5th - 7th Grade Creative Writing Resources : Page 4

A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

Write your own Declaration of Independence in this creative writing worksheet!

Learners will love thinking and writing creatively with this fun, seasonal writing prompt inspired by St. Patrick's Day!

Your young poet can review the important concepts of rhyme and rhythm by completing some practice exercises based on this poem.

This graphic organizer helps kinds understand the importance of achieving goals and how they can do it step by step.

Celebrate your successes with a fun writing prompt! Your child will have fun using her imagination and honing her writing skills with this writing prompt.

Monster footprints in a dark forest sets the scene for a super scary story! This picture prompt will help your child practice creative writing.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

A day of fishing is interrupted by a giant sea monster! What happens next? This writing prompt will help your student stretch his imagination.

In this creative writing prompt, students will imagine what it would be like to turn into a werewolf at the stroke of midnight every Halloween. 

A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.

What ten essentials would you pack in case of an emergency? Help kids think about disaster preparedness from zombie apocalypse point of view!

The legend of Robin Hood was passed down through ballads. After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

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.

Challenge your student to write something out of the norm! Get creative and write a screenplay based on the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

Invite learners to get creative with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day parade!

If you're stuck at home this summer, try these fun pretend postcards instead for an exercise in creative writing!

Being a fish might be fun! Your young writer can write their own under the sea story with this creative writing prompt.

Children write about how they would care for a pet turkey in this creative writing exercise.

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

With this prewriting organizer, students will brainstorm and visualize details of their fictional story.

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

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

Use details and imagery to capture this long holiday in writing.

What if you had $1,000, but you couldn't spend it on yourself? Flex your creativity and goodwill thinking with this writing prompt.

Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.