Imagine if the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker, was actually a Halloween story! How would that change the way the story was told?

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Nouns are an important part of every sentence! What would happen if we tried to write a story with no nouns?

Let's write a pretend newspaper article! Here's a silly way for your child to look at telling a story the way it might be written for a newspaper.

Does your creative writer love to have a spooky good time with his stories? This ghostly worksheet will get him in the spirit!

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.

Your students will read a story about an unusual Thanksgiving Day and retell it from another character’s point of view.

What if a pirate went head-to-head with a ninja? Your little writer will decide the ending to this wacky story prompt!

Imagine you are a reporter in the midst of a zombie outbreak! Bring some spookiness to your child's daily writing journal with this fun prompt.

Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Let your fourth grader dig deep into their imagination to come up with their own adventure for A.J. and C.K., in this fill-in-the-blank comic strip.

How did this Minotaur end up running track at the Olympics? Have some fun with this silly writing prompt, and use your imagination to tell a story.

Reflect on the Easter holiday with a fun writing prompt. Budding writers will put their writing skills and their creativity to the test!

Help students create their own division word problems!

Did you know there were really hot lava monsters in Chilean folklore? Read a bit about the legendary cherufe.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

Encourage your little writer to exercise his creativity and write a story about this wacky scene.

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they're sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

History buffs and fiction lovers alike will enjoy learning about legendary writer Mark Twain with this Wild West worksheet!

This skydiver is in for a surprise! What will happen next? Your little writer will use his imagination to write a story that explains this wacky picture.

Have you ever heard of a half-horse, half-fish? In old Mediterranean folklore these mythical beasts are quite common!

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

Looks like Santa Claus is in trouble! It's up to your creative writer to unravel the mystery behind this mysterious letter.

What if Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" had tea with the Mad Hatter? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter!

Give your students the questions and organizer to evaluate creative work. Use this worksheet to guide student evaluations of their partner’s creative products.

Let your students choose a scientific concept that they want to base their story on and then, just for fun, ask them to write a few pages of a science fiction story.

What would you wish for if you had the chance? This writing prompt is a fun way to get beginning writers using their creativity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.