Thursday, October 14, 2010

Here are the two prompts that you need to post on kidblog.org

Hi Kids,

Now we’re going to get things going.  There are two prompts for which you need to respond.

Prompt 1:  Who are you as a writer? Or….Who are you as a reader? (Due Wednesday) You can respond to one or both of those questions in a prompt of at least 10 sentences in length.  Some ways to respond would be to mention your strengths and weaknesses in your habits or skills; mention a favorite or worst assignment, talk about your grades in English, how some particular teacher really helped you, what activities you really enjoyed, if you work better in groups or alone, what you do outside of school  (do you read or write outside of school?), or whatever you can think of related to one or both of those two questions.

Prompt 2:  Artifact. (due next Friday) Copy and paste an example passage of your writing that you have done in the past.  It can be any saved file that you have, this year or even in previous years.  It needs to be at least a paragraph in length, but try not to go over three paragraphs.
Answer the following questions to introduce the copied and pasted text:
  1. What is this piece of writing?
  2. Aside from being told to by Mr. Stowell, why did you choose this piece of writing?
  3. What does this piece of writing show about you as a writer?
  4. Does this piece show any of your strengths?
  5. Does this piece show any of your weaknesses?
Prompt 2 (alternate): If you can’t find a piece of text to copy and paste (shame on you for not saving anything!), then you may write a two-paragraph response to the following prompt, and then answer the questions above.
  • It’s the year 2030 and your space-car just crash-landed on an alien planet, while you were traveling on vacation with your two friends.  Your car is broken; you only have what you packed with you for your vacation to the beach planet, Vespia.  This planet looks like a prehistoric jungle.  It looks like you may be stuck here for a loooooong time.  Include dialog and sensory details.  Be sure to also answer the questions above.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please ask your questions regarding the test....