Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

What if you had $1,000, but you couldn't spend it on yourself? Flex your creativity and goodwill thinking with this writing prompt.

Everyone loves a mystery! Give your budding writer a chance to create her own fictional story based on this picture writing prompt. What will happen next?

If you're stuck at home this summer, try these fun pretend postcards instead for an exercise in creative writing!

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a mysterious letter!

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a peculiar engraving!

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking writing prompt about leap year!

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

Inspire learners' creativity with this seasonal writing prompt about finding the perfect gift for a friend!

Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?

Celebrate your successes with a fun writing prompt! Your child will have fun using her imagination and honing her writing skills with this writing prompt.

It's ninjas vs zombies! Who will win? Flex your imagination to create a funny or crazy story to answer this writing prompt.

Your young poet can review the important concepts of rhyme and rhythm by completing some practice exercises based on this poem.

Learn all about how to write a haiku with this quick and easy worksheet on the structure of this timeless poetry type.

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.