by Spark Creativity
9th - 12th Grade
HOLIDAY FREEBIE! I hope this helps take some stress out of your holiday season.
Holiday creative writing projects help keep students (and teachers) going during the busy month of December. If you want happy, engaged students in the build up to winter break, this engaging unit can help.
I was inspired by the amazing book Make Writing, by Angela Stockman, to create a series of ELA maker space projects. First, students make something using art or maker materials. Then, they write about it.
Students who struggle with writer's block will find their ideas flowing better. Students who love art will connect more to their writing. Students will have a chance to really visualize aspects of their writing before they begin.
With this project, students first create a winter holiday setting. Maybe they paint a frosty arctic scene with a tiny cottage on the horizon. Maybe they create a finger puppet theater with characters at a holiday dance. Maybe they build a wooden set for an ice skating rink and light it with Christmas lights. The sky's the limit.
Next, they share their scenes with a partner and talk about them, building up ideas for their writing. They set their written pieces within their own scenes, working on novel chapters, poetry, short stories, or plays.
After completing the peer editing workshop and then their final drafts, students share their art and writing in a winter holiday gallery, completing fun award tickets for the projects they like best.
From the Reviews:
- "Incredibly detailed with plenty of room for students to express their creativity. Thank you!"
- "The ELA makerspace projects saved my floundering Creative Writing class."
- "Love all the creative ideas. I especially like the "Extra Cookies" ticket!"
- "I am so excited to use these next school year! They look absolutely wonderful! My students will really enjoy this resource at a time when they really need something to keep them grounded and focused. Thank you!"
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