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Preschool - 8th Grade Common Core Prewriting Worksheets : Page 3

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

story planning worksheet

Story Planning Worksheet

Flex your superhuman writing abilities with a fun prompt! If you could be a superhero, what power would you want to have?

my super power

My Super Power

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

personal narrative problem  solution

Personal Narrative Problem & Solution

Assess kids' grasp of sequencing and paragraph structure with this sheet.

whats my order

What's My Order?

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

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

personal narrative surprise

Personal Narrative: Surprise!

Is your student a budding novelist? Start her career off on the right foot with this short story writing worksheet.

how to outline a short story

How to Outline a Short Story

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!

Take your stand among the comic book greats, and create your own superhero legend!

create a superhero

Create A Superhero

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 

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

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

find the central message literary response

Find the Central Message: Literary Response

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

Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

sort the story amanda  the panda

Sort the Story: Amanda & the Panda

This friendly sea turtle is trying to say something, can you help him? Give your second grader practice writing sentences with this worksheet.

sea turtle sentences

Sea Turtle Sentences

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

persuasive writing assessment

Persuasive Writing Assessment

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

persuasive writing prompt cards

Persuasive Writing Prompt Cards

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

Follow Chuck on vacation by looking at the pictures he took! What is he doing in each picture? Use your imagination and creativity to write captions for each.

photo captions

Photo Captions

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

Young historians get to put themselves in the shoes of the Pilgrims and report back to the Queen herself about life in the New England colonies.

new england colonies postcard

New England Colonies Postcard

Supporting details make a main idea stronger, and add color and interest to any story. Your early writer will describe your home and add detail to their writing.

describe your home

Describe Your Home

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

realistic fiction writing assessment

Realistic Fiction Writing Assessment

Use this helpful journal prompt to get your child thinking about gratitude and their impact on others!

gratitude journal

Gratitude Journal

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

chinese new year mini lantern template

Chinese New Year: Mini Lantern Template

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

Sometimes the main idea of a piece of writing leads to the perfect title!

identify the main idea

Identify the Main Idea

This is a writing exercise designed to assess where your students are at the beginning of third grade.

writing prompt change

Writing Prompt: Change

Use this graphic organizer to help students plan their personal narratives by drawing what will happen. Thinking about the beginning, middle, and end of their narratives encourages young writers to stretch out the small moments they write about.

plan your narrative

Plan Your Narrative

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.

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