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1st - 8th Grade Common Core Prewriting Worksheets : Page 4

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

Story Board

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

All About Zombies

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

Personal Narrative: Adding Dialogue

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Draw and Write

Children must complete the missing parts of the story in this fun creative writing exercise.

Complete the Story: Fiona's Bad Day

What is this tennis player doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Sporty Sentence Making

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

"Somebody Wanted" Prewriting Organizer

Take a stab at haiku poetry with this free-form haiku writing worksheet. All you need is imagination and a pen!

Write a Haiku

Got a video game enthusiast on your hands? Give them a fun alternative with this creative writing sheet, where they'll get to make up their own video game!

Descriptive Writing: Video Game

Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

Sort the Story: Amanda & the Panda

What kind of camping trip plan would your child make? They can write down details with this worksheet.

Camping Trip Plan: Writing Details

Organizing your thoughts is an essential part of the writing process. It's easy--and fun--with this brainstorming worksheet.

Brainstorming Techniques

Rev your creative engines! This worksheet will help your second grader build his reading and writing skills, and practice making sentences of his very own.

Make a Speedy Sentence

Ready for sentence building liftoff! This worksheet will help your second grader build his creative writing skills and practice forming sentences.

Make a Space Shuttle Sentence

It's never too early to start planning for your future! After imagining what their lives will be like at age 25, students write persuasive letters to their parents asking for their support.

Convince Me: Persuasive Writing Practice

Instead of reading the story and then reviewing it, kids have to put this mixed-up story back together in order to understand what's going on.

Crazy Monday!

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Bio Poem Template

Ever wish you could breathe underwater? This creative writing prompt asks your child to imagine if humans could live underwater!

Creative Writing: Living Underwater

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

Persuasive Writing: Testing Your Reasons

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Creative Writing for Kids: Pet Dinosaur

Who is your favorite larger-than-life character? Help your young reader understand story structure with this tall tales activity.

Tall Tales for Kids

What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

Monster Under The Bed!

Assess your students’ varying abilities to write in a cohesive and sequential manner.

A Paragraph Puzzle: Let's Soar in Grade 4

What if Dorothy's house had landed in New York City instead of Oz?

Retell a Story

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

Complete the Story: Marnie's Muffins

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Realistic Writing

Get your little storyteller in gear for creative writing! This story starter worksheet is perfect for honing your child's writing skills.

Complete the Story: Baseball Tryouts

Where could this map lead to? Give your beginning writer a fun way to exercise his creativity.

Mystery Map Writing Prompt

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

Complete the Story: Gail's Garden

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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