23 results
Free Thanksgiving creative writing simulations
Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Thanksgiving Dinner Plan Performance Task
Thanksgiving Dinner Plan Performance Task printables can be used as independent work or group work. It includes multiple steps of mathematical operations and decision making. The mathematical operations of addition and subtraction are necessary to complete the task. If your students are familiar with basic multiplication facts, these can be substituted for some of the repeated addition problems.
The task can be completed in 1 day, however 2 days would allow students more time to use their crit
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Let's Talk Turkey! Differentiated Thanksgiving Math
Reinforce your students' knowledge of estimating and addition with decimals with this "delicious" assignment! Students estimate the price of a Thanksgiving meal for a family of four people. They have four choices on how to gather the data, and then prepare presentation boards. This assignment is a perfect fit for classrooms with gifted and talented cluster groupings of students. A rubric is included that assesses all components of the assignments and ability levels.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Sample or Teaching Model of a Personal Narrative or Personal Memoir
When teaching personal narrative or personal memoir, teachers often wish they had a sample narrative to use as a model. Many stories are too complex or do not fit the plot structure that we expect them to use. Here I created a personal narrative, true to my life, that models and helps students identify many writing techniques we expect students to use, like using transitional phrases, sensory details, dialogue, strong verbs, specific nouns, specific verbs, descriptive writing, and clear elements
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
Thanksgiving Math Performance Tasks Combo
Thanksgiving Math Performance Tasks printables can be used as independent work or group work. It includes multiple steps of mathematical operations and decision making. The mathematical operations of addition and subtraction are necessary to complete the task. If your students are familiar with basic multiplication facts, these can be substituted for some of the repeated addition problems.
The task can be completed in 1 day, however 2 days would allow students more time to use their criti
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Tom's Turkey Farm Manager Performance Task
Tom's Turkey Farm Manager Performance Task printables can be used as independent work or group work. It includes multiple steps of mathematical operations and decision making. The mathematical operations of addition and subtraction are necessary to complete the task. If your students are familiar with basic multiplication facts, these can be substituted for some of the repeated addition problems.
The task can be completed in 1 day, however 2 days would allow students more time to use their cri
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Conventions of Writing and Grammar: On the Job
Almost every time I try to get my students to write anything, I get hit with a wave of groans and sighs, and even some "It's not like I'm going to get a job sitting somewhere writing essays all day long!!" when I'm super-duper lucky. My students are also terrible about catching grammar mistakes in their own writing.
Ergo, this resource! I tried to create a real-world situation (drawing on a horrible boss I had at my own high school job). Students will first need to correct an error-riddled noti
Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
ULTRAMAN & KAIJU
Practice symmetry with this engaging differentiated activity by drawing and coloring these silly monsters! Perfect for math centers, morning work, early finishers, substitutes and homework. This fun activity includes 6 monsters, each with three levels of difficulty. The difficulty level 1 worksheet has a completed drawing so the student can focus on coloring the monster symmetrically. The difficulty level 2 worksheet has half of the monster shown on the left of the page and a partial drawing on
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Space Colony - A Transactional Writing Idea (Report)
This is a fantastic way to get your students writing in the report format of transnational writing. No more boring animal reports.One of the key aspects is that kids are only limited by their imagination. No more laborious research that put many of our students off, especially boys.
