Free for teachers
Writing prompt generator
Tell Sparky the grade and the kind of writing. Sparky writes prompts for your students in the chat, then a new set for the book or unit you're teaching.
Used by 250,000+ teachers, and built to FERPA, COPPA and GDPR standards.
Writing prompts for kids, by grade
A few prompts to use today. Ask Sparky for more on any of them, at your grade and on your topic.
Grades K to 2
Narrative: Write about the best day you ever had. Tell what happened first, next and last.
Opinion: Which is better, a cat or a dog? Give one reason.
How-to: Tell how to brush your teeth. Use the words first, next and last.
Grades 3 to 5
Narrative: You wake up two inches tall. Write about the first hour of your day.
Opinion: Should students pick their own seats? Give two reasons for your opinion.
Informative: Explain the rules of a game you like to play so someone new could join in.
Grades 6 to 8
Narrative: Write about a time you changed your mind about someone. What made you see them differently?
Argument: Should school start later in the morning? Take a side and support it with two reasons.
Creative: A note in your locker is in your handwriting, but you didn't write it. Continue the story.
Grades 9 to 12
Argument: Should social media apps have to verify users' ages? Make your case and answer the strongest point on the other side.
Literary analysis: Choose a character from this year's reading who makes a choice you disagree with. Argue whether the choice was justified, using two quotations.
Narrative: Write a scene in which two characters argue about one thing while really arguing about another.
How the writing prompt generator works
Name the grade and the kind of writing
Type one line, like "narrative prompts for 4th grade" or "argument prompts about school lunch for 8th grade".
Pick and adjust
Sparky writes the prompts in the chat. Ask for more like your favorite, a different topic, or an easier version for some students.
Take them to class
Copy the prompts into your slides, or ask Sparky for a printable sheet you can save as a Google Doc or a Word file.
What you can ask for
Every kind of writing
Narrative, opinion, argument, informative, descriptive, poetry and journal prompts, or a mix of them.
Your book or unit
Name the book or attach a chapter, an article or your notes, and the prompts come from it.
The right level
Say who the prompts are for, such as second graders who are new to writing full sentences, and Sparky writes to that level.
Help getting started
Sentence starters, a word bank or planning questions under each prompt, for students who need a way in.
A printable sheet
The prompts in a document you can print, save to Google Drive or download as a Word file.
Another language
Prompts in Spanish, French or another language, for a language class or students who write best in their home language.
Ways teachers use it
Daily journals
A week of short prompts students can answer in their journals at the start of each day.
Quick writes
Five-minute prompts with one question each, to warm up a class or check what students think.
The class read-aloud
Prompts tied to the book you are reading together, from what a character might do next to a story told from another point of view.
Test practice
Prompts modeled on your state's writing test. Tell Sparky the state and grade, or paste a released prompt for it to follow.
Data privacy
Safe to use with student work
What happens to the files you upload and what your students write in Flint.
Not used to train AI
Student data in Flint is never used to train AI models.
Not shared
Flint does not share student data, or any other user data, with third parties.
Kept separate
Each school's data is kept apart from every other school's, and the AI providers Flint runs on can't reach it.
Signed agreements, on request
Flint signs a data processing agreement with any school that needs one, written to US state law and EU GDPR.
What teachers say about Flint
"After finishing our narrative writing unit, I uploaded my editing checklist into Flint. I have never seen my students so engaged in editing. I had initially put a 30 minute time-limit on the assignment, but my students begged me to extend it. Wow!"
Keri Clifford
English teacher at Harker
"Students wrote and delivered first-person speeches as historical figures. Flint helped us design an interactive activity that supported each student through the writing process, regardless of their English proficiency level."
Kristine Chen
5th Grade Teacher at Changchun American International School
“Flint did a great job at editing my students' pieces and helping them find specific areas of their writing they can work to improve. It freed me up to meet with students one on one and talk about their writing.”
Andi Bo
3rd grade English teacher at Harker
Frequently asked questions
Is the writing prompt generator free?
Yes, it's free for teachers.
What are some fun writing prompts for kids?
Try "You wake up two inches tall. Write about the first hour of your day" or "A note in your locker is in your handwriting, but you didn't write it. Continue the story." Ask Sparky for more in the same style for your grade.
What are good five-minute writing prompts?
Short prompts with one clear question, such as "What is one rule you would add to our school, and why?" Ask Sparky for five-minute quick writes for your grade to get a set.
Can I get prompts about the book we're reading?
Yes. Name the book, or attach a chapter, an article or your unit notes as a PDF, a Word file or a link, and Sparky writes prompts tied to it.
Can I print the prompts?
Yes. Ask Sparky for a printable sheet and it puts the prompts in a document you can print, save to Google Drive as a Google Doc or download as a Word file. For a PDF, press Print and choose Save as PDF. To use the prompts in your own slides, press the copy button under Sparky's message.
Can the prompts include sentence starters or a word bank?
Yes. Ask for them with the prompts, or afterward, such as "add two sentence starters to each prompt". You can also ask for an easier and a harder version of the same prompt.
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