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Writing
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Snowy Day Story Starter

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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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Writing
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Ellis Island Writing Prompt

For Students 4th - 5th
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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Lesson Plan
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How Owly And Wormy Became Friends: Using a Silent Comic To Inspire Creative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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PPT
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Traditional Story Openings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Printables
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If I Lived on the Moon

For Teachers 1st - 4th
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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Worksheet
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Story Starters: Life in Thailand

For Students 6th
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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Worksheet
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Story Starter: The Cat and the Fishbowl

For Students 1st
In this story starter:  the cat and the fishbowl learning exercise, 1st graders look at the picture and write a story about it on the lines below.
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Lesson Plan
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Story Starters For Historical Fiction Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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
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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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Worksheet
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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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Lesson Plan
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Wonderfully Wild Unit

For Teachers K - 3rd
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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Worksheet
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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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Worksheet
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Frogs in a Pond: Story Writing

For Students 1st - 2nd
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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Worksheet
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter J

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story starter activity, students complete the activity 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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Worksheet
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter V

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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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Worksheet
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter L

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story starters worksheet, learners write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter L pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Worksheet
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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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Writing
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In Goal for the Rockets

For Students 4th - 5th
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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Worksheet
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The Monster Match

For Students 5th - 8th
In 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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Writing
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The Door Under the Stones in the Woods

For Students 3rd - 6th
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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Worksheet
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Picture Prompt: Skunk And Bunny

For Students 4th - 6th
In this picture prompt learning exercise, students 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.
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Printables
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Picture Prompt: Penguins and Christmas Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
What happens when penguins put up a Christmas tree? Only your students know for sure, since they're the ones writing the story! A picture of penguins around a Christmas tree is sure to inspire even your most reluctant writers to begin,...
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Writing
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Printable Story Starter: The Missing Valentines

For Students 3rd - 4th
A writing prompt about a classroom's missing Valentines allows students to finish the story with their own endings, and to provide their own titles. The lesson comes with a picture and the beginning of the story to full prompt students...
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Printables
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Picture Prompt: Skunk

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture prompt showing a skunk and some garden friends. Students write a story about the picture.