Fun project for use with short stories and poems that include a dead character. Can be used as a light-hearted project or for making connections with the text. Also good to use with Lake Superior State University’s Banished Word List—make a gravestone and an obituary for an overused, worn out word!

Print and go ready!

Obituary and gravestone can be used together or separately.

Contents:
Student Instruction Printable for Obituary with Rubric
Gravestone Template with Student Instructions
Obituary Writing Handout or Teacher Notes

Bonus: Overused Word Obituary printable with rubric
Banished word list: http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

This item is a single file PDF.

Make sure your students are able to handle writing about death. May not be appropriate for all students.

This item is also part of the money-saving 10 Engaging Culminating Projects Bundle and the Culminating Projects Super Bundle with all 20 projects!


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