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Picture Prompt: Polar Bears
In this writing worksheet, students look at the picture of the polar bears and write a story or report based on the picture. There is a box labeled "Word Box" for the students to write a word bank.
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Picture Prompt: Plants
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Plants
For this writing worksheet, students study a picture of garden and forest trees and flowers and then write a story pertaining to the picture. There is a word box labeled for students to create a word bank.
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Picture Prompt: Plants
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the kids to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Pilgrim Boy And Turkey
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Penguins
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Kids And Watermelon
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Gift
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners examine Valentine's Day picture and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box before they provide copies of the worksheets to...
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Picture Prompt: Frog And Dog
In this prompt writing worksheet, students practice writing an original short story after being given a picture prompt of a frog and a dog. Students choose a few of their words from a word band generated from the teacher.
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Immigration for Grades 6-8
Middle schoolers explore immigration. In this immigration lesson, students research the topic and compare immigration of the past to the present. They create a decade long timeline of immigration.
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And Tomorrow's Forecast Is...
Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.
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Tales From The Tummy
Students use creative writing in order to review the digestive system and other various parts of the human body. They write a creative story about a hamburger and the journey it takes during digestion. The lesson includes key words that...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Sequencing Events
In this sequencing events worksheet, middle schoolers complete 6 sentence starters and write a story using one of 3 provided titles. In small groups students share their work.
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Summarizing
Students analyze and summarize the main aspects of a news story. They find the "Who, What, Where, When and Why in a particular news story.In addition, they answer six questions over a particular story and then write a news story from...
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Printable Poem Starter: If You Were an Ornament
Students have the opportunity to finish a Christmas-themed poem about an ornament hanging on a tree. The first two lines establish a simple rhyme scheme that students can follow as they finish the poem. The worksheet includes a picture...
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Transitioning Between Scenes
Students create a chart to reference when writing new scenes in fiction stories. In this fiction writing lesson, students are exposed to various ways to transition between scenes in their writing. There is a Word document to...
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Dog Drawing
For this animal coloring worksheet, students color a large picture of an adult dog with a collar. No directions are given. This could be used for a story starter in a creative writing setting.
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Past Events
In this recognizing past events activity, students change present tense verbs to the past simple of regular verbs, write a simple narrative of past events, and turn interrogative sentences into past tense statements Students write thirty...
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ESL Storyboards
In this ESL literacy learning exercise, students examine each individual board and then use them to tell and write a story about the events.
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The Power Of Possessives
The whole class with get when to use an apostrophe after this activity. They use apostrophes to show possession or ownership. This activity includes a discussion starter, a practice exercise, a story activity, and a practice...
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Picture Prompt: Fawns Playing In Snowy Woods
In this picture prompt worksheet, students practice writing their own short stories from a picture of fawns playing in snowy woods. Students write their stories from a word list generated by the teacher.
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Mice
In this teacher friendly creative writing worksheet, there is a space for teachers to write and print a word list for students to use with the picture prompt of Valentine mice. Students write 1 story.
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Picture Prompt: Island Kids
In this picture writing worksheet, students practice writing a short story on their own after being given a picture prompt of island kids. Students choose a few of their words from a word bank generated by the teacher.
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Picture Prompt: Reindeer By Cottage
In this picture writing learning exercise, students practice writing their own short stories from a picture prompt of a reindeer by a cottage. Students choose a few of their words from a word list generated by the teacher.