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Middle school creative writing lessons
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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Show, Don't Tell: Descriptive Writing Practice Worksheet
Students learning to fine-tune their narrative writing will benefit from this "Show, don't tell" exercise. This sheet is a perfect complement to a "Show, don't tell" introductory lesson, as it provides a ready-to-use tool for students to practice their descriptive writing skills.
On this sheet, students are asked to turn boring "telling" sentences into descriptive, sensory scenes. An example is provided on the student sheet to guide student work, and a complete answer key is provided with samp
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3rd - 8th
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Personal Narrative Essay, Autobiographical Incident Writing, Step-By-Step, CCSS
Help your high school and advanced middle school students get creative with this eight-day Personal Narrative essay writing mini-unit. Featuring models of one professional and three exemplar student-written personal narrative essays, this bundle of step-by-step materials will inspire even reluctant students to put pen to paper. Activities/handouts featuring modern design elements and dynamic lecture materials will guide your students to craft their own meaningful autobiographical incident essays
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8th - 11th
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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
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Narrative Writing Unit - Personal & Fictional Narrative - PRINT & DIGITAL
Narrative Writing is fun and easy with the step-by-step instructions and mini-lessons included in this unit! It covers personal narrative writing, fictional narrative writing, and biographical narrative writing. It includes full-length mentor texts AND a 41-page writer's notebook with prompts! Digital and Print versions are included!UPDATE: You're going to adore the awesome update to this resource! Additional mini lessons, editable daily plans to make your life easy, AND a writer's notebook your
Grades:
6th - 8th
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
Argumentative, Narrative, Informative, Research, & Expository Writing BUNDLE
This awesome writing bundle includes every resource you need to teach an entire year of writing for grades 6, 7, and 8. Buy it now, while it is offered at a steep discount of 30% off!These resources all include digital versions for Google Drive. They all get frequent updates. Click the links below to check out the individual Common Core aligned products that are included: ♦ Argumentative Essay Writing♦ Informational Essay Writing ♦ Narrative Writing Workshop♦ How to Write an Essay Requiring Text
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6th - 8th
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Creative / Narrative Writing Unit
Creative writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach it, we often need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive narrative writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:The main goal for this unit is for students to recognize, understand, and be able to use key elements which make narrative writing creative
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7th - 10th
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How to Write a Friendly Letter Writing Mini Unit
This Friendly Letter Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. First, model how to format a letter and envelope and practice with a sample passage. Students will then follow the template to write their own letter.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson plansGoogle Classroom linksSample letter and envelopeSample letter
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
Zendoodle Hand Self Portraits Art Lesson Back to School Middle School Art Lesson
DescriptionStudents discover who they are through art in this hand-self portrait lesson! Get to know your students as they write about their beliefs and who they are as a person. Students will use the creative process to design and apply elements using repetition and variety in their handprint piece. Students create their own self-portrait using their handprint, Zentangle designs, and a narrative describing who they are. The art lesson centers around creating a piece of artwork based on a core
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5th - 12th
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Fractured Fairy Tale Writing- Lesson on Perspective w/organizers, rubric, more
This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide to write a new version of that fairy tale. To do this they will write from the perspective of a character who is different than narrator of the original version. Once all of the stories have been written, there are materials included for students to turn their story into a book or for a class book to be made. It's very comprehensive with several teacher and student tools- organizers, rubric, writing paper, and mo
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Set with Rubrics + BONUS resource
Argument Writing, Narrative Writing, Informational Writing PRINT & DIGITAL
Argument, narrative, and informative essays are fun and easy to teach when you use strong mentor texts and a step-by-step process. These highly-rated writing units include everything you need, all in one place.Each writing resource is comprehensive and easy to use. The lessons at a glance pages are also included in an editable format for easy insertion into a digital plan-book.This is what awesome teachers like you have said about this resource: "Tons of resources that I go back to again and ag
Grades:
6th - 8th
HUGE Rocks and Minerals Unit - 3 Types of Rocks - Rock Cycle - 5E Lesson Plans
This HUGE rocks and minerals unit begins by teaching students the difference between a rock and a mineral, and ends with teaching students the 3 types of rocks and the rock cycle. 5E lessons are included, along with a rocks and minerals review game, task cards, narrative writing activity, study guide, assessment, key, anchor charts/posters, and more! This resource will save you hours of work because everything is all planned out in my easy-to-follow, very detailed, lesson plans. Please click the
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3rd - 7th
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NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
Descriptive Writing: Spooky Snapshots (Digital and Printable)
