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Short stories Common Core W.4.3 printables
Writing Fractured Fairy Tales (LapBook & Graphic Organizers)
Fractured fairy tales take the traditional fairy tales that you know and change them. Elements such as the characters, setting, point of view or plot might be changed.What is included in this resource?Graphic Organizers:* Prewriting brainstorming (2 worksheets)* Planning Story Elements* Planning Story Sequence* Comparing Stories*** An informational sheet about fractured fairy tales is also included.Mini-LapBook:Students will select a traditional fairy tale and write a new fractured version of
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3rd - 4th
Personal Narrative Writing
This is a perfect personal narrative unit for grades 2-5. I teach second grade and the kids loved it and did so well with it! I teach personal narrative where the students choose a true story where they overcame a problem or learned a lesson. This creates a true climax in the story!
Here's what's included: (Click "preview" to see it all!)
Page 3: Common Core Alignment for Grades 2-3 (can be aligned for other grades)
Page 4: Suggested Lesson Outline Plan
Page 5: Personal Narrative Anchor Chart/
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Units BUNDLED-YEAR LONG!
Fiction Narrative Writing Unit FOURTH GRADE
My fourth grade fiction writing unit includes 8 weeks of done-for-you writing lessons about how to write an engaging fiction essay, with strong characters, an interesting problem and solution, and rich dialogue. This unit contains detailed lesson plans, mentor texts, anchor charts, student writing tasks, and rubrics–everything you need to be a capable, confident writing teacher with students who love to write.If teaching writing has ever made you cry, weep, tear out your hair, question your exis
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4th
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Halloween Spooky Tales Writing
ツ FOR SPOOKY TALE LOVERS! And kids who just love to write Halloween stories. Make narrative writing fun and S-P-OO-K-Y! This is a revised edition (that originated as a free version), with several more pages and revisions made to help facilitate writing for hesitant writers. How many kids love to read and write Halloween stories? Most kids love to read scary stories - as long as they're not too scary! Here's a chance for them to write their own with a little scaffolding. The scaffold is that th
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2nd - 5th
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Set of Narrative Story Planner Templates - Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers - Narrative Planner TemplatesA range of blank templates ideal for planning a Narrative. This set has a range of blank graphic organizers ideal for any Primary/Elementary year level. Ideal for differentiating the Narrative writing task, for a range of abilities within the one class. Pick and choose the template that suits your student's ability level best. Ranges from very simple planner templates, up to much more comprehensive and detailed planners. Set includes 12 Templates/P
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1st - 7th
Writing Graphic Organizer Printables for Writer's Workshop
This printable writing graphic organizer pack includes EVERYTHING you need to support your elementary students during personal narrative, informational, and persuasive, and how-to writing projects. The organizers help students in the pre-write part of the writing process. They make for a great writing station or writer' workshop in upper elementary. They are also no-prep and printable to save your precious time!Who? The organizers work for any class from 1st to 5th working on becoming strong wri
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1st - 4th
Emoji Halloween/Fall Printable Writing Activity- Short Power Paragraph & Art
This short Halloween writing activity engages ALL students, and gets ALL students to LOVE writing! Students are given emoji prompts to arrange in any sequence, and then they construct a narrative, opinion, or informational paragraph based on the representations of the emojis. This allows flexibility, creativity, and cures writer’s block for ALL students! Seriously- I’ve seen students who strongly dislike writing get so completely focused and engaged in this activity that they can’t even put thei
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2nd - 6th
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Design Your Own Comic Strips: A STEAM Activity
Design Your Own Comic Strips: A STEAM ActivityWriting doesn't have to be boring! Let your kids' creativity go wild with these comic strips. The possibilities are endless- use these comic strips to: • Show steps in a process • Explain conceptual understanding • Retell a story • Illustrate a narrative or non-fiction writing piece • Practice target vocabulary words in context • Practice writing dialogue • Help second language learners explain their thinking • Make learning fun! Three sam
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PreK - 12th
Also included in: 3 Activity STEAM Bundle
PICK A PHOTO PROMPT • 60 Writing Ideas with Word Boxes • Grades 4–6
60 PHOTO PROMPTS for CREATIVE WRITING!5 High-Interest CategoriesPick a Photo Prompt is a great solution for your reluctant writers! Pick a Photo Prompt is a unique collection of 60 full-color photographs to motivate students to think and write. The photographs are divided into five categories, so there’s something to stir the imagination of all your students. The photos are in the public domain, so feel free to use them without copyright worries.Each of the five categories has twelve awesome
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4th - 6th
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NARRATIVE WRITING: Let's Write A Spooky Story
Here's everything you need to help your students write a "spooky story" narrative in time for Halloween. I have included:1. "parts of a story" idea cards 2. idea for oral storytelling in groups before writing3. planning page (tree map) for prewriting 4. my sample planning page5. a student checklist for editing and revision that could double as a grading rubric as well 6. sample "onomatopoeia" sound word cards that students can use in their stories7. A student sample of a finished narrative story
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2nd - 6th
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Emoji Thanksgiving/Fall Printable Writing Activity- Short Power Paragraph & Art
This short Thanksgiving/Fall writing activity engages ALL students, and gets ALL students to LOVE writing! Students are given emoji prompts to arrange in any sequence, and then they construct a narrative, opinion, or informational paragraph based on the representations of the emojis. This allows flexibility, creativity, and cures writer’s block for ALL students! Seriously- I’ve seen students who strongly dislike writing get so completely focused and engaged in this activity that they can’t even
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2nd - 6th
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Roll A Scary Story - Creative Writing Halloween - 7,776 Possibilities
Roll A Scary Story - Creative Writing HalloweenStory prompts and ideas for a scary story. Engage your class with Roll A Story where chance plays a part in creating unique characters, places, times and problems! There are 7,776 unique stories possible using this resource.This resource includes a PDF file. I may upload a editable PDF template in the future.Stock background (wood) was sourced from Background vector created by upklyak - www.freepik.com
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2nd - 6th
