In creative writing or with narrative writing, students will need to establish setting. They should reveal the setting naturally and not all at once. This creative writing activity includes a graphic organizer, teacher sheet, student sheet, five brainstorming activities, and a rubric to help students build a story's setting. Everything except the pictures are editable.

You can download this as a Powerpoint to use in your classroom, share it with students on Google Classroom or with email, or print the pages if needed.

Specifically, this activity for creating a setting includes:

♦ A teacher directions page.

♦ A student directions page.

♦ A rubric.

♦ Five pictures with different prompts asking students to consider various aspects of a setting. You can see these prompts on the thumbnail and preview. Sample answers are included.

♦ A graphic organizer for students to brainstorm their own setting. They will consider details to add to their stories that allows them to establish setting.

Typically, this activity for creating a setting takes an entire class period to show and work with students. Then, students take another day or two to create the setting. This creative writing activity can be done alone, or you can use it as targeted practice when students are working on a larger narrative.

This creative writing lesson will help students explore developing a story's setting and will help you work toward those higher writing standards.

Other creative writing activities:

√ Create a Superhero Comic Book | Creative Writing Digital Activity

√ Building Themes in Creative Writing | Two Activities to Create a Theme

√ Creating External Conflict in Creative Writing | Two Activities Create Conflict

√ Creating Characters in Creative Writing | Two Activities to Create a Character

√ Build Imagery within a Narrative, Improve Student Writing Activity with Pictures

√ Narrative Writing Presentation, Note Sheets, Graphic Organizers

√ Create Pacing within a Narrative Writing Activity for Pacing

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Feedback from other teachers about these activities for creating a setting:

This was a great addition to my student's larger writing project. It help to dig into the idea of setting and I found it very useful.

I plan to use this resource for many years! Thank you!

My students used this resource to help them plan their stories for their picture book.