Scenario - Earth is dying. Its core is weakening and playing havoc on earth’s weather and living conditions. Plants and animals can no longer live outside and are having to be grown indoors. Because of this there is
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Narrative Guide includes requirements, rubric, and sample personal narrative
The included narrative writing guide, rubric, and sample personal narrative give students three firm guides on how to create a successful narrative that displays all the writing techniques expected, including clear characters, an immediate setting, sensory details, dynamic dialogue, a structured plot, specific word choices, strong verbs, clean punctuation and grammar, and an underlying theme that holds all these different elements together. At Writing Whiz, the goal is to create tools that help
Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
Playwriting, Model/Sample Play, Unreliable Characters
Writing Whiz has created a lesson plan for anyone interested in helping students gain a greater appreciation of unreliable narrators and dramatic irony -- tied into the reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart." Included are internet links for teachers to find printable copies of the original story and a play or theatrical version of "The Tell-Tale Heart." Jumping off the idea of an unreliable narrator like the madman in "The Tell-Tale Heart," I have created a lesson where students will pair with others
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Sentence Surgery Recording Sheet
Review complete sentences by transforming your classroom into an operating room. This activity can be easily accomplished with any compound sentence task cards, run-on sentence paragraphs, bandaids, gloves, and any other inexpensive medical supplies.This handout allows students to practice their writing skills of combining sentences and correct punctuation. I've only included the recording sheet because the writing resources I used were purchased from TPT!
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Virtual 360 Coral Reef Environment For Your Students To Explore
Give your students the experience of being underwater viewing a coral reef in a virtual 360 view! This exciting environment can be used in your classroom for a creative writing assignment.
The smart device is one of the most powerful tools students and educators have at their disposal in the 21st century. It is education at the click of a button in any setting or environment. Through AUGTHAT!, students have access to worksheets that utilize augmented reality. All you have to do is wave a smart
Subjects:
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
'Introducing my YouTube channel' Activity
I made a template for the activity called 'Introduce my YouTube channel'. It is an activity that students design their content if they were to establish a YouTube channel. I uploaded the format in PowerPoint; so you guys can add more questions, such as the 2 most popular YouTubers for that content and etc.I used the pictures from Pixabay and the fonts are from PowerPoint.Enjoy and share us the content that your students chose to do.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
International Rock Band Tour Project
Congratulations! After winning the latest reality television singing competition, you and your band are about to start your first international tour!! On your tour you will have a concert on every continent, except Antarctica. You can work in teams or by yourself to plan your trip.
Students will learn about the five themes of geography, as well as, financing and budgeting skills.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
The Great Gatsby Google Tour
Engage students in the setting of The Great Gatsby through this Google Tour. This tour leads students through the real-life locations in which the novel's plot takes place. In connection with Michelle De Certeau's theories on place and space, students will explore the setting as an active character. This tour includes:1. De Certeau's theories on place and space2. Images and videos3. Specific locations4. Quotes from the text5. Interactive questions at each location6. Images and videos
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
Descriptive Writing Essay Topics
This FREE resource has THREE DESCRIPTIVE essay topics to use in your English Language Arts Classroom. It requires the learners to dig deep and really self reflect in order to fully immerse themselves in the topic and writing experience. The length of the descriptive essay would be as per the class or curriculum requirements and are not stated in the document.
Grades:
10th - 12th
Surviving a Desert Island
A simple stimulus activity to encourage creative writing. All about how to survive on a desert island with only three objects. Several opportunities to be inventive as well. Great for beginning an extended piece of writing or as a one off lesson.
Subjects:
Grades:
7th
Types:
Classroom Job Application
As students begin the later elementary years, an introduction to the world of jobs and careers is valuable. Utilize this resource as an outline for creating a job application that your students can use to apply for classroom jobs. This fictional job application may in fact be used to "hire" students for classroom job positions!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
The Secret Door Free Writing
Use this PowerPoint to engage your students in a free writing activity. Students click on a link to a secret door, then travel anywhere in the world. They are then prompted to write about their observations, as well as create narratives about the locations that they visit.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Cinderella visual storyboard
KS1 Literacy/English
This is a visual storyboard for the traditional tale Cinderella.
Also contains a word-bank.
Effective for stimulating speaking and listening.
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
Simulation or Game Score Sheet
This is a score sheet that will be useable with the simulation game PowerPoints I will be uploading. You could also use it for other types of activities that require the keeping of points.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Cinderella Decision Making Style Test
Allow your intermediate students to find out what type of decision maker they are along with Cinderella and her Prince! Students learn that there are four types of decision making styles that people possess. They learn the characteristics of each and connect each to themselves for optimal engagment.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
Showing 1-23 of 23 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands