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{Printables} Sentence Writing Prompts!

3/5/2015

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Some children benefit from visual prompts to help them to develop sentence and creative writing.  The children I see may have great ideas but find it hard to start sentences.  They may look at a page and just can't think of what to write.  They may not know how to develop a story or become repetitive with story ideas.   They may be working on "handwriting" skills and need an appropriate context to write {letter formation on it own has no context and becomes monotonous}.

I use a variety of prompts with the kids I see for OT to help them with sentence writing. I have placed some of them in the Your Kids OT shop.  These are tried and tested resources that I have developed and I am slowly adding to. The printables are suitable for early writers in Kindergarten, Year 1 and 2 (ie. approximately 6 to 8 years). 

These printables have a small cost involved as they have taken me time to develop.  Please do not distribute or take screen shots of the resources.  Thanks for your support!
 

1. Think, Draw, Write

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These worksheets encourage a child to use their imagination with picture and word prompts. Each page encourages your child to think, draw and to write.  There is a small picture on each page with a question to prompt imagination. Prompting questions include "What is mum cooking for dinner?"  

There are currently 13 different writing prompts available including areas of interest such as aeroplanes, beach, breakfast, bus ride, clown tricks, dinner, fairy wish, helicopter rescue, ladder, pirate, stuck cat, triceratops and a wizard wish. You may purchase them individually or as a special bundle (always cheaper to buy in bulk).  Find these worksheets at the Your Kids OT Shop. 

2. Three Part Story Writing Prompts

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Story writing structured into three parts - Orientation, Complication and Resolution.  Pictures provide a visual prompt for sentence writing.  There are currently three stories availablecat,rain andpirate.

There are three pages of writing prompts:-
1. Visual prompts with scaffold lines for writing sentences.
2.Visual prompts with story connectives and scaffold lines for writing sentences.
3. Visual prompts with story connectives, scaffold lines and additional prompts about the character's feelings. 

How to use
1. Children within one educational setting may be provided with the same activity and given one of the three pages according to the assistance they require.
2. These sheets may be used with an individual child during a therapy session to assist with story writing.  eg. During one block of therapy the therapist may concentrate on stories with connective words provided and in the next block they may concentrate on the addition of feelings. 
3. At home, these writing prompts may be use to support educational and therapy goals.

Find these printables at the Your Kids OT shop.

3. Story Writing Prompts

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A valuable resource to encourage early writers with story writing.  The visual prompts include the "where" (12 settings), "who" (12 characters), "what" (12 plots/problems), "feelings" (12) and sentence starters (58).  

You can use these in sheet form or cut around the prompts.  I laminate the pictures for durability.  Your early writer could choose a prompt from each category to begin story writing or you can select which categories your child will be "prompted" to use.  Each category may be used individually for single sentence writing.  To encourage story writing development, your child may choose more than one setting, character or feeling.  Sentence starters may be used with the visual prompts or separately. 

This package of "Story Writing Prompts" can be used in conjunction with "Story Maps" (see below).

4. Story Maps

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A story map is a visual aid to the settings or the sequence of major events and actions of story characters.  Story maps can be used as frameworks for storytelling or retelling, and as outlines for story writing.  I wrote about story maps hereif you want to read more. 

The Story Map Pack is available at the Your Kids OT shop.  There is also a guide for using the story  maps.

If you prefer, these resources are also available at Teachers Pay Teachers. 

I use my own resources all the time and I hope you find them useful in therapy, in the classroom or home too! Let me know if you use these resources. Thanks again for your support!

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