Fantasy Story Planner
Fantasy Story Planning Poster and Worksheets
Inspire imaginative storytelling with this beautifully designed Fantasy Story Planner, ideal for KS1 and lower KS2 pupils. This structured planning sheet helps young writers organise their ideas before writing a fantasy story, offering prompts and space to plan characters, settings, problems, and more.
Whether used as part of a creative writing unit or a one-off lesson, this resource supports children to develop their narrative skills with gentle scaffolding and engaging language starters like “One cold night…” and “In a faraway land…”
What’s included…
A colourful planning poster to inspire class conversations and ideas
Two colour coded planning sheets for children to work on - one with lines for those who want to write down their ideas, another without lines for those who prefer to draw
Prompts for…
Character creation and description
Setting details
Story openers
Plot development (problem and events)
Sensory description (what the characters can see, hear, feel)
Perfect for…
Narrative writing lessons
Building confidence in story planning
Creative literacy activities
Supporting reluctant writers
Teacher tip: Print in A3 and laminate for reuse with whiteboard markers during planning sessions.

