A collection of 50 writing prompts to support pupils in their planning and writing of IGCSECoursework.

1. IGCSE English Language Coursework
Creative Writing Stimuli

2. Photographs & Paintings

14. Titles

15. Into the Unknown
The Birthday Party
The Visitor

16. The Broken Promise
Stranded!
Ash and memories

17. The Fall
Lost in Translation
The Moment of Truth

18. Heresy
Bitten
Not all that glitters…

19. Sentence Starters

20. I thought I had got away with it.
I felt the hairs on my neck rise as the figure
stepped out of the shadows.
I knew I had only moments to live.

21. Perhaps, this time, it would be different?
He clutched the rope and willed himself not
to let go.
The sun was coming up as she slipped out of
the door, aware that she would never be
coming back.

22. She had never broken a bone before.
He stared at the empty vial and time stood still.
He came to with the canopy of his parachute
clinging to his legs; the trees a mile
below reminded him of clusters of broccoli.

23. Autobiography

24. Write about an event from your past that
taught you a valuable lesson about life
Write about a time when the weather made
an important difference in your life
Write about the proudest moment from your
childhood

25. My greatest regret
Write about a time when you were lost
Write about an experience from your
childhood when you overcame fear

26. Write about the first time you realised you
were mortal
Describe a time when a small decision you
made had huge consequences
Write about a time when you saw or
experienced something you still can't explain

27. Objects, People & Places

28. Describe a relative who you admire
Describe a lonely place
Write about a prized possession

29. Write a monologue from the point of view of
a desparate character
Describe the aftermath of a battle
Describe the discovery of Tutankhamun's
tomb and the artefacts within it

30. Describe the oldest man/woman in the
world
Describe a place you would love, one day, to
visit
Describe a mysterious artefact that baffled
the scientific community