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Middle school creative writing study guides for Microsoft Word
Personification: A Long List of Examples
This document includes 3 columns of nothing but personification examples. Use this list with an introductory lesson. Provide list to students as a study guide, or ask students to write their own sentences modeling the examples. Definition is also included at the top for quick reference.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Detective Fiction Complete Unit of Work and Study Guide
This 55 page study guide, is everything you need to introduce mystery and crime genres through Detective Fiction. Works well with the Detective Fiction PowerPoint. Have you students become detectives as they work through the various activities, including identify various famous detective, vocabulary quizzes. The following readings are included:Lamb to Slaugter by Roald DahlThe Perfect Muder by Renate YatesMrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat by Roald DahlThe Landland by Roald DahlThe Bus Ride by Sah
Grades:
8th - 12th
Similes: A super long list
Three pages with three columns jam packed with nothing but ideas for similes. Use these lists as an introduction, study guide, or for writing ideas. Students will have to provide first part of the simile since only the second half is provided on the lists. Definition is included at the top for quick reference.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Hyperbole: A Long List of examples
This document is packed full of examples of hyperbole. Give this to students for an introductory lesson to hyperbole. Use it for a study guide, or have students write their own sentences with hyperbole using the list of examples for ideas. Definition of hyperbole is included at the top of page.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 4 Sheets Pre-reading, Chart, Writing Assignments
Lesson Plan
Included are 4 student worksheets: Simply and Easy
1. Pre-reading Activity - students analyze their own daydreams, connecting to the story prior to reading - worksheet
2. During Reading Activity - Dream Chart Students Chart Walter's Daydreams, what triggers them and what pulls him out- pulling text details to complete - worksheet.
3. Creative Writing Assignment - students write an additional daydream to fit into James Thurber's story -worksheet
4. Character Analysis 4 Parag
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Apollo 11: First Moon Landing By Michael D. Cole Imagine It Grade 5
Enrich you Fifth Grade, SRA, Open Court, Imagine It! Unit 4: Lesson 4: Apollo 11: First Moon Landing By Michael D. Cole.
This Study Guide includes spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, glossary/dictionary, research, writing, and higher level thinking/Revised Bloom's Taxonomy activities.
Common Core aligned
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Analyzing Poetry (recognizing devices, finding meaning)
This a 4-page document with clear explanations of devices typically used in poetry (Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Imagery, Literal/Figurative Language-Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, etc.) All of the short, comprehensible explanations have examples as well. There is a also a section on types of poems (Ballad, Elegy, Ode, etc.) and parts of a poem. This first section is followed by a succinct how-to guide on analyzing a poem, including a list of questions to pose as you read through a poem
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Detective Fiction - Creative Writing - Detective Story Template
This 11 page worksheet scaffolds how to write detective fiction. It is a step by step guide to help students construct their own crime story. You might like to start with the Detective Fiction PPT and the Detective Fiction workbook.Includes:begin with a crimevictim/ssettingdetective characteristicssuspects descriptionshow to develop the storyA fun way to get students writing. Full editable and printable
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Idioms: A Long List
This document is packed full of examples of idioms. Use this along with a lesson to introduce idioms. Give to students to use as a study guide, or provide as examples to look at to write their own sentences using idioms. The definition is also included at the top for quick reference.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Metaphors: A Long List
This document is full of examples of metaphors. Use this list to introduce the idea of the metaphor in a lesson. Pass this out for a study guide, or provide this list for creating metaphors in students' own sentences for writing assignments. The definition is included at the top for easy reference.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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ESSAY WRITING
The following diagram is intended to be blown up and use as a classroom poster. As a quick reference it helps students organize their writing in a coherent way. It is a chart diagramming an essay broken up into three parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion. The describes the Introduction Paragraph as including the main idea of the subject matter. Then, it describes the Body of Paragraphs as providing specific details supporting the Introduction paragraph. Finally, it describes the Conclusion P
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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25 PLUS Writing Prompts for Any Novel
25+ Writing Prompts for Any Novel!
The writing prompt choices contained in this document not only allow students to use their high-order thinking skills to analyze the literature they read, the choices also help students have FUN while learning!
