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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.
Combine directed step-by-step drawing practice with creative writing prompts for 12 arctic animals, to build drawing/illustration skills alongside descriptive or narrative writing.
Generate creative writing prompts by having students roll a die to randomly select a character, setting, and problem for a story.
A single-page creative writing prompt asking students to use adjectives to vividly describe a humorous illustrated scene.
A no-prep creative-writing packet of back to school-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
A large collection (101 numbered activities) of creative-writing prompts and exercises covering varied writing forms (sentence completion, poems, unconventional writing tasks, etc.) for upper-elementary/middle-school students.
Combine directed step-by-step drawing practice with creative writing prompts for 12 birds, to build drawing/illustration skills alongside descriptive or narrative writing.
September-themed journal writing prompts for weekly reflective writing practice.
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.
Build narrative, imaginative, persuasive, and expository writing skills through 20 winter-themed daily journal prompts.
Free download A set of journaling check-in prompts for upper-elementary/middle-school students dealing with depression, for use as an individual check-in, exit ticket, or discussion piece, or cut apart as headings for an interactive notebook.
Description: These November Daily Journal Prompts help students practice writing skills while responding to November themed journal prompts!
Daily journal/writing prompt set for the month of August, with a different reflective or creative writing prompt for each date (e.g., favorite food, summer activities, Columbus setting sail on Aug. 3, imaginary spaceship travel, staying cool in the heat).
Guides students through step-by-step directed drawings of 12 zoo animals, paired with optional creative writing prompts about each animal.
A set of daily journal-writing prompt worksheets covering general, seasonal, and imaginative topics to build writing fluency and self-reflection.
A set of themed daily writing/journal prompts for the month of January.
Chapter quizzes and writing prompts for a novel study of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, offered as both printable PDF and digital Google Slides/Forms versions.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on a mysterious cave, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
A creative writing prompt worksheet using a science-fiction space travel scenario, combined with research questions about the solar system and space, culminating in a narrative or diary writing task.
A set of 15 picture-based narrative writing prompts to inspire student story writing.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on inventions / robots, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Provides a set of narrative writing prompts, each supplying a pre-selected character/setting/plot combination, plus a writing-hacks reference sheet and proofreading checklist to scaffold student story writing.
Provides printable narrative writing prompts to give students story ideas and practice writing a story with a sequence of events.