Primary English: Creative writing

Top lesson ideas, worksheets, presentations and prompt cards to help primary pupils develop their creative writing skills

Tes Resources Team

Pens Ready For KS1 & KS2 Pupils To Explore Creative Writing With These Top Resources

Let young learners' imaginations run wild with help from these creative writing resources

Creative writing can be one of the most rewarding aspects of literacy, however the terror of a blank page can panic even the most willing writers in your class. So, to make sure every pupil has the confidence to put pen to paper, we've hand-picked this selection of lessons, activities and help sheets, all created by the Tes community.

My Lunch is Alive! KS2 creative writing resource
National Schools Partnership

My Lunch is Alive! KS2 creative writing resource

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4 x fun and flexible creative writing lessons which will excite even the most reluctant writers; fun activities which guide your pupils through the key elements of narrative writing (descriptive settings, developing characters and structuring a story); creative writing competition linked to the less...
Rainforest Poetry
Alice K

Rainforest Poetry

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'Who lives here?' PowerPoint introduces a 'conversation' poem about the creatures and habitat of the rainforest. It provides a structured step by step lesson to support composition. It also allows reinforcement of parts of speech particularly verbs and prepositions. Extended poetry task also p...
Writing Narratives KS2 Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
TandLGuru

Writing Narratives KS2 Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for KS2 children when writing for a range of different narrative genres. The organisers are also perfect for teachers, parents and English subject leaders - aiding their planning and supporting of children s kn...
Creative Writing Story Prompts
FullShelf

Creative Writing Story Prompts

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KS2 (Key Stage 2) or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These 20 full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Y4 / Y5 / ...
Story Builder
IntoFilm

Story Builder

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Our Story Builder resource is aimed at pupils aged 7-11, and enables learners to develop their understanding of the basic building blocks of film - the 3Cs and 3Ss of film, colour, character, camera, story, sound and setting - to create imaginative narratives of their own. They will be able to use o...
Storytime Fairy Tale Pack
StorytimeMag

Storytime Fairy Tale Pack

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Brothers Grimm, Hans C Andersen and Charles Perrault Fact Sheets with lesson ideas What Is a Fairy Tale? with lesson ideas Create a Fairy Tale Sheet Favourite Fairy Tale Survey Sheet Fairy Tale Creator Cards 4 sheets of 24 cards Fairy Tale Detective Sheet Fairy Tale Story Sheet Her...
Differentiated story mountain
sam10240

Differentiated story mountain

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There's two differentiated story mountain template for students to plan their fiction story. * It can also be used as a follow up activity for reading. * This template can be used as a digital activity, such as Seesaw.
KS2 poetry - write a poem about the seasons
TygerTygerPoetryMag

KS2 poetry - write a poem about the seasons

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This free KS2 poetry resource explores the seasons and personification, using the poem What Spring Says by Carys Shannon. Although the poem is about Spring, the whole resource can be used to discuss and write about any season. There are clear prompts for class activities, a class poem, and th...