Are your students struggling to generate ideas and organise their thoughts for story writing independently?
These Story Writing Photo Prompts provide a low-prep, highly structured approach to story and narrative writing. Using engaging photo prompts and a simple planning scaffold, students generate ideas, organise their thinking and write complete stories with greater confidence and independence.
Each prompt card includes guided brainstorming boxes for character, setting, problem, reaction and resolution, helping students plan their stories at the point of writing. Visual prompts, writing checklists and structured story scaffolds reduce cognitive load while supporting independent narrative writing success.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Daily narrative and creative writing practice
🌿 Writing warm-ups, fast finishers or literacy rotations
🌿 Homework or consolidation tasks
🌿 Small-group intervention
🌿 Whole-class modelling and explicit instruction
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40 Photo Prompt Cards
Independent writing, provided character sentence version, and completed character, setting and problem brainstorm version
𓅦 Customisation Options
2 prompt card templates to choose from
𓅦 Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
Photo-only presentation
𓅦 Editable Templates
Canva template
Microsoft PowerPoint template
Insert your own images and customise the checklists
𓅦 Student Writing Supports
Writing checklists included on every prompt card
Printable checklist slips for student workbooks
𓅦 Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google resources and Canva templates
Teaching suggestions
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
Designed to build confident, independent writers, these Story Writing Photo Prompts help students generate ideas, organise their thinking and write engaging narrative stories using a simple story planning scaffold. Guided brainstorming boxes for character, setting, problem, reaction and resolution support students at every stage of the writing process, while multiple formats and editable templates make it easy to adapt the resource to your classroom.
EDITABLE TEMPLATES
Editable Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint templates allow you to:
insert your own images
customise the writing checklists
Please note: The page design, headings and instructional text are fixed.
Are your students struggling to generate ideas and organise their thoughts for story writing independently?
These Story Writing Photo Prompts provide a low-prep, highly structured approach to story and narrative writing. Using engaging photo prompts and a simple planning scaffold, students generate ideas, organise their thinking and write complete stories with greater confidence and independence.
Each prompt card includes guided brainstorming boxes for character, setting, problem, reaction and resolution, helping students plan their stories at the point of writing. Visual prompts, writing checklists and structured story scaffolds reduce cognitive load while supporting independent narrative writing success.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:
🌿 Daily narrative and creative writing practice
🌿 Writing warm-ups, fast finishers or literacy rotations
🌿 Homework or consolidation tasks
🌿 Small-group intervention
🌿 Whole-class modelling and explicit instruction
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
𓅦 40 Photo Prompt Cards
Independent writing, provided character sentence version, and completed character, setting and problem brainstorm version
𓅦 Customisation Options
2 prompt card templates to choose from
𓅦 Multiple Formats
Print-ready PDF
Google Slides
Microsoft PowerPoint
Photo-only presentation
𓅦 Editable Templates
Canva template
Microsoft PowerPoint template
Insert your own images and customise the checklists
𓅦 Student Writing Supports
Writing checklists included on every prompt card
Printable checklist slips for student workbooks
𓅦 Resource Guide PDF
Setup instructions
Quick access links to Google resources and Canva templates
Teaching suggestions
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RESOURCE:
Designed to build confident, independent writers, these Story Writing Photo Prompts help students generate ideas, organise their thinking and write engaging narrative stories using a simple story planning scaffold. Guided brainstorming boxes for character, setting, problem, reaction and resolution support students at every stage of the writing process, while multiple formats and editable templates make it easy to adapt the resource to your classroom.
EDITABLE TEMPLATES
Editable Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint templates allow you to:
insert your own images
customise the writing checklists
Please note: The page design, headings and instructional text are fixed.
