Narrative Essay Structure Printable Worksheets

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

In this activity, students will consider the key features of a narrative, such as plot, setting, rising action, and characters.

Show students how vivid a well-written description can be and then let them create imagery of their own.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to writing narratives.

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

Use this resource to assess your students’ skills when it comes to responding to narrative prompts.

Children draw on their own experiences to craft a personal narrative in this essay-writing worksheet.

Feelings and emotions can be a bridge to naming details and helping students identify details to use in their writing.

Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.

Second graders love telling stories! Help them take one small moment and write across many pages using this helpful planning organizer.

Second graders love telling stories! Help them share their feelings when writing about one small moment using this helpful planning worksheet.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills as they respond to a narrative prompt.

This prewriting activity walks students through making an outline of a narrative essay, from the central ideas to the important details.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

When authors create characters, they think about “inside” and “outside” details. Your students will go through the same process with this writing worksheet. Ask them to create a character and list the things they imagine this character thinks about and fe

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

What was a time in your life when you were surprised? Use this prompt and worksheet to help students plan a personal narrative on this topic.

If your students need extra practice structuring a personal narrative, use this prompt to write a story about something that was difficult for them.