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Adult education short stories projects
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick creative writing example (Just Dessert)
Chris Van Allsburg’s book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is an excellent medium to teach creative writing. The titled illustrations are accompanied with only the slightest bit of text. A mere suggestion as to what already has happened and might happen. Every turn of the page introduces a unique vignette, an intriguing picture that arouses curiosity that tugs at the imagination, thus sparking new ideas to fill in the blanks. The entire book is a collection of writing prompts! The tantalizing st
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Narrative Writing: Short Stories - Presentation, Prompts, Handouts for Students
Writing short stories: A complete presentation with printable handouts for students.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This zipped download includes two *editable* Powerpoint files that cover:-Essential components of a story (setting, plot, character development, theme, conflict, point of view)-Story idea generators (ways to generate ideas for stories, which include visual picture prompts, online prompts, and other ways to come up with ideas)-Handouts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson- Literary Analysis & Plot Map
Unique and exciting presentation to teach students how to create a literary analysis! Uses examples and quotes from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Great for high school! Free Download color-coded template correlates to PowerPoint for easy instruction!!
Literary Analysis/ Plot Map Presentation by Elizabeth Blackwell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at images and some text from Google search/images.
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Alternate Ending Project, Works with any Novel or Short Story
A fun creative project that challenges students to pick a pivotal moment in a story and write a different ending from that point. They will reference the events of the original text in their writing, demonstrating understanding. In addition, they will use higher level thinking to predict an alternate outcome. Options for narrative writing and graphic novel included, plus prewriting worksheet.Contents:OverviewNarrative Student Instruction Sheet with Rubric (with dialogue requirement)Narrative
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Stories Without End: 24 open-ended stories to teach reading and creative writing
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger. Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Each story is also supported with questions and voca
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Prequel and Sequel Projects, Works with any Novel or Short Story
A pair of creative writing activities that go beyond the text. The prequel writing activity works create with stories that hint of past events. A sequel writing project is great for stories that leave readers wondering “what happens next” either with an ambiguous ending or hints of something more to come (either good or bad.) Rubrics included, plus options for narrative writing or graphic novel version. Bonus dialogue writing hand out included.These activities can work with other topics in y
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Symbolism and Mask Creation in the Masque of the Red Death
This is a great 2-3 day mini lesson looking at the symbolism in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death". This lesson culminates with an awesome hands on activity where students create their own masks. Included in this product are:
Copy of "The Masque of the Red Death" broken into parts for close reading in groups
Reading comprehension questions
In text vocabulary
In text examples of symbolism
Power point on symbolism in the story
Detailed explanations of room/color symbolism
Create your own mask ac
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Short Story Unit Culminating Project Writing Activity with Poster and Rubric
Short story end of unit project. Students write a children's book or a short story! This is an assignment sheet for a culminating activity for a unit on short stories. After students have studied a variety of short stories from different authors and studied the elements of a short story, students apply their knowledge by writing a story of their own. Students have the option of choosing to write a short story or a children's book. Includes handout with specific requirements, teacher directions,
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Washington Irving Bundle: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle - PDF
This bundle features activities for use with the Washington Irving stories: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" Includes a variety of activities for before, during, and after the stories. Lots of options to choose from!*********************************************************************Includes the complete activity bundles for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle! See below for listing and links for each separate item.Also includes the following Washing Irving items
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Creative Writing Prompts: Sparking Imagination, Enhancing Skills
Elevate your high school students' writing abilities with our dynamic collection of creative writing prompts! Designed for college-bound students and aspiring professionals alike, these weekly prompts offer a stimulating 15-minute exercise to ignite creativity and hone essential writing skills.Whether your students are destined for university or entering the workforce, our prompts provide invaluable opportunities to develop higher-level writing proficiency. Each prompt explores a variety of subj
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Story Arc - Narrative Writing Planning and Outlining
Introduce your students to narrative writing with this handy, low-prep planning and outlining lesson. Look at all the key elements of a story arc through a thorough and well-explained PPT. Then, students utilize this knowledge to work on identifying story arcs in a short film and a classic fairy-tale. Lastly, they will create their own short stories, accurately following a classic story arc. Materials include: ☆ A (very) short film to watch ☆ Full, well-explained PPT (with teach
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
The Cask of Amontillado Activities Bundle (Edgar Allan Poe) WORD
A collection of activities for use with the text "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. A variety of tasks from reading questions to point of view writing to a real-world-writing investigation of Fortunato's disappearance. Activities included:•The Cask of Amontillado Coat of Arms Project: great as an anticipatory set, students create their own Coat of Arms with symbols that represent them. Also works as a stand-alone Back to School or start of the semester activity with ELA tie in of sy
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Back to School ELA Activity Coat of Arms + Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
Fun for Back to School OR for use with the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Students create their own coat of arms based on their own personal or family identify and values. A coat of arms was intended to be a symbol of a family's identity or values. The symbols and colors are carefully selected for the family, then passed down for generations. In the story, Montresor describes the images on his family coat of arms, including the motto. ELA tie in both to the story specifi
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Back to School ELA Activities Bundle - PDF
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Horror Short Story Challenge [Writing Lessons + Project Plan]
A Halloween fiction writing unit (and project) designed to inspire creativity and engage students of most ages. Using illustrated examples from literary and cinematic greats, this combined handout/presentation/project offers a straightforward approach to planning a terrifying short story. The steps can be expanded into their own lessons (sub-genre [1], character [2+3]), setting [4], and plot [5]) with younger students or the entire process can be condensed to meet the needs of a more advanced cr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Necklace Activity Bundle (Guy de Maupassant) PDF
A set of activities for use with the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. Includes reading questions in order of the text and graphic organizers to examine and analyze the story. A personal writing project on honest communication has options for both a narrative essay and a graphic novel. The literary essay includes 3 choices of essay topic with rubric. For creative projects, choose from either the Alternate Ending project or the Modernize it Project. Many options to fit the tim
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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20 Creating Writing Prompts with Protagonists, Settings, & Directions
Hello Fellow Teacher, There are 20 creative writing prompts on this PDF. Each one includes the location, the setting, and the protagonist’s characterization, as well as internal and external conflicts.Students can work individually or in a small collaborative group to create these stories. To incorporate more standards, students can type and present their stories to the class and staff, or you can publish in the school newspaper.Notice how each prompt requires students to incorporate different l
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: BUNDLE for Creative Writing Activities
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy script, projects, prompts
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy adapted to play form by Kathy Applebee is a 16 page, 4 scene script for 3 females, 8 males, 4 either and as many extras as desired can be used as a reader’s theater or performance piece. During a celebration in a remote shepherd’s cottage, three strangers knock on the door seeking relief from the storm. Before the evening ends, pride, mistaken identities and what passes for justice in a rural area plagued by bad economic times will confront all of those invo
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Film Review template
An entertaining and useful template for the lessons devoted to those who likes to pass the evening watching a good movie, as well as a great reason to brush up various genres, talk about them and develop speking skills.How it works.Students write short reviews of their favorite or any recently viewed films (come up with intriguing annotations, draw posters and share opinions about the most successful and not so good moments of films), and then in pairs or groups, exchange their works and discuss
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Digital Story Writing Template
Story writing template, digital-editable version. This story writing template can also be shared with multiple users at once if working on same project. Copy the document, share with others, and edit as needed. Happy writing!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading Collage Assignment - Character & Setting (Novel, Short Story or Play)
This assignment/project was designed as part of an overall Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Journal Assignment for my students; however, I now use it just as often as a standalone assignment, which is applicable to any novel, short story, play, or even narrative poem your students are reading, either individually or as a class. The lesson focuses on the key reading skill of visualization. GOOD READERS VISUALIZE, but for many students, this skill does not come naturally. This assignment, therefo
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Pirate Adventures: A Swashbuckling Coloring Comic Strip Ready
Pirate Adventures: A Swashbuckling Coloring Comic Strip ReadyAhoy, mateys! Set sail on a creative voyage with our "Pirate Adventures" coloring comic strip, exclusively crafted for young buccaneers. This treasure trove of fun is perfect for elementary-aged children, combining the excitement of pirate tales with imagination. Each page features four distinct scenes, ready to be brought to life with student's imaginations.6 comic images8 x 8 inches300 dpiwhite background
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Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Symbolic Portraits
Have students analyze Washington Irving's text by creating a symbolic portrait for critical characters. Students will use textual evidence to represent central ideas, mood, and themes from the story in a visual way. Included are instructions and a rubric for grading. A presentation is a part of the requirements, but that can be included for extra credit.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Bundle
World Mythology Project with 31 Texts
The lesson includes directions for an oral presentation and an analytic piece of writing based on world myths. The document also includes 31 ready to print/share myths in the public domain. These include mythology from:GreeceMesopotamiaScandinaviaEgyptIndia Chinaand Arthurian Legends
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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