12th Grade Creative Writing Activities (by date, oldest first)

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ELA Essay Word Sleuth

By Homeschool with 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.

If you and your students/children, enjoy this activity, please go to your purchases and let me a review.

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AVID Thanksgiving Activity - Turkey In Disguise Career Research Project

By Teach Savvy Store

Are you looking for an engaging Turkey in Disguise Take Home or Class Project for your AVID students this Thanksgiving season? This how-to disguise a Turkey hands-on, interactive career project is the perfect engaging twist on your career research projects! You can print or use the digital template and allow students to copy and paste images to disguise their turkey in Google Slides.

Thanksgiving will be here soon and our turkeys are getting nervous! Your students will be able to help keep them safe and away from hungry fans. Your students will love creating and writing about their turkey and its career that it hides at to stay in disguise.

This resource includes everything you need to create an adorable bulletin board project for your AVID students!

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Directions:

  • Students will cut out the turkey template.
  • Students can use the digital template or print, color and cut out designs, or use construction paper and crafts to disguise their turkey in a career they are interested in researching.
  • Students will answer the 14 career research questions about the career of their choice in their own notes.
  • Students will write a story naming their turkey and describing a day in the life of his/her career as he/she hides from hungry fans. Their paper should also include 5 pieces of information from their career research.

What is included in this product?

  • Turkey Template
  • Project Requirements
  • Career Research Websites List
  • 14 Career Research Questions
  • "Don’t eat me, I am NOT a turkey" writing pages

Your students will love getting creative with this fun Turkey in Disguise Writing Craft.

**Are you worried about prepping these activities? Don't be! This mini-unit is quick and easy to prep...**Just print the student pages and you'll be ready for a fun and engaging project!

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Career and Technical Education
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AVID Christmas Activity-Reindeer In Disguise College Readiness Research Project

By Teach Savvy Store

Are you looking for an engaging Reindeer in Disguise Take Home or Class College Research Project for your AVID students this Christmas season? This how-to disguise a Reindeer hands-on, interactive project is the perfect engaging twist on your college research projects! You can print or use the digital template and allow students to copy and paste images to disguise their reindeer in Google Slides.

Christmas will be here soon and the reindeer are getting nervous for their duties! Our students will be able to help keep them safe and away from all their stressful duties. Your students will love creating and writing about their reindeer and the college that it hides at to stay in disguise.

This resource includes everything you need to create an adorable bulletin board project for your AVID students!

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Directions:

  • Print out the reindeer template or use the digital template provided.
  • Students will color or cut-out designs, use construction paper and crafts to disguise their reindeer OR find digital images to copy and paste to the digital reindeer.
  • Students disguise their reindeer in college gear from the college they are interested in researching.
  • Students then answer the 18 college research questions about the college of their choice.
  • Lastly, students write a story naming their reindeer and describing a day in the life of their first day of college as he/she hides from their Santa duties. Their paper should also include 5 pieces of information from your college research.

What is included in this product?

  • Reindeer Template (Printable or Digital)
  • Project Requirements
  • Career Research Websites List
  • 18 Career Research Questions
  • "I am NOT a reindeer" writing pages

Your students will love getting creative with this fun Reindeer in Disguise Writing Craft.

**Are you worried about prepping these activities? Don't be! This mini-unit is quick and easy to prep...**Just print the student pages and you'll be ready for a fun and engaging project!

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Back to School Bulletin Board | Summer Snapshots Activity

By Teach Savvy Store

Back to School Bulletin Board | Summer Snapshots Activity: This back-to-school bulletin board is quick and easy to set up at the beginning of the year! It allows students to share their favorite summer adventures and get to know their classmate's favorites too! This bulletin board comes in both color and black and white options. :)

What's Included

  • Directions page
  • Summer snapshots template where students will write their name and include their favorite summer adventures
  • Letters that spell "summer snapshots" in color and black and white
  • Camera clipart in matching colors with black and white options (in a square and not in a square)

Directions

  • Print a Polaroid picture page for each student.
  • Students write their names on the line.
  • Students can write, draw, or even paste pictures of their favorite summer memories.
  • Decorate your bulletin board with student work, the words “SUMMER SNAPSHOTS,” and cameras.

