At the Beach – Which would you do for a day on the beach with your family?
Lights - Camera - Action – Write about an experience at the local movie theater.
Beginning - Middle - End – We focus on what you eat throughout the course of a day.
The Big Cat Chase – Tell a story about an epic chase of a cat and dog.
Day at the Carnival – The story is partial started for you. Finish it off from there.
How To Paint – If you needed to tell somebody how to paint a room, what steps would you tell them to take?
Ordering Pictures – Cut out the pictures and place them in the correct order. Use the pictures to tell a story.
Camping Trip – You and your family just got back from a weekend camping trip. Write a letter to your grandpa telling him everything you did.
Make Up A Story – Cut out the pictures and glue them in the correct order. Use the pictures to tell a story.
Grandma's House – You are packing to go on a trip to grandma's house for two nights. What should you bring with you and why?
To Make a Sandwich – Cut out the events from the bottom of the page and glue them in to their correct blank.
The Time I Got Hurt – We're going to tell a story about a time that you got hurt. Write in your answers after each prompt.
Telling a Story – Order of events can help us tell a story. For this exercise think about a topic you want to write about. Draw a small picture of what that is and then use the prompts to start your story.
To Build a Sand Castle – Do you know how to build a sand castle? Can you help explain it to someone who has never built one before? Follow the prompts below.
You See A Snake! – You are hiking in the woods with your family and you see a snake. How do you react? What do you do?
Timmy Takes the Plunge - Every summer, Timmy's family went to the lake for a week. His parents had insisted that Timmy learn to swim, and he could swim, but Timmy did not like to get wet. When he saw the...
Big City, Big Mistake - It had all made so much sense in his head. It had also made so much sense on paper. But after millions of dollars and years of construction and landscaping, Mr. Miller realized that he had made a massive mistake in planning his city...
What Is This Place? - Jerry walked inside the door of the shop and stopped in his tracks. He had never seen anything like it in his life...
Jeremy's Perfect Excuse - Jeremy was in trouble, BIG trouble, unless he could come with a good excuse for why he was late for school. Again. He thought and thought and thought, but nothing came to him. He had given up and was on his way to the principal’s office, which was where he knew he would end up anyway, when it finally came to him.
Boo! - It was shaping up to be the perfect Halloween. It was a Saturday. There was a full moon. It was also Daylight Savings Time, so there was going to be a whole extra hour of Halloween fun! It was also deliciously chilly, so Veronica couldn't be happier.
Write the Dialogue - What's going on in this scene? Write the dialog between these two characters.
Dragon City - Assign the roles of hero, villain, and victim to the three dragons below, and write a short story about them that takes place in Dragon City.
Persuasive Writing Prompt - In your opinion, is this censorship? Is this a violation of the American right to free speech? Explain your answer.
Expository - Choose one of the subjects below and write a paragraph about it. Use the back of this page if you need more space.
My Favorite Fictional Character - Tell us all about it.
Your Thoughts - Is social media making the world better or worse? Explain.
Work, Money, and Happiness - Do you think it's important that people enjoy their jobs? Do you think that people who love the work that they do are happier than people who don't? Where do you think money fits into this equation?
Halloween or Harvest? - Do you celebrate Halloween or the harvest season? Why?
Imaginary Creature - Write a Wikipedia entry for an imaginary creature.
My Dream Job - Describe your dream job and why it's something that you want to do.