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In this creative writing activity, students are given a short prompt that describes an exciting basketball game. They are then asked to write their own story about the game.

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Moe's Café: 48 Decidedly Different Creative Writing Prompts
Moe's Café: 48 Decidedly Different Creative Writing Prompts
By Mark Larson and Robert S. Boone
This book is filled with standards-based creative writing prompts, which are classroom-tested and designed to enhance students' creative writing skills. Moe's Café provides lessons and activities to reinforce and develop skills defined by the National Council of Teachers of English for students in grades 6 to 12.

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