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Free middle school creative writing videos
Choose a Prompt (Creative Writing Activity)
For the full CREATIVE WRITING EBOOK--CLICK HERE: CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS EBOOKTwo things I have learned from teaching writing prompts. 1. PRESENTATION is key. 2. Give students CHOICE.This activity is created to give students CHOICE, and the PRESENTATION includes graphics and a video explanation.Check out more activities like this here:YouTube ChannelTolentino Teaching WebsiteIf you enjoyed this resource, feel free to Buy Me a CoffeeThanks for the support!
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6th - 12th
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Writing Prompt: What Makes You Come Alive?
Every lesson from Tolentino Teaching is FREE. Every lesson includes a VIDEO EXPLANATION and WORKSHEET. CLICK on the link below to get your FREE video lesson. Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel Tolentino Teaching.Video Lesson: What Makes You Come Alive?
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6th - 12th
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1:59
10 Things You Don't Know About Me: Engagement Strategy
The 10 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME writing strategy helps students to 1) learn new things about their classmates, 2) get friends and family members involved in class assignments, and 3) learn to add concrete details to their writings.
COMPLETE PERSONAL NARRATIVE UNIT
Access the unit HERE.
FREE RESOURCE
The 10 Things You Don’t Know about Me Bell Ringer/Prewriting Sheet is included in Bell Ringers: Top 10 Lists that Support the Writing Process HERE.
This lesson is one of the engagem
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4th - 12th
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*FREE* Onomatopoeia, Similes, Alliteration Books (Read Aloud Stories)
I wrote, published and recorded these stories (and endeavour to add more over time). I hope that they can be used to support your teaching of poetic devices including onomatopoeia and similes. I have read them to my students and thought I'd share with the world! Please follow my Youtube channel for any future stories that I may create. I'd love some suggestions & feedback if you have any too.The resource is just a youtube link. You can either click the ones below, or open the word doc where
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PreK - 6th
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Writing Prompt Video - Alliteration Writing Activity - Distance Learning
Here's a fun video to share with kids to inspire creative writing. Students will learn about alliteration as a figurative language technique. Then, they'll get the chance to write their own alliterative paragraphs. They'll write 3 fun paragraphs while practicing creative writing. The video will prompt them to write in real time.Great news! Students just need a pen/pencil and paper to do this activity. They can watch the video and get writing. This video is perfect for:Adding to a creative writin
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4th - 7th
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Give Essay Feedback on Excel Sheets Speedily (Focus: Intro for Narrative)
Do you slog away marking essays? Wanna try a faster and less painful way to tackle those essay? It involves just a few clicks for each essay and voila! Watch the 32sec explanatory video to see how!You will receive an EXCEL file with a link to the GOOGLE SHEETS version. This file will focus on giving feedback for students' introduction writing, although it also includes room to give feedback on language and to add an encouraging comment. Because the file is editable, you can add your personalised
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2nd - 6th
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2:15
Creative Writing Video Prompt - Watch and Write Story Writing Video Prompt
Here’s a fun creative writing task! As students watch this writing video, they’ll be prompted to think about a magic potion. Then, they’ll need to brainstorm qualities about the potion before crafting their own story about the potion ending up the “wrong” hands. Students will need to be creative as they imagine what would happen if the potion ended up in the hands of a villain, an innocent stranger, or anyone that the potion was not intended for. This writing activity encourages planning and cre
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4th - 7th
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17:16
Free Writing Pre-Assessment & Teacher Training for Back to School (Grades 2-8)
**Free writing pre-assessment and recording sheets included in the supporting document** Do your students always struggle with writing at the beginning of the year? If so, you NEED to watch this training on how to use journaling as a pre-assessment activity. I'll help you create a simple plan to tackle the student struggles throughout the year. Just watch the video and download the free pre-assessment unit attached!
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2nd - 8th
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2:06
Distance Learning Creative Writing Activity Figurative Language Lesson
This short video writing prompt is a great way to get students to practice their writing skills. This fun video focuses on the personification figurative language technique. Students will select an object and write a diary entry from the object's perspective. The video is a perfect springboard for a fun and engaging writing lesson!Great news! Students can complete the writing task with just a piece of a paper and a pen.This video creative writing activity is great for...Adding to a writing unitL
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4th - 7th
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Write the Rest: The BFG - Read-Aloud With Images From Film
This captivating lesson involves:- students immersing themselves in the first three chapters of The BFG through listening to a recorded real-aloud (accompanied by images from the film to support visualization).- students predicting, writing and drawing what happens next. This supports development of three core reading strategies (visualize, infer, predict), as well as writing and visual literacy. Potential adaptations:- Teacher could mute recording and read-aloud themselves, or have students ta
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K - 8th
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Creative Writing Video Activity Great for Distance Learning
This short video writing prompt is a great way to get students to practice their writing skills. This fun video focuses on the personification figurative language technique. Students will select an object and write a diary entry from the object's perspective. The video is a perfect springboard for a fun and engaging writing lesson!Great news! Students can complete the writing task with just a piece of a paper and a pen.This video creative writing activity is great for...Adding to a writing unitL
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4th - 7th
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0:26
Interactive Murder Mystery - Video Preview
This is an introduction video story for an interactive multi-media murder mystery that is both engaging and designed to be adapted to any grade. Following the classic manor house mystery genre, the materials here can be used with students of any level for a variety of different skills, including the basics of listening, writing, vocabulary and grammar or more advanced skills such as use of inference and critical thinking. Great for regular writing classes, group work, homework assignment or a fu
