Persuasive Writing Activities Creative Writing Differentiated Upper Elementary

Looking for a fun way to practice persuasive writing? This activity set has everything you need for a terrific persuasive writing experience for your students. They'll create a creature and then persuade their families why they need to keep it as their new pet! How fun! I made it just for those reluctant writers, with a small group game, loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions so they can all be successful writers. They will sketch out their creature as well, appealing to those students who can't get enough drawing.

Already have advanced writers? Have gifted kids? No problem! I've got an optional writing activity just for them that you can use to replace the persuasive writing opportunity. They'll respond to a narrative writing prompt that will have their creative juices flowing. Of course, you're welcome to use the activity with the whole class.

Even though there's a game component, the activities are surprisingly low-prep for how engaging and interactive they are. Simply print, cut, and go! You'll get teacher instructions, classroom procedures, and rubrics. The teacher directions are so detailed! You will have very clear, step-by-step instructions for what to do to teach the activity.

This persuasive and creative writing resource is perfect for:

✍Fourth Grade

✍Fifth Grade

✍Sixth Grade

✍Seventh Grade

Included in this Persuasive Writing Resource:

✅ Teacher instructions and ideas so you'll know exactly what to do

✅ Student instruction sheets that will free up instructional time
✅ Game spinner

✅ Graphic organizers to support all learners

✅ Illustration printable to make their illustration look pro
✅ Writing templates with difference widths of space

✅ Rubric for the narrative writing piece that has student instructions integrated right into it

Your upper-elementary, middle school, or junior high Language Arts students will love these activities!

Learn More about the Create a Creature Persuasive and Creative Writing Activity!

⭐ CREATE A CREATURE GAME: In this activity, students will work in groups of three. They'll take turns spinning a spinner that will help them create their creature. They'll decide on their creature's special abilities and illustrate their creature.

⭐ PERSUASIVE LETTER WRITING: In this activity, students work independently to write a persuasive letter to ask their family's permission to keep their new creature as a pet. They'll include a thesis sentence, convincing reasons and a conclusion. They'll also include a greeting and closing, so they'll be practicing good letter writing skills!

⭐ CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT: As an optional activity that you can use to differentiate for gifted learners if you like, students will respond to a creative writing prompt about their creature.

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⭐⭐WILLIAMS' MODEL OF CREATIVITY ⭐⭐

This lesson is based on Williams' Model of Creativity, a model designed to develop the traits of creativity in students. This particular resource focuses on these traits:

☀️ Originality - the ability to think of unique ideas

☀️ Elaboration - the ability expand on ideas

☀️ Imagination - the ability to build mental pictures and visualize possibilities

In addition to addressing standards and providing an engaging and effective classroom experience, these activities will also build students' creativity skills.

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