teaching resource

Narrative Sentence Starter Worksheets

Updated: 17 Sep 2024

Use our printable narrative writing prompt worksheets to boost your students' imaginative writing skills.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 48 Pages
Years: 1 - 3

Curriculum

VC2E1LY14

Re-read their own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
VC2E2LY12

Re-read and edit texts for spelling, sentence boundary punctuation and text structure
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
VC2E1LY13

Create short narrative and informative texts, written and spoken, on personal and learnt topics, including using some topic-specific vocabulary, appropriate multimodal elements, and a structure with an opening, middle and conclusion
VC2E2LY11

Create short narrative, informative and persuasive texts for familiar audiences using simple text structures, topic-specific vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate

EN1-VOCAB-01

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN1-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
EN2-CWT-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

teaching resource

Narrative Sentence Starter Worksheets

Updated: 17 Sep 2024

Use our printable narrative writing prompt worksheets to boost your students' imaginative writing skills.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 48 Pages
Years: 1 - 3

Use our printable narrative writing prompt worksheets to boost your students' imaginative writing skills.

Keep Students Writing With Printable Narrative Story Starter Worksheets

Encouraging kids to write daily, even just for a few minutes, can have many benefits. Not only does it help them come up with creative ideas and stories, but it also improves their language skills. Writing is an excellent way for kids to express their feelings and share fantastic ideas straight from their imaginations. When kids write daily, they learn the value of imaginative thinking and its possibilities. This year, we encourage you to get your students into a daily writing routine with these fun narrative writing prompt worksheets from Teach Starter!

Narrative Writing Prompts, Word Banks, and More!

This download includes a whopping 24 brand-new narrative writing prompts in an easy-to-use, no-prep worksheet format. We’ve included a wide variety of story starters that you can pick and choose from to engage and encourage your students to write. Each narrative prompt also includes a visual stimulus and a bank of words for students to pull from when writing their stories.

Each worksheet has space for a short story, but we have also included an additional sheet of lined paper for each worksheet in case your students write longer texts. Here are just a few of the fun narrative prompts you’ll find in this download:

Buried Treasure
A Cheeky Monkey
Visiting the Dinosaur Zoo
My Robot Friend
A Midnight Visitor
And more!

Download and Print!

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copies, pass them out to your students, and you’re ready to begin!

Note: If you prefer the double-sided version, we recommend first printing the whole pack in 2-sided format and then making copies of the individual worksheets.

This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2E1LY14

Re-read their own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
VC2E2LY12

Re-read and edit texts for spelling, sentence boundary punctuation and text structure
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
VC2E1LY13

Create short narrative and informative texts, written and spoken, on personal and learnt topics, including using some topic-specific vocabulary, appropriate multimodal elements, and a structure with an opening, middle and conclusion
VC2E2LY11

Create short narrative, informative and persuasive texts for familiar audiences using simple text structures, topic-specific vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate

EN1-VOCAB-01

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN1-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
EN2-CWT-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

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