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6th - 9th
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Figurative Language Video
Watch video here.(scroll down) I wrote this song about figurative language. Here's the lyrics...I love recess like a dog loves bonesThat’s a simile - that old boat sank like a stoneSimiles compare two things using like or asShe ran like a deer, she ran real fastMy brother is a bear every morningThat's a metaphor meaning he’s grouchy without warningMetaphors compare two things without like or asThat man was a mountain you could not passMary made mulberry muffinsThat’s alliteration, like Karen ke
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3rd - 8th
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Write the Sequel: The Watertower - Read-Aloud
One of my favourite ways to engage upper primary students in writing is having them write the sequel to a suspenseful read-aloud… and there are few books more suspenseful than The Watertower! If you thought picture books were just for little kids, prepare to be surprised. This is a seriously spooky (and sophisticated) read that I think you will enjoy as much as your students. After reading, students compose the first page of a sequel, set 10 years after the events of the first book, which devel
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3rd - 10th
The First Line - How to start a poem
Sometimes the hardest part of writing a poem is that very first line. This workshop goes over 5 different techniques to begin your poem. If you try each starting technique on the same subject, then put them all together you may end up with a completed poem of all possible first lines.Here is a youtube video playlist of the workshop. Rather than using the google form (included), students can watch each of these videos with class. Videos should be paused between each clip and discussed together. S
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3rd - 12th
"Onomatopoeia" explained in a sing-along music video
"Onomatopoeia" on YouTubeThe concept of onomatopoeia can be hard to explain - just like the word itself is hard to spell! This short music video will explain the concept and give a bunch of examples. The refrain is easy to sing along to.Refrain Lyrics:Onomatopoeia is a word that makes a soundLike when a phone goes “brrring”Or a kitty cat goes “meeeeow,” when you see it all spelled out, you might think that it’s absurdBut any sound you hear can be transformed into a word
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PreK - 6th
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Creative Writing Prompts
Truth is stranger than fiction. Inspire your students (or make them laugh) with creative writing prompts curated from real news headlines.Learning objectives:Generating ideas, planning and draftingReading and engaging with a wide and varied range of textsDeveloping viewpoint, voice and ideasDifferentiation opportunities:Ask students to find a headline they want to write a story aboutYou can create your own favourite creative writing prompts from headlines. It’s easy to pull up the day’s news and
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8th - 12th
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Short Films Pix: November '19
Do you want to promote curiosity, reflection, perspective-taking and discussion in your classroom? If you are a teacher interested in dynamic, though-provoking content for your students, look no further. This is a spreadsheet with links to short films that can be viewed online for free. These films are excellent resources for "brain breaks", writing prompts, community blocks/advisories, discussions/debates and for SEL exploration. Perfect for substitutes, ELA/Social Studies/Humanities teachers,
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6th - 12th
Mini-lesson: Mood & Diction
Video: What is mood in Literature? How can a writer use diction to create mood? This video contains defintions, explanations and examples of mood and diction in writing and pictures. Students learn the skills they need identify and analyze the atmosphere in literary works for English Language Arts.
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6th - 12th
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Time Travel 101: Writing with Primary Sources
What are primary sources? How are they different from secondary or tertiary sources? How are they used in writing history? In writing fiction? This learning module, suitable for middle and high-school audiences, runs approximately 24 minutes. It explores online primary source archives and how they were used in researching Rysa Walker's young adult novel, Timebound, which was recently selected by readers as the Grand Prize Winner in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition.
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7th - 12th
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Video Poetry Quick-Write
This product contains an original video poem that I created in response to student vandalism. Primarily, this video would be used as a quick-write exercise, something I would show at the beginning of class and then have students respond in their writing journals. This product contains three Power Point slides: a title page, a page with a video embedded in it, and a slide with high-level thinking questions. I always try to put the questions in order of difficulty in order to meet students wher
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7th - 12th
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Guided Meditations and Creative Writing- Space theme!
**Teachers and Homeschooling Parents!!!**Help your students get through the "I have no ideas" slump with my BRAND NEW guided meditations for English lessons. Up first...all things SPACE and SCI-FI. (Obviously.)This resources is a sneak-peak at my Imagine If curriculum, which is currently being piloted in schools across the UK. In a nutshell, Imagine If aims to: - Use meditation and centering to reach alpha brain wave states; - Slow the conscious mind; - Ignite the imagination; - Help students r
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4th - 7th
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3:06
Suggestions en Écriture Halloween Situation Écriture à Imprimer
Suggestions en écriture pour le mois d'octobre, situation d'écriture, pratique ou évaluation pour les élèves du primaire. Ensemble facile à enseigner l'écriture pour célébrer l'Halloween. Comment donner le gout d'écrire à vos élèves tout en célébrant l'Halloween dans votre classe ? Clique sur cette VIDÉO.Voici mes suggestions du mois d'octobre :1. Les Monstres2. Les Frousseurs3. Le Manoir à Vendre 4. La Maison Hantée 5. Le Labyrinthe de Jack6. Monsterville Toutes mes situations d'écriture compre
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2nd - 6th
Developing Writing Skills: Video-Based Empowerment Lesson
Career Girls Empowerment Lesson Video Series:Developing Writing Skills (2:41 sec)Some people love to get up at five in the morning to write. Is that you? Don’t worry! Anyone can write, and it doesn’t have to be at five in the morning. What does it take? Get some great advice in this video from professional writers who share strategies and tips that will help you build your writing muscles.If you ask 10 different writers how to develop your writing skills, you'll get 10 different answers. Find ou
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4th - 9th
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