Middle school creative writing videos for Gifted and Talented

Grades:

6th - 10th

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Also included in: Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

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Back to School, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Transform your writing instruction with this innovative bundle featuring five captivating writing assignments designed to ignite creativity in your students. Each assignment is accompanied by an engaging hand-drawn video introduction crafted by the talented John Spencer, ensuring student engagement from the start. With topics ranging from personal narratives to school activity design and passion projects, these assignments offer diverse opportunities for students to express themselves and showca

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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Activities, Lesson

MI Theory Book and Growth Mindset Webinar Bundle

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Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Professional Development

MI Theory and Growth Mindset are two powerful concepts that can be used together to motivate and inspire students to become lifelong learners! This bundle includes two products, Multiple Intelligence Theory for Kids: Step-by-Step Lessons and Printables, and the MI Theory and Growth Mindset Webinar Pack. The webinar pack includes a link to a page with two one-hour webinars on multiple intelligence theory and growth mindset, and a PD certificate is included for two hours of PD credit. (PD credit i

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Grades:

4th - 6th, Staff

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Printables, Professional Development

Christmas Activity - Elf Toy Making Challenge and Holiday Writing Assignment

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Christmas Activity - Elf Toy Making Challenge and Holiday Writing Assignment: Use this engaging Christmas-themed team building activity as a way to improve divergent thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and creative writing. In this Christmas activity, students will take on the role of Santa's elves the week after Christmas. The elves' magic dust is depleted and they are bored with nothing to do! They decide to develop a new toy for elves to play with made out of leftover holiday materials.

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Grades:

5th - 9th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: Christmas Activities Video Bundle: Holiday Mystery, Escape Room, & Toy Making

Creative Writing Assignment - Geek Out Passion Project - Video Introduction

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Creative Writing Assignment - Geek Out Passion Project - Video Introduction: Capture your students' passions and enhance their writing skills with this dynamic video writing assignment. In this task, students delve into topics they're passionate about and showcase their expertise by creating a listicle to share with the class. The highlight of this resource is the captivating hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John Spencer, designed to captivate students from the get-go. With comprehe

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Visual Arts

Also included in: Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

Ugly Dolls Lesson, Powerpoint, worksheet, scoring guide, sewing tutorial video

Created by

Kelly LaRussa

My students love when we do a project that involves sewing. Ugly Dolls are a perfect subject because you can also incorporate character education with it. The slide show introduces the Ugly Doll history and stories about some of the characters. Included is a lesson typed up the way my district wants, but you can alter it as needed. There is an Ugly Doll Lab worksheet that I have my students work on before they start sewing. It's a great way to tie in Language Arts. Last is a scoring guide I

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

Creative Writing Assignment - My Generation Open Letter Writing - Video Intro

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Creative Writing Assignment - My Generation Open Letter Writing - Video Intro: Capture your students' attention and ignite their creativity with this dynamic back-to-school video creative writing assignment. This assignment prompts them to write an open letter addressing the seven greatest misunderstandings people have about their generation. With the help of a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John Spencer, students will be hooked from the start. This engaging resource i

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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Also included in: Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

Creative Writing Assignment - Design a School Activity - Video Introduction

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Creative Writing Assignment - Design a School Activity - Video Introduction: Inspire creativity and improve writing skills with this engaging video writing assignment designed to spark student imagination. In this task, students are prompted to design a new school, recount their first day from a first-person perspective, and create an advertisement campaign to attract potential students. The highlight of this resource is the captivating hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John Spencer,

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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Also included in: Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

Wonder Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics for the Novel

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Wonder Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-world connection. T

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

Grades:

4th - 7th

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Also included in: Wonder Unit Plan - R.J Palacio Novel Study Reading Unit

Word of the Year Digital Vision Board New Year for Middle or High School

Created by

Success through Literacy

Set your students up with success for the year with this engaging and intentional back from break or start of the school year no prep activity: a Digital Activity to Set Intentions for the New Year. This is the perfect New Year or Back to School lesson that can be used for any subject area and for your students in high school, middle school, or upper elementary school. These slides work for in person or online learning! Videos allow the activity to be done asynchronous or in centers and allows f

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

MI Theory and Growth Mindset Webinar Pack

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Classroom Management, Gifted and Talented, Professional Development

MI Theory and Growth Mindset Double Webinar Pack Includes access to TWO webinars with a total of 2 hours of professional development. Attendance certificate provided!Learn how to use multiple intelligence theory and growth mindset research to empower your students so to develop a lifelong love of learning! The webinar pack includes a link to a page with two one-hour webinars on multiple intelligence theory and growth mindset, and a PD certificate is included for two hours of PD credit. (I can't

