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Writing worksheet · Creative writing prompts
Interview a T. Rex
An interview prompt: kids answer questions in a T. rex’s voice, add their own question, then write the visit.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 35 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Creative writing, Generating ideas, Story structure, Writing with voice
What kids do
“A T. rex agreed to answer your questions! Write its answers. Then write about the day it visited your class.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Q: What is your favorite snack? A:
- Q: What is the hardest thing about having tiny arms? A:
- Q: (your own question) A:
- The day the T. rex visited
- When the T. rex squeezed through our classroom door,
Teacher tip
Pair kids up to play reporter and T. rex out loud first, then write the answers in the dinosaur’s voice.
How to use it
- Read the prompt aloud with lots of drama, then give two minutes of quiet thinking.
- Let kids talk the story to a partner before they write a word.
- Give a minute at the end to reread the work out loud to a partner.
Watch for
Stories that never get past the beginning. Ask what happens next and what the problem is.
Talk about it
- What made your main character interesting?
- What did you change when you reread your work?
Take it further
Have kids turn their story into a four-panel comic.
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