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Keeping Things Toasty in New Zealand
Students identify the signs of a volcanic eruption. In this earth science instructional activity, students compose a letter to their neighbor convincing them of an impending eruption. They recognize the danger in living near a volcano.
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Write a Story Based on the Picture
In this creative writing learning exercise, students look at a picture and write a creative story based on what they imagine is happening.
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Troubadours
Students perform an original piece in the style of a Medieval troubadour. In this troubadour lesson plan, students discuss the role of the troubadour and identify facts from a story that a troubadour might share. Students...
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Peer writing evaluation (myth)
Students compose myths. In this creative writing lesson students use their knowledge of the features of myths to compose their own, then share with a peer for feedback.
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Movie Poster: Persuasive Text
Middle schoolers create movie posters based upon short stories they've recently read. In this persuasive writing lesson students analyze a poster that is intended to persuade people to want to see the movie and convince...
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Telling A Story
In this ESL storytelling worksheet, students read ten questions about a story and invent their own answers. Students write the story and then complete 2 pages of questions about what they have written.
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A Serious Question
In this creative writing worksheet, students read a poem about a kitten called "A Serious Question" by Carolyn Wells. Students rewrite the poem, filling in the blanks with different words on their own.
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Life Cycle of Butterfly
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story. In this butterfly life instructional activity, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying. ...
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Story Starter: The Cat and the Fishbowl
In this story starter: the cat and the fishbowl worksheet, 1st graders look at the picture and write a story about it on the lines below.
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Creative Writing/Poetry Lesson Plan
Students complete poetry writing activities and art analysis activities. In this creative writing and art lesson, students analyze a cubist piece by Picasso and discuss abstraction. Students read a poem by Gertrude Stein about Picasso...
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Writing and Podcasting
Students make a podcast of the stories they have written. For this writing lesson plan, students create creative writing stories based on pictures they receive and then put them into a podcast.
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A Picture is Worth a Million Words
Students practice composing digital photographs by documenting activities in their lives. In this photography lesson plan, students utilize digital cameras to create beautiful art from things they find around the campus or at their...
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Understanding Fantasy Fiction
Students investigate storytelling elements by writing their own fiction stories. In this creative writing lesson, students listen as the teacher reads a fictional story. Students analyze the lack of rules in the story and...
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Writing About a Christmas Day Celebration
Pupils write about a Christmas Day Celebration they had with their family. In this creative writing lesson, students write stories in first person point of view about a personal experience they had with their families on Christmas Day....
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Understanding Flashback
Student practice using the element of flashback. In this flashback lesson plan, middle schoolers first discuss how this element is used and how it adds to a story. They complete their own creative writing piece and include a flashback...
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Poetry Alive! Interpreting Poetry Using Digital Images
Students investigate poetry by incorporating images into the words of a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss poetry writing devices and self expression with their classmates. Students create a film about the...
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Test Your Creative Writing Skills
In this creative writing activity, students use the given picture to write a creative story. Students use the details provided about the character and setting of the story and incorporate them into their writing.
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Test Your Creative Writing Skills
In this creative writing worksheet, students use a picture to get a story idea, and then include a list of five things that must be found in the story.
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Writing Prompt: Grown Up
In this creative writing worksheet, students read a prompt and write a 3 page story based on the prompt. The prompt instructs students to consider the situation of waking up one morning as a grown up. Students must write about their day...
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The Art of Persuasion
Students practice persuasive writing by creating a travel brochure. In this creative writing lesson, students research a popular tourist destination they would like to visit and create a brochure enticing readers to come....
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The All About Me Poster
Learners discover the literary genre of biographies. In this creative writing lesson, students write about their own life experiences and personal stories. Learners create a poster about their lives, a biographical...
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Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum
Students explore the American dream. In this contemporary music lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs by Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, and David Massengill. Students create 3-D representations of the American dream and write...
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Pirate Adventure: Story Starter
In this creative writing learning exercise, students first read a short story starter about a pirate adventure. Students finish the story on the lines provided.
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Lesson Plan for Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant
Sixth graders examine the elements of writing poetry. In this creative writing lesson, 6th graders discuss a book of poetry in the setting of Appalachia. Students incorporate childhood experiences into the development of visual and...