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Middle school creative writing cultural activity microsofts
Class Recipe Book (Christmas, Holidays, Mothers / Fathers Day, Thanksgiving)
DIY Class Recipe Book
Perfect for special holidays, like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Fathers' Day, Mothers' Day!
Create your own class recipe book by interviewing your students on their favourite special dish to eat with their families! OR, have students complete the recipe pages themselves! See the product photos and preview for more!
For younger students, this often results in hilarious recipes (see below!)
For older students, this is a good activity on writing clear instructions a
Grades:
PreK - 6th
The Pony Express And You
How much space does your textbook devote to The Pony Express - maybe a couple of paragraphs? This exciting time in U.S. history deserves better than that, and with “The Pony Express And You,” your students will readily identify with the young men who rode for the service and the dangers they faced. The 26-page slide show I’ve created is full of colorful illustrations (more than 100 pictures) and offers students four opportunities to write a journal entry as though they were a rider on The Pony
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4th - 8th
Fairytale Mini-Unit (Multicultural Reading and Creative Writing!)
Includes presentation, linked texts, and SIX engaging reading and writing activities! Fairytales the most commonly shared stories across cultures and centuries. In this one week mini-unit, students will learn about the structure of a fairytale, participate in read-aloud story-time, read cross-cultural versions of a beloved classic (Cinderella), and reflect on the way cultural values appear in the stories people share. They will also create and share their very own fairytale in a student showcase
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5th - 12th
FUN Creative Writing Project - Writing the Sequel to "A Quiet Place"
This product gives you a full, fun, and interactive creative writing project suitable for middle school or high school students of any age. Specifically, the project is to write the sequel or prequel to the movie, A Quiet Place. You purchase includes access to these materials:1) A 4-page project description sheet with an overview, directions and requirements, plot structure diagram, background information on the movie, a storyboard graphic organizer, and an initial example story (I.e., a prequ
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Red Dog - Film Study
Booklet for the film study 'Red Dog'. The booklet includes a range of questions, camera angles and research and assessment tasks.
Grades:
7th
Day of the Dead Activities Día de los Muertos Slideshow and Google Slides™
If you're studying different cultural celebrations, I highly recommend introducing your students to The Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos. This beautiful Mexican celebration honors those who have passed on. This holiday festival is held on November 1 and 2. This product includes fun activities while learning about Mexican culture. It's so important for our students to learn more about our neighbors.IN THIS UNIT:Day of the Dead SlideshowDay of the Dead FlipbookRoll the Dice Sugar SkullSugar S
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Bob Dylan: Music as Poetry with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
This is a wonderful way to introduce the blurred lines between genres, as well as a great way to engage in the learning process—for all students of all ages love music. They may be reluctant poets, but once the connection is made that some songs are indeed poetry (or, heaven forbid—the acronym R.A.P. stands for Rhythmic American Poetry!), the sky is the limit for a renewed appreciation for poetry. This can be a nice addition to any poetry unit, or, it stands alone as an extension activity, a c
Grades:
6th - 12th
Creative English Autobiography Unit
Over 40 activities (51 slides) in this power point presentation designed to get your students reflecting, drawing, and connecting their life to various writing strategies. This has been used with great success for even those "hate to write" students in my classroom over the years.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Writing Lesson Plan: A How-to Paper Rubric included
This is a plan about learning how to write for a specific purpose. Instead of reading first and writing afterwards, the students are using their own prior knowledge as the resource. This creative expression allows students to share what they have learned from adults in their own home, from cooking, to repairing, to folding complicated laundry items. It is extremely person and telling. It's a wonderful way for them to share their cultures on any given day. The Steck-Vaughn resource book, WRITE TO
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3rd - 8th
Salva Dut - TED TALK (Extra Credit)
Salva Dut - TED TALK (Extra Credit)1. Student's will watch Salva's TED Talk available on YouTube.2. Students will complete attached handout. They will answer three open-ended questions that make connections to the real world, the book, and themselves.Suggestion: Offer this as an extra credit assignment AFTER finishing the book- A Long Walk to Water
Grades:
5th - 7th
ST. PATRICK'S DAY WRITING PROMPT & FREE WORD SEARCH ACTIVITY, GRS.4-7, ELA & ESL
This is a 2- page set of activities. One is a creative writing prompt, and the other is word search with pertinent vocabulary about this celebration. Many cities across America have parades on this day, or close to this day. It is a day of fun and cultural festivities. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! Wear some green!
