What would happen if you took a trip in a time machine? Have kids craft narratives about a trip to the past or the future. The prompt includes questions to consider in the writing, as well as lines for kids to jot down ideas on or use to write their first drafts.

Concepts

Writing Prompts

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Additional Tags

writing prompt, narrative writing prompt, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the prompt in a social studies class or a language arts class
• Great for a writing warm-up or an extended narrative project

Pros

• Encourages kids to be creative in their writing while forming opinions about the time to which they travel

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.5.3.a W.6.3.a W.7.3.a W.8.3.a