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-457200-457200Writeography0WriteographyWriteography is a place to explore writing. The prompts help you imagine the writing possibilities. Your pen is the starting point and your mind is the limit. 1600200140335PROMPT CATEGORIES:Personal NarrativePage 2Persuasive WritingPage 11Fiction/ Short StoriesPage 24Expository Page 31Poetry Page 370PROMPT CATEGORIES:Personal NarrativePage 2Persuasive WritingPage 11Fiction/ Short StoriesPage 24Expository Page 31Poetry Page 37-609600-228600Personal Narrative0Personal Narrative 1. If your house caught on fire, what three things would you take with you? Why? 0167005________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Describe each person in your family with just one word.Family MemberWord3. If you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________34290001473200_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. If you could change one thing about your life to make it better, what would it be?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. If you were a teacher, what subject would you teach? Why? 0419100____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Describe your perfect day. Describe the setting. What would you do on this day? Why would it be perfect?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. What is your earliest memory? Why do you think you remember it?01054100________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________34290001314458. What kind of weather would best describe your personality (a hurricane, snow, sunshine, fog, or anything else)? Explain why.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Describe a typical day of your life. What do you do? Why do you do it? Do you enjoy it?03810__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. People often say “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Describe a time when you misjudged someone based on his or her appearance or when someone misjudged you.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________024130________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. It is often said that animals are humans’ best friends. Describe a time in your life when this saying proved to be true.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3200400635000________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Sometimes we surprise ourselves with what we are able to do.Describe a time when you accomplished something you didn’t think you could do.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. We learn from our failures. Describe a time when you failed and what you learned from the experience.083185__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14. The quality of our character is often re?ected in how much we are willing to sacri?ce for others. Describe a time when you sacri?ced for someone else.(Definition of Sacrifice: Giving up something valued for the sake of something else.)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3429000831850__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15. Sometimes a simple misunderstanding can lead to a major con?ict. Describe a time when this happened to you.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-685800-228600Persuasive Writing0Persuasive Writing1. Some people think TV is bad. What do you think?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0368935________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. If there were a magic potion that made you live forever, would you take it? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________41148008318500____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Is a lie always bad? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. If you had to choose between being lonely and rich or having lots of friends and poor, which would you choose? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0353695____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Do you think cars will be used 100 years from now? If so, what will they be like? If not, how will people get around?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3657600296545______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. If you were the principal of your school, what is one rule you would get rid of? Think of a better, alternative rule to replace the old one. How do you think your classmates would like the new rule?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________01073150____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________7. How would you feel about shortening the school week to four days a week and adding one more year to middle school? If you like this alternative, what would you do with the extra day off?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________041910_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. If you were elected President of the United States, what are the first three things you would do?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3657600457200__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Does money make people happy? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________36576001054100____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Imagine you, as team captain, are choosing sides for a game of tag and your two best friends are the last ones left. How would you decide which one to choose?0457200________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. Is war ever good? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________065405_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Singer and actress Pearl Bailey once said: “Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.” Do you agree? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________041910____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. A wealthy woman in your community, Ms. Buchanan, plans to build a new facility that will benefit young people in your area. It could be a swimming pool, a theater, a skateboard park, an art school, a library, or anything else. Ms. Buchanan is not sure what kind of facility to build. Write a short letter to Ms. Buchanan in which you identify the type of facility you would like to have built, and persuade her that it is the best choice.3200400170815________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14. Plato, an old Greek philosopher, wrote: “Ignorance [is] the root and stem of all evil.” What do you think this means? Do you agree with Plato?043815____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15. Do you think it is better to be smart or to work hard? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0147320________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________16. In many countries, citizens are required to serve in the military for a year or more. Do you believe the United States should do the same? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________05715_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17. Do you think aliens from outer space exist? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________01885950_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________18. Who makes a better leader: someone who is loved, or someone who is feared? Explain your answer.297180067945_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________19. Alexander Smith said, “The great man is the man who does a thing for the ?rst time.” Do you agree with this de?nition of greatness? Why or why not?0127000_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________20. Should we devote time and money to building a space station on the moon or Mars? Why or why not? Explain your answer.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________043815______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-685800-228600Fiction & Short Stories0Fiction & Short Stories1. Describe yourself (your physical appearance and personality) from the 3rd person as if you are a character in a book. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________01822450____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Describe one of your teachers as though they were a character in a book.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________041910________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Write a story about living in Nashville...one hundred years in the future.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2743200129540__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Tomorrow morning, you wake up and have been magically shrunk to the size of a mouse. Write a story about how you survived the first day.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________085725________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. What does the moon think about? Write a story about it.0212725________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Write a story where a princess and a pirate go grocery shopping together. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3200400149225________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. Write a story where two friends find a suitcase with a million dollars under a park bench. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0215900_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Write a story from the point of view of a blind person.________________________________________________________________________365760038100____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. What would happen if all the animals disappeared? Write a story about the last animal.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________03556000__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Think of your best day in school. Write a story about this day. Include vivid verbs and descriptions. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________000_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-685800-228600Expository Writing0Expository Writing1. Someone who lived 100 years ago has time travelled to the present. How would you explain the Internet to them?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________099060_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. President Obama is coming to hang out with you for a day. Where would you bring him to eat? What would you show him in Nashville? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________27432001670050__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Describe your dream house. What does it look like? What are the special features? Where is it located?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________026035________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Describe your dream vacation.Where would you go? What would you do? What does the place look like?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0857250__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Name two musicians you really like. What are your reasons for liking them? 05715_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Through the years new inventions have changed the way we live. Think about one invention that has had an impact on the way you live. Describe why it is important.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3200400679450________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. Imagine you are stuck on a deserted island for a year. If you could have only one tool, what would it be? If you could have only two books for the whole year, what would they be? 0125095__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Explain how life would be different without computers. Get a quote from a classmate to use as evidence. 0151130______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Compare and contrast learning and teaching.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________087630__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-685800-228600Poetry0Poetry1. Write a poem about spring, summer, fall, or winter...or all four seasons.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0152400____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Write a poem about a color as if it was a person.01885950________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Write a poem about feeling lonely. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Write a poem about young people from the point of view of a very old person.________________________________________________________________________02108200_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Write a poem about a dog’s dream.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0635000________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. The mayor of Nashville, Karl Dean, wants you to make the official poem of Nashville. Write the first two and last two lines.03810________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Write a poem that fully describes something without naming it anywhere.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Write a poem about floating in outer space.043815______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Write a poem that rhymes.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. Write a poem about grit. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Write a poem about optimism. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. Write a poem about zest.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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