Back to School Writing Prompts - w/ Digital Back to School Writing Google Slides

Need Back-to-School writing prompts to get your students writing (and/or to assess their writing abilities)? This writing resource contains 21 writing prompts to use during the first month or so of school.

Note: The back to school writing prompts now include DIGITAL versions for use with Google Slides. See page 4 for the details and link to access.

About the Back-to-School Writing Prompts

This resource includes the following writing prompts:

• 7 opinion/persuasive school-themed writing prompts
• 7 informational school-themed writing prompts
• 7 narrative school-themed writing prompts

The resource also includes a variety of planning pages for each type of writing and publishing pages.

The writing prompts are available in four formats:

1. A black and white list that can be glued to writer's notebook or placed in writing binder.

2. A colored border list that can be put in a writing center.

3. Each prompt placed on a separate card with a colorful border and clipart.

4. A digital version for use with Google Slides. See more in the next section.

About the Digital Back-to-School Writing Prompts

The digital writing prompts have been created for use with Google Slides. The students will type their responses directly onto the slide with the prompt.

Planning pages have also been converted to a digital format.

See the video preview for more details about the digital back-to-school writing prompts.

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