Creative Writing Activities for High School
Are you looking for creative writing activities for high school students?
The secondary ladies of Teach Writing have you covered! This blog roundup of six creative activities can be modified and personalized to fit your needs. I’m Lauralee from Language Arts Classroom, and I love teaching creative writing. These are the best of the best activities, ready for you to personalize for your classes.
Graduation Speech
Betsy from Spark Creativity suggests an alternative to the final exam: the graduation speech exam .
Part of developing life-long learners is teaching students to reflect on what they have learned.
In this speech, Betsy isn’t even looking for flash; she wants students to reflect on the books they have read. Can students draw conclusions and inspiration from literature? If this alternative to the final exam will work for you, check out Betsy’s post.
Creative Responses to Reading
Reading and writing naturally fit together, and Melissa from Reading and Writing Haven provides Five Creative Responses to Reading . She details more than simple reading responses.
For both fiction and nonfiction, Melissa explains how booksnaps, poetry, one-pagers, journal prompts, and music analysis can bring meaning to what students read. These writing activities will not only encourage student choice, but also stretch students’ creativity.
As a reading specialist, Melissa always shares ways differentiated reading and writing strategies will support students.
Embedding Quotations
Embedding quotations might seem dry, but students will need to cite material in creative writing endeavors! Liz from Teach Writing created activities and games to liven the experience of blending quotes.
Her idea of personifying punctuation is a great example of the engagement she brings. For instance, she has her students create a Twitter chat between the period, parenthetical citation, and the quotation marks. (I want to play!)
Comma: Hold on period, not time for you yet! #CommasAreImportant.
Liz has turned a mundane task into a creative writing task all its own. Check out LIz’s idea for bringing freshness to an important skill in her post Creative Activities and Games for Citing and Embedding Quotations .
Prompt Sticks
Meredith from Bespoke ELA uses prompt sticks to review the school year. But! She outlines the process so thoroughly that these creative writing activities can be expanded for various reflections:
peer editing
improving figurative language
correcting punctuation
incorporating quotes
Furthermore, Meredith suggests asking students to create the questions, which make it the perfect opportunity to get students thinking what they learned as writers.
Collaboration Activities
For years, I taught a creative writing course. To make such a class work, students must collaborate. Getting that classroom environment takes intentional practice which is why I love (Amanda Write Now) Amanda’s post about supporting effective writing partnerships.
Amanda includes a sample anchor chart and a conferencing checklist. Students really benefit from that modeling and from simply having a starting point. I also like how Amanda stresses that you must make time for this in class.
Building collaborative space must be intentional!
Creative Writing Overall
As for myself? Aside from writing at Language Arts Classroom , I teach full-time. The first activities I complete in a creative writing course are to set the tone and build a collaborative community. I want students to see creativity in all areas of life, from wardrobe choices on television to the containers at restaurants.
Once we have a strong foundation, we discuss who tells stories. I use “The Danger of a Single Story” to get students talking. My largest message is that I want every single student to write because their thoughts are important.
I cover creative writing activities for high school and build off the idea that we all are creative in our own ways.
There you have it! Six creative writing activities that for you to inspire students.
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Lauralee Moss is creator Language Arts Classroom and author of The English Grammar Workbook .
When she is not teaching or writing, she is probably reading, drinking coffee, chasing her three kids and two dogs, or binge-watching documentaries with her husband.
She teaches high school English full-time in Central Illinois. She has worked in a variety of schools for the previous decade. Visit her on Instagram or Facebook .
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The curriculum detailed below is both a road map for teachers and an invitation to students. For teachers, it includes our writing prompts, mentor texts, contests and lesson plans, and organizes them all into seven distinct units. Each focuses on a different genre of writing that you can find not just in The Times but also in all kinds of real-world sources both in print and online.
But for students, our main goal is to show young people they have something valuable to say, and to give those voices a global audience. That’s always been a pillar of our site, but this year it is even more critical. The events of 2020 will define this generation, and many are living through them isolated from their ordinary communities, rituals and supports. Though a writing curriculum can hardly make up for that, we hope that it can at least offer teenagers a creative outlet for making sense of their experiences, and an enthusiastic audience for the results. Through the opportunities for publication woven throughout each unit, we want to encourage students to go beyond simply being media consumers to become creators and contributors themselves.
