KidZone: Summer Creative Writing Prompts
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Introduction:
These summer creative writing prompts are a fun rainy day or end of the school year activity. Each worksheet provides a different inspiration to help spark a child's creative writing.
Printable Templates:
Word Wall Words:
Print four summer word wall words
and use one of the words in a sentence.
You can use my summer word wall word templates to go with this activity.
Draw and Write:
Write a story and draw a picture inspired
by the writing prompt:
"What is your favorite summer
memory?"
You may wish to provide additional
Lined Paper.
Informational Writing:
First, Next, Then, Last
Use these words to create an informational writing short manual.
"How to build a sand castle"
Writing Prompt 1:
creative writing questions
"If I were a tree, I would..."
Distribute the worksheet and encourage the children to create a few sentences based on the creative writing prompt provided.
Writing Prompt 2:
creative writing ideas
"If I were growing in the summer garden, I would be..."
Encourage the children to pick something to be and then write a story about it. The story could be fact (encyclopedia style information about the animal or plant) or fiction (a make believe story about life in the garden).
Writing Prompt 3:
story sparks - first person creative writing
"One summer morning, I went for a walk and saw..."
Distribute the worksheet and encourage the children to complete the summer story.
Picture Sparks:
Provide the children with the picture and a few sheets of lined paper. Encourage them to write a story based on the picture.