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AVID Team Building Story Starters for Public Speaking and Writing Skills

By Teach Savvy Store

Enhance collaboration, writing and public speaking skills with Story Starters! This AVID resource provides engaging story starters that encourage students to finish a story and present it to their peers. This activity fosters collaboration and communication within small groups or whole class settings, while also providing a fun way to improve public speaking skills. Download the Google Slides digital resource today and see the positive impact it can have on your students' teamwork and confidence!

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Directions:

  • Display the Google Slide Story Starter OR print them out so students have different stories to choose from.
  • Students will complete the engaging story starter by writing for 3 minutes.
  • Students can use the picture provided to help guide them in their stories, or choose to take a different route and be creative on their own.
  • Students will be split into groups of 4-6.
  • Each student will present their story to their small group while practicing public speaking skills.

What's Included:

  • 3 Story Starter Prompts with Images
  • 1 Directions Page

*This resources is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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Writing Prompts | Story Starters - 100 Daily Creative Writing Prompts

By Teach Savvy Store

Enhance collaboration, writing and public speaking skills with Story Starters! This resource provides engaging story starters that encourage AVID or ELA students to finish a story and present it to their peers. This activity fosters collaboration and communication within small groups or whole class settings, while also providing a fun way to improve public speaking skills. Download the Google Slides digital resource today and see the positive impact it can have on your students' teamwork and confidence!

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Directions:

  • Display the Google Slide Story Starter OR print them out so students have different stories to choose from.
  • Students will complete the engaging story starter by writing for 3 minutes.
  • Students can use the picture provided to help guide them in their stories, or choose to take a different route and be creative on their own.
  • Students will be split into groups of 4-6.
  • Each student will present their story to their small group while practicing public speaking skills.

What's Included:

  • 100 Story Starter Prompts with Images
  • 1 Directions Page
  • 1 Editable Directions Page Template
  • 1 Editable Story Starter Prompt Template

*This resources is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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AVID - Quickwrite Prompts - digital resource for 180 daily writing prompts

By KJ Inspired Resources

Start your AVID class with these team building AVID 180 Daily Quickwrite Creative Writing Google Slides Journal Prompts! They are just what your students need to get excited about writing while building relational capacity. Allow time for students to share their writing out loud or in small groups so that students are able to get to know their classmates at a deeper level.

What's Included:

  • 180 writing get to know you and reflective/goal setting prompts
  • Expectation slide and an editable expectation slide
  • Prompt template for you to add your own quickwrites
  • Prompts for Team Building
  • Get to know you prompts
  • Goal setting prompts
  • Reflection prompts
  • Creative writing prompts

Uses:

  • morning writing
  • journaling
  • creative writing class
  • ELA
  • literacy centers
  • small group
  • whole group
  • homework writing assignments
  • collaborative writing
  • quick writing prompts
  • paragraph writing practice
  • extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
  • teaching writing skills (Leads, paragraphs, grammar, editing)
  • substitute activities
  • and much more!

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Halloween / Fall Activity - Finish the Story Narrative Writing Prompts

By KJ Inspired Resources

Get students excited during the Autumn season with these creepy and crawly 15 no-prep Halloween-themed finish-the-scary story narrative writing prompts! These digital prompts provide easy writing activities, collaboration, public speaking practice, writing journals, and more!

Please be sure to review the prompts before purchasing as they are SCARY!

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What's included:

  • 15 finish the story writing prompts!
  • 1 directions slide
  • 1 editable directions slide
  • 1 editable finish the story template

Directions:

  • Print and laminate OR project on the screen.
  • Allow students to choose a prompt OR have one picked for each day.
  • Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Slide:

My best friend Jake and I were walking home from a Halloween party. We were walking by an old abandoned factory that stood next to a field. The fact was said to be haunted. When we got to the middle of the field, Jake whispered, "wouldn't it be fun to explore the old factory?"...

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Roll a Monster Story Halloween Activity | Creative Narrative Writing | Editable

By KJ Inspired Resources

Bring out the Halloween spirit in your classroom with this Roll a Monster Story resource. Perfect for creative writing activities, students roll dice to craft unique stories while meeting writing standards. This resource is ideal for 5th-12th grade!

