{"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 & Story Ideas \u2013 Spring and Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring testing<\/span><\/strong>… just around the corner. 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 —\u00a0spring 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. (<\/span><\/strong>Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Spring Compare and Contrast Essay <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Spring in an agricultural society of the past vs. spring in a modern technological society.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring and Easter traditions in different parts of the word.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
\n\u2022\u00a0Easter when I was young vs. Easter now that I am an old kid.
\n\u2022\u00a0What I saw all winter and what I see as spring emerges.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring in different parts of the country and the world.
\n\u2022\u00a0Compare and contrast famous spring poems by William Shakespeare, William Blake, Robert Frost, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring arriving compared to spring exiting.
\n\u2022\u00a0Winter fashions vs. spring fashions.
\n\u2022\u00a0Easter compared to Christmas.
\n\u2022\u00a0My teacher in winter vs. my teacher in spring.<\/p>\n

Spring Cause and Effect Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0What happens in spring and what makes it happen?
\n\u2022\u00a0What are the causes of the changing seasons and what are the effects?
\n\u2022\u00a0A beautiful spring day and how it affects both people and animals.
\n\u2022\u00a0What makes the plants start growing in spring?
\n\u2022\u00a0How more hours of daylight and sunshine affect people.<\/p>\n

Spring Persuasive Essay\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0State academic testing should be abolished. It always seems to come in spring!
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring vacation should be extended by\u00a0three days. Even my teacher says so!
\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.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring has a feeling. You should get the spring fever!
\n\u2022\u00a0Easter is the most important holiday of them all.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring should be animal appreciation season.<\/p>\n

Spring Process Essay or How-To Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0How to make a pine cone bird feeder and attract tons of colorful birds.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to decorate Easter eggs.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to complete an awesome spring cleaning.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to plant a garden.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to hide Easter eggs that will never be found.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to dress when you are not sure how warm or cold it will be.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to have a great spring vacation.
\n\u2022\u00a0The life cycle of a butterfly.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to make an Easter basket.
\n\u2022\u00a0How to prepare for the upcoming standardized tests.<\/p>\n

Spring Expository\/Informational Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fun Easter activities.
\n\u2022\u00a0The truth about the Easter bunny. The history of the Easter bunny.
\n\u2022\u00a0History of Easter.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring through the ages.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring traditions.
\n\u2022\u00a0Facts about spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The symbols and symbolism of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The mythology of spring.<\/p>\n

Spring Narrative\/ Personal Narrative Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Spring —\u00a0an analogy of my life as I grow and change.
\n\u2022\u00a0What I did on my spring break that made everyone green with envy!
\n\u2022\u00a0My first Easter memory.
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring memories.
\n\u2022\u00a0Springtime on the farm.
\n\u2022\u00a0Our annual Easter egg hunt.<\/p>\n

Spring Descriptive Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Describe the energy of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The sights, sounds, and smells of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0Easter breakfast.
\n\u2022\u00a0The first day of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0New life awakens.<\/p>\n

Spring Five-Paragraph Essay<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0Three reasons I love spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0Three signs of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0Three spring vacation activities.
\n\u2022\u00a0Testing time, spring vacation, and Easter.<\/p>\n

Spring Story Ideas<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022\u00a0The Easter bunny slept in!
\n\u2022\u00a0Clash of the Seasons \u2013 Spring vs. Winter
\n\u2022\u00a0Spring’s rise from the darkness of winter.
\n\u2022\u00a0A baby deer in spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The spring that almost never came. Where is the groundhog?
\n\u2022\u00a0The Annual Animal Spring Celebration Party!
\n\u2022\u00a0A spring miracle.
\n\u2022\u00a0Funny happenings on the first day of spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The day after spring.
\n\u2022\u00a0The spring I learned to write fantastic essays in under 30 minutes! Really! (<\/span><\/strong>Click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy spring!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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P.S. Be sure to download your FREE<\/span> <\/strong>“Classic Spring Poems Collection<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>” EBOOK!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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