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 examine discrimination to determine if athletes can be victims too....
Through research and writing, students tackle the question: Does history repeat itself?...
Should schools observe Veteran’s Day? Students argue for or against through writing....
Students image a world where they live forever to create fictional narratives....
Students examine and write about sports and their influence on the world....
Students research and argue whether animals should be used in scientific experiments....
Students examine cell phone use and argue for or against their importance....
Students explore struggles of freed slaves and argue whether they’d move north....
Students develop their narrative skills by writing about a celebrity “twin”....
Students explore holidays from around the world and write about one....
Students examine cyberbullying and argue for or against a law prohibiting it....
Students examine women’s suffrage through text and demonstrate understanding with informative writing....
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....