writing sticks

WRITING STICKS
PERSONAL QUESTIONS (ACTIVITIES)
What would you like to do for fun?

PERSONAL QUESTIONS (CULTURAL
THINGS)

WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEK?
What did you do this week?

Do you play sports? Which ones?

What is your favourite TV show?

What was something fun you did this week?

What is your favourite position to play?

Why do you like it?

Does your team have a name?

What is your favourite movie?

What was sth you had to do this week that you
didn’t care for?

What is your favourite thing to do on the
weekend?

What was the last movie you saw?

Do you prefer to send your time inside or
outside?

What is the best toy that you have?

Do you like to draw? What kinds of things you
draw?

What is your favourite book?

Did you like it or not, why?

Do you like to read?

What do you do when you get home from
school?

What is your favourite computer game?

Do you like to do puzzles? What about word
puzzles?.. number puzzles?

Do you like to go out to eat?

Does your family go on vacation each year?
Where does your vacation go on vacation?
Where is the most exciting place you have
been in the past year?
Do you have a bike? What does it look like?

Do you like to play video games?

What is your favourite place to eat?
What kind of music do you like?
What is your favourite song?
Do you like to dance?
Do you know how to play any instruments?
Which one (s)?

Did you see anyone this week that you haven’t
seen for a while?
Did you visit anyone this week?
Did anyone come to visit your house this
week?
Do you have any exciting stories to tell from
the past week?


WRITING STICKS
PERSONAL QUESTIONS
How old are you?
When is/ was your birthday?
What did you do for last birthday?

PERSONAL QUESTIONS
What is one thing that you Mum/ Dad makes
for dinner that you just can’t stand?
What is your favourite kind of ice cream?

PERSONAL QUESTIONS (SCHOOL)
Where do you go to school?
What grade are you in?

What is your favourite kind of candy?

Do you like the grade you are in more or less
than last year?

What is your favourite color?

Do you ride the bus to school?

What is your favourite food?

What is your favourite zoo animal?

What is your teacher´s name?

Where does your mum work?

What is your favourite time of the year?

What is your favourite thing to study at school?

What does your dad do for a job?

Is your bedroom decorated? How is it
decorated?

What are you studying at school right now in
math?.. language arts? .. science?

Do you have to share your bedroom with
anyone?

What is your least favourite thing to study?

If you could have the perfect birthday party,
what would it be?

Do you have any pets?
What kind of pets?
What are the names of your pets?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Are your brothers and sisters older or younger?
What are their names?
How do you like being a big/ litter
sister/brother?

If you could receive one thing in the whole
world as a present right now, what would it
be?
What do you want to be when you get older?
Why?

Do you have lost of homework to do each
night?
Who is your best friend?
What do you like to play at recess (break)?

Do you ever stay home from school sick?
When was the last time you stayed home?

What are your parent´s names?

What is the silliest thing you have ever said or
done?

What is your favourite thing to do as a family?

What do you like to spend your allowance on?

How much homework do you get each day?

What is your favourite pizza topping?

What is one thing you don’t know how to do
that you wish you did?

What did you learn at school today?

What is your favourite subject?


WRITING STICKS
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
Are you an emotional person? Do you ever cry
or get angry?
Have you ever been really embarrassed? When
was it? What happened?

Is there anything you are tired of doing? What
is it?
Are you jealous of anyone? Who? Why?
Talk about a time when you were really scared
When you are angry do you ever shout, throw
things or break things?
Talk about a happy memory you have
Is there anything that you feel nervous about
these days?
Talk about a time when you felt tired
Are you mad at (angry with) anyone? Who?
Why?
What are you interested in? What things
interest you?

SELF-ESTEEM

PERSONAL QUESTIONS

What do you like most about yourself?

Describe what your bedroom looks like

Who would you like to be more like and why?

Describe what your classroom looks like

What would you change about the way you
look, if you could?

Write about your favourite colour
Write about your favourite number

Do you think you have good or bad selfesteem?

Write about your favourite ice cream flavour

What person makes you feel good about
yourself?

Write about your favourite day of the week

Write about your favourite food

What don’t you like about yourself?

Write about your family

What do you think is your best quality or
strength?

Write about your favourite cartoon character

What does self-esteem mean?

What´s your name?

What do you do that gives you confidence?

How do you go to school?

Who makes you feel bad about yourself?

What time does school start and finish?

What do I do or say that helps build your selfesteem?

Which lessons have you got today?

What is your favourite school subject?

What do you do after school?
What´s your address?

Talk about sth you did that you are proud of

Where do you live?

Do you feel comfortable when you speak
English? Why? Why not?

Describe your favourite restaurant


WRITING STICKS
WOULD YOU RATHER…
Would you rather have a million dollars or 10
more years of life?
Would you rather stay where we are or move
to another city?

