Fantasy Story Planner

Fantasy Story Planning Poster and Worksheets

Inspire imaginative storytelling with this beautifully designed Fantasy Story Planner, ideal for KS1 and lower KS2 pupils. This structured planning sheet helps young writers organise their ideas before writing a fantasy story, offering prompts and space to plan characters, settings, problems, and more.

Whether used as part of a creative writing unit or a one-off lesson, this resource supports children to develop their narrative skills with gentle scaffolding and engaging language starters like “One cold night…” and “In a faraway land…”

What’s included…

• A colourful planning poster to inspire class conversations and ideas
• Two colour coded planning sheets for children to work on - one with lines for those who want to write down their ideas, another without lines for those who prefer to draw

Prompts for…

• Character creation and description
• Setting details
• Story openers
• Plot development (problem and events)
• Sensory description (what the characters can see, hear, feel)

Perfect for…

• Narrative writing lessons
• Building confidence in story planning
• Creative literacy activities
• Supporting reluctant writers

Teacher tip: Print in A3 and laminate for reuse with whiteboard markers during planning sessions.