January Writing Activities Using Fun Holidays

Have you ever heard of Festival of Sleep Day? Word Nerd Day? Or how about Squirrel Appreciation Day? They are all fun and wacky unofficial holidays that occur in the month of January, which are perfect prompts for speaking and writing activities.

As students (reluctantly) return from winter break, this is often a time we need to liven up our classroom with some activities that inspire students’ creativity and thinking! Nearly every day in January offers at least one new quirky holiday that is perfect for conversation and creative writing practice. You’ll find these offbeat topics to be a great way to generate interest with your students and spice up speaking and writing activities. The topics are engaging for middle school or even Adult ESL students.

Any time you are looking for a fresh topic for discussion or writing, try a fun unofficial holiday or an official national or international day. You are sure to find inspiration to use them in many ways with your students! Search the lists HERE and HERE to get you started with finding different holidays to feature.

With this packet, you will find focused lessons for the following 10 days:

1. 1. Science Fiction Day
   2. World Braille Day
   3. Trivia Day
   4. Thesaurus Day
   5. Peculiar People Day
   6. Squirrel Appreciation Day
   7. Popcorn Day
   8. Compliment Day
   9. Opposite Day
   10. Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

Color and black and white versions are available for each of the above.

In addition to the above ten holidays, there are also 32 task cards that can be used as discussion or writing prompts for many other interesting January holidays.

Click the image below to grab this resource that is packed with fun January activities. You can also try out a free sample of one of the holidays HERE.