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If I Were a Nurse - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a nurse.
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Beach Bum | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
A short interactive 'micro-learning' slide deck teaching the figurative-language idiom 'beach bum' through a video-style lesson, a reading passage, comprehension checks, and a summary-writing prompt.
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If I Were a Doctor - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a doctor.
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Animal Visual Writing Prompts | Photo Ideas | Writing Project
A set of photo-based visual writing prompts using animal photographs to inspire open-ended creative, descriptive, or expository student writing.
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If I Were a Pilot - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a pilot.
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2025 June ELA Bell Ringers
A month's worth of daily ELA "bell ringer" warm-up writing prompts for June 2025, for middle and high school ELA classrooms, summer-themed.
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If I Were a Bus Driver - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a bus driver.
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Directed Drawing & Writing Activities: Weather
Provides directed-drawing and writing practice built around seven weather vocabulary words/images (wind, cloud, snow, storm, rain, sun, rainbow).
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If I Were a Chef - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a chef.
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Directed Drawing & Writing Activities: Nature
Provides directed-drawing and writing practice built around nine nature vocabulary words/images (tree, flower, leaf, plant, mountain, rock, dirt, grass, river).
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"Inside Out & Back Again" Quizzes + Writing Prompts
A standalone set of part-by-part comprehension quizzes and essay writing prompts for the novel 'Inside Out & Back Again' by Thanhha Lai.
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Timed Writing Practice for High School English
Provides 50 quote-based writing prompts (one per slide) for high-school students to practice quick/timed journal or essay-style writing and build writing stamina.
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Design A Pair Of Space Age Trainers (9-13 years)
A creative-writing worksheet using a sci-fi 'space age' theme to teach students to write varied sentence types (simple, compound, complex) and short persuasive/advert-style copy.
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Cause and Effect Writing Templates | Digital Graphic Organizers
A set of digital (or print) graphic-organizer writing templates giving students cause-and-effect writing prompts across 10 varied topics, each supported by a word bank.
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My Snow Day | Reading & Writing Printables
A short winter-themed reading and writing packet built around a snow-day story.
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"Loser" Mentor Text Study • Writing in second person POV
A lesson using passages from Jerry Spinelli's novel 'Loser' and Jamaica Kincaid's short story 'Girl' as mentor texts to teach students how to write in second-person point of view
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Art Fun Add It! Drawing and Writing Prompts
Build creative drawing and writing skills through themed 'Add It!' prompts that ask students to draw a list of specific items into one scene, then write about it.
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Island Treasure Hunt Writing Activity | Problem Solving and Adventure
Creative writing activity using a treasure-hunt adventure theme to help students plan and write a narrative story with character, setting, problem, and solution elements, plus self-editing practice.
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Fox in Socks Writing Activity – Dr. Seuss Week
A set of Fox in Socks (Dr. Seuss) themed writing/drawing prompts for early-elementary students, connected to Read Across America Week.
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Joy and Heron Animated Writing Activity | Short Film
Joy and Heron Animated Writing Activity | Short Film This animated short film "Joy and Heron" engages students in creative writing exercises. Students watch an 8-minute story about a young girl who befriends a great blue heron. After viewing, students sequence events, summarize the plot, identify the main idea and details, and respond…
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Milliken's Complete Book of Reading and Writing Reproducibles - Grades 3-4: Over 110 Activities for Today's Differentiated Classroom
Reproducible reading and writing practice worksheets for grades 3-4, covering reading comprehension, homophones/homographs, and writing skills.
Answers included
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High School 2026 May ELA Bell Ringers
Provide a full month of short daily ELA warm-up ('bell ringer') activities for high school students, rotating through rhetorical analysis and advanced descriptive/creative writing, with a spring/May theme, dated May 2026.
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Write Now!: A Guide to Getting Started
A comprehensive creative-writing guide/workbook introducing students to a wide range of short poetic and prose writing forms to build confidence and enjoyment in writing.
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Hen and the Egg Animated Writing Activity | Short Film
A micro-lesson slide deck paired with an animated short film ('Hen and the Egg') that builds sequencing, true/false comprehension, main idea/details, and summarizing skills.
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