Are you ready for WEEK FOUR?  I am!  I’m excited to read more of your amazing writing, Grades 7 and 8!  You have shown great creativity in your blogging in the past few weeks.

I would like you to remember that writing is both an art and a skill.  As artists, you are free to create, use your own voice, develop your own style, and show readers your unique thoughts and ways of expressing!  As a skill, you need to remember to follow the rules of writing:

• use correct spelling
• use punctuation correctly
• use left alignment and paragraphs correctly (Grade 8 is expected to use paragraphing correctly with dialogue as well)
• reread your writing to check for clarity and for errors
• make corrections using what you know about sentence structures, spelling, punctuation

FOR GRADE 8 Students:

I am so excited about this week’s prompts because in addition to the four prompts I’m providing below, I’m going to give you a link to over 1000  Writing prompts that may inspire you to write an ESSAY!

Some students have asked for ESSAY PROMPTS!  Well, here they are:

NY Times Learning Network Writing Prompts

Remember that an essay has a ‘thesis statement’ or a statement in which you clearly state your opinion OR the main focus of the essay.

Remember that an essay has a:

• introduction (thesis is usually in the introduction)
•  body paragraphs to support your thesis: each paragraph is on a separate topic of support
• concluding paragraph (includes a restatement of your thesis in different words AND a call to action)

Grade 7 students are welcome to write an opinion piece in response to the above prompts, however they are not expected to use the formal opinion piece structure.

For all students!

Writing Prompt #1

 

Writing Prompt #2

 

Writing Prompt #3

 

Writing Prompt #4

Happy WRITING!  I can’t wait to read your blogs.