Unleash your students’ creativity with this chapter-by-chapter set of creative writing prompts inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Each prompt is designed to deepen understanding of the text while encouraging imaginative thinking, literary analysis, and narrative skill-building. From the oppressive Australian heat and rigid social codes of Appleyard College to the unsettling mystery of Hanging Rock itself, these tasks explore ambiguity, repression, perspective, and the limits of rational explanation, bringing Joan Lindsay’s haunting novel to life in new and unexpected ways.
Perfect for KS3–KS4 (ages 11–16) and adaptable for middle and high school students studying the novel.
◆ 170 unique writing prompts – 10 per chapter
◆ Full chapter-by-chapter coverage (17 chapters)
◆ Focus on atmosphere, symbolism, voice, character, and ambiguity
◆ Excellent for warm-ups, homework, or creative extension
◆ No-prep PDF format for easy printing or digital access
Use these prompts to inspire diary entries, alternative perspectives, internal monologues, narrative expansions, and speculative interpretations that go beyond surface-level comprehension while respecting the novel’s deliberate uncertainty.
Unleash your students’ creativity with this chapter-by-chapter set of creative writing prompts inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Each prompt is designed to deepen understanding of the text while encouraging imaginative thinking, literary analysis, and narrative skill-building. From the oppressive Australian heat and rigid social codes of Appleyard College to the unsettling mystery of Hanging Rock itself, these tasks explore ambiguity, repression, perspective, and the limits of rational explanation, bringing Joan Lindsay’s haunting novel to life in new and unexpected ways.
Perfect for KS3–KS4 (ages 11–16) and adaptable for middle and high school students studying the novel.
◆ 170 unique writing prompts – 10 per chapter
◆ Full chapter-by-chapter coverage (17 chapters)
◆ Focus on atmosphere, symbolism, voice, character, and ambiguity
◆ Excellent for warm-ups, homework, or creative extension
◆ No-prep PDF format for easy printing or digital access
Use these prompts to inspire diary entries, alternative perspectives, internal monologues, narrative expansions, and speculative interpretations that go beyond surface-level comprehension while respecting the novel’s deliberate uncertainty.
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