Lesson Tutor: Fresh Squeezed Creative Juices
Here are story starters and writing prompts for creative writing (multiple grades). 

Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Children create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day.

Jeopardy Game: Newspaper Lesson Plan
Students create their own Jeopardy game by using the newspaper.  This standard is addressed as students must decide what articles to use and create relevant questions.
 

Kids' Space:  This is an international forum for kids to share writing and communicate with children from other places.

Participate in the Flat Stanley Project: Join a group of teachers who want to provide students with another reason to write. Email or mail your Flat Stanley to other classrooms.

Writing Workshop

Story Starters for "Many Beginnings"

Write Source Writing Topics:  Journal writing topics organized by grade level

Suggestions for English Language Learners: 
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

(E/B) Students use story prompts to make complete stories.
(E/B) Allow brainstorming or prewriting note taking in the student’s first language, then write in English.
(E/B) Using sentence frames, students write to a pen pal in another school or class using mail or e-mail.
(E/B) Students create a writing journal in which they begin with pictures and then add written words.(E/B) Students work with a partner when taking notes.
(E/B) As a class, discuss the ideas in a short piece of writing.
(E/B) Students use software programs such as “Leap into Phonics” and other graphic programs to create stories, pictures, and words.
(D) Have two students of developing proficiency levels comment on each others’ written review of a movie or television program.
(D) Students work with a partner when taking notes.
(E/B, D, E) Students work in small groups to create stories.
(D, E) Students brainstorm and create a web as a prewriting activity.
(D, E) Students keep a non-graded journal where they free-write everyday to the teacher. The teacher writes responses that are grammatically correct as a model.
(D, E) Students write letters to others to practice social writing.
(E) Students write a report on a book or story they read.
(E) Students write a review of another student’s evaluation of a popular song.
(E) Students write to email pen pals. They could also write to other English Language Learners in their school district or others.
(E) Teacher explains SQ3R study strategy (Scan, Question, Read, Write and Review) for taking notes. Students scan the chapter and make questions out of bold headings; then read the text under the heading and write the answer to the question; and review question and answer.

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