With these descriptive and narrative writing handouts and activities, students will learn how to develop an idea with specific details, and to write with clarity and precision. Guide students as they write personal narratives, memoirs, and creative fiction. Bonus: A fun, roll-the-dice task card game will help students to practice “show vs. tell,” eliminate clichés, and combine sentences.
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Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:
Personal Narrative Writing Handouts, Task Cards for Middle School & High School
★“Add to It” Strategy (1 Page) helps students expand a draft and develop their ideas.
★“Keep it Fresh” Strategy (1 Page) shows students four ways to be interesting and non-cliché.
★“Pinpoint the Senses” Strategy (1 Page) provides a useful sensory detail brainstorming chart.
★“Sentence Combining” Strategy (1 Page) shows students five ways to play with sentence structure (1 Page)
★“Show Don’t Tell” Strategy (1 Page) shows students six ways to interest a reader.
★Writing Exercises (2 Pages) help students to look at their world in a new way.
★Eight Revision Task Cards (2 Pages) help students apply strategies to their writing.
★Teacher Overview (1 Page) helps teachers to get started.
Writing Fluency Task Cards for Middle School and High School are great for stations, independent practice, revision work, differentiation and enrichment!
★Show Don’t Tell Task Cards (5 Pages, 20 Cards)
★Cliché Elimination Task Cards (5 Pages, 20 Cards)
★Sentence Combining Task Cards (5 Pages, 20 Cards)
★Task Card Recording Sheet (1 Page)
★Teacher Overview (1 Page)
This resource is helpful for:
★ Teachers who are looking to save time with ready-made resources.
★ Teachers who need skill-based writing resources.
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