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Samples of Informative Writing Prompts
The Mississippi Department of Education offers a sample of informative writing prompts. Great ideas for teachers and students.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Narrative Essay Topics and Story Ideas
A collection of 101 narrative essay topics, short story ideas, and narrative writing prompts are provided on this site. Links to related narrative topics are also provided. W.11-12.3 Narratives, W.11-12.3a Narratives
TES Global
Tes: Writing: For and Against
[Free Registration/Login Required] This TES resource provides four writing prompts for argumentative essay performance assessments. Teachers can edit the prompts if they choose.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A r.a.f.t. Writing Prompt: This I Believe
This writing assignments asks students to assume the voice of a character from a novel they are reading. Focusing on a topic or belief the character shows passion about in the novel, the students write an essay modeled after NPR's "This...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Fortune and Mis Fortune
In this RAFTS lesson students read W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" and then complete a grammar activity, or use the interactive fortune creator, to develop a writing prompt for a short essay about the fate or luck involved with their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: About the Writing Sample
On Test Day, you'll be asked to write one sample essay after you've completed the scored sections of the LSAT. The writing sample isn't scored, but copies are sent to all law schools to which you apply. This article gives tips on writing...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Grade 1 on Demand Opinion Writing Samples
This collection of opinion essays prompted first graders to write about a "best pet." From the Vermont Writing Collaborative, with Student Achievement Partners and CCSSO, these written pieces are part of the In-Common: Effective Writing...
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Hamilton: Essentials of Effective Persuasive Essays
This resource provides good insight on how to structure a well organized effective persuasive essay.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing for the Sat
This student guide provides insightful information about preparing for and taking the SAT. It explains how the exam is scored, how to approach the essay section, and gives prompts for practicing essay writing. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Writing Essays (Expository) (Lesson)
Lesson plan designed for seventh graders. Learners write expository essays that include details, facts, and examples. Includes prewriting handouts, some example paragraphs, some example prompts, and a scoring guide.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Draft an Essay
Draft the culminating task essay including the thesis statement. Review the prompt to check your work.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sat Essay: Analyzing a Passage
In this article, we will review a sample SAT Essay and give you some ideas of how you can approach writing a response to the prompt.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Source Based Essay Quick Guide
An essay task that prompts students to extract information from two provided sources to identify important concerns related to an issue.
![Glencoe Literary Library: "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" Study Guide [Pdf] Activity](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103610-a0f5f9acb7f0b00ad819bba2d25b56e2.jpg?1661498571 "Glencoe Literary Library: \"Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin\" Study Guide [Pdf] Activity")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literary Library: "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Benjamin Franklin and his "Autobiography" with the help of background information, vocabulary lists, brainstorming exercises, and thought-provoking writing prompts on Franklin's talents and contributions. Also, use what you have...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: A Guide to Expository Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help guide the teacher and students through an expository writing prompt. Develop the essay directly on the flipchart and model writing for your class.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.a
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Truth Be Told
This lesson plan extends student understanding of the concept of "truisms" and "writing hooks" to introduce writings. Gretchen Bernabei's Reviving the Essay, the book Fox, written by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks, will be read aloud and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Visiting Relatives Prompt
This review discusses Ralph Fletcher's book entitled Marshfield Dreams and Cynthia Rylant's book called The Relatives Came. The author suggests that these books be used as mentor texts. In the suggested activity, learners will engage in...
TES Global
Tes: Literacy Wheel
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource can be used as an aid to devising constructed response prompts. This wheel can be edited so that prompts in other core areas can be added.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Test
Argument essay terms are included on this test over the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument. Six multiple choice questions are provided on this assessment.
![Glencoe Literature Library: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103575-e8405bf1e446f7c46a5670fefc3fab62.jpg?1661498428 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\" [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [Pdf]
Great study guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Before reading the book, check out an author biography, vocabulary, and pre-reading activities and questions. Also, use the guide's...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Looking at Art: Art Investigations: Community
Examine Faith Ringgold's "Tar Beach" with the help of discussion/writing prompts and a short essay that sheds light on this piece of artwork as well as quilting in African culture.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Animal Adaptations: Fishing Cat
Learn how the semi-aquatic fishing cat evolved millions of years ago to live in the wetlands of South and Southeast Asia in this video from NATURE: The Story of Cats (4:18). The accompanying activity prompts students to write an...