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Young writers set off on the right foot with this realistic fiction graphic organizer.

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Story Mountain: Realistic Fiction Graphic Organizer

Writers will practice crafting a story around setting with this open-ended writing prompt.

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Jungle Writing Prompt

Encourage young writers to create a story using tools like figurative language, adverbs, and adjectives.

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On Demand Writing: Picture Prompt

Looking for an alternative activity to ignite the imaginations of your reluctant writers? Use this fun comic book template to introduce creative writing to your students. Novice writers and artists alike will delight in the chance to create their own comi

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Make Your Own Comic Book #3

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

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Let’s Get Writing! Character Planning

Budding writers can find their inner zen and build creative writing skills by practicing some haiku poetry.

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Haiku Poetry

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

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Thanksgiving Writing Prompt #9

Get your fifth grader to love writing with these creative writing prompts. Students will practice building stories, and can find inspiration from great authors such as Jack London or Mark Twain.

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Just Write

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

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Holiday Writing Prompt

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

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Using Formatting to Pace Your Piece

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

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Make an Animal Metaphor

Young writers will use their imagination and descriptive language to tell a fictional story in this seasonal writing prompt.

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Creative Writing Prompt: Snowstorm

Find out if you've got a little haiku master on your hands with our haiku worksheet. A simple poetry form, a haiku is perfect for beginning writers.

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Compose a Haiku

Take the intimidation out of narrative writing with this exciting alternative! Budding writers and artists alike will love the chance to get creative with this comic book template.

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Make Your Own Comic Book #2

Kapow! Wham! Creative writing can be daunting for some kids, but it doesn't have to be! Help excite and inspire your reluctant writers with this fun comic book template.

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Make Your Own Comic Book #1

Writing doesn't have to be a bore! Inspire reluctant writers to use their imaginations for storytelling. Colorful pictures can spark creativity in kids and help them strengthen descriptive writing.

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Wacky Writing Prompts

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

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Ingredients of a Story

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

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Story Mountain Prewriting

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

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My Story's Characters

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

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"Somebody Wanted" Prewriting Organizer

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

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Using Dialogue to Pace Your Piece

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

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Rhetorical Appeals With Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: Pet Rock Mascot

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

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Journal Writing Task Cards #1

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Journal Writing Task Cards #2

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.

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Grab That Reader

What if Pinocchio were a girl instead of a boy? How would the story be different?

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"What If" Story

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

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Make a Match: Show Don’t Tell

Children will go on a nature walk and observe their surroundings, then write a letter to nature, in this two-page writing and mindfulness worksheet.

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Showing Our Gratitude Towards Nature

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

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Write an Earth Day Song

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

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