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An editable digital (Google Classroom-compatible) slide deck of weekly creative and reflective writing prompts, organized by week, for students to respond to directly on the slides.
A creative-writing worksheet that walks students through writing an imaginative short story in three paragraphs, using a provided story starter and structured planning questions.
A set of 15 classroom posters, each modeling a different narrative writing technique for crafting an engaging story opening ('sizzling start'), such as action, dialogue, onomatopoeia, descriptive setting, and cliffhangers.
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.
A two-part personal-narrative writing journal (combining 'True Life Stories' and 'Me and My World') that prompts students to write and illustrate short personal stories using story starters, brainstorming questions, and vocabulary space.
A no-prep creative-writing packet of back to school-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
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.
Reading comprehension worksheets on identifying connections/sequences between events in informational and narrative texts, supplementing CCSS RI.2.3.
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
A no-prep pirate-themed activity packet combining literacy activities (informational reading, vocabulary, creative writing, a leveled short story with comprehension response) with pirate-themed puzzles and coloring, differentiated for Grades 1-3; seller also states math activities are included but these were not reached in the opened evidence.
Students write original story conclusions connected to science concepts. The bundle includes grading criteria for assessing their creative responses.
A seasonal thematic teaching unit for lower elementary grades built around September/back-to-school themes, combining language, math, and science readiness activities.
Give students Christmas/winter-themed sentence-starter writing prompts to complete into their own short story.
Practice creative writing, sequencing, sentence building, descriptive/adjective use, and character creation through a Gingerbread Man theme, for K-3 students.
This worksheet is great for helping students understand tall tales and how to write a conclusion to a story. It can be used in a small group or whole class setting.
A Valentine's Day creative writing prompt (built around a 'hart'/heart pun) that pairs a short science tidbit about deer with a story starter students must finish in their own words.
Creative writing prompts are a great way to start your mornings. It helps to get students' wheels turning and warms them up for a fun-filled day of learning. Try using themed writing prompts for the month. With this download, you can have 10 writing prompts related to St. Patrick's Day. Included with this resource: 10 color options that…
A no-prep creative-writing packet of fall-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
A no-prep bundle of winter-themed language arts activities (crossword, word scramble, word search, glyph, creative writing prompts) for independent or group classroom use.
Finish the Story: Groundhog Day Writing Prompts Ignite your students' imaginations with these fun and engaging Groundhog Day writing prompts! This resource includes 11 incomplete stories about Groundhog Day that students must finish.
A no-prep creative-writing packet of halloween-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
Celebrate the New Year with fun writing prompts for grades 2-5! Finish the Story: New Year Writing Prompts sparks creativity by having students complete unfinished tales.