Writing Narratives : Writing : Fifth Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Below, you will find a wide range of our printable worksheets in chapter Writing Narratives of section Writing. These worksheets are appropriate for Fifth Grade English Language Arts. We have crafted many worksheets covering various aspects of this topic, writing conclusions, engaging readers with words and details, character development, transitional words, phrases, and clauses, writing a narrative, expository writing, and many more. We hope you find them very useful and interesting.

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Writing Narratives

Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Write a story using one of the pictures as an inspiration, or think up of an event of your own. Use the outline to plan the main ideas of your story.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Use one of the prompts/ideas to write a personal narrative piece. Use the outline to plan the main ideas of your story.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Imagine that you are a firefighter. You have rescued a puppy that was stuck in a burning building. Write a personal narrative of the rescue. Be sure your narrative has an interesting beginning, a middle, and en end.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Write a story (as a third person narrative) about something happening to someone that you have recently witnessed and you were not directly involved.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Complete the sentences as a writing idea. Then, choose one of the idea and write a personal narrative about it.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Write a letter to your best friend who has moved to some other town. Describe how you celebrated your birthday this year. Include your feelings about the day's events.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing a Narrative

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Write a conversation between the main character and the villain of your story. Dialogue should either take your story forward, or help the readers know your characters.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Character Development

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Complete the organizer to create a character. Then, describe that character by writing a paragraph.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Character Development

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Read the situation in each box. Think about what the character depicted could say in that situation. Then write a couple of lines of dialogue for each situation.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Character Development

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Build/create a character by describing their physical features, traits, and feelings. Display them by writing at least one action that depicts their traits and feelings.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Character Development

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Choose the most appropriate transition word/phrase from the transition bank to complete each sentence.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Transitional words, Phrases, and Clauses

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Choose, then write the most appropriate transition word/phrase from the transition bank to complete each sentence.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Transitional words, Phrases, and Clauses

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Identify and practice using the transition words in your writing.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Transitional words, Phrases, and Clauses

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Words or phrases that show the relationship between sentences, paragraphs, or sections of a text or speech are know as transitions.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Transitional words, Phrases, and Clauses

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You will read a few paragraphs in this worksheet and then, determine the mood of each paragraph.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Engaging Readers with Words and Details

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Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Good writers set the mood for their readers, which is often created by the specific choice of words and vivid details used in the writing piece.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Engaging Readers with Words and Details

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Rewrite each sentence using vivid verbs, adjectives, and words that describe nouns. You can use figurative language to create more drama in your sentences.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Engaging Readers with Words and Details

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Write an interesting ending/conclusion to complete the story of a squirrel who found the big hickory tree loaded with nuts that are ripe and ready to gather.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing Conclusions

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Write an interesting ending/conclusion to complete the story about Blacky the Crow's discovery.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Writing Conclusions

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The worksheet can be used as a template that students can use to write a book report.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Expository Writing

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Can you draw your friend (family member or anybody you know well) or a character from one of your favorite book in your words?

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Expository Writing

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Something weird happened when my dog saw a walking pack of bacon! Narrate the events using some causes and effects.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Expository Writing

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Be creative and come up with a few ideas that can help your school foundation raise a lot of money.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Expository Writing

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Write an explanation of the rules of a game or how to play a particular game.

Category: Writing Writing Narratives Expository Writing

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