Build-A-Story Workshop

This worksheet guides students through the process of coaching an AI to write engaging stories by building a prompt step by step. Through narrative planning, creative decision-making, structured writing, and careful instruction design, learners practice shaping clear story prompts that support purpose, audience, point of view, and format.

Targeted Skills

• Narrative Writing Skills – Plan story elements such as audience, purpose, and point of view.
• Creative Story Planning – Develop imaginative ideas through guided prompt layers.
• Prompt Writing Techniques – Learn how structured instructions lead to stronger creative output.
• Constraints & Purpose Setting – Practice defining limits like length, format, and perspective.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support creative writing and technology literacy.
• Step-by-Step Framework – Layered approach helps students organize ideas without feeling overwhelmed.
• Flexible Use – Works well for writing workshops, ELA lessons, enrichment, or independent practice.
• Engaging & Creative – Encourages imagination while reinforcing clarity and structure.
• No-Prep Printable – Ready to use in classrooms or homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen storytelling, planning, and communication skills by teaching them how to design effective creative prompts. By defining roles, tasks, context, constraints, and output format, learners develop organized writing habits and thoughtful instruction-giving. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this resource offers a creative, low-prep way to combine narrative writing, critical thinking, and purposeful interaction with AI.

This worksheet is part of our Prompt Sandwich Template collection.