Description
**DEADLINE SENSITIVE**
Create real-world magic with this immersive, standards-aligned writing experience that transforms your classroom into a North Pole workshop!
This epistolary writing project designed for grades 9-12 allows students to write personalized Santa letters to real recipients on the "Nice List." With scaffolded supports, interactive activities, and whimsical templates, students are challenged with creative writing elements involving voice, purpose, and audience - but in an approachable and imaginative way that is so much more rewarding than basic prompts.
Whether you use it for a quick simulation or a longer project (**requiring letter completion the first week of December**) this resource will help students craft meaningful letters using figurative language, allusion, and narrative technique. They can also experience the real-world connections and the magic of childhood nostalgia that many teenagers lack in school assignments.
The only person who may find this more magical than the student writers and the nice list recipients is YOU!
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- Project Overview & Timeline (with Google Links)
- Pre-written Email Templates for Entire Project Communication
- Google Form & Spreadsheet for Collecting & Organizing Nice List Names
- Gift Allusion Matching Game
- Example Letters for Editing & Revision Practice using Glow & Grow
- Thinksheet Organizer
- Envelope Formatting Guide
- North Pole Post Office Letter & Shipping Address
- Magical Reaction Video Canva Template
- BONUS: Special (Optional) Touches
note: Duration as listed as 1 month, but student involvement/writing should only be 1 week. All resources included make the load lighter for the teacher to manage, organize, and deliver.
Letters from Santa: An Authentic Audience Writing Project
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Description
**DEADLINE SENSITIVE**
Create real-world magic with this immersive, standards-aligned writing experience that transforms your classroom into a North Pole workshop!
This epistolary writing project designed for grades 9-12 allows students to write personalized Santa letters to real recipients on the "Nice List." With scaffolded supports, interactive activities, and whimsical templates, students are challenged with creative writing elements involving voice, purpose, and audience - but in an approachable and imaginative way that is so much more rewarding than basic prompts.
Whether you use it for a quick simulation or a longer project (**requiring letter completion the first week of December**) this resource will help students craft meaningful letters using figurative language, allusion, and narrative technique. They can also experience the real-world connections and the magic of childhood nostalgia that many teenagers lack in school assignments.
The only person who may find this more magical than the student writers and the nice list recipients is YOU!
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- Project Overview & Timeline (with Google Links)
- Pre-written Email Templates for Entire Project Communication
- Google Form & Spreadsheet for Collecting & Organizing Nice List Names
- Gift Allusion Matching Game
- Example Letters for Editing & Revision Practice using Glow & Grow
- Thinksheet Organizer
- Envelope Formatting Guide
- North Pole Post Office Letter & Shipping Address
- Magical Reaction Video Canva Template
- BONUS: Special (Optional) Touches
note: Duration as listed as 1 month, but student involvement/writing should only be 1 week. All resources included make the load lighter for the teacher to manage, organize, and deliver.
