Practice Prompts

Your school is having a cookie sale at the beginning of the year. Write an expository essay about 3 types of cookies that you have eaten in your lifetime. Be sure to use text evidence from the passages and use at least 4 of them in your multiparagraph essay.

What is the purpose of this essay?

• cookie sales in schools

• describing the different types of cookies I have eaten

• 3 types of cookies that you have eaten in your lifetime

• bake sales at the beginning of the year

Many kids now are using new slang words. In an expository essay format, explain the importance of students being able to explore their own communicative skills. Please write a multi paragraph essay that uses at least 3 different sources. Be sure to cite specific evidence.

What is the focus of this essay?

• new slang words in school

• the importance of students being able to explore their own communicative skills

• communication of students with slang words

• whether or not students are RIZ, Sigma, or Cap

Based on the following passages, write an argumentative essay on whether students would get more out of their education if they could chew gum. Please be sure to cite evidence from at least 4 of the sources. What type of essay is this and what is the focus?

• informative - whether students would get more out of their education if the could chew gum

• argumentative - if gum chewing is helpful or not

• argumentative - whether or not students would get more out of their education if they could chew gum

• informative - explaing that students do better in school chewing gum

Reorder the following:

• Count

• Underline

• Check

• Circle

Is someone is acting calm, we can say that they are​ (a)  

• tranquil
• ghastly
• mortal
• umane
• diplomatic

If something or someone is horrid, we can also say they are ​ (a)  

• ghastly
• diplomatic
• humane
• mortal
• tranquil

On the island of Roatan, the length of winter break is determined by the grades you get in school. Write an essay informing the district of Lee County about the benefits of student grade accountability for students. Please include evidence from all 3 sources. What is the mode of this essay?

• argumentative

• purposeful

• expository

• exponential

On the island of Roatan, the length of winter break is determined by the grades you get in school. Write an essay informing the district of Lee County about the benefits of student grade accountability for students. Please include evidence from all 3 sources. What is the focus of this essay?

• how children are educated on the island of Roatan

• the district of Lee County and how they can change the school system

• the benefits of student grade accountability for students

• the island of Roatan and how it relates to Lee County schools