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Creative writing lessons for Easel Activities under $5
LETTERS TO SANTA - HOW TO WRITE A FRIENDLY LETTER
The holidays…what a great time to learn how to write letters!! Writing Santa is not only magical but it is a great way to harness that excitement for letter writing! This set contains everything you will need to teach your lesson. The Goal: This letter encourages letter writing and increases the spirit of Christmas.Who will like Letters to Santa? You will find it fits most students in Kindergarten through Second Grade depending on their levels of abilities and needs.What is inside this product?P
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K - 3rd
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Christmas Writing Activity: Revising Lyrics of Christmas Songs
Christmas Writing Activity - Revising the lyrics of Christmas Songs. Get students engaged in some creative writing before the holidays. Fun! Students can rewrite some of their favorite Christmas songs, such as White Christmas, Jingle Bells, and The Grinch. Three writing templates to get them started. If students get stuck, have them think of synonyms for the missing words. Print and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign it online in Google Cla
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
End of the Year Activities w/ One-Pager Reflection for High School English & ELA
Use this end of the year activity for high school English classes to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and rich in reflection! This One-Pager Reflection Unit has a full week of lesson plans and student materials to guide students through a meaningful reflection process. Students take ownership of the assignment and the structure allows class time for teacher grading and organizational tasks so you can walk out on the last day of school satisfied with a successful school year!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Show - Don't Tell- Descriptive Writing Lesson Activity - Improve Student Writing
Descriptive Writing Practice- Show - Don't TellThis is a great set of activities to enforce the skills of descriptive writing. Student learn and practice writing so their readers "see" what they are trying to communicate. Students apply descriptive writing skills to common topics for writing. This set includes activities for whole class discussion, individual practice, and cooperative work. A great product to add to your 6 traits lessons on word choice and voice!*********************************
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Organizer Bundle - 4 Graphic Organizers and Student Activities
Fractured Fairy Tales - a Creative Writing Assignment W/ 3 Days of Lesson Plans
This creative writing 3-day lesson will guide your students through the process of creating an original Fractured Fairy Tale! Students choose a fairy tale to “fracture” and create an original take on a traditional fairy tale. This resource includes lesson plans, bell ringers, an assignment sheet, a planning sheet, a revision workshop, and a detailed rubric. All the prep work is done!All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are writeable in Google Slides. ⭐ WAIT ⭐ This
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Allusion Figurative Language Interactive / Guided Notes and Writing Activity
Allusion Figurative Language Guided Notes and Student Activity SetA great set to guide students to discover:Allusion Meaning, Examples, Purpose, and Using Allusion in WritingHelp students understand allusion and how to use it to improve their writing with this great set. This set includes activities for individual, whole class, and cooperative practice. See the complete allusion product preview!*****************************************************************************More Great Resources Fro
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Our Class is a Family Activities
Now more than ever, teachers are looking for ways to build classroom community within their learning environments. This resource is a great addition to the read aloud Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen (however, it may also be used with any read aloud that is about family). When students enter our classrooms they become our family. We must lead by example and assure that our students know that we love and respect them. That we value their voice and uniqueness. This resource encourages studen
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Classroom Family/Letter from my Teacher Activity Bundle
Empowering Writers Adding Elaborative Details Graphic Organizer
Get your writer's to stretch out their character's stories by using this awesome graphic organizer! Use sensory details and feelings to elaborate and create better narrative writing!Aligned with Common Core and based on Empowering Writers Grade 5
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Elf Application Christmas Persuasive Writing Christmas Activities 5th grade
Persuasive essays meet Christmas whimsy in this differentiated project that lets you teach essay structure, revision, and creative writing to your older elementary students. They’ll choose from three open positions at the North Pole – Toymaker Elf, Reindeer Caretaker Elf, and Delivery Elf. Each job has very different requirements to appeal to the diverse personalities in your classroom. You’ll decide whether they should write simple one-paragraph essays or more complex five-paragraph essays comp
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Fan Fiction Writing Assignment and Lesson Plans for High School Creative Writing
Engage your students in the creation of original Fan Fiction! Students choose a favorite work of fiction and carefully plan / develop their own take on a published book, movie, video game, or TV show. This resource includes lesson plans, bell ringers, an assignment sheet, a planning sheet, a revision workshop, and a detailed rubric. All the prep work is done! Please click the PREVIEW for a detailed look at this resource. Materials are in PDF to print and all student materials are writeable in Go
Grades:
9th - 12th
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"Fable in a Bag" Students Read and Write Fables with Lesson Plans
These lesson plans and activities are perfect for teaching fictional narratives. Fables are familiar to students, making them the perfect type of story for students to write. "Fable in a Bag" includes lesson ideas for THREE activities:The Fable Stations chart allows students to make notes of character traits found in the fables they read. Use it with plenty of reading material so that students read a variety of fables.Lesson ideas and printouts help students write their own fables. Included are
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Poetry Writing Activities - Poetry Templates for Grades 3 - 5 - Writing Poetry
This set of poetry writing lessons is geared toward helping you help your students explore five different poetry forms while giving YOU the opportunity to teach meaningful literacy lessons that supplement the poetry activities.As teachers, we rarely have time to waste--and any time that we can “double-dip” and combine lessons, the better! Add in the extra bonus of being able to do the lessons in person or digitally, and we have a winner!Have fun, get creative, and watch your students shine!Each
Imagery and Descriptive Writing-Using the 5 Senses
Ready to use lesson with a graphic organizer, prompts, and a descriptive word handout to help your readers and writers identify vivid language while producing their own.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Vague and Ambiguous Pronoun Reference: Mini Unit, Distance Learning Compatible
Vague and Ambiguous Pronouns contribute largely to immature writing among middle and high school students. This mini unit will train students to identify, eliminate, and replace these vague pronoun references. The packet includes a complete lesson, practice examples, 2 worksheets, and answer keys. After completing this lesson, your students will begin to recognize and revise their own errors, sending vague and ambiguous pronouns to their grave. This product is available to modify for Google d
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6th - 10th
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Poetry Stations 2.0: for High School and Middle School Digital
***All of my stations may be used for distance learning. Simply upload the pdf into your google drive and share it with your class. This set, in particular, has poetry in a box project that would be wonderful for a student at home. Instruct them that group work now will be done independently, or they can use a virtual meet to work as a team digitally. If you loved my first set of poetry stations, then you will be head over heels for this new set. I’ve created six more stations that explore poeti
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Halloween Poetry Writing Projects! Students Compose Several Halloween Poems!
