Writing Prompts
Writing Prompts - Good & Bad Teachers
By Cynthia Kirkeby
Jan 10, 2004, 20:06 PST

Teachers

This writing prompt is centered around teachers; good ones, bad ones, wacky ones, and future ones.

Day 1
Who is the best teacher that you’ve ever had? How did they inspire you? What do you remember most about their class and what they taught you?

Day 2
Have you ever had a really terrible teacher or known someone that did? What made them a bad teacher? What was the worst thing they ever did in their class? If you haven’t known a bad teacher, make one up.


Day 3
What would it be like to have a magician for a teacher? What do you think a typical class would be like? Which trick would you like to learn from this unusual teacher?


Day 4
Create the wackiest teacher you can imagine. Are they human or alien? Is the teacher a clown, a cowboy, a doctor, a famous singer, or something else? Describe a day in class with this unusual teacher.

Day 5
Every student thinks that they could do a better job than their teacher, so you’ve just been promoted to teacher for a day. What would you do differently? What would you do the same? How would you handle things when they got out of control? Would you make a good teacher?