LEAP Writing Prompts Examples

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How is the process of refining and marketing the phonograph similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight in “Psst . . . Hey, You”?

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Research Simulation

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How does the dialogue in passages by Charles Dickens and James Joyce function to reveal aspects of the characters?

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Literary Analysis

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Beginning after paragraph 9, write an alternate ending to the folktale using details about the characters and events from the passage. You may choose to use dialogue in your new ending.

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Narrative Writing

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The authors of “Klondike Gold Rush” and “A Woman Who Went to Alaska” and the narrator of the transcript from “City of Gold” are discussing the same topic but are using different points of view. How does each person’s point of view shape the reader’s understanding of the miners’ lives?

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Research Simulation

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Compare the way the authors use first-person point of view to develop the characters in the novels The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse.

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Literary Analysis

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Write a narrative in which you continue the story of “Believing in Horses”. Your narrative should be a believable continuation of the events, and it should clearly reflect the characterization and setting in the passage.

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Narrative Writing

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What type of writing is required to compare and contrast the evidence from the articles "The Stripes Will Survive," "The Zoos Go Wild," and "Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment" regarding the role of zoos in protecting animals?

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Research Simulation

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Compare and contrast how the narrator in the passage from A Single Shard and the speaker in “Turn, Turn, My Wheel” view the potters in each text. What type of writing is this?

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Literary Analysis

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Imagine Alice has returned from her journey down the rabbit hole and is retelling the events to her sister. Write a story from Alice’s point of view, in which Alice explains what happened to her after she reached the bottom of the rabbit hole. Be sure to use dialogue to show how Alice’s sister responds to the story. Use details from the passage in your response. What type of writing is this?

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Narrative Writing

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What type of writing is required to describe and compare the challenges faced by Stef and Darnell in the passages?

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Literary Analysis