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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Is It Narrative or Is It Expository?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity to practice with the differences between narrative and expository prompts.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:a Right Brained Writing Prompt: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter S

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Students use the alliteration generator to spark an idea for an alliterative narrative using the letter "S" and focusing on word choice and playing with words. An online page and a word choice checklist are provided for students to type...
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Leads in Narrative Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This lesson explains the purpose of a lead and introduces students to 6 different types of leads they can use in their writing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Workshop:favorite Person & Song

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Do you have a favorite person--a friend or a family member? Do you have a favorite song? Think about putting your favorite person and your favorite song together in a fictional scene. Make an interesting piece of writing by using really...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Memory Game for Kids

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal memory before writing about it. If they need help with a memory, they can click the magic button to help spark their memory. Their writing should include sensory details.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Write a Short Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Compare and contrast two works of art that show groups of people in two different settings. Then choose one of the paintings to write a short story.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Adventure Island [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will study examples of treasure maps and make a list of features and symbols. They will use their imaginations to create their own treasure maps and compose narratives to describe them.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Clay Animation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a hands-on, technology-based project to incorporate creative writing and technology in the classroom. Clay Animation is one way of presenting a story in a nonverbal way. [Requires QuickTime.]
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Storytelling Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ lesson allows students the opportunity to engage in the small group task of audio-storytelling or video storytelling, after being given a shoebox filled with symbols and unique items.
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Other

Web Worksheet Wizard: Narrative and Descriptive Prompts

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Come and check out this list of narrative and descriptive writing prompts. These can be used as springboards for your writing.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Children's Book Titles to Teach Traits [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A list of children's book titles and authors that offer good examples for students to follow when learning to write both narrative and expository texts. Being arranged according to the six traits of good writing makes it easy to find the...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: All About Me Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This series of lessons engages students in autobiographical writing. Students will participate in pre-writing, drafting, and publishing stories about their lives.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Word by Word a Story Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
For grades 1 to 3, this game has learners write a story by focusing on the word choice.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to eight different online storytelling websites available for free student use followed by an assessment.
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Other

Jefferson County Schools: Print a Prompt

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Check out this resourceful site featuring "Print a prompt." Students can choose from several different titles and prompts and they are provided with a printed copy.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Better Living Through Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Because of Winn Dixie: A New Point of View

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a language arts lesson concentrating on point of view and narrative writing. Using the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo, students practice retelling part of a story from another point of view.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Hook Those Fish!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners will read chapter and picture books to discover how the author "hooked" the reader. Students will then practice using the same strategies in their own writing.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 B Worksheets: Use Dialogue and Descriptions

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3B: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Fools and Tricksters in Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
There are many trickster folk tales in folklore and in modern literature; they are found in every culture. They often use an animal that represents the underdog, which uses skill and cunning to outwit a superior. These stories have been...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sandwich Story Starters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
These simple activities actively reinforce the importance of writing a story that is complete: one that has a good, solid beginning; a middle of substance, detail, and high interest; and a satisfying ending.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco by Janice Repka

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This lesson will lead students in relating literature to their own lives. The book, The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, will be read aloud to students. Afterward, students will create short stories about things which they'd like to change...

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