August and Back to School Writing Prompts: Are you looking for a creative list of writing prompts and
journal ideas to use during the month of August?
Below, you will find a list of general back to school writing prompts and a list of
specific calendar dates for August which contain creative writing ideas related to
that particular date in August.
I have created this list of August writing prompts and ideas for
elementary school teachers and students, but many of these creative
writing ideas and topics would also be appropriate for other grade levels.
You will find some August and Back to School writing prompts below that contain underlined
links. If you click on an underlined link:
August is the only month without a major holiday in it. Create a new holiday that will occur in August.
What are 5 things that you can do to become a better student this year?
Many of my September Writing Prompts
would also be appropriate to use for August, so be sure
to also look at the writing prompt ideas on my September page.
Friendship Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August. The tradition
of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in the United States in 1935
when Congress proclaimed the first Sunday of August as National Friendship Day.
In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship.
Paula Danziger was born on August 18, 1944 in Washington, D.C. She was raised in
New York and as early as second grade, Danziger knew that she wanted to be a
writer.
Paula Danziger is a well known children's author and she wrote more than 30 books. Her
most famous books are The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The Divorce Express, and her Amber Brown series.
The National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916 by an Act of
Congress and signed by President Woodrow Wilson. The National Park Service
manages all the national parks and many national monuments in the United
States.
The first national park was Yellowstone National Park
and it was established by an Act signed by President Ulysses S. Grant
on March 1, 1872.
The National Park System includes: national parks,
monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites,
lakeshores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House.
Mother Teresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Serbi.
Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who dedicated her life to humanitarian causes
and she brought global awareness to the poverty in India. In India, Mother Teresa
devoted herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta.
Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work for the poor
and helpless. At the time of her death in 1997, Mother Teresa's Missionaries
of Charity operated 610 missions in 123 countries which included hospices
and homes for orphans, HIV/AIDS patients, and people with leprosy.
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
In
his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. This speech is
often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in human history.
Above: The large August calendar title is a
2 page banner template that is glued together and cut out.
This printable calendar set for August includes smaller calendar pieces for the 7 days of the week that will fit inside your calendar pocket chart.
There are 31 square calendar number dates in this teaching resources set.
There are squares for you to print and write your students' names and birthdays on.
There are 11 printable calendar worksheets in this
August teaching resources classroom display set.
Provide your students with an engaging and fun way for them to write about what they did during their summer holidays with these unique cell phone text message templates.
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Cell Phone Templates
Provide your students with an engaging and fun way for them to write about what they did during their summer holidays with these unique suitcase creative writing templates.
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Summer Vacation Suitcase Templates
I am a Colorful Student: Students choose 5 words that describe themselves and write them in the 5 pencils. In the pencil box area, students write a short description about themselves.
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Color Pencil Templates
Megaphone Templates: Students get to know their classmates better through conducting interviews with each other and then writing descriptive paragraphs about their partners.
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Classmate Interview Megaphone
Are looking for a new, unique, fun, and eye-catching idea for students to write an introduction about themselves? These school bus templates are a great back to school creative writing activity!
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Student Information Bus Templates
This is a generic writing template that does not have a topic selected, so you can choose to use these backpack shaped templates for any Back to School writing activity that you choose.
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Student Book Bag Templates
The 5 writing topics in this extra large star shaped project are: My Family, My Favorite Subjects, My Hobbies/Interests, My Favorite Movies, Books, and T.V. Shows, and I Felt Like a Star.
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Star Writing Templates
It is helpful for students to set goals that they want to work towards during a new school year. These unique Back to School pencil templates measure 2.5 inches in width and 17.5 inches in height.
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Pencil Writing Templates
These pencil poetry templates will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to write a fun introductory biography poem about themselves.
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All About Me Poems
These apple writing templates will help you create an eye catching bulletin board display of your students' creative writing assignments. These templates measure 6.5 by 6.5 inches.
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Apple Writing Templates
These chalkboard worksheets are perfect to use for many of the Back to School writing prompts that are found on this page. There are separate worksheets designed especially for Grades 1 - 8.
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Chalkboard Writing Templates
Students will Hop on Board with creative writing using these printable worksheets. These worksheets are perfect to use for many of the Back to School writing prompts that are found on this page.
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School Bus Worksheets
Students can write about their favorite vacation, or they can use their imaginations to describe what they think would be a perfect summer vacation using these printable worksheets.
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The Perfect Summer Vacation
These printable worksheets contain pencil and file folder graphics. These worksheets are perfect to use for many of the Back to School writing prompts that are found on this page.
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Write All About It!
For this creative writing assignment, students imagine that they are on an African safari and write all about their adventures.
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African Safari
Nonfiction Book Reports: Your students will enjoy being newspaper editors and writing articles, cartoons, and timelines about the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Biography Newspapers (nonfiction)
Your students will love designing large character body projects about Martin Luther King Jr. Students choose adjectives that describe Martin Luther King Jr. and then write an essay.
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Character Body Book Report Projects
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Thank you for visiting my August and Back to School Writing Prompts page. I hope that you have found some unique August writing prompts and journal ideas to use with your students.
If you have ideas for any new August and Back to School writing prompts that you would like to share with other teachers, please use my contact form that you can find on my Contact Me page. I would love to be able to share your ideas for August and Back to School writing prompts with the other teachers who visit Unique Teaching Resources.
Please be sure to check out the other pages on Unique
Teaching Resources for a large variety of fun lesson plan activities
that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.
Sincerely, Heidi McDonald
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