Here’s a variety of ready-made creative writing resources for your classroom!
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Write an Epic Story in 10 Minutes
Print out the worksheet, play the video, and let students write.
It’s that easy.
I hope your students write some EPIC stories.
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Capture the Softer Side of a Villain
Your mission is to humanize a character from a book or movie who has been labeled a villain.
You can tell the “real” story of this character, or perhaps give a day-in-the life of what their life is
like.
Be creative and write 150 words or more.
Video Explanation:
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Create a Fictional Character (Step 1):
With this activity, students create their own FICTIONAL CHARACTER. They then need to share their character with a partner, and write a story of their partner’s FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
This is a class favorite!
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Worksheet #2 (Optional)
Create a Fictional Character (Step 2):
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Microfiction Challenge #1: Write 10 Short Stories
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Microfiction Challenge #2: Write 10 Short Stories
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Microfiction Challenge #3: Write 10 Short Stories
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Write a Creative Story About VIKINGS
Write a Creative Story About a SHARK
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Write a Story About Dinosaurs
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Write a 10-Sentence Story From the Pictures Given
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Turn Your Favorite Song Into a Story
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Use “Bruh” in a Story
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Write a Story Featuring an Emoji
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Use the Emojis to Create a Story
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Tell the Story of This Piece of Art
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Story Prompts
Here’s a set of creative writing prompts that have worked well with my students.
The protocol I follow is this:
- Watch the video prompt.
- Read the story on the worksheet given. This is a great opportunity to go over vocabulary, and gauge if students understand the text.
- Replay the video.
- Check for understanding. Be sure students know that they need to write 150 words or more.
- Write.
Google Doc of Activities:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FkkleT1PEKO6zLd8rI71mZ6P924rB0dGmpW_28I_tA0/edit?usp=sharing
The Time Traveler
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The Sea Monster
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The Whispering Manor
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Searching for Treasure
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Lost in Space
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What Happened to the Missing Artifacts?
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Write a Story About Aliens
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Maya the Coder
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The Missing Shoe
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Write the Story of Emily Collins
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The Pursuit of a Dream
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More Creative Writing Prompts
Write a Story About an Ostrich, a Tattoo, a Helicopter, and a Baby
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The Furious…
The Flying Chair
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Write a Story That Takes Place in the Jungle
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Write a Story About a Chase
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Write a Story That Takes Place in the Desert
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Write a Story About a Tree, a Car, a Blanket, and a Mouse
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Write a Story About the Wind
Tell a Story That Takes Place in the Mountains
Worksheet coming soon.
Write a Story With These 5 Verbs
Think-Write-Pass
I love giving students space to be creative and silly with their ideas.
And I love having students write stories together – and sharing their creativity and silliness with one another.
Think-Write-Pass is one of my favorite activities for building a classroom culture of writing and fun.
When students are free to play with ideas and be their silly selves – the classroom transforms into a place of imagination and creativity.
Here are all the Think-Write-Pass activities I use with my students. I hope they help!
Think-Write-Pass #1
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Think-Write-Pass #2
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Think-Write-Pass #3 (Advanced Vocabulary)
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Think-Write-Pass #4
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Think-Write-Pass #5
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Think-Write-Pass #6
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Think-Write-Pass #7
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Creative Writing Challenges
Writing challenges are a great way of shaking things up. They also allow students to be creative with language.
Here is an assortment of challenges I use with my students.
Take a Creative Writing Exam
Can You Pass This Creative Writing Challenge?
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Creative Writing Obstacle Course!
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The ULTIMATE Storytelling Challenge
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The Ultimate Storytelling Challenge #2
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Writing Challenge: Vary Sentence Lengths in a Story
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Creative Writing Mission!
Picture Prompts
Pictures can be great tools to spark a creative story. Here is an assortment of picture prompts to get your student storytelling.
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Tell the Story of the Lion and the Girl!
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Write a Story About a TORNDADO!
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Writing Prompt: You See the Impossible in the Mariana Trench!
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