Getting students excited about writing can be tough. Whether you want to improve their writing skills, get them thinking more critically and creatively, or simply help them get comfortable expressing themselves on paper, explore our writing prompts created by fellow educators.
Students create a narrative about where and when they would time travel....
As a reporter, students write about their favorite athlete, supporting with facts....
Students practice explanatory writing by sharing how to play their favorite sport....
Students explain what their lives would be like without certain technology....
Students research the Revolutionary War to determine the most important battle....
Students construct persuasive arguments for or against professional athlete salaries....
Students explore where they’d go as freed slaves after the Civil War....
Young learners practice opinion writing after comparing sports and picking their favorite....
Students examine federal holidays and whether 9/11 should be one through writing....
Students construct argumentative essays for the use of cellphones in school....
Students share what sports they would add to the Olympics and why....
Students compete through argumentative writing to prove which sport is the best....
Young learners practice opinion writing after comparing sports and picking their favorite....
Students employ their creativity to solve a unique personal problem....
Students examine violent and non-violent leadership styles of the Civil Rights Movement....
Students create a narrative about where and when they would time travel....