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A Google Slides/PowerPoint deck of 24 flash-fiction creative writing prompts to give students short, timed writing practice, explained with a slide on what flash fiction is and directions for use.
A genre-comparison packet teaching the distinguishing features of fiction versus nonfiction texts (e.g. real vs. not real, characters/setting vs. glossary/index, illustrations vs. photos/captions), paired with a sorting activity and writing prompts.
Provide a complete, ready-to-print middle-school unit teaching informative essay writing, built around 'Pixanotes' (a fill-in-the-blank Cornell-notes-style format) and a nonfiction writing prompt/text set.
A creative writing prompt worksheet using a science-fiction space travel scenario, combined with research questions about the solar system and space, culminating in a narrative or diary writing task.
A Google Slides-based set of 14 creative-writing prompts, each combining a character, situation, prop, setting, and phrase, to inspire short stories and flash fiction across genres (realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery).
Google Slideshow of 24 creative writing prompts to inspire student writing across genres and moods, with an elements-of-fiction mini-lesson.
Nonfiction animal-themed reading passages paired with a text-based writing prompt, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
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.
Space-themed nonfiction reading passages paired with text-based writing prompts, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
Build reading comprehension and language-arts skills (inferencing, cause/effect, contractions, capitalization/punctuation) using a nonfiction story about primatologist Jane Goodall, paired with a companion YouTube video.
A high school history lesson on the 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis, teaching students about the U.S. refusal to admit nearly 1,000 Jewish refugees before World War II as an early Holocaust-era event.
Extend a viewing of Interstellar with activities that connect new vocabulary, personal responses, and narrative writing. Students record film details and word meanings, then reflect on a favorite scene and the movie as a whole. The diary task asks students to retell three scenes from a chosen character’s perspective. Discuss the character’s thoughts and feelings first, then use those ideas to support the written response.
A creative-writing resource that teaches students to plan and write a spooky/suspense story, using fiction-writing technique tips and a model story.
Vikings - This " Viking Literacy and Math Activity Packet " is no prep required - so the packet is great as printable worksheets for a history unit or extra work or sub plans or to enhance a literacy or math unit. Many of these activities are differentiated so there are options for kids at all levels between Grades 2 and 5. Please note that not all…
Gives ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about healthy eating habits, told through the experiences of individuals such as a college student (Sarah) changing her diet, paired with comprehension, vocabulary and true/false questions and follow-up writing prompts, to build reading comprehension and written English production.
A 50+ page no-prep space-themed literacy and math activity packet blending reading comprehension, writing, and math/counting activities for a science/space unit, aimed at Grades 1-3.
Black History themed nonfiction reading passages about notable historical figures, paired with text-based writing prompts, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for secondary students, built around a nonfiction feature article about Canada (geography, history, cities, culture).
A baseball-themed cross-curricular unit combining reading comprehension, writing, and math practice for elementary students.
A 61-page no-prep, print-and-go summer packet of literacy activities (nonfiction passages, a narrative, poems) with reading-response worksheets, vocabulary, drawing, writing prompts, and puzzles; seller markets it as including math activities as well, though math content was not reached in the captured text.
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.
A themed activity packet introducing elementary students to Ancient Egypt through crafts, writing prompts, and resource/link pages covering hieroglyphs, the Nile, mummies, and the Sphinx.
Novel study guide for 'The Weirdo' by Theodore Taylor, aligned to Common Core Grade 7 Reading standards.
The rainy-spring-day question leaves the adventure open for students to invent. Discuss a setting and an action before writing, then use the companion drawing page to show the same scene. Students who need an idea can begin with a sketch and describe it orally before composing their response.