Less than $5 Creative Writing Resources (by date, oldest first)

The Writing Activity 3D Snow Globe Craft is perfect for students in elementary and special education programs! This craft provides a fun way to encourage students to practice writing in a winter setting, while also reinforcing key concepts in language arts, ELA, and figurative language. This activity is also a great writing center tool! Students will love easily creating their own personalized snow globe with this craft.

Includes

• Two versions of writing paper (regular lines and primary writing lines with dashes)
• Two "title" pages: "If I were Stuck in a Snow Globe" and "My Day Inside a Snow Globe"
• A blank snow globe page for illustrations
• Ideas for differentiation for students who need extra support AND ideas for students who need an extra challenge

Graphic organizers can be helpful as a visual aid when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Persuasive essay maps are used as a visual aid to map out points and arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

• 1st - determine your claim or thesis
• 2nd - identify three (3) reasons to support the claim or thesis
• 3rd - identify three (3) facts or examples to validate each reason

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

The Persuasive Essay Map is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Explore the fascinating world of plant growth with my comprehensive writing prompts and note-taking sheets on the plant life cycle.  Designed for middle to high school students, these educational resources provide engaging activities and structured note-taking templates to enhance understanding and retention of key concepts.  From seed germination to flowering and seed dispersal, each stage of the plant life cycle is covered in detail, encouraging curiosity and scientific inquiry.  Ideal for classroom use or individual study, these sheets support a hands-on learning approach that makes science fun and accessible.

These writing prompts would be perfectly paired with the Plant Life Cycle Full Unit Study:

Comprehensive Plant Life Cycle Unit Study

Please also check out my other Plant and Fungi Life Cycle resources:

FREE Plant & Fungi Life Cycle - Reading Passages, Q & A, and Note-taking Pages

Comprehensive Fungi Life Cycle Unit Study

Comprehensive Plant and Fungi Life Cycle Unit Study Bundle

Graphic organizers can be helpful in being visual aids when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Venn Diagrams show the relationship between two ideas. A venn diagram can have two or more circles. When the circles overlap, the venn diagram shows the similarities between the two or more ideas. In the spaces where the circles do not overlap, it shows the differences between the two or more ideas.

I hope your students/children enjoy this compare & contrast by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a Venn Diagram.

Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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Graphic organizers can be helpful in being visual aids when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Concept maps are used to display a main idea within the concept and the different ideas that branch out from the main idea.

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

Concept map is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Graphic organizers can be helpful as a visual aid when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Narrative plot graphic organizer:

• Starts with the introduction or exposition
• Followed by the rising action of the story
• Rising action hits a climax
• After the climax is the falling action
• From the falling action, we come to the conclusion

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

The Narrative Plot Graphic Organizer is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Graphic organizers can be helpful in being visual aids when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Bubble maps are used to display two different main ideas, their similarities, and their differences.

I hope your students/children enjoy this bubble map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a bubble map.

Bubble map is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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Elevate your writing assessment process with our comprehensive writing prompt rubric and grade sheet combo.  This meticulously designed spreadsheet is perfect for educators, writers, and content creators who need a structured and efficient way to evaluate written work.  The writing prompt rubric offers clear criteria across various aspects of writing, such as creativity, grammar, structure, and content relevance, making it easy to provide constructive feedback.  Paired with an integrated grade Sheet, this tool automates the grading process, calculates overall scores, and offers a streamlined approach to tracking progress.  Whether you’re grading essays, creative writing pieces, or content drafts, this all-in-one solution saves time and ensures consistency in your evaluations.  This spreadsheet is editable.

Graphic organizers are helpful as a visual aid when students are writing.

-Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

-Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas

-Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer:

-Introduction

-1st, 2nd & 3rd reason you disagree

-Counterargument with 3 opposing views

-Rebuttal to opposing views

-Conclusion

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

The Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer is in Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in writing ELA Essays with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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Tina

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Graphic organizers can be helpful as a visual aid when students are writing.

• Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

• Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

• Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Spider maps are used to display the main concept or idea in a circle in the middle of the map and supporting ideas branch off from the main concept circle.

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

The Spider Map is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Dive into the intriguing world of fungi with our detailed writing prompts and note-taking sheets on the fungi life cycle. Perfect for students of all ages, these educational resources offer engaging activities and structured note-taking templates to enhance understanding of fungi development. From spore formation to fruiting bodies, each stage of the fungi life cycle is meticulously covered, fostering curiosity and scientific exploration. Ideal for classroom use or individual study, these sheets support a hands-on learning approach, making the study of fungi both fun and informative.