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What's Included

  • Pre-Filled Roll a Monster Story Board
  • Editable Roll a Monster Story Board
  • Story Planning Board
  • Vocabulary Page
  • Writing Pages
  • Editable Rubric in Google Sheets

Directions

Step 1: Roll the Dice

Begin by rolling the dice to determine the key components of your story. Use the chart below to match each dice roll to the corresponding element for your story. Record your results:

  1. Monster Type (e.g., Alien, Ghost, Dragon, etc.)
  2. Monster Appearance (e.g., Glowing red eyes, Slimy, Multiple heads, etc.)
  3. Monster Power (e.g., Telepathy, Fire-breathing, etc.)
  4. Monster Weakness (e.g., Bright light, Water, etc.)
  5. Story Setting (e.g., Haunted mansion, Spaceship, Ancient cave, etc.)
  6. Plot Twist (e.g., The monster is friendly, The monster needs help, etc.)

After rolling, students will have a list of elements to include in their story.

Step 2: Plan The Story

Now that students have their monster’s characteristics, setting, and plot twist, they will take a moment to brainstorm how these elements will work together in your narrative. Students should think about:

  • How does the setting affect the story's tone or mood?
  • What motivates your monster? What challenges will the monster face?
  • How can the plot twist surprise or change the direction of the story?

Create a brief outline, if needed, to help organize your ideas.

Step 3: Write The Story

Using the elements from their dice rolls, students begin writing their story. They should make sure their narrative has a clear beginning, middle, and end. As they write, students will focus on the following:

  • Incorporate all of the rolled elements into the story in a meaningful way. For example, if your monster has a weakness to water, this should play an important role in the plot.
  • Use vivid descriptions to bring your monster, setting, and events to life.
  • Develop your characters (including the monster!) by giving them motivations and emotions that will drive the story.
  • Remember the plot twist—use it to surprise your reader and add depth to your story.

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Fall Activity - Finish the Story Narrative Writing Prompts

By KJ Inspired Resources

Increase student engagement and writing skills during the Autumn season with these 15 no-prep and fall-themed finish-the-story editable narrative writing prompts! These digital prompts provide easy writing activities, collaboration, and public speaking practice, are great for daily writing or journaling, and more!

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What's included:

15 finish the story writing prompts!

1 directions slide

1 editable directions slide

1 editable finish the story template

Directions:

  • Print and laminate OR project on the screen.
  • Allow students to choose a prompt OR have one picked for each day.
  • Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Slide:

I was sitting on my bed with an old book that I stumbled upon in my grandpa's attic. It was just warm enough for the window to be open. As I began to read, a breeze of crisp air flew through and propelled the pages forward...

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100 Picture Writing Prompts | Quick Writes | Creative Writing Activity

By KJ Inspired Resources

This set of picture writing prompts inspires daily creativity and excitement in your students. These quick writes build writing skills through describing and inferring 100 engaging photos. Perfect for daily journaling, morning work and more! Encourage descriptive storytelling, expand vocabulary and boost critical thinking as students create quick narratives from diverse images all year long!

What's Included:

  • 100 Pictures with "who? what? where? when? why?" Guiding Questions.

Uses:

  • morning writing
  • journaling
  • creative writing class
  • ELA
  • literacy centers
  • small group
  • whole group
  • homework writing assignments
  • collaborative writing
  • quick writing prompts
  • paragraph writing practice
  • extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
  • teaching writing skills (Leads, paragraphs, grammar, editing)
  • substitute activities
  • and much more!

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Back to School Activity | Finish the Story Narrative Writing Prompts

By KJ Inspired Resources

Increase student engagement and writing skills during the first week of school with these 15 finish-the-story editable creative writing prompts! These no-prep digital prompts provide easy writing activities, collaboration, and public speaking practice, are great for daily writing or journaling, and more!

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What's included:

15 finish the story writing prompts!

1 directions slide

1 editable directions slide

1 editable finish the story template

Directions:

  • Print and laminate OR project on the screen.
  • Allow students to choose a prompt OR have one picked for each day.
  • Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Slide:

I woke up with the realization that my life was about to change forever. It was my first day at the new school and I had never been so nervous in all my life. After all, this wasn't any ordinary school...

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Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary - Halloween Lesson Plan

By Language Arts Excellence

This product features an engaging activity that will fit in perfectly with your unit on Edgar Allan Poe or on Halloween!

