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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 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 back-to-school icebreaker craft/writing activity in which students create a 6-panel poster about themselves using construction paper.
A quiz-format writing activity teaching the stream-of-consciousness literary technique by having students link original sentences together.
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…
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.
Have students write and perform a short skit set in Chinatown, practicing creative writing, speaking, and vocabulary in a cooperative or independent project format.
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.
Give students an editable, familiar phone-messaging-app template to write out conversations for a creative writing or comprehension activity.
A countdown-themed (10 to 1) end-of-year writing packet giving students a different reflective or creative writing/drawing prompt for each number.
Provide a Grade 9 end-of-year worksheet packet of 9 activities (about 10 hours total) for reflection, creative writing, and a cross-subject review quiz.
An editable chat-app template (Skype-style) that lets students compose simulated text-message conversations for creative writing, historical roleplay, or novel-character dialogue.
A single-page cut-and-paste craft and writing activity about trolls (mythical creatures).
An editable messaging-app mockup template that students use to write out fictional or role-play conversations (e.g. between novel characters, historical figures, or a creative writing scenario).
A 90-minute English lesson plan on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby covering themes, characters, symbolism, and the American Dream.
A Google Slides template styled after the Houseparty video-chat app, letting students design and fill in a mock video-chat conversation for a creative-writing or role-play activity.
A slide deck teaching the concept of puns/wordplay through examples (joke puns, food puns, punnies/comics) and a creative-writing assignment applying puns.
A creative writing project that has students demonstrate comprehension of Jack London's short story 'To Build a Fire' by identifying a turning point in the plot and writing an alternate ending from that point, using plot-diagram planning and a grading rubric.
Autumn-themed 'dot and write' activity pages combining coloring/painting (dotting an image with a q-tip or paint) with a short writing prompt about the picture, for fine motor and creative practice.