The writing prompts can be used for various purposes: journal entries, writing exercises (such as “set” beginners, free-writing activities, bell-ringer entires, etc.), reviews for previous reading assignments (including instructions for illustration
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
63 Conclusion Starters for Essay Writing
Me and my students did a internet scavenger hunt for starters. This list is compiled to help students when writing. Most times their hardest part is getting started. These are conclusion starter to help them start a conclusion sentence or conclusion paragraph. Look for Introduction starters in my store
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Revision Handbook
I have taken all of my scattered sources and list and combined them in to one, neat and simple revision handbook.
Handbook includes lists such as adjective, adverbs, verbs, similies, metaphors, hyperboles, transition words, and sentence variety examples.
Easy to print front and back on colored cardstock for students to put as a resource in their writing folders.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Friedrich - Novel Study Unit of Work and Activities
This 24 page Study guide examines and explores Friedrich which is historical fiction and through the eyes of the narrator retells the story of two boys and their families - Jewish and non-Jewish living in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power and reign. The rise of Jewish persecuation is examined and with several reflective and critical thinking activities to understand life in Berlin during this Anti-Semitic period. The teaching guide/workbook outlines each chapter and explores Friedrich life
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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Literary Devices Worksheet and Quiz
This comprehensive list gives students the tools they need to understand the different elements of poetry and literature. Use the quiz as both a pre and a post assessment to see what their knowledge base was before you introduced the devices and then again after.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Poetry Month Activity Booklet
This resource is a practical guide to help the teachers and the learners to enjoy the poetry classes. This booklet contains activities that can be used and enjoyed by all learners and it introduces the poetic terminology in a simple language, and then it gives the learners the chance to practice writing poetry using these poetic devices.
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
18 Narrative Power Writing Assignments (Grades 6 - 9)
This is a collection of 18 short writing assignments that build a student's capacity to write a personal, detailed, and emotionally connected essay about a lived experience. Each assignment is a specific strategy to increase skill in personal story writing. These assignments build on each other, and each take about 15 - 30 minutes to complete. In many of the assignments, students are offered choice, e.g. the prompt they choose, the mode of literacy (artistic, textual, visual). These strategies a
Grades:
6th - 9th
Poems with Life Lessons
Here is a mini-poetry unit for elementary-age students with 8 poems that offer meaningful moral or life lessons. Virtue is not often reinforced within poetry lessons so these offer worthwhile topics of discussion for children grades 3-6. Each poem includes cartoon illustrations with five study questions. The unit also includes a poetry-writing assignment.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Pick Up Poet Tree Educational Playing Card Game
•(2-6 Players) or UNLIMITED IF YOU PLAY TEAMS AND ALLOW ONE PLAYER FROM BOTH TEAMS TO EACH GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR ONE TURN.
•There are 45 cards in the deck
•9 different elements/types of cards
•Shuffle & Every player gets 5 cards
•Place the rest of the deck down in the middle
•You (The Dealer) go first & ask another player for one of the elements in your hand in attempt to get all 5 of that type of card. (The player to the left goes next)
•When you ask and the player you ask has that eleme
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Poetry Unit: 15 Approaches to Enhance Instruction and Appreciation
Poetry units can be a challenge for the English teacher. The instructional approaches are as varied as the variety of poetry itself. Striking the right balance between experiencing engaging poetry, prompting creative poem writing, and teaching the academic side of prosody and style is ever a daunting task. And every textbook and teacher have their emphases, pet peeves, and favorite poems.I have been teaching poetry units for 34 years and so I humbly offer my poetic choices, my instructional appr
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Two Were Left Questions
These questions (1 discussion and 16 short answer) are designed to guide students through reading "Two Were Left" and help them delve into the issues so poignantly depicted in Hugh B. Cave's story. The discussion question lets students use analysis and organization, as well a practice written expression. The short answers check both content and comprehension. A key is provided.
Grades:
6th - 10th
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USED TO - SAMPLE WRITING
ALWAYS PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH MODELS TO FOLLOW IS A GREAT IDEA T AVOID ANXIETY AND FRUSTRATION. THIS SAMPLE WRITING IS IDEAL TO GUIDE STUDENTS WRITING ABOUT THEIR HABITS AND ROUTINES WHEN THEY WHERE LITTLE.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Lesson 101 Thinking Skills (Program Notes) (MS Word Doc)
Here is the MS Word document file that explains in detail what is discussed in the accompanying PowerPoint and audio file/podcast. This lesson is on the 4 major thinking skills for grades K-12 and how it is the framework for understanding and mastering great writing and thinking. ©Deb Killion 2022
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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