Writing Prompts?

Wow, writing prompts are so important to me.....I am learning to see myself as a WRITING teacher, not just a READING teacher.  I have had the experience lately to be immersed in a writing program that has fostered a transformation in me. I write everyday.  I did this before, but now I do it more (and more) everyday.  I am in search of writing prompts to use with my students to have a place to start from.  What is so interesting to me about this concept though is that even though I'm feeling a strong urgency for a prompt I want to also be open to the students coming up with their own prompts. Sometimes they will have to use another one and sometimes they'll want to reuse one over and over again.  I'm thinking of starting a section in my room and in their writing folders where we record the stories we want to write or the ideas we want to write about so we always have a growing list.  I did stumble across a few websites that I will look over and refer to for sure.  I am interested in other teachers' feedback on this too.  I want to have a big collection of prompts available, yet I also want there to be an openness that students can free write on topics of their own choosing.  That would be truly exciting too, I could add their topics to the list of topics.  Doesn't get much more engaging than that!




http://keikihendrix.com/prompt-and-productive/


http://creativewritingprompts.com/#