This Halloween Writing: Spooky Snapshots mini-unit is perfect for middle school and high school students! They will love writing about the 24 "spooky" setting images that come in this unit.*****************************************************************************My favorite way to use this product is to have students practice writing SNAPSHOTS. A snapshot is when a writer zooms in on a particular setting at a particular moment in time. Then, using lots of sensory details and imagery, writes a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Writing Curriculum - Part One (September-December)
Writer's Workshop Prompts, Mentor Texts, Writing Activities, Exercises, Stations
Writing workshop IS for secondary students. If you want to use a writer's workshop approach to teaching writing, this bundle is for you! It includes multiple resources to help keep your students focused and learning as they build their writing skills. Be sure to check out the preview to see the pile of resources that are included!This writing workshop bundle includes:Quick writing prompts for risk-free writingWriting prompts that include revision exercisesMultiple short mentor texts to provide e
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7th - 12th
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Writing Lessons - 10 Mini-Lessons, Writer's Workshop, Prompts (Paper & Digital)
What’s the best way to help your students to become stronger writers? With targeted writing instruction, of course! That’s where this set of 10 writing lessons comes in! These lessons can be easily incorporated into writing workshop, writing units, writing centers, or your everyday writing instruction. Each are designed to be quick and engaging. They can be taught in succession as a single writing unit or you can pick and choose lessons to teach at different points throughout the school yea
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Lessons and Units - Building a Writing Curriculum
Slam Poetry Mini Unit
Looking to add slam poetry to your poetry unit, but too swamped to plan it out? I’ve got you covered. This one-week slam poetry mini-unit is designed to be inserted into your poetry unit, and is packed with 5 days of my best slam poetry lesson plans. It will take your students through brainstorming, drafting, performance-planning, and performing all in a week. It’s the perfect unit to give your students a taste of slam poetry (and get them begging for more). You’re students will never think
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6th - 12th
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NARRATIVE WRITING - ESSAY WRITING - WRITING PROGRAM - 3RD 4TH 5TH GRADE WRITING
"This resource is amazing. I love how it goes step by step through the writing process. My students are really enjoying this writing unit. It is very interactive and engaging."This Step-by-Step Writing® Unit has EVERYTHING needed to teach Narrative Writing. This research-based unit from our Writing Program was specifically designed for teachers and homeschool parents to EASILY follow through the WRITING PROCESS with already prepped anchor charts, scripted lesson plans, modeled lessons, original
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fractured Fairy Tales Writing Unit | Grade 3 to 6
Overview This is a fun and engaging unit focused on fractured fairy tales. Students will learn the elements of fairy tales, listen to and read various diverse fairy tales and will use their imagination to write their own. They will write a fractured version of Little Red Riding Hood, The 3 Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears or Cinderella. After they have written their fairy tales, students can bring their fairy tale to life by performing a puppet show or creating a animated cartoon for
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Language Writing Units Volume ONE
My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment
Middle school teachers use this My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment, to unlock the creativity and self-expression of your students in a truly unique way.In this engaging activity, students will embark on a writing journey to describe logos that represent various aspects of their lives. From their closest friends and family to their favourite entertainment choices and foods, students will delve into the symbols that hold special meaning for them. Additionally, they'll uncover the logos
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
Writing Lessons: Word Choice
Teach your students to think carefully about their language choices: Each lesson in this bundle provides you with everything you need to teach students about word choice, tone, imagery, and figurative language. From the start of the lesson to the final assessment, the lessons hook students then move them through activities that focus on active, rather than passive learning. There are six different lessons in this bundle, all designed to show students how word choice affects meaning, whether they
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Secondary ELA Mega Bundle
Halloween Writing: Scary Story Narrative Unit with Google
Engage your students with a fun narrative writing unit! Students will follow each step of the writing process as they develop scary stories. A unit plan is included to help you guide your students through each step. This writing unit will work at any time of the year, but scary stories are always extra fun for Halloween. Now includes differentiated plot diagram maps and a Google version! Also added plans in Google Slides for easy editing.✅Included:Digital Links & DirectionsUnit Plan Brainsto
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Halloween Writing Bundle: Narrative and Poetry Units
Christmas Writing - Persuasive Letter Writing and Elf Application Project
Christmas Writing, Christmas Creative Writing, Elf ApplicationHO HO HO! 'Tis the season Santa needs extra ELVES on staff!Help Wanted at the North Pole! is a festive writing project, encouraging students to exercise their creativity and practice the "art" of writing a letter of interest. Students will begin by listening to How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky (not included) and completing a corresponding graphic organizer. Next, students will receive a Help Wanted at the North Pole! advertise
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Procedural Text Writing Unit | Organizers | Prompts | Lessons | Digital & Print
Teach your students to write procedures, instructions, manuals, recipes, and science experiments with the correct structure, vocabulary skills, structure and language features.⭐"HOW TO" WRITING⭐is as easy as 1-2-3 in 2024 With our PERFECT PROCEDURAL WRITING UNIT. THIS ENGAGING 115-PAGE UNIT COVERS:✅ Recipes✅ Instructions for games ✅ Directions✅ Science Experiments✅ Walk-Throughs✅ Tutorials - Including videos✅ Life Hack's ✅ Self-Help Guides⭐ And much more NO PREP REQUIRED.This HUGE UNIT offers a
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4th - 6th, Adult Education
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