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Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are prompted to respond to the question, do you think money spent on space exploration is justified?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now!: If at First You Don't Succeed?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video prompt asks students to write about something that they have worked at in order to become successful and what obstacles they had to overcome. [0:38]
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Draft an Essay

For Students 9th Standards
Draft the culminating task essay including the thesis statement. Review the prompt to check your work.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Posing Questions

For Students 9th Standards
Prepare to write by posing and answering questions about a prompt. This will help you refine our understanding of the prompt.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: All Dressed Up

For Students 9th - 10th
All Dressed Up shows a dog being groomed and asks the student to write a story about what the dog is thinking.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Where Is the Chemistry?

For Students 9th - 10th
After watching several outdoor activies the students are asked to explain where the chemistry is in relation to the activities shown.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Red Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
Why is the person pictured in the portrait important? Please identify him and explain.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After watching this brief interchange over a chessboard, please write what you think the dialogue is for the two players.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hard Cash

For Students 9th - 10th
"Hard Cash" shows coins being sorted and asks the students to describe what metals are used in making coins and why.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Laughing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A video from Write Now providing a unique writing prompt about laughter.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: New War

For Students 9th - 10th
How does war, with today's technology, differ from the wars in the past where soldiers fought another face-to-face?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Priorities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This clip asks students to think about what their most valuable way is to spend their free time.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sportsmanship

For Students 9th - 10th
Is winning more important than good sportsmanship?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Stupid or Smart?

For Students 9th - 10th
This video clip highlights several dangerous hobbies/past times and asks students to explain if they would do any of these and why.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tourists!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write a dialogue for the gulls, who appear to be having some issues with the humans cluttering their beach.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Traveling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is it more important to know where you are going or where you have been?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Just for You

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Now You See It

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to identify ways to help these endangered or threatened species.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What a Pest

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shed Some Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how water enters a watershed.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Science Now! Agony of Defeat

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A video clip asks students to explain how forces and motion affect the skier in the film. This is one in a series of creative writing prompts. [0:32]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Space Travel

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain why the astronauts in the video are floating and what problems this phenomenon creates for people that travel in space.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Click the buttons to get a unique starter for a descriptive piece of writing. You can make up a story, a poem, anything you like.