Writing Activities

Practice

Quick Write Sprint

Challenge yourself with a 5-minute writing burst

Inspiration

Daily Writing Prompt

Get inspired with today's creative prompt

Learn

Master a Technique

Learn advanced writing methods and styles

Create

Story Starter

Begin an exciting new story with a creative opener

Character Workshop

Create compelling characters for your stories

Challenge

Daily Challenge

Take on today's special writing challenge

Community

Feedback Exchange

Share your work and get constructive feedback

Plan

Set Writing Goals

Plan your writing journey and track progress

Daily Goal

350/500

Streak

7 days

Best: 10

Exercises

24

Completed

Next Milestone

10k

words

High School Junior Writing Exercises!

Writing exercises designed specifically for high-school-junior.

Improve your writing skills with exercises tailored for high-school-junior.

Sensory SEO Challenge

Enhance your SEO writing skills through vivid sensory descriptions.

advanced45-60 minsseo-writing

Create Your Own Ad Campaign

Develop an advertising campaign using rhetorical appeals to persuade your audience.

intermediate45-60 minsadvertising

Voices of Change: A Dialogue on School Policies

This exercise challenges students to explore their opinions on a school policy through dialogue.

intermediate30-45 minsopinion-editorial

Personifying Nature: A Blog Post Challenge

In this exercise, students will explore personification by writing a blog post that gives human traits to elements of nature.

intermediate30-45 minsblog-writing

Grant Writer's Dilemma: Building Tension

An advanced exercise focused on creating tension in grant proposals to captivate and engage reviewers.

advanced45-60 minsgrant-writing

Navigating Jargon in Your World

An engaging memoir exercise focusing on managing jargon and making experiences relatable.

beginner30-45 minsmemoir

Sounds of the Scene

Explore the power of sound in storytelling through onomatopoeia in your playwriting.

beginner30-45 minsplaywriting

Intergalactic Research Document

Compose a fictional research document exploring a newly discovered planet in a distant galaxy, including appropriate citations.

intermediate60-90 minsscience-fiction

Crafting Counterarguments in Literary Analysis

This exercise focuses on developing the ability to articulate and address counterarguments in literary analysis, enhancing critical thinking and argumentative writing skills.

intermediate60-120 minsliterature-review

The Hidden Clue

A beginner-level mystery writing exercise focused on audience-awareness.

beginner30-45 minsmystery

The Metaphorical Law

This exercise challenges students to use metaphors to enhance the persuasive power of legal writing.

advanced30-45 minslegal-writing

Exploring Perspectives in the Climate Debate

A white-paper exercise that encourages students to analyze and articulate different viewpoints on a pressing environmental issue.

intermediate60-120 minswhite-paper

Crafting a Historical Narrative

Engage with the past by creating an instructional narrative set in a historical context.

intermediate60-120 minshistorical-fiction

Symbolism in Everyday Life

Explore how symbolism enhances the meaning and depth of writing by examining common symbols in everyday life.

beginner30-60 minsweb-content

Echoes of the Past

A short story exercise that combines fiction with historical research.

advanced60-120 minsfiction-short-story

Assonance Adventure in UX Writing

Harness the power of assonance to create captivating UX content.

intermediate30-45 minsux-writing

Reflections on Change

An exercise focused on exploring personal growth and character development through the lens of significant life changes.

advanced45-90 minsautobiography

Rhythm and Rhyme: Crafting a Verse

This exercise will challenge you to write a verse for a song that focuses on the use of meter and rhythm while incorporating strong imagery.

advanced30-60 minssongwriting

Technical Vocabulary Expansion Exercise

This exercise helps students enhance their technical vocabulary by writing a user guide for a common product.

intermediate30-45 minstechnical-writing

Building Your Argument: A Research Paper Foundation

This exercise will help you learn how to effectively incorporate evidence into your writing to support your arguments in a research paper.

beginner30-60 minsresearch-paper

Creating Travel Imagery

This exercise will help you practice setting the scene in your travel writing by focusing on sensory details.

beginner20-30 minstravel-writing

The Perfect Recipe Rewrite

Revamp your favorite recipe while focusing on pacing to create a more engaging reading experience.

