Writing prompts forum
The answer place for writing teachers

Learning to write requires practice.

Writing practice requires having something to write about.

And having something for students to write about usually means the writing teacher has to come up with topics for for Josh and Caitlin to write about.

Figuring out writing assignments for Joshua and Caitlin can be either marvelous fun or enormously frustrating for a writing teacher.

If you teach writing to teenagers or adults, you can share the fun or vent your frustration with preparing prompts for student writing in this forum.

Formal prompts that deal with authentic ELA topics other than literature are rare finds. Got a great one to share? We'd love to see it and hear how you use it with your classes.

Perhaps you have questions about using informal prompts as teaching tools. If you use ungraded writing in class to foster learning and provide formative assessment, please share your experience.

Maybe you, brave soul, are experimenting with using technology, collaborative work, and writing assignments as part of larger projects.

Whoever you are, whatever your teaching setting, if you teach nonfiction writing to teens and adults, you are invited to share your thoughts, questions, and concerns about using writing prompts here.

Students, you can ask questions about how to answer prompts from your teachers in the students' essay help forum.