Some students need additional support to begin writing. In this article, you'll learn how to add sentence starters and fill-in-the-blanks to assignments.

On this page:

1. Click 'My Assignments' and click the assignment you’d like to edit.

❗ Note: If you don't have an assignment yet, follow these directions: Create an Assignment or Browse and Choose an Assignment.

Tip! It's best to edit 'Inactive Assignments'. To help avoid invalidating work in 'Active Assignments', we've disabled some editing features. If assignment edits are necessary, please keep in mind how your changes may impact existing content.

3. Then click the 'Edit' button.

4. *Optional* Select the prompt you would like to add the sentence starters for. If you are using differentiated prompts, you can add different sentence starters for each level of support.

5. Once you've selected the prompt, scroll to the sections of the assignment. Click a section and then choose 'Add Sentence Starter'.

6. Type the starter text students will see in the assignment. The text will save automatically.

Tip! Click 'Preview' to see how students will view the sentence starters.

Writable allows teachers to add a sentence starter for short response questions to help students form their answers. Click here to learn more about using short-response questions.

1. Click 'My Assignments' and click the assignment you’d like to edit.

❗ Note: If you don't have an assignment yet, follow these directions: Create an Assignment or Browse and Choose an Assignment.

Tip! It's best to edit 'Inactive Assignments'. To help avoid invalidating work in 'Active Assignments', we've disabled some editing features. If assignment edits are necessary, please keep in mind how your changes may impact existing content.

3. Then click the 'Edit' button.

4. *Optional* Select the prompt you would like to add the sentence starters for. If you are using differentiated prompts, you can add different sentence starters for each level of support.

5. Once you've selected the prompt, scroll to the sections of the assignment. In the multi-response section click 'Edit Section'.

6. Click 'More' below the question to add sentence starters.

7. Cilck 'Add Sentence Starter'.

8. Type the text you'd like students to see.

Tip! Click 'Preview' any time to see how the question and sentence starter will appear for students.

9. Click 'Done'.

Writable's Word on Line feature allows teachers to add a sentence frame, also known as a fill-in-the-blank, to a short response question. Click here to learn more about using short-response questions.

1. Click 'My Assignments' and click the assignment you’d like to edit.

❗ Note: If you don't have an assignment yet, follow these directions: Create an Assignment or Browse and Choose an Assignment.

Tip! It's best to edit 'Inactive Assignments'. To help avoid invalidating work in 'Active Assignments', we've disabled some editing features. If assignment edits are necessary, please keep in mind how your changes may impact existing content.

3. Then click the 'Edit' button.

4. *Optional* Select the prompt you would like to add the sentence starters for. If you are using differentiated prompts, you can add different sentence starters for each level of support.

5. Once you've selected the prompt, scroll to the sections of the assignment. In the multi-response section click 'Edit Section'.

6. Click 'More' below the question to add sentence starters.

7. Cilck 'Add Word on Line'.

8. Type the answer sentence. Use a pair of brackets to insert a blank for students. Any text inside the brackets will show as a tip for students when hovering over the blank (see preview below).

Tip! Click 'Preview' any time to see how the question and sentence starter will appear for students. You can include more than one blank in the sentence.

9. *Optional* You can include an answer key for the short response question. If you'd like students to see the answer while reviewing their own work or peers' work check the 'Show answer key...' box.

10. Click 'Done' to add the question to your assignment.