So have a look, and see if you can find a way to include any of these opportunities in your curriculum this year, whether to help students document their lives, tell stories, express opinions, investigate ideas, or analyze culture. We can’t wait to hear what your students have to say!
Each unit includes:
Writing prompts to help students try out related skills in a “low stakes” way.
We publish two writing prompts every school day, and we also have thematic collections of more than 1,000 prompts published in the past. Your students might consider responding to these prompts on our site and using our public forums as a kind of “rehearsal space” for practicing voice and technique.
Daily opportunities to practice writing for an authentic audience.
If a student submits a comment on our site, it will be read by Times editors, who approve each one before it gets published. Submitting a comment also gives students an audience of fellow teenagers from around the world who might read and respond to their work. Each week, we call out our favorite comments and honor dozens of students by name in our Thursday “ Current Events Conversation ” feature.
Guided practice with mentor texts .
Each unit we publish features guided practice lessons, written directly to students, that help them observe, understand and practice the kinds of “craft moves” that make different genres of writing sing. From how to “show not tell” in narratives to how to express critical opinions , quote or paraphrase experts or craft scripts for podcasts , we have used the work of both Times journalists and the teenage winners of our contests to show students techniques they can emulate.
“Annotated by the Author” commentaries from Times writers — and teenagers.
As part of our Mentor Texts series , we’ve been asking Times journalists from desks across the newsroom to annotate their articles to let students in on their writing, research and editing processes, and we’ll be adding more for each unit this year. Whether it’s Science writer Nicholas St. Fleur on tiny tyrannosaurs , Opinion writer Aisha Harris on the cultural canon , or The Times’s comics-industry reporter, George Gene Gustines, on comic books that celebrate pride , the idea is to demystify journalism for teenagers. This year, we’ll be inviting student winners of our contests to annotate their work as well.
A contest that can act as a culminating project .
Over the years we’ve heard from many teachers that our contests serve as final projects in their classes, and this curriculum came about in large part because we want to help teachers “plan backwards” to support those projects.
All contest entries are considered by experts, whether Times journalists, outside educators from partner organizations, or professional practitioners in a related field. Winning means being published on our site, and, perhaps, in the print edition of The New York Times.
Webinars and our new professional learning community (P.L.C.).
For each of the seven units in this curriculum, we host a webinar featuring Learning Network editors as well as teachers who use The Times in their classrooms. Our webinars introduce participants to our many resources and provide practical how-to’s on how to use our prompts, mentor texts and contests in the classroom.
New for this school year, we also invite teachers to join our P.L.C. on teaching writing with The Times , where educators can share resources, strategies and inspiration about teaching with these units.
Below are the seven units we will offer in the 2020-21 school year.
September-October
Unit 1: Documenting Teenage Lives in Extraordinary Times
This special unit acknowledges both the tumultuous events of 2020 and their outsized impact on young people — and invites teenagers to respond creatively. How can they add their voices to our understanding of what this historic year will mean for their generation?
Culminating in our Coming of Age in 2020 contest, the unit helps teenagers document and respond to what it’s been like to live through what one Times article describes as “a year of tragedy, of catastrophe, of upheaval, a year that has inflicted one blow after another, a year that has filled the morgues, emptied the schools, shuttered the workplaces, swelled the unemployment lines and polarized the electorate.”
A series of writing prompts, mentor texts and a step-by-step guide will help them think deeply and analytically about who they are, how this year has impacted them, what they’d like to express as a result, and how they’d like to express it. How might they tell their unique stories in ways that feel meaningful and authentic, whether those stories are serious or funny, big or small, raw or polished?
Though the contest accepts work across genres — via words and images, video and audio — all students will also craft written artist’s statements for each piece they submit. In addition, no matter what genre of work students send in, the unit will use writing as a tool throughout to help students brainstorm, compose and edit. And, of course, this work, whether students send it to us or not, is valuable far beyond the classroom: Historians, archivists and museums recommend that we all document our experiences this year, if only for ourselves.
