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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

In this Spark, students will write an acrostic poem that can be used as a tool to introduce themselves to their classmates.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I Spy is a classic guessing game. In this Spark, students will play a game of I Spy to practice adding details to their writing.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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