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Learning the art of similes and metaphors is a fun and imaginative part of students furthering their creative writing skills. Once they know the difference between similes and metaphors, your young writers’ skills will bloom as they figure out new ways to tell a story. We’ve put together a list of prompts to help them work …
Expository writing exercises help students practice informing or explaining a topic to their readers, without leaning too much on opinions and instead focusing on facts. Learning how to write an informative essay is a lifelong skill that will carry readers through their entire education. The earlier they refine these skills, the more successful they will be …
By the end of junior high, most students have grasped the basics of storytelling, essay writing, and poetry. However, these skills still need to be practiced and strengthened in order to keep their writing fresh and exciting throughout high school—where they will learn even more skills that will carry them through college. We’ve put together …
Creative writing exercises help students improve their skills and tap into their creative side, but sometimes it can feel daunting to come up with an idea for a story from scratch – especially if students only have a short amount of time to practice writing. “Finish the story” prompts are great for instances like this …
Fables are a way for us to hear an interesting story and to learn a lesson in the process. Often involving personifications of animals, a fable is a way for us to look at something from a different angle than we had thought before. This idea of taking a closer look, or learning an important …
Being able to leave readers guessing just enough to keep going is an important part of storytelling. Adding foreshadowing to creative writing is one way to drop little hints without giving away too much to the reader until the appropriate time. We’ve put together a list of prompts to help your writers work on and …
We all get sad. Sometimes it’s one thing and then the next it’s another, but undeniably, everyone is sad sometimes. Explore the feelings that accompany sadness with these writing prompts. These are designed to stimulate the creative writing of students, but also to facilitate the emotional learning that is so important as well. And help figure …
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in successive or close syllables. Not only that, but it can be a fun and engaging way to make creative writing fun for young writers. Whether it’s alliterative prompts for short stories or prompts for using alliteration poetry, these exercises require students to explore their vocabulary and rearrange their …
Saturdays are a day when anything can happen. A day for sports, adventure, or even a quiet, relaxing day. Saturdays are full of possibilities and so are these writing prompts that focus on a day filled with potential. Hopefully, this day of the week can provide plenty of inspiration for writers, and give something to …
A writing prompt can help a writer create something phenomenal. They can provide inspiration, focus the writer, and guide thoughts that may be scattered. Prompts can also help to take a writer out of their comfort zone and write something different. They are helpful no matter what kind of writer you are, or are working …
