Futility by Wilfred Owen Post-Reading Creative Writing Prompts

Enhance your study of “Futility” by Wilfred Owen with these stimulating and thought-provoking creative writing prompts. Tailored for classroom engagement, these prompts serve as excellent tools for homework assignments, writing assessments, extension tasks, cover lessons, and filler activities. With a variety of prompts, they will ignite your students’ imagination and deepen their understanding of themes and emotions in Owen’s poignant poem. From exploring the imagery and symbolism to interpreting the speaker’s reflections on life and death, these prompts foster critical thinking and encourage creative expression.

This resource is ideal for English classrooms, offering a range of prompts that cater to different levels of ability, ensuring that students remain engaged and challenged throughout their exploration of “Futility.”

The download includes the following:
★ A list of all 10 prompts for “Futility”
★ Individual handouts for each prompt on which students can write or plan their creative pieces.

Some examples of the prompts are:
➤ Write a letter from a soldier to their family, describing the scene in the poem and their feelings about the futility of war. Express their longing for the warmth of home and the sun’s touch.
➤ Create a short story from the sun’s perspective, personified as a character. Describe how the sun feels about its futile attempts to wake the fallen soldier and its role in the natural world.