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Story Prompts

5th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 5.16.A*

write imaginative stories that include:
  1. a clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view;
  2. a specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details; and
  3. dialogue that develops the story; and

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 34

Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences.

Arizona - K-12 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

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

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.3.a

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

Compose reflective, formal, and creative writing, which may happen simultaneously or independently, for a variety of high-stakes and low-stakes purposes.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 5.W.3.b

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

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

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

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 - K-12 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

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: W.5.3.c

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage sequence.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.3.c

Word Choice (including domain specific): Creatively select unique words for emphasis, addition, contrast, or order.

Arizona - K-12 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

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 5.W.TTP.3.f

Use precise words and phrases and use sensory details to convey experiences and events.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.5.2.c

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 - K-12 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

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.M

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.N

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.O

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

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

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.
  • E05.D.2.1.2 - Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*

  • E05.D.2.1.3 - Choose punctuation for effect.*

  • E05.D.2.1.4 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.5.R

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.

  • E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).

  • E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

  • E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*

  • E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).

  • 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).*

  • E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.

  • E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*

  • E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.

  • 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?).

  • E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.

  • E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.5.C.1.2

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

Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.
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