This is a close reading of "Cult of Personality" lyrics by Living Colour that encourages students to do online research. This was originally used with an Animal Farm unit but can stand alone.
This document has a printable booklet that contains 42 creative writing prompts for throughout the year. They are set up with Focus Correction Areas (FCAs) for length, relevance, and a blank FCA for you to assign a certain skill, grammar focus, etc. This can be used as often as you'd like to introduce, practice, or review a skill or just as a general bell ringer to get students writing. They can have choice between all prompts, or you can assign certain ones. The possibilities are endless :)