Middle School Mystery Writing Prompts

Create a story around who owns this key, or what it opens.

Write a short story or scene about the character pictured above.

Write a story about 'The Tent of the Fortune Teller'.

Sanctuary. Elevate. Conscious.

In a story of no more than 10 lines, use these three words in any order. Try not to randomly throw them in, but think about a storyline that allows you to link them all naturally.

You buy an item at random from an antiques shop, not realising at first what it really is...

Describe a forest/woodland setting without using any real colours.

You may use imagery, similes, shade and tone etc, but do not use the words for any real colours.