Summer Writing Prompts: Ideas for Personal Narratives and Creative Writing, Exercises of Technical English

Download Summer Writing Prompts: Ideas for Personal Narratives and Creative Writing and more Exercises Technical English in PDF only on Docsity! Summer Writing Prompts - Get a head start on the old "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" essay and write about "What I'm Going to Do on My Summer Vacation." - Write about your dream vacation. If you could go anywhere or do anything this summer, what would you do? - I was lounging on a beach on Maui when suddenly... - The last thing you expect to find in a swimming pool is... - Most kids set up a lemonade stand to make some money, but not us. We decided to... - This is going to be the last summer when I... - One thing I wish I'd done differently last summer is... - This summer I'm definitely going to... - The minute the fireworks started going off, I... Start a journal entry with: - I remember the first time that I... - I'll never forget... - I am the one who... - I write because... - No one can make me... - My life would be different if I'd never met... - If someone went through my trash, they'd think... - I want to be famous for... - I'm really good at... - One place in the world I really want to go is... - I wish I never had to... - If I could have a second chance, I would... Write about... - a memory of something blue, red, yellow, etc. But don't use the name of the color in your essay. - the first time you walked home from school all by yourself. - your earliest memory of your aunt or uncle. - a memory of footprints in the snow. - the first time you saw the ocean. - the best holiday you ever had. - a memory of rain beating on a windowpane. - the first time you did something you weren't supposed to do. - having to eat something that you didn't like. Use props as prompts: - Cut pictures of three different people out of a magazine. Write about who they are and what happened when they met in an airport. - Pick up three random items, each from a different room in your house. Write a story in which all three items are significant. - Search a dictionary for a word you've never heard of. Use it in a story or poem. - Copy down headlines from a newspaper and turn one or more into a plausible story. - Find postcards with funny pictures on them, and create a story or a poem from one of the pictures.