New York Times
New York Times: The Learning Network: Picture Prompts
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent resource for ideas for regular writing. Provides a rich bank of picture prompts with new ones added daily or every few days. Each picture links to a short passage with a writing suggestion....
New York Times
New York Times: The Learning Network: Student Opinion Prompts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of articles, regularly updated, on topics in the media. Each article presents an issue and asks students to describe their reaction to it and what their own opinion of the issue is....
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Unlikely Diary Keepers
The writer will assume the role of a living creature (like an arthropod) or an abstraction (like a fraction). Writers will do research on what they have chosen as their roles, and learn new facts about these roles. The writer will...