You're walking down the street and find a wallet on the ground. What do you do with it? This age-old scenario serves as a narrative writing prompt that challenges children to come up with creative stories describing the fate of the lost wallet.

Concepts

narratives, story writing, Writing Prompts, Narrative Writing, Writing, integrity

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this writing exercise to teach children about integrity and honesty
• Offer this prompt as a warm-up activity during a narrative writing unit
• Allow children to share their writing with small groups of their peers

Classroom Considerations

• Have extra sheets of lined paper ready for writers that develop more detailed and involved stories

Pros

• Writing prompt can be used across the elementary grade levels
• Lines are provided for recording one or two paragraphs of writing, depending on handwriting size
• Prompt offers guiding questions that help get children started with their writing

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.2.3 W.3.3.a W.4.3.a W.5.3.a W.6.3.a