Understanding Prompts! FSA Practice

What is the first thing you should do when you are allowed to begin your test?

• Start highlighting all of the evidence I can find

• Read the first source

• Read the prompt and understand what I'm being asked to write

• Start daydreaming about the end of the essay

What kind of essay are you being asked to write?

"Write an informational essay on how language and communication have changed over time. Your essay must be based on ideas, concepts, and information from the passage set."

• Informative

• Argumentative

Turn the prompt into a question.

"Write an informational essay on how language and communication have changed over time. Your essay must be based on ideas, concepts, and information from the passage set."

• How are language and communication the same?

• How have language and communication become more difficult?

• How have language and communication changed over time?

What kind of essay are you being asked to write?

Write a letter to the county government in which you take a position on whether or not recycling efforts are worth the cost. Your letter must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set.

• A letter

• An argumentative essay

• An informative essay

Turn the prompt into a question.

Write a letter to the county government in which you take a position on whether or not recycling efforts are worth the cost. Your letter must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set.

• Does the county government recyle?

• Does the county government listen to citizens?

• Are recycling efforts worth their cost?

What kind of essay are you being asked to write?

Write a blog in which you take a position on whether or not the sale of sugary drinks should be limited to smaller portions. Your blog must be based on the ideas, concepts and information contained in the passage set

• A blog

• Informative

• Argumentative

What key words helped you identify that the prompt was argumentative?

Write a blog in which you take a position on whether or not the sale of sugary drinks should be limited to smaller portions. Your blog must be based on the ideas, concepts and information contained in the passage set

• Write a blog

• Take a position

• Based on ideas

Turn the prompt into a question.

Write a blog in which you take a position on whether or not the sale of sugary drinks should be limited to smaller portions. Your blog must be based on the ideas, concepts and information contained in the passage set

• Should you take a position on sugar?

• Should sugary drinks be limited to smaller portions?

• Should we be able to buy small portions of sugary drinks?

What kind of essay are you being asked to write?

Write a multi-paragraph essay about the growth and improvement of the airline industry since it first began. Your essay must be based on the ideas, concepts, and information contained in the passage set.

• Informative

• Argumentative

Turn the prompt into a question.

Write a multi-paragraph essay about the growth and improvement of the airline industry since it first began. Your essay must be based on the ideas, concepts, and information contained in the passage set.

• How has the airline industry grown and improved since it first began?

• How is the airline industry based on the ideas and concepts?

• How has the airline industry grown?