Would you rather learn to play a new sport
well or play a new instrument well?
Would you rather spend the day at the beach
or in the mountains?
Would you rather eat Italian food for a week or
Mexican food for a week?
Would you rather meet a famous athlete or a
famous movie star?
Would you rather take a family vacation to
Hawaii or Italy?
Would you rather have an extra hour of sleep
or an extra hour of alone time?
Would you rather be in high school again or in
college again?
Would you rather drive four hours or work in
the yard four hours?
Would you rather have a new wardrobe or a
new car?
Would you rather have another baby or
another pet?

WOULD YOU RATHER.. (KIDS)
Would you rather be an eagle or a lion?
Would you rather have a pet giraffe or a pet
panda bear?
Would you rather be able to fly or read minds?
Would you rather swim with dolphins or dance
with tame bears?
Would you rather go fishing or go hiking?
Would you rather kiss a frog or hug a

porcupine?
Would you rather live at the beach or in the
mountains?
Would you rather be a pre sports player or a
professional chef?
Would you rather shovel snow for an hour or
rake leaves for an hour?
Would you rather have lived in the 1880s or
the 1980s?
Would you rather learn to water ski or snow
ski?
Would you rather drive a race car or record an
album?

TEEN
If you could travel anywhere in the world,
where would you go and why?
What do you think is the most dangerous thing
for a teenager and why?
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
What would be the best compliment you could
receive?
If you could have one super-hero quality, what
would it be?
Who, in the United States, do you think has the
coolest job? Why?
Where would you go and what would you
watch if you could be invisible for a day?
Which teacher has made the biggest difference
in your life?

Do you think that you have the qualities that
make a good friend?


WRITING STICKS
WE HELP…
What are your jobs around the house?
Is there a job that you think you are old enough
to handle?
What jobs do you think dad needs the most
help with?
How can you help your brother or sister?
Who is the most helpful person you know?
How can mum help you more?
What is your favourite job?

WHEN I WAS A KID…
What was the name of your first pet and how
did you get it?
What awards or honors did you receive during
your school years, and which one meant the
most to you?
How did you and your husband meet? How did
he ask you to marry him?
What was your most embarrassing moment in
school?

WHO WILL I MARRY
What kind of person do you want to marry?
What´s the most important thing to look for in

the person you marry?
What do you think will be the hardest thing
about marriage?
What couple that you know looks like they
have an unhappy marriage?
What is one thing that you would make you
not want to marry someone?

What jobs do you think mum needs the most
help with?

Who your best friend was throughout school?
What did you like about them, and what kind
of things did you do together?

Why is it important to help each other as a
family?

Were you ever picked on as a child? If so, what
did you do about it?

What couple that you know looks like they
have a good marriage?

When was the last time you helped someone
without being asked?

How much did you make per hour at your first
job?

What are three adjectives that describe your
ideal mate?

Do you think you have a good attitude when
you help around the house?

What was your favourite vacation spot and
why?

How long should you know someone before
you marry them?

How can dad help you more?

How old you were when you got your first cell
phone?

What makes someone a good wife?

What was the worst prank you ever played,
and did you get caught?
What was the worst or funniest date you ever
had?
What nicknames have you had and why do you
have them?

What makes someone a good husband?
How old do you think you should be to date?

WRITING STICKS
TEEN
If you could solve one problem in the World
what would it be?

TEAM
What team is your favourite team to cheer for?

TRAGEDY
Today we heard some terrible news. How does
that make you feel?

Name two of your strengths and two of your
weaknesses

If you could be any of these 4 team parts which
would you be: a leader, a motivator, a worker or
an organizer?

If you could change one thing about yourself
what would it be?

Who is the most giving member of your family
team?

What is the most embarrassing thing that
happened to you this year?

What member of your family team do you want
to be most like and why?

What´s your favourite family memory and
why?

Why is it important for team members to
respect each other?

Have you grown spiritually this year? Why or
why not?

Name one famous person on a team that you
admire and why

What do you love the most about your
parents?

Name 3 things a good team needs

What do you think heaven will be like?

In what kind of tasks does your family team do
well?

How can we still be joyful in life when bad
things happen?

Who would you most like to be and why?
What one mistake have you made that you
would go back and do differently given the
chance?

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Who is the hardest working member of your
family team?
When you get mad at a family team member,
how do you react? How can you react in a
better way?
What qualities do you like in the coaches or
teachers that lead you in sports or at school?
What is the hardest thing about being on a
team and getting along with your teammates?

Do you feel safe?
What scares you about getting hurt or dying?
Is there anything we can do for those that are
hurting?
Do you believe you will go to heaven?
Why do you think bad things happen to people?
What scares you the most about what
happened?
What can I do to make you feel safe?