Holiday Writing Activity for Middle School Gingerbread House for Sale

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This fun and challenging DIGITAL and PRINT “Gingerbread House for Sale” Holiday Descriptive Writing Activity for your Middle School (grade 5 and up) students is such a great way to get in the holiday spirit! Taking on the role of a realtor, students will use descriptive writing strategies to create a paragraph encouraging "potential buyers" to purchase a Gingerbread House. Students will identify strong vocabulary and descriptive phrases, complete a brainstorming graphic organizer, transform boring sentences into detailed descriptions, and finally, create a real estate flyer advertising their Gingerbread House for Sale!
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INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
- Instructions for Use
- Model completed flyer
- Student Task Sheet
- Specific directions for students
- Available in color and B&W
- Descriptive Language Handouts
- Real estate adjectives list
- Student adjective practice sheet
- Gingerbread House Graphic Organizer
- Template for students to plan how their gingerbread house for sale flyer will look
- Creating Stronger Sentences Handout & Practice Sheet
- Parts of Speech (adjectives, adverbs, & prepositional phrases) Review
- Example of improved sentences
- Practice sentences for students
- Real Estate Flyer Template
- Includes space for gingerbread house drawing & descriptive paragraph
- Editable Rubric
- PowerPoint file (editable)
- Includes a .pdf download as well (not editable)
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Looking for more writing resources for your middle school classroom? Check out these other great resources we have in our store.
★ 12 Days of Christmas Activities for Middle School & High School
★ Christmas Narrative Writing Unit for Middle School
★ Complete Christmas Unit - "The Gift of the Magi"
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