Creative Writing Characters Activity
A character-creation worksheet for a creative writing/story project, prompting students to draw and describe an original story character and assign personality traits.
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A character-creation worksheet for a creative writing/story project, prompting students to draw and describe an original story character and assign personality traits.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Beauty of Being a Misfit - Lidia Yuknavitch", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A double-entry journal worksheet for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 4 Scenes 1-3, that has students use textual evidence to identify relationships, power dynamics, and dramatic irony.
Post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Enola Holmes 2" that gives students structured space to record film details and write a creative diary response from a character's point of view.
A double-entry journal worksheet for close reading of Act 1, Scenes 2-3 of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' focused on using textual evidence to identify character relationships, power dynamics, and dramatic irony.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Top Gun", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Wish: Protect our Oceans - Sylvia Earle", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Booker T. Washington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Bumblebee" that gives students structured space to record film details and write a creative diary response from a character's point of view.
A nonfiction reading passage and worksheet set that teaches ESL/EFL students about Santiago de Chile as a capital city, paired with comprehension and essay writing practice.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Transformers One" - Animated Film", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Case for Optimism on Climate Change", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A double-entry journal worksheet for close reading of Act 1, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' focused on using textual evidence to identify character relationships, power dynamics, and dramatic irony.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Puss in Boots - 2011 Animated Film", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Best Stats You've ever seen - Hans Rosling", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "The Wind Rises" - Studio Ghibli", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Whisper of the Heart" - Studio Ghibli", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Peter & Wendy - Peter Pan Film", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Linguistic Genius of Babies", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A double-entry journal worksheet for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 1 Scenes 1-2, that has students use textual evidence to identify relationships, power dynamics, and dramatic irony, and includes a note on how to cite Shakespearean plays in MLA format.
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Peter Pan - 2003 Film", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Pan - 2015 Film on Peter Pan", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.