Creative Writing and Storytelling

Practical Lesson Plans and Student Handouts for Primary and Secondary Classrooms

Unlock Creativity and Imagination in Every Classroom

[or get this plus the student guide in our double pack]

Creative Writing and Storytelling: Practical Lesson Plans and Student Handouts for Primary and Secondary Classrooms is more than just a resource for English and literacy teachers. With 184-page ready-to-use lesson plans, strategies, and printable handouts, this resource helps teachers of all subjects bring imagination, communication, and creative thinking into their classrooms. Whether you’re teaching history, science, art, or social studies, you’ll find activities that inspire students to write, share, and tell stories in meaningful ways.

To make it as practical as possible, the guide is provided in PDF, MS Word, and Google Doc formats, so you can copy, customise, and adapt the materials to fit your students’ needs — and reuse them across your school year after year.

This guide can also be used by anyone wishing to create their own course on Creative Writing. Get started now!

ALSO: To accompany this, we also supply a 176 page student handbook. Read more or place your order here.

Subjects and material covered in this resources:

• Exploring Ideas and Imagination
  • Overcoming “fear of the blank page”
  • Brainstorming and idea generation techniques
  • Using prompts, pictures, and objects to spark stories
  • Age-appropriate activities for primary vs secondary
  • Handout: Idea bank template
• Building Characters that Come Alive
  • Creating heroes, villains, and side characters
  • Developing character traits and motivations
  • Role-play and hot-seating as a strategy
  • Handout: Character profile worksheet
• Setting and World-Building
  • Describing places with sensory detail
  • Creating atmosphere and mood
  • Inventing fantasy or sci-fi worlds
  • Handout: “Design your world” mapping sheet
• Crafting Plot and Structure
  • Story arcs: beginning, middle, end
  • Conflict, tension, and resolution
  • Different story structures (journey, mystery, quest, etc.)
  • Handout: Story mountain/story map template
• Dialogue and Voice
  • Making dialogue sound natural
  • Showing vs telling through character voice
  • Using dialogue to move the story forward
  • Handout: Dialogue writing practice sheet
• Writing Styles and Genres
  • Exploring genres: adventure, fantasy, mystery, poetry, memoir
  • How to adapt the style for the audience and purpose
  • Mixing genres for creativity
  • Handout: Genre writing checklist
    
• Editing, Revising, and Polishing Work
  • Encouraging self-editing in a positive way
  • Peer feedback strategies that build confidence
  • Teacher tools for constructive feedback
  • Handout: Self-editing checklist
• Publishing and Sharing Student Work
  • Classroom publishing ideas (booklets, displays, blogs)
  • Storytelling circles and performance evenings
  • Celebrating student creativity
  • Handout: “My publishing plan” worksheet
• Cross-Curricular Creative Writing
  • Linking storytelling to history, science, art, and social studies
  • Using stories to deepen learning in other subjects
  • Handout: “Write a story about…” subject connection prompts

Download this now for your school and share with your teachers at this very affordable price.