Creative Writing teaching resources for Canada
ESL TED Talk Activity - Can we build AI without Losing control over it
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Students record background details, new vocabulary, and key points while watching Sam Harris's TED Talk on AI control, then answer discussion questions and choose from three writing responses.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TED Talk, Activity, Listening, Speaking, Writing, Technology, Artificial Intelligence
ESL TV Series Activity - Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 2
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The first page collects showrunner, genre, release, and cast information before giving learners space to record unfamiliar words encountered during viewing. The second shifts from factual notes to interpretation: learners build an episode timeline, choose and explain a favourite episode, and imagine a diary entry from a character’s point of view. The compact format connects media listening, sequence, opinion, and creative perspective without reproducing protected dialogue or exact plot answers.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, Worksheets, Avatar, Netflix, Writing Activity, Teens, Printable
ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets on "Ted Lasso" - Season 2
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Sixteen "Ted Lasso" Season 2 characters and up to twelve episodes are recalled and summarized across a three-page ESL post-viewing packet.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, Sports, Football, Soccer, England, United Kingdom, Worksheets
ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets on "Ted Lasso" - Season 3
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Ted Lasso's third season becomes ESL writing practice through a series-facts panel, sixteen character response spaces, twelve episode boxes, and a closing character-diary assignment.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, Sports, Soccer, Football, Worksheets, England, United Kingdom
ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets on "The Crown" - Season 1
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Sixteen named figures from The Crown's first season - Elizabeth II, Philip, Churchill, Princess Margaret, Lord Mountbatten, Tommy Lascelles and the rest - each get a four-line description box, alongside a ten-box episode summary grid, series-fact fields and a three-entry diary task.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, British History, Royal Family, Queen, Elizabeth II, Worksheets, Printable
Stranger Things Season 1 – ESL TV Worksheets
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Stranger Things Season 1 ESL TV worksheets give language learners a ten-word vocabulary log, four show-credit fields, and a three-entry character diary task. Students log ten new words and meanings, record the show's credits, and write three diary entries as a Stranger Things character they connected with.
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, Stranger Things, Teens, Halloween, Horror, Netflix, Writing Activity
ESL TV Series Activity Worksheets - Stranger Things - Season 3
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Blank templates guide ESL students through profiling Stranger Things Season 3, logging ten new vocabulary words, ranking a favourite episode, and writing a three-scene diary from a chosen character's point of view.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, TV Series, Horror, Teens, Stranger Things, Halloween, Netflix, Activity
Stranger Things Season 5 – ESL TV Worksheets
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Season 5 of Stranger Things anchors this ESL worksheet pack, with a ten-word vocabulary log, show-credit fields and a three-entry diary task. Ten vocabulary words with meanings, the season's credits, and a three-entry character diary make up this Stranger Things Season 5 ESL pack.
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, Teens, TV Series, Horror, Halloween, Worksheets, Activity, Stranger Things
Ice Skating Fun Writing Prompt - Winter Writing Activity
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One page prompts students to write about the joy of ice skating on a frozen pond or rink, and a matching page asks them to draw children gliding and laughing on the ice.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Winter Writing Activity, Winter Writing Prompts, Winter Activities, Writing Prompts, Christmas Writing Activity, Christmas Writing Prompts, Christmas Activities
Personal Identity Chart – Self-Reflection Tool
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Self-image, relationships, and culture are explored across four quadrants of a "Who Am I?" identity chart graphic organizer.
Author Cogjogger
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Tags Identity Chart, Graphic Organizers, Creative Writing, Identity Diagram, Chart, Self-reflection
If I Were a Firefighter - Writing Prompt
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Students imagine a day as a firefighter in a short written response, then draw themselves in uniform helping at a fire scene.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Career, Careers, Firefighter, Writing Prompts, Careers Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Literacy
If I Were a Tree - Writing Prompt
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An Earth Day prompt in two matched halves: one page asks students to write about their life as a tree, and the other asks them to draw themselves as one, showing what surrounds them in their tree home.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Earth Day, Earth Day Drawing, Earth Day Writing, Earth Day Writing Prompts, Writing Prompts, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, No Prep
If I Were a Veterinarian - Writing Prompt
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Two prompts ask students to write about which animals they would help as a veterinarian and how, then draw themselves in the role with the animals and tools they would use.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Spring Writing Prompts, Career, Careers, Labor Day, Labor Day Writing
Sizzling Starts Posters - 15 Story Opening Techniques
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Fifteen story-opening techniques -- action, dialogue, onomatopoeia, and more -- are each illustrated with a short example paragraph for use as a writing mentor text or classroom display.
