Picnic at Hanging Rock Chapter 4 Post-Reading Creative Writing Prompts

Enhance your study of Chapter 4 of Picnic at Hanging Rock with these stimulating and thought-provoking creative writing prompts. Created for teaching language through literature, these prompts are perfect for homework assignments, writing assessments, extension tasks, cover lessons, and filler activities.

With a variety of prompts, these will ignite your students’ imagination and deepen their understanding of the themes and characters in the novel. From the mysterious disappearance to the intricate details of the setting, these prompts foster critical thinking and encourage creative storytelling.

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 Chapter 4. Don’t miss out on this invaluable tool for teaching Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.

The download includes the following:
★ A list of all 10 prompts for Chapter 4
★ Individual handouts for each prompt on which students can plan or write their creative pieces.

Some examples of the prompts are:
➤ Write a letter from Sara to her guardian describing her day at the school while the other girls were away at the picnic. Include her feelings about being left behind, her thoughts on Mrs. Appleyard’s strictness, and the news of the disappearance of the girls and Miss McCraw.
➤ Write a diary entry from Mademoiselle’s perspective describing the journey back to Appleyard College, her feelings about leaving before the girls and Miss McCraw were found, and what she believes happened to them.