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A Backward Day
In this writing worksheet, students think about what they did yesterday, but tell the events in backwards order from the events at the day's end to the beginning. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Going for the Goal-- Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, students set goals for the coming year and decide the steps they would take to achieve them. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Story Starter-- Edgar the Bunny Wants To Be a Cowboy
In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture of a rabbit who wants to be a cowboy. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Snowy Day Story Starter
In this story starter worksheet, students look at a picture of a snowy day and read a sentence provided. Students continue by finishing the story.
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Ellis Island Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, students read the questions and story starter about Ellis Island. There are provided lines for the story which the students will write.
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How Owly And Wormy Became Friends: Using a Silent Comic To Inspire Creative Writing
Students view a wordless comic before using it as a story starter. They access a story that uses the same characters at a website in order to better understand the nature of the characters. They write a story inspired by the comic and...
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Traditional Story Openings
The class evaluates whether or not the provided story openings are traditional or not. However, the creator of this presentation focuses on fairy tale openings as traditional, neglecting the fact that several of the chosen openings could...
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If I Lived on the Moon
In this story starter activity, learners complete a story starter starting with "If I Lived On The Moon...". Students write this inside a space ship.
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Story Starters: Life in Thailand
In this life in Thailand worksheet, 6th graders use sixteen different pictures of life in Thailand as inspiration to write original stories.
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Story Starter: The Cat and the Fishbowl
In this story starter:Â the cat and the fishbowl worksheet, 1st graders look at the picture and write a story about it on the lines below.
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Story Starters For Historical Fiction Story
Students author their own historical fiction stories. In this writing skills lesson, students use the 10 provided story starters to write fiction stories that incorporate facts from history.
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Lesson Plan C32: Story Starts
Students write story starters to begin the writing process. In this creative writing lesson, students examine story starters and review the structure of paragraphs. Students create their own story starters that engage readers by setting...
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Pirate Adventure: Story Starter
In this creative writing learning exercise, students first read a short story starter about a pirate adventure. Students finish the story on the lines provided.
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Wonderfully Wild Unit
Students explore the ethics of 'fair' in regards to humans relationship with wildlife. In this wildlife study lesson, students read the story starters about wildlife and then discuss how to finish the story. Students finish the stories...
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Story Prompt: Man Carving Letters Out of Stone
In this story prompt worksheet, students write two short stories about the pictures of men carving the letters X and A out of stone.
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Frogs in a Pond: Story Writing
In this story writing worksheet, students analyze a picture of two frogs in a pond. Students write a story about the picture. Students make up a title for the story.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter J
In this story starter worksheet, students complete the worksheet their teacher created for the letter J. Students write their own story based on the picture, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words the teacher included.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter V
In this story starters worksheet, students write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter V pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter L
In this story starters instructional activity, students write their own stories using the printable instructional activity their teacher made for letter L pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Down By Two With Minutes Left
In this story starter worksheet, 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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In Goal for the Rockets
In this narrative writing worksheet, students complete a story that has already been started for them. Students create the middle of the narrative and the closing. There is space to write a two-page story.
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The Monster Match
For this creative writing worksheet, learners read the story starter and then use their imagination to craft their own middle and end to complete the story.
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The Door Under the Stones in the Woods
In this story starter worksheet, students create their own story on the lines provided as they read the 3 sentences regarding a door under the stones in the woods and add to the story to make it their own.
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Picture Prompt: Skunk And Bunny
In this picture prompt worksheet, learners practice writing their own short story from being given a picture prompt of a skunk and a bunny. Students choose a few of their words from a word bank generated by the teacher.