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If You Could Be An Insect For A Day... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Animals, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: If you could be an insect for a day, what kind would you be? Why?

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How Old Is The Oldest Person Living? [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Family/Friends, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: How old do you think the oldest person living is? What advice could he or she offer you?

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Invent An Ice Cream Flavor [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Food and Drinks, Food, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Imagine you work for an ice cream factory. What flavor would you invent and what creative mane would you give it?

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What If You Could See Through Walls? [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, House/Flat/Rooms, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: What if you could see through walls? Describe what you would see if you looked into an average home?

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The Busiest Day Of Your Life [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Jobs and Professions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the busiest day of your life. Why were you so busy and what did you do when you were finally finished?

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The Scariest Moment Of Your Life [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the scariest moment of your life. Describe what happened and why you were so scared.

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The Biggest Surprise In Your Life [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the biggest surprise in your life. What happened and why did it shock you so much?

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The First Time You Went On A Plane [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Travelling/Culture Studies, Transport, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the first time you went on a plane. Describe how you felt during take-off and landing.

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Replace Santa Claus [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Christmas, New Year, Creative Writing Prompts, December

Creative writing prompt: Invent a fictional character to replace Santa Claus. Describe your character and what he or she would do different.

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The Most Exhausted [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the most physically exhausted you have ever been. Why were you so tired, and what did you do?

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Invent A New Dance [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Music, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Invent a new dance. Describe it and the type of music it would be suited to.

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The First Time You Fell In Love [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Saint Valentine's Day, Love and Marriage, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the first time you ever fell in love. Who di you fall in love with and what happened?

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Free As A Bird [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the time in your life when you felt the most free. Describe what you were doing and why you felt so free.

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The Longest Traffic Jam [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Transport, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the longest traffic jam you've ever been in. Describe how you felt when you were stuck and then when you finally got moving again.

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Invent A New Use For... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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Creative writing prompt: Invent a new use for magnets. Describe how you would use them and how it would make your life easier.

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The Worst Job [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Jobs and Professions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: What is the worst job you could imagine doing and why? How would you feel in your day to day life?

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Imagine Being The First Explorer To... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Imagine beight the first explorer to enter an ancient Egyptian tomb. Describe what happens, how you feel and what treasures you find.

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A Lie [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Feelings and Emotions, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think of a time when someone has told you a lie. What was the lie and how did you find out the truth?

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The Most Miserable Person You Have Ever Met [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Character and Personality, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think of the most miserable person you have ever met. Devise a plan to cheer them up, even if it's just for a short time.

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The Happiest Person You Have Ever Met [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Character and Personality, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think about the happiest person you have ever met. Who is it and what makes you think they are the happiest person you've met?

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Think Of A Time When You... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Holidays and Celebrations, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think of a time when you have forgotten somebody's birthday. How did you feel and what did you do about it?

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Think Of A Present... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Holidays and Celebrations, Christmas, New Year, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Think of a present you received that you didn't like. How did you react, and did the person suspect you didn't like it?

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Step Into Somebody's Dreams... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Sleep and Dreams, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: What if you could step into somebody's dreams and watch them like a film? Whose dreams would you invade and what would you see?

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What If There Was No Color In The World? [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Colours, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: What if there was no colors in the world? Describe a table full of color-less items and how you differentiate beween them.

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Imagine You Woke Up One Day... [CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT]

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•Medicine and Health, Creative Writing Prompts

Creative writing prompt: Imagine you woke up one day and found that you were deaf. What sounds would you miss the most?

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FREE Creative Writing Prompts Worksheets

Guess what? Here's something fresh for your lessons! It's a growing collection of visual writing prompts so that you're never out of writing ideas again! Present these to your students, one at a time, for a quick 10-min 'free writing' activity, they'll love it! read more......less

Make A Word Search:

Make A Word Scramble:

Make A Double Puzzle:

Guess what? Here's something fresh for your lessons! It's a growing collection of visual writing prompts so that you're never out of writing ideas again! Present these to your students, one at a time, for a quick 10-min 'free writing' activity, they'll love it!

read more......less