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Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.

Writers will practice crafting a story around setting with this open-ended writing prompt.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, encourage students to examine the novel's setting with this creative writing worksheet! 

Shoot for the stars with a story that's out of this world! This worksheet invites kindergarten and first-grade students to craft a creative mini-story using a given character, setting, and event.

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

With this prewriting organizer, students will brainstorm and visualize details of their fictional story.

How hard could it be to get rid of a cursed treasure chest? Your fifth grader will enjoy making up a story to go along with this illustration!

Invite your learners to dive into the world of creative writing with this fun Independence Day writing prompt!  

Celebrate fall with this fun creative writing prompt!

If you could have music class with any famous musician, who would it be? Write about it with this creative writing prompt!

Young writers set off on the right foot with this realistic fiction graphic organizer.

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

Tell your own story about a mysterious carnival with this creative writing prompt!

What unusual item could your character find in the library? Find out with this fun writing activity!

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

Use this template to plan and create an original comic.