Imaginative writing is fiction, actually a type of short story. Students are asked to imagine a fantastic situation and write the rest of the story. Depending on the prompt, imaginative writing can discuss anything from space travel to civil rights.
How to Teach Imaginative Writing?
Our Imaginative writing Powerpoint slides included at the end of this post will help a teacher explain how to write a story to her students, keeping in mind all the aspects of writing an imagination.
Moreover, there are a lot of resources available on the internet. My recommendation would be a complete series of videos titled “How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids” by Teaching Without Frills.
Our lesson PPT is a complete lesson on its own. Additionally, you can use some warmup and plenary activities to enhance your lesson further.
Imaginative Writing Activity
One of the classroom activities for this story-writing lesson is to divide the class into groups of four or six, depending on the total number of students. Then give each group one prompt card and a story map to build the first draft by following the steps they learned through this lesson. After the draft is ready, each student can elaborate on the same structure into their own story.
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I hope this post is helpful for you to develop and deliver the imaginative writing lesson to your students. You can also check out my other Lessons in Teachers Resources
