Creative Writing Printables Slideshow

Get a sneak peek of what's inside our printable book "Creative Writing (5-8)," with this slideshow. These prompts and activities will help improve your students' writing skills while unleashing their imagination!

Grades:

5

6

7

8

Subjects:

Creative Writing

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

Composition

Holidays:

Creative Writing Month

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Write a Time-Travel Dialogue

Students use their imagination to write a dialogue between themselves and the men and women of ancient Rome.

Immigration Picture Prompts

Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent immigrants to America, and write a journal entry depicting their arrival.

Betrayal

Students are asked to imagine that they run a small business and that one of their trusted employees has betrayed them. They will then write a short story about their reaction to this situation.

False Charge

Students are asked to imagine that they are being accused of something they didn't do. They are then asked to write a story about how they would act in this predicament.

Let's Change the World: Writing a Play or Story

Explore an activity that asks students to think about transformations and the ways in which their lives would be changed if certain events took place. Students will then write a skit or story about someone with superpowers.

Victory for the Victim: Writing a Short Story

Students will imagine a situation in which a victim can emerge victorious, and will then write a short story about this scenario.

Write Your Own Mad Libs®

Use this printable to have students create their own Mad Libs^® stories. Students supply key words (nouns, adjectives, and verbs) to a base paragraph to create an amusing story. Find more fun and educational ways to use Mad Libs^® in your classroom.

Writing Weathergrams

Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own weathergram.

Prose and Poetry Connection

Have students write a narrative poem based on a prose realistic fiction selection. This creative writing activity will sharpen their imaginative skills.

Working Over Language: Recognizing Clichés

Explore an activity that introduces students to the topic of clichés. They will practice replacing overused expressions with more unique and thoughtful phrases.

Creative Writing Printable Book (5-8)

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