Zoo Animals Endless Creative Writing Prompts

Never come up with a creative writing prompt again with this zoo animals-themed storytelling unit! Using the 'somebody wants but so then' (SWBST) approach, this comprehensive LOW PREP resource includes zoo animal cards, creative writing graphic organizers, writing rubrics, and more.

It makes a great addition to your National Zoo and Aquarium Month (June), zoology, or animal unit studies; writing lessons or centers; or science class. Perfect for first grade, second grade, and third grade classrooms, homeschool families, and cooperatives.

After printing the cards, select which graphic organizers you would like students to use, review the rubric with them, and send them off to write. This can be done individually or in small groups so they can bounce ideas off of one another. Students will submit their finished creative writing stories for teacher assessment.

ZOO ANIMALS INCLUDE:

Alligator

• Bear

• Cheetah

• Dolphin

• Eagle

• Elephant

• Fox

• Flamingo

• Fish

• Gorilla

• Giraffe

• Hippo

• Iguana

• Jaguar

• Kangaroo

• Koala

• Lion

• Monkey

• Newt

• Ostrich

• Panda

• Parrot

• Peacock

• Penguin

• Polar bear

• Quail

• Raccoon

• Rhino

• Snake

• Sloth

• Turtle

• Tiger

• Toucan

• Tree frog

• Umbrella bird

• Vulture

• Walrus

• X-ray fish

• Yak

• Zebra
  
  THIS RESOURCE COVERS:
  
  Art (illustrating and coloring)

• English language arts

• Grammar

• Science

• Writing (creative writing and storytelling)

Teacher instructions

Creative writing rubrics (teacher and student versions)

Zoo animal cards (40 in color and 40 in B&W)

Creative writing graphic organizers (4 options with endless creative possibilities)

100 common adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions

Writing process handouts and bookmarks

Parts of speech anchor chart