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An editable digital (Google Classroom-compatible) slide deck of weekly creative and reflective writing prompts, organized by week, for students to respond to directly on the slides.
A creative-writing worksheet that walks students through writing an imaginative short story in three paragraphs, using a provided story starter and structured planning questions.
Teach the informative-writing process (research/brainstorming, main points and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) through a May-themed set of topic cards and differentiated writing prompts.
Provide expository writing prompts (scenario + directions) with a built-in scoring rubric to build students' expository/persuasive letter-writing skills.
Generate creative writing prompts by having students roll a die to randomly select a character, setting, and problem for a story.
A no-prep creative-writing packet of back to school-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
Teach narrative poetry technique (simile, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm) through a creative writing challenge where students invent a monster and write a narrative poem about it, framed as entry to a 'Young Writers' monster poetry competition.
A single-page creative writing prompt asking students to use adjectives to vividly describe a humorous illustrated scene.
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.
Daily journal/writing prompt set for the month of August, with a different reflective or creative writing prompt for each date (e.g., favorite food, summer activities, Columbus setting sail on Aug. 3, imaginary spaceship travel, staying cool in the heat).
This is a "My Restaurant" Creative Writing Activity . You will print off the writing pages for students to choose from. They will write about their restaurant and illustrate it using the included clipart. Then students will create a menu list with prices.
Google Slideshow of 24 creative writing prompts to inspire student writing across genres and moods, with an elements-of-fiction mini-lesson.
Lesson slideshow teaching techniques for creating suspense in narrative writing (foreshadowing, vivid setting, imagery, pacing) for middle/high school creative writing.
A creative-writing lesson pairing Rorschach-inkblot-style paintings with poetry writing, teaching poetic devices (rhyme, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, etc.) through a hands-on art-and-writing activity.
Give middle/high school students short, targeted creative writing exercises that isolate and practice five literary devices (Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone) one at a time, building creative writing skills incrementally.
Provide weekly interactive creative-writing prompts (narrative, informative, persuasive) for students to answer directly on editable slides, distributable via Google Classroom.
A set of themed daily writing/journal prompts for the month of January.
A no-prep poetry unit that teaches figurative language and multiple poem forms, building student confidence and creative-writing skills through a flipbook that can be completed in class (cut-and-assembled) or digitally (Google Slides).
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Hour of the Olympics" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
Provides weekly creative-writing prompt slides for students to choose from and respond to, designed for digital use in Google Classroom (editable slides).
Students choose a farm animal’s voice and write Boxer’s eulogy as a short narrative or poem. The assignment asks them to incorporate and annotate at least two literary devices and include a cited quotation from the novel. Model eulogies and a rubric support planning, drafting and feedback.
Provide 90 daily writing prompts to spark student creative writing over an extended period (e.g., a semester).
A no-prep poetry unit that teaches figurative language and multiple poem forms, building student confidence and creative-writing skills through a flipbook that can be completed in class (cut-and-assembled) or digitally (Google Slides).
Free download An SEL resource of journaling and discussion prompts to help students who struggle with anxiety reflect, identify triggers, and build coping strategies, for individual check-ins or group/push-in lessons.