You Write the Story School Picture Worksheet
Turn one picture into a story with this you write the story school picture worksheet. 2nd graders name the characters at the bus stop and write what happens next on eight ruled lines.
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Description
This you write the story school picture worksheet hands second graders one picture and asks them to turn it into a story. A yellow school bus has just pulled up at the stop, and two children on the sidewalk are greeting it: one is waving, one is pointing at the open door. Nothing on the page tells students who these children are, where they are headed, or what happens once they climb aboard. That is the whole point. The picture gives them a moment, and the eight ruled lines underneath give them room to build a story around it.
Picture prompts work because they remove the hardest part of writing for a young student, which is finding something to write about, while leaving every real decision in place. The scene shows a beginning. Students still have to name the characters, decide what they want, and carry the action forward to an ending. The directions ask for exactly that, so a student who writes only a caption has not finished, and a student who invents two names and three sentences of plot has.
What’s Included
- A single-page narrative writing prompt sized for letter paper
- An original full-colour picture of a school bus arriving at a bus stop
- Eight ruled writing lines at a second grade handwriting height
- Clear directions asking students to name the characters and tell what happens next
- A name and date line at the top of the page
- The you write the story school picture worksheet as a single-page printable PDF
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- It removes the blank page. Students who freeze at a bare writing prompt have something concrete to describe, so the pencil starts moving in the first minute.
- It practises the parts of a narrative. Naming characters, setting a scene and moving the action forward are the moves second grade narrative standards ask for, and this page asks for all three at once.
- Every story is different. Because responses are the student’s own, the page works just as well for a strong writer stretching to a full page as for a student filling four careful lines.
Teacher and Parent Ideas
Use this 2nd grade narrative writing worksheet as morning work, as a writing center task, or as the warm up before a narrative unit. Before anyone writes, ask the class what the two children might be saying and list three possible character names on the board, then let students pick or invent their own. Afterward, have two or three students read their stories aloud so the class hears how one picture produced completely different plots. Pairs can also trade papers and add one sentence to a partner’s ending, which is a quick way to practise sequencing without starting a new page. The sheet prints cleanly in black and white for homework folders and substitute plans.
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