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Daily Writing Prompts
As always, The Teacher's Corner is looking for ways to make your life easier. We hope that our newest addition, “Daily Writing Prompts,” does just that. On as many days as possible, we have selected an event from our monthly event calendars to be the focus of the writing prompt. These writing prompts can be used in a number of ways:
- Daily warm-up activity
- Practice in prompt writing for state assessments
- Daily/weekly writing prompt
- “Anytime” activity
- Student work center
- “When You’re Done” activity
- Substitute teacher activity
One added advantage to TTC’s “Daily Writing Prompt” is that they can easily be displayed through an LCD projector in your classroom. This eliminates time you would have to spend at the copy machine. All of the prompts can easily be printed as well. Be sure to look over the different options we provide you for printing.
You will find that our prompts are written for different grade levels. We hope to continue to adding new creative writing prompts that will meet the needs of both primary and intermediate students. You may find that some of them don’t explicitly state that days event. You may want to refer back to the monthly events calendar for this information in order to share it with your students.
January Writing Prompts - Writing Prompts include: author J.R.R. Tolkien, Benjamin Franklin, Home computers, and much more.
February Writing Prompts - Writing topics include: Groundhog Day, the Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, The Pony Express vs. email, and more.
March Writing Prompts - Writing Prompts include: Yellowstone National Park, Mardi Gras, Harriet Tubman Day, St. Patrick's Day, Poetry and more.
April Writing Prompts - Including April Fools Day, signing of the Civil Rights Act, Lincoln's Assassination, Earth Day, Arbor Day and more.
May Writing Prompts - Teacher Appreciation, Cinco de Mayo, Lewis & Clark, World No Tobacco Day, and more.
June Writing Prompts - Donut Day, Henry Ford and the first car, Donald Duck, Anne Frank, the 'Happy Birthday' song, and more.
July Writing Prompts - Prompts include: the first Zeppelin, U.S. Independence Day, Apollo 11 and living on the moon, Sesame Street, Fingerprints, patents and more.
August Writing Prompts - Writing prompt topics include: signing of the Declaration of Independence, National Joke Day, Amelia Earhart, I Have a Dream Speech, and much more.
September Writing Prompts - Topics include: National Book Month, the introduction of the color T.V., the Treaty of Paris, September 11th Day of Remembrance, Rosh Hashanah, Good Neighbor Day and more.
October Writing Prompts - Writing prompts include: Comic Strips, Fast Food, Earthquakes, International Red Cross, the Stock Market Crash of '29. and more.
November Writing Prompts - Prompts include: Daniel Boone, Elections, Basketball, the invention of the X-Ray, Women's Rights, Mickey Mouse's Birthday, the Gettysburg Address, and more.
December Writing Prompts - Writing prompt topics include: Rosa Parks, the phonograph and CD's, Human Rights Day, Snow and the first day of winter, and more.
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52 Simple Daily Journal Prompts
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Journaling is a wonderfully meditative practice. It helps you reflect on your day, plan for the future, and get creative juices flowing for more directed writing. If you need specific topics to inspire you, keep reading for a collection of daily journal prompts.
Reflective Journal Prompts
Sometimes it feels like we had a bad day, but we can’t figure out why. Reflective journaling at the end of the day can help you make sense of what went wrong – and what went right! Try out these prompts to finish your day reflectively.
- What was the most peaceful moment during the day?
- Describe something you learned today that you didn’t know before.
- Would you change any of the decisions you made today?
- How were your meals today? Do you feel nourished?
- What frightened you today?
- Who do you wish you had talked to today? How do they improve your life?
- Describe the moments of frustration you felt today. How would your day have changed if those moments were different?
- If you’d had another hour during the day, how would you have spent it?
- Did something (or someone) empower you today?
- Did you stop yourself from doing something you enjoy today? Why or why not?
- Reflect on how your body feels. Where are you storing your stress? What put it there?
- Who helped you the most today? Who did you help the most?
- Describe your day from another person’s perspective. Is it different from yours?
Aspirational Journal Prompts
Putting your dreams and wishes on paper probably won’t make them real. But using them as journal prompts can help you learn more about yourself, and help get your pencil moving. Check out these ideas for aspirational journal prompts:
- If you were in charge, what would you forbid immediately?
- What needs to change in your job for you to feel fulfilled?
- Write about a hobby that you’d like to pick up.
- If you could relive any day of your life and change nothing, what day would you choose?
- How would you like your life to be different in a year? How would you like it to be the same?
- If you had to live in another country, where would you live?
- How could you change your life to become a hero to someone else?
