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High school creative writing projects for Microsoft Word
Three Scene Play Playwriting Unit for Drama, Theatre, or Acting Classes
DISTANCE-LEARNING FRIENDLY. REVISED AND UPDATED JULY 2019. This complete, three-week unit plan for teaching a simple, three-scene playwriting structure in any class has been extremely helpful to the many teachers who have purchased it over the past four years, since it debuted in July of 2015. I have been honing the lessons contained in this unit for a decade and a half in my own classes and it is a simple, fun and creative way to teach story structure, character development, and dialogue writin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mother's Day Poetry Project with Poetry Templates, Word Bank, & Rubric
Mother's Day Poetry Project with Poetry Templates, Original Poem Examples for each type of Poem, Word Bank, & Rubric: Create Poetry for Mother’s Day with this Mother’s Day Poetry Packet!
Student poetry templates for the following poems:
• Alliteration Poem
• 5 Ws Poem
• Acrostic Poem
• List Poem
• Diamante Poem
• Haiku
• Fill in the Blank Poem
Create a poetry bouquet, poetry book, or a treasure box full of notes to Mom for your class room project for Mother’s Day! This project is made e
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2nd - 12th
Transcendentalism Creative Writing Postcard Project for Nature, Walden, Etc.
Transcendentalism can be a bit dry, but this short creative writing assignment allows students to delve deeper into the values of Transcendentalism following the reading of Nature, Walden, or Civil Disobedience (aka Resistance to Civil Government). This item includes:(1) the assignment description and options(2) easily modified grading rubric(3) and a postcard "template." Suggestion: I typically print the postcards on cardstock.RELATED PRODUCTS:Transcendentalism 55 Question Test - Thoreau and E
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10th - 11th
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick creative writing example (Just Dessert)
Chris Van Allsburg’s book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is an excellent medium to teach creative writing. The titled illustrations are accompanied with only the slightest bit of text. A mere suggestion as to what already has happened and might happen. Every turn of the page introduces a unique vignette, an intriguing picture that arouses curiosity that tugs at the imagination, thus sparking new ideas to fill in the blanks. The entire book is a collection of writing prompts! The tantalizing st
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Assignment: Write a Movie Review. Film Critique Handout w/ Rubric
This is a handout for a fun and creative writing assignment, in which students will write their own film review. Page one explains the function of a film review, and the kind of content that should be included in one. The content should be focused on evaluating the film, rather than summarizing. A couple website links are also included so that students can go read some current reviews and get a better understanding of what a good review is before they create their own.Formatting requirements are
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8th - 12th
Exploring Creative Nonfiction and Personal Narrative for 9th Grade
This unit follows a two week plan that explores the genre of creative nonfiction and personal narrative, through readings, discussion and writing assignments. It culminates with students writing their own personal narrative. Although it is set up to follow a two week schedule it can easily be augmented with additional readings and class activities.
The unit provides lecture notes, prompts and activities. Daily lessons center around elements of writing: tone, point of view, sensory detail, imager
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8th - 10th
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Dead Poets' Society and Poetry Unit
This product contains materials for a poetry unit inspired by the film Dead Poets' Society. It includes the following things:
• A chart for the student to record pertinent information about when the poem was read or recited and by whom and why this particular poem was chosen for this particular event. This chart should be used as the springboard for a discussion of how these specific poems help reveal the theme of the movie.
• A copy of each poem for the students to annotate.
• AP style questio
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9th - 12th
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Poetry Project for High School Seniors
Seniors love this! I use this project for the last six weeks of the school year to help ward off senioritis. Students study various poets, watch a clip from DEAD POETS' SOCIETY for the "carpe diem" poem, listen to Loreena McKennitt's "The Lady of Shalott" as they study Tennyson, and watch the Simpsons' "Nightmare Cafeteria" to delve into satire and write their own satirical poem. These are just a few of the assignments included in the poetry project. I am amazed at the poems the students wri
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12th
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Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Activity | Letter from Roger Creative Writing
This is a great culminating writing assignment that teaches students proper business letter format at the same time! Students write a letter from Roger to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. The assignment is laid out as a business letter to give students a model. Excellent for reinforcing character development and point of view!Related Product:End of Short Story Unit Writing Assignment | Business Letter⭐ Follow me for new products, sales, and freebies!
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5th - 10th
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Fun Short Story Writing Assignment for Unmotivated High School Students
This short story writing unit has been very successful with classes of generally unmotivated eleventh- and twelfth-grade students. The length and complexity requirements are easily adjustable for differentiation or to fit your schedule.
This packet includes:
• Silly story starters that students construct by picking a subject, verb, object, and adverbial out of a hat. (Grammar reinforcement!)
• Instructions for leading students in prewriting.activities.
• Editable assignment sheet.
• Outline she
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10th - 12th
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Journalism: Fairy Tale Newspaper Project with Rubric
This project is a fantastic alternative to a traditional test for a Journalism class. Ideal for middle school or high school, the project asks students to create everything from main articles, headlines, and editorials to a comic strip, classifieds and even a "Dear Abby" section. Students are also assessed on their ability to make bylines, captions and to adhere to the format of each section of the newspaper
I use this project with my own high school Journalism class and they absolutely love
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7th - 12th
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Create Your Own Utopia (The Giver Pre-Reading Activity)
Use this group project to help students explore the concept of utopia. After constructing their own utopia using the worksheet, students can compare, contrast, and critique each other's fictional societies. Keywords: utopia, dystopia, worksheet, group project, collaborative learning, The Giver, pre-reading, young adult fiction
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7th - 12th
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Satire: Writing a Satirical Argument Like Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Following examination of the persuasive satire Jonathan Swift perfected in "A Modest Proposal," your students will create their own satirical arguments to address controversial issues of today, whether at the local or global level. This complete unit contains nine pages of materials for the instruction of persuasive satire, including a 2-page overview of the assignment itself, including the writing prompt, steps for organization of ideas, tips regarding tone and style, discussion of possible top
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10th - 12th
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Beowulf Boast: Creative Writing Activity/Project to Improve Public Speaking
This is a boast activity that students can complete individually or in pairs. It requires them to emulate the Anglo-Saxon boasts observed in Beowulf. They must reflect back on their accomplishments, look ahead to future challenges, and base their work on the style of boasting found in the text. ⤖This unique product includes:⤖Brainstorming/Planning Directions: Students plan for the assignment by listing their previous school-related accomplishments (grades, clubs, awards, etc.). Then, just as Beo
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9th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street - Creative Writing Book Project
This is a great "Back to School" introductory creative writing project intended to help you, as the teacher, get to know your students, and introduce them to the elements of plot in literature and instill a passion for creative writing in them!
Students enjoy reading selected stories from Sandra Cisneros's novel, The House on Mango Street, and creating their very own book called, "The House on (Student's Street)", which includes stories and poetry about their lives and neighborhoods.
Throughou
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6th - 10th
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Making Paper Mache Masks and Writing a Play:Arts Project with Rubrics
In this integrated arts project, students will make paper mache masks, write the script for and perform a play.
This project has three tasks.
Students first create paper mache masks. They turn these masks into the creatures of their choice - animals, monsters, aliens etc.
In groups of four, students use the characters from the masks to complete a creative writing task: Writing a play.
Students work together to write the script for a five minute play that incorporates all four of the chara
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6th - 9th
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Short Story Unit on Writing Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
This is a 7-page, short story unit in which students are tasked with developing an original horror, science-fiction, or fantasy story following proper formatting and guidelines for narrative, description, and dialogue. The download includes a 2-page overview of the assignment itself, including draft deadlines, prompt specifics, tips for narrative writing, and additional requirements; a 2-page handout providing narrative style tips paragraph structure, use of dialogue, attributions, verb tense co
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8th - 12th
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Thank You M'am ~ Langston Hughes ~ Differentiated Project TIC-TAC-TOE
A UNIQUE BOOK REPORT IDEA! This tic-tac-toe project appeals to all children because it gives them choices. It is designed for a variety of learners. The options are strategically placed so that all students are completing tasks that are considered "fun and easy" as well as tasks that involve higher order thinking skills.
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6th - 9th
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Where I am From Poetry Project for ELLs (differentiated templates)
This is a great project to do with ELLs at the beginning of the year. It is a culturally relative project that helps you get to know students and where they are from and build classroom community. It includes 3 differentiated poem templates. The first template has spanish supports to aid newcomers. The second template provides medium proficiency students a structure for their poem that correlates directly with the brainstorming activity. The last includes some extra creative prompts in the poem
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5th - 12th
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Teen Issues: Multigenre Research Project
This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents' inquiry into the social issues amongst them. Students select a relevant teen issue and create a five-piece research-based multigenre project. I include a structures unit plan with objectives; project requirements, ideas, and rubrics; handouts to guide them through the process of Internet-based research; and a post-assignment self-assessment for students to complete at the end of the unit. This was one of the most successful units at my diverse,
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8th - 12th
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Multi-Step Equations Storybook Project
This is a project that I look forward to every year. It's not often students get the opportunity to channel their creativity in math, so I try to fit in any opportunity that I can.
The Storybook Project requires students to think outside of the box, and metaphorically solve a multi-step equation. Students are challenged to personify the distributive property, combining like terms, as well as inverse operations and create a story that incorporates these mathematical procedures into its plot.
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6th - 9th
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Handout for ELA English: Extra Credit Opportunities; 5 choices; Broad Options
This is a handout for students that inquire about extra credit opportunities in English or Language Arts class. It offers 5 options (2 options for an explanatory essay, creative writing - poetry, creative writing - short story, and a book report). I've used this handout for both middle school and high school. It's a quick go-to to give to students that ask me about earning extra points in class. The requirements are general and broad enough to use in any class that focuses on ELA skills. The han
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7th - 12th
Beowulf AP Literature
This fun and creative unit is packed full of different activities that keep things fresh and keep the learning flowing. Students are first introduced to the time period and complete a couple of assignments to familiarize themselves with any necessary background information. For different sections of this poem, students have different projects to complete that will require them to use close reading skills. At the end of the unit, students look at exemplar essays and then produce their own essay i
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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One-Act Play: Creative Writing Unit for Groups or Individual Students
This one-act play assignment fits perfectly into a creative writing unit or as an individual unit and creative outlet for students. Students partner up and, using proper style and formatting for writing drama, create a scene in one act. The download contains details about the prompt itself, tips for writing drama, examples for formatting, and additional assignment requirements. Also check out my other materials for grammar and mechanics, literary units, and writing instruction. Please let me kno
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8th - 12th
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