Kick Start Your Writing Block With Our Topic Sentence Starter Examples Slideshow

Get your students writing with this Topic Sentence Starter Examples Slideshow, designed to inspire creativity and build confidence in young writers! This resource offers engaging sentence starters across three key writing genres — narrative, opinion and report writing. Each slide features a thoughtfully crafted sentence opener paired with a vivid, topic-matching image to spark imagination and guide students into their writing.

This topic sentence starter examples slideshow makes it easy for teachers to get students writing right away. Whether you’re launching a lesson or encouraging independent practice, these sentence starters are the perfect way to get pens moving and ideas flowing!

Using These Topic Sentence Slides

Using these topic sentence slides is as easy as download and go! Here are the simple steps to get your students writing:

1. Download this topic sentence starter examples slideshow in the file format of your choice.
2. Choose a topic sentence starter from this set to encourage students to write a narrative, opinion or report text.
3. Project the chosen slide to the class.
4. Have students use the topic sentence as a starting point for their writing.

These slides also work wonderfully as a guided group activity, in a writing centre, or as enrichment for early finishers. 

Downloading These Sentence Starters for a Narrative or Nonfiction Piece

We have created this sentence starters for a narrative or nonfiction piece slideshow in both Google Slides and PowerPoint formats. To download, just click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose the format you prefer.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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