intermediate45-90 minsfood-writing

The Science of Sentence Structure

An advanced exercise focused on constructing grammatically correct scientific explanations.

advanced30-45 minsscientific

Proposal for a New School Club

Write a proposal for a new club at your school, incorporating a clear narrative arc.

beginner30-45 minsproposal-writing

The Unseen Pursuer

A thriller writing exercise aimed at building suspense through technical accuracy.

intermediate30-60 minsthriller

Policy Impact Analysis: Show, Don't Tell

In this exercise, students will write a policy analysis by vividly illustrating the impact of a proposed policy.

intermediate40-60 minspolicy-writing

The Power of Perspective: A Case Study in Narrative Voice

Explore different narrative voices through a unique case study that demonstrates the impact of perspective on storytelling.

advanced60-120 minscase-study

My Secret Admirer

A fun and engaging exercise where students explore the feelings of young love through personal documentation.

beginner30-45 minsromance

Simile in Medical Descriptions

A fun exercise to practice using similes in medical writing.

beginner20-30 minsmedical-writing

Nature's Palette: A Descriptive Poetry Exercise

Craft a vivid poem that captures the essence of a natural scene using descriptive language.

intermediate30-60 minspoetry

The Digital Mirror: An Allegorical Exploration

In this exercise, students write an allegorical story that reflects on the impact of social media on personal identity and society.

advanced60-120 minssocial-media

The Journey of a Character: Process Explanation in Fiction

This exercise challenges students to explore and explain the evolution of a character in a short story, emphasizing the process of character development.

advanced90-120 minsliterary-fiction

Crafting Compelling Emails with Vivid Imagery

In this exercise, students will learn to enhance their email marketing skills by incorporating vivid imagery that captures readers' attention.

intermediate30-45 minsemail-marketing

Local Hero Spotlight

Write a short article highlighting a local hero in your community.

beginner60-120 minsjournalism

Alliterative Instructions

Craft a set of technical instructions using alliteration.

beginner15-30 minstechnical-documentation

The People Behind the Legends

In this exercise, students will simplify the life stories of famous historical figures into accessible biographical sketches.

intermediate45-90 minsbiography

Consonant Harmony: The Sound of Scriptwriting

This exercise focuses on the use of consonance in scriptwriting, encouraging students to create auditory cohesion in their dialogues.

advanced30-45 minsscriptwriting

Debate Your Character

This exercise encourages students to explore character motivations and perspectives through argumentation.

beginner30-60 minsfiction-novel

The Rhythm of Persuasion

Craft a persuasive speech that incorporates rhythmic elements to enhance delivery and impact.

intermediate60-120 minsspeech-writing

Building a Compelling Plot

In this exercise, students will learn the fundamentals of plot construction by creating their own story outline.

beginner30-60 minsessay

Rhyme Time Copywriting Challenge

Craft a catchy slogan using rhyme to promote a school event.

beginner20-30 minscopywriting

The Art of Conciseness

This exercise focuses on teaching high school juniors how to express their thoughts clearly and concisely.

intermediate30-60 minsacademic

Debunking the Fallacy: Crafting Clear Content

In this exercise, students will analyze marketing content to identify and debunk logical fallacies, strengthening their persuasive writing skills.

advanced60-90 minscontent-marketing

World-Building Review: Crafting Mythical Cultures

In this exercise, students will create a detailed culture for a fictional world while reflecting on its implications for storytelling.

advanced60-90 minsreview

Shades of Magic: Crafting Tone in Fantasy

Explore the nuances of tone in your own fantasy narrative by creating a scene filled with magic and emotion.

advanced30-60 minsfantasy

Character Sketch Challenge

Create a vivid character portrait by focusing on clarity and simple details.

beginner15-30 minscreative-writing

Persuasive Business Proposal

Craft a compelling business proposal that aims to address a current social issue.

advanced60-120 minsbusiness

My Most Memorable Day

An exercise to reflect on a significant day and learn narrative structure.

beginner30-60 minspersonal-narrative

The Haunting Chronicles

Craft a chilling horror story that interweaves multiple narratives.

advanced60-120 minshorror

Flashback Report: A Day to Remember

In this exercise, students will practice the flashback technique in report writing by recounting a significant event in their life.

beginner30-45 minsreport-writing