Writing Prompts Teaching Resources
A collection of writing prompt resources to help spark your students’ imaginations. Use these worksheets, PowerPoints, posters and cards as a stimulus to encourage your students to write about different topics. Also provided are writing prompts calendars for lower and upper primary to tailor your writing tasks to current events and special occasions.
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Creative Writing Prompts Calendar - Early Years
Encourage your pupils to write with fun writing prompt calendars for beginning writers.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Elephants
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Texts Writing Tasks - Fact Files and Scaffolding Sheet
A set of 5 fact files and a scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Giza Pyramids
A fact file about The Giza Pyramids and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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5 Persuasive Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets for persuasive writing.
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Persuasive Speech Writing Task
A persuasive speech writing task, based around real-world issues affecting children.
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Daily Writing Prompts Calendars – Upper Primary
Inspire your students and encourage them to write regularly with a set of printable Daily Writing Prompts in calendar format.
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Persuasive Texts Writing Task - All Families Should Own a Pet
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned persuasive text.
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Roll-a-Scary Story Starter – Halloween Writing Prompt for Key Stage 2
Inspire some spooktacular Halloween writing with a roll-to-create Halloween Writing Prompt creator.
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Assorted Writing Prompts Grid
Writing grid with 20 writing prompts.
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'If I Was an Astronaut...' – Writing Template
A writing prompt template for students to write what they would do if they were an astronaut.
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Sentence Starter Strips
A set of sentence starter prompts for students to practise writing short sentences.
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Persuade Me: Persuasive Writing Assessment Activities
A set of 4 persuasive writing assessment activities.
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Informative Writing - Animal Research Task
An 8 page booklet for students to record facts about animals when learning to write informative texts.
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Narrative Prompts Posters
A set of 20 posters to display as narrative story prompts for students.
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Simple Language in Persuasive Writing Poster
A poster to introduce students to the use of simple language in persuasive writing.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Gemstones
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Fire Fighters
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Doctors
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Eagles
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Paragraph Starters - Topic Sentence Cards
20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.
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Procedure Text Topic Cards
A set of 20 procedure text topic cards.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Weather
A fact file about weather and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Cupcakes
A fact file about cupcakes and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.