October-November
Unit 2: The Personal Narrative
While The Times is known for its award-winning journalism, the paper also has a robust tradition of publishing personal essays on topics like love , family , life on campus and navigating anxiety . And on our site, our daily writing prompts have long invited students to tell us their stories, too. Our 2019 collection of 550 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing is a good place to start, though we add more every week during the school year.
In this unit we draw on many of these resources, plus some of the 1,000-plus personal essays from the Magazine’s long-running Lives column , to help students find their own “short, memorable stories ” and tell them well. Our related mentor-text lessons can help them practice skills like writing with voice , using details to show rather than tell , structuring a narrative arc , dropping the reader into a scene and more. This year, we’ll also be including mentor text guided lessons that use the work of the 2019 student winners.
As a final project, we invite students to send finished stories to our Second Annual Personal Narrative Writing Contest .
DECEMBER-January
Unit 3: The Review
Book reports and literary essays have long been staples of language arts classrooms, but this unit encourages students to learn how to critique art in other genres as well. As we point out, a cultural review is, of course, a form of argumentative essay. Your class might be writing about Lizzo or “ Looking for Alaska ,” but they still have to make claims and support them with evidence. And, just as they must in a literature essay, they have to read (or watch, or listen to) a work closely; analyze it and understand its context; and explain what is meaningful and interesting about it.
In our Mentor Texts series , we feature the work of Times movie , restaurant , book and music critics to help students understand the elements of a successful review. In each one of these guided lessons, we also spotlight the work of teenage contest winners from previous years.
As a culminating project, we invite students to send us their own reviews of a book, movie, restaurant, album, theatrical production, video game, dance performance, TV show, art exhibition or any other kind of work The Times critiques.
January-February
Unit 4: Informational Writing
Informational writing is the style of writing that dominates The New York Times as well as any other traditional newspaper you might read, and in this unit we hope to show students that it can be every bit as engaging and compelling to read and to write as other genres. Via thousands of articles a month — from front-page reporting on politics to news about athletes in Sports, deep data dives in The Upshot, recipes in Cooking, advice columns in Style and long-form investigative pieces in the magazine — Times journalists find ways to experiment with the genre to intrigue and inform their audiences.
This unit invites students to take any STEM-related discovery, process or idea that interests them and write about it in a way that makes it understandable and engaging for a general audience — but all the skills we teach along the way can work for any kind of informational writing. Via our Mentor Texts series, we show them how to hook the reader from the start , use quotes and research , explain why a topic matters and more. This year we’ll be using the work of the 2020 student winners for additional mentor text lessons.
At the end of the unit, we invite teenagers to submit their own writing to our Second Annual STEM writing contest to show us what they’ve learned.
March-April
Unit 5: Argumentative Writing
The demand for evidence-based argumentative writing is now woven into school assignments across the curriculum and grade levels, and you couldn’t ask for better real-world examples than what you can find in The Times Opinion section .
This unit will, like our others, be supported with writing prompts, mentor-text lesson plans, webinars and more. We’ll also focus on the winning teenage writing we’ve received over the six years we’ve run our related contest.
At a time when media literacy is more important than ever, we also hope that our annual Student Editorial Contest can serve as a final project that encourages students to broaden their information diets with a range of reliable sources, and learn from a variety of perspectives on their chosen issue.
To help students working from home, we also have an Argumentative Unit for Students Doing Remote Learning .
Unit 6: Writing for Podcasts
Most of our writing units so far have all asked for essays of one kind or another, but this spring contest invites students to do what journalists at The Times do every day: make multimedia to tell a story, investigate an issue or communicate a concept.
Our annual podcast contest gives students the freedom to talk about anything they want in any form they like. In the past we’ve had winners who’ve done personal narratives, local travelogues, opinion pieces, interviews with community members, local investigative journalism and descriptions of scientific discoveries.
As with all our other units, we have supported this contest with great examples from The Times and around the web, as well as with mentor texts by teenagers that offer guided practice in understanding elements and techniques.
June-August
Unit 7: Independent Reading and Writing
At a time when teachers are looking for ways to offer students more “voice and choice,” this unit, based on our annual summer contest, offers both.
