 8th
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ABC Memoir Book
Your students will use their imaginations and creative writing skills as they develop an autobiography about themselves using the alphabet for inspiration.
Assign one page at a time and use the examples provided for ideas. The students are encouraged to write about their families, favorite hobbies, foods, sports, etc. It can be typed or handwritten and should include pictures and icons on each page.
* * * Great first writing assignment to ease your students into narrative writing and get t
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4th - 8th
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Christmas Writing Prompt Cards
This set of writing prompt cards includes 24 creative writing prompts, These writing prompts span persuasive, how-to, narrative, personal narrative, compare and contrast, descriptive, as well as your basic creative prompts.
These cards can be printed and laminated to be used for those fast finishers, in centers...or in any way your imagination can come up with to use them.
These cards are in color but they do print fine in grey-scale, too.
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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