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How many ways can you start a story? Have fun with writing, and practice telling the beginning of a story in six different ways.

Ways to Start a Story

There are many different ways to start a story! Hone creativity and build knowledge about literary devices with these fun story starting prompts.

Different Ways to Start a Story

Flex those creative writing skills by starting a story in a few different ways! Use the picture as a prompt, and use each technique to start a story.

Good Ways to Start a Story

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Catch Your Reader's Attention

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

Hook Your Reader!

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Starting a Story

Get acquainted with a few different writing techniques with this fun prompt. Kids will start the same story in a few different ways.

How to Begin a Story

Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

Great Writing Starts with Golden Ideas

Is your child "stuck" without a good story starter? Behold the Awful Epoxy, a sticky super villain.

Awful Epoxy Story Starter

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

If You Were a Superhero...

What if the dragon guarding castle was just a household pet? Help your young writer boost her creativity with this fun prompt.

Dragon Writing Prompt

What if you were the last person on earth? Give your child some fun writing practice with this sci-fi writing prompt.

Sci Fi Writing Prompt: End of the World

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... flying baby? Your imaginative young writer can come up with a story for this unlikely superhero.

It's a Flying Baby?

Djinn are evil genies who live in a parallel world. Tell your 4th grader to write about his favorite superhero defeating this djinn.

Stop the Evil Genie

Hey, what's Kraken? Kraken are mythical sea creatures with terrifying tentacles. Tell your young writer to come up with a story for Captain Kraken.

Captain Kraken

What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

Monster Under The Bed!

How would our lives be different if we were aquatic creatures living underwater? Have your kid flex his creativity with this fun writing prompt.

Living Underwater

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

Creative Writing for Kids: Restaurant Owner

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Goldilocks and the Five Beginnings

This robot soldier has found something on a Mars exploration that he's taking back home. What is it? Only your imaginative young author can decide.

On a Space Mission

Out of this world! This prospector has begun mining for resources on Mars! Your 4th grade sci-fi lover can write a story about his daily life.

The Prospector on Mars

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Write a Bushido Backstory

The best type of introduction makes you want to learn more! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions using this grabby worksheet.

Grab That Reader

Meet mythical creatures from all around the world with these creative writing prompts. Tell a story from a monster's perspective, trek the Himalayas with a yeti and create your own monster too!

Monsters Around the World

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

Strong Beginnings

A strong hook will grab a reader's attention and pull them into your story! This organizer will help young writers try out different ideas and decide on the strongest hook for their personal narrative.

Narrative Hooks: Brainstorming

Everyone loves an intriguing introduction! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions to well-loved fictional stories in this fun writing lesson.

Capture That Reader!

Give your students an introduction to types of story hooks as they compose original story beginnings the help of a word bank. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Capture That Reader! lesson plan.

Story Hooks

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Creative Writing for Kids: Pet Dinosaur

In this exercise, students will practice writing attention-grabbing lead sentences.

Write On! Strong Lead Sentences

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