Narrative Writing Prompts & Activities Five Minute Fairytales

Five-Minute Fairytales are designed to help you teach the narrative writing process in a creative, unique, and structured way. Your students will develop a fairytale (rough draft) in five minutes based on the prompt on their task card and then polish it to develop a final narrative.

NOTE: This resource is included in my 7th and 8th Grade ELA Resources so if you have already purchased that, there's no need to purchase this resource! If you're looking for more resources like this at a discounted price, you might want to look into the bundle!

There is a digital version of this resource included for distance learning! It is compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom.

This resource includes:

-Teacher directions

-6 fairytale task cards (around 3-5 students will have the same task card per class)

-6 fairytale story starters

-Story guide graphic organizer

-Brainstorming pages

-Final rubric and guidelines

-An EDITABLE version is included

Not sure how FIVE MINUTE FAIRYTALES work? Check out these directions:

1. Print (double sided), cut, laminate, and distribute one task card per student. I like to laminate the task cards so that I can use them several times throughout a semester or for the next year. TIP: for extra excitement, set the mood in your classroom in a way that will help students brainstorm a creative fairytale. **Be sure to print the appropriate number of task cards. Some students will have the same card, but their final story will be different because the prompts are so open-ended.

BONUS: Have students share their stories and vote on the most effective one based on the 6 different topics.

2. Give students about 1-2 minutes to read their prompts and prepare their thoughts for the brainstorming process.

3. After students read the prompt, instruct them to write the rest of the story in five minutes. BONUS: Challenge them to avoid lifting/stopping their pen.

4. After five minutes is up, pass out the “Five-Minute Fairytales Story Guide” and ask students to complete the page with as much detail as possible. Here, they will strengthen the plot structure, develop the protagonist, antagonist, and supporting characters, and determine the morals and themes of the story. The more detailed they are, they easier it will be to revise their fairytale.

5. Once their story guide is complete, pass out the final rubric for the fairytale and instruct students to create the final draft of their story. In order to receive full credit, they must complete all components.

6. For an extension activity, have students create a visual component for their fairytale (movie, comic, graphic novel, etc.

Check out what other teachers, just like you, are saying about this resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "AMy students really enjoyed this resource. They were highly engaged and learned a bunch at the same time! Thank you for making such a high quality resource!" -Forever 5th Grade

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was so fun! My Writing Comp students really liked this as the starting activity to our unit on Narrative Writing! They had fun finishing the stories, and it really showed how Narrative Writing functions differently than what we had written before! Will definitely use again next school year!" -Megan P.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Students loved having a bit of structure in which they could then express their creativity. There was no "sitting and staring" once the activity began. Thank you for helping me figure out a way to bring narrative writing into my curriculum in a constructive way for my students who hate to write." -Abby S.

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