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10 Harry Potter Creative Writing Printables with a focus on Sensory Details

By Spark Creativity

These Harry Potter Creative Writing Printables will slip easily into the open spaces of any Harry Potter novel unit. Simply print and enjoy watching students imagine themselves into the wonderful world of Hogwarts through their writing. From the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 9^th

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

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40 Fun Questions to Start Class, All Disciplines, Grades 5-12

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Help your students connect with you and each other as a community by turning a boring old "here" into a chance to get to know each other better. This product contains a printable poster with forty entertaining questions for your students to respond

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For All Subject Areas

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Valentine's Day in ELA: Character Valentines

By Spark Creativity

Want something fun and easy for English class on Valentine's Day? That helps students think differently and creatively about characters?Try character Valentines. Let students write Valentines from the perspective of one character to all the rest.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities, Handouts

$1.50

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Harry Potter: 9 Creative Activities for any Harry Potter Novel

By Spark Creativity

Whichever Harry Potter novel you're teaching, these creative activities will help inspire your students to engage. As students engage in fun activities like tweeting for Harry, creating a playlist for Hermione, and inventing a comic book version of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Harry Potter Creative Bundle

By Spark Creativity

Help your students fall in love with Harry Potter with this great variety of creative activities. They'll tweet for Harry, take on fresh new roles in class discussions, incorporate sensory details in their writing using fun creative writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$5.00

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Halloween Sensory Details Writing Bundle: ELA 4-8

By Spark Creativity

Help your ELA 4-8 students learn to write with sensory details in a fun seasonal way with this discounted Halloween Writing Bundle. Inside, you'll find three seasonal creative writing products. See them all in the preview, or check them out

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Halloween

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$3.00

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ELA Writing Workshop: Foldable Stories

By Spark Creativity

This fun creative writing activity is sure to lead to some surprise twists and turns. Just photocopy the two sheets onto one double sided page and give one to each student. Allow five minutes for everyone to start their story, then ask them to add

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1, L.9-10.2

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Halloween Writing Activities: Metaphors and Similes

By Spark Creativity

Use these fun Halloween writing worksheets to teach or review the concepts of simile and metaphor with your students this October. Photocopy the handouts, go over the examples at the top, and let students work. You may wish to remind your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

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Halloween Sensory Details Writing Pack: ELA 4-8

By Spark Creativity

In this packet you’ll find three fun handouts for practicing sensory details in October. The first introduces (or reviews) the concept of sensory details and gives examples, as well as invites students to practice using a single Halloween

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Halloween

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

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ELA Christmas Sensory Details Activity Set

By Spark Creativity

In this packet you’ll find three fun handouts for practicing sensory details in December. The first introduces (or reviews) the concept of sensory details and gives examples, as well as invites students to practice using a single picture. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

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Holiday Writing Workshop: The Christmas Plot Twister

By Spark Creativity

In this fun creative writing activity, students choose from a menu of characters, conflicts, and settings, then write a Christmas story on the provided paper. If you wish, extend the writing workshop by having students finish their stories at

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Thanksgiving Metaphors and Similes

By Spark Creativity

Use these fun Thanksgiving worksheets to teach or review the concepts of simile and metaphor with your students this November. Photocopy the handouts, go over the examples at the top, and let students work. You may wish to remind your students to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

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Christmas Writing Activity: Metaphors and Similes

By Spark Creativity

Christmas Writing Activity: Keep the holiday spirit in the air while you accomplish important practice with metaphors and similes. These cute holiday handouts will help students stay on task as you play some cheery music in the background.Before

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

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Harry Potter Board Game Final Project (editable)

By Spark Creativity

Want your Harry Potter unit to have the engaging, creative finale it deserves? Try this Harry Potter board game project, and get students thinking in new ways about what they've read. In this packet, you’ll find everything you need to help your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$1.50

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Halloween Haiku Bookmarks

By Spark Creativity

Want an easy print-and-go Halloween writing center or party activity for your ELA classroom? In this packet you’ll find everything to have your students create cute, themed Halloween haiku bookmarks. This activity comes from my new roundup of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Halloween

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.9-10.10

$1.00

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Writing Thanksgiving Letters

By Spark Creativity

Use this fun Thanksgiving activity to teach or review with students the conventional format of a letter. Pass out the first handout to explain the assignment. This gives ideas for who to write to and lays out the three topics for the three

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$1.00

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Halloween Party Pack: ELA Stations, Decor, Treat Table Tent and Tags

By Spark Creativity

Halloween Party Pack for the Middle Grades Simplify your life! It's all here. In this packet you’ll find everything you need for a fun ELA classroom holiday party. What’s inside… Activity Stations #1 Add to the Story: In this activity,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Halloween

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

$6.99

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Thanksgiving Sensory Imagery Activity Pack, ELA 4-8

By Spark Creativity

In this packet you’ll find three fun handouts for practicing sensory details in November. The first introduces (or reviews) the concept of sensory details and gives examples, as well as invites students to practice using a single picture. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (6.43 MB)

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Halloween Creative Writing Activity: Mix-n-Match Story Cards

By Spark Creativity

Want engaged and excited creative writers during the Halloween season? In this packet, you’ll find story cards to help inspire your students to write creative Halloween tales. There are eight character cards, eight conflict cards, and eight

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Halloween

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (33.27 MB)

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5 Halloween Story Starters on Themed Paper

By Spark Creativity

Use these fun Halloween writing prompts throughout October. Let students kick off class with creative holiday prompts like: “Of course bats get lonely!” yelled Fred. “I miss my family! I miss my friends! And you’ve hardly been welcoming to me!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (27.39 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Faculty, The Webb Schools Faculty, The American College of Sofia Writer: Independent School Magazine, readwritethink.org, English Journal, Independent Teacher Online, NCTE Classroom Notes Plus, NAIS Cool Books Project, We Are Teachers, Follett Contributor: Cult of Pedagogy Podcast Guest: Cult of Pedagogy, The Cornerstone for Teachers

MY TEACHING STYLE

I like to use creative, artistic, differentiated pedagogies. I constantly promote free-choice reading, use interdisciplinary journal prompts and help students explore different forms of creative writing. I like a variety of discussion forms like literature circles and fishbowl discussions, but particularly focus on developing the group dynamics required for round-table discussions.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Arthur Ashe Award for Community Involvement, Leadership, and Sportsmanship The Webb Schools New Teacher Award

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A., Pomona College M.A., Middlebury College

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The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast The Creative High School English Facebook Group @nowsparkcreativity www.nowsparkcreativity.com

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies - History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Drama, EFL - ESL - ELD, Career and Technical Education, Life Skills, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading

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