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TV and Teaching
Learners write a story centered around their favorite TV show. In this story writing lesson, students share their favorite TV shows and discuss their favorite characters. Learners draw pictures that illustrate a story in which they are a...
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Digital Fairytale
Students write a fairytale. For this writing and illustration lesson, students read and study fairytales. Students discuss the characteristics of a fairytale and then work in groups to write their own fairytale. Students divide their...
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Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup
In this online interactive story building worksheet, learners recognize the sequence of events. Students click on the sentence that will come next in the order of story events. Learners complete all sentences in order to correctly finish...
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Picture Stories
Students write a story. In this picture stories lesson, students write a story on a topic of their choice and then rewrite their story using only pictures. Students share their stories with the class.
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Science Fiction Stories
Students write a story. In this genre lesson, students read a science fiction story and discuss its characteristics. Students brainstorm a list of things that if scientifically changed would alter the way we live our lives. Students...
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Alphabet Picture Prompt: The Letter A
In this teacher friendly worksheet, teachers write a word list, short statement, or question and the children use those with the letter "Aa" and pictures of an alligator, ant, and apples as prompts for creative writing. Learners write 1...
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Cloudy With a Chance of...
Second graders will write a story. In this writing and meteorology lesson, 2nd graders read the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, then use KidPix to create a weather picture. The picture is imported into a word processor and the...
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Word Family (-ind)
In this word family worksheet, students read 12 words in a word bank that end with the "-ind" pattern. Students write sentences or a story with these words.
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Thank You
In this story completion worksheet, students complete the story "Thank You" by filling in the six blanks with words from the word box containing words with the "-ank" sound in them. Students then write an original thank you letter to...
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Hide and Seek
For this language arts worksheet, learners write a story using an illustrated word bank with nouns, adjectives, and verbs.
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Favorite Day
In this language arts activity, learners write a story about their favorite day of the week. There is an illustrated word bank. Students chose from nouns, verbs, and conjunctions.
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My Stories -- Writing about Pictures
In this writing worksheet, students write 10 short stories using the full color picture prompts which are shown above the blank primary lines. There is a cover sheet with the title "My Stories" if students wish to make a book and use it...
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Writing Bug: A Summer Away
In this writing worksheet, young scholars read a story starter which asks them what 3 small items they would take to make themselves feel at home if they were going to a friend's house all summer. Students finish the story.
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Getting Ready to Write
Students watch an online slideshow that shows Cornelia Funke's transition from an illustrator to a writer. They discuss her writing process from the way she gathers ideas to how and where she writes. Next, they work in groups to choose a...
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Writing and Research with a Manatee Theme
Students use Internet research methods to find information about manatees. They write a story about a manatee, told through the manatee's eyes, and also a letter to an environmental group, thanking them for what they do to protect the...
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Who? What? Where? When? - Story Elements
Second graders see how to identify and describe character, setting, and plot in various stories from picture books and story videos. They use picture books and story videos to practice identifying and describing the story elements.
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Creative Writing
Students create a story with a beginning, middle and an ending. They also read and analyze another's story.
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Planning a Story
Have your class write stories. Learners discuss how to create a great beginning, develop a list of characters, and provide a resoulution of a story. There are some aspects of this presentation that could be altered to provide clearer and...
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Children's Book
A great way to publish students' stories is by having them create a picture book using Pages. This simple lesson has them take a short story they have written and create a book with a title page and dedication. After they have printed...
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"The Golden Ball"-Drama Lesson
Learners read "The Golden Ball" and discuss plot and story elements. In this drama lesson, students review script vs. story writing and presentation. Learners take turns reading parts of the play and discuss, make paper crowns and...
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Write a Story Based on the Picture
In this creative writing worksheet, students look at a picture and write a creative story based on what they imagine is happening.
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Story Writing
Students work in groups to create a story that will be presented to the class. In this story writing instructional activity, students complete a project planning sheet, work together to create a story that includes a hero and at least...
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Solving an Original Character's Problem With Voice and Emotion
Students read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and then write their own story conveying a lot of emotion. In this writing lesson plan, students select a title, an emotion, brainstorm, and then start writing.
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Silly Animal Problems
Students read the story Dog Breath and write their own story focusing on sequencing about an animal with a silly problem. In this writing lesson plan, students use memorable details and pacing in their story.