Maria Polson Veres - Amazing Writing Prompts: Homeschool Edition

Amazing Writing Prompts: Homeschool Edition

Maria Polson Veres

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Copyright 2014 by Maria Polson Veres

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This ebook is licensed for your personal useonly. This ebook may not be resold or given away. Permission isgranted to reproduce individual writing prompts, for homeschool,co-op, or classroom use only and not for resale. If you would liketo share this book with another person, please purchase anadditional copy for each recipient. If youre reading this book anddid not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only,please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hardwork of this author.

Table of Contents

You learn to write the same way you learn a new sport or a musicalinstrument: Practice, practice, practice. The more you work at it,the better youll get.

Try to write something every single school day. Thiscan be a challenge at first, especially if you dont love writing!But it gets easier over time.

Amazing Writing Prompts has more than 200suggestions for writing topics, custom made for . You can do theprompts in order or skip around. If you get dizzy looking at themall, your teacher or another helper can guide you in choosing atopic. Some prompts will work better for you than others. Theimportant thing is to get something on that page. Some writers liketo use prompts for warmups before working on a longer piece.

In this book youll also find guidelines forcreating your own writing topics. Prompts from a book or a teacherare great, but your own ideas are even better.

Remember that most authors dont get their workperfect in one draft. Revision, re-writing, and proofreading areimportant parts of the process. Youll find revision suggestions inPart Two of Amazing Writing Prompts.

Save your finished work. When you look back at theend of the year, youll be surprised how much youve done!

What could you never, ever do? Eat squid? Do brainsurgery? Enter a beauty contest? Why do you feel that way?

If you were a car, what kind of car would you be andwhy? What breed of dog would you be? What dessert? What kind ofweather?

Describe your appearance in detail, as if you weretelling someone how to paint a picture of yourself. Stick to thefacts.

Write a quick paragraph about yourself. Includebasic information. (Where do you live? Who else is in your family?What do you look like? How old are you?) Then re-write theparagraph to show the way you wish things were. Change your age andappearance if you want to. Add siblings or pets. Give yourself anew place to live. Re-write anything else you like.

Little kids have strange ideas about how theworld works. Describe some of the things you used to believe beforeyou knew better. How did you learn the truth, and how did youfeel?

Write down the craziest dream youve ever had.Include as many details as you can.

Some people enjoy cool, rainy days. Other peoplehate them. Which side are you on? What do you do with yourself onrainy days?

What makes you mad? Write several little things orone big thing. Let it all out. Be detailed and specific.

Describe a time when you did something silly. Youmay have been embarrassed at the time, but now you can look back onit and laugh. Write about it in a way that makes your reader laugh,too.

How do you like to spend your free time? Write aboutone of your favorite hobbies or activities. Give plenty of details.For example, if you choose watching television, tell about yourfavorite programs. If you like to build models or do crafts,describe some of your creations.

If you could give yourself a new name, what wouldyou pick and why? Or would you rather keep your old name?

In some cultures, peoples names are based on theirappearance or personality. For example, the narrator of ScottODells novel Island of the Blue Dolphins is namedGirl-With-the-Long-Black-Hair. If your name reflected somethingabout you, what might you be called? List several possibilities andtell why you chose them.

Do you have a nickname? How did you get it? Do youlike it or would you rather get rid of it? What would you like yournickname to be and why?

Whats different, special, and unusual about you?Think about your physical appearance, personality, family, talents,and quirks. What makes you you?

Have you ever been through a spell of really badweather? This could include drought, a cold snap, a blizzard, aheat wave, or something else. Describe the weather event. How longdid it last? What problems did the weather cause? What did you haveto do differently because of it?

If you could take lessons in anything, what wouldyou study? Swimming? Singing? Snow-sculpting? Pizza making? Explainyour choice.

Write about the best day of your life.

List your favorite vacation spot, color, restaurant,relative, animal, sport, book, snack food, planet, movie, hobby,and musical instrument. Now choose two or three of the items on thelist. Write a little more about them. Why did you make the choicesyou did? Are these new favorites or old favorites?

Youre going to live in the wilderness for a month.You will be given all the tools you need for survival. Youreallowed to take three of your possessions with you. What will youchoose and why?

Who are your heroes? You can choose famous people,historical figures, people you know in real life, or fictionalcharacters. Name some of your heroes and tell why you admirethem.
Bonus assignment: Write a letter to one of your heroes,telling how this person has inspired you. Send it if you wantto.

If you could make a guest appearance or be featuredon any TV show you wanted, which one would you choose and why?Describe how you think the show would go.

Whats special about your family? What traditions,habits, and quirks do you share?
Variation: Think of another group you belong to and describewhats special about it. You can write about a class, homeschoolco-op, sports team, or any other group.

Groups or families sometimes develop their ownspecial languagewords or sayings that outsiders might notunderstand. For example, homeschoolers talk about curriculumfairs and co-ops. Most sports and hobbies have their own specialvocabularies, too. Are you a part of any group with its ownlanguage? Give examples and provide translations.

Do you have a friend or relative whos just a littlebit strange? Describe this person. Whats different about him orher?

Write about the first time that you met one of yourfriends. Where were you? What did you say to each other? What wasyour first impression of your friend? Did you know youd be friendsright away, or did it take longer? What drew you together?