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Boost creativity with these sentence prompts! Kids will practice storytelling with the help of some sentence starters.

Funny story starters, like this one, switch on imagination, and it doesn't feel like the great writing practice that it is!

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Help struggling writers find their confidence with these sentence starters! Kids will use the prompts to help them get started telling a story.

Oh no, this story has gotten all jumbled! Practice recognizing story order by putting these panels back together.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

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.

Here's a dragon story that's never been told before, and your child can write it!

Students will read the Bigfoot story and then answer questions about the reading.

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Use this silly visual prompt to write a story.

Mix history and fiction and write your own story about what would happen if Captain Hook of "Peter Pan" and Captain Blackbeard met!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Your kid may have seen the movie, but has he ever read the story of Rapunzel? Here, the story of Rapunzel is told in its entirety with two different endings.

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.

Practice using adjectives the silly way with this exercise. Make up a wacky story about your first day of school using adjectives that are all out of place!

Dive into creative writing with this visual story prompt.

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

What story can your second grader come up with for this winter scene? They also get some coloring time to go along with the story they write.

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Use the "I Am Human" Story Book worksheet to create a story about gratitude and being human.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

This reading exercise uses interactive story writing; it's a great way to look at reading comprehension from a different angle.