9th Grade Creative Writing Activities

This is a fun, creative writing assignment you could give to your students during the month of October. Students will get to choose their own Halloween topic and then follow the instructions to write their own Cinquain.

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Transform your middle school ELA classroom with this comprehensive bundle of 12 highly engaging short story units. Each unit is meticulously designed to provide a full week of dynamic lessons, complete with detailed plans, interactive slides, a choice activity board, Socratic seminar questions, three STAAR-aligned essay prompts, a film vs. text Venn diagram, and the text PDF. These short stories will captivate your students and enhance their literary analysis skills, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Included Short Stories:

1. The Most Dangerous Game
2. Sorry, Wrong Number
3. The Hitchhiker
4. The Way Up to Heaven
5. Lamb to the Slaughter
6. The Landlady
7. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
8. Harrison Bergeron
9. Examination Day
10. The Pedestrian
11. All Summer in a Day
12. There Will Come Soft Rains

Bundle Features:

1. Comprehensive 5-Day Lesson Plans: Each story unit includes a detailed five-day lesson plan, ensuring a structured approach to teaching. Lessons are aligned with educational standards and include clear objectives and outcomes.

2. Interactive Slides: Engage your students with interactive slides that guide them through the story, provide context, and facilitate discussions. These slides are designed to keep students focused and involved.

3. Choice Activity Board: Each unit comes with a creative choice board, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding through various projects such as writing an alternate ending, creating a comic strip, designing a literary brochure, and more.

4. Socratic Seminar Questions: Encourage critical thinking and in-depth discussion with six thought-provoking Socratic seminar questions for each story. These questions help students delve deeper into the text and analyze its themes, characters, and literary elements.

5. Three STAAR-Aligned Essay Prompts: Each unit includes three essay prompts (argumentative, correspondence, and informational) that are aligned with STAAR standards, helping students practice their writing skills and prepare for standardized assessments.

6. Film vs. Text Venn Diagram: Enhance your students' analytical skills with a film vs. text Venn diagram activity. Students compare and contrast the short story with its film adaptation, focusing on key similarities and differences.

7. Text PDF: Each unit comes with a PDF of the short story, making it easy to provide students with the text for reading and annotation.

Why Choose This Bundle?

• Engaging Content: These short stories are highly engaging and perfect for capturing the interest of middle school students. The diverse selection of stories includes suspense, science fiction, dystopian themes, and more.
• Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: Save time with ready-to-use lesson plans, activities, and resources. Each unit is designed for easy implementation, ensuring you can focus on teaching and engaging your students.
• Develop Critical Thinking: The activities and discussions included in each unit promote critical thinking, literary analysis, and deeper understanding of the text.
• Flexible and Adaptable: The bundle provides flexibility in teaching, with a variety of activities and assessment options to suit different learning styles and classroom needs.

Perfect for middle school humanities teachers, this bundle offers everything you need to deliver engaging and effective ELA lessons throughout the year. Enrich your curriculum and inspire your students with these timeless short stories and comprehensive teaching resources.

Wanted! Book Villains! Turn your students into character analysis detectives with this engaging and creative activity! By creating wanted posters for their favorite book villains, students will dive deep into character traits, motivations, and physical descriptions.

What's Included:

• Wanted Poster Template: A customizable template to guide students in creating their posters.
• Wanted Poster Example: A visual model for inspiration and structure.
• Villain List: A helpful resource for students who need a starting point or alternative characters.

This resource encourages critical thinking, creativity, and a deeper understanding of characters.

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Quick and easy end of the year activity! Students write questions that are specific to their class and you use those to build a trivia game or a kahoot! Great way to remember fun events and adds a nice game element to the end of the year!

Includes a pdf with 2 options - Class Kahoot or Class Trivia. Either one can be used depending if you have technology or not.

Print and Go.

Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

Gen Z vs. The Oldies: The Ultimate Language Showdown in Google Slides!

Is "Yeet" the new "Groovy"? This interactive Google Slides activity throws down a fun challenge for students of all ages to explore the fascinating world of generational language!

Here's what makes it epic for your classroom:

• Generational Lingo Smackdown: Students will decode slang terms and expressions used by both Gen Z and "The Oldies," uncovering the evolution of language across time.
• Communication Crossroads: This activity sparks lively discussions or writing assignments as students delve into the cultural nuances of language and how communication styles differ between generations.
• Tech-Savvy & Teacher-Friendly: No need to be a tech guru! This easy-to-use Google Slides resource is perfect for in-person or virtual classrooms, making learning a breeze.
• Beyond the Textbook: Forget boring lectures! This interactive showdown ignites curiosity and fosters engaging conversations, leaving students with a deeper understanding of language and communication.
• Flexible Fun: Liven up brain breaks, morning meetings, or use it as a kick-off or wrap-up activity for the school year. It's guaranteed to spark laughter and learning!

