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William Carlos Williams "This is Just to Say" & Kenneth Koch | Satire & Tone
Looking for an engaging poetry lesson to get your students excited about critical thinking and enjoying poetry writing? William Carlos Williams poem This is Just to Say is a deceptively simple poem about the everyday experience of taking the last delicacy from the fridge. Its also a poem about family relationships, communication, guilt, and family life. And it's a great poem to easily and quickly teach tone, diction, and structure.The creative writing prompt inspired by Kenneth Koch's poem "V
Historical Fiction Writing Project | Creative Research Project | Fun Assessment
This fun creative writing assignment will encourage students to sharpen their research skills and to deepen their understanding of the time and society portrayed in the text they are studying in class by writing historical fiction. We often make the mistake of thinking that people who lived 30 or 75 or 150 years ago were “just like us” only with different clothes.
The Benefits of Teaching Creative Writing - Adding Creative Writing Tasks to ELA Instruction
Creative writing is so much fun to teach! It inspires a love of writing and builds a community of writers. Check out my favorite reasons for adding creative writing to any classroom!
Poetry Writing and Analysis - Practice with similes and figurative language
Poetry Writing and Analysis - Practice with similes and figurative language
Create A God or Goddess, Creative Writing, Hero's Journey and Mythology
Use this "Create a God or Goddess" activity to deepen your students' love for mythology! This activity includes a biography page for students to do planning and creative writing, as well as an illustration page for students to draw their god or goddess, myth, and create a sort of trading card! This activity is perfect for the Hero's Journey, Greek myth, Norse myth, or even Egyptian myth. Use it in your English classroom or even a World Religions class. INCLUDES: - Create a God or Goddess Biograp