Creative Writing: Catchy Story Beginnings (3rd to 5th Grade)

Have you ever read the first line of a story or book and immediately wanted to read the whole thing? Creative beginnings are the way to go! In this course, students will learn how to create catchy story beginnings. This class will focus on building students’ competency of basic writing skills while using their creativity to develop intriguing and exciting story beginnings. This course will focus on expressive writing in many different forms. 

Originality and writing that shows thought will be emphasized. Strategies to avoid writer’s block and new ways to uncover ideas for writing will be studied. Students will take part in writing activities, games, and then put their writing skills to the test to compose a final product. By the end of the class, the students will have a creative beginning to share with their peers.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
• Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
• Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
• Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
• Use temporal transition words and phrases to signal event order.
• Provide a sense of closure.
• Develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.

Supplies Needed: 

Composition Book

Pencil

Creative Ideas

Print Writing Stationery

Important Note: Our system will send you the link to join the class 30 minutes prior to the start time of the class.