Narrative Writing Resources

Narrative Writing: Adding Dialogue

First Grade Writing Skills

This workbook helps first graders flex their handwriting and composition skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

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

What is a Narrative? Key Features

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

Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE

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

Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events

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

Sentence Writing: Feelings

Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events

Strong narratives have clear sequences of events. Through this lesson, students plan out what will happen in their story before they start writing their own engaging narratives.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Narrative Writing: Seed Ideas

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

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

Dinosaur Story Starter

Thanksgiving Writing Worksheet

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

Thanksgiving Writing Worksheet

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Wild About Writing

Fiction Genres Library Exploration

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

Fiction Genres Library Exploration

How familiar are your fourth graders with the fictional genres available in their class or school libraries? This lesson introduces them to many genres of fictional books so they can get off to a terrific start of fourth grade reading.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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

Valentine Medley

Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer

Valentine Medley

Kids can write, graph and read their way through Valentine's Day with a sweet mix of history, writing and math! Kids will explore both the mythical and practical side of this day.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

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 Prompt

Narrative Writing Prompt

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Read Between the Lines

Personal Narrative Writing

Read Between the Lines

When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

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

Sentence Writing Prompts

Beginning Writing: All About Me

Sentence Writing Prompts

Practice sentence writing with these prompts, perfect for struggling writers.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Narrative Writing: Vivid Descriptions

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

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

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

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Funny Writing Prompt

Story Starters for New Writers

Funny Writing Prompt

What if you showed up to class and the whole school was deserted? Kids will have fun stretching their writing muscles with this April Fools prompt.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sentences: Start to Finish

Story Starters for New Writers

These sentence starters support basic writing skills and organizing thoughts for kindergarteners. Telling stories not only builds creativity, it helps kids learn about communication.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook