Creative writing prompts for older students
Focus: using creative writing prompts to motivate students for a Quick Write activity
During the 2015 AAEA/ALEA national conference in Canberra, Kath Murdoch talked about teachers nurturing students’ natural curiosity. She shared a model for developing curiosity and effective questioning:
You could use this model for Describe it (page 106 of The Writing Book).
Student example 1
Nola Sutherland from Mt Roskill Primary in Auckland posed the following questions to her Year 5 class in 2018: 'What's happening here?' and 'What do you notice?' and her students recorded their ideas.
Student example 2
A big thank you to Carli Ramsey from Parkside School in Adelaide for sharing this example on our Facebook page.
For more engaging writing ideas, see our on demand workshops.
Creative writing prompts for older students
Focus: using creative writing prompts to motivate students for a Quick Write activity
Includes: PDF of an adding detail poster
Focus: adding detail to writing
Focus: Anzac Day-themed writing
