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Free middle school creative writing lessons
Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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Wacky Old Photo Picture Prompts for Creative Writing FREEBIE
Picture prompts of wonderfully wacky and weird old photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century encourage creative writing in even the most reluctant 4th-6th grade writer. These writing picture prompts are perfect to use in a targeted writing mini-lesson, as independent writing enrichment, or as a NO PREP substitute activity. Your students will really get their creative juices flowing with these three free quirky writing picture prompts!If you like these free writing picture prompts,
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4th - 6th
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Free Halloween Activity - Figurative Language & Reading Comprehension
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Then, you’ll love the activities in this resource that give your students a trick AND treat.In this resource you’ll find a “Halloween Fun” activity. This one is the ‘TRICK’. In this activity students need to read the instructions very carefully. However, most students do not read the entire set of directions before beginning (that’s the trick). That means that students will follow the directions to create a Hal
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5th - 8th
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Teaching Dialogue in Writing {Freebie!}
This free pack is sure to help you through your writing dialogue unit! In this pack you will receive:-Posters outlining the rules to edit and punctuate dialogue correctly -A passage for students to correctly edit and punctuate dialogue, with answer keys-Links to my blog posts on teaching dialogue with additional ideas, lessons, and mentor texts-Student center/group activity and recording sheet to practice putting together a quote with the correct punctuationSee my 2 blog posts at: YoungTeacherLo
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3rd - 6th
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Short Story Planning Sheets - Graphic Organizers for Narrative Writing
Are your students getting ready to write creative short stories, but need structure and guidance? This activity is a great way to get them thinking about and planning their short story. Two versions are included - one that allows for brainstorming 3 possible stories (complete with character, settings, problem, events, and solution), and the other that allows an in-depth outline for one short story.
These are great because they make sure your student has a plan before creating a rough draft. It
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4th - 7th
Vivid Verbs ~ FREE Interactive Notebook Activity & Practice
Free Interactive Notebook Activity for Vivid VerbsI created these additional activities when my students needed further practice with writing and choosing strong, vivid verbs.Read my blog post about these activities here: http://imlovinlit.blogspot.com/2014/10/viva-la-vivid-verbs.htmlAnd get the rest of my interactive notebook writing lessons here:Interactive Writing Notebooks
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2nd - 6th
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Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts
Descriptive Writing Picture Prompts. Using writing prompts with photos to teach descriptive writing is an effective exercise. Teach your students to use concrete, or sensory, detail with three thought-provoking photos with writing prompts and notes on using sensory detail. This is part of my complete unit on Writing a Narrative Essay.Writing a Narrative Essay - Complete UnitYou might also likeWriting Prompts for Research and Response PapersWriting a Persuasive Essay - Complete UnitWriting a Rese
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7th - 10th
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FREE Alphabet Book Template
Alphabet books are a staple in most elementary classroom libraries. Creating ABC books is a familiar writing activity for the primary grades, but there are many ways to use these great resources with intermediate students as well. Use this template and included lesson activity ideas to get your students writing across the curriculum.
File includes lesson ideas, book recommendations, a great link to more free resources, three different covers and one page for each letter of the alphabet book.
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PreK - 8th
Ancient Greece Lesson: Athens vs. Sparta (Brains vs. Brawn)
The slight differences between classical Athens and Sparta are magnified in this lesson because it provides for good issue-based discussion. In reality Athens and Sparta were both fairly militaristic, and at other times both were fairly democratic. Contrary to the way they are commonly portrayed, Athens had a powerful army and navy, and Sparta had an Assembly of elected members. But as we deal with discussing the early development of civilizations, it is useful to portray Sparta as simplistic
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6th - 12th
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St. Patrick's Day Free Limerick Writing Lesson - Digital and Paper Version
Writing Limericks --- Free St. Patrick's Day Activity - Digital and Paper VersionA teacher like you is so clever.Why make poems a rough endeavor?Just go to TpT.Get this lesson for free.You're the smartest teacher ever!Perfect in celebration of St. Patrick's Day or as a poetry lesson any time of the year, this lesson will have your classroom writing and laughing! In this lesson students will learn the background of limericks and the elements that make up this funny type of poem. Using a detailed
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4th - 7th
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FREEBIE: Writing a Public Service Announcement for Grades 2-6
Writing a PSA is a Freebie to support elementary teachers in having their students create persuasive Public Service Announcements.This product has everything you need to assist your elementary students in planning and organizing a Public Service Announcement. It is complete with tips and printable resources. This writing project introduces students to understanding and creating a PSA.Product Includes:6 Steps for Writing a Persuasive PSAPSA Critique ChecklistPSA Planner (a graphic organizer for p
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2nd - 6th
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Slam Poetry Day One Lesson Plan
Unsure how to introduce slam poetry to your students? Nervous that they won't take it seriously? This is my go-to lesson plan to introduce slam poetry to my students (as featured in my blog post here. In 4 years, it's never failed me, and I'm providing it to you for FREE because I know how much of a game-changer slam poetry can be.This lesson plan includes:-Content standards-Language standards-One detailed lesson plan-Editable handout accompanying the lesson plan-Power point slides for the lesso
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6th - 12th
FREE Setting of a Story Mini-Lesson - Time, Place, & Mood
Need a last-minute mini-lesson to teach the elements of a setting in a short story? Grab this FREE mini-lesson & teach the setting of a story in no time. You’ll love the no-prep PowerPoint presentation, and your students will have a blast with the creative writing activity! Check out the PREVIEW for more information! Use this setting lesson to help your students better understand that setting is time and place. Together, these two elements establish a mood. Your students will practice establ
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5th - 7th
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Writing with Personification – Creative Writing Tool
This mini lesson is intended to teach children what a personification is and how to write a personification. In my classroom, I use this lesson to jump start my students into using personifications in their creative writing prompts. After they complete this lesson, I have them begin using personifications as a detail enhancer in their stories.
