This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help students practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story of a birthday.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something related to school.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something they’ve done in the summer

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

Teach students to slow the pace of the story by pausing to take stock of what’s happening around the character and inside the character's heart and mind.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

Channel your inner superhero with this fun writing worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!