Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, a day set aside to celebrate the birthday of the civil rights leader. Use the following prompt inspired by this day to write a scene.
Imagine that you attended the famous “I Have a Dream” speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What would your thoughts have been? Would it have inspired you to take some sort of action? What would that have been?
Use the following writing prompt to inspire you to write today.
It’s a new year! The time when you focus on creating a better you. Have you made any resolutions? How do you plan to stick with them?
It’s a new year! Let’s celebrate with the writing prompt below:
You and your friends go to a new retro club for New Year’s Eve. You dance the night away with a dashing man in a fedora, and one of your friends learns the jitterbug from an admirer. The countdown to midnight begins, and just as you lean over to kiss your handsome partner, everyone in the club disappears except for you and your friends. What happened?
Use the following writing prompt to inspire you to learn more about Kwanzaa, a holiday celebrated around the world and created in part to help African-Americans learn more about their African heritage.
Your class is given an assignment to write about your ancestors. Who do you choose to write about and why?
Use the following writing prompt to inspire you to write a scene about Hanukkah.
The story of Hanukkah begins with a tiny amount of oil that lasts for eight days. You have a small amount of something that lasts a lot longer than you thought it would. What is it, and how does this make you feel?
