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35 Meaningful 6th Grade Writing Prompts

May 28, 2021 //  by Sean Kivi

Some students start to lose interest in writing in middle school, but this is a critical period for writing and an excellent time to help students discover themselves. Students want to be heard at this age, so we need engaging, and thought-provoking writing prompts to help with this. We have compiled a list of fun writing topics that will elicit emotional and meaningful pieces of writing for your students. Use these 35 sixth grade writing prompts to help your students develop their voices and opinions in writing.

1. How was your first hospital experience?

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2. Write a poem about a time that you felt outraged.

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3. Should we teach math in school? Why or why not?

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4. Do you think college is worth it? Why or why not?

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5. What would you do if you could not use the internet for a month?

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6. What would you do if cell phones stopped working tomorrow?

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7. How can we stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth?

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8. If you could, would you go to live on an alien planet?

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9. How do you think leaves would look if they could grow on Mars? Why?

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10. Write a letter to a friend convincing them to go skydiving.

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11. Why do you think there are more insects than mammals?

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12. If you could build an ecosystem, how would it be?

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13. Interview a grandparent and report how life was different when they were growing up.

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14. Interview a doctor and report their experience in the hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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15. Can plants grow in space? Why or why not?

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16. How would the world function without the internet for a day?

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17. What do you value most about your family?

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18. Who is the most important person in your life?

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19. What would you do if you were the only person on the planet?

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20. What would you do if you had unlimited money?

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21. Would you ever get a tattoo? Why or why not?

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22. If you owned a country, how would it be?

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23. Can you tell me a time that you wished you could trade places with another person?

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24. Which Harry Potter house do you think best suits your personality and why?

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25. Whales don’t sing as much as before because of noise from boars on water. Write a journal response explaining how we can help the whales sing again.

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26. Are scorpions spiders or insects? Why?

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27. Do blobfish look the same on land as they do at the bottom of the ocean? Why or why not?

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28. Do you think time is real? Why or why not?

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29. Which do you value more? Time or money? Why?

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30. If you had to lose one sense, which would you choose to lose and why?

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31. Write a journal entry outlining what your response to COVID would be if you were president.

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32. What is your favorite childhood memory, and why?

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33. Would you rather live a short meaningful life or a long boring life? Why?

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34. Convince me that online learning is better than learning in a classroom. 

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35. How was your first year of middle school? Why?

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