Creative Writing

The Contest Summary

This contest is designed to promote creativity in an academic format and to encourage writing skills at an early grade level. Through preparation for the contest, students will be able to evaluate their own writing and the writing of others.

The Contest Format

Contestants will be given a prompt with several captioned pictures. From these pictures, the students will create an original story based on their selections in 30 minutes. The stories must contain at least one of the pictured items, but it is not required that all items on the page be included 

Study Materials

In the link below, you'll find study booklets from multiple years to utilize as you practice for your event.  There are also practice tests and answer keys to check for understanding after studying.  

Link to Study Materials (You must login with a BISD account to access the materials.)