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Middle school creative writing worksheets for Microsoft Publisher
"This I Believe" Essay
As popularized by NPR.org, teach your students how to write a "This I Believe" essay. This packet includes easy-to-follow worksheets, model essays, brainstorming activities, a gallery walk, graphic organizers, and a grading rubric to assist you in personalizing this engaging project in your class.Great for ESL/EFL to practice speaking skills! (I used this activity in relation to teaching American Transcendentalism. After reading Emerson and Thoreau's beliefs, students wrote their own in the form
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
WORD CHOICE: Are You Showing Not Telling
Are you frustrated with your student's lack of descriptive writing. This activity is a great introduction to the concept of showing not telling in writing. On each of the twelve pages, students have an opportunity to sketch a picture related to an emotion. At the bottom of each page, they should describe the emotion without using the actual word (e.g. my heart was racing, my jaw dropped, and etc.)
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2nd - 8th
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Personification Worksheets
Three (3) separate personification worksheets scaffolded to meet students at their specific ability. The first page consists of multiple choice questions, while the second has students underline example of personification, and the last asks students to explain what sentences using personification means. All pages use different examples, so students can progress through all three without repetition.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Science "Motion" Story Project
Aligned with Essential Standard 5.P.1 for 5th grade
This project requires students to write a narrative story about an animal or character of their choice. Students must use proper science vocabulary, as well as key narrative elements, in their story.
Rubric provided.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Narrative Planning Plot Chart
I created and printed this plot chart onto 11 by 17 paper for my class this year in order to help them plan their narrative stories before writing. It worked wonders!
Each step on the plot chart has clear instructions for each part of the story. (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution)
I let my students write notes of their plans all over these and their stories have stayed right on track once they began writing!
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3rd - 8th
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Using Classified Ads to Write Creative Short Stories
This is a fun activity to get your kids thinking and writing.
There are 7 real classified ads (with graphics) for your students to create back stories for.
I intentionally left grammatical errors because I believe it will add interesting details for your kids to incorporate into their analysis and writing.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Create A Nail Polish Line - Romeo and Juliet
A line of nail polishes representing The Hunger Games was released earlier this month. It struck me that it might be fun for the students to create a nail polish line based on another set of star-crossed lovers: Romeo and Juliet. This activity would not only allow students to be creative, but to show their understanding of the events and characters in the story.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Parody Activity
While searching Pinterest, I saw a few photos of Peeta and popular songs that had been rewritten about the "bread incident." I thought the students would enjoy creating their own parodies of popular work, so I created a worksheet to do just that! Enjoy!
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7th - 12th
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Lightning Thief Writing Packet
A story writing packet for a unit on "The Lightning Thief," by Rick Riordan. Students will write their own half-blood story with 16 pages of guidance on creating characters, locations, and event sequences. They will fill in a story map and edit their final work.
This packet was created for my 6th grade English students, but could be used with any 5-8 class. Feel free to edit as you like!
Aligned to Common Core standard W.6.3.
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5th - 8th
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Valentine"s Day Writing Paper
Have your students publish their love stories on this heart bordered paper.
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3rd - 6th
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EDITABLE Diary Printouts
We used this diary around Thanksgiving time to step into the shoes of a passenger aboard the Mayflower. This Microsoft Publisher worksheet set is great for any occasion in which you want your students to write a diary entry. The presentation of the paper makes it great for display (much better than notebook paper).
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4th - 6th
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YouTube Scavenger Hunt 2
This is a writing assignment that has become very popular with my students! Our kids are the YouTube generation. They would rather be on YouTube than anything else. I developed this assignment as a means of using what they like to improve on their writing skills. Hope it is as successful with your students as it has been with mine!!!
This is the 2nd iversion of this assignment. The first will be uploaded soon!
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6th - 8th
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