Every year since 2010 we have invited teenagers around the world to add The New York Times to their summer reading lists and, so far, 70,000 have. Every week for 10 weeks, we ask participants to choose something in The Times that has sparked their interest, then tell us why. At the end of the week, judges from the Times newsroom pick favorite responses, and we publish them on our site.
And we’ve used our Mentor Text feature to spotlight the work of past winners , explain why newsroom judges admired their thinking, and provide four steps to helping any student write better reader-responses.
Because this is our most open-ended contest — students can choose whatever they like, and react however they like — it has proved over the years to be a useful place for young writers to hone their voices, practice skills and take risks . Join us!
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30 Creative Writing Prompts High School
A wonderful list of Creative Writing Prompts High School students will love — Oh yeah! we think it’s important for students to play with language. That is why you’ll notice some of the writing prompts outlined below are more whimsical and playful, whereas others are more serious . Whichever prompts your writers choose to use, I hope they inspire great creativity in them.
A Few Quick Words & Instructions
By the time high school students walk into ELA classrooms, they aren’t exactly new to the world of writing assignments. They’ve trudged through the narrative essays, and they’ve most likely practiced the art of persuasion, short story creation, poetry, and non-fiction writing.
Plus…
They have probably journaled, summarized, analyzed, and reflected in their educational journaling endeavors as well.
So how can you ignite the spark so that students are enthusiastic about writing? What can secondary teachers offer that is new and exciting? We suggest inspiring your students with fresh, fun, and creative writing prompts.
Below, you will find 30 writing prompts that are relevant to students’ lives and that will spur critical and creative thinking. Each prompt can be used solely for journaling or expanded into a unit of study for use in your classroom.
Ok, without further ado, here are those 30 creative writing prompts for high school students.
Creative Writing Prompts High School Students Will Love
- Choose one from each list to make a creature – animal combination. Craft a scene in which this creature appears as the main character.
Lists One and Two
2. Many students love TED Talks and there are a lot of great ones to choose from. Launch the “ Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator ” Talk. Consider what makes it powerful. Choose a tidbit of wisdom or insight from your own life and create your own TED Talk.
3. Select a color and personify it. What does it taste like and sound like? How does it move? What does it want and fear? What special powers does it have?
4. Imagine you are graduating in several months. Write a graduation speech to your fellow students. What would you say to inspire them? How would you make them laugh? What would you like them to remember?
5. Envision a future in which you have a personalized robot who does all of your work. What features would your robot possess? How would you interact with it? What would it be capable of doing?
6. Create a brand new holiday. How would people celebrate the holiday? What traditions, foods, and decorations would accompany it?
7. There are a lot of different types of blogs. Choose a topic that you’re interested in and create a list blog about that topic. It may be a “Top 10 Things You Should Know About X” or “What I Wish I Didn’t Know About X” or any other list-form blog that you can imagine.
8. Reflect on your own worst family vacation. Write about it as though you are a fly on the wall and describe what happened.
9. List as many words as you can think of that begin with your favorite letter of the alphabet. You can include words from another language as well.
10. This prompt is inspired by NPR’s old radio series “This I Believe.” In the show, people from all over the world send in messages expressing a core idea that can be serious or silly, such as “I believe in mechanics.” They then expand on that thought with specific, brief examples of why they hold that belief and how they came to believe it. Use powerful and descriptive sentences to capture your own “This I Believe” statement. For examples and an expanded lesson plan, take a look at NPR’s Lesson Plan Description .
11. Describe a dream that you’ve had while asleep. Make it come alive with vivid imagery and sensory descriptions.
12. Choose a social justice issue that matters to you. Write as though you are directly impacted by that issue and describe what people should do to support people like you.
13. What do you think about when you’re trying to go to sleep? Turn it into a piece of writing.
14. Write from the perspective of an inanimate object that you see every day. What desires does that object have? What does it wish humans would do?
15. Write to someone in a country you know very little about. What would you want to know about them and their country? What would you tell them about yourself?
16. If you were invited to contribute five items to a city time capsule to be opened in 50 years, what would you include and why?
17. Who hasn’t been represented on the United States postal stamp, yet deserves recognition? Whether your example is serious or ridiculous, provide at least three arguments in support of this person’s inclusion.
