Writing Extravaganza!: Journal Prompts & Story Starters for Creative Kids, 6th Grade Edition

When their world gets bigger, give their thoughts somewhere to go.

Writing Extravaganza! 6th Grade Edition gives growing writers an inviting place to explore ideas, experiences, choices, and emotions. Creative exercises and real-life story starters make it easier to enter the page—without turning writing into another assignment with one correct answer.

More than an ordinary writing journal
• Grade-specific story starters draw from school, friendships, family life, peer pressure, change, consequences, and everyday sixth-grade experiences.
• Paired reflection pages explore opposites and alternatives—from Brain on Autopilot? and Nope, I’m the Pilot! to What I Can and Cannot Change.
• Structured problem-solving helps writers define a problem, consider three choices, weigh advantages and disadvantages, and listen to both heart and brain.
• Creative variety includes stories, poems, letters, autobiography, sensory imagery, future daydreams, picture prompts, and playful challenges.
• Thoughtful resources include an original Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary Wheel, Core Values, Self-Care Activities, and a Distraction List.

Made to use their way
Young writers can choose a page that interests them and work independently, or a parent, grandparent, teacher, homeschool educator, counselor, or other trusted adult can use a prompt to begin a meaningful conversation. The flexible format also welcomes children who have plenty of ideas but do not always enjoy conventional writing assignments.

The sixth-grade edition meets young people in a year of transition, with thoughtful pages about belonging, confidence, embarrassment, mistakes, changing relationships, difficult choices, and the future—alongside imaginative adventures that make writing feel playful again.

A meaningful gift for a growing writer
Whether they already love to write or need a more personal reason to begin, Writing Extravaganza! offers a screen-free space for creativity, reflection, problem-solving, and self-expression. The eight-book series continues with a new grade-specific edition each year through senior year.

Give their growing voice somewhere to go.