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Creative Writing - Picture Prompt

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this creative writing worksheet, students examine a black line picture of a child picking flowers in a meadow with at bear cub looking out from a behind a tree. They write a story based on what they see in the picture.
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Creative Writing Prompt - New Inventions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing learning exercise, students pretend they are writing and illustrating an article for "New Inventions Magazine." They label the new weekly invention, draw it and write an entry about it.
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Future School Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students write an essay about what school will be like in 50 years. They indicate what the students will learn about and how they will learn it.
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The Planet Criminola - Writing Prompt

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this writing prompt worksheet, students write an essay from the point of view of the president of the imaginary planet of Criminola. They explain how they would deal with vandalism, gang activity and public employees accepting bribes.
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Alien School - Creative Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing worksheet, students write an essay about all of the teachers in a school turning into aliens. They pretend to look into the teacher's room to see aliens instead of teachers.
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"The Old Lamp"

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this writing prompt instructional activity, students read a short scenario about an old lamp being found in the dirt and then finish the story prompt on the lines provided.
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"The Strange Machine"

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this writing scenario worksheet, students read the beginning of a story about a strange machine found in an attic and then finish the story on the lines provided.
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"The Padlocked Chest"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing scenario worksheet, students read a short introduction to a story about a padlocked chest and then finish the mystery of the story on the lines provided.
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Intermediate Question Response- "Your Favorite TV Show"

For Students 5th - 8th
For this question response worksheet, students write a response to; "What is your favorite TV show? Why?" They read an exemplar before writing an original response on the lines at the bottom of the page.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 5

For Students 1st - 4th
Learning how to form questions is an important skill for elementary school learners. This 4 question activity helps students hone their questioning skills. Students write four questions after looking at the picture given.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 6

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
Although just a picture, with space for questions, this activity could be a good way to spark a discussion or kick off a writing assignment. Using a picture, learners are asked to write 4 questions. A teacher could then ask learners to...
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Asking Questions About a Picture 7

For Students 2nd - 4th
Using a visual, this activity prompts students to write questions. Although just a short activity, involving 4 short answers, this could be a good way to help learners solidify their understanding of writing questions.  
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Beginning Question Response--Your Favorite Day

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
While a simple writing prompt, this activity, in which learners write a short essay about their favorite day of the week, could be a good way to cement skills and provide discussion material. This activity could be used in an elementary...
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Writing: Planning Your Writing Worksheet 2--Example 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this brainstorming worksheet, students create a spider diagram by placing themselves in the middle and making branches with all the things they enjoy doing or phrases describing themselves.
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Printable Story Starter: The Missing Valentines

For Students 3rd - 4th
A writing prompt about a classroom's missing Valentines allows students to finish the story with their own endings, and to provide their own titles. The lesson comes with a picture and the beginning of the story to full prompt students...
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Story Starters: Skunk

For Students 2nd - 3rd
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Story Prompt: The Treasure

For Students 2nd - 3rd
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: the Treasure

For Students 2nd - 3rd
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: Plants

For Students 2nd - 3rd
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Picture Prompt: Kids on Bridge

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets, learners are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Learners synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Kids on Bridge

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Kids And Watermelon

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Kids And Watermelon

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets, students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...
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Picture Prompt: Custodian

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets students are presented a picture and a space is provided for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students synthesize a story using the given word list related to the...