By engaging the children in an interactive teacher modeling, small group guided practice, and an independent practice that can be taken for a grade, the
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3rd - 7th
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Free Valentine's Day Lesson and Activity: Writing a Rebus
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in your classroom with this fun creative writing activity. First, students will learn about the key components of rebus messages. Then, they’ll brainstorm letters, pictures, and symbols to represent words and phrases. Finally, they will write their own Rebus Valentine. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
This Valentine’s Day Activity includes…
• Detailed Lesson Plan
• Rebus Valentine Overview and Practice
• Rebus Word Brainstorm
• Rebus Valentine Pre
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4th - 7th
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Descriptive Writing Activities & Examples - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
This packet contains two unique hands-on descriptive writing activities for 3rd through 6th grade students.
The first activity, Spice It Up, is designed to help students during a quick editing process (such as during a writing assessment) to replace their 'run of the mill' vocabulary with more effective word choices to influence the reader. This activity has students working in teams with the vocabulary cards (templates included) to create a list of synonyms to improve their writing.
The se
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3rd - 6th
Winter Holiday Christmas Concrete Poetry FREEBIE
This winter holiday concrete poetry writing lesson is a great way to engage your students. They will be able to use their understanding of poetry and winter holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, or others) to express themselves creatively. This is a quick, easy lesson that keeps students engaged during the holiday season.Related ProductsWinter Poetry FlipbookChristmas Writing Bundle: Narrative, Poetry, and Cause & Effect Writing12 Days of Christmas PoetryElves on Strike Narrative W
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Christmas Writing Bundle: Narrative, Cause & Effect, and Poetry Units
Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt Art Activity
Take your children outside for a nature walk! Bring the included hand out and a clipboard. Students will have fun searching for the prompts such as "something tall".
This activity will encourages creative thinking and utilizes descriptive words. Observational drawing helps to strengthen children's scientific understanding of their world. Bonus: you could easily transition this activity into a writing prompt once you're back inside!
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Drawing with Shapes Worksheets
Draw
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PreK - 6th
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Simple Sentences and Sentence Fluency
The is the first in a series of explanation worksheets on sentence fluency and sentence construction. It introduces six techniques showing students how to write more advanced simple sentence openings. It begins by stating which words should be avoided when opening simple sentences; then, it models six techniques for creating more engaging and advancved simple sentence openings (e.g. use of adverbs, participle phrases and infinitives). The recommended use is as a drafting sheet after students ha
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Narrative Writing “Extend the Story” – For Substitute or Everyday - FREE
Narrative Writing “Extend the Story” – Here’s a Common Core-aligned narrative writing assignment convenient to use after reading ANY story! Perfect for substitute plans, or for use in your own lessons.
Students write an additional narrative page of the story to extend the ending, using a format similar to the author’s. A detailed graphic organizer is included to keep students engaged, on topic, and consulting the text.
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1. Writing Topic, Detailed Graphic Organizer, D
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6th - 9th
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Math Curse Book Project
This is an in-class project that can be done after reading Jon Scieszka's beautifully illustrated book MATH CURSE. Illustrations are done by Lane Smith.
This project takes two days. On the first day, read MATH CURSE to the class and explain the project. Homework on this day is to create a rough draft. You can give them more or less tiem as needed, but often I find this is enough time (especially if you have slightly longer classes, like blocks). If not, students can either finish the proj
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3rd - 8th
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How to Write a Fable Writing Template
Using this simple template, fill in the blanks to create a first draft of a fable. Then encourage students to revise and polish their fable using the sentence structure and syntax and writing tips expected for their grade and skill level.
Great creative writing assignment for reluctant and pre-writers.
Teachers can enter the fables in a Fable Writing Contest at injoyinc.com through October 31, 2013.
Download the How To Write A Fable e-book for 8 easy fable writing lessons that can be used wit
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PreK - 9th
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End of the Year Memory Book | Class Book
Need an end-of-the-year activity that can also double as a student present? These printable pages are great for creating a class book to give to your class to end the year. Include working on writing skills while revisiting the fun you had all year! This comes with multiple template worksheets, cover options, anchor charts, and visuals to cut and paste to support writing for students with limited abilities. PRINTABLE VERSION INCLUDED:10 different worksheets stylesLandscape and Portrait optionsB
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PreK - 12th
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POETRY MONTH ACTIVITY | Personification Poetry Walk | Figurative Language Skills
Bring the tough figurative language concept of PERSONIFICATION to life for your students with this simple around-the-classroom activity that gets students out of their seats in a fun, effective, and CREATIVE way.*Also found in this Complete Poetry Unit Bundle* In this “Poetry Walk” students get the chance to experience figurative language (specifically, personification) in a hands-on, kinesthetic, and interactive way in the classroom! This is one of the best ways I’ve found to engage every kind
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4th - 9th
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