Years 2–6: Christmas Quick Write Prompts
Christmas Quick Writes | 12 Days of Visual Writing Prompts | Years 2–6
12 magical Christmas prompts, from a sleigh washed up on the shore to a snowflake escaping from a snow globe. Each prompt comes with three vocabulary words and a sentence starter, so students can get straight into five minutes of festive poetry or narrative writing.
What's Included?
- 12 Christmas-themed Quick Write prompts
- Three vocabulary words on every prompt
- A sentence starter on every prompt
- Teacher overview and implementation guide
- Step-by-step Quick Write routine
- Curriculum links to NSW English Stages 1–3 and Australian Curriculum v9.0 (Years 2–6)
The Routine
Observe → Explore → Launch → Write → Challenge. Students study the image, explore the vocabulary and write independently from the sentence starter for five minutes. The challenge is to use all three words naturally and keep writing until the timer ends.
Perfect For
- Literacy warm-ups in the last weeks of Term 4
- A "12 days of Christmas" countdown to the holidays
- Descriptive writing, story openings and short poems
- Ideas that can be developed into a longer narrative or polished poem
No printing needed: display a prompt and students write in their books. Younger students might write a few connected sentences or poetic lines, while older students can build atmosphere, imagery and character reactions.
Format: 6-page teacher guide PDF plus Google Slides teaching slides, available to download instantly after purchase.
In your classroom
Pencils moving within a minute of the slide going up, and students reaching for new words in their own writing.
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Yes. Every Hello Primary resource is written by an Australian primary teacher and aligned to the NSW English K–10 Syllabus and the Australian Curriculum v9.0. The curriculum links for this resource are included in the download.
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