Pumpkin Protagonist's Diary-Halloween Creative Writing Assignment, 6th 7th 8th

Let your middle school students unleash their creativity with this engaging creative writing short story assignment that is perfect for Halloween! The student packet includes 18 pages of instructions, definitions of literary terms like theme and resolution, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and reflection questions that can be used for closure. Each diary entry has some example text to help clarify the instructions. The project can be divided up into sections so that students only write one diary entry per day or given to students with an assigned due date. Perfect for middle school students. Designed to be a Halloween writing prompt but works for Thanksgiving also!

What’s included in this resource:

• Student packet with cover page
• Instructions with definitions of literary terms
• Setting graphic organizer
• Protagonist graphic organizer
• Antagonist graphic organizer
• Conflict and resolution graphic organizer
• Character growth and theme graphic organizer
• 5 diary entry prompts with space to write entries
• 6 Reflection questions

Benefits:

• Helps students develop their narrative writing skills
• Gives students a fun writing prompt to spark interest
• Encourages creativity
• A fun project for Halloween or Thanksgiving
• Teaches students about theme
• Graphic organizers help students generate ideas.
• Reflection questions can be used for closure.
• Can be divided up into daily tasks or assigned as a project for students to work on independently

Instructions/tips for implementation:

• Decide if you want to have students work on sections of the project each day or assign it to students with a due date.
• Go over the assignment and packet with students.
• Give students time to work. Be available to help students as needed.
• Use reflection questions as closure to assess student learning.

This resource is licensed for single classroom use only, including homeschool use. It is also licensed for single classroom use online, provided that it is available on password-protected sites only.

Great for 6th, 7th and 8th grade!

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