Writing a Story with a Thanksgiving Theme, Narrative Writing Prompt, 6th 7th 8th Grade

Give your middle school students a creative writing project to encourage their creativity for Thanksgiving. Students learn about literary theme and are given examples of life lessons that could be applied to stories. Students choose a theme or brainstorm one of their own and write a story that takes place around Thanksgiving. Graphic organizers help students develop their setting, characters, and plot. Guidelines and a revising and editing checklist help them turn their rough drafts into polished final drafts. Reflection questions are also included that can be used as closure. Perfect for a language arts Thanksgiving project!

What’s included:

• 8-page student packet with cover page
• Introduction to assignment and information about literary themes
• 5 themes to choose from or space for students to write a theme of their own
• Setting graphic organizer
• Character development graphic organizer
• Plot line graphic organizer
• Final guidelines for writing the rough draft
• Revising and editing checklist
• 4 reflection Questions

Benefits:

• Encourages creativity
• Teaches students about literary theme
• Clear instructions help students work independently
• Graphic organizers help students develop setting, characters, and plot
• Guidelines and checklist help students write their rough drafts and final drafts

Instructions/tips for implementation:

• Go over the packet with students. Make sure students understand what literary theme is. They can come up with a theme of their own or choose one of the themes in the packet.
• Give students time to work. Be available to assist students if needed.
• Remind students to use the guidelines on page 6 to help them write their rough drafts.
• After students write their rough drafts, they can use the checklist on page 7 to help them revise and edit their stories. If anything needs to be improved or corrected, have them put an X in the boxes on the right side of the checklist.
• Students will need to write both drafts of their stories on separate sheets of paper.

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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