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Free high school creative writing simulations
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
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6th - 10th
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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
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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
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6th - 10th
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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
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