Author Teach2Tell
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Tags Narrative Writing, Story Openings, Story Openers, Introduction, Exposition, Orientation, Sizzling Starts, Sizzling Starters, Teach Narrative Writing, Strong Leads
Nonfiction Text Features Posters | Ready-to-Print Anchor Charts
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Eight ready-to-print anchor-chart posters introduce nonfiction text features for classroom wall display.
Author Teacher's Clipart
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Tags Nonfiction, Features, Poster, Report, Non Fiction Text Structure Posters, Informational Text Features Posters
Poetry Terms Vocabulary Booklet – 8 Key Terms
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Students choose a theme, then write and illustrate an original example of each of eight poetry terms (alliteration, assonance, end rhyme, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile), guided by a completed spring-themed sample booklet the teacher models first.
Author Grace Under Pressure
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Tags Poetry Terms, Figurative Language, Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile, Simile Clipart, Personification Alliteration, Metaphor Alliteration
Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 3 Sample: All About Horses (PDF)
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A first-person nonfiction passage about caring for and riding horses is followed by mixed comprehension questions, a spelling puzzle, a research-writing extension, a drawing game, and a complete answer key.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 2 Sample: Graduation (Word)
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Matt begrudgingly helps set up his brother Paul's graduation party, then learns Paul spent the morning working to pay for school, in a two-page fiction passage.
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 (Google Forms)
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Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 Overview Reading comprehension lessons, especially written for Grade 6-7, providing the chance to read interesting and engaging passages. Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Full answer keys are provided. Passages Include 1.Red Pandas: Red Pandas eat nearly 9,000 pounds of food during their lifetime. 2.Hoatzin: This loud creature has roots stretching back 36 billion years! 3.Moose: These huge creatures are built for the coldest climates in America. 4.Vancouver: Fact: Vancouver was once known as Gastown! 5.Recycling: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle? Read more about that, and more! 6.Atlantic Ocean: Just how important is the Atlantic to countries that border it? Google Forms Version This is the Google Forms editable and fillable/self grading version. This download is available in GOOGLE Docs, GOOGLE Forms, GOOGLE Slides. PDF, PPT, WORD. FULL CATALOG OF DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE Grade 6/7 Links Fiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Fiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Reading Passages Overview Each passage is especially written for Grade 6/7 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group. Topics are varied and are accompanied by colourful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student. The majority of these short stories contain an important message - a way of developing these young learners further. Mixed Questions The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five to six comprehension, vocabulary and Math questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast and making conclusions. Mixed questions require a written response (no MCQ's), full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson. Spelling & Vocab Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 6/7 students. Spelling and vocab activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words. Activities provide clues to help assist students. Vocabulary activities include extra questions where students must write a synonym, an antonym or a sentence using a certain word. Writing Prompts Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story. Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help. The main focus in this product, is the student. Prompts will require the student to relate to past experiences and encourage them to discuss feelings and ways to improve. Full Answer Keys Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you are, you know you're covered! Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, Math questions contain the relevant workings. Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student. For similar downloads and other frees, do check out Cored Group on TeachSimple.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages, Self Assessment
Springtime Picnic Fun - Writing Prompt
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A spring picnic writing-and-drawing prompt asks students whether they've been on a picnic before, then has them draw a picture of their own.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities, ELA, Writing Centers, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, Spring Writing Activities, Spring Coloring
Story Outline Skeleton Activity
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A story-planning template breaks narrative structure into a character's obvious and hidden needs, an inciting incident, three complications, help, and a resolution.
Author Educational Voice
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Tags Story Outline Skeleton Activity, Story Outline Skeleton, Story Outline, Story Outline Activity, Creative Writing, Outline, Skeleton, Writing, Story
The Outsiders Powerpoint, Research Projects, & Note-Taking Sheets
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The research list offers varied inquiry paths connected with the novel’s 1960s setting and continuing social questions. Each topic supplies an objective, guiding questions, and several possible products such as presentations, comparative analyses, visual collections, or annotated playlists. Opening course slides establish setting and major themes before expanding into historical background. Exact novel quotations, personal names, proprietary prompts, and protected passages are intentionally excluded from this record.
Author Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
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Tags The Outsiders PowerPoint Lesson, The Outsiders ELA Unit, The Outsiders Homeschool Curriculum, S.E. Hinton Unit, Character Analysis, Novel Study, The Outsiders Class Activities, Novel Study Bundle, Literature Projects For High School, Critical Thinking Prompts For The Outsiders
The Peace Book | Classroom Community Book Writing
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The four-page set is designed as a companion response after sharing the peace-themed picture book named on the cover. It includes a class-book title page, an additional coordinated book page, and an individual sheet with a name line and open Peace is prompt. Learners can write or dictate a personal idea, then combine responses into a community book. The format supports early writing and classroom conversation about peaceful actions.
Author Kindergarten Cafe
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Tags Classroom Book, Classroom Community, Peace Book, Peace Writing, Cooperative Learning