There are many different ways to start a story! Hone creativity and build knowledge about literary devices with these fun story starting prompts.

Help your 2nd grader compare and contrast their own traits to their favorite book character's traits with this graphic organizer.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

This worksheet is a lovely introduction to cinquains and poetic forms.

Get acquainted with a few different writing techniques with this fun prompt. Kids will start the same story in a few different ways.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

Your students will enjoy reading this messy story and finding the different sentence structures.

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

What if Pinocchio were a girl instead of a boy? How would the story be different?

Students will develop and write different opinions about cats and dogs with this friendly worksheet.

Get familiar with some types of poetry in this worksheet that covers different poetry structures.

This worksheet bundle rounds up some writing prompts for your child to explore different writing styles.

People often have different opinions, and it's okay to agree to disagree! Practice identifying opinions with this worksheet.

After reviewing the different parts of a persuasive paragraph, your fourth graders will outline their own persuasive paragraph.

Kindergarteners learning about different seasons will like these colorful printable postcards. These weather postcards also offer writing practice.

This reading exercise uses interactive story writing; it's a great way to look at reading comprehension from a different angle.

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

This volcano writing worksheet is a great story starter and provides a different approach to composition, perfect for research-based writing.

Help your learners think about all of the different plants and animals that live in habitats all over the world!

Hmm, are you familiar with interjections? In this worksheet, fifth through eighth graders will use interjections to reflect different feelings.

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

Practice identifying seasons with these printable weather postcards. Kids will see how different weather patterns affect how they dress with seasonal postcards.

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

How would our lives be different if we were aquatic creatures living underwater? Have your kid flex his creativity with this fun writing prompt.

How many ways can you start a story? Have fun with writing, and practice telling the beginning of a story in six different ways.