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Making a Magical Story

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create their own magical story. In this story writing lesson, students listen to the story The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe b C.S. Lewis to find the basic elements of a story. They come up with their own magical characters,...
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Silly Story - Farm animals

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing prompt worksheet, students examine a picture of a farm scene and then use the space provided to write a silly story about the picture.
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Adverb Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this adverbs worksheet, students write a story based on the picture they see and use adverbs in their story. Students complete 1 story.
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Winter Fun Writing

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students look at the picture titled Winter Fun about kids building a snowman and write a story about it. Students have 6 lines to write a story.
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Journal Writing-Pets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a writing journal. In this journal writing instructional activity, students discuss what to write in a journal and why it is fun to keep a journal. Students start their journal by writing about a pet and use the entry to...
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Narrative Writing

For Students 8th
In this writing instructional activity, 8th graders fill out an outline for writing a story with multiple sections. Students fill in 8 sections for their story.
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Home Tour

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this exchange student lesson, young scholars create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.
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Writing A Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a story about past events and translate it into English. In this story writing lesson plan, students watch video clips, look at examples of stories, and write ones themselves.
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Lesson Plan C32: Story Starts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners write story starters to begin the writing process. In this creative writing lesson, students examine story starters and review the structure of paragraphs. Learners create their own story starters that engage readers by setting...
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Pirate Adventure: Story Starter

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students first read a short story starter about a pirate adventure. Students finish the story on the lines provided.
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Revise and Edit Writing

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write, revise, and edit a letter and a story. For this revising and editing lesson plan, 7th graders learn the differences between revising and editing by doing the two to a letter and eventually a story.
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Mrs. Perkins Dolch Words: #10 Create a Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars write their stories. In this sight words and writing instructional activity, students examine a list of 20 teacher-provided dolch words and use them to write their own stories. Young scholars share their stories with their...
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The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss human emotions and mental health. In this mental and emotional health instructional activity, students write a short story regarding the "think and share" choice. Students include emotion, the connection between...
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Telling a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a story about a picture. In this writing lesson, students select a picture and write a story about what happened in the picture. Students are encouraged to write a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
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My Virtual Adventure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a story. In this adventure story lesson plan, students discuss various destinations they would like to travel to. Students think about the reasons people take adventures, what they would need to bring, who they would take...
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Story Endings

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story endings instructional activity, students read six 2-sentence illustrated stories. Students decide if the ending seems logical and write "yes" or "no" under each story.
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Inventions Group Creative Writing

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write a short story in groups using inventions vocabulary. Students have 9 words to use and 25 minutes to write.
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Story Prompt: Man Carving Letters Out of Stone

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story prompt instructional activity, students write two short stories about the pictures of men carving the letters X and A out of stone.
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Writing A Story: Batman Superhero Family

For Students 3rd
In this story writing worksheet, 3rd graders examine a picture of Batman, his wife and son in full superhero costume. Students write a creative story about the picture.
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Story About a Picture

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this story prompt learning exercise, learners analyze a picture of a polka dotted airplane with the faces of five children at the windows. Students write a story about the picture.
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Humorous Story Featuring Clowns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers write stories that feature funny clowns. In this creative writing lesson, students follow the outline for a story in order to write their own humorous story set at a circus.
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Historical Fiction- Thanksgiving

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students write a story. In this historical fiction lesson, students research how Thanksgiving began. Students write a fictional story where they are a main character of this time period.
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Down By Two With Minutes Left

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story starter activity, students read the sentence that will begin their story about a close game in ice hockey. Students write the rest of the story on the lines.
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Minutes to Go and Down by Two

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this creative writing learning exercise, learners practice their language arts skills as they complete a writing prompt that begins with a team behind with minutes to go in a game.