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Here’s an idea: Have your students write to a narrative theme established through imagery. Allow them to view some exciting photos, and then develop a well-structured story. Embed an enjoyable and meaningful writing process, and you just might have a fun monthly system established.

Motivate With Space Images

Let’s use space as an example theme. A few minutes on the internet brought me to five evocative images:

• The Grand Canyon of Mars
• First image of mercury from orbit
• Very atmospheric Lego image
• Gorgeous shot of the Milky Way
• An alien–looking ice cave.

Put these up on the overhead and challenge your students to create a tale involving at least one of these pictures. A lot more motivating than some of those prompts in the teacher’s manual, I bet.

Photo by: davedehetre