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20+ quick writing prompts for students

Boost student writing with these quick-start writing prompts.

40+ Writing prompts for elementary students

Inspire writing growth in your youngest students. These writing prompts will have students imagining endless possibilities for their writing.

Fun Writing Prompts for Kids

It’s not always easy for students to find the inspiration they need to start writing. Use these fun writing prompts to help students develop a daily habit of writing, that will have their creative juices flowing in no time.

Journal writing prompts

If you’re looking for new ways to get your students writing, our journal writing prompts can help get them thinking.

100+ writing prompts for kids

Explore the collection of writing prompts

20+ opinion writing prompts

Use these opinion or argumentative writing prompts to help your students to state a point of view, and then provide facts and reasoned arguments to support that viewpoint. The goal of this kind of writing is to convince the reader to share the writer's opinion.

Creative writing prompts

Get students writing with over 30 creative writing prompts. Helping students explore their curiosity and giving them the boost they need to get started with writing.