Telling stories
These worksheets and writing prompts aim to help develop skills related to narrative writing. Kindergarten and grade 1 are mostly writing prompts, as the focus is on more basic writing skills (grammar, sentences). Skills more specific to narrative writing start from grade 2.
Kindergarten narrative writing prompts
- Draw and write prompts with narrative themes
Grade 1 narrative writing prompts
- "First, next & last" drawing & writing prompts
Grade 2 paragraph writing
- Narrative paragraphs with first, next and last
- Narrative writing with a word bank
- Show, don't tell
- Grade 2 writing prompts
Grade 3 narrative writing
- Writing hooks
- Setting
- Character development
- Writing dialogue
- Show, don't tell!
- Personal narratives
- Narrative writing practice & prompts
Grade 4 narrative writing
- Writing hooks
- Plot structure
- Creating settings
- Characters
- Show, don't tell
- Sensory details
- Descriptive writing
- Small moments writing
- Point of view
- Personal narratives
- Narrative writing practice and prompts
Grade 5 narrative writing
- Developing plot structure
- Realistic settings
- Character traits
- Settings & sensory details
- Writing from different points of view
- Inner & outer dialogue
- Perspective
- Personal narratives
- Fictional writing
- Fantasy writing
- Nonfiction writing
- Narrative writing prompts
Narrative writing worksheet