18. What is your favorite word and why?
19. If you had to choose a different first and middle name for yourself, what would you choose? How would having a different name impact your life?
20. Choose a subject that is not currently taught in school. Why should it be taught? What type of person should teach it? Why would or wouldn’t you want to take the class?
21. What song gets stuck in your head? How does it make you feel the first time you hear that song? The hundredth time you hear it?
22. What life lessons has adversity taught you?
23. If everyone would just go away for a day, what would you choose to do with your time? Why?
24. If someone wanted to really irritate you, what paid job would they make you do?
25. How do you relieve stress?
26. Do you perform better when you are competing or collaborating?
27. When is your most productive time of day? Season of the year?
28. In what ways do you submit to peer pressure?
29. What are some ‘words of wisdom’ that guide your life?
30. How much does your neighborhood influence you?
With journal prompts for elementary school kids to middle schoolers to story starters for teenagers, Journal Buddies is your go-to resource for writing inspiration.
Writers of all ages can use journal writing prompts to help them improve their creative writing skills and feel more confident about sharing their writing.
The Favorites Prompt List
For those more reluctant writers or non-writers, we suggest you use the time-tested favorite writing prompts. They are simple ideas that nearly every writer can answer without much effort. Plus, they are an excellent way to get those creative writing juices flowing for writers of all skill levels. Have your high schoolers write about their:
- Favorite thing
- Favorite place
- Favorite book
- Favorite hobby
- Favorite season
- Favorite movie
- Favorite video games
- Favorite summer vacation
- Favorite childhood toy
- Best Friend
More High School Creative Writing Ideas Links & Resources
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Until next time, write on…
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Sincerely, Jill journalbuddies.com creator and curator
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- Things I Love
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- Love Your Antagonist
- Plot Hole Gapping
- Licence to Write
- Character Motivation
- Ticking Clock
- Make Trouble
- Solving a Mystery
- Opening Scene
- Try/Fail Cycle
- Creating Mood
- Metaphors & Similes
- Partners in Love
- Points of View
- Reconnect with your Story
- Life Themes
- Creating Suspense
- Who Knows What When
- Rites & Rituals
- Scene Writing
- Good Dialogue
- Synopsis Writing
- Naming Characters
- Your Readership
- Editing Checklist
- Choose a Genre
- Decision Making
- Occupations
- Set the Scene
- Idea Engine
- Quick Character Creator
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20 Writing Prompts For High School Seniors [PDF Included]
Hello, high school seniors! Are you struggling to come up with ideas for your next writing assignment? Do you find yourself staring at a blank page, feeling uninspired and unmotivated?
Well, fear not! We have compiled a list of writing prompts that will help kickstart your creativity and get those words flowing. Today’s high school students have to engage in a lot of writing, particularly in their academic settings. And the only way to get better at it is through continuous practice.
Writing skills are bound to improve with a daily writing habit. Whether you’re a budding novelist, a poet, or a nonfiction writer, these prompts will spark your imagination and give you the inspiration you need to write your next masterpiece. So grab your favorite pen or laptop and let’s get started!
Writing prompts for high school seniors
- Write a letter to yourself in middle school. What would you want them to know?
- Write an essay about what role technology plays in your life
- Write a story about how peer pressure affects all of the characters in the story
- Select your favorite song lyric and turn it into a poem
- Write an ode to your favorite subject in high school
- What is the state of the globe now that global warming has reached its worst point?
- Write a poem including something from each year of high school
- What is trending on social media currently and what are your views regarding it?
- What will you miss the most about high school?
- Write an ode to your high school friends.
- Reflect on a defining moment in your high school career and how it shaped you as a person.
- Write about a challenge you faced during high school and how you overcame it.
- Imagine that you are giving a graduation speech to your peers. What advice would you give them as they embark on the next phase of their lives?
- Write about a person who has had a significant impact on your life and why they are important to you.
- Reflect on a time when you had to make a difficult decision and how you came to that decision.
- Write about a skill or talent that you developed during high school and how it has helped you grow as a person.
- Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back in time and give advice to your freshman self. What would you say?