These writing prompts would be perfectly paired with the Fungi Life Cycle Full Unit Study:
Comprehensive Fungi Life Cycle Unit Study

Please also check out my other Plant and Fungi Life Cycle resources:

FREE Plant & Fungi Life Cycle - Reading Passages, Q & A, and Note-taking Pages

Comprehensive Plant Life Cycle Unit Study

Comprehensive Plant and Fungi Life Cycle Unit Study Bundle

This field trip log and reflection writing activity is a great way to cap off a fun field trip! It includes the log and several versions of the reflection writing activity so that it can be used by kids on all levels from PreK to High School. The log is great for homeschoolers attending multiple field trips in a year!

*NOTE: This is the same log and reflection activity that is included in all of my Field Trip Units.* If you've already purchased any of my Field Trip Units, please do not purchase this item!

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Looking for other Field Trip Activities?

These reflection activities are part of a series of Field Trip Units designed to enhance the field trip experience by preparing students before a trip and giving them activities to complete after. See all of my Field Trip Units at the link below...

Field Trip Units.

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This resource pack has fun, quick, fall-themed activities for middle school kids! Half page printables with fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving themes are ready with no prep...just print and go. Use as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of fall fun to your classroom or home! Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Word search, acrostic poems, fall bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing, and more!

Included:

• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer keys

This resource, as well as Winter Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids are available in a money saving bundle, Seasonal Activities for Older Kids Bundle. Save 20% by purchasing the bundle!

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Looking for more fall fun?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet

I Am Thankful - Freebie

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit: Middle & High School

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This no-prep resource pack has fun, quick, winter-themed activities for middle school kids! Half page printables with winter, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Chinese New Year themes are ready with no prep...just print and go. Use as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of winter fun to your classroom or home! Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Word search, acrostic poems, winter bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing, and more!

Included:

• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer keys

This resource, as well as Fall Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids are available in a money saving bundle, Seasonal Activities for Older Kids Bundle. Save 20% by purchasing the bundle!

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Looking for other middle school or high school resources?

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet {plain and themed versions}

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This no-prep resource pack has fun, quick, spring-themed activities for middle school kids! Half page printables with spring, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and Mardi Gras themes are ready with no prep...just print and go. Use as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of spring fun to your classroom or home! Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Word search, acrostic poems, spring bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing and more!

Included:

• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer keys

This resource, as well as Fall Activities for Older Kids, and Winter Activities for Older Kids are available in a money saving bundle, Seasonal Activities for Older Kids Bundle. Save 20% by purchasing the bundle!

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Looking for other middle school resources?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet {plain and themed versions}

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle/High School

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

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This fun and simple writing activity includes places to write down what you're thankful for and brainstorm ways to give back this Thanksgiving! Perfect for older elementary and middle school students. Enjoy this freebie!

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Looking for other middle school printables?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

Winter Activities for Older Kids

Fall Activities for Older Kids - No Prep

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle & High School

New Year Bucket List & Coloring Page *Free updates every year*

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New Year Bucket List worksheet gives upper elementary and middle school students the ability to fill in year long goals in a fun way. They brainstorm four things to eat this year, four places to visit, four people to see, and more. Also included is a coloring sheet featuring the year. The years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 are included right now and this product will updated with future years. Future years can be downloaded for free after purchase. Buy now and use year after year!

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Looking for other winter activities?

Winter Activities for Older Kids - No Prep

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Winter Labeling and Writing Center Activities

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This is a free sampler of my Seasonal Activities for Older Kids and includes pages from all three of my morning work resources for middle schoolers: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Give your older students some thematic fun this year! This freebie is a great way to try out these resources to see if they're a good fit for your classroom or homeschool!

One full color worksheet, containing two half-page morning work activities, is included for each of the three units, plus the black and white version of each for easier printing. These are also great for early finishers or as a way to add a little holiday joy to the classroom or homeschool! These are no-prep...just print and go!

These three units are also available in a money saving bundle. Buy the bundle to save 20%!

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End of Year Memory Book K-4

Pages included:

• Cover page for K - 4
• When I grow up
• 3 pages for pictures
• Things I learned
• A page for student's picture, hand print, grade, age and height
• My Favorite things
• My new friends
• My school
• Signatures
• Congratulations on completing grades k - 4