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Character & Story Arc Planners for Realistic Fiction & Narrative Writing BUNDLE
Wondering where to even begin with teaching realistic fiction writing to your class? It can be such an abstract concept of writing and in order to be successful, you MUST have a strong character and solid, paced plan driving the piece of writing. That's where this resource comes in. Stacked with loads of prompts and outlines to help kids dive deep, narrative writing has never gone smoother. A strong piece of fiction starts with a solid character and that's where the first resource comes in. It w
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3rd - 6th
Emoji Valentine's Day Printable Writing Activity- Short Power Paragraph & Art
This short Valentine's Day writing activity engages ALL students, and gets ALL students to LOVE writing! Students are given emoji prompts to arrange in any sequence, and then they construct a narrative, opinion, or informational paragraph based on the representations of the emojis. This allows flexibility, creativity, and cures writer’s block for ALL students! Seriously- I’ve seen students who strongly dislike writing get so completely focused and engaged in this activity that they can’t even pu
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2nd - 6th
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Christmas Story Starters & Craftivity
❅ Christmas Story Starters & Craft: It’s fun to write funny narratives. Here’s a set of narrative prompts with a familiar theme--Santa Claus gets stuck in a chimney.There are many variations of the same theme out there...and of the accompanying craft. I’ve included my original hand drawn patterns for Santa's boots and a chimney (which can also be turned into a fireplace). The patterns are not clip art, but can be used to print, trace, and cut out. Directions are included. Once kids complete
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Christmas Literacy Bundle
Realistic Fiction and Narrative Writing Story Arc Planners
Ready to help students tackle planning their fiction pieces of writing? For so many kids it's "where do I start?" Well, let this resource help alleviate that stress by providing a very clear and visually appealing graphic organizer to help students map out a fiction story from start to finish. Drafting with a plan and purpose behind each piece of the writing is what will create solid, well-thought out resources. Description of Resource: This planner helps students map out the five main parts of
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Paper for Picture/Story Books
This is the perfect (lined) paper for 1st - 4th grade students to create their own picture books. The title page has a box for a picture and two lines, one for the title and another for the author/illustrator. On the back cover, students draw and write about the author (themselves). The second page can be copied single or double sided. Folded in half and stapled, this is perfect for the final draft.
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K - 4th
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Descriptive Writing
Are your students having trouble adding enough detail and description to their narrative writing? This mini-unit is full of strategies that will show them how to fill their stories with vivid descriptions and details.Mini-lessons Included:-Choosing Seed Ideas-Adding Internal Details-Show Don't Tell-Explode the Moment (Sensory Details)-Descriptive Words-Describing CharactersAdding DialogueAll mini-lessons include a full-color poster, teacher examples of strategies (for modeling), and student wor
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2nd - 11th
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Narrative Writing Mini-Unit: Differentiated and Easy to Follow!
This Narrative Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for teaching the elements of narrative text using the Plot Mountain and provided narratives, as well as engaging students in applying these elements to their own creative writing! This product is so easy to differentiate for all learning levels in your classroom! Materials are broken down between grades 3-4 and grades 5-6, so you can accelerate a gifted 3rd graders or accommodate for a 6th grader that needs more support.Includes:**Anchor Charts for E
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3rd - 6th
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Narrative Writing Examples
The following four narrative essay examples are great ways to inspire creative story telling in your students while following the Common Core Standards. Use these essays as examples and allow your students to critic them by identifying components that they like and want to use in their essay and/or components that should be corrected or improved. All four essays emphasize good use of transition words, figurative language (similes, onomatopoeia, idioms), sequence of events, and creative word cho
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3rd - 8th
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Fantasy Quest Narrative Descriptive Writing Project Creative 4th-5th
Take your students on a magical quest with this engaging narrative writing activity! They'll design unique characters, create backstories, and develop personality traits using descriptive words. Perfect for 4th and 5th grade, this printable writing packet allows for individual or group work and offers endless opportunities for creativity.In-depth DescriptionThis printable writing packet is a comprehensive narrative writing resource designed to strengthen students' writing skills and spark their
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4th - 5th
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Emoji Christmas Printable Writing Activity- Short Power Paragraph & Art
This short Christmas writing activity engages ALL students, and gets ALL students to LOVE writing! Students are given emoji prompts to arrange in any sequence, and then they construct a narrative, opinion, or informational paragraph based on the representations of the emojis. This allows flexibility, creativity, and cures writer’s block for ALL students! Seriously- I’ve seen students who strongly dislike writing get so completely focused and engaged in this activity that they can’t even put thei
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2nd - 6th
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Summer Camping-Themed Story Starters, Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizer
This activity is perfect for a writing center, or simply to keep your kids busy as summer approaches! Check out this summer camping-themed creative writing activity with writing prompts and a graphic organizer for elementary school students! Spark Creativity Under the Stars: Engaging Camping-Themed Story Starters for Grades 1-5!Light a fire in your students' imaginations with our exciting Camping-Themed Story Starters resource!This resource provides everything you need to ignite a week (or mor
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1st - 6th
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Emoji Winter/Wintertime Printable Writing Activity- Short Power Paragraph & Art
This short Winter/Wintertime writing activity engages ALL students, and gets ALL students to LOVE writing! Students are given emoji prompts to arrange in any sequence, and then they construct a narrative, opinion, or informational paragraph based on the representations of the emojis. This allows flexibility, creativity, and cures writer’s block for ALL students! Seriously- I’ve seen students who strongly dislike writing get so completely focused and engaged in this activity that they can’t even
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2nd - 6th
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