Signs of Spring
Robins? Bears waking from hibernation? Baseball? Itching and sneezing? What to you is a sign of spring? Write about it in this prompt!
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5 Prompts about Food
SHARON’S BLOG Who says you can’t play with your food? Here is a bundle of five prompts on food-related topics that will get your middle school and high school students writing. Whether they’re telling personal stories, trying to persuade readers, or expressing an opinion, your students will enjoy sinking their teeth into these prompts.
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91-Word Memoir
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Could you write a story from your life in 91 words? In honor of an elderly student who died just days before her 91st birthday, the online writing site Gotham Writer’s Workshop conducted a contest. The rules were to write a memoir, a story from your life, in 91 words.
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What Are You Waiting For?
Former US presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson corresponded almost daily, and they were waiting for something important to happen. They wanted to live to see the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What are you waiting for in your life?
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Do You Have a Dream? Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s get to know King’s most famous speech a little better. To hear the audio and read the transcript of “I Have a Dream,” click here. To view the speech on YouTube, click here. This moving speech was originally given August 28, 1963, in front of the…
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Dylan Thomas: His Christmas Memories and Yours
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS What is your favorite Christmas memory? Dylan Thomas, a famous poet and author, wrote about his Christmas memories in the memoir essay “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” in which he remembers friends, toys, hijinks, relatives, and traditions of his childhood. His love of words and of the language makes this memoir a…
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What Contest Would You Like to Win?
If you could be good at a contest, what contest would you choose? If you have already won or placed in a competition, describe how you prepared for the event or write the story of your rise to the top.
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The Discoveries of Youth
When you’re really little, you make discoveries all the time, things that seem old or boring to you now. Read this quote and then write about a time when you discovered or learned something when you were younger.
