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Creative writing (often based on pictures) is something that students are required to do all the way through from
the 11+ to English Language GCSE so here are some quick and fun challenges.
With the prompts below, a student might choose to write: a description, the opening of a story, a diary, a letter to a friend etc.
I hope you find them helpful, and your children enjoy completing some of them.
You are out for the day on a cycle ride. Do you cycle through the ford, or take the safer but less fun route on the bridge?
Use this picture as inspiration for your own descriptive writing.
This is a photograph of one of my favourite places - a place that fills me with joy... Describe your favourite place!
This is a tunnel that passes under the Thames in the middle of London. You walk through it, but when you climb up the steps at the other end, you discover you have travelled through time... Write about what you find...
A beautiful spot early along the Danube river with some stepping stones across. Where will they take you?
You’re travelling through this gorge when a pterodactyl or other monster of your choice appears in the skies above. The only shelter in sight is in the castle at the top of the cliff. Write a story…
Description inspiration…
Here is a photo of downtown LA.
Use it to write: a diary, story, description, letter... even a speech about climate change (it looks pretty hazy/polluted to me!)
This was the most scrumptious dessert I’ve ever had. It was meant to be for sharing but…
Invent and describe your perfect dessert or treat!
Imagine these birds could speak… What are they saying to each other? What kind of characters do they have?
Sunrise over the ocean… Write a description using this photograph as inspiration.
A butterfly and insect haven - use as inspiration for some creative writing of your own!
Description inspiration…
To whom did this belong? Create a character - describe them and write a “day in the life of…”
You’re cleaning silt and mud from the bottom of the river using this claw. Then, you lift up a treasure chest that’s been lying at the bottom of the river for centuries. Describe what you discover.
What fabulous story writing inspiration…!
A little boat trip video for inspiration today… description, diary, story… Whatever takes your fancy!
(And yes - those are bikes on the boat! - taken on a 1000km cycle tour along the Danube river from its source to Vienna)
Description inspiration…
Nature in the city… A challenging one today - perhaps most suited to those practising for GCSEs!
Who is this and how did they get stuck like this?!
This mermaid has been trapped in stone. Write a magical story in which she is finally set free!
Imagine taking off in this little plane. Describe your experience - the take off, what you can see and hear, what it’s like in the plane…
Or alternatively, use this as inspiration to write the opening of an adventure story...
Description inspiration…
Describe the giant who uses this chair…
Write a fairytale…
(bonus marks if you recognise this place?!)
Description inspiration…
Describe an animal or bird in detail…
(Interestingly, this is not the only time I've been entertained by ducks while making my breakfast brew on a campsite!
You’ve been saving up for months to buy something really important to you. Today you finally bought it! Write a diary entry.
This is an aquarium in Vienna. Write a diary entry or a story about a visit to an aquarium. Did anything exciting or unusual happen while you were there?!
You have the chance to ride with a flying horse for the day! What adventures do you get up to? Write a descriptive story.
A cafe scene today to inspire your creative writing on this penultimate day of the challenge! Use this photo of a lovely cafe in Vienna as inspiration for some descriptive writing.
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