Teachers Funny Writing Prompts

Write about a character who used to be famous in their younger life, but now lives as a regular civilian.

Are they annoyed that they're not known, or do they welcome the anonymity? What was their life like and how does that affect them now?

Write a story about a character whose job is to watch surveillance footage of a building all day.

How can you build a story based on what they see through the cameras?

Write a Tanka that focuses on the theme of new relationships.

A Tanka is a short form of poetry with 5 lines; 5 syllables in the first line, then 7, then 5, then 7, and 7 in the last (5,7,5,7,7).