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Instead of a Journal – Sample Writing Prompts

  • When I play…
  • A good surprise is…
  • Some rules in my family are…
  • Pizza…
  • Can you believe it?
  • I can hardly wait…
  • My favourite food is…
  • I grabbed my ______ and ..
  • Every morning I…
  • The food I hate most is…
  • To decorate a Christmas tree…
  • On my birthday…
  • To make friends, I…
  • I would like a great, big…
  • If I had a magic ring…
  • The best thing about me…
  • I wish I could…
  • Soccer…
  • If I could fly…
  • My favourite game is…
  • I wonder about…
  • When I am ten I will…
  • A good friend is someone who…
  • I’m sorry…
  • To make a seed grow…
  • Someday….

  • Amazing Alternatives
  • Characterization … Writing in a Role
  • Circular Stories
  • Collaborative Character Sketch
  • Concept Maps
  • Evoking Emotion
  • Files and Folders
  • Finding Fabulous Quotes
  • Flipping the Familiar
  • Free Write
  • Gallery Tour
  • Gallery Walk
  • Heart Maps
  • Inside Outside Circles
  • Instead of a Journal
  • Journalists’ Questions
  • Little Feelings Book
  • Great First Lines
  • Poetry With a Purpose
  • PWIM: What’s in a Picture?
  • Research Report
  • Scene One
  • Seeing Both Sides
  • Serendipity Writing
  • Stretching a Setting
  • Summarizing Text
  • Swatch Tower Poetry Image
  • Visceral Poems
  • W4
  • Walk on the Wild Side
  • What’s in a List?
  • Words for Wordless
  • Write Like a Writer
  • Writing in Role: The Pitch

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