Writing modes

Determine what type of essay you would write based on the writing prompt below.

Read the following texts. Compare and contrast the lives of Emily Dickinson and Robert Louis Stevenson. Plan an essay that tells how their lives were similar, and how they were different. Then, write an essay using details from the text to support your statements.

• Argumentative

• Informational/Explanatory

• Narrative

Determine what type of essay you would write based on the writing prompt below.

Write an essay for your science class web site on whether or not mistakes are a key part of discoveries. Your essay must be based on ideas, concepts, and information from the “Goofs and Great Inventions” passage set.

• Argumentative

• Informational/Explanatory

• Narrative

Determine what type of essay you would write based on the writing prompt below.

After reading “In Afghanistan, School is a Luxury that Many Working Children Cannot Afford” and “More and More Students Suffer from Anxiety” write an essay in which you identify the problems of unequal educational opportunities and expectations and propose a solution to the problems. Support your position with evidence from both texts.

• Narrative

• Informational/Explanatory

• Argumentative

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Determine what type of essay you would write based on the writing prompt below.

Using evidence from the passages, Red‐cockaded Woodpecker and Protecting the Nest, explain how the Red‐cockaded Woodpecker’s nesting habits have caused this bird to be placed on the endangered species list

• Narrative

• Informational/Explanatory

• Argumentative

Determine what type of essay you would write based on the writing prompt below.

Read the passages about student activities and the students who are regularly involved in campus groups. Then, write a multi-paragraph story about a student who is actively involved in school activities.

• Narrative

• Informational/Explanatory

• Argumentative

What elements are related to an argumentative essay? (choose all that apply)

• Support a controversial position

• Make claims about a true issue

• Write in 3rd person

• Clarify how and/or why

• Identify counterclaim

What elements are related to an informative/explanatory essay? (choose all that apply)

• Thesis

• Remain neutral

• Write in 3rd person

• Clarify how and/or why

• Choose a side

What elements are related to a narrative essay? (choose all that apply)

• Imaginary story plot

• Written in 3rd person

• Create tension and suspense

• Describe characters, setting, and events

• Make up your own story about anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does the first paragraph of an argumentative and informational/explanatory essay include? (choose all that apply)

• Hook

• Claim

• 2-3 filler sentences

• Thesis

• Topic

What is the main difference between an argumentative essay and an informational/explanatory essay?

• An argumentative essay requires you to write in the 3c format, and an informative/explanatory essay does not.

• When you write an argumentative essay, you choose as side, whereas, you remain neutral when writing an informational/explanatory essay.

• Informational/explanatory and argumentative essays require you to in the 3c format.