{"id":782,"date":"2011-02-22T02:55:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T09:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patternbasedwriting.com\/elementary_writing_success\/?p=782"},"modified":"2015-06-06T03:42:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T10:42:32","slug":"kids-writing-prompts-story-ideas-%e2%80%93-spring-and-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patternbasedwriting.com\/elementary_writing_success\/kids-writing-prompts-story-ideas-%e2%80%93-spring-and-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Writing Prompts &#038; Story Ideas \u2013 Spring and Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Spring testing<\/span><\/strong>&#8230; just around the corner.<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"> I feel a chill.<\/span><\/strong> We practiced writing from time-to-time throughout the school year\u2026 Actually, I guess it was really just grammar. Are the\u00a0students prepared? Hey wait! Winters gone. It\u2019s spring. Time for a new beginning! Yes &#8212;\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">spring is a time for new beginnings!<\/span><\/strong> Before year\u2019s end, my students will be writing fantastic, well-organized essays in under 30 minutes. The groundhog was wrong. There will not be six more weeks of\u00a0problematic writing and frustrated student writers. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(<\/span><\/strong><a title=\"Writing Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/patternbasedwriting.com\" target=\"_self\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please Note<\/strong><\/span>: Alexander Bain\u2019s widely accepted century-old model holds that there are only four modes of discourse: 1) descriptive 2) narrative 3) expository and 4) argument\/ persuasive. Many of the headings below are \u201corganizational models or patterns\u201d and can be combined with the four main modes of discourse. Example: The \u201ccause and effect pattern\u201d can be expressed in the descriptive, narrative, expository, or argumentative genre.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Compare and Contrast Essay <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Spring in an agricultural society of the past vs. spring in a modern technological society.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring and Easter traditions in different parts of the word.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Easter when I was young vs. Easter now that I am an old kid.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0What I saw all winter and what I see as spring emerges.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring in different parts of the country and the world.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Compare and contrast famous spring poems by William Shakespeare, William Blake, Robert Frost, and Robert Louis Stevenson.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring arriving compared to spring exiting.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Winter fashions vs. spring fashions.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Easter compared to Christmas.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0My teacher in winter vs. my teacher in spring.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Cause and Effect Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0What happens in spring and what makes it happen?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0What are the causes of the changing seasons and what are the effects?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0A beautiful spring day and how it affects both people and animals.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0What makes the plants start growing in spring?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How more hours of daylight and sunshine affect people.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Persuasive Essay\u00a0\u00a0 <!--more--><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0State academic testing should be abolished. It always seems to come in spring!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring vacation should be extended by\u00a0three days. Even my teacher says so!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0After the long, cold winter indoors, class should be held outside\u2026 occasionally. At the very least, we should get to go on a nature walk.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring has a feeling. You should get the spring fever!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Easter is the most important holiday of them all.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring should be animal appreciation season.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Process Essay or How-To Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0How to make a pine cone bird feeder and attract tons of colorful birds.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to decorate Easter eggs.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to complete an awesome spring cleaning.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to plant a garden.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to hide Easter eggs that will never be found.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to dress when you are not sure how warm or cold it will be.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to have a great spring vacation.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The life cycle of a butterfly.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to make an Easter basket.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to prepare for the upcoming standardized tests.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Expository\/Informational Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Fun Easter activities.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The truth about the Easter bunny. The history of the Easter bunny.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0History of Easter.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring through the ages.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring traditions.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Facts about spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The symbols and symbolism of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The mythology of spring.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Narrative\/ Personal Narrative Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Spring &#8212;\u00a0an analogy of my life as I grow and change.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0What I did on my spring break that made everyone green with envy!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0My first Easter memory.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring memories.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Springtime on the farm.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Our annual Easter egg hunt.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Descriptive Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Describe the energy of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The sights, sounds, and smells of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Easter breakfast.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The first day of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0New life awakens.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Five-Paragraph Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Three reasons I love spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Three signs of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Three spring vacation activities.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Testing time, spring vacation, and Easter.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Spring Story Ideas<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0The Easter bunny slept in!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Clash of the Seasons \u2013 Spring vs. Winter<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Spring&#8217;s rise from the darkness of winter.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0A baby deer in spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The spring that almost never came. Where is the groundhog?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The Annual Animal Spring Celebration Party!<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0A spring miracle.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Funny happenings on the first day of spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The day after spring.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The spring I learned to write fantastic essays in under 30 minutes! Really! <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(<\/span><\/strong><a title=\"Writing Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/patternbasedwriting.com\" target=\"_self\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Happy spring!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">P.S. Be sure to download your FREE<\/span> <\/strong>&#8220;<a title=\"Classic Spring Poems Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/patternbasedwriting.com\/Classic-Spring-Poems-Ebook-by-Pattern-Based-Writing.pdf\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Classic Spring Poems Collection<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8221; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>EBOOK!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring testing&#8230; just around the corner. I feel a chill. We practiced writing from time-to-time throughout the school year\u2026 Actually, I guess it was really just grammar. Are the\u00a0students prepared? Hey wait! Winters gone. It\u2019s spring. Time for a new beginning! Yes &#8212;\u00a0spring is a time for new beginnings! 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