Creative Writing

  • CLICK HERE to visit the official A+ Academics page for this contest.

    Make sure students are familiar with synonyms of common words. This will keep their stories fresh and ensure students aren't using the same words over and over. 

  • Writing Checklist: This document is from The Second Grade Superkids blog. Although it wasn't created for Creative Writing, it provides some things students should keep in mind when writing their stories. As a reminder, students aren't allowed to bring in resources like this during the contest.

    Story Cubes: This is a fun product that includes illustrations on dice. Since UIL creative writing uses 5 pictures for each prompt, give students 5 dice, have them roll the dice, then they can write a story using the pictures.

    Synonym Products: Items like those listed here can help teach students synonyms to help improve their writing.