Creative Writing Prompts

Truth is stranger than fiction. Inspire your students (or make them laugh) with creative writing prompts curated from real news headlines.

• Learning objectives:

Generating ideas, planning and drafting

Reading and engaging with a wide and varied range of texts

Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas

• Differentiation opportunities:

Ask students to find a headline they want to write a story about

You can create your own favourite creative writing prompts from headlines. It’s easy to pull up the day’s news and take quick screenshots. All my students enjoy this activity. It can help them write realistic / fiction about a topic they are interested in.