- Write about a book, movie, or song that has had a profound impact on your life and why it is meaningful to you.
- Reflect on a time when you had to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. What did you learn from the experience?
- Imagine that you are interviewing for your dream job. What skills and experiences have you gained in high school that make you a strong candidate?
Transforming your writing from meh to marvelous: Tips and strategies for high schoolers
Writing can be a daunting task, like a high-stakes game of Jenga where one wrong move could send everything crashing down. But fear not, my fellow word-wielders! With a few tips and strategies, you can stack your ideas into a towering masterpiece without breaking a sweat.
From brainstorming to editing, it’s all about finding the right balance and not being afraid to take risks. So grab your pen (or keyboard) and let’s dive into the wild world of writing!
- Start with a plan: Before you begin writing, take a few minutes to brainstorm and outline your ideas. This will help you organize your thoughts and make sure your writing stays on track.
- Be concise: High schoolers often have a tendency to be wordy in their writing. Try to be as clear and concise as possible, and avoid using unnecessary words or phrases.
- Use active voice: Active voice makes your writing more engaging and direct. Instead of saying “the ball was thrown by John,” say “John threw the ball.”
- Use strong verbs and adjectives: Using strong verbs and adjectives can help make your writing more vivid and engaging. Instead of saying “the car was fast,” say “the car zoomed down the road.”
- Edit your work: Take the time to review your writing and make sure it is free from errors. Read your work aloud to catch any awkward phrasing or grammar mistakes.
- Get feedback: Share your writing with others and ask for feedback. This can help you identify areas where you can improve and make your writing stronger.
- Read widely: Reading widely can help you develop your writing skills by exposing you to different writing styles and techniques. Make a habit of reading regularly, both for pleasure and for academic purposes.
- Practice, practice, practice: Writing is a skill that takes time and practice to develop. Set aside time each day to write, even if it’s just for a few minutes. The more you write, the better you will become.
Furthermore, high schoolers can also be indulged in some creative writing activities , to help them facilely sail through the turbulent waters of high school.
Writing prompts can be an excellent tool for high school seniors to enhance their writing skills and discover their unique writing styles. Writing prompts can be used for personal expression, college applications, scholarships, and even future careers. By practicing writing prompts, students can build their confidence and writing abilities, which can benefit them in various aspects of life.
Writing is an essential skill that can never be overlooked, and it is critical to learn how to express oneself in writing effectively. So, high school seniors, embrace the power of writing prompts and creative writing topics , and who knows, you might end up discovering your passion for writing and becoming the next great author, journalist, or blogger. Happy writing!
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I cover creative writing activities for high school and build off the idea that we all are creative in our own ways. There you have it! Six creative writing activities that for you to inspire students. Related Posts. Reduce Your Grading Time. Literary Analysis Writing. 9 Ways to Get Secondary Students to Enjoy Writing. About the Author
with others whereas creative writing serves to entertain and relate to others. 2. Students will be able to use voice and tone to determine the effectiveness of a writer's perspective within a piece of writing. 3. Students will be given the opportunity to explore and express creative writing avenues and reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses.
Here you will find high school writing worksheets pdfs, plus writing prompt and journal page pdfs. There are tons of great activities and tools you can use to make sure your high school students are excelling in school—but one of the absolute best options is to have them write in a journal on a regular basis.
• practice writing their own descriptive sentences and paragraphs • read "Among the Stars," from Bluefire 2014 and discuss the story through the lens of descriptive language • begin to develop a creative writing piece from a series of prompts • share pieces of their own writing, receive feedback on their work, and offer advice and
Our 2020-21 Writing Curriculum for Middle and High School A flexible, seven-unit program based on the real-world writing found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal...
Teach Creative Writing In High School With 10 Fun Activities February 11, 2022 by Sananda Bhattacharya Creative writing is a meaningful aspect of literature that mandates you to utilize your expertise, ingenuity, and story to depict a critical message, emotion, or plot.
Creative Writing Prompts High School Students Will Love Choose one from each list to make a creature - animal combination. Craft a scene in which this creature appears as the main character. Lists One and Two 2. Many students love TED Talks and there are a lot of great ones to choose from.
