Christmas Day Storyboard

Recount a personal holiday experience in chronological order across six connected prompts

Complete sentence starters with original writing, including a reason ('because') for a favorite-present response

Use as a first-day-back writing warm-up after winter break, since the prompts recount Christmas Day chronologically

Model one panel aloud as a class before independent writing, since students must extend each starter into full sentences

Have students share their favorite-present panel aloud, since it's the only panel that asks for a reason ('because')

Sequential narrative writing — students recount a personal event across six chronological panels, from Christmas Eve to bedtime.

Sentence completion and extension — students extend given sentence starters (e.g., 'My favorite present was ___ because') into complete original sentences.