NO-PREP! Fun Halloween poetry writing project in which your students will be provided with several examples of poetry genres and then create their own Halloween poems of each genre. Last, the students will create their Halloween Poetry Book. Students will learn to write Halloween "themed" haikus, cinquains, imagery poems, "Riddle Poems", acrostic poems, name poems, limericks and more in this fun Halloween writing unit. Print and go!Excellent examples have been provided for each as well as temp
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief -Vs. Perseus Writing Assigment
This is a short writing assignment that lets a student compare Percy to Perseus. I have included: teacher directions, a copy of the myth, a graphic organizer, the constructed response writing prompt, and a rubric. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.If you like this assignment, you might want to purchase my set that includes 8 other learning stations for this novel. Percy Jackson&Olympians The Lightning Thief: L
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: Percy Jackson: Bundle Lesson Unit with Digital Options Activity
Creative Writing Activity 3rd - 4th Grade: Transition Words/Descriptive Writing
A fun, no-prep writing activity for third and fourth grade that teaches transition words and (creative) descriptive writing. They learn how to transition from one idea to the next with both temporal words and powerful verbs (to move them beyond just using then, next, etc.). Kids love describing how to make the world's best sandwich! Check out the video preview above :)Included in the unit:Teacher pages with easy to follow lessons and an assessment recording sheetStudent pages (pdf /Google Slides
Grades:
3rd - 4th
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What is Poetry? Introduction Lesson for Google Slides
EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation Lesson with animated .GIFs to keep students engaged.Objective:Teacher will introduce a variety of different poems as students explore poetry and define what poetry is based on their own feelings and opinions.Types of Poems Included in this Resource:(1) Acrostic Poem - Use in present mode for slide animation effect.(2) Haiku Poems Rain & Flower(1) Funny Free Verse Poem entitled Once, I Laughed M y Socks Offby Steve Attewell (link to video included)(1) Socia
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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40 Fun Writing Prompts for Secondary Students Crazy Picture Prompts
This awesome set of funny and crazy picture prompts are perfect for inspiring even the least motivated too-cool Secondary English students to get into creative writing. A great range of images to help them get writing!Perfect for ELA English students from Year 6 to Year 10 or 11, depending on where you are. These fun creative writing prompt worksheets look best in color, but still look good and work well printed in black and white. Set out in separate worksheets, ready to print and go. Awesome f
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: Picture WRITING PROMPTS for Secondary Students BUNDLE
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts Fictional Narrative on Dog Sled Mail
Your students will used text dependent analysis to write a fictional narrative about dog sledding mail carriers who delivered mail to the gold diggers in Alaska in the early 20th century. The set of paired passages on differentiated reading levels will provide tons of facts about dog sledding and gold miners. Students will do a close reading, analyze the writing prompt, and use a graphic organizer to outline their stories. It's great practice for state writing tests, and it's also available as
Grades:
5th - 6th
Scrambled. Animated video short. Rubik's Cube. Writing. Retelling the Story. ESL
A delightful animated video short and lesson about an encounter with a Rubik's Cube. Beginner / Intermediate level. A full pptx version with written text to use for the story is included. Perfect for retelling with pictures. 1. Show the video and pause and elicit what is happening from the students. 2. Provide the worksheets. Students order the sequence of events and write sentences to retell the story using the keywords. Also, complete a T or F quiz. 3. Use the pptx story to get students to re
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Not Grade Specific
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Creative Writing Prompts for High School, Daily Bell Ringers for Creativity
Engage students in the creative writing process with daily bell ringers. The 24 prompts in this pack can be used as bell ringers, exit tickets, or a second teaching point during the lesson. This resource is designed to spark creative writing, induce reflection about the writing process, and to guide revision. This resource includes a link in Google Drive and can be completed digitally!Please click the PREVIEW above for a closer look at everything included in this resource! ⭐ WAIT ⭐ This resource
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Simile and Metaphor Guided Interactive Notes and Student Writing Activities
Simile and Metaphor Figurative Language Interactive Notebook and Student Activity Set
Simile and Metaphor Meaning, Examples, Purpose, and Using Simile and Metaphor in Writing
Help students understand simile and metaphor and how to use it to improve their writing with this great set.
This simile and metaphor set includes activities for individual, whole class, and cooperative practice. See the complete simile and metaphor product preview!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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