Confidence With Creative Writing

Through taking this ongoing class, students who decide to join as they please will get to explore their creative side through writing! Each class will begin with Miss Kaylee introducing a creative writing prompt that students will use as inspiration for the day. There will typically be two choices of prompts so that students can choose the one that is the most fun for them! They will get 30 minutes of independent writing time. Throughout this time, students may choose to meet with Miss Kaylee for any questions they have about their writing.  The final 25 to 30 minutes of the class will be spent sharing our creative writing with the class! My classroom is a judgment-free zone, and kids should feel free to express themselves creatively, and feel excited to share their work with others because they worked hard and should be very proud! Each class will have a different set of prompt choices, but the structure of the class will stay the same. Whether you join on week 1, or week 6, there is no worry about missing anything, as classes do not have any specific overlapping goals. This class will be so much fun, and I cannot wait to see your children! 

Disclaimer: The timing of the schedule and activities during class each week may shift depending on the number of students enrolled. 

Please note that there are multiple sections of the course, and they did not all start the same week. However no matter the start date of the class, all current and future classes will always follow the schedule below, no matter the start date. 

The schedule is as follows: 

Week Of 11/3/24: What would you do if you woke up one day and you had been turned into either a kid-sized elephant or an elephant-sized kid? OR Write a short story about a dog named Douglas who really loves digging and doughnuts.

Week of 11/10/24: Write a short story about a cat named Cassandra who works as a cab driver and loves carrot cake. OR If you could have any magic power, what would you choose?  Why?

Week of 11/17/24: If you had a genie to grant you three wishes, what would you request?  There’s one catch—you can’t ask for more wishes! OR Do you believe that any magical or mystical creatures (like unicorns, ghosts, or Bigfoot) exist?  Why or why not?

Week of 11/24/24: What do you think would happen if you woke up one day and all the clouds had turned to marshmallows and the trees were made of broccoli?  What other things might have changed? OR Write a silly song about your parents.  Describe what they are like and your favorite thing to do with them.

Week of 12/1/24: Write about a time that made you feel really happy. What happened? Why did this make you happy? OR Write a story about flying to outer space and discovering a new planet. 

Week of 12/8/24:  You are a mad scientist and have invented a new vegetable. What is it called? What does it look like? What does it taste like? Most importantly: Is it safe to eat? OR The weather forecast is calling for a blizzard in the middle of the summer. What do you do?

Week of 12/15/24: What would a day in your life be like if you were a movie star? OR If you could meet any fictional character from a book, who would it be, and how would you spend your day with them? 

Week of 12/22/24: Break Week -- No Class

Week of 12/29/24: You are building a new city! What types of things do you think your city needs? How will you convince people to move to your new city? OR  Imagine you get a magic sweater for your birthday. What happens when you wear the sweater? What do you do with these newfound magical powers?

Week of 1/5/25: Imagine if cows gave green juice instead of milk! What would the world look like? OR Pretend that there is no such thing as television, the Internet, or video games. What do you do with all your time?

Week of 1/12/25:  Imagine a giant box is delivered to your front doorstep with your name on it. What’s inside and what happens when you open it? OR Write a short story about what it might be like if you woke up one morning with a mermaid tail.

Week of 1/19/25: Write about what would it be like if you had an alligator as a pet. OR Write a story using these 5 words: apple, train, elephant, paper, banjo. 

Week of 1/26/25:  Break Week -- No Class

Week of 2/2/25: Write a story about what it would be like to climb to the very top of the highest mountain in the world. OR What are some of your favorite animals? What do you like about them?

Week of 2/9/25: Imagine that dogs take over the world. What do they make the humans do? OR  You go to school one morning to discover your best friend has been turned into a frog by an evil witch! How do you help your friend? 

Week of 2/16/25: Imagine what it might be like to live on a boat all the time and write about it. OR You are walking through the forest when one of the trees starts talking to you. What does it say? What do you do?

Week of 2/23/25:  Imagine what it would be like if there was no electricity. What would be different in your daily routine? OR What is your favorite movie? Write your review of the movie and why you think people should watch it. 

Week of 3/2/25 You are the security guard at the zoo and someone has stolen a rhinoceros! How do you track down the thief? OR  You are running a lemonade stand. Describe the steps for how you make lemonade and the types of customers you see during the day.

Week of 3/9/25: You decide to grow a sunflower, but the sunflower grows so tall it reaches up to the sky! Write about what happens when you decide to climb to the top. What do you discover? OR Imagine you look out the window and it is raining popsicles from the sky! Write a story about the experience.

Week of 3/16/25: Imagine you are opening a store that only sells items which are blue. What types of items do you sell? OR You are going on a trip to a jungle safari! What items do you pack in your suitcase?

Week of 3/23/25: Write about what your life would be like if you turned into a squirrel. What would you do every day? OR 
Write a story about an astronaut visiting another planet. Where are they going? How do they get there? What do they take with them?

Week of 3/30/25: There’s a kangaroo in your classroom. How did it get there? What happens when you find it? OR You wake up one morning and find a mermaid in your bathtub. How did they get there? What do you do?

Week of 4/6/25: Write a story about a monster looking for some friends. OR You just ate a cookie that turned you 15 feet tall. What do you do next?

Week of 4/13/25: A strange spaceship just crashed and landed in your backyard. What happens next? OR rite a story about running away with the circus when it comes to town.

Week of 4/20/25: You find buried treasure in the park, hidden in a big wooden chest. What kind of treasure is it? Who left it there? OR Finish this story: There was a knock on the door. I opened it to find a dog sitting there, and…

Week of 4/27/25: You just ate a cookie that turned you 15 feet tall. What do you do next? OR What would you do if you woke up one morning and everything was pink — including you?