W.5.3 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3
:"Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences."
Our Take: In fifth grade, students are challenged to write stories that are well thought out and organized. There are many types of graphic organizers and outline formats that can help young writers sketch out the events of a story before diving in.
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Creative Writing: Time Machine
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Creative Writing: Time Machine
Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?
5th Grade
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Leap Year Creative Writing Prompt #3: A Time for Superpowers
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Leap Year Creative Writing Prompt #3: A Time for Superpowers
Get learners' creative juices flowing with this fun leap year-inspired writing prompt!
4th Grade
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Back to School Creative Writing Prompt #3: The Lucky Library
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Back to School Creative Writing Prompt #3: The Lucky Library
What unusual item could your character find in the library? Find out with this fun writing activity!
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Writing Small
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Writing Small
In this exercise, we'll practice expanding upon general concepts.
5th Grade
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Narrative Writing: Prewriting Organizer
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Narrative Writing: Prewriting Organizer
Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.
4th Grade
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Descriptive Writing: Summer Vacation
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Descriptive Writing: Summer Vacation
Use details and imagery to capture this long holiday in writing.
5th Grade
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Tuning My Writing Voice
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Tuning My Writing Voice
Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.
5th Grade
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Retell the Story
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Retell the Story
How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?
4th Grade
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Tell a Tale!
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Tell a Tale!
Monster footprints in a dark forest sets the scene for a super scary story! This picture prompt will help your child practice creative writing.
5th Grade
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Picture Writing Prompt
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Picture Writing Prompt
A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.
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Picture Writing Prompt: Twister!
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Picture Writing Prompt: Twister!
Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.
5th Grade
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Picture Writing Prompt: UFO
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Picture Writing Prompt: UFO
What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.
5th Grade
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Creative Writing: Under the Sea
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Creative Writing: Under the Sea
Being a fish might be fun! Your young writer can write their own under the sea story with this creative writing prompt.
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Creative Writing Prompt: Snowstorm
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Creative Writing Prompt: Snowstorm
Young writers will use their imagination and descriptive language to tell a fictional story in this seasonal writing prompt.
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Creative Writing: Mystery Letter
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Creative Writing: Mystery Letter
A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.
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Writing Prompt: Monster in the Closet
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Writing Prompt: Monster in the Closet
Are there monsters in the closet? Your 5th grader will use her imagination to create a fun story based on this illustration!
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Writing Prompt: Haunted House
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Writing Prompt: Haunted House
What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!
5th Grade
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Writing Prompt: Ogre in the Woods
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Writing Prompt: Ogre in the Woods
What if you came upon a monster in the woods? Have your little writer use their imagination to create a story based on this scene!
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Writing Prompt: Mystery
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Writing Prompt: Mystery
Everyone loves a mystery! Give your budding writer a chance to create her own fictional story based on this picture writing prompt. What will happen next?
5th Grade
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Creative Writing: Cyclops!
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Creative Writing: Cyclops!
What will happen to this cave-man? Your 5th grader can decide by writing a creative and exciting story to go with this illustration.
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Picture Writing Prompt: Sea Monster
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Picture Writing Prompt: Sea Monster
A day of fishing is interrupted by a giant sea monster! What happens next? This writing prompt will help your student stretch his imagination.
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Creative Writing: Animal Antics
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Creative Writing: Animal Antics
What if you could make up your own animal species? Your child will have fun as she uses her imagination to hone her writing skills.
5th Grade
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Creative Writing: Dragons
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Creative Writing: Dragons
Is the sleeping dragon a watchdog or a pet? Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.
5th Grade
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Zombie News Story
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Zombie News Story
Imagine you are a reporter in the midst of a zombie outbreak! Bring some spookiness to your child's daily writing journal with this fun prompt.
5th Grade
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Ninjas vs Zombies
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Ninjas vs Zombies
It's ninjas vs zombies! Who will win? Flex your imagination to create a funny or crazy story to answer this writing prompt.
5th Grade
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What's Behind the Door?
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What's Behind the Door?
Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.
5th Grade
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Zombie Vocabulary
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Zombie Vocabulary
Here's a fun and spooky way to challenge your student's vocabulary and spelling skills, with this packet of zombie-themed vocab words
5th Grade
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Fan Fiction
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Fan Fiction
Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.
5th Grade
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Christopher Newport
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Christopher Newport
Captain Christopher Newport led one of the first journeys across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World and started what would become Jamestown.
5th Grade
Social studies
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Middle Colonies
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Middle Colonies
Social studies students will write a descriptive paragraph to show their understanding of life in the Middle Colonies and life in colonial America in general.
5th Grade
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