Five different formats are utilized in this 25-lesson unit to help stimulate creative writing:

Story Starters:“I woke up in the morning and discovered I was 7 feet tall!”

Topics with Corresponding Word Lists:“Use these words to write a story: beach, sand, buried…”

Q&A:“Imagine you are the Statue of Liberty. What interesting things have you seen?”

Visual Representation:“Write a story to tell what you think has happened in this picture.”

News Story Completion:“Farmer Says Neighbors Are Aliens: Write a news story telling the who, what, where and when.”