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A 28-page poetry writing booklet ('My Little Poetry Book') offering students a series of templated poem/writing frames on varied topics to practice creative writing.
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Three Little Pigs | Paparazzi News | Creative Writing
A creative writing activity in which students imagine themselves as paparazzi who spotted the Wolf and the Pig, and record descriptive details about the sighting.
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Introduction to Poetry | Narrative Poetry
Introduce students to narrative poetry as a genre, using video clips, guided discussion, language-device practice, and a full worked example (the poem 'Matilda') plus an independent homework poem.
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Hansel and Gretel | Paparazzi News | Creative Writing
A creative writing activity that reframes the Hansel and Gretel story in a modern tabloid/paparazzi context to prompt imaginative narrative writing.
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My Favorites Writing Prompt Bundle
Bundle of short-paragraph writing prompts where students write about various 'favorite' things, paired with a writing-hacks/proofreading cheatsheet.
Writing: Would You Rather Set 2
'Would You Rather' creative-writing prompt booklet ('Learning Passport'), Set 2 - a companion set of additional paired choice prompts to spark short creative-writing responses.
September No Prep Writing Activities
A set of no-prep, print-and-go Grade 3 writing activities using drawing-and-writing prompts tied to September topics (first day of school, classical music month, food, grandparents, Talk Like a Pirate Day, kindness).
Storyboard Creative Writing Planning Guide
A step-by-step storyboard planning guide, available as both printable and interactive Google Slides, that teaches students to plan a creative narrative by identifying its plot, setting, characters, conflict, and theme.
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Get Ready to Write Activity
A set of open-ended writing prompt cards to give students practice writing extended responses across many topics.
Little Red Riding Hood | Paparazzi News | Creative Writing
A creative writing/role-play activity where students act as paparazzi reporting on characters from Little Red Riding Hood.
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Adventure Visual Writing Prompts | Photo Ideas | Writing Project
Provide open-ended visual/photo writing prompts (animal photos) to inspire creative descriptive or narrative student writing.
Journey Into The Deepest, Darkest Jungle: Write A Story (9-13 years)
A creative writing resource that models story-opening techniques with a jungle-themed mentor text, prompting students to write their own animal adventure story.
Writing: Would You Rather Set 1
'Would You Rather' creative-writing prompt booklet ('Learning Passport') giving students paired choice prompts to spark short creative-writing responses.
The Character Builder & Story Builder Activity
Give students a MASH-style (fold-and-predict/spiral counting) creative writing game to randomly generate character traits and story elements for use in creative writing.
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WRITING PROMPTS, 30 Differentiated Prompts With Supports
30 illustrated writing prompts, each paired with a themed vocabulary word bank, offered at three support levels to motivate reluctant/struggling writers to write a short entry.
The Day I Met A Dinosaur: Write The Story (9-13 years)
A creative-writing resource teaching narrative structure (introduction, middle, ending) through planning prompts, a fully written model story about meeting a dinosaur at a museum, and space for students to write their own version.
Free download WRITING PROMPT | Your pet can talk!
One creative writing prompt asking students to imagine their pet can talk and write a short story about the adventure that follows.
Imagine You Find A Mysterious Box In the Attic: Write A Diary (9-13 years)
A creative writing worksheet that prompts students to imagine finding a mysterious box in an attic, then write a diary entry, using a provided sample diary (about a family's stressful moving day) as a model.
The Adventures of Captain Planet Jr - Writing Prompt
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.
The Closing Down Sale: Write A Story (9-13 years)
A creative-writing teaching resource that first reviews fiction-writing techniques (audience, genre, structure, dialogue, sentence variety) and then guides students through planning and writing an original story using a given character/setting/plot outline about a boy named Frank at a computer-game sale.
A Strange Meeting: Complete The Story (9-13 years)
A creative-writing resource in which students read the opening of a story ('A Strange Meeting') about a boy transported into a Monet painting, write their own ending, compare it to a model ending, then use provided biographical facts about Claude Monet to write an information leaflet about the artist.
Answers included
The Present: Write A Description (And More) (9-13 years)
A creative-writing tutorial teaching students aged 9-13 to write a descriptive narrative about receiving and opening a present, using sensory detail and figurative language.
Emotions Song Writing Printable Activity For Emotional Reflection in Students
A creative-writing worksheet set where students write lyrics or a poem describing what it feels like to experience each of 11 specific emotions.
If I Were a Nurse - Writing Prompt
A one-page writing prompt plus a one-page drawing prompt in which students imagine what it would be like to be a nurse.