"Loser" Mentor Text Study • Writing in second person POV
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
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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
September-themed journal writing prompts for weekly reflective writing practice.
Forever June Digital Design I am excited to introduce this piece of my St. Patrick's Day Creative Writing Short Story Starter Series! I have created 5 different St. Patrick's Day Story Starter Sets, each with it's own story starter, this story starter kit features 3 printables- a brainstorming page with ideas to get started, a…
Provides printable narrative writing prompts to give students story ideas and practice writing a story with a sequence of events.
Provide Thanksgiving-themed writing prompts for creative and reflective student writing practice.
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).
A novel/book companion for 'Little Bear's Visit' by Else Holmelund Minarik, with chapter comprehension questions, a creative writing extension, author's purpose and character traits activities, and a true/false quiz.
A set of journaling check-in prompts for upper-elementary/middle-school students dealing with depression, for use as an individual check-in, exit ticket, or discussion piece, or cut apart as headings for an interactive notebook.
A back-to-school activity packet for 1st and 2nd grade combining a decorate-your-own bookmark craft, guided writing prompts about summer/school, a numbers/addition worksheet with answer key, and a back-to-school word search.
An editable, Christmas/holiday-themed interactive writing prompt set organized by week, giving students a choice of creative writing prompts for each week of December.
Provides weekly creative-writing prompt slides for students to choose from and respond to, designed for digital use in Google Classroom (editable slides).
A cross-curricular writing and art activity where students document, describe, and invent a biography for a 'pet rock' they have created.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity set at a dog obedience class, contrasting a well-behaved dog with several other dogs (including a repeatedly 'naughty dog') across a set of training exercises.
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the language-learning app Duolingo and its approach to education, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Forever June Digital Design If you're a classroom teacher looking for un Earth Day activities for all students, or a homeschool teacher looking for unique Earth Day Resources or a parent of children who would benefit from creative ways to teach about this holiday, my series of Earth Day Worksheets are a fun and useful tool to have on…
A set of fall-themed language arts worksheets combining 'words in words' letter puzzles and acrostic poem writing prompts.
Students write original story conclusions connected to science concepts. The bundle includes grading criteria for assessing their creative responses.
A 10-prompt Halloween-themed creative-writing minibook giving students a short paragraph-writing task per page.
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.
A spring-themed creative writing prompt asking students to imagine what flowers would say if they could talk, paired with a drawing activity.
Ten St. Patrick's Day-themed writing prompts to prompt short student writing responses.
A creative-writing activity introducing students to the 'six word story' format as a getting-to-know-you and theme-identification exercise, with a scoring rubric.
A month's worth of daily ELA "bell ringer" warm-up writing prompts for June 2025, for middle and high school ELA classrooms, summer-themed.
A two-page Thanksgiving-themed writing and drawing prompt asking students to imagine and describe their ideal Thanksgiving feast.