Choose a book from your class reading list. Ask a student to choose a number up to the last page number in the book. Turn to the page and ask another student to choose another number, representing a line on the page. Go to that line. Ask another student to select a single-digit number. Go to that word in the line and write that word on the board. Repeat this process three or four times. Have the students each write a sentence using all the words on the board; time them for one minute.
Provide your students with five photos of an activity, such as a sporting event or a picnic. Have them choose the chronological order of the pictures. Then have them write a paragraph or two about the about the event, describing it in detail. Allow students to be as creative as possible and read the best story aloud to the class.
Place a number of objects around the room, such as toys, stuffed animals, sports equipment, games and pictures of famous people. Give each student a list of all the items. One a t a time, have them locate one item and bring it back to their desk. After everyone has had a turn, allow them to retrieve a second item. Continue to do this until each child has three items at their desk. Using the three items as integral parts of the story, have each student write a short work of fiction.
Cut out or print pictures such as animals or food and glue them to large flash cards. Divide the class into teams. Have the first student from each team at the board. Show the flash card and have the students write a sentence on the board about the depicted item. Give a short time limit and then read all the sentences. Award points to the player's team if the sentence is constructed properly and uses at least three of the eight different sentence parts: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Award 10 points for a perfectly constructed sentence, and deduct one point for each error, including incorrect spelling or grammar.