Creative Writing Assignment - My Generation Open Letter Writing - Video Intro

Creative Writing Assignment - My Generation Open Letter Writing - Video Intro: Capture your students' attention and ignite their creativity with this dynamic back-to-school video creative writing assignment. This assignment prompts them to write an open letter addressing the seven greatest misunderstandings people have about their generation. With the help of a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John Spencer, students will be hooked from the start. This engaging resource includes comprehensive instructions, student handouts, pre-writing organizers, and editing checklists, ensuring easy implementation without the need for any additional preparation.

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How This My Generation Creative Writing Activity Works

• Students watch a hand-drawn video that introduces the creative writing assignment to students to help them consider the areas where other generations may have misunderstandings or misconceptions about their generation. This video is highly engaging and will hook your students immediately.

• Use the eye-catching PowerPoint presentation to introduce the assignment in more detail to your class and guide you through each element of the creative writing lesson and assignment.

• Use the instructions, student planning sheet, graphic organizers, & teacher rubric to implement the writing lesson.

What's Included in This My Generation Creative Writing Activity:

➡️ Introductory Video: Use this short video to introduce this engaging creative writing assignment. The video is hand-drawn and will hook your students in before you begin the lesson.

➡️ My Generation Creative Writing Teacher Instructions: The teacher instructions will guide you through each element of the lesson and assignment so you feel totally confident implementing this in your classroom.

➡️ My Generation Creative Writing Teacher Presentation: Use the included PowerPoint slides to guide the lesson and as prompts for what students should do and in what order.

➡️ Writing an Open Letter Student Handout: Use this student reference to outline important information that students will need about writing an open letter.

➡️ My Generation Rough and Good Copy Pages: Students will draft the rough draft of the open letter and use the checklist below to improve it before completing a good copy on the template provided.

➡️ Editing and Improving Checklists: Students will use the included checklist to improve their writing before completing their good copy of the open letter.

➡️ Teacher Rubric: Use the included rubric to grade student's work quickly and easily!

Feedback On This My Generation Creative Writing Activity:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My creative writing students love to voice their opinions and this resource gave them an excellent opportunity to do just that! They really want to express their feelings about their generation and how it feels to be judged by an older one. I learned a lot about my students from this activity.

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