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Grades:

3rd - 6th, Staff

Types:

Professional Development

Also included in: Interactive Teaching Made Easy PD Webinars Bundle

Vivid Verbs PowerPoint w/ video clips, worksheet, and extension activity

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For the Love of Summers

Your students will LOVE this "eerie" PowerPoint (with video clips) and worksheet that encourages students to be creative and vivid in their writing. It will encourage them to "bury" those dead and boring words and find new words! This outlines the following: -Parts of the writing process (brainstorming/drafting) -Verbs -Boring, overused verbs -Using a Thesaurus and how to find more exciting verbs -How NOT to use a Thesaurus This adorable 13-slide PowerPoint includes video clips (only 1 is Bra

Subjects:

Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets

Holes Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing - Louis Sachar

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Holes Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Holes by Louis Sachar. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-world connection. Thi

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

Grades:

6th - 9th

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CCSS:

CCRA.R.7

Also included in: Holes Unit Plan - Louis Sachar Novel Study Reading Unit

Creative Writing Assignment - Personal Narrative Descriptive Writing - Video

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Creative Writing Assignment - Personal Narrative Descriptive Writing - Video: Elevate your writing assignments with this captivating video writing task designed to delve into your students' personal narratives and descriptive writing skills. With this engaging assignment, students select and describe three textures symbolizing their life experiences and craft a personal narrative using descriptive language. The highlight of this resource is the hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects, Gifted and Talented

Also included in: Creative Writing Assignments With Video Introductions - 5 Writing Activities

Computer Coding with Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding | Unit 1

Created by

Zachary Trautwein

THIS IS A LIVING BUNDLE! This bundle is starting at 5 products but will grow to be a total of 12 PRODUCTS + BONUS MATERIAL! Buy it for a discounted price now!Future items will be placed in the bundle and available for you to download FOR FREE once you purchase. This Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding bundle include my first unit of Scratch 3.0 coding lessons. In the future there will be more available units covering more advanced coding and programming concepts such as controlling the LEGO EV3 platfor

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Grades:

1st - 8th

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Unit Plans, Lesson

Opinion Writing Introduction

Created by

ELA Seminar Gal

OPINION WRITING INTRO: Have your students follow NINE simple steps to write an interactive opinion piece. Students will have fun while learning or reviewing the key components of the opinion writing genre. This lesson includes step by step directions for the first lesson as well as template manipulatives that can be used throughout the year. What's included? FILE #1 Intro to Opinion Writing Instructional Slides: Use while giving directions for the introductory lesson: (1) Lesson Phot

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

Interactive Teaching Made Easy PD Webinars Bundle

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Classroom Management, Gifted and Talented

Interactive Teaching Made Easy Professional Development Webinars is a bundle of Laura Candler's webinar recordings and related resources. This bundle includes seven webinars and professional development certificates that total over 10 hours worth of PD! Each product in this bundle includes a link to a private page on Teaching Resources where you'll find all of the webinar resources. This includes the webinar recording, PDF slides, the webinar note-taking outline, a unique professional developm

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Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Professional Development

Travel Writing 5 Week Unit - 15 Lessons, PPT, Resources, Homework!

Created by

Extraordinary English

Thoroughly tried and tested (and fantastically creative!) 5 week unit on Travel Writing! Suitable for ages 11-16 and focuses upon writing to inform, persuade and describe, culminating in the creation of a brochure for a fantastical island of each pupil's design. Includes: * 15 lesson plans (with 16 differentiation strategies) * 67 slide PowerPoint presentation * All resources * Homework project Unit's lessons include: * Travel-focused riddles * Analysis of the travel poem 'Holiday Memory' * W

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Lesson

9:11

Murder Mystery 3 - A Winter Murder - Video Based Interactive Story

Created by

Kibishipaul

The latest in my murder mystery series, with this one being a little more complex for use with older or higher level students. This is an interactive multi-media murder mystery for groups of students 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 suc

Subjects:

Creative Writing, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading

Grades:

7th - 11th

Number the Stars Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics

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Number the Stars Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-w

Subjects:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Number the Stars Unit Plan - Novel Study Reading Unit - Lois Lowry

Freak the Mighty Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics

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Freak the Mighty Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or tex

Subjects:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Freak the Mighty Unit Plan - Novel Study Reading Unit - Rodman Philbrick

Power Up Learning with Task Cards Webinar Pack

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