- Write a modern day nursery rhyme.
- Using only the ad for a local grocery store, create a list of groceries that would get a character through a week on just $25.
- Describe something a young child spots in the sky at night.
- Come up with a different meaning for “May the 4th be with you.” In a world where Star Wars doesn’t exist, what else could this phrase mean?
- Research a solider who died in a war and write a fictional short story of something that happened during their time in the military from their perspective.
- Write about a family who immigrates from one country to another. What customs do they find are different? What is the same?
- Describe grass, including the color, without using the word green.
- Write a poem about May.
- Create an acrostic poem for your mother, and/or honoring the women in your life.
- Write about a character who has superpowers. What power do they have? How did they get that power?
- Create an acrostic poem about blossoms.
- Describe the journey a bee takes to pollinate flowers, from the perspective of a squirrel watching the bee from the trees.
- Rewrite the story from yesterday, from the perspective of the bee.
- Chipmunks are known for digging tunnels underground. Write about a chipmunk who doesn’t like to dig. Why doesn’t the chipmunk like to dig? How will they make tunnels instead?
- Describe the growth of a flower, from the perspective of the flower.
- Some friends are gathering for a cookout when they begin to argue about what’s on the grill. What are they grilling and why?
- Write a poem about today’s weather.
- Create an advertisement for the first city on Mars.
- Write a blog post on how to take care of a plant. The type of plant can be vague, or specific.
- What is your bucket list for this summer? Write it down.
- Where do you want to be as a writer in five years? Write at least a paragraph about your goals.
- Using the goal list from yesterday, outline a plan to reach your goals.
- Write an informational blog post for a zoo about one of the endangered animals there.
- Create a limerick about flowers growing.
- A young boy is in danger. What is threatening him? How can he escape?
- Describe a senior’s last day of high school. What emotions do they have? What do they do?
- Write about seniors in high school who are trying to create the best senior prank ever. What do they do?
- A girl finds a dragon scale under her pillow. Why is it there? Where did it come from?
- A family finds a mermaid tail while walking along the beach. Where did the mermaid go?
- Create a limerick about barbeque.
- A teenager discovers the world is not as it seems. What is the discovery?
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