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Writing Prompt: Grown Up

For Students 4th - 5th
In this creative writing worksheet, students read a prompt and write a 3 page story based on the prompt. The prompt instructs students to consider the situation of waking up one morning as a grown up. Students must write about their day...
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Writing a Storybook

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore language arts by creating their own stories in class. In this book making instructional activity, students read the story City Pig in class and create storyboard illustrations in order to analyze the story. Young...
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Story Poem

For Students Pre-K - 7th
In this story poem worksheet, students read aloud the short story "The Big Cat And The Little Cat," and complete a variety of activities including those that deal with adjectives.
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Beanie Friend Vacation Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students write an adventure story about their vacation with a Beanie friend. They select a city, research its vacation possibilities and write about the places that they would like to visit.
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Writing Mythological Narratives

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students compose a creative writing piece based on a painting of a mythological scene. In this creative writing lesson,  students write about the scene in the painting and tie in  their original stories into tales from the life...
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Writing Novelettes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars practice their writing techniques by creating a novelette.  In this creating writing instructional activity, students brainstorm and decide on a topic they would like to expand upon in order to create their own...
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Edit Your Story

For Students 4th
In this writing worksheet, 4th graders read a checklist of editing reminders and practice editing a paragraph on the worksheet.
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Halloween Story

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Halloween story learning exercise, students read the story "In a Dark, Dark Wood," illustrate the part of the story they like the best and then write the ending to the story on the lines provided.
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Writing Bug: A Halloween Who, When, Where

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this creative writing worksheet, students choose one item from each category about who, where, and when and write a creative Halloween story. Students write 1 story.
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Verb Tense Stories

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verb tense worksheet, students circle the verbs in the story, rewrite them in the past tense, and then rewrite the story with the past tense verbs. Students do this for 26 verbs.
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Veterans Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing instructional activity, students work in groups to write a brief story about Veterans using words or variations of words in a word bank in a twenty-five minutes time period. Students write 1 story.
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Colonial Writing Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write from the perspective of a child in the colonial period. In this writing lesson, 4th graders create a fictional character living in the colonial period and write about daily life from their perspective.
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Beginning, Middle, Ending of Story

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this retelling a story in order worksheet, students write short answers for the beginning, middle and end of a story of their choice. Students compete three parts of the worksheet.
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Story Setting - The Art Lesson by Tomi dePaola

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars read the book The Art Lesson by Tomi dePaola and analyze the story. In this setting lesson, students discuss the importance of the setting and how it helps us understand the story. Young scholars answer questions and chart...
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The Christmas Story Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Christmas worksheet, students identify people and facts from the Bible to complete a Christmas story crossword puzzle. Students write eleven words to complete the puzzle.
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Volcano Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing worksheet, students explore volcanoes. Students work in groups and have twenty-five minutes to write a narrative about volcanoes using twelve words provided.
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Story Creation Magic: Character, Setting, Plot

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students review the terms plot, setting, and characters and examine how all of these elements are needed to make a story. They are given parts of stories and they try to identify all of those parts of the story.
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Story Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss a narrative work of art, then write stories describing the action and publish their stories and illustrations in books.
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Writing and Podcasting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students make a podcast of the stories they have written. In this writing lesson plan, students create creative writing stories based on pictures they receive and then put them into a podcast.
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Young Writer's Workshop Writing Prompt Worksheet- Monkeys at the Zoo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this writer's workshop worksheet, students write an open response essay to extend the prompt, "Two monkeys were loose at the zoo and they..." They see a picture of two monkey wreaking havoc on an man sitting on a bench in the zoo.
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A basic lesson on personal narrative writing is here for you. In it, learners are asked to imagine they're going to share an experience of their own with someone who did not participate in that experience. They verbally tell the story to...
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Biography: Telling Someone's Life Story

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
There are many different ways to help your students get excited about writing biographies.
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The Writing Process

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Show your young researchers how to find information, brainstorm a topic, map or outline their own stories, and create rough drafts. This instructional activity also shows learners how to peer edit, conference with the teacher, and write...
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Sequencing Chart

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Take note of events in a story with this organizer. Learners write down the who, what, where, and when, writing down four events in the order that they occur.

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