Kick Start Your Writing Block With These Sentence Starters for Writing Slides 

Get your students writing with “Sentence Starters for Writing” – a 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 sentence starters for writing 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 Starters Slides

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

1. Download this starter sentences for writing resource 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 small group activity, in a writing center, or as enrichment for early finishers. 

Download This Topic Sentence Sentence Starters Slide Set

We have created this topic sentence sentence starters slide set 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 from Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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