Bring festive cheer and inspire creative writing in your classroom with these Christmas First Lines Creative Writing Prompts. This resource includes 25 engaging opening lines from classic Christmas stories and poems, designed to help students craft heartwarming holiday narratives. Journey through beloved works such as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, and many more timeless texts that capture the essence of the Christmas season. Ideal for use as writing assessments, starters, homework assignments, or cover lessons.
This download includes: ★ 25 creative first-line prompts with a hyperlinked master list (see below for a complete list of texts included) ★ Individual handouts for each prompt, allowing students space to draft their narratives
The first lines are drawn from:
★ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
★ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
★ A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
★ The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
★ In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti
★ The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
★ The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
★ Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
★ The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
★ Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale
★ The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman
★ A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True by Louisa May Alcott
★ The Elves and the Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm
★ Christmas at Red Butte by L.M. Montgomery
★ A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
★ A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
★ The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
★ The Burglar’s Christmas by Willa Cather
★ The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
★ The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
★ Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope
★ Old Christmas by Washington Irving
★ The Dead by James Joyce
★ A County Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
★ A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Add a touch of magic to your classroom this holiday season with these inspiring prompts, perfect for bringing classic Christmas literature to life through student writing.
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