Finish The Story Writing Prompts

April Weekly Interactive Writing Prompts | Poetry Month Writing Prompt

Each week, students choose one of three provided writing prompts (creative story starters, personal reflection questions, or opinion prompts) and type their response directly onto the slide in a 'Type here' text box.

Includes: Teacher instruction slide (Google Classroom setup directions, editability notice, extension tip) marked to be deleted before posting to students · Week Two: 3 writing prompts (a creative animal-friendship story, a personal loneliness reflection, an Earth's-perspective poem)

The Unusual Present: Write An Imaginative Story (And More) (9-13 years)

Read a provided story opening (about receiving an unusual pair of trainers/shoes with hidden powers), write paragraph 3 using guiding questions, then plan and write an original three-paragraph imaginative story (fantasy, crime, or adventure genre) using paragraph-by-paragraph planning questions.

Includes: story starter passage (unusual present of trainers with hidden powers) · paragraph 3 completion activity with guiding questions and writing lines · original three-paragraph story-writing activity with per-paragraph planning questions

Narrative Writing Story Starters Beginnings Sizzling Starts

Students read each poster's example story-opening paragraph and the named technique it demonstrates, to use as a model or reference when writing their own narrative beginnings.

Includes: 15 poster pages, each pairing a named story-starter technique (e.g. 'action to immerse readers', 'dialogue that reveals character', 'onomatopoeia for… · identical poster set provided in two page sizes: 8.5x11 in and A4

Silly Stories Story Starters

This product is great for helping students learn to write stories. The Silly Stories Story Starters include a character, setting, and plot. This makes it easy for students to create a story. The story starters are also great for sparking creativity.

Storyteller's Wordshop - True Life Stories & Me and My World

Complete story-starter sentences (e.g., 'I got hurt one day. It all started when...', 'My best birthday was when I turned ___ years old...'), draw an accompanying illustration, record personal vocabulary words, and use brainstorming questions to develop each personal narrative.

Story Starters

These Story Starters are perfect for helping students write or tell stories. With a character, setting, and plot card, they can create a fun and unique story. This is a great way to encourage creativity and imagination in your students.

Connection Between a Series (CCSS RI.2.3): Supplemental Worksheets for the Common Core

Read short passages (a recipe, a biography, a how-to text, narrative story starters) and number/sequence steps or events in order, draw pictures matching headings, fill in blanks about vocabulary and content, and predict what happens next in short story scenarios.

Includes: 'Recipe for Lemonade' sequencing worksheet (number steps 1-5) · 'He Had a Dream' Martin Luther King Jr. biography passage with drawing activity · 'Baa, Baa Black Sheep' informational sequencing worksheet on making wool cloth (6 steps)

Finish the Story – Spring Writing Prompts Pack

Read the printed story starter, then write (and, on the illustration layout, draw) to finish the story on the provided lines.

Pirates Literacy and Math Activity Packet and Worksheets

Read informational passages about pirates and answer reading-response questions; define new vocabulary words; write descriptive sentences using the five senses; write a short story or complete a story-starter using pirate slang; write a 6-line acrostic poem using P-I-R-A-T-E; complete two pirate-themed word searches;…

Includes: 'What are Pirates?' informational reading passage (two versions) with reading-response questions · pirate vocabulary worksheet · 'Pirate Senses' descriptive writing worksheet

Science Story Prompt Bundle for Grade 7-10 Science-Fully Editable Grow

Students write original story conclusions connected to science concepts. The bundle includes grading criteria for assessing their creative responses.

Includes: shared 'Science Story Prompt Marking Criteria' rubric (docx and pdf versions), scoring Creativity and Imagination, Connection to Concepts, Plot Development and…

"September and All Through the Year" | Seasonal Thematic Unit

Color and trace color-word pages, cut apart and use alphabet/digraph puzzle cards, help prepare simple A-Z recipes, complete basic shape and counting math pages, work with compound words, and use story starters to write.

Includes: Introduction · Bulletin board ideas · September calendar activity

Finish the Story: Back to School Writing Prompts

Read an unfinished story-starter sentence and write an original ending to complete the story; space is provided to also illustrate/title the piece and write the author's name.

Includes: 5 unique story-starter prompts, each printed in two page layouts (a version with more writing lines and a shorter version) · prompt: "I was so excited for the first day of school, but as soon as I woke up ___" · prompt: "My new teacher is NOT what I expected! ___"

Finish the Story: Fall Theme Writing Prompts

Read an unfinished story-starter sentence and write an original ending to complete the story; space is provided to also illustrate/title the piece and write the author's name.

Includes: 5 unique story-starter prompts, each printed in two page layouts (a version with more writing lines and a shorter version) · prompt: "When I jumped into the pile of leaves, I was transported to ___" · prompt: "When we finally found the perfect pumpkin at the patch, ___"

Finish the Story: Summer Themed Writing Prompts

Read the printed story starter, then write (and, on the illustration layout, draw) to finish the story on the provided lines.

Finish the Story – Winter Writing Prompts

Read the printed story starter, then write (and, on the illustration layout, draw) to finish the story on the provided lines.

Winter Season Student Activity Packet

Students solve a winter-themed crossword using inference, unscramble letters to form winter words, find hidden words in a word search, answer would-you-rather questions and color a glyph tree accordingly, draw a winter scene, roll dice to build story elements (setting, character, problem) and write a story, finish a…

Includes: winter inference crossword puzzle · winter word scramble