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Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Writing About Art: Comparing Portraits
Students will compare and contrast an academic and an Impressionist portrait through a writing exercise and discussion. Each student will then write a formal commission letter to one of the artists, requesting a portrait. Adaptations for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Weather Is Frightful
Students are asked to explain how climate and extreme weather events affect people's lives in this writing exercise provided by Science Now!
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One Word: Writing Prompt Exercise
This online tool provides a one-word writing prompt and gives the user 60 seconds to write freely on the topic. Note: If you choose to submit your writing at the end of the exercise (not required), One Word may edit and/or republish this...
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Writing World: Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life
A great resource outlining four major ways to make settings appear more real and genuine in fiction. Deals with themes such as motion, experience, mood, and the senses. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Fiction Writing Tips: Creating a Vivid Setting
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
Braingle
Braingle: Mentalrobics Creativity
Exercise your brain and creative thinking. Find daily questions, games, and ideas that will force you to brainstorm, create, imagine, and use your creativity on your own or in a classroom setting.
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Pressbooks: Virginia Western Community College: Let's Get Writing!
This is an open textbook created to assist students in their writing efforts. Topics covered include critical reading, rhetorical analysis, writing arguments, steps in the writing process, rhetorical modes, using credible sources, citing...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teacher: Mystery Writing With Joan Lowery Nixon
Have you ever wanted to know how to write a mystery novel? Use this site to learn more about how a professional author goes about writing mysteries. With tips from prolific mystery writer Joan Lowery Nixon.
abcteach
Abcteach: Dinosaurs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features a variety of activities related to dinosaurs. There are interdisciplinary tasks that include writing exercises such as creative writing and story planner formats. Lessons for...
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Fiction Factor: The Importance of Setting
An interesting article concerning the importance of setting to any piece of fiction. Gives good information about how setting affects characters and "world-building."
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Fiction teachers.com: How to Write a Mini Mystery
Use the ideas on this page to help your students create mini-mysteries.
PE Central
Pe Central: Aerobics: Dance Project
In groups, young scholars invent and practice a dance to be part of a larger aerobics routine. Also, students must evaluate their project, explain the roles each team member had in the creation of the routine, and write a creative paper...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A ced.a.1: Planes and Wheat
This is an exercise in creating equations from a situation with many variables. By giving three different scenarios, learners will be reviewing their definitions of the variables to emphasize the importance of defining variables when...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.3.a and a sse.a.2: Cubic Identity
This task presents a challenging exercise in both algebraic manipulations and seeing structure in algebraic expressions. Aligns with A-SSE.B.3.a and A-SSE.A.2.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Adjective? What's an Adjective?
What is an adjective? This site features a lesson plan that will allow students to think creatively and work in small groups. This will sharpen your grammar skills.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Lady Macbeth
This varied series of activities is designed to encourage learners to exercise independence of thought when exploring the presentation of Lady Macbeth throughout the play. The tasks draw learners' attention to the varied ways in which...
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Musical English Lessons
Learn English vocabulary and grammar through songs from a wide range of famous pop artists from the Beatles and Elvis to contemporary standouts like Avil Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and James Blunt. Find an exercise by grammar or vocabulary...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Video Game Scores
Standard 5.OA.2 asks learners to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Discover the Art of Playwriting [Pdf]
In this lesson plan, students participate in interpersonal warm-up exercises to awaken their bodies and prepare them for collaboration. Next, they go through brainstorming exercises to stimulate their imaginations, and this leads into...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Creating a Compelling Story [Pdf]
Using music from a wide variety of cultures, learners will develop good listening skills and write from the heart using their own voices. This aural exercise will help students begin to think creatively.