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A two-part creative writing and drawing prompt in which students invent an original eco-hero character ('Captain Planet Jr.') and write about an adventure saving the Earth, then draw the character in action.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a school field trip, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a camping/vacation adventure, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Free download A single creative-writing prompt exercise about finding a tiny magical dragon in a lunchbox.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on surprises / secrets, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
A short creative-writing prompt activity centered on the Giant's Causeway (a geological rock formation), asking students to imagine finding 'the Giant's boot' at the site and invent a backstory.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a schoolyard mystery, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Free download Set of writing prompts intended to support and reinforce children's creative story writing.
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of 26 themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 2-3 students through the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing).
A set of photo-based visual writing prompts using animal photographs to inspire open-ended creative, descriptive, or expository student writing.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Pirates at Noon" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Night of Ninjas" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Lions at Lunchtime" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Novel Study Worksheets - Sea Otter Sunrise - Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
A creative-writing worksheet teaching narrative story planning (introduction/middle/ending), using a mentor short story about a boy whose new bag is stolen by bullies as the model text.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Polar Bears past Bedtime" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Sunset of the Sabertooth" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Midnight on the Moon" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Novel Study Worksheets -Rhinos at Recess - Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Blizzard of the Blue Moon" by Mary Pope Osborne, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for "Dark Day in the Deep Sea" by Mary Pope Osborne, combining a vocabulary exercise, reflection/comprehension prompts and creative-writing tasks.
A creative writing resource that teaches fiction-writing craft (audience, genre, structure, sentence variety, suspense-building) through direct instruction, a model short story ('The Art Gallery') about a boy who has an eerie encounter with a painting, and a guided prompt to write a follow-up story.
A set of writing-prompt templates based on 'The Three Little Pigs' folktale, encouraging perspective-taking and opinion/persuasive writing.
25-slide slideshow lesson teaching middle/high school students how to write descriptive story settings using sensory imagery to establish mood.