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Fairy Tale
Have your class take a look at this picture of a knight, ladies, and a castle to get ideas for a fairy tale. Learners can discuss their ideas for a story based on this prompt, write them down, and then craft their own stories. This...
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Using Each Trait to Improve Student Writing
Learners examine examples of the qualities of good writing skills and discuss how each of the traits add to the process of good writing. A variety of excerpts from literature provide samples for the exploration.
Kelly's Kindergarten
June Daily Activities
This is an absolute must-have resource for early elementary teachers! Here you'll find a collection of activities and worksheets for each day of the month of June, with topics ranging from ordering numbers on a calendar or identifying...
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Creative Writing: Writing a Story
In this creative writing prompt worksheet, students respond to a writing prompt that requires them to include the 4 specific details that are listed and are inspired by the picture on the page.
K12 Reader
Tell the Story - The Cows Go Shopping
Will Casey get a can of clover? After examining the provided writing prompt about Casey's trip to the grocery store, young writers must decide what happens next and tell their story with words and pictures.
Bright Hub Education
Teaching "Gone with the Wind" in High School: Ideas & Activities
Plan on using Gone with the Wind as a reading selection? Here's a packet of prompts for activities and assessments.
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My Stories -- Writing about Pictures
In this writing learning exercise, students write 10 short stories using the full color picture prompts which are shown above the blank primary lines. There is a cover sheet with the title "My Stories" if students wish to make a book and...
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Picture This
A unique writing lesson, this plan begins with learners talking about multiculturalism in small groups. Each learner will choose a picture from a newspaper, describe it to their small group, and think about how it relates to...
California Education Partners
Covers by Nikki Giovanni
Over three days, scholars listen to and read the poem, "Covers" by Nikki Giovanni. Learners complete a graphic organizer by sketching their visualizations from each stanza then discuss their pictures with a peer. Pupils answer...
Hump Software
The Writing Machine
Introduce your learners to the letters of the alphabet. They will tap to hear the name of each letter and see a word beginning with that letter appear on the screen. The highly repetitive nature of this app could be a good way to...
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Creative Writing - Picture Prompt
In this creative writing worksheet, students examine a black line picture of a child picking flowers in a meadow with at bear cub looking out from a behind a tree. They write a story based on what they see in the picture.
Education World
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Prompt
Learn all about your new students' exciting summer breaks with this simple writing exercise. Young learners complete a series of three sentence frames about their summer vacation and their hopes for the new school year before...
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Print & Go ESL
Improve reading comprehension with a set of ESL worksheets. Kids read through various passages, note which facts are true or false, mark their opinion on two statements, and write a short reply based on a writing prompt.
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Show Not Tell
Middle schoolers learn to show, not tell, in their narrative writing. A slide show takes them through the process of choosing strong, descriptive words, and then provides writing prompts for them to use as practice. The first two pages...
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Details, Details, Details
Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...
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Picture Prompt: the Treasure
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: Birds and Kite
In this writing worksheet, students first examine a picture of 2 birds in a nest and a purple kite overhead. Students write a story about the picture. There is an empty box for a word list at the top.
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Story Prompt: The Treasure
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: Plants
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: Kids on Bridge
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: Girl in Pumpkin
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: Squirrels And Snowman
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 : Bunnies
In these writing 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 word list related to the picture.