- What was something you desperately wanted as a child? What do you desperately want now?
- If you could take any college course you wanted, what would you take?
- Describe your ideal weekend. What would it include? What wouldn’t it include?
- Rewrite a conversation you’ve had in the way you wish it had gone.
What Would You Do? Journal Prompts
It may seem like you can respond to these questions in one sentence. But if you really think about each answer, and what happens next, you’ll find that the answers aren’t quite so simple. Put some hypotheticals into your writing with these prompts that ask you “What would you do?”
- What would you do if you found a puppy in the street?
- What would you do with a million dollars if you had to spend it in one hour?
- What would you do if you needed to change your career or major?
- What would you do if you could suddenly read minds?
- What would you do if you were locked out of your house?
- What would you do if your loved one were accused of a crime?
- What would you do if you were stranded on a desert island with someone you dislike?
- What would do if you lost all your possessions? What would you replace? What wouldn’t you replace?
- What would you do if you lost one of your senses? Which would be the most difficult one to lose?
Letter Journal Prompts
Have you ever wanted to tell someone what you really thought? Use these journaling prompts to write letters to people who know, people you’ve never met – and even yourself. When you’re done, you can keep them safe in your journal, or send them to their intended recipients.
- Write a note to a teacher who inspired you. How have you used their lessons in your current life?
- What would you say to a childhood bully if you could?
- Write a letter to your teenage self.
- Put yourself 20 years in the future. Write a letter to your future self with questions and predictions.
- Write a thank you letter to someone after they gave you a terrible gift.
- Craft a breakup letter to a bad habit.
- Think about your first crush or love. Write them the letter you wish you’d sent.
- Write a letter from someone else to you. What do you need to hear from them?
- Look at your last few text messages. Rewrite one of them into a longer letter as if you were in the eighteenth century.
- Write a letter to someone you’ve lost.
Memory Journal Prompts
Memories can be fun to write about. Other memories can be more painful. But when we write about our memories, we can process moments in a very concrete way. Try out these prompts to write about your warm, exciting, or difficult memories.
- What was your best age so far?
- Do you have a memory that should be happy, but instead makes you sad? What about the other way around?
- When is a time in your life that you felt successful?
- Think about your best friend in childhood. What did you like to do together?
- Write about a trip you took where something (or everything!) didn’t go according to plan.
- Think about a lesson your parents taught you either by doing something well or not doing it well.
- When in your life have you felt brave?
- What book made you fall in love with reading?
- How old were you when you first felt like an adult?
The Power of Journaling
These 52 prompts are a great place to start if you’re in the mood to write. You can adapt any of them into personal essays, or keep them as a type of literary time capsule. To bring journaling into the classroom, check out an article with tips for teaching students how to journal.
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Your advice for today
Behind each of us there are certain Forces that lead us through life, not giving us the opportunity to turn off our Path. These Forces have no possibility to speak to us except through sensations, signs, events. There is nothing random in the flow of our life. Every event, pleasant or unpleasant, illnesses, seemingly random coincidences, people that we meet in our lives, come exactly when they were supposed to come. Very often, it is precisely in order to explain something to us, to give a sign, to help us understand something important. If we do everything right, fulfill our life tasks, do not violate the Laws of this World, then our life is smooth, full of pleasant events and positive emotions. If we make mistakes, turn off our Path, break the Laws that govern this World, then discomfort, troubles, illnesses appear... First of all, we must learn to listen to ourselves, our heart, trust our intuition. Indeed, very often our emotions, whether it be fear, or joy, or doubt, or something else, are nothing more than a hint from the Higher Forces, our Guardian Angel. Something does not stick, breaks down, drags on - it means that the Time has not come yet or we have turned off our Path. We are offended, underestimated, betrayed - we need to figure out what caused these emotions, what lesson they teach us with the help of the one who caused the offense or pain. There are other signs that our Guardian Angels send us. For some, this is a number or a symbol, for another - a phrase that was accidentally heard, for a third - a dream ... However, very often many of us pass by clues, even despite the strong emotional coloring at the time of the events, supposedly by accident. But you must definitely learn to read the Course of Life! Very often, when we need to make some important decision, solve something that is not clear, get an answer to some important question, the answer comes in the most unexpected way. The main thing is to clearly articulate what worries us and ask for a clear and unambiguous answer. Perhaps for someone the phrase written on this page will be another clue that will help you make the right choice or find the answer to an exciting question. It is important to ask for advice once, clearly formulate your question, or just to get a hint of what exactly you need to be ready for today.
If a person knows the measure, he knows everything.
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