Creative Writing Assignment - Design a School Activity - Video Introduction
Creative Writing Assignment - Design a School Activity - Video Introduction: Inspire creativity and improve writing skills with this engaging video writing assignment designed to spark student imagination. In this task, students are prompted to design a new school, recount their first day from a first-person perspective, and create an advertisement campaign to attract potential students. The highlight of this resource is the captivating hand-drawn video introduction by the talented John Spencer, engaging students right from the start. With comprehensive instructions, brainstorming sheets, writing organizers, editing checklists, and advertisement project handouts, this package offers everything needed for seamless implementation without any prep work required.
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How This Design a School Creative Writing Activity Works:
- Students watch a hand-drawn video that introduces the creative writing assignment to students to help them consider all the different aspects of their new school (lots of examples included). This video is highly engaging and will hook your students immediately.
- Use the eye-catching PowerPoint presentation to introduce the assignment in more detail to your class and guide you through each element of the creative writing lesson and assignment.
- Use the instructions, student handout, writing organizers, editing checklist, and assignment sheets to implement the project and set students up for success with their writing.
Included in This Design a School Creative Writing Activity:
➡️ Introductory Video: Use this short video to introduce this engaging creative writing assignment. The video is hand-drawn and will hook your students in before you begin the lesson.
➡️ Textures of My Life Teacher Instructions: The teacher instructions will guide you through each element of the lesson and assignment so you feel totally confident implementing this in your classroom.
➡️ Textures of my Life Teacher Presentation: Use the included PowerPoint slides to guide the lesson and as prompts for what students should do and in what order.
➡️ Brainstorming, Planning and Rough Draft Sheets: Have students use these brainstorming and planning pages with prompting questions to help them outline what their school will include and what the schedule would like on the first day at this school. A checklist is also included to ensure all elements have been included.
➡️ Peer Editing Checklist: Students will have someone edit their work and make changes before completing their good copies.
➡️ New School Advertisement Project Handout and Planning Pages: Students will complete an advertisement for their new school in either brochure, video, or live tour format. Use the included handout and planning pages to guide students through the process of writing.
➡️ Teacher Rubrics: Use the included rubrics to grade student's work quickly and easily!
What Teachers Are Saying About This Design A School Assignment:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is an excellent resource and really lets students get creative with a vision of their own school.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I used this as an introduction to a credit recovery course. The students loved completing it, and it helped me to get a better understanding of their mindset toward learning and school.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great Resource. My students enjoyed working on this activity.
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