Students get the chance to create the epitaph for the gravestone of one of the most revered authors in American literature. The activity encourages students to be thoughtful with their knowledge of Poe but also to be creative with their inscriptions. This can be done in or outside of class and also works as a great emergency substitute plan during the month of October. To be festive, I love to give this assignment on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's actual death day, October 7! No preparation needed!

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- Complete Assignment Directions

- Scoring Guide

- 3 Templates - 2 blank for use in class, 1 editable template for use on the computer

- 1 Teacher Model

In order for students to gain the most out of this assignment, It is recommended for use in conjunction with the Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt by Language Arts Excellence.

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Differentiated End of Year Reflection Activities for ELA

By Language Arts Excellence

Self-reflection is so important for students of all ages and what better time to reflect on learning than at the end of the school year? With that in mind, I created this end of year reflection assignment that prompts students to consider all of the meaningful experiences they had all year in my class. My students really get into this assignment and I'm sure yours will too! I've included in this product a model of my assignment and a fully editable template for you - it will only take a few minutes to tweak it and make it your own. Your students will thank you for offering this differentiated assessment! I also included three exemplary student examples. ___________________________________________________________________________ Check out these related resources by Language Arts Excellence to finish your school year strong: ⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
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The Great Gatsby Social Media Materials

By Language Arts Excellence

This resource features two fun, interactive activities to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel, The Great Gatsby, into the current day! In this 50 minute lesson plan with accompanying materials, your classroom will transform into a real life "tweeter-world" in which students will create tweeter accounts for characters in the novel and interact with one another through their tweeter pages. The Snap Chatter worksheet and assignment is perfect for an engaging homework or sub-plan that your students will look forward to working on and sharing with their friends. Your students will thank you for offering such fun ways to connect with the play and will not even realize how much they are learning by digging deep into the text. Both activities work perfectly for a Friday or any day that students need a mental break and a chance to tap into their creativity!

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  • Meticulously-explained lesson plan
  • 2-Page Tweeter graphic organizer in color and in black and white
  • Snap Chatter graphic organizer and assignment
  • Simple cards to randomly assign characters

This is the perfect activity for when a school vacation is coming up and you’re scrounging for lesson ideas. I always like to use it prior to a break; while so many other classes are watching movies, you have a practically hands-free lesson that your students (and administration) will love!

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The Great Gatsby Social Media Materials

By Language Arts Excellence

This resource features two fun, interactive activities to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel, The Great Gatsby, into the current day! In this 50 minute lesson plan with accompanying materials, your classroom will transform into a real life "tweeter-world" in which students will create tweeter accounts for characters in the novel and interact with one another through their tweeter pages. The Snap Chatter worksheet and assignment is perfect for an engaging homework or sub-plan that your students will look forward to working on and sharing with their friends. Your students will thank you for offering such fun ways to connect with the play and will not even realize how much they are learning by digging deep into the text. Both activities work perfectly for a Friday or any day that students need a mental break and a chance to tap into their creativity!

Product Includes:

  • Meticulously-explained lesson plan
  • 2-Page Tweeter graphic organizer in color and in black and white
  • Snap Chatter graphic organizer and assignment
  • Simple cards to randomly assign characters

This is the perfect activity for when a school vacation is coming up and you’re scrounging for lesson ideas. I always like to use it prior to a break; while so many other classes are watching movies, you have a practically hands-free lesson that your students (and administration) will love!

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Shakespeare's Epitaph Assignment

By Language Arts Excellence

This product features an engaging activity that will fit in perfectly with your Shakespeare unit!

Students get the chance to create the epitaph for the gravestone of the most revered writer of all time. The activity encourages students to be thoughtful with their knowledge of William Shakespeare but also to be creative with their inscriptions. This can be done in or outside of class and also works as a great emergency substitute plan as no preparation is needed for this activity besides printing off the templates. To be festive, I love to give this assignment on the anniversary of Shakespeare's actual death, April 23, but with the subject at hand, it also works well as a Halloween lesson plan.