You're welcome to use these creative writing worksheets for teaching in class or online. I only ask that you do not redistribute them as your own. Thank you! If you're short on time, you can download 1 master PDF containing all of the worksheets in the Coterie Library. Writing Worksheets Things I Love Character Quirks City Building
Students in Creative Writing will write poems, short stories, plays, news stories, comic strips, children's books, an autobiography and other types ... All rules in the school handbook or given by the principal will be upheld in my classroom. 2. Bring all required materials to class. 3. Keep a positive attitude.
1.0 The Creative Process ENDURING UNDERSTANDING(S) • Writing expands understanding of the world, its people, and oneself. • Writing is a reflective process. • Writing is a multi-stage process. • Writing benefits from collaboration and feedback. LEARNING OBJECTIVES The student will: 1.1 Generate ideas for writing using a variety
Creative Short Story Rubric and Requirements Rubric (requirements for paper): Criteria 4 3 2 1 Opening paragraph gets reader's attention without giving away the desire of the story. Captures reader's attention from the first paragraph without giving away too much Gets reader's attention in first paragraph, but hints too much the desire
Writing More Descriptive Sentences: Editing Exercises You've read "Snow," a short essay filled with simple, but evocative phrases and images. Now, let's think about how we can incorporate those same ideas/feelings/moods into analytical writing by using adjectives, by "showing" specific details in a sentence, by incorporating similes and
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and features are appropriate to task, genre, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.) 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new ...
Creative Writing Ideas for High School Creative Writing Activity for High School Students . 3 GENERAL. 4 How to Teach reative Writing Activities Students may feel reluctant and threatened by a blank piece of paper and a request to write a story about a given topic. However, with some inspiration and fun activities, reluctant
you entered sixth grade. For instance, you could write about school, friends, family, or other changes. (TEACHERS: Change the grade level as necessary.) 3. Write about your first day at school. It may be the first day of kindergarten or the first day of any other year that you wish to describe. Tell what occurred that stands out in your memory. 4.
High School How-To Prompt 1. Your friend wants to get a part-time job after school or on weekends. Write a composition in which you tell your friend all the steps he or she should take in order to get a part-time job. High School Descriptive Prompts 1. Think about your favorite season, and then write an essay describing that season. Include sensory
*Writing Skills. ABSTRACT. Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans offers practical suggestions for developing high school students' writing skills. The 37 lesson plans in this book are divided into four sections: (1) desc-,_pLive; (2) audience/voice; (3) expository ...
Use active voice: Active voice makes your writing more engaging and direct. Instead of saying "the ball was thrown by John," say "John threw the ball.". Use strong verbs and adjectives: Using strong verbs and adjectives can help make your writing more vivid and engaging. Instead of saying "the car was fast," say "the car zoomed ...
The Giver Unit/Middle and High School/Themes, Writing Prompts, and Assessment. by. Teach For Equity. $18.99. PDF. Check out the preview for all the thought provoking ideas that Lois Lowry's Dystopian Novel The Giver elucidates! Students love the book and some become life long, avid readers because of it. This packet is such an exciting resource ...
Creative Writing Expository Writing Introduction Body Conclusion Oral Presentations Oral Presentations ... Wilson High School is committed to student success by meeting the needs of diverse learners in a caring, safe environment while providing opportunities for lifelong learning, encouraging community involvement and fostering personal worth ...
High School Grammar & Sentence Structure Activities, Reference Sheet. by. Lindsay Ann Learning - Digital English Resources. 4.8. (10) $3.00. PDF. Teach or review high school grammar, sentence structure, and sentence variety, including phrases and clauses, with this detailed and easy-to-use sentence structure activities and reference sheet.
clarify their own values and feelings by participating in class discussions and writing exercises. The overall objective of the Identity Unit is for students to explore themselves and how they fit into society. African American Unit (4 weeks) In this four-week unit, students will study and explore the experience of African Americans both
High school teacher Rebecca Morgan doubted her teaching ability. "I am a competent person, yet my students were not taking me seriously. Even the other teachers viewed me as kind of 'flaky.'" Dress for Success The research on appropriate dress for professionals is found in the Going Beyond folder for Chapter 8 at