Writing Prompts and Literature Ideas: 1990s Assign writing prompts about the 1990s and/or books that were written in the 1990s.		Recognizing Malaprops Students will learn about malaprops in this activity. They will write two paragraphs about the...
Susan Vreeland's Thoughts on Writing, Printable Version Award-winning author		More Than Enough: Writing an Essay Students will learn about hoarding and will consider why a person would want to hoard objects...
An Even-Tempered Coach: Producing Antonyms Present an activity that will show students how to produce antonyms when given common words.		Winning by Losing: Writing an Anecdote In this activity, students will learn about the concept of the paradox and why some paradoxes...
Really Good: Producing Synonyms Present an activity that will have students thinking about synonyms. They will learn why it's...		Fortunate Misfortunes: Writing a Short Story Explore an activity that presents a lesson about a blessing in disguise, after which students...
License Plate Quickies: Writing a Paragraph In this activity, students are given "license plate" combinations and are asked to create their...		Let's Change the World: Writing a Play or Story Explore an activity that asks students to think about transformations and the ways in which...
Writing Weathergrams Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own...		Victory for the Victim: Writing a Short Story Students will imagine a situation in which a victim can emerge victorious, and will then write...
Is It Reasonable? Devising a Limerick Students will practice their logic in this activity. They will assess the reasonableness of...		Moe's Café
Working Over Language: Recognizing Clichés Explore an activity that introduces students to the topic of clichés. They will practice...		The Final Shot In this creative writing activity, students are given a short prompt that describes an exciting...
The Naming Business In this activity, students will learn the importance of great names for people, products, and...		A Distant Land Students will imagine a fantasy world and write a short story about what might happen there.
Composing Great Titles The purpose of this activity is to raise students' awareness of the advantages of a good title...		Hot Tuesday Students are asked to imagine the hottest day of the year and then write a story about it.