Creative 5th Grade Writing Prompts
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Creative Writing Topics for Grade 5 Students—There's no doubt about it—journaling is one of the most effective ways to inspire creativity and encourage an interest in writing in young students. For a student who is full of imagination and eager to express his or her inner thoughts, journaling can be an exciting alternative to more traditional school assignments like book reports and themes.
Best of all, because journaling offers so much more flexibility and freedom of expression, students are less likely to perceive the activity as "work" and more likely to feel like they're having fun at school!
These 34 new creative writing topics for grade 5 students are designed especially to inspire new thoughts and ideas in your students. As they dream about fun topics like how they would get along with their favorite book characters and what sports they would add to the Olympics, students will feel inspired to get more detailed and descriptive in their writing—and as they make up their own origin stories about the Earth and reflect on the most interesting people they know, students will have the opportunity to fully express their own unique ways of looking at the world.
And now on to those writing ideas for kids. Use the following exciting new creative writing topics for your grade 5 students and see what kind of inspired new ideas they can come up with!
34 Exciting Creative Writing Topics for 5th Grade Students
- What would it be like to live in a world where everyone's dreams came true?
- Imagine that you are given the power to make any one of your dreams come true. Which dream would you choose? Write about the dream that is most important to you and why you would most want it to come true.
- Pick a natural landmark or a geographical feature and write an origin story about it from the perspective of one of the world's first civilized cultures. How did the landmark or geographical feature come to be? What does it represent? Why should it be important to humans?
- If you could go to space at some point in your life, what would you most like to see or experience? Choose anything in the universe and write about it—whether or not it would be realistic for a person to travel there!
- If you could invent any tool or new technology that would improve your life in some way, what would you create? What would it do? How would it work? When would you use it?
- What does it mean to have a successful life? What is the best way to measure success? Why?
- Imagine that you are selected as an ambassador for fifth-grade students all across the country and that you get to meet the President. What would you want to discuss with the President? What experiences of other fifth graders would you choose to share?
- What is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to you? Write about your experience and be sure to describe how you felt during and after the event.
- Think of one of your favorite stories from your childhood—and then rewrite it with an alternate ending.
- What is the most interesting fact you know? Explain the fact, what it means, and why you think it is an interesting or important thing for people to know.
- Which of your extended family members are you closest with? Write about what kinds of things you and this person like to do together.
- If you could add any one sport, skill, or activity to the Olympics—and then compete in it—what would you choose? Do you think it would be popular with other people? Why?
- If you had the chance to create your own country, what would it be called? What laws would you put into place? What kinds of things would be important to your culture and society?
- Do you play any musical instruments? If so, describe the instrument you play and explain what you like and dislike about it. If not, choose an instrument you would like to learn to play and write about why you like that particular type of music.
- What is your favorite time of the year? What do you like most about it?
- Write about someone who has a profession that you admire. What do you find inspiring about his or her job?
- Why do some animals live in the wild and others live in zoos? Do you think zoos are good for animals? Why or why not?
- Write a creative story about a world in which the animals take over and put all the humans in a human zoo. What kinds of educational exhibits might they have (grandparents, kids, etc.)? Would you enjoy living in the zoo? Why or why not?
- If you could be any famous person for a day, who would you want to be? Why?
- Do you like your name? Do you think it suits you? If you could change it, what would you change it to—and why?
- Write about a time when you finally mastered a skill or a lesson after spending forever practicing or studying it. How did you feel when you were done? Do you still remember what you learned?
- What is the funniest thing you've ever seen?
- If you suddenly lost your ability to taste, what flavor would you miss the most? How do you think this challenge would impact your daily life?
- Imagine that you have become a character in your favorite book. What is the greatest challenge you now face? How will you interact with the book's other characters to overcome it?
- What is the coolest-looking building in our city? What do you like most about it? How is it different from other architectural designs?
- Where do you like to go when you need some time to be alone? What makes this place ideal for thinking and relaxing by yourself?
- What is the #1 goal you hope to achieve in middle school? Why is it so important to you?
- Who is the most interesting person you've ever met? Describe what makes him or her so interesting and what you think of his or her life.
- Do you think you would like to have kids someday when you are older? Why or why not?
- Do you get nervous speaking in front of large groups of people? Why or why not?
- Write about a time when someone said something that changed the way you thought about a particular subject. What did the person say, and why did it have such a strong impact on you?
- What is the best way to change someone else's mind about a strong belief they hold? Write about a time when you were able to influence someone to change his or her way of thinking.
- Write about a time when you were in a bad situation and finally saw a silver lining. What happened? How did it make you feel?
- Imagine that you are living in the year 1835 and write about what your life would be like. What would you do each day? Where would your family live?
More Grade 5 Writing Resources
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