Creative writing prompt for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. Could act as an extension activity for able writers, but also works for less able. Liven up the traditional “What I Did Over the Summer Holidays” by pairing students to write about each other’s holidays using carefully gathered sensory details via an interview, which they can then use to create a poem. Also good for teaching the vital creative writing skill of show not tell. Allow 10 minutes per interview, around 15-20 for putting the poem together. Poems can be shared at the end of the lesson or next lesson for critique.

Inspire the more able creative writers with these wintry prompt cards they will incorporate into a short story, before being challenged to incorporate another as yet unseen element. Great for Key Stage 3. An excellent end of term activity that feels like fun, but is actually a real challenge. A piece can emerge that could be refined later.