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Creative Writing Prompts - task cards with pictures

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Engage Your Students with Creative Writing Prompts. Low-prep and fully editable task cards to print or display on whiteboard.


Looking for a dynamic resource to spark creativity in your classroom? This pack is the perfect tool to help students improve their writing skills through engaging visual prompts.


What's Inside?

  • 44 high-quality, hand-picked images featuring a variety of themes, from real-world scenarios to imaginative landscapes.
  • Thought-provoking question prompts designed to guide students in analysing, interpreting, and crafting responses. Questions vary according to the image.
  • Flexible usage: The resource can be used as task cards for individual or small group work, or projected on-screen for whole-class discussions.
  • Fully-editable: Adapt the question prompts to suit your students, change the instructions or create your own cards using the 10 templates with an easy to use image placeholder.


Flexible Delivery:

  • Daily 5: Integrate the prompts into your Daily 5 literacy stations to encourage independent or guided writing.
  • Literacy Rotations: Use the prompts to engage students during literacy rotations.
  • Lesson Warm-Ups: Start your day or lesson with a quick, creative warm-up to get students thinking creatively and ready for the day’s learning.
  • Extended Writing: These images and questions make an excellent launchpad for longer writing assignments.
  • Homework: Quick to prep and assign.


Why You’ll Love It:

  • Boost Creativity: Each image encourages students to think beyond the ordinary, helping them to generate unique narratives and ideas.
  • Develop Critical Thinking: The questions guide students to analyse the image, find clues, and use evidence to explain their thoughts.
  • Flexible for Differentiation: The open-ended nature of the prompts allows for use with mixed-ability students, making it a great tool for all learners.


How to Use:

  1. As task cards: Download as PDF and print prompts for individual or small-group literacy rotations.
  2. Project on screen: Use them as whole-class activities for brainstorming or discussion.
  3. Start a longer piece: Use the images as inspiration for longer creative writing assignments.
  4. Quick lesson warm-ups: Pick one question and get students’ minds engaged with a 5-minute prompt at the start of any literacy lesson.


Teacher Benefits:

  • Time-saving: No more searching for writing prompts - everything you need is ready to go.
  • Easy to implement: Print the task cards or project slide in a variety of classroom settings with little prep.
  • Versatile: Perfect for independent work, pair discussions, group collaboration, and more.


Inspire creative thinking with the image-based question pack - a versatile resource that makes literacy engaging, whether it's used in Daily 5, rotations, or as a fun writing warm-up. Suitable for Year 4 to Year 6 students, this resource will energise your classroom and encourage thoughtful, creative expression!

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This resource is intended for the following use:

Curriculum:

 Australian Curriculum

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Further context or application:

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$5.00

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