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

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, readers reflect on the theme of individuality vs. conformity in this fun post-reading activity. 

In this creative writing worksheet, learners will use their imagination to dream up, write about, and draw an extra-special Easter egg.

How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

Get your little storyteller in gear for creative writing! This story starter worksheet is perfect for honing your child's writing skills.

It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.

What would your perfect Christmas tree look like? Have your beginning writer practice descriptive writing to answer this fun Christmas creative writing prompt!

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Motivate students with this authentic persuasive writing experience! Students will brainstorm and choose two products before planning a persuasive essay.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

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

Thanksgiving is a special time of year to get children talking about being thankful. Use these writing prompts to explore three different types of writing on the same topic.

In this activity, students will look at how to use quotation marks and and where they should go in a sentence.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

What if you had to relive the worst day ever! Have some April Fools' Day fun with this silly writing prompt.

Help your little one make a DIY Father's Day gift with this simple letter-writing activity. Kids will learn how to structure a letter and more.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

Before your third grader puts on a costume, have him practice writing sentences that support a single topic. The topic of this worksheet? The fun of Halloween!

Dive into creative writing with this visual story prompt.