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4th - 7th, Staff
THE BUNNY WHO COULD SPEAK SEVERAL LANGUAGES: A CREATIVE PROMPT: GRS.4-6
This is a creative writing holiday prompt that includes a wee bit of research. The bunny involved is a bit of a polymath. He greets others in several languages. Students decipher the languages. They can use google translate. Moreover, students complete the prompt. Use this for a bulletin board, holiday activity, and for gifted and talented pupils. Use it for a supplemental activity in a unit on spring. Use it for a homework assignment. Happy Easter to all! Thank you ever so much for visiti
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4th - 6th, Staff
Como escribir un poema acróstico en español. Proyecto de escritura creativa
Taller de poesía: poema acróstico Instrucciones: Para este proyecto vas a escribir un poema acróstico sobre una obra de arte. La poesía acróstica ha existido por miles de años. Un acróstico es una composición, en verso o en prosa, en el cual ciertas letras de cada verso o frase, leídas en forma vertical, forman una palabra o mensaje. Producto incluye:InstruccionesEjemplo profesionalEjemplo estudiantilThis interpretive activity aligns with the AP units of: Belleza y estéticacontexto 1 Definicione
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
**Literature Lesson Plan: "To Kill a Mockingbird" culturally competent
- Students will analyze the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.- Students will explore themes, character development, and the historical context.- Students will engage in critical thinking, discussion, and creative activities.Includes assessment questions and answersAligned to national standardsIncluded themes and references to cultural events to expand the lesson
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Rhyme Scheme with Kendrick Lamar!
As teachers, we are oftentimes met with groans when we tell the class about an upcoming poetry unit. However, if Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar is teaching it, they suddenly become much more interested! Start your poetry unit off right by introducing your students to rhyme scheme via the rap song "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar. After that, translating the same skills to classical poetry will be much smoother!This Google Doc includes a verse from "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar and questions about its rhy
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Rhyme Scheme with Kendrick Lamar!
Cultural Hero Project (Greek Mythology/Percy Jackson Unit)
This project was used during my Greek Mythology/Percy Jackson Unit. The focus was culture, creativity, epic hero cycle, and a few literary skills (symbolism/imagery). I used this project, so that students could create a hero that relates to their culture. It can be hard in class to focus on only one culture for a whole unit, and even though I try to bring in different mythologies within different cultures, I still feel like some students don't involve themselves as much. There are two parts to t
Grades:
7th - 9th
Rhetoric Song Analysis Assignment
I did a lesson on rhetoric with my students and to get them introduced to the topic, we analyzed songs. Students chose songs to decipher how rhetoric was being used in a three part assignment of choosing the songs, answering questions about the songs, and preparing for a Socratic Seminar where they would all share as a group about the songs they chose. Each student was required to write about two songs and needed to discuss at least one song in the Socratic Seminar. I have attached the three
Grades:
8th - 12th
Teaching Political Cartoons: An Illustrated Interpretive Study Guide
(**Please note. On some computers, it takes more than 10 minutes to download this book because it has over 60 color political cartoons. ALSO, you can download the book from your computer to a flash key, then transfer it to any computer, projector, lap top etc. ALSO, this unit is based on the 2020 presidential election (Biden and Trump), but it is still very useful today as a classroom unit on political cartoons particularly considering the political situation today of the upcoming 2024 presiden
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5th - 12th
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Saskatchewan Role Play
Here is a Role-Play guide for any SK teachers out there! You may want to do some background on the artist Allen Sapp, but you don't need to in order to do this mini-unit. You can use any artist you choose. Rubric included!
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3rd - 6th
Autobiography Study and Share Using Google MyMaps
In this cross-curricular mini-unit, students will study the book genre of "autobiography." Teachers are encouraged to accompany this project with a book study of a specific autobiography, as available within your school.The magic of this project is that students will be able to dabble with a new Google Suite App called Google MyMaps, so that your students can get creative and begin their quest with GIS. Students will create an autobiography by creating points on a map. Within each point, you c
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3rd - 12th
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Identity Poem Prompt
After studying PERSPECTIVES [race, gender, class, sexuality, education, community, etc] and LENS [social/cultural, political/historical, environment, scientific, ethical, economical, artistic, philosophical, futuristic] students write their own IDENTITY poem. This poem should reflect their perspective on identity through a lens of choice.
Grades:
7th - 12th
The House on Mango Street - "My Name" pre-activity
This assignment can be done as a bell ringer or independent in-class assignment to segue into the students writing their own "My Name" vignette. The audio reading of the first few vignettes is linked from Youtube, but you can edit that to fit your classroom structure. It's a fun assignment because the students are asked to research the meaning of their names, who named them or who they are named after, and more.I hope you find this a winner!
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Oregon Trail And You
The Oregon Trail is one of the most exciting units in U.S. history taught in middle school and junior high. All the information you’ll need to teach this unit plus 60 colorful illustrations are provided in the accompanying slide show and narrative script in “The Oregon Trail and You.” You can also make this era in American history an interactive one for your students by giving them a chance to write “I Was There” journal entries as though they were a traveler on the Oregon Trail, or a chance to
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4th - 8th
"The Real Story of Christmas" Video Worksheet
This video worksheet with questions to answer and a 100-word paragraph to write is a great way to spend the day before Winter Break. Simple to use and easy for the students to complete.
I purchased the video episode from Amazon.com, but I believe it can also be found on YouTube. The video is from the History Channel.
This video is great for a world language or history class.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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