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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.
Thanks for visiting the High School Prompts page. If you have a writing prompt you would like to submit, please contact Sharon Watson.
“You can’t wait for inspiration.
You have to go after it with a club.”
— JACK LONDON
Conversation Starters
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Do your students ever have a hard time knowing what to say to people? Is small talk difficult? Is it easier for them to turn to an electronic device than to a real person?
Join us this week as we explore conversation starters, small talk, and communication.
Great for students in grades 5-12.
To print these prompts, click the Print icon at the bottom of this page.
7 Prompts on Wisdom
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Let’s use a quote from Confucius and a passage from Proverbs to get your students thinking about wisdom.
In this bundle of writing prompts centered around wisdom, your students will encounter these types of writing: opinion, personification, parallel construction, definition, and more.
These prompts are just right for students in grades 5 – 12.
So, what did Confucius have to say about wisdom? And do your students agree with him? (more…)
By the Beach
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Is it too early to dream about the beach? I think not!
This week’s fun prompts are beach themed and are great for your 5th – 12th graders.
The first set of prompts is from a recent news article that caught my imagination, and the second is from a goofy song by Phil Harris recorded in 1950. Well, maybe it wasn’t so goofy. It became so popular that it hit #1 on the Billboard charts soon after he released it.
Ready? Dive in! (more…)
Saint Patrick’s Day Prompts
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Saint Patrick’s Day is a great time to encourage the thinking process in your students, and these two prompts are here to help.
Younger students will enjoy the categorizing and attention to words in this prompt. A free printable is included.
Older students will read of two examples and then use something concrete to explain a spiritual truth, just as Saint Patrick did. Find this thought-provoking prompt for 7th – 12th graders here. >>
Yours for more vibrant writing and literature experiences,
For the Love of Narnia and Middle Earth
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Narnia and Middle Earth—what delightfully intriguing places to visit!
Enjoy this compilation of activities involving C. S. Lewis’s Narnia and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth.
Suitable for anyone who is old enough to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, other Narnia tales, The Hobbit, or The Lord of the Rings.
Your students haven’t read those books? No problem. Many of the prompts and tutorials below are freestanding and don’t need the original books.
Ready? Put on your magic rings! (more…)
Olympic Fun
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Involve your students in the excitement and issues surrounding the Winter Olympics with these six fun prompts and two bonus ones.
What would the Olympics look like in the Middle Ages? In Ancient Roman times? What new sporting event will your students cook up? Should countries and their athletes be banned? And what kind of music could athletes compete to or be inspired by?
Don’t miss the extra links to more sporting fun at the bottom of this post!
Designed for grades 5-12.
Ready? (more…)
