Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Help high school Creative Writing students better understand the conventions of the fairy tale genre and prepare for the drafting of modified fairy tales with this comprehensive, low-prep, standards-aligned unit plan. All supporting materials are provided in both Word Document and PDF formats. More specifically, the following are included:
A detailed, standards-based unit plan articulating the unit’s transfer goal(s), essential question(s), enduring understanding(s), learning target(s), academic vocabulary, formative assessment(s), summative performance task(s), and learning plan(s).
A PowerPoint addressing the conventions of the fairy tale genre.
Representative narratives by the Brothers Grimm for analysis with supplemental worksheets.
Detailed directions.
A student exemplar for reference.
A comprehensive outline for student planning.
A document to facilitate the editing process.
A comprehensive rubric for evaluating student writing.
This bundle includes 6 three-week, standards-based unit plans and all instructional materials for supporting high school Creative Writing students as they generate original works of fiction. Not only does this bundle provide everything a teacher needs to carry out the curriculum to fidelity, but it substantially reduces prep work so teachers may invest more time developing positive relationships with students and offering personalized support as they work to achieve learning targets. All materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.
A variety of literary genres is covered with this bundle: Gothic, fantasy, fairy tales, science fiction, realistic fiction, and adventure fiction.
At the conclusion of the six units, students will have have done the following:
Developed greater understanding of the conventions of each genre.
Analyzed how professionally published authors used characterization, description, and literary devices that are consistent with the conventions of each genre
Conducted research to facilitate idea development
Organized initial ideas in a coherent manner.
Engaged the reader with compelling exposition that established setting and tone.
Used many appropriate narrative techniques (dialogue, dialect, description, pacing, etc.) to enhance plot.
Drafted coherent, cohesive, and appropriate narratives that build toward a particular tone and outcome (a sense of mystery, suspense, etc.).
Used precise words and phrases, active verbs, and sensory language to convey compelling stories.
Drafted unrushed conclusions that resolve conflicts and convey themes.
Showed mastery of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
