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Higher education creative writing handouts
Urban Legends
You can find two activities in this download :
1. There are seven urban legends – you can give them to the students in the form of a handout or they can be cut out in the form of the cards. The legends are, however, not finished. Now, you can ask the students to finish the legends using their own imagination and creativity (the first half of the worksheet is called Create your own ending). The second half of this worksheet contains the “real” endings of the given legends. Students need to match
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Terms Bookmarks - Figurative Language Devices
Poetry Terms Bookmarks: Remind students of the most common poetry terms with these handy bookmarks. Terms include: alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, simile, and stanza. Includes a simple definition plus an example from a poem and/or a song to demonstrate the device.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poets quoted include Theodore Roethke, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Amy Lowell. Musical artists include Bo
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Dissect a Poem: Complete Anatomy of Poem Activity EDITABLE
Dissect a Poem: Complete Anatomy of a Poem Activity - Editable in Microsoft Word
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This exercise breaks down the different types of poems, parts of a poem, figurative language, and translation. Easy to read and understand, with plenty of examples. Teacher's guide included.
Updated: Differentiated student handouts with blanks now included AND Microsoft Word (both .doc and .docx formats) student copies, so you can cu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Emily Dickinson “I’m Nobody” Poetry Analysis + Modern Poem, Fame Theme, CCSS
This easy to deliver one-day lesson uses the work of American poet Emily Dickinson to guide a discussion of many students’ dream of becoming a social media influencer/TikTok Famous. The student handout includes a copy of Emily Dickinson’s well-known poem, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?,” to compare with a modern poem written on the same theme. The handout includes a set of 10 short-answer critical thinking questions that will require students to dig back into the text and their own minds to find the
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Three Scene Play Playwriting Unit for Drama, Theatre, or Acting Classes
DISTANCE-LEARNING FRIENDLY. REVISED AND UPDATED JULY 2019. This complete, three-week unit plan for teaching a simple, three-scene playwriting structure in any class has been extremely helpful to the many teachers who have purchased it over the past four years, since it debuted in July of 2015. I have been honing the lessons contained in this unit for a decade and a half in my own classes and it is a simple, fun and creative way to teach story structure, character development, and dialogue writin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Hooks/Opening Lines/Attention-Getters, Introductions Writing Lesson
Writing a catchy hook or crafting an appropriate attention-getter for any mode of writing can be tricky for students. It's, after all, the first piece of the essay that everybody reads, so it's certainly one of the most crucial tools in an author’s toolbox. In this no-prep lesson plan for teaching students to write a successful opening line, students will see examples of some of the best opening lines from the "real world" and how those can be translated into their own writing. Student Experie
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Inside Out - Film Guide - PIXAR
This is a 27 questions film guide to get students critically thinking about the more complex parts of the brain and issues people go through that the film Inside Out captures so well. The depth of these questions requires the teachers to pause the video and discuss with the class. Most likely this will be appropriate for middle to high school level. I made the guide for my seniors and had some great conversations. Would be great in a psychology class as well.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Stand-Up Comedy for the Middle or High School Drama Class
This is such a fun assignment! Students are sometimes reluctant to do this, but when they see how easily I break this down and how hilarious are the results, they are all in! Seriously, students in my drama class have had some of their best moments of all doing stand-up. This easy-to-use handout breaks down the steps for you, the teacher (with a page of directions and possible youtube comics to watch), as well as the students. A clear rubric makes grading a snap! Obviously, effort counts mo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Light it up blue - autism awareness
Postersbadges to wear saying - My school lights it up blue for autism awareness - two different styles A page on how to light it up blue writing promptsReminders for the students to take home reminding them to wear blue on April 2nd - there's three different styles bookmarksA bulletin board project for your class or the whole school can do this together 2 different lettering styles*** I just redid some posters and bookmarks without a date on them, so you can use them all month.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
TONE AND MOOD - 3 ENGAGING ACTIVITIES
This download contains three activities to practice tone and mood.
Adding a tone to the story
1. 10 short passages from the works of Roald Dahl. There are two versions – passages with a tone assigned to them and then the same passages without a tone stated directly on the card. Students are asked to read the text out loud emphasizing the tone. The other students are supposed to guess an intended tone of the passage and state what mood each passage creates.
