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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

Let's go on a writing adventure! Imagine if you woke up in a completely different country, and no idea how to get home. What would you do next?

Flex those creative writing skills by starting a story in a few different ways! Use the picture as a prompt, and use each technique to start a story.

Thanksgiving is a special time of year to get children talking about being thankful. Use these writing prompts to explore three different types of writing on the same topic.

Help your first grader learn about the different parts of a letter and the lost art of letter writing with this simple how-to worksheet.

Hooray, your students have written informational books! But have they also created a table of contents? Through this activity, young authors will consider the different sections of their writing as they add this important element to their books.

Then what happened? In this activity, students will choose stop and jot sticky notes from different parts of the story to practice their sequencing and summarizing skills as they respond to questions about the literature.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.