Finish the Story: Summer Themed Writing Prompts
No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
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Keep students writing about summer adventures, memories and plans. Choose story starters, short journal responses or a creative activity to take home for the break.
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No-prep creative-writing packet giving students a themed story-starter sentence to finish in their own words, with two page layouts per prompt (a blank version and one with illustration space).
Differentiated summer-themed journal writing prompts with drawing components for K-2nd grade, aimed at ESL/early writers practicing sentence-building and writing conventions.
A large collection of draw-and-write daily journal prompt pages for a writing station, each giving students a short topic to illustrate and write about.
Provide 10 summer-themed writing prompts (printable and digital/Google Slides) for end-of-year student writing practice.
A set of 29 draw-and-write journal pages with summer-themed writing prompts to build early writing habits (capitals, punctuation, spacing, sounding out words) alongside illustration.
Gives grade 3 students 8 themed creative-writing prompts on summer activities, each with sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank, to practice organizing a narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Provides an end-of-year writing and drawing prompt for students to describe and illustrate their summer plans.
Summer Fun Activity : Interactive Coloring Pages & Writing Prompts This resource provides a fusion of interactive and creative tasks designed for children in early learning to grade 3. Principally, it encourages learners to extend their creativity digitally.
Illustrated creative-writing prompt set where students imagine and write what characters in summer-themed scenes are saying.
A month's worth of daily ELA "bell ringer" warm-up writing prompts for June 2025, for middle and high school ELA classrooms, summer-themed.
A short set of open-ended summer-themed creative writing prompts.
Provide a daily writing-prompt countdown to engage grades 1-8 students during the last 15 days of the school year with reflective and summer-themed prompts.
End-of-year reflective writing prompts structured as a countdown (10 down to 1) for the last days of school before summer break.
Provide a week's worth of summer-themed daily writing prompts ('bell ringers') for classroom warm-up writing practice, delivered as a prompt slideshow paired with a printable writing journal.
A back-to-school activity packet for 1st and 2nd grade combining a decorate-your-own bookmark craft, guided writing prompts about summer/school, a numbers/addition worksheet with answer key, and a back-to-school word search.
Forever June Digital Design My quick and easy to complete Summer Journal Pages are the perfect way to keep kids writing over the Summer Break! My Printable Summer Journal Set contains 2 DIY Journal sheets that allow children the opportunity to easily complete the writing prompts and complete a daily doodle. Teachers can send…
A repeated-page draw-and-write booklet for young students to create their own summer story.
Forever June Digital Design If you're a teacher looking for a way to keep your students occupied in the last few weeks of school, while they are buys dreaming of summer or a parent of kids who are keen to start their Summer Vacations, my Summer Bucket List Writing Activity is a fun tool to have on hand to help them plan out…
A set of end-of-year reflective writing-and-drawing prompt pages for young students to reflect on and celebrate their school year.
Cut-and-assemble writing craft templates for students to plan or reflect on their summer vacation activities.
Wrap up the school year with a splash of imagination and sunshine! My Dream Summer Vacation is an end-of-year writing and drawing prompt that invites students to plan the summer trip of their wildest dreams, no permission slips or packed lunches required. Whether it's ziplining through the rainforest, meeting dolphins in…
A creative writing activity where students write a limerick about the end of the school year and summer vacation.
A creative-writing activity introducing students to the 'six word story' format as a getting-to-know-you and theme-identification exercise, with a scoring rubric.
This summer bucket-list craft combines a short writing activity with cutting, coloring, and assembly. Children add ideas for their summer break to the printable pieces, then arrange their bucket design. The JPG set includes larger sheets and smaller variants, giving teachers options for a classroom display or a take-home project.