Writing Prompt
The Hat That Talks to Animals — Story Writing
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 5 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Free Writing Worksheets — New Zealand
100 free printable writing worksheets from Year 2 to Year 13, with answer sheets. Text types, planning and writing craft.
- Worksheet
Beginning, Middle and End: Plan a Story with a Story Map
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 7 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Who and Where? Describing Characters and Settings
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Writing Prompt
A Very Strange Pet — Story Writing
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
All About a New Zealand Animal — Information Writing
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
How to Write a Procedure: Steps and Bossy Verbs
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Strong Story Openings: Hook Your Reader
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? Writing Facts for a Report
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Time Words: Telling a Story in Order
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Writing Prompt
Should Every Classroom Have a Pet? — Persuasive Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
The Door in the Tree — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Persuasive Language: Strong Words, Questions and Must
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Show, Don't Tell: Describing Feelings in Stories
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Opinion, Reason, Example: Building a Persuasive Paragraph
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Problem and Resolution: Writing the Middle and End of a Story
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Writing Prompt
The Note in the Library Book — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Study Guide
Narrative Writing: Story Structure and Show, Don't Tell
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 15 min
- Writing Prompt
Native Animal Information Report — Writing Prompt
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing a Procedure: How-To Instructions
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 17 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing Dialogue in Stories
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 21 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 20 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Nobody Believed Me — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Should Homework Be Banned in Primary School? — Persuasive Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Story Openings That Hook the Reader
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing a Rebuttal: Answering the Other Side
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Creating Believable Characters
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Explain How It Works — Explanation Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
The Difficult Choice — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Building Suspense and Tension in a Story
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Note-Taking and Paraphrasing for Information Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing Satisfying Story Endings
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Paragraph Structure: Topic Sentences, Evidence and Linking
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 19 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Should Mobile Phones Be Banned at School? — Persuasive Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
The Photograph — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
How to Write an Information Report: Structure and Language Features
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Persuasive Devices: Emotive Language, Rhetorical Questions and the Rule of Three
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Story Openings That Hook the Reader
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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- Worksheet
Persuasive Techniques in Speeches
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
The Day Before — Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 50 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Building Tension and Suspense in Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Modality and Objective Language in Formal Reports
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 25 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Text Analysis: Character, Setting and Mood in a Short Story Opening
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Paraphrasing Sources and Writing a Summary in Your Own Words
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Level:
- Worksheet
Analysing Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Is Social Media Doing More Harm Than Good? — Persuasive Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Language Features: Imagery, Tone and Mood
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Narrative Perspective: First Person, Third Person Limited and Omniscient
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Planning an Argumentative Essay: TEEL, Counter-Argument and Rebuttal
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 19 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing a Feature Article: Headlines, Leads, Quotes and Structure
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Level:
- Writing Prompt
Analysing a Poem: Night Shift — Text Analysis
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Building Suspense and Tension in Narrative Writing
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Persuasive Openings and Closings: Hooks, Contentions and Calls to Action
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing an Analytical Paragraph (PEEL/TEEL)
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Using Evidence in Persuasive Writing: Statistics, Examples and Expert Opinion
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Comparing Two Texts
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Level:
- Study Guide
Discursive and Persuasive Writing for Senior English
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Study Guide
How to Write an Analytical Essay (Thesis, Structure, Evidence)
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Study Guide
Language Techniques Glossary and How to Analyse Them
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Worksheet
Rhetorical Appeals in Persuasive Writing: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Writing Dialogue with Subtext: Show What Characters Do Not Say
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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- Study Guide
Exam Technique: Planning, Timing and Command Terms
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 25 min
- Study Guide
Unseen Texts: Reading and Responding Under Time Pressure
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Worksheet
Argumentative Essays: Counterarguments, Concession and Qualified Claims
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 50 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Imaginative Re-creation: Rewriting a Text from Another Perspective, Form or Context
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 50 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Poetry Analysis: Sound Devices, Form and Imagery in an Unseen Poem
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 50 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Common questions
Which year levels do these writing worksheets cover?
Writing resources for New Zealand run from Year 2 to Year 13. Each year level has its own set, from an easier Level 1 to a challenging Level 3, so you can step back or move ahead as needed.
Are there answers?
Yes. Worksheets include answers, and open questions come with model answers and success criteria.
Are they free to print?
Yes. Every worksheet downloads instantly as a PDF with no sign-up, free for home, classroom and homeschool use.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.