A Far Away Moon | Space Story Builder #1 | Creative Writing Prompt with Scaffolds

Make teaching differentiated writing lessons actually doable with this Space Story Builder Differentiated Picture Writing Prompt. Your students will confidently write a space story using leveled response sheets. 

This story builder is called A Far Away Moon, but students may choose the title of their own story. Additionally, this space story builder is open to interpretation, meaning every student will produce a different story from a single picture writing prompt. 

This Space Writing Picture Prompt with Scaffolded Writing Activities is:

• Low prep differentiation that’s actually sustainable for you as the teacher. Print the response sheets you need and on the day of your lesson, display your slides and give each student the appropriate leveled response. 
• Discrete enough to use with mixed level classrooms. Each level has the same general template, the same number of pages, and very similar structure so it’s not painfully obvious that a lower student has an “easier” worksheet. 
• Built using a repeatable writing routine. All of my story builders follow the exact same routine, Look → Talk → Plan → Write. So your students understand what to expect each and every time, reducing blank page paralysis. 

What You’ll Get:

• 1 Google Slides Presentation to show to the entire class. Each slide has the same image with different questions and visual cues along the bottom. 
• 4 Versions of the Student Response Sheets in Levels A-D. Give your students the level that best fits their scaffolding needs. 
• Each level has 4 pages to help students build, plan, and write their own story. Every student gets vocabulary, characters, setting, problem, solution, beginning, middle, end, and a story writing page. 
• Built in language scaffolds. Word boxes and images to support vocabulary building and memory, sentence frames to support language proficiency and difficulty with writing, and graphic organizers to plan ideas before writing are the foundations of each story builder. 
• Lesson Plan Outline with Quick Reference Sheet. Always do what’s best for your students, but a generic lesson plan is included to help teachers understand how to help all students write a space story with different leveled response sheets. 

This Differentiated Space Story Builder is Perfect for: 

• General education teachers in grades 3-5 with students at multiple levels of writing needs
• ELL teachers in grades 4-8 with multiple levels of ELLs 
• Special education teachers in grades 3-6 with students requiring varying types of scaffolds for writing

Use this Differentiated Space Writing Picture Prompt for:

• Whole class narrative writing practice
• Small group writing intervention
• Morning work or bellringers, doing one page each day of the week

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