Creative Writing – Lesson Plan for Young Learners: A Comprehensive Free English Lesson Plan (Online and In-Class) with online Videos, Games and Free PDFs
Creative Writing – Lesson Plan for Young Learners
Whether you’re an educator seeking engaging materials for your online or in-class lessons, we have you covered. This free English lesson plan includes a variety of videos and games to create a fun and interactive learning experience for your students.
Young learners thrive when learning is both educational and enjoyable. That’s why this lesson plan combines language acquisition with playfulness, helping children develop their English skills. From vocabulary building to listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, our lesson plan covers it all.
Lesson Plan Young Learners
Objective:
By the end of this lesson, young learners will be able to:
- Understand the concept of creative writing and its role in expressing imagination and ideas.
- Explore various forms of creative writing, such as short stories, poems, and descriptive paragraphs.
- Develop their creativity and imagination through engaging writing prompts and activities.
- Share their creative works with peers, promoting confidence in self-expression.
- Receive constructive feedback on their writing and use it to further improve their creative pieces.
- Cultivate a positive attitude towards writing and view it as an enjoyable and meaningful form of self-expression.
Time: 60-120 minutes
Materials
- Digital whiteboard software: Videos and Games
- Material: PDFs
Warm up
Story starters
Get students to think of a story using the interactive prompt
Activity 1
Pass the bomb: Word types
| Get students to say different word types and pass the ‘bomb’ around. Write up the words they said afterwards and complie lists on the board. Word types to write: Adjectives/Describing words, Colours, Nouns/Things, Animals, Verbs/Action words (include -ing verbs and past tense), Adverbs, Days of the weeks, Months of the year, Locations/Places, Names (people)Family members, Feelings/Emotions, Drinks/Liquids, Clothing, Activities, School subjects. |
Activity 2
Writing prompts: Fill in the blanks
| Get students to fill in their own writing prompts using the words written on the board. Let each student choose their own worksheet. |
Activity 3
Horror Prompts
| Get students to write up their own stories using the picture prompts. Let them stick eyes and speech bubbles to them afterwards. Correct words as necessary. |
Activity 4
Story generator
| Click on the button and play the game. Get students to choose the criteria, then generate a story and ask students to fill it in. Write what the students say on the board. |
Activity 5
What is Going to Happen?
| Get students to choose a worksheet each and fill it in |
Activity 6
Creative Writing Prompts
| Get students to choose a worksheet each and fill it in |
All downloads are in PDF format
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