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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.
Generate creative writing prompts by having students roll a die to randomly select a character, setting, and problem for a story.
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.
A single-page creative writing prompt asking students to use adjectives to vividly describe a humorous illustrated scene.
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.
A no-prep creative-writing packet of back to school-themed "finish the story" prompts to build narrative writing skills.
A Cinderella-themed creative writing prompt where students imagine finding a magic wand and design their own wand.
Combine directed step-by-step drawing practice with creative writing prompts for 12 birds, to build drawing/illustration skills alongside descriptive or narrative writing.
Google Slideshow of 24 creative writing prompts to inspire student writing across genres and moods, with an elements-of-fiction mini-lesson.
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 set of daily journal-writing prompt worksheets covering general, seasonal, and imaginative topics to build writing fluency and self-reflection.
Guides students through step-by-step directed drawings of 12 zoo animals, paired with optional creative writing prompts about each animal.
A Google Slides/PowerPoint deck of 24 flash-fiction creative writing prompts to give students short, timed writing practice, explained with a slide on what flash fiction is and directions for use.
A Cinderella-themed creative writing activity with diary-entry prompts from multiple story characters' perspectives.
Give middle/high school students short, targeted creative writing exercises that isolate and practice five literary devices (Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone) one at a time, building creative writing skills incrementally.
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A grade-3 creative writing resource offering 8 whimsical 'crazy school day' writing prompts (each with an image cue, sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank), plus an easy version, a challenge version, teacher usage notes, and worked example stories.
A 114-page reproducible creative-writing book presenting an informal, personal-experience-based approach to teaching writing, with a large collection of open-ended writing topic activities.
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.
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 full movie-study unit for Encanto (2021) covering reading comprehension, character study, themes, and cross-curricular tie-ins (social studies, maths, science, art, music, 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.
A movie-study lesson plan/worksheet packet for the film Flora & Ulysses (2021), with 30 activities building reading comprehension, vocabulary, character analysis, theme analysis, data/graph interpretation, and creative writing skills.