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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.

my storys characters

My Story's Characters

Untangle the strands of a story with this spider web graphic organizer!

spider web graphic organizer

Spider Web Graphic Organizer

Learners will create a decorative leaf project with their resolutions, then write a short paragraph summarizing how they hope to achieve them.

fall resolution leaves

Fall Resolution Leaves

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

all about zombies

All About Zombies

This baby dinosaur needs help forming his first sentence! Your second grader can build reading and writing skills with our beginning sentence writing worksheet.

make a sentence intermediate

Make a Sentence: Intermediate

It's never too early to start planning for your future! After imagining what their lives will be like at age 25, students write persuasive letters to their parents asking for their support.

convince me persuasive writing practice

Convince Me: Persuasive Writing Practice

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

complete the story marnies muffins

Complete the Story: Marnie's Muffins

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!

somebody wanted prewriting organizer

"Somebody Wanted" Prewriting Organizer

Beginning readers can practice their comprehension skills by using this graphic organizer to diagram the plot of a story or book.

plot diagram graphic organizer

Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help kids differentiate between fact or opinion.

fact or opinion

Fact or Opinion

Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

great writing starts with golden ideas

Great Writing Starts with Golden Ideas

Learners can gather a lot of information about a topic or issue by interviewing career professionals from the community. Use this Guest Speaker Interview worksheet to have students ask a speaker questions and write down their answers.

guest speaker career interview

Guest Speaker Career Interview 

It's time to brainstorm! Use this worksheet to help budding writers generate a list of ideas and topics for future stories, as well as give students a chance to practice their letter and word spacing.

writing ideas

Writing Ideas

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.

drawing conclusions

Drawing Conclusions

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

draw and write

Draw and Write

This worksheet bundle rounds up some writing prompts for your child to explore different writing styles.

writing roundup

Writing Roundup

Your student must put her creative writing skills to the test to complete the parts of the story that are missing.

finish the story the forest

Finish the Story: The Forest

Surprise! Young writers are prompted to write a personal narrative about a time they were surprised. Students will practice sequencing and prewriting skills as they use this fun watermelon-shaped graphic organizer to plan out their personal narrative.

personal narrative organizer surprise

Personal Narrative Organizer: Surprise!

Your young writer can practice his storytelling skills with this character development worksheet, where he'll outline 4 fictional characters.

outline a fictional character

Outline a Fictional Character

Use this creative prompt to peek into your young writer’s imagination and cultivate their writing skills.

writing prompt stranded on a deserted island

Writing Prompt: Stranded on a Deserted Island

Learners can gather a lot of information about veterans and their former jobs by interviewing them on Veterans Day. Use the worksheet Interview a Veteran to have students ask veterans questions and write down their answers.

interview a veteran

Interview a Veteran

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

complete the story baseball tryouts

Complete the Story: Baseball Tryouts

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

complete the story dotty and the necklace

Complete the Story: Dotty and the Necklace

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

personal narrative adding dialogue

Personal Narrative: Adding Dialogue

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

design your own zodiac

Design Your Own Zodiac

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

realistic fiction writing assessment

Realistic Fiction Writing Assessment

In this creative writing exercise, students will rewrite sentences to make them more interesting and practice adding vivid adjectives and adverbs to their writing.

writing with unexpected details

Writing with Unexpected Details

What is this tennis player doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

sporty sentence making

Sporty Sentence Making

Ready for sentence building liftoff! This worksheet will help your second grader build his creative writing skills and practice forming sentences.

make a space shuttle sentence

Make a Space Shuttle Sentence

Children must complete the missing parts of the story in this fun creative writing exercise.

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