Lost Snack

This prompt invites students to write a story about a mystery involving everyone’s lunch disappearing at school. Students work together with friends to solve the mystery and find out what happened. The focus is on teamwork and problem-solving in a school setting. The prompt encourages a detective-style narrative, giving students the chance to create an engaging mystery.

Writing a mystery story helps students build logical thinking and problem-solving skills as they work through clues and solutions. The prompt also encourages collaboration, even in storytelling, as students imagine working with friends to solve the problem. It promotes creativity in developing the storyline while also strengthening narrative structure. The exercise improves vocabulary and sentence fluency as students describe clues and events leading to the solution.