Why does kindness count? Students consider acts of kindness that they’ve experienced and reflect on the difference that kindness makes in the world.

We are all parts of a whole, just like a pizza! In this Spark, students will think about all the things that make them who they are and then write a poem in the shape of a pizza.

In this Spark, students will develop a setting that captures the environment of an alternate world.

By combining two classic games, students will learn how storytelling and art can build community or help them break through writer’s block.

Students are inspired to write about a time that they felt accepted and appreciated for who they are.

Engage young writers of any age at home with this collection of 826 Digital writing prompts and activities.

In this Spark, students will pretend to be their favorite food and write about what that food would do on an average day.

In this Spark, students put on their detective hats and sleuth out places to add more details into their writing.

A BINGO board full of fun, engaging writing prompts to keep skills sharp over the summer break!

Author bios offer students another opportunity to express themselves through writing and to feel like a real author. This Spark walks students through the process of writing one.

In this Spark, students will learn more about voice: what it is exactly, and how to name the elements of it.

In this Spark, students will use backward thinking to create a four-panel comic strip story using the backward problem-solving skills of software developers.

Students will write a poem about nature using sensory details to capture the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feeling of the subject.

This Spark introduces students to the fantastical world of Flood City and prompts them to write a journal entry from the perspective of a Flood City resident.

Nouns, adjectives, verbs—and in this case—adverbs are the building blocks of super sentences. In this Spark, students will practice identifying and using adverbs in their writing.

Students will learn to be empathetic towards those who are different by brainstorming scary characteristics of specific monsters and then developing more positive aspects to their nature.

Students write similes to express what their emotions feel like and build plans to treat others with kindness and empathy.

In this session, students will write haikus that includes two perspectives, one of a hero and one of an engineer, to design a secret lair for a superhero.

Challenge students to rewrite a classic nursery rhyme with a twist.

Students will use their knowledge of popular music to learn basic computer programming concepts.

In this social-emotional learning writing prompt, students reflect on the sound of feelings and use onomatopoeias in their poetry.

In this social-emotional learning writing prompt, students write a poem describing the silliest creature they can imagine.

Students will learn about representation, self-advocacy, and the work of Marley Dias before writing about this young advocate.

Nouns, adjectives, adverbs—and in this case—verbs are the building blocks of super sentences. In this Spark, students share action words that bring them joy and incorporate those verbs into a story.

This spark activity is designed to get your students on their feet while reinforcing the need for strong dialogue in narratives.

Students reflect on what it feels like to stand up to bullying and write about a time when they used their voice to make a difference.

Students use illustrations as entry points to write stories about friendship from a new perspective.

Students will be asked to take an existing 4-panel comic and create their own dialogue. This is a fun quick activity or warm-up exercise that will challenge students to write efficiently.

This Spark provides students with the opportunity to get to know their classmates by sharing personal stories about a specific topic.

The Character-O-Matic is a writing tool that helps students to create new characters. In this lesson, students will use it to create a character profile that reflects their own identies.

In this Spark, students will write a poem that engages the reader in answering the question: Can you guess this food?

With a little folding and loads of creativity, students make their own zines that feature abstract recipes.

Students experiment with alternative ways of writing poetry by reordering and rearranging pre-existing text.

In this activity, students create original monsters in archetypal protagonist and antagonistic roles by focusing on internal and external characteristics.

This activity reinforces the role of dialogue in a story, with students creating realistic conversation in A-Z fashion.

Invite students to write freely with this lesson that includes directions for students to set up a writer's journal and favorite journal prompts.

Students will imagine (and write about) their own fantastical worlds, using the cover illustrations of magazines as inspiration.

Students learn to incorporate setting as a key element of a story, starting with inspiration from collages.

This activity encourages young writers to identify the rules in their own poems and to then experience the joy of either smashing the rules outright or finding a graceful way to reimagine them.

In this twist on a classic game, students will practice intentional inclusivity with their classmates, as well as brainstorm other ways to continue building community throughout the school year.

Calling all ghostbusters! In this Spark, students will learn more about what makes a spooky story and then develop their own creepy characters, with a silly twist.

Students will anthropomorphize an inanimate object to produce interview questions and answers.

With this collection of 826 Digital poetry activities, young writers will explore a range of feelings and strengthen their emotional vocabulary. Activities are available in print and web versions!

Students will use creative thinking to innovate an imaginary elixir that targets a problem they see in the world.

Students will identify their favorite sensory memories and transfer them to a visual heart map.

This quick writing prompt invites students to jump into the fantasy genre, imagining what happens when faced with the unexplainable!

This activity explores the way emotions change how we perceive settings. Students work in groups to create descriptions of apartments based on an emotion they draw from a hat.

Students will imagine what they would do if they were someone or something else.

Students will define the word “ode” for themselves and identify the people and moments in their lives they’d like to celebrate in a poem.

Writing can be a powerful tool when working through feelings of grief, sadness, or anger. This Spark creates an intentional opportunity for youth to write and speak about what is on their minds.

After writing about their personal and social identities, students discover that sometimes what makes us unique is what brings us together.

Students teach a "pirate" how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and learn how to give effective instructions in the process.

In this social-emotional learning writing prompt, students write about strategies for recognizing and overcoming the feeling of overwhelm.

In this activity, students practice analyzing a character’s internal motivations and fears and develop their own original characters.

What are students made of? This activity prompts students to reimagine recipes and write about their life experiences.

In this lesson students will work together to revise a scene from a first draft by adding descriptive details.

In this social-emotional learning writing prompt, students create a poem that shares the "happys" in their life.

In this activity, students will examine narrative structure, explore the purpose and practice of myths, and put the two together to create their own original piece.

In this activity, students will explore superhero traits or superpowers that they know or admire. What kind of jobs do they do? How do their powers help them achieve this?

In this Spark, students will explore the many ways you can connect to a poem.