CREATIVE NONFICTION STORY 3/2/26
DUE 4/7 or 8/26
IN THE EVENT THAT THIS IS LATE… THERE WILL BE A PENATY......
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CREATIVE nonfiction..a true story that has a special form of non fiction writing. It tells about some thing that really happened, but is written, like a story.
Read about a true story of 2 climbers that survived after one of them'
fell.
What makes this good creative nonfiction?
Does the first paragraph soundlike a story?
Can you picture this in your mind? What is your feeling or mood does the writer have?
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1st paragraph… introduce the topic that feels like a good story
What makes this sounds like a story.
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Identify and give 2 examples of each Figure of Speech
1.figurative language
2.metaphor
3.simile
4.personification
5.idiom
6.hyperbole
7 Onomatopoeia{ buzz, whisper,
8.expository essay Purpose… to inform……{specific topic...who, what,where,why
9.personal essay
10.persuasive essay
11.tall tale
12. foreshadowing `
13.biography
14. Counterargument
15.Cliche
16.ballad
17.analogy
18. rhetorical question
19.diary
20.fable
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A memoir … a specific type of a Personal Narrative…tells about a persons experiences, feelings. How they have shaped
the world
you should be able to create a vivid image.
self expression, chronological order, lessons learned
MUST BE WRITTEN IN 1ST PERSON, I,ME, WE ETC.
You must read about 3 famous people listed below!
Decide-on which famous person you want to write his or her menoirs.
This will be completed in diary form...using dates of the memoir you are writing about
You must use at least on quote in your memoir
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WRITING PROMPS🎈This will be used as a MAJOR TEST MARK FOR 2ND TRIMESTER
You must use one figure of speech or a vocabulary word {old or new} in each Writing Prompt🎉🎈 5 sentences
January 13 One Smart Cookie
Make up powers for food! Cookies could make you smart🎉
January 14 Srambled Story
School from Susie home came. Bear a house the was in.
January 15 Count On It
Create a story.Make it go up to ten. One day,two sisters named Annie and Alex ran into three………
January 16 Frozen Tale
Give your point of view on a snowflake. Give your snowflake a name..Describe its trip down to ground.
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WRITING PROMPS FEBRUARY 🩷MAJOR TEST MARK FOR 2ND TRIMESTER🎉
February 3……Favorite Sayings
Choose a particular saying…Explain what is means
February 4…Fortune Cookies
Write 5 predictions that you would like to find inside a fortune cookies.
February 5… Animated Objects
Imagine that something cannot talk…could suddenly talk!!?!?{ CAN ONLY BE 7 AN OBJECT!!} Eagles Jersey, your phone.
February 6…………LOVE IS IN THE AIR🩷
Create a valentine poem or card to send to your favorite VALENTINE!?!?!?
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MARCH WRITING PROMPS
1.If you could collect autographs from famous people..who would they be and explain why…
6 sentences!
2.Procrastination means? Write down 8 excuses and why they are good excuses .
3.St.Patricks Day is March 17th. Chose 6 items etc. that are green. Use each one as a simile.
4. Make a list of 10 memories from the summer that you would like to remember.
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APRIL WRITING PROMPS🎈🎈🩷 3 rd Trimester mark.
APRIL 7th
Choose a fairy tale and rewrite it backwards…ending to the beginning . 5-6 sentence
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April 14th
Rip Van Winkle {fell asleep for twenty years and woke up 20 years later!!!} What would happen if you fell asleep for
20 years? How would the world have changed when you woke up? Write a short paragrah about waking up from a 20 year
nap. 6 sentences.
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April 22, 2025
Kindergarten Days 🎈5 sentences for each question. Question must be written also.
What kinds of things do you think are important to learn in Kindergarten?
What do you wish you had learned at that age?
Write what you think should be taught in kindergarten today?
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APRIL 28, 2025
PERSONAL POWER WORDS
What are some words that you really like?
violet, rumble, crash out, etc. use any 5 words and write 5 sentences using each word correctly. INTELLIGENTLY🎈🎈
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MAY 5th
Chose an exotic place! CREATE A POSTCARD DESCRIBING WHERE
YOU ARE AND 1 INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOUR GETAWAY.
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MAY 12TH
COLORFUL STORY 5 sentences …NO BULLETS !!!!!~
WRITE A STORY USING AS MANY COLORS AS YOU CAN
A TOMATOE COLORED TRUCK… PLUM COLORED OCEAN…
YELLOW COLORED ANIMAL.
BE IMAGINATIVE🎈🎏🎁🎀🛍️🪭
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