Writing Prompts

1. What will make homeschooling the best it can be? How do you like to learn?
2. Do you think that the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now?
3. Do you believe in ghosts or evil spirits? Would you be willing to spend a night alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted?
4. Which gender do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite gender?
5. Describe your perfect day.
6. Whom do you admire most? In what way does that person inspire you?
7. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one ability or quality, what would it be?
8. Would you be willing to murder an innocent person if it would end hunger in the world?
9. What is your most treasured memory?
10. Have you ever hated someone? If so, why and for how long?
11. What is your most enjoyable dream? Your worst nightmare?
12. If you walked out of your house one morning and saw a bird with a broken wing huddled in some nearby bushes, what would you do?
13. When did you last yell at someone? Why? Did you later regret it?
14. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
15. If you were at a friend's house for dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?
16. If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go and what would you do?
17. Walking along an empty street, you notice a wallet. It contains $5,000 but no name or address. What would you do?
18. How do you know when you're making someone feel special? What makes you feel special?
19. What are the things you do best?
20. Do you ever feel different from your friends?
21. Do you ever feel like your mom or dad aren't paying enough attention to you?
22. What things about your mom and/or dad make you mad?
23. Do you like the way you look? What would you change, if anything, about the way you look?
24. Who is your best friend? Why is she/he your best friend?
25. What is your favorite school subject? What is your least favorite school subject?
26. What is your favorite television show? What do you like about it?
27. What is your favorite dinner?
28. Who do you trust with your secrets?
29. When do you like to be alone? When do you like to be with other people?
30. What is the worst thing that ever happened to you?
31. What is the best thing that ever happened to you?
32. What kinds of things make you feel good?
33. What is the nicest thing you ever did for somebody?