Writing a story in a given tone
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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75 Fantastic "What If" Fractured Fairy Tale, Nursery Rhyme, and Story Prompts
Looking for prompts that force students to reexamine stories and think "outside the box"? This collection of prompts takes characters that students know and says "What if" something different had happened! Great for use as a creative writing "Bell Ringer" set, as improvisation prompts, or as scene starters for longer scenes or one-act plays. The set of 76 prompts (you get a bonus!) includes a few suggestions on how to use the prompts in the writing classroom or theatre program. Enjoy!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Incredible Improvisation Bundle
Walt Whitman Mimic Poem of “I Hear America Singing”
Updated with Digital resources for Distance Learning and Hybrid classroomsTrying to find a way to work some creative writing into your Common Core focus on non-fiction? Use Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing” to inspire students to write their own version of the poem. By including literary devices, students will gain a deeper understanding of the true meaning and purpose of the poem. Help students understand elements of Transcendentalism by Close Reading and analyzing the famous poem.This
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Truman Show Unit/Activity Bundle
The Truman Show (1998) has captivated audiences for over two decades. Witty, quirky, and incredibly thought provoking it seems like this film was made to be dissected over and over again. I've used these activities in my classroom for 5 years now to be get kids reflecting, examining, engaged and connected to the film. Included are previewing activities, during the film activities, post film activities and projects to help students extend their thinking and learning. This unit is a part of my
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Proofreading Marks (Student Handout)
This proofreading handout can be used to help your students become familiar with the commonly used proofreading marks. The product is to help the students with the proofreading and editing process during writing. Included are the following proofreading marks:• Capitalize the letter• Insert a space• Incorrect spelling• Insert a period• Insert a word or phrase• Insert a comma• Delete a word • Take out the extra space(s)• Insert quotation marks• Start a new paragraph• Use a lowercase letter*Plea
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1st - 5th, Higher Education
Figurative Language in Lyrics
The following product contains song lyrics that your students can analyze for meaning and figurative language.
The lyrics are from Katy Perry, Tupac Shakur, Miley Cyrus, U2, Lil Wayne and more :)
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Figurative Language Handouts Grades 6-12 ELA
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*Teaching "The Flowers" by Alice Walker - PARCC Aligned Questions and the Full Short Story
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Teaching "The American Dream" using "I Too Sing America" by Langston H
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Anthropocene Reviewed Essay Inspired by John Green
I created this essay assignment after reading John Green's anthology of thoughtful essays, The Anthropocene Reviewed. I used this sheet with my high school juniors and it resulted in one of my favorite essay assignments of the year!As written on the book's dust jacket, the essays celebrate the Anthropocene, the current geologic age, "in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity." To accomplish this, students choose topics (events, people, objects, inventions), then ex
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
CREATIVE WRITING || Brain Dump and Survival Guide *EDITABLE
I started a creative writing series with my middle schoolers towards the end of the year. As my students worked on these, they asked why I didn't incorporate more creative writing assignments throughout the year? I hope your students will enjoy this writing as much as my students did!This product includes:7 Hand Drawn Face Templates (the heading is editable)1 Survival Guide Writing Activity (Questions are editable)For this creative writing assignment, you can use these templates in a variety of
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
This section looks at mythic, generic and character driven structures. It also looks at balancing a work, transitions, interweaving plots and subplots and the catalysts which drive a plot. There are also sections on the use of secrets, the use of time, and layering to develop meaningful plot structures. Students consolidate their learning through group discussion, research, and creative writing tasks that relate to each topic.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reel Life Haunted Houses - Spooky Halloween Creative Writing
Shadowy figures, creaking doorways, and bumps in the night! Ghost stories have provided spine-tingling entertainment for centuries, but the best and most terrifying tales are those based on true events. In the last hundred years, many horror films have taken inspiration from real-life paranormal occurrences. This resource reveals the bone-chilling details in the history of five real-life haunted houses, and the famous films that shared their spooky stories on the big screen.Resource Includes: Te
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Spooky Season Bundle - Halloween Creative Writing
EMILY.JNISSI.MISSINGWORDS
A JNISSI STORY ABOUT EMILY LEE AND THE ONE HANDED BLOKE AS A WORKSHEET THAT WILL:--DEVELOP VOCABULARY-DEVELOP WRITING SKILLS-DEVELOP READING SKILLS-DEVELOP COMPREHENSION SKILLS-DEVELOP CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS-DEVELOP CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS-DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.-INCREASE WORLD KNOWLEDGE-TEACH POLITICAL AWARENESS-TEACH SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MS-ESS3-2
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, MS-ESS3-5
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The Craft of Writing - HSC Standard English Prescribed Texts
This package is designed to guide students through their study of prescribed texts in the HSC Standard Module C: The Craft of Writing, focusing on:'The Pedestrian' by Ray Bradbury'Dear Mrs Dunkley' by Helen Garner'How To Live Before You Die' by Steve JobsEach prescription includes the full text, questions to prompt student thinking, suggested analysis and key features/techniques for students to implement in their own writing, and a writing task. Fully editable and interactive resources include:'
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12th, Higher Education
120 Daily Activities for Secondary Students
These daily quote activities can be used for drill, do-nows, warm-ups, homework, and exit tickets. The product comprises of motivational quotes, inspirational phrases, and lines from famous authors to motivate any middle/ high school student!
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Greek Mythology BUNDLE
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Figurative Language Handouts Grades 6-12 ELA
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Teaching Symbolism in Texts Grades 6-12 ELA
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Teaching Short Stories in Grades 6-12 ELA → A
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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St. Patrick’s Day Unit Study | Faith-based lessons | Curriculum
Download the PREVIEW to see all the aspects of the unit! It was created just for you.In this short and very fun information-filled unit, your family will learn the Christian perspectives of what is St. Patrick’s Day, who was St. Patrick, do Christians celebrate St. Patrics Day, and more about the holiday with fun Christian-based assignments and crafts!INTRODUCTIONIs this a Christian holiday? Why do people wear green? Why is his name St. Patrick? Was Patrick even a saint? Have you ever wondered a
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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