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Bring Christmas into writing lessons with stories, letters, opinions, poetry and reading responses. Choose a writing task first, then match the reading and handwriting demands to your class.
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Choose one of six numbered options, read the story-starter prompt on that slide, and write a short story continuing from the prompt directly on the slide (duplicating the slide for more room if needed).
Forever June Digital Design I am excited to introduce my pre-made Dear Santa Letter & Drawing Activity! This easy to complete craftivity is an excellent resource for teachers of children in preschool programs, students in pre-k and Kindergarten classrooms, school aged students in grade 1-2. Works perfectly for…
Complete graphic organizers and write full pieces in response to opinion, narrative, and informative writing prompts about Christmas topics.
Free download Students roll a die 4 times to select a character, time, place, and conflict/plot from themed grids, use the results to plan their story with bullet points for beginning/middle/end, then write a full paragraph story.
Select or are assigned 2 character cards to research, then present their opinion response to a writing prompt (orally or via a graphic organizer), using multiple provided graphic-organizer options.
Choose a topper to color, select one of several Christmas story-starter prompts (or write their own related topic), and write a story on the attached lined page.
Practice vocabulary-building and creative writing with Christmas-themed 'words in a word' letter puzzles and acrostic poems.
Give students a varied set of Christmas-themed writing prompts (short-answer, list-making, recipe/procedural, and free-write formats).
Respond in writing to a series of Christmas-themed prompts (e.g. describing a reindeer, Christmas morning, decorating a tree) and complete a word bank and Christmas list activity.
For each week, choose one of three provided writing prompts (creative story, letter/diary entry, or reflective/informative response) and type or write a response; digital 'Type here' fields support a Google Classroom/paperless workflow.
Make new words out of the letters in 'Christmas' and 'Reindeer' (word scramble), match story elements (character/setting/problem) for various Santa-themed scenarios, put Christmas vocabulary words in ABC order, fill in missing letters in Christmas words, solve a number-substitution code for Christmas words, write and…
Students write about a given Christmas-themed prompt (e.g., making a gingerbread house, having a Christmas party, making reindeer food, decorating a tree, making a snowman, making a Christmas card, baking cookies, making hot cocoa, wrapping a present) using the provided word bank of relevant vocabulary; name/date…
Free download Read a short imaginative Christmas-themed prompt (e.g., 'If Santa had a pet dinosaur instead of reindeer...', 'You find a tiny door behind a gift box...') and write a response on the provided lines.
Read an English-language informational/narrative passage, answer short-answer comprehension questions, complete vocabulary (synonym) tasks, judge true/false statements with textual justification, and write extended responses to 2 opinion or creative writing prompts.
Students read a short descriptive passage about a festively decorated high street and shopping precinct (including an old man resembling Father Christmas), answer 12 comprehension/inference questions (including two drawing tasks and a word-search-style task finding Christmas-related words such as tinsel, twinkle…
Discuss pre-reading questions, predict true/false statements, read an informational text about the origins of Santa Claus, match vocabulary words to synonyms, answer post-reading discussion questions, and write a short story featuring Santa Claus in a chosen genre.
Write a response to each dated prompt (e.g. describe a vacation at the North Pole, imagine having a reindeer pet, write a letter from Santa, describe life as a penguin) in the provided lined space.
Students choose one of three prompts on a single interactive slide and type their response directly into a 'Type here' text box: (1) write a short story about what happens after waking up on Christmas morning to find Rudolph in the yard, (2) write about a gift they gave someone that they were proud of (framed around…
Free download Provide Christmas-themed creative writing prompts for young learners.
Write a story opening for each of four given prompts (e.g., 'I was Santa Claus for one day', 'My pet dragon', 'My dad gave me a boat for birthday', 'Microraptor came back to life').
Read a multi-paragraph informational passage, answer open-ended comprehension questions in the blank lines provided, complete vocabulary items (define or give synonyms for target words), respond to true/false statements by arguing from the text, then write one or more essays (personal opinion, comparison, or…
Fill in film information (director, genre, actors, release year); record ten new vocabulary words and their meanings; write short descriptions for named characters from the film; respond in writing to reflection prompts; and write a three-page diary entry from the point of view of a chosen character, retelling three…
Learn pre-viewing vocabulary, discuss warm-up questions, watch the film (or clips), complete a multi-part viewing/analysis worksheet covering vocabulary, character analysis, plot comprehension, theme exploration, critical thinking, literary devices, a choice of creative writing prompts, film techniques, discussion…
Read (or read along with) an emergent-reader booklet reciting a rhyming Christmas prayer poem (thanking God for the quiet night, twinkling lights, snow, fire's glow, family, and Jesus); write their own original prayer of thanks for Christmas; write what gift they would give to baby Jesus; write how they think the…