IYWP Classroom Activities

Want some fun fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prompts sure to jazz up the classroom or beat the rainy-day blues? Look no further!

Elementary School Writing Activities 

Junior High and High School Writing Activities 

And check out the radical IYWP Wiki full of fun classroom activities that are broken up into categories like icebreakers, large-group activities, and kinetic activities.

Maybe you want to create your own exercises and explore more classroom resources...if so, check out:

Getting Schooled: Lessons From A Semester with The IYWP 

Creating an Inclusive Space 
Tips for Week One from the Badgerdog Writing Program 
Lesson Plan Template 

Don't go just yet! 

We've also got some guaranteed-to-generate-fresh-work Bonus Writing Prompts and Exercises for Older Groups!

Chapbook Templates

And once you've got some work you feel great about, it's time to put it together! The IYWP has got you covered there, too!

Chapbook Instructions
Chapbook Cover Template
Chapbook Template

Want more? To get a sense of the sort of work we do with kids, please peruse the collection of IYWP publications available for free online...

Or visit the IYWP Office in 303 Phillips Hall, where we have enough markers, colored pencils, paper, crayons, scissors, clay, chalk, and glitter to entertain a small horde of creative children!