Writing a Story & Writing Prompts

The Worksheet Place – Writing prompts and writing topics.

Story writing prompts. Procedural writing topics, expository writing topics, narrative writing topics, persuasive writing topics, and paragraph writing starters and prompts. Students are oftel looking for writing topics, you’ll find writing topics, writing prompt and writing starter worksheets for grades 1 to 6.

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Teaching Tools – 180 Journal Writing Prompts

Lists writing ideas to inspire a stories.

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Story Starters

Write a story online. Choose a theme (Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Scrambler). Then choose a grade level and spin the wheel.  This website will get you started with many fun ideas.  Type it online and print or save it to your computer.

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National Writing Project

10 ideas that get children writing

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Super Teacher Writing Ideas

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Elements of a story printables and worksheets. The Worksheet Place

• These worksheets can be used with 7 to 12 year olds.
• Elements of a story are important reading comprehension concepts.

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The Worksheet Place – Elements of fiction and elements of non fiction worksheets.

• These worksheets are suitable for 2nd to the 4th grades.
• Students need to understand the elements of fiction and non fiction beginning in the 2nd grade.
• Read a variety of stories to children and have them brainstorm what the characteristics of fiction and non fiction are.

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Editing Checklists   – These checklists are similar to success criteria checklists with the exception that the success criteria should be developed between the teacher and students.

• Revising checklists, peer editing checklists.
• Revise writing and editing check lists. Self editing checklists.

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