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Roald Dahl

The BFG Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A 55-page unit examines the novel, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. Six lessons pay close attention to friendship, dreams, and believing themes while analyzing interesting characters, writing creative vocabulary, smilies, metaphors, an exciting...
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Up and Down Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage young scholars in writing up and down poems. An example of an up and down poem is provided.
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Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Creative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Students collaborate to create a story together at the same time using Google shared document.
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Other

Tate Online: Tate Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Let your imagine run wild when you select a painting from the Tate Gallery collection. Interpret the painting by making up a story about it. Let the painting inspire you to new heights of creative writing and then add it to the story...
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Storytelling Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ lesson allows students the opportunity to engage in the small group task of audio-storytelling or video storytelling, after being given a shoebox filled with symbols and unique items.
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Other

Grammar book.com: Effective Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief list from The Blue Book with examples of how to take ineffective writing and transforming it into effective writing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Opposite Game for Kids

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this word game, young writers explore antonyms (and prepositions), then create an original story about them. For ideas they can click the nouns and opposites buttons until they find a topic they want to write about.
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Other

Fiction Writing Tips: Creating a Vivid Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some excellent guidelines to consider when evaluating your setting in a short story or novel. Discusses the importance of setting, some examples, as well as practical advice in setting your story. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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New York Times

New York Times: Picture Prompts: Over 140 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times provides 140 pictures that will prompt student's creative written expression.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Crazy Animal Game for Kids

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Students use this writing topic generator to choose an animal and a crazy action the animal is able to do in order to give them something fun and creative to write about.
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Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke: Writing Advice: Beginner's Four Faults

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is a personal site from Caro Clarke. The third installment in this series looks at the four major mistakes made by beginning authors. The main idea of this article is that the author needs to be able to combine dialogue with...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features a lesson plan for William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Come and check out this creative activity.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Wordless Books: Creating a Storyline

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan asks students grades 3-5 to use wordless picture books as a springboard to write an original story based on the pictures.
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Other

The Neverending Tale

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fun site geared primarily for students 8-16. It allows students to read and add to stories already begun by others and to decide what path the story takes. Because there are some rules and procedures to follow, this site is...
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An Ancient Egypt website by a nationally known teacher that includes, history, creative writing by students, lesson plans, and links to other sites.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Number of the Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Repeatable, daily activities are one of the best ways to instill the counting sequence for children. This activity requires a 100 chart which can be made or purchased. Students will count the "Number of the Day" beginning with 1 on the...
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Other

Nancy Polette: "Holes" Literature Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use this informative site to learn more about the book "Holes," by Louis Sachar. This educational resource gives descriptive activities for this book.
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

Ato Zteacherstuff: Dramatics With the Teaching of Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This site from atozteacherstuff.com provides a lesson to help pupils develop an appreciation for poetry. This site will also will help create meaning from poetry.

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