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Want to inspire your teens to write? Could you use some engaging writing prompts that won’t put your teens to sleep? You’ve come to the right place!
You’ll find prompts for opinions, descriptions, story writing, current events, prompts that are really tutorials in disguise, and much more. Complete instructions are included with each prompt.
Looking for tutorials on essay writing, proofreading, and so on? Interested in writing prompt bundles that span many grades? Click here.
Find prompts for your middle school students here.
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“You can’t wait for inspiration.
You have to go after it with a club.”
— JACK LONDON
Strange Hotels
Would you like to rent a room undersea? Then head over to Jules’ Undersea Lodge off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Named for the famous Jules Verne and his early sci-fi story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this hotel caters to divers who like to live underwater. You can view a YouTube video of a humorous (more…)
Who Is on Your Team?
Young Ender Wiggin, in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, is smallish for his age, smart, and a bit of a misfit. In the movie of the same name by Summit Entertainment, Colonel Graff wants Ender to remain a misfit and even manipulates events so the other young students will hate Ender. Graff doesn’t want Ender to rely on anyone and even cuts off his emails to and from home so the young boy can focus on his studies.
Despite the people in his life who try to keep Ender from forming relationships, he creates his own network of friends and allies as he moves through the classes and battle games. He realizes, as does the psychiatrist Major Anderson, [>>]
Waxing Eloquent Over a Piece of Cheese?
When was the last time you wrote a whole paragraph about how a piece of cheese tasted?
Here’s Michael Paterniti’s description after tasting an artisanal cheese in The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese: (more…)
Problems . . . Issues . . . Troubles . . . Calamities
Everyone’s got them. No one is immune to problems.
Here’s Michael J. Fox, a famous actor, with his take on his debilitating and life-threatening medical condition:
Parkinson’s has made me a better person. . . . Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul.
Are You Proud . . . or Just Prejudiced?
Have you read or viewed Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
You’ll find a wonderfully ironic scene in chapter XVIII. The setting is an elaborate ball. All are dressed beautifully and are on their best behavior. The dancing is organized in lines or circles, much like square dancing but much more sedate.
Against this metered backdrop we see the two main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy, dancing with each other—and arguing the whole time: But wait, there’s more!
What Would You Do with a Used Drone?
Do you have an old spy drone or aerial photography drone lying around? You know, those unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can be as tiny as a dragonfly or as large as small airplane.
The folks at Philadelphia’s Manayunk Cleaners have one. They’re using their pre-owned drone to deliver dry-cleaned clothes to their customers. Sure, they can only deliver one shirt at a time, but it’s the novelty that counts. But wait, there’s more!
