Creative Story Opening Activity
A one-page creative writing prompt sheet giving students several imaginative scenario starters to practice writing story openings.
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December Weekly Interactive Writing Prompts
An editable, Christmas/holiday-themed interactive writing prompt set organized by week, giving students a choice of creative writing prompts for each week of December.
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Easter Speech Bubble Writing Prompts | Creative Writing
A creative-writing worksheet packet for emerging writers that uses Easter-themed picture scenes with empty speech bubbles to prompt imaginative dialogue writing.
Fall Speech Bubble Writing Prompts | Creative Writing
A creative-writing resource that uses fall-scene illustrations with blank speech bubbles to prompt students to invent dialogue for pictured characters/animals.
Family Words Worksheet
This family words worksheet is a great way for students to learn about different families. With a word bank of family names, students can write a passage about their own family or any other family.
Finish the Story – Spring Writing Prompts Pack
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).
Finish the Story – Winter Writing Prompts
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).
Finish the Story: Fall Theme Writing Prompts
A no-prep creative-writing packet of fall-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
Finish the Story: Groundhog Day Writing Prompts
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.
Finish the Story: New Year Writing Prompts
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.
Finish the Story: St. Patrick's Day Writing Prompts
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).
Finish the Story: Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
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).
Finish the Story: Valentine's Day Writing Prompts
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).
Flag Parade Write a Story - Memorial Day
A Memorial Day creative-writing prompt where students write a short story from a flag-parade cartoon image using five given vocabulary words.
Answers included
Gingerbread Man Writing Activities | Prompts, Sequencing, Worksheets (
Practice creative writing, sequencing, sentence building, descriptive/adjective use, and character creation through a Gingerbread Man theme, for K-3 students.
Groundhog Day Activities
A short print worksheet packet combining a Groundhog Day word search with an answer key and a creative-writing story prompt.
Answers included
Groundhog Day Fun Writing Pompt - Groundhog Day
Ready to give your students the most fun Groundhog Day celebration yet? My Perfect Groundhog Day Celebration Writing Prompt is the perfect way to let students imagine their ideal day with everyone’s favorite furry weather forecaster.
Free download Groundhog's Day Creative Writing
Short creative-writing prompt worksheets built around the question of what happens when a teacher (rather than a groundhog) sees their shadow.
Groundhog's Mistake Writing Prompt - Groundhog Day
What happens when Punxsutawney Phil makes a mistake? Maybe he predicts spring, but winter sticks around—or he forgets to check his shadow altogether.
Halloween Speech Bubble Writing Prompts | Creative Writing
Creative-writing prompts for emerging writers using Halloween-themed picture scenes with empty speech bubbles.
Halloween Writing Page - If I Had a Magic Potion
Single-page creative-writing/drawing prompt for Halloween, prompting students to imagine and describe a magic potion.
Halloween Writing Prompts
A set of Halloween-themed creative and structured writing prompts for elementary language-arts practice.
Free download HALLOWEEN WRITING PROMPTS | 10 FREE WORKSHEETS
A 10-prompt Halloween-themed creative-writing minibook giving students a short paragraph-writing task per page.
Hansel and Gretel | Diary Writing Prompts
Have students practice narrative/perspective writing by composing diary entries from the point of view of characters in Hansel and Gretel.
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