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 teachers in the Tes community.

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 / ...
Poetry Train
The Poetry Society

Poetry Train

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Poetry Train is a teachers pack of activities, poems and advice for teaching poetry in primary schools. David Harmer and Roger Stevens share proven approaches for use in the classroom, based on brilliant poems by top poets such as Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay.
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...
Creative writing worksheets for KS2
ZA73

Creative writing worksheets for KS2

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Used for developing creative writing skills for KS2. There are some story starters and some descriptive writing worksheets. Hope they are useful.
Fun English Writing Games
Helen-Teach

Fun English Writing Games

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A set of fun English games to expand vocabulary, increase knowledge and boost confidence in writing. Pupils will love this selection of three enjoyable literacy writing games that can be played individually, in pairs or in teams. When playing these games, pupils will learn about and use the follow...
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...
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...