Improving Student Writing Skills - cse crafts

Improving Student Writing Skills
Expository Prompts
Specific Topics
• Write a news story about a recent sports event you saw or participated in.
• Write a “how-to” guide for making new friends.
• Introduce your school to a new student.
• Describe the steps that someone has to take in order to get along with brothers
or sisters.
• Research and write about the history of your school or home.
Guided Topics
• Write a news story about something volunteers have done in your community.
• Either create a new game and write the rules for it or write the rules for a
game that you already know.
• Write about one problem you notice in the school cafeteria.
• Write to a local politician about something that needs to be changed in your
community.
• Write a book or movie review.
Idea Starters
• Write a “how-to” article.
• Describe the history of an event.
• Write about a problem that you see in the world, without taking sides.
• Write a research report.
• Report on breaking news in your school or community.
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