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Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle

Let’s make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.

Gr 2-8

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let’s make this simile about a loud class super specific!

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Looking Closely at Holiday Photos

Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!

Gr 1-8

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.

Gr 1-8

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Impression, Sunrise

Look closely at Impression, Sunrise. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Look closely at Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Twilight in the Wilderness

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Gr 3-8

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Gr 1-8

Writing Technique: Opposite Adjectives

A specific technique to help students add some spice to their writing. We’ll be using antonyms to describe the same topic!

Gr 1-8

12 Phrases: The Zoo

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at the zoo.

Gr 1-8

Story Starter: Amusement Park

Students use 12 random phrases to write a story that takes place in at an amusement park.

Gr 2-8

Writing A Thanksgiving Letter

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?

Gr 1-8

More Specific than “Smart”

When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)

Gr 1-8

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Gr 2-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.

Gr 1-8

Grade 8

Language

Reading: Informational

Reading: Literature

Speaking & Listening

Writing

CCSS ELA Standard: 8.W.3.d