writing prompts
Writing Prompt #1
Think of a career path you may choose as an adult. Write a business letter to an employer or a person working in that career field clearly explaining your interest in a job in the field, your future goals, and your reasons for believing you would be a strong candidate for a job.
Writing Prompt #2
What are the most important qualities of a leader?
Write a well-developed, multiparagraph expository essay in which you explain your ideas on the topic. Use at least two examples from a short story, a novel, or a drama you have read in English II to support your ideas. Elaborate your discussion with enough specific details to make your ideas clear.
Writing Checklist
As you write your composition, remember these important points. Composing:
‰ Write on the assigned topic.
‰ Present a clear main idea.
‰ Give enough details to support and elaborate your main idea. ‰ Present your ideas in a logical order.
Style/Audience Awareness:
‰ Write with a general audience in mind.
‰ Use words that express your meaning well.
‰ Use sentences that make your main idea interesting to your audience.
Sentence Formation:
‰ Write in complete sentences and use a variety of sentence patterns. Usage:
‰ Write using appropriate subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, word meaning, and word endings.
Mechanics:
‰ Write using correct punctuation.
‰ Write using correct capitalization. ‰ Write using appropriate formatting.
Spelling:
‰ Write using correct spelling.
Think of a career path you may choose as an adult. Write a business letter to an employer or a person working in that career field clearly explaining your interest in a job in the field, your future goals, and your reasons for believing you would be a strong candidate for a job.
Writing Prompt #2
What are the most important qualities of a leader?
Write a well-developed, multiparagraph expository essay in which you explain your ideas on the topic. Use at least two examples from a short story, a novel, or a drama you have read in English II to support your ideas. Elaborate your discussion with enough specific details to make your ideas clear.
Writing Checklist
As you write your composition, remember these important points. Composing:
‰ Write on the assigned topic.
‰ Present a clear main idea.
‰ Give enough details to support and elaborate your main idea. ‰ Present your ideas in a logical order.
Style/Audience Awareness:
‰ Write with a general audience in mind.
‰ Use words that express your meaning well.
‰ Use sentences that make your main idea interesting to your audience.
Sentence Formation:
‰ Write in complete sentences and use a variety of sentence patterns. Usage:
‰ Write using appropriate subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, word meaning, and word endings.
Mechanics:
‰ Write using correct punctuation.
‰ Write using correct capitalization. ‰ Write using appropriate formatting.
Spelling:
‰ Write using correct spelling.
