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Writing a News Report

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this creative writing worksheet, students use the checklist to edit their fictional news report. Students use the checklist to prepare for their final written report.
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Bucket and Shovel

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this creative writing instructional activity, students write a paragraph onto the bucket template about what they like to do at the beach. There is also a template cover page for students to color.
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If You Lived In Antarctica

For Students 4th - 6th
In this creative writing worksheet, students describe how daily life would be different if they moved permanently to Antarctica. Students write 1 essay.
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Invention Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this creative writing worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word INVENTION. Students create a 9 line poem.
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T-shirts Build School & Community Pride

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore ways to promote community pride by creating t-shirts.  In this community lesson, students utilize a digital camera to take photographs of their hometown and transfer them to a t-shirt.  Learners complete a...
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Thomas Jefferson's Library: Making the Case for a National Library

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine a letter written by Thomas Jefferson. In this lesson on the Thomas Jefferson Library, students discover a methodology for creative writing by examining Jefferson's letter to congress explaining why they should purchase...
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Variations of Pain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners listen to the song :King of Pain" by the Police. They identify different instrumentation and different rhythmic accompaniments to the opening vocal phrase and explore the text in-depth, discussing the various poetic images of...
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Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies"

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars use a variety of creative writing tools within this assignment: poems on particular organ systems, write a short story and/or create a word graph. They are involved in a demonstration of lactic build up in the muscles, a...
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If I Had a Hundred

For Students 1st - 4th
In this creative writing instructional activity, learners answer the questions provided, such as, "If I had 100 legs, I would..." All the story starters have the number 100 mentioned.
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Ingredients For a Great Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Focus on writing with this presentation. It includes a list of the ingredients of a great story. It is an interesting and thorough exploration of this topic. This is a great presentation to show to your class before a creative writing...
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Creative Writing with Images

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students take digital pictures and write creative stories around them in an electronic storybook. Using WebBlender, they publish their final project as a Website. They also present their stories to students, parents, and community members.
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Creative Writing Inspired by Paintings

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view a PowerPoint presentation of the images by Maxfield Parrish. They wirte a short story based on one image and create drawings of an imagined character.
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Creative Writing - I AM A FISH

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders write a letter to the editor about the impact of people on marine life from the point of view of a fish.
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If I Were An Ant - Creative Writing

For Teachers 1st
The teacher reads the story "If I Were An Ant" by Amy Moses. The students then each create a page in a classroom book about what a small object would look like if he/she was an ant. The student writes about their chosen object and then...
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Creative Writing and Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students read and analyze poems by Li Po and Wang Wei. They answer discussion questions, identify the elements of the poems, examine and discuss Chinese landscape paintings, write an original poem, and write a comparison/contrast essay.
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Cinco De May Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinco De Mayo activity, students work with a group, writing a creative story about the holiday, using words given in a word box. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Creative Writing/Historical Journals

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research primary and secondary sources to find information about their ancestors. They write a series of journal entries, from the perspective of one of their ancestors, on what life was like in that given time period.
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Oceans Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing about oceans worksheet, students use words given in a word bank and write a brief story about oceans, working with a group.
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Human Body Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this human body writing worksheet, learners collaborate with classmates to write a group story. Students have 25 minutes to write the story; all 16 words in the box must be used.
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Poetry Brainstorm

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Looks like? Sounds like? Smells like? Feels like? Tastes like? Sometimes a white, blank, soulless piece of paper can intimidate writers. Provide potential poets with this template that can serve as a parking lot for words and phrases to...
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Strip Designer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Let everyone bring out their inner Stan Lee, and practice creating visually-pleasing comic strips that represent and liven up their stories, essays, personal experiences, and the personality of the creator.   
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Magnetism and Electricity-Creative Writing

For Students 4th - 6th
In this magnetism and electricity learning exercise, students use words in a word box and work with a group to write a short story about magnetism and electricity.
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Animoto Video Slideshow Maker

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Turn the pictures on your phone into a great looking movies that will blow the hair back of whoever watches it. It is easy to make people laugh, cry, or just inform them about something interesting by using the creative tools available....
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Character Builder

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Characters in a story are more than a name to remember. Use a character builder worksheet to write out a character's appearance, background, personality, attributes, and story relevance, including whether they are a main or minor...

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