Scratch and Write Jamboard Activity
Directs teachers to an external Google Jamboard for interactive writing prompts.
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Directs teachers to an external Google Jamboard for interactive writing prompts.
Air Animals Pack: Writing Prompt + Discussion Flashcards This resource has been meticulously designed as a teaching aid to stimulate students' creativity. The pack encompasses vivid and engaging color photographs featuring an array of air animals, which can either be displayed digitally or printed for a hands-on learning experience.…
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.
Writing Prompt + Discussion Flashcards : Doctor Pack An innovative and engaging way for educators to foster language proficiency, strengthen vocabulary and enhance overall writing skills in students. As a teaching resource, it contains multitudes of images related to doctors which are presented as realistic colored photos. Serving dual…
Eight-day high-school lesson plan teaching written expression/descriptive language skills (adjective level, color specificity, imagery, similes/metaphors) as the second part of a two-part writing-strategy series (following 'Writing Organization').
Sweets Pack - A Vivid Learning Boost Writing Prompt + Discussion Flashcards : Sweets Pack is an education booster any teacher would appreciate . This resource comes with colored photos revolving around a sweet theme, working as both a writing aid and communication spark . Versatile and Adaptable . An appealing attribute of the Sweets…
A standalone set of part-by-part comprehension quizzes and essay writing prompts for the novel 'Inside Out & Back Again' by Thanhha Lai.
Writing Prompt + Discussion Flashcards : Cleaning Pack . This comprehensive pack is all about the realities of routine cleaning, an everyday life process that resonates with everyone . It offers a unique means of engaging students in vocabulary building and developing writing skills . Key Features : The pack contains a rich diversity of…
A creative-writing resource teaching persuasive travel brochure/leaflet writing, using a model text about Mandelieu la Napoule (France) plus scaffolded prompts and examples for students to write their own persuasive travel pieces.
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…
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.
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
A worksheet packet ('Decoding Essay Prompts', TS30) that teaches high school students a two-step strategy for understanding and paraphrasing essay writing prompts before drafting a response.
Teaches the Four Square graphic-organizer writing method to help students organize and develop their writing, for Grades 7-9, extending into cross-curricular application and practice prompts.
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.
No-prep drawing and writing activity where students invent and draw a creature/monster 'selfie' and then write about their creation.
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 single-page cut-and-paste craft and writing activity about trolls (mythical creatures).
A back-to-school icebreaker craft/writing activity in which students create a 6-panel poster about themselves using construction paper.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This resource is a The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Simulation & Writing Activity. This is a great comprehension activity that will keep students engaged and excited! Students will write a reaction to the story using their feelings and emotions from the simulation. The goal is to use strong word choice and voice. This can be accessed as…