The New Headteacher: Write A Letter (9-13 years)
A creative/non-fiction writing resource teaching students to plan and write a formal letter, using a headteacher-announces-a-change scenario as the writing prompt.
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A creative/non-fiction writing resource teaching students to plan and write a formal letter, using a headteacher-announces-a-change scenario as the writing prompt.
Hospital Pack: A Comprehensive Teaching Resource Our specially designed Hospital Pack is an ideal tool for educators seeking to engage students in interactive learning. This pack, packed with high resolution, rich content over 23 pages features: Six color photos per page, suitable for A4 paper size. A broad array of images related to…
This is a Seasonal Writing Prompts Packet. All you have to do is print and go. There are 2 choices for each season.
A themed set of daily writing prompts (5 weekday themes) for 2nd/3rd grade students, provided in both an editable digital slideshow and a printable weekly-layout PDF.
A generic graphic organizer and writing-prompt template for comparing and contrasting two texts, usable with any book.
A 24-page printable end-of-year packet for Grades 3-5 combining reflective writing, a keepsake craft, and word puzzles for the last days of school.
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
'Be Kind' letter-tracing/coloring craft activity paired with a short writing prompt about showing kindness to oneself and others.
Provides a printable 'passport'-style booklet of August-themed writing pages for students to complete, with teacher feedback/stamp tracking.
A creative-writing activity book that gives students ten 'flat' (bare, low-detail) sentences and has them rewrite each one repeatedly over a five-day cycle, adding detail and changing tone/mood, to build comfort and fluency with descriptive writing.
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.
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.
A set of creative-writing and reflection prompts that follow the chapters of the companion story 'Park Lane School Presents... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', letting children explore their own experiences and feelings alongside the story's events.
The Earth Day prompt asks students to imagine where they would grow and what they would see as a tree. A matching drawing page adds the tree’s appearance and surroundings. Students can sketch first to develop a setting, then describe that same place in their first-person writing.
No-prep drawing and writing activity where students invent and draw a creature/monster 'selfie' and then write about their creation.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity about hosting a visiting dog (the 'naughty dog') for a weekend stay, covering routines, misbehavior, and eventual good behavior.
A creative/persuasive writing activity where students write a TV advertisement to convince buyers to purchase a fictional computer game.
A cross-curricular writing and art activity where students document, describe, and invent a biography for a 'pet rock' they have created.
A collection of generic creative-writing/response activities designed to be paired with any text students are reading, to stimulate creative thinking in ELA class.
A set of end-of-year creative writing and reflection activities styled as paper versions of social media apps/posts (Facebook-style profile, Twitter-style post, Instagram-style vacation posts, etc.).
A back-to-school icebreaker craft/writing activity in which students create a 6-panel poster about themselves using construction paper.
Reproducible reading and writing practice worksheets for grades 3-4, covering reading comprehension, homophones/homographs, and writing skills.
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…
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.