Story Prompts
5th Grade
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.16.A*
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write imaginative stories that include:
- a clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view;
- a specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details; and
- dialogue that develops the story; and
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Alabama Course of Study Standards:
34
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Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.W.3.a
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.5.3a
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5W3a
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.5.3.a
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.5.3a
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.5.3.b
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Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. |
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
5W3a
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Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters. |
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.W.TTP.3.a
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Orient the reader by establishing a situation, using a narrator, and/or introducing characters.
5.W.TTP.3.b - Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. |
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
W.5.1
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Compose reflective, formal, and creative writing, which may happen simultaneously or independently, for a variety of high-stakes and low-stakes purposes. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.W.3.b
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Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. |
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.5.3b
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5W3b
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.5.3.b
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.5.3b
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.5.3.c
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
5W3b
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Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. |
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.W.TTP.3.c
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Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. |
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
W.5.2.a
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Opinion pieces that support a point of view about a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically ordered to support facts, details, and the writer's purpose. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.W.3.c
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.5.3c
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5W3c
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.5.3.c
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.5.3c
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.5.3.d
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
5W3c
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.W.TTP.3.d
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Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
W.5.3.c
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Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage sequence. |
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
W.5.3.c
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Word Choice (including domain specific): Creatively select unique words for emphasis, addition, contrast, or order. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.W.3.d
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.5.3d
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5W3d
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.5.3.d
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.5.3d
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.5.3.e
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
5W3d
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Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. |
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.W.TTP.3.f
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Use precise words and phrases and use sensory details to convey experiences and events. |
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
W.5.2.c
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Convey events, real or imagined, through narrative or short stories which orients a reader by establishing a real or imagined situation and introducing a narrator and characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. |
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.W.3.e
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.5.3e
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5W3e
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.5.3.e
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.5.3e
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.5.3.f
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
5W3e
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.W.TTP.3.e
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Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. |
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.M
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Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events |
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.N
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Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters. |
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.O
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Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. |
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.P
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Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events |
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.Q
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Write with an awareness of style.
Use sentences of varying length.
Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
E05.D.2.1.1 - Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
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E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*
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E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.*
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E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*
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Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.R
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Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
- E05.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
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E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
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E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
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E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
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E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
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E05.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting
- inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E05.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
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E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
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E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
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E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
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E05.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
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E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
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E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
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Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.5.C.1.2
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Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events and demonstrating an effective use of techniques such as dialogue, description, and transitional words and phrases. |
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.5.V.1.1
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Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing. |
Arkansas Academic Standards:
5.W.3.S
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Write a narrative, incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict, and dialogue) and strong voice. |
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