Whimsical Tales and Writing Prompts for Creative Minds
Enter a world of imagination with writing prompts, active to passive voice exercises, spelling tests, and storytelling continuations. Dive into vivid settings, rewrite sentences, and craft captivating narratives filled with mystery and adventure.
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Quick warm up. Can you write a setting description? Don t forget to use your senses.
Quick warm up. A beautiful cake was made by Miss Foster. A fantastic game of football was played by the children. The online learning was completed by the class. Rewrite these passive sentences in the active voice. If you finish, can you make up your own sentence and put it into the active and passive voice?
Answers Achieve Aggressive Amateur
WALT: write a story continuation.
WALT: Plan a story continuation. Sick sentences These sentences are sick! Can you rewrite them to make them better again? It was a dark night, but the stars were out. They sat inside the boot. They rowed across the pond with oars. The boat had a sail.
WALT: Write a story continuation. Most people don t believe in them. Especially grown-ups. Most people have never even seen them. Most people wouldn t even believe their own eyes if they had! Whether you re a believer or not, I m going to tell you about them anyway In many ways, they are exactly like us; they eat the same foods as us, speak the same languages as us and even enjoy the same things we enjoy. In fact, if you were to look at one under a magnifying glass, you would think they were identical to us. The only difference is that they are a hundred times smaller than us. Their story begins on a dark and windy night. The full moon sat in the sky: a torch to guide them. Thunder rumbled above them like a laughing giant, and the waves lapped up against them like a cat s tongue hungrily exploring a plate of sardines. They were forced to leave their homes forever, in search of a new beginning. The boot had been their saviour. However, crossing the pond was proving trickier than they had imagined
WALT: Write a story continuation. Example As the waves lapped up against the boot, it rocked over from side to side, nearly tipping over completely. Everybody gasped and crabbed on to what the could to remain steady. The thunder remained roaring loudly above them and the waves did not retreat. Twenty of the strongest of them, both men and women, using the oars to try and get everyone to safety. I can t hold on much longer! The waves are too strong! Shouted Max. Max was only 15 years old, he had dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes. If you were to look at him under a magnifying glass, he would be the size of your baby finger nail! Yet what he lacked in size, he made up for in bravery and courage. Max was one of the saviours of this trip, he helped get his whole family and others safely onto the boot. Just keep going! We ve got this! Susie shouted back. The kept going, tugging and pulling the oars as much as they could. Suddenly, the thunder stopped rumbling, the waves stopped smashing against the side of the boot, creating would could only be described as an eery calm.
WALT: write a story continuation. Read over your story so far. Have you got character and setting descriptions? Have you got dialogue? Can you edit and improve a paragraph? How could we do this?
WALT: write a story continuation. Who would like to share their improved paragraph?
WALT: Write a story continuation. Today you will finish your story with a conflict/climax and resolution. Success criteria Paragraphs Dialogue Imagery- similes, metaphors, descriptive language. Punctuation- commas, inverted commas for speech, parenthesis, ellipsis etc. Excitement! There is nothing worse than reading a boring story! How will you finish, a cliff hanger? A happy ending? A new adventure beginning?
