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Writing Prompts For Students

Give students a starting point for stories, personal writing, and imaginative responses. Choose a writing purpose or a short activity to help ideas turn into words.

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Daily Journal Pages, Homeschool Worksheets, Writing Activity teaching resource preview
Personal writing & journals

Daily Journal Pages, Homeschool Worksheets, Writing Activity

Forever June Digital Design ARE YOU A TEACHER OR PARENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A DAILY JOURNAL IN KIDS LIVES? Introducing a very cute set of Instant Download Journal Pages. My Daily Journal Worksheet Set includes simple to complete worksheets that allow children to journal about the weather, season, month, day, time, how they are…

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Pre-K, 1–3
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"Number the Stars" I Am Poetry Project teaching resource preview
Poetry & word play

"Number the Stars" I Am Poetry Project

A post-reading creative-writing project for the novel "Number the Stars" that uses the "I Am" poem format to build character analysis and critical-thinking skills.

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3–5
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100 DAYS OF SCHOOL POSTER, WRITING PROMPT REFLECTION JOURNALING teaching resource preview
Personal writing & journals

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL POSTER, WRITING PROMPT REFLECTION JOURNALING

Forever June Digital Design ARE YOU A TEACHER LOOKING FOR 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES? If you're a teacher looking for fun One Hundred Days of School resources for your classroom, check out my 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL POSTER WRITING PROMPT TEMPLATE! This is a great choice on the hundredth day of school to celebrate with your students in a…

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Pre-K–2
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Introduction to Poetry | Monster Narrative Poetry Challenge teaching resource preview
Poetry & word play

Introduction to Poetry | Monster Narrative Poetry Challenge

Teach narrative poetry technique (simile, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm) through a creative writing challenge where students invent a monster and write a narrative poem about it, framed as entry to a 'Young Writers' monster poetry competition.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
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4–7
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Digital Poetry Flipbook Distance Learning teaching resource preview
Poetry & word play

Digital Poetry Flipbook Distance Learning

A no-prep poetry unit that teaches figurative language and multiple poem forms, building student confidence and creative-writing skills through a flipbook that can be completed in class (cut-and-assembled) or digitally (Google Slides).

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Google Slide
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5–8
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"My Restaurant" Creative Writing Activity teaching resource preview
Stories & imagination

"My Restaurant" Creative Writing Activity

This is a "My Restaurant" Creative Writing Activity . You will print off the writing pages for students to choose from. They will write about their restaurant and illustrate it using the included clipart. Then students will create a menu list with prices.

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3–6
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Creative Writing Worksheets Game + Writing Paper teaching resource preview
Stories & imagination

Creative Writing Worksheets Game + Writing Paper

A dice-roll creative-writing game ('Roll With It!') that prompts young students to invent a story by rolling a die to pick characters, setting, and a sequence of plot events, plus matching writing paper.

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Multiple File Types
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1–3
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Rorschach Poetry teaching resource preview
Poetry & word play

Rorschach Poetry

A creative-writing lesson pairing Rorschach-inkblot-style paintings with poetry writing, teaching poetic devices (rhyme, alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, etc.) through a hands-on art-and-writing activity.

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Microsoft Word
Level
4–8
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January Daily Writing Journal teaching resource preview
Personal writing & journals

January Daily Writing Journal

Build narrative, imaginative, persuasive, and expository writing skills through 20 winter-themed daily journal prompts.

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PDF
Level
2–5
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Expository Writing Prompts teaching resource preview
Informational writing

Expository Writing Prompts

Provide expository writing prompts (scenario + directions) with a built-in scoring rubric to build students' expository/persuasive letter-writing skills.

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4–6
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CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY, LANGUAGE ARTS WORKSHEETS, VOCABULARY GAME teaching resource preview
Stories & imagination

CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY, LANGUAGE ARTS WORKSHEETS, VOCABULARY GAME

Forever June Digital Design ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FRESH, NEW LANGUAGE ARTS IDEAS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM? If you looking for something unique for your class, you have come to the right place! My Tell Me So...Creative Writing Activity is a fun resource for your teacher toolbox! This Instant Download Listing contains 20 high resolution jpeg…

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Image: JPG
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4–8
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Informative Essay Unit teaching resource preview
Informational writing

Informative Essay Unit

Provide a complete, ready-to-print middle-school unit teaching informative essay writing, built around 'Pixanotes' (a fill-in-the-blank Cornell-notes-style format) and a nonfiction writing prompt/text set.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Digital Poetry Flipbook teaching resource preview
Poetry & word play

Digital Poetry Flipbook

A no-prep poetry unit that teaches figurative language and multiple poem forms, building student confidence and creative-writing skills through a flipbook that can be completed in class (cut-and-assembled) or digitally (Google Slides).

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Google Slide
Level
4–8
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