Once in the schools, many English teachers will have to teach other related subjects such a speech and creative writing. This site offers a lot of great prompts to get students to start thinking.
I think this is a good website that teachers and students to choose different topics to journal. I think students should write everyday, and with the variety of topics, students can avoid writer's block.
The National Writing Project investigates more innovative ways to instill creativity in students' writing, one of which is detailed here in this article. A combination of art, writing and tactile sensory is used as students are encouraged to "write what they see."