2nd - 8th Grade Creative Writing Resources

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

Sparks students' creative thinking with this Earth Day-themed reflective writing prompt.

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

This writing worksheet is a good way for learners to boost vocabulary and spelling, and it's a great tool to prepare for standardized testing.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Kapow! Wham! Creative writing can be daunting for some kids, but it doesn't have to be! Help excite and inspire your reluctant writers with this fun comic book template.

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their dream summer vacation.

Take the intimidation out of narrative writing with this exciting alternative! Budding writers and artists alike will love the chance to get creative with this comic book template.

Looking for an alternative activity to ignite the imaginations of your reluctant writers? Use this fun comic book template to introduce creative writing to your students. Novice writers and artists alike will delight in the chance to create their own comi

This simple acrostic template for Earth Day makes it easy for kids of all abilities to pen a poem about the planet.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Students have another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

In this sixth-grade worksheet, students hone their narrative writing skills by practicing identifying and removing irrelevant details to strengthen a story.

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

Children practice conceptualizing a million in this creative writing exercise.

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!

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

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."