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Persuade People To Buy A Computer Game (9-13 years)
A creative/persuasive writing activity where students write a TV advertisement to convince buyers to purchase a fictional computer game.
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August Writing Prompts - Learning Passport
Provides a printable 'passport'-style booklet of August-themed writing pages for students to complete, with teacher feedback/stamp tracking.
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Rock Pet Writing Activity
A cross-curricular writing and art activity where students document, describe, and invent a biography for a 'pet rock' they have created.
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AWAKENING CREATIVITY in the English – Language Arts classroom Part 3
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.
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End of the Year Social Media Activities
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.).
Journals & personal reflection
All About Me Squares | Back to School Icebreaker Activity
A back-to-school icebreaker craft/writing activity in which students create a 6-panel poster about themselves using construction paper.
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Writing Activities for Park Lane School Presents The Wizard of Oz (6-10 years)
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.
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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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Snow Day Adventure Writing Challenge | Creativity & Acts of Kindness!
A narrative/creative writing activity where students imagine and write about a personal 'snow day adventure,' including planning and self-editing.
Stories & imaginative writing
Finish the Story – Winter Writing Prompts
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
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Calming Down Skills Writing Challenge | SEL Skills Focus
A narrative-writing activity for 2nd-5th graders to practice thinking through and writing about calming-down strategies via a created story.
Stories & imaginative writing
Finish the Story: Summer Themed Writing Prompts
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
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Self-Control SEL Skills Writing Challenge
A narrative-writing activity that has students create a self-control story, choosing story elements and applying a self-control strategy to a problem, then editing their writing.
Stories & imaginative writing
Finish the Story – Spring Writing Prompts Pack
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
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Roman House Listing Activity
A creative-writing activity where students imagine listing a Roman house for sale, applying knowledge of ancient Roman homes to a real-estate-listing format.
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School Times: First Day of School (Worksheet) (Front page)
Give students a creative-writing template to record and report on their first day(s) of school, formatted as a newspaper front page.
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iMessage Template (Editable on Google Slides)
A template mimicking an iPhone iMessage interface (contact list, message bubbles, app screen) that students fill in to create fictional text-message conversations, for creative writing or social-skills practice.
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Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6
Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6: A Dynamic Teaching Resource Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6 is an exceptional teaching resource which has been designed for educators who are eager to imbibe amusement and understanding in students regarding the vibrant world of folktales. This unique unit effectively marries reading comprehension and creative writing, serving…
Stories & imaginative writing
Finish the Story: Fall Theme Writing Prompts
A no-prep creative-writing packet of fall-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
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Puns for Fun - Making School PUN Again!
A slide deck teaching the concept of puns/wordplay through examples (joke puns, food puns, punnies/comics) and a creative-writing assignment applying puns.
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Signal Template (Editable on Google Slides)
A blank messaging-app (Signal-style) conversation template that lets students write fictional or creative text-message conversations to build communication and creative writing skills.
Editable
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Chinatown Skit Project
Have students write and perform a short skit set in Chinatown, practicing creative writing, speaking, and vocabulary in a cooperative or independent project format.
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My Alien ID Activity
A creative-writing and drawing activity that has students imagine and describe an alien and its home planet, encouraging imaginative engagement with space themes.
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The New Timetable: Lots Of Writing Tasks To Complete (9-13 years)
A creative writing resource using a short narrative (a student's chaotic first day under a new school timetable) as a stimulus for multiple writing tasks.