WorksheetsWhat Do You Want Me To Write? Prompt Analysis Warm-Ups
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 17mins
Match the following steps of POWER to their definition
P
pick apart the prompt
O
organize with a graphic orgnizer
W
write
E
Edit
R
Revise
There are four questions to ask yourself when picking apart a prompt. The first one is:
(a) am I writing?
There are four questions to ask yourself when picking apart a prompt. The second one is:
What is the (a) ?
There are four questions to ask yourself when picking apart a prompt. The third one is:
What is my (a) as a writer?
There are four questions to ask yourself when picking apart a prompt. The fourth one is:
What do I have to (a) ?
The prompt says words like: explain, evidence from sources and citations.
WHAT are you writing?
Explanatory Essay
Argumentative Essay
Narrative Essay
Brief Write
Summary
The prompt says words like: plot, setting, characters, multi-paragraph.
WHAT are you writing?
Explanatory Essay
Argumentative Essay
Narrative Essay
Brief Write
Summary
The prompt says words like: thesis/controlling idea, evidence from two sources, explain, multi-paragraph
WHAT are you writing?
Explanatory Essay
Argumentative Essay
Narrative Essay
Brief Write
Summary
The prompt says words like: main ideas, condense text to its most important details, using your own words
WHAT are you writing?
Explanatory Essay
Argumentative Essay
Narrative Essay
Brief Write
Summary
The prompt says words like: claim, evidence from two sources, convince
WHAT are you writing?
Explanatory Essay
Argumentative Essay
Narrative Essay
Brief Write
Summary
You are asked to read two sources and explain how they are similar.
Your purpose is to:
persuade
inform
entertain
You are asked to read two sources and find evidence to support that your reader should or should not do something.
Your purpose is to:
persuade
inform
entertain
You are asked to recall an important day in your life and tell your reader about what happened and why it was important.
Your purpose is to:
persuade
inform
entertain
Prompts will always have a question for you to answer, written with question words with a ? at the end.
True: otherwise, how do students know what to write about?
False: often topics will be written in the prompt, but not in question form
The prompt tells me to write a letter to my reader that is at least two paragraphs.
Should I write a brief write or an essay?
brief write
essay
The prompt tells me to write an article for my school paper using two sources that support a thesis/claim.
Should I write a brief write or an essay?
brief write
essay
The prompt tells me to write a story about something that happened in my own life. Even though it's not a made-up story, I should still use narrative elements like setting and characters.
true
false
Your (a) is your clear and direct answer to the prompt.
Which graphic organizer should you complete while you are reading the sources and BEFORE you pick apart a prompt?
a 4-Fold
a T-Chart
a narrative graphic organizer
a circle map (or more, 1 for each source I read)
Why does your thesis have two answers?
those two answers become your two body paragraphs
your teacher is mean
it doesn't, it should only have one
your teacher said so
You are creating your graphic organizer after reading one of the prompts on the state test, but you forgot some of the labels. Is your teacher able to help you?
Yep! Just raise your hand!
No - teachers are not allowed to help during the state test
After reading the prompt, I'm sure I have to write a brief write.
Which graphic organizer should I create on my paper?
a 4-Fold
a T-Chart
a Narrative Graphic Organizer
a circle map
After reading the prompt, I'm sure I have to write an explanatory essay.
Which graphic organizer should I create on my paper?
a 4-Fold
a T-Chart
a Narrative Graphic Organizer
a circle map
You've read a story that ends with a cliffhanger, and the prompt asks you to finish the story.
Which graphic organizer should you create on your paper?
a 4-Fold
a T-Chart
a Narrative Graphic Organizer
a circle map
What is the correct order of a body paragraph in an essay?
Star (transition)
RA
C
Ex3
What letters go here?
(a)
What symbol goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
What goes here?
(a)
Label the introduction paragraph
Label the conclusion paragraph
