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Narrative Writing Resources

Help students create their own storytime with these materials designed to improve narrative writing skills. Writing prompts inspire the creativity kids need for narrative writing, while other resources help teach basic skills, like how to add dialogue to story or put events in order. You can switch writing up with lessons on persuasive writing.

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Reading Comprehension
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Reading Comprehension
These articles, short stories, fairy tales and fables teach kids about a wide range of subjects so your child can learn more about history and science while improving literacy and vocabulary skills.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Penmanship Practice: Cursive
Workbook
Penmanship Practice: Cursive
This workbook focuses on penmanship practice. In the process, she’ll also get a head start on composition by using her new handwriting skills to write short stories and paragraphs.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Narrative Writing: Adding Dialogue
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Narrative Writing: Adding Dialogue
This lesson challenges young learners to add dialogue to their writing. Students will love using their creativity to write personal narratives.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Exploring the Narrative
Lesson plan
Exploring the Narrative
Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Exciting Writing Prompts
Workbook
Exciting Writing Prompts
What might happen if Peter Pan and Alice went to Wonderland? What is life like in outer space? Second graders explore the power and fun of writing with a nudge from fun writing prompts.
2nd grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
First Grade Writing Skills
Workbook
First Grade Writing Skills
This workbook helps first graders flex their handwriting and composition skills.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Narrative Writing
Workbook
Narrative Writing
Prepare for a world of writing with this packet of exercises, tools and tips. Students learn a few ways to spice up writing, like sensory words, action verbs, supporting details, and point of view.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
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Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE
Give your class the "write" tools they need to become excellent authors. In this literary lesson, students use their knowledge of author's purpose to successfully write pieces that persuade, inform, and entertain.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
What is a Narrative? Key Features
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What is a Narrative? Key Features
In this activity, students will consider the key features of a narrative, such as plot, setting, rising action, and characters.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories
Workbook
Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories
The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Sentence Writing: Feelings
Worksheet
Sentence Writing: Feelings
How do you feel when you're with your friends and family? Answer this question and more about feelings by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer
Your students will fill in the juicy details when they prepare for personal narrative writing with this fun watermelon-themed graphic organizer!
2nd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Narrative Writing: Seed Ideas
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Narrative Writing: Seed Ideas
Give your students a chance to share some interesting anecdotes with this simple lesson. By brainstorming ideas about past experiences, young writers will learn to develop their own personal narratives.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
My Life Story
Lesson plan
My Life Story
Everyone has a story to tell. Give your young writers a chance to tell the stories of their lives with this immersive lesson on biographies and autobiographies.
2nd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Dinosaur Story Starter
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Dinosaur Story Starter
What if you had a T-Rex as a pet? Dino lovers can put their imaginations to the test with this adorable story starter.
2nd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Ready, Set, Read
Workbook
Ready, Set, Read
Is your budding reader up for a challenge? Help your child get familiar with the important elements of a story as well as its structure while putting his critical thinking skills to the test.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Personal Narrative Writing
Worksheet
Personal Narrative Writing
Personal narrative writing is all about you! Get kids thinking and writing about their personal experiences and how they felt about them.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Calling All Characters!
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Calling All Characters!
Come one, come all! In this lesson, reading and writing are intertwined as students determine a character's traits from the character's actions. Reading extends into creative writing as students imagine what a character might do next.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Writing Dialogue
Worksheet
Writing Dialogue
This worksheet is a fun-filled way to write dialogue about a familiar party staple: balloons. Your 3rd grader creates the conversations between family members.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Worksheet
Wild About Writing
Workbook
Wild About Writing
Animals and nature lead the charge to brighten first grade writing practice in this workbook, from sentence building to story writing and a few critter crosswords.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Interesting Introductions
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Interesting Introductions
Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Opinion Writing
Workbook
Opinion Writing
Let your voice be heard! This workbook challenges kids to express their opinions. But more importantly, they'll learn how to support opinions with good evidence and facts.
4th grade
Reading & writing
Workbook
Beginning Writing: All About Me
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Beginning Writing: All About Me
This lesson will take the fear out of writing by allowing your students to write about what makes them happy. It provides a simple way to give young writers creative freedom.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Narrative Writing: Vivid Descriptions
Lesson plan
Narrative Writing: Vivid Descriptions
Challenge your students to make their personal narratives come to life with strong action words, feelings, and thoughts. This lesson will help young learners develop their creativity and writing skills.
3rd grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan
Writing From the Heart
Lesson plan
Writing From the Heart
This lesson will inspire your students to focus on the people, pets, things, places, and ideas that mean the most to them! Your students will practice writing in this heartfelt lesson.
1st grade
Reading & writing
Lesson plan

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Narrative writing, or writing about a sequence of events, may seem straightforward, but some students will need help with narrative writing. Being able to tell a good story starts with basic skills in preschool and develops throughout elementary school. With these narrative writing resources, you can choose from a variety of activities that will help students in every grade learn how to write a good narrative with strong verbs, sensory details, and the right point of view. There are writing prompts galore. Activities also help with writing narrative poetry and developing dialogue. Learning skills associated with narrative writing will improve students’ overall writing and reading proficiency. If you are looking for ways to teach narrative writing, start here, but also be sure to visit our creative writing resources.

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