Writing Prompts Quiz #3

Your school is going to start requiring two hours of homework every night. Write a persuasive essay to let the school board know how you feel about this idea. Give clear reasons and evidence to support your decisions.  

• Informative Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Narrative Writing

Think about a day when nothing went right. It could have been anywhere. It might have been at home or at school. Write an essay about this bad experience. Include details about the characters, setting and events.  Include your plot and dialogue between you and the other people involved.

• Opinion Writing
• Informative Writing 
• Narrative Writing

Being a bully is wrong! You have a friend that has told you about someone bullying them on the playground.  Write about standing up to this bully.  Include details and sequence of events about your encounter with them.  Be sure to include your conversation with your friend and details about how the problem was solved.

• Informative Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Narrative Writing

Did you know that people have flown balloons all around the world? You have just read an article about two balloon flights.  Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two balloon flights.  What do you notice is similar and different between the two flights? Include details and evidence  about the balloonists, the aircraft, and the length of the flights. Make sure you use the information provided in the article to support your essay. 

• Informative Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Narrative Writing

Taking exams is very important for a student's final grade. The teachers at your school have decided to give exams in all subjects on the same day. Write an essay persuading your teachers why they should spread the exams over several days instead of all on one day. Include reasons and evidence to support your writing.

• Informative Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Narrative Writing

You have just read an article on how money is made.  Write an essay on the process of money making.  Include details and evidence to support your writing.  Make sure that your paragraph topics are supported with facts from your article.

• Informative Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Narrative Writing