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Story Starter-- Looking Into the Water
In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture of some children peering into the ocean. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Story Starter-- The Fish Who Hid
In this writing worksheet, students examine a colorful picture of three fish playing a hiding game in an aquarium. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Story Starter: Guys At Work
In this writing worksheet, students examine a colorful picture of two farmers with their machinery. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the primary lines.
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Chateau Meddybemps Young Writers Workshop
In this writing worksheet, students are given an illustration and a story starter. Students complete the worksheet by writing what the character says to his birds every morning.
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Story Starter-- The Cat And the Bag
In this writing worksheet, students study a color picture of a cat peeking into a paper bag. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the lines provided.
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Chateau Meddybemps Young Writers Workshop
In this writing worksheet, students finish writing a story about what they would like a balloon lady to make for them. A color illustration is included.
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Story Starter Snowperson Writing
For this writing worksheet, students read a story starter about a talking snowperson and generate the rest of the story on the lines provided. Students color the picture.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sf Mo Ma: Country Dog Gentlemen Travel to Extraordinary Worlds
Two characters from "Country Dog Gentlemen" lead you on explorations of artwork by Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Sargent Johnson. Accompanying interactive invites you to create your own masterpiece inspired by these artists and to...
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Writing Is Exciting!
Students and teachers can use this site to find detailed information on effective and creative story writing.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Three Serendipitous Nouns
For this lesson, the book entitled A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Words Are Categorical), written by Brian P. Cleary, is used as the mentor text. After learning the basic definition of noun, a person, place, thing, or...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Showing Plots & Conflicts
In this lesson, recommendations from Ralph Fletcher's book called Live Writing will be used as a teacher reference. Students will write introductions to three different stories in their writer's notebooks, but each type of conflict must...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles
In this lesson plan, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned lesson plan pre-writing task engages young scholars in writing a collection...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starters: Powerful Sentences
In this lesson, students will click a button that will help them generate ideas for story development. Students can click several times, if needed, until one of the ideas is interesting to them. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Desert Theme
For this lesson, Brooke Bessesen's picture book, Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Mall Theme
In this lesson plan, Eileen Christelow's picture book, Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Recess Theme
In this lesson, Hooway for Wodney Watby, written by Helen Lester, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What",...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Sports Theme
In this instructional activity, Hoops, written by Robert Burleigh, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What",...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Who/what/where/when Game: Wild Weather Sentences
For this lesson, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this lesson. Brave Irene, written by William Steig, is used as the mentor text of this lesson. Students will develop sentences with...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter A
In this instructional activity, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, names, and nouns that begin with the letter "A" in them. Students will continue to...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter P
In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "P" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "P" words...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Leads for a Most Embarrassing Moment Narrative
Inspired by the embarrassing situation Byron finds himself in during chapter 1 of Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, students will think of their own embarrassing moments they might write about. Using the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Circus Theme
In this activity, Dr. Seuss' book, If I Ran the Zoo, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After reading the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and "Where" until...
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Jefferson County Schools: Print a Prompt
Check out this resourceful site featuring "Print a prompt." Students can choose from several different titles and prompts and they are provided with a printed copy.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Picture Prompts and Story Starters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a collection of 55 picture prompts and story starters. Also includes other writing aids, including a rubric, graphic organizers, the writing process, etc. Questions provided by...