If you're looking to make a splash with writing opportunities that link to the theme of water, look no further! 🌊
Whether you're teaching the water cycle, water resistance, weather or water safety as a class topic, on Pobble you'll find an exciting prompt to inspire some cross-curricular writing. The incredible images are each accompanied by ready-made, short-burst writing activities that motivate children to write more.
Dive in and explore our favourite water-themed writing prompts and story starters:
"In the mysterious depths of the Atlantic Ocean, just beneath the waves, sits an ordinary-looking house on a shelf. It's not like any house you've seen before"
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"It was that time again… Our annual trip. While my parents packed up the suitcases and loaded up the car for the long journey ahead, we chatted excitedly about what an incredible holiday this was going to be! Not too long into the journey, the beautifully clear, blue sky became dark and ominous. All of a sudden, crashing towards our car, was a colossal wave – not the kind you’d want to catch on a board either… Desperately, people raced wildly away, running, screaming and panicking..."
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"Every day, the coral reef was alive with colour, music, and dancing sea creatures."
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"The water was rising. Soon, everything would be underwater. The thousands of lights that sparkled against the dark backdrop of the colossal skyscrapers were being extinguished one by one, as the monstrous buildings were gradually disappearing under the dark tides; banished to a watery grave beneath the lonely depths. Nobody knew what had caused the great flood. There had not been time to stop and think..."
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"In the depths of the crystal-clear ocean, where sunlight danced like liquid gold, there lived a remarkable boy"
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"Some people love living dangerously. For some people, the thrill of a near miss is what they crave their whole lives. The moment of panic that rises from the pit of your stomach like your blood has turned to ice, but then washes over you like blissfully warm water as the danger passes."
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