Benefits for Students:

• Develops critical thinking and communication skills
• Bridges the generation gap through language understanding
• Makes learning about language history fun and engaging
• Encourages active participation and discussion
• Promotes cultural awareness and understanding

Help your students become language ninjas with the Gen Z vs. The Oldies: Language Showdown!

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Engage your students in a captivating exploration of the celestial wonder that is a total solar eclipse with these total solar eclipse poetry and creative writing prompts! This comprehensive resource is designed specifically for 7th to 9th-grade classrooms and is meticulously crafted to align with Common Core State Standards, ensuring meaningful and educational experiences for your students.

Inside this collection, you'll find 12 poetry prompts and 9 creative writing prompts, all centered around the theme of total solar eclipses. These prompts are thought-provoking and provide students with a deeper understanding of astronomy while honing their language arts skills.

The poetry prompts encourage students to explore the beauty and mystery of total solar eclipses through vivid imagery, figurative language, and emotional expression. Students will delve into topics such as the symbolism of darkness and light, the dance of the sun and moon, and the cultural significance of eclipses throughout history.

In addition to the poetry prompts, the creative writing prompts in this collection challenge students. From crafting science fiction stories set in eclipse-powered futures to debating the cultural impact of eclipses in ancient civilizations, these prompts foster critical thinking and imaginative exploration.

As the upcoming total solar eclipse captures the curiosity and wonder of students everywhere, this collection provides you with a ready-to-use resource that seamlessly integrates science, language arts, and creativity. Spark meaningful discussions, inspire literary creations, and deepen your students' understanding of the universe with these prompts.

Help teens with empathy and kindness by giving access to personalized Spanish cards. This 23 page packet addresses friendship, health, love, and self-confidence. Helps address the whole student, provide emotional support, promote positive messages, and reinforce collaborative peer interactions with make and give, creative writing teen cards. Includes: 5 male and 5 female front sided cards 10 inspirational sayings in Spanish with writing spaces Blank writing sections for creative personalized messages Black and white images for coloring Personalized signs in Spanish on back read: "Hecho especialmente Para ti por" Directions for use Unlimited combination options: Numbered front pages match numbered inside quotes for infinite copying options Excellent for teaching description, main idea, genre writing, and word choices. Great for bell warmers, early finishers, and journaling. Can be used with homeschooled groups, counseling groups, service learning, and writing clubs. Fun, creative, thought provoking, and motivational. Can even be used at teacher professional development sessions!

After students read Act IV of Macbeth, this creative assignment asks them to choose a question to answer in the form of a soliloquy. The options ask them to consider what different characters were thinking as specific events were unfolding in the play. For example, one of the questions is "What is Banquo thinking as he is about to die?"

The instructions contain 7 different questions students can choose from, requirements, a chart they will use to analyze their own writing, and a rubric.

This is a GREAT writing assignment to use during distance learning as a digital assignment. Students can access the directions and rubric in this PDF, and write their soliloquy and analysis chart in Google Docs or whatever way you have them submit their work.

My students had a lot of fun with this assignment! They really liked experimenting with Shakespeare's style. Thank you for your interest, and please ask if you have any questions!

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Students will use the prompts and drawing templates to design their own Protagonist with a unique backstory and their own set of skills, strengths & weaknesses. This resource includes three options: a male version, a female version, and a blank canvas where any of your more creative students can create something truly unique. Students who like to trace will also appreciate the blank version. Use this assignment for early finishers or to supplement and support any creative writing assignment & quickly elevate your student's storytelling to the next level.

Use these spring themed creative writing prompts to inspire your students in writing centers, journaling, daily writing, small groups, tutorials and more! Finish the story prompts help guide your students in their narrative writing journey leaving so much space for creativity!

⭐Finish the Stories Bundle⭐

⭐Spring Bundle⭐

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.

What's included:

• 15 finish the story spring themed narrative writing prompts for middle & high school students
• 1 editable template to make your own prompts
• 1 directions slide
• 1 editable directions slide template

More Spring Resources

Would You Rather

Find Someone Who

Stand Up Game

Activity Packet

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60 ESL Speaking or writing question cards - How do you..?

This set of intermediate ESL conversation prompt cards will have your students talking to each other in English. These 60 question cards are terrific for discussion and also journal writing prompts. Each and every card is unique and makes your students think about how to do things in detail in English. Some are more advanced than others. Since there are so many of them you can easily print them, cut them out, and then sort them into stacks of different levels of difficulty for years and years of no-prep activities.

These speaking and writing prompt cards are meant for SECONDARY education and will not necessarily be a good fit for primary. The cards are in English only.

