You are the world's leading expert on a newly discovered creature. Write a non-fiction book about your new animal.

Today marks the half-way point of the calendar year! What will you do with the last half of 2011?

June is national adopt-a-cat month. But what if you adopted a cat with super powers?

Think about your favorite book. Write a new ending for it.

Imagine that you find this tiny frog in your cereal box and discover that it has magical powers. Write a story about your magical frog.

Imagine you have something besides hands. It can be anything - forks, hooks, lobster claws, handkerchiefs, anything. What are your hands? Write about your life.

One morning you wake up and discover that your whole house has turned into bubbles - everything. The house, the furniture, your clothes, even the food. What would you do?

Write about your favorite food. Try to convince everyone in your class that your favorite food is the best food in the world.

This is a machine from the future. Write about what it does.

Imagine you can breathe under water. You can even help one other person breathe under water. Who would you take with you as you explore under the ocean? What adventures do you think you'd have?

Imagine being a cave-man or cave-woman. Write about your life.

Today is "Armed Forces Day". Write a letter to a soldier.

Imagine that spoons, forks, and knifes disappeared and you had to come up with another way to eat food. What would you do?

Today is circus day!

Write about your life living in the circus.

Use the following 5 words in a story:

bruise
harpoon
oak
pumpkin
droplet

You just found a magic lamp that has a genie inside. You rub the lamp, the genie appears and says he'll grant you three wishes. What would you wish for?

This is an underwater cave. What do you think it would be like to live here?

Today is the birthday of L. Frank Baum - author of The Wizard of Oz.

Imagine your house got carried away in a tornado and landed in another world. Write a story about your adventures.

May is National Egg month.

You just found an egg in the forest that is different from any egg you have ever seen. Write a story about your egg.

Today is limerick day. A limerick is a kind of rhyming poem that comes from Ireland and has 5 lines. The rhymes go in this pattern:

A
A
B
B
A

For example:

There once was a girl named Jane
Who lived down a very long lane
When the milkman would come
She'd have to run
And her ankle she always would sprain

See if you can write a limerick of your own.

Finish this story:

Erica ran out the front door. She sped down the street, around the corner, and headed straight for the playground. Today would be the day. This was the last time she...

Write a story about a world where no one had any bones in their body.

You just woke up on a deserted island. Write the story of how you got there.

You just discovered a different world in a faraway galaxy. Describe it. What does it look like? What kinds of things live there? How far away is it?

You are traveling around the world in a hot-air-balloon. Write about your adventures. Who is with you? Where do you go? What do you see?

Today is the Anniversary of when Alan Shepard flew into space. He was the first American, and the second man to ever accomplish this feat.



Write about why you think it would, or would not be fun to explore space.

For more information about Alan Shepard and his historic flight, go to NASA's page here.

Teacher Appreciation Week happens every May. Write a letter to a favorite teacher.

This is the world's biggest flower. They can grow to be almost 3 ft. across! If you could design a bigger flower, what would it look like? Where would it grow?

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Read a book like Tell Them We Remember; The Story Of The Holocaust by Susan D. Bachrach



or I Have Lived A Thousand Years; Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson.


Write about how these stories made you feel.

Today is May Day.

May Day is a festival from a really long time ago that celebrates Spring. What are some of your favorite ways to celebrate springtime?

Imagine you could grow anything from a seed. What kinds of seeds would you buy? What would you grow lots of? What seeds would you stay away from?

Today is World Tell a Story Day!

So tell a story. Any story you want.

Write a story about living in a tree.

Today is National Picnic Day!

You're having a picnic with friends or family, but somehow it gets ruined. What happened?

Today is Kindergarten Day!

Write about what you would do if you went back to Kindergarten for one day.

Today is the birthday of animal crackers.

Imagine you lived in a world made entirely of cookies. What would you do?

You're walking down the beach and something washes up on shore. Write about what it is you've found. How big is it? What color? Is it alive? Does it have magical powers? What do you do with it?

Today is National Stress Awareness Day.

Write about your favorite way to stay calm.

If you could meet one famous person, who would it be? What things would you ask them?

April showers bring May flowers.

Write about your garden. What kinds of flowers are there? Who did you plant it for? What kinds of animals or other creatures live there?

It's my birthday! Plan a birthday party for me. What would we have to eat? What present would you buy me? Who would be there? What kind of entertainment would we have?

Write a story using these 9 words:

trapezoid

bucket

daring

skip

zoom

machine

desktop

enthusiastic

ruffled

Finish this story:

It was a Friday like any other. The school bell rang and hundreds of children spilled out of the school building ready for whatever adventures the weekend might bring. I, on the other hand, lingered in my classroom. The only thing the weekend ever brought for me was boredom. My parents were out of town again and I would be home alone. I shuffled along the hallway toward the front doors of the school. My only friends were the teachers who now hurried between classrooms preparing themselves for the coming week. I reluctantly opened the front door of the school and as I plodded down the front steps I noticed something shiny in the bushes to the left. I wandered over and saw strange coin half-buried in the dirt. I stooped to pick it up and noticed footprints leading to the woods one the side of the school. I grabbed the coin and followed the footprints. As I went they got larger and by the time I reached the edge of the woods they were big enough to have been made by an elephant. I entered the trees and continued to follow the footprints...

Spring is just around the corner! What is your favorite thing about Spring?

The president declares that everyone in the country has to move to a new state. Where would you move to? Why?

You are a great space explorer. You just discovered a new planet. Describe it.

It's summer. One day you go swimming in the city pool with your friends. You discover you can breathe under water. What will you do with your new-found ability?