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  • Complete Assignment Directions
  • Scoring Guide
  • 3 Templates: 2 blank, 1 editable
  • 1 Teacher Model

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This resource is included for free with the purchase of the Shakespeare Resource Bundle

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Differentiated End of Term Reflection Activities for ELA

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Self-reflection is so important for students of all ages and what better time to reflect on learning than at the end of each term? With that in mind, I created this end of term reflection assignment that prompts students to consider all of the meaningful experiences they had for the quarter in my class. My students really get into this assignment and I'm sure yours will too! I've included in this product a model of my assignment and a fully editable template for you - it will only take a few minutes to tweak it and make it your own. Your students will thank you for offering this differentiated assessment! I also included three exemplary student examples. _________________________________________________________________________ Also, check out these great resources that can be adapted for any novel by Language Arts Excellence: Novel Soundtrack Assignment Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials Adaptable for ANY Topic Differentiated End of Term Reflection Activities Book Recommendation Form Differentiated Essay Prompts for use with ANY Novel – FREE!

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Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle

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This resource features a bundle of all of our best-selling lesson plans, materials, and activities for your unit on the Master of Suspense, Edgar Allan Poe. Resources perfectly complement any of Poe's twisted tales and can be used to introduce the unit (like the Scavenger Hunt and PowerPoint), throughout the unit (Bell Ringers and the Obituary Project), as a review (Escape Room, Brochure, Human Tic Tac Toe Game), and even to decorate your classroom (Quote Posters). Each product is thoughtfully crafted and inspires students to delve deeply into Edgar Allan Poe's life and works. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. You will not find tedious lists of comprehension questions and vocabulary words in this bundle; instead you will find materials that will make Edgar Allan Poe relevant in the eyes of your students and bring the Father of Horror back to life!

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⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint

This product features a highly-engaging introductory PowerPoint Presentation for the Father of Horror himself, Edgar Allan Poe. A unit of study on Poe is not complete without learning the gory and heartbreaking details of his life and what made him into the master poet and writer whom we continue to marvel at today. This 20-slide powerpoint runs through his tragic family life and childhood, relationships, early occupations (before he was the Poe that you know), synopses of some of his most famous works, death theories, and current pop culture references. It concludes with a 10 question quiz to see how well students listened... and trust me, they will be hanging on your every word! This powerpoint encourages class participation, is fully editable to suit your class' needs, and lasts about 30-40 minutes to run through. I suggest presenting this on the very first day of your unit on Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy and let the horror begin!

⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt

This resource features a comprehensive introduction to the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe. Students will be shocked to learn some of the gruesome details of his life. The scavenger hunt includes 15 questions about Poe, a full answer key, and links for credible websites to use to find the information.

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

This resource features a set of 20 reader response journal prompts for use during your unit on Edgar Allan Poe. Each bell ringer is comprised of a quote from the Master of Suspense himself and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect and appreciate the timelessness of his musings. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for more than a month are planned for you!), exit tickets, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, task cards, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM! There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room on the Father of Horror himself. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure - Final Project

This product features an engaging final project that meaningfully incorporates technology in a culmination of your unit on Edgar Allan Poe. For this final assignment, students will showcase their knowledge of Edgar Allan Poe, his works, and his life by creating brochures using Microsoft Word. Students will love the chance to practice using technology with this project as opposed to writing the same-old same-old essay and if they are like my students, will not even realize how much research and writing they are actually doing!

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary - Halloween Lesson Plan

This product features an engaging activity that will fit in perfectly with your unit on Edgar Allan Poe or on Halloween. Students get the chance to create the epitaph for the gravestone of one of the most revered authors in American literature. The activity encourages students to be thoughtful with their knowledge of Poe but also to be creative with their inscriptions. This can be done in or outside of class and also works as a great emergency substitute plan during the month of October. To be festive, I love to give this assignment on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's actual death day, October 7.

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game - newly added material!

This resource features a lesson plan and materials for the Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game, an engaging and competitive way to review the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. Let's face it, review days can be boring for both teachers and students, so liven them up with this collaborative game. The resource includes not only a meticulously detailed lesson plan and set-up instructions, but 25 questions on the Master of Suspense. Besides simple set-up, very little preparation is needed for this lesson and if your students are like mine, they will ask for this form of review for every unit of study!

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters

Make your classroom pop with this set of 25 beautifully-made posters featuring quotes from Edgar Allan Poe. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a noteworthy Poe quote imposed over a stunning photograph that will spruce up your ELA classroom, especially during Halloween. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them not just during your Edgar Allan Poe unit, but all year long.

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