Suggested topics, beginning sentences, and illustrated ideas can motivate young writers, stimulate their imaginations, and give them reference points for the development of their thoughts on paper. This document offers illustrated questions and seasonal topics as writing ideas for students in the primary grades. Creative ideas for students in the intermediate grades include story starters, unfinished stories, story topics, ideas for the first week of school, writing table ideas, ideas for a classroom resource book, and the uses of cinquain or pantomime. (RL)