Writing with Sharon Watson-Easy-to-use Homeschool Writing and Literature Curriculum

One Sure-Fire Way to Create Writing Prompts for Your Students

I have a secret to tell you.

I’m not really sure I should. After all, it feels a little like a chef revealing the secret ingredient to a closely guarded family recipe, but I’m going to share it with you anyway.

As you may know, I create many writing prompts and wrote the daily writing prompts for SchoolhouseTeachers.com for over two years. That’s a lot of writing and a lot of prompts.

Where do I get my ideas? Here’s my secret:

HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS

What do love and weather have to do with each other?

Quite a bit, it turns out. Forty-eight of The Beatles’ 308 songs mention some kind of weather, according to accuweather.com.

You can watch The Petersens’ version of “Here Comes the Sun” here. The song is written by George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles. You’ll quickly notice that the sunny weather is a metaphor for

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS

Some people like to put puzzles together. Others like to build forts, take hikes, or go camping. Some kids like to read or play a sport.

Derek Jeter, a now-retired New York Yankee, played baseball to have fun: “You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we’re playing a game. It’s a business, it’s our job, but I don’t think you can do well unless you’re having fun.”

What do you do for fun?