Stories & imaginative writing
Fun Writing Activities: Creative Writing Prompts
Generate creative writing prompts by having students roll a die to randomly select a character, setting, and problem for a story.
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Creative Writing Prompts For Teens
Spark teen writers with imaginative stories, descriptive and poetry prompts, personal reflection and creative responses to reading. Start with open-ended writing ideas, then explore guided lessons and supporting nonfiction practice.
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Using Adjectives in Creative Writing Activity
A single-page creative writing prompt asking students to use adjectives to vividly describe a humorous illustrated scene.
Stories & imaginative writing
Creative Writing Prompt - Create Your Own Monster
A creative-writing prompt that has students invent an original monster character (with a drawing and fact sheet) and then write a graded short story featuring that monster.
Stories & imaginative writing
24 Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Students
Google Slideshow of 24 creative writing prompts to inspire student writing across genres and moods, with an elements-of-fiction mini-lesson.
Stories & imaginative writing
Literary Devices Creative Writing Prompts
Give middle/high school students short, targeted creative writing exercises that isolate and practice five literary devices (Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone) one at a time, building creative writing skills incrementally.
Stories & imaginative writing
24 Additional Creative Writing Prompts to inspire Your Students
Google Slideshow of creative writing prompts (second in a series) to inspire student writing, with mini-lessons on story elements and dialogue.
Stories & imaginative writing
14 Random Writing Prompts: Character, Situation, Prop, Setting, Phrase
A Google Slides-based set of 14 creative-writing prompts, each combining a character, situation, prop, setting, and phrase, to inspire short stories and flash fiction across genres (realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery).
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Stories & imaginative writing
8 Picture Writing Prompts & Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, & Dialog
Teach students to incorporate vivid setting descriptions, character development, and dialogue into creative/narrative writing, using picture-based writing prompts.
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Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Dream Bedroom
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about students' views on their bedrooms and designing a dream bedroom, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Favourite Teachers
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about what makes a favourite/memorable teacher, based on student interviews, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Dinosaurs Park
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about dinosaur theme parks and their educational and entertainment role, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Cursive Writing
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and modern debate over cursive writing, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Stories & imaginative writing
Writing with Suspense: A Google Slideshow
Lesson slideshow teaching techniques for creating suspense in narrative writing (foreshadowing, vivid setting, imagery, pacing) for middle/high school creative writing.
Guided writing collections
90 Writing Prompts
Provide 90 daily writing prompts to spark student creative writing over an extended period (e.g., a semester).
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Documentaries
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and styles of documentary filmmaking, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Fendi - Fashion House
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and identity of the Italian fashion house Fendi, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Stories & imaginative writing
Anglo-Saxon Story Activity
A creative writing prompt sheet that gives students Anglo-Saxon themed vocabulary to build an original story.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Fashion Academies
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about what students and teachers experience at fashion academies, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Stories & imaginative writing
Creative Story Opening Activity
A one-page creative writing prompt sheet giving students several imaginative scenario starters to practice writing story openings.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Dolce and Gabbana
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and identity of the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Journals & personal reflection
My Diary Entry Activity
A one-page creative writing prompt asking students to imagine and describe a day in their life set in a different century.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Endangered Languages
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about language endangerment and efforts to preserve endangered languages, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Stories & imaginative writing
Giant’s Causeway Activity
A short creative-writing prompt activity centered on the Giant's Causeway (a geological rock formation), asking students to imagine finding 'the Giant's boot' at the site and invent a backstory.
Reading-linked writing
ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Diagon Alley
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about Diagon Alley, the fictional shopping street from the Harry Potter series, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.