Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Help children hone their creativity and critical thinking skills while providing hands-on experience with design planning, reflection, and writing process.

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences with Sentence Stems.

Use these thought-provoking prompts to reflect on the plot, characters, and themes in Louis Sachar’s Holes!

Students will use sentence stems and frames to make inferences about a story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Inferences with Sentence Stems.

Learners will love thinking and writing creatively with this fun, seasonal writing prompt inspired by St. Patrick's Day!

Is your student a budding novelist? Start her career off on the right foot with this short story writing worksheet.

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

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

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

What if you came upon a monster in the woods? Have your little writer use their imagination to create a story based on this scene!

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!

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Our worksheet gives your Hobbit fan space to jot down similarities and differences between the book and film for a great exercise in comparing and contrasting.

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

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

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!

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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

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!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about a mysterious message in a yearbook!