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A creative writing project that has students demonstrate comprehension of Jack London's short story 'To Build a Fire' by identifying a turning point in the plot and writing an alternate ending from that point, using plot-diagram planning and a grading rubric.
A Cinderella-themed creative writing prompt where students imagine finding a magic wand and design their own wand.
Creative writing practice for early/emerging writers using picture-based speech-bubble prompts.
A creative-writing/nutrition activity where students invent original healthy drink recipes using a provided vocabulary list of healthy ingredients, framed as a school 'Healthy Drinks Vending Machine' contest, and graded with a rubric.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity set at a dog obedience class, contrasting a well-behaved dog with several other dogs (including a repeatedly 'naughty dog') across a set of training exercises.
A creative-writing project that has students rewrite a well-known fairy tale, fable, or myth from the villain's first-person point of view, supported by an assignment sheet, rubric, and a peer-editing process.
A post-reading creative-writing project for the novel "Number the Stars" that uses the "I Am" poem format to build character analysis and critical-thinking skills.
A creative writing and craft activity in which students imagine being a knight for a day and make a foldable armor craft over their writing.
A character-creation worksheet for a creative writing/story project, prompting students to draw and describe an original story character and assign personality traits.
A creative writing resource that teaches fiction-writing craft (audience, genre, structure, sentence variety, suspense-building) through direct instruction, a model short story ('The Art Gallery') about a boy who has an eerie encounter with a painting, and a guided prompt to write a follow-up story.
A narrative/creative writing activity where students imagine and write about a personal 'snow day adventure,' including planning and self-editing.
A creative-writing characterization activity in which students write a eulogy for the character Piggy after reading Chapter 11 (or the full novel) of Lord of the Flies.
A creative writing/craft activity where students invent an original mythical creature by describing its physical traits, habitat, diet, adaptations, and magic powers, then illustrate or write about it and compare their description to a partner's drawing.
Provide a narrative-based writing and drawing activity (following a misbehaving dog character through a chaotic day) to build creative writing, vocabulary, and drawing skills.
A mini-lesson/workshop teaching secondary students to identify, analyze, and create tone in writing, using a slideshow, guided practice with poems and Shakespearean sonnets, and a situation/tone-strip writing activity distinguishing tone from mood.
Provide a narrative-based writing and drawing activity (following a dog experiencing separation anxiety while home alone) to build creative writing, vocabulary, and social-emotional discussion skills.
A narrative-based vocabulary and creative-writing activity in which the well-behaved dog character 'Pom Pom' is bitten by another dog and chooses to walk away and become friends with a formerly troublesome dog rather than seek revenge.
A 2-hour movie-based lesson plan and worksheets for a film study of 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (2005).
A set of no-prep directed-drawing and creative activity pages centered on drawing a dog ('pup') wearing a scarf, teaching step-by-step drawing, coloring, and creative writing about the drawing.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows", combining film-info recall, vocabulary logging, character description, and reflective/creative writing tasks.
A short creative-writing activity in which students arrange food items into a picture and then write a description or short story about it.
A 3-worksheet packet (from the same 'Language of Educational Art' publisher as the Literary Terms Lesson series) teaching students to manipulate three specific literary devices — Details, Diction, and Tone — to control the mood/meaning of creative writing, before students draft original work.
Provide a creative-writing activity where students invent a magic potion or spell to solve an assigned obstacle.
A spring-themed creative writing prompt asking students to imagine what flowers would say if they could talk, paired with a drawing activity.