This activity is perfect for small groups or as a whole class activity. Use these cards as a review and vocabulary builder An easy to project PDF with only one card per page is included in case you want to work on the questions as a class without printing and cutting out the cards. Encourage your students to give a thorough complete answer and use the question as a basis for discussion. If the Question is "How do you build a snowman"? Then there should be a discussion not a one line answer "with snow.." These questions are great for essay writing as well!

ex: " I love building snowmen! In fact, I wish it would snow more often, so I could make one more often! When it snows a lot, at least two inches or more, I put on my winter clothes and my gloves and head to the park. There I starting by...." and so on. It's a really fun activity.

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Included:

60 question cards

Easy to project PDF file (one card per page)

PDF files to cut out cards in color or grayscale

There are many ways you can use this set of 60 speaking cards:

➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions.

➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity or ice breaker with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box.

➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out their answers including reasons for their preferences.

➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer.

➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards.

➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move.

➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions.

➤ You can also use it as a writing exercise!

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Looking for afun get to know me and a writing activity for the first day or week back to school? This Jordans-themed Nike sneaker All About Me is the perfect way to get to know your students! Jordans are popular among teens, and any teacher that presents an activity using them will receive immediate engagement and be crowned the "cool teacher." Use this activity year after year, as students get to know each other through their interests rather than completing a boring worksheet!

Guage writing skills by offering a POV writing activity that's actually fun! Students will write about any day in their life...from the point of view of their Jordans!! You'll love reading the finished products.

Perfect for Back to School season to get your new batch of kiddos better acquainted with each other! Makes for a unique hallway bulletin board display as well, just in time for Open House!

This resource requires NO PREP - simply print, complete the short writing prompts, color, cut out and hang!

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This resource includes:

• Completed Color Jordans Sample for Demonstration
• Printable Air Jordans All About Me
• POV Writing Template (PDF)

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

You may be interested in the Back to School Activity Bundle which features 25 printable activities that are just perfect for the first weeks of school. A cover is included if you would like to print it as a packet!

Included in the Resource:

• My Favorite Things Flower Craftivity -perfect for display
• All About Me
• Get to Know You Fortune Teller Craftivity
• Get to Know Me 3D cube activity
• Back to School Vibes - reveals secret message!!
• Class Bingo Get to Know Classmates edition
• Two Truths and a Lie
• School Rules Crossword Puzzle with solution
• This or That?
• Word Search - with 48 words
• Find the Classroom Maze - with solution
• DIY Word Search (use with names of students in your class!)
• Letter to Your New Teacher
• Letter to Your Future Self
• Message in a Bottle Writing
• School Memories Writing/Drawing
• Autobiography Writing
• Back to School Acrostic Poem
• Design a Hoodie
• Design a Book Cover
• Design a Hat and Sneaker Set
• Back to School Goal Setting
• Beginning of Year Vibes
• Setting Expectations
• Back to School Bucket List

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INCLUDES THESE HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS FOR TEENS...

⭐️ Crocs

⭐️ Netflix

⭐️ Takis

⭐️ Fortnite

⭐️ MrBeast

⭐️ Air Jordans

⭐️ TikTok

⭐️ OpenAI

6-Page Article & Activity Sets - Includes 8 Sets!

Each set includes...

► 1-page pop culture article

► Reading Comprehension - 7 multiple choice questions

► Critical Thinking - 5 short answer questions

► Crossword Puzzle

► Design Page

► Impossible MAZE

This Pop Culture Bundle for Middle School will make your students WANT to work and stay on task as they read about high-interest trending topics among teens. Also available for High School and Upper Elementary School.

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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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This product on writing St. Patrick's Day prompts briefly discusses what St. Patrick's Day is, how St. Patrick's Day came about, and what you can do on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate. Students will then have 7 mindfulness journal prompts that they can answer. They can cut out the pot of gold template and make a booklet with their journal prompts if they wish.

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The Luck of the Irish 2001 Movie Comprehension Questions

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St. Patrick's Day Mindfulness Activity

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St. Patrick's Day Mindfulness Writing Activities:

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Spring Writing Template and Example:

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Valentine's Day Mindfulness File Folder Activity

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Valentine's Day Mindfulness Writing Prompts:

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Winter Writing Example and Template:

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Winter Journal:

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This is a bundle of three dice roll writing assignments. This bundle includes assignments about author's purpose, rhetorical appeals, and character reading response which works for any book.

With these assignments, students roll a die to determine the format, topic, and character/rhetorical appeal/purpose they will use for their writing piece. These assignments offer a lot of flexibility and options for students. They are fun and engaging! This resource includes writing rubrics for the character reading response and author's purpose assignments.

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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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
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition ⭐ End of Year Mad Libs ⭐ We Didn't Start the Fire Activity ⭐ End of Year "Book Talk" Activity
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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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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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