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Write a multi-paragraph response that explains whether or not students in your school should switch classes for different subjects.

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Write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze how President Roosevelt's and John Muir's camping trip in Yosemite supported their goal to preserve nature.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Write a multi-paragraph response that explains the early ways of measuring time. Include information about the materials used and the problems with those materials in your response.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

It’s no secret that sometimes great discoveries come as a result of really big mistakes. But are they always worth the problems they cause? Sometimes the mistakes lead to greatness, and sometimes they lead to disaster. Are mistakes key to making discoveries? Write a multi-paragraph response in which you explain whether or not mistakes are a key part of discovery.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze how both authors express the idea that appearances can be misleading.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Harvey in Passage 1 and the Prince in Passage 2 feel trapped. Write a multi-paragraph response that explains what being trapped means to each of the boys and how each boy tries to change his situation.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Students all over the nation take standardized tests each spring. Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you analyze if students should be required to take standardized tests.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze John Philip Sousa's musical career. In your writing consider what skills and characteristics helped Sousa become successful.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Hettie in Passage 1 and the speaker in Passage 2 are both facing change in their lives. Write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze how Hettie and the speaker of the poem respond to change.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory

Write a multi-paragraph response that explains whether the use of mountain bikes should or should not be allowed in wilderness areas.

• Argument

• Informative/Explanatory