You Write the Story Dinosaur Picture Worksheet
This You Write the Story Dinosaur Picture Worksheet invites 2nd graders to name two friendly party dinosaurs and write their own story on eight roomy lines. A fun, no-prep way to build narrative writing skills.
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Description
Picture prompts are one of the easiest ways to get young writers started, because the story is already waiting in the picture. This You Write the Story Dinosaur Picture Worksheet shows two friendly dinosaurs at a birthday party on the grass. The little orange dinosaur is nudging a present toward its big green friend, and children decide who they are, what is in the box, and what happens next.
This 2nd grade dinosaur story writing page is a single, printable sheet. At the top, simple directions ask students to look at the picture, write a story about what they see, name the two friends and tell what they do next. Below a large, colorful illustration sit eight roomy handwriting lines sized for second-grade writers. Use it as a writing center, a morning work page, a quick narrative writing check, or a fun homework assignment. Because every story is the child’s own, there is no single right answer.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- 1 full-color dinosaur party picture prompt
- 8 handwriting lines for the student’s own story
Here are three reasons this You Write the Story Dinosaur Picture Worksheet helps children grow as writers. First, the picture shows one clear moment, so students have a beginning ready and only need to imagine the middle and the end. Second, naming the characters gives children ownership of the story and practice with capital letters. Third, the open prompt invites details, feelings and dialogue, which are the building blocks of strong narrative writing.
Teachers and parents can stretch the activity in many ways. Brainstorm names for the two dinosaurs on the board before anyone writes. Ask students to guess what is inside the present and describe it with three adjectives. Have children add one line of dialogue for each dinosaur. Let partners trade papers and read each other’s endings aloud, since the same picture rarely produces the same story twice. Send it home as a family writing night where a grown-up tells their own version first.
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