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2025 January ELA Bell Ringers
A month's worth of daily ELA "bell ringer" warm-up writing prompts for January 2025, for middle and high school ELA classrooms.
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Monthly Writing Prompts
Give students a print-and-go creative/reflective writing prompt for each month of the school year, with some months offering an open-ended (no prompt) option.
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2025 March ELA Bell Ringers
A month's worth of daily ELA "bell ringer" warm-up writing prompts for March 2025, for middle and high school ELA classrooms, spring/Women's History Month-themed.
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Fox in a Mug Draw and Color Creative Activities
No-prep fox-themed creative activity set combining directed drawing, coloring, open-ended design, and a short writing prompt.
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"I Have A Dream" Creative Writing Activity
A short creative-writing worksheet that has students read excerpted quotes from MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech and then write their own vision/dream for the nation's future.
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September Weekly Interactive Writing Prompts
Editable interactive slide deck of weekly September writing prompts for creative and reflective/informational writing practice.
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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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Novel Study Worksheets on "Ghost Town at Sundown" - Magic Tree House
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Ghost Town at Sundown" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
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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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Novel Study Worksheets - Narwhal on a Sunny Night - Magic Tree House
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Narwhal on a Sunny Night" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
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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.
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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.
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Phoenix Activity
A short creative-writing activity connected to mythology, using the phoenix as a prompt for descriptive and poetic writing.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Stonehenge
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about the archaeological site of Stonehenge to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
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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.
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Adventure Visual Writing Prompts | Photo Ideas | Writing Project
Provide open-ended visual/photo writing prompts (animal photos) to inspire creative descriptive or narrative student writing.
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MLK Day Writing Prompts - Pack 3
Prompt reflective and creative writing connecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s values (kindness, fairness, unity, heroism) to students' own lives.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Robin Hood
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about the legend of Robin Hood (English folklore) to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
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The Space Age Trainers: Write A Story (9-13 years)
A creative-writing worksheet teaching narrative story planning (introduction/middle/ending), using a mentor short story about a boy whose new bag is stolen by bullies as the model text.
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MLK Day Writing Prompts - Pack 1
A set of creative writing prompts connecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy to students' own imaginations and reflections, for use on MLK Day or during related units.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Scooby Doo
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about the animated franchise Scooby-Doo to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on Sky Diving
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about sky diving as an extreme sport to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
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The Adventures of Captain Planet Jr - Writing Prompt
A two-part creative writing and drawing prompt in which students invent an original eco-hero character ('Captain Planet Jr.') and write about an adventure saving the Earth, then draw the character in action.
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MLK Day Writing Prompts - Pack 2
A second set of creative writing prompts connecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy to students' own imaginations and reflections, for use on MLK Day or during related units.