Celebrate fall, winter, and Valentine's Day in a unique and meaningful way with this Character Personalities Creative Writing Bundle! Students expand their character trait vocabulary and have a blast developing a pumpkin, snowman, or Valentine character and writing creative stories — three engaging holiday writing projects in one.
HOW IT WORKS
Students receive or choose a character adjective, then complete an in-depth study of that trait using synonym and antonym analysis, a Frayer Model, and additional graphic organizers — all to prepare for writing a creative story, poem, or other format about their character.
Each project also includes ideas for taking things to the next level — decorating a real pumpkin, building a 3D snowman, or creating a Valentine heart — plus suggestions for culminating writing celebrations and follow-up literacy stations to extend and strengthen mastery of new character adjectives.
What's unique about each set of 30 trait cards:
- Pumpkin Personalities — fun, descriptive words like mischievous, timid, and flamboyant
- Snowman Personalities — words related to being jolly, merry, and generous
- Valentine Personalities — words related to kindness, compassion, and Valentine's Day themes
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN ALL THREE PROJECTS
- Suggested teaching sequence
- Editable parent letter
- 30 trait/adjective sorting cards per project
- Student word list handout
- Word exploration graphic organizers (2 versions)
- Primary grades character brainstorm sheet for differentiation
- Upper grades character questionnaire (2 pages)
- Character brainstorm graphic organizer
- Story planning template
- Publishing paper in multiple formats
- Valentine card assignment
- Character design and illustration templates
- Character expression examples sheet
- "Writer Shout Out" celebration sheets
- Word sort extension activities
- Synonym and antonym analysis worksheets
Pumpkin and Snowman Personalities also include:
- 30 vocabulary definition match-up task cards
- 30 "Which Does Not Belong?" synonym/antonym task cards
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
