October 29, 2014

What is something you are looking forward to this weekend? Please include one beginning sentence and an ending sentence which state the same idea. 

Example of beginning and ending sentence:

This weekend I will be successfully avoiding my brother's Halloween party. 

As I hand out candy and talk to my friends, my brother will take his friends around the neighborhood trick-or-treating. 

October 21, 2014

Write about your future job. Describe your dream job and exactly what you would do.

Have a beginning and ending sentence which are about the same thing.

October 20, 2014

Describe one event which occurred this weekend. Make sure to have a beginning and ending sentence which state the same idea.

      Beginning sentence: This weekend I had a great time traveling         to Northern Minnesota with my friends.

      Ending sentence: Our outdoor adventure was a relaxing and             refreshing vacation. 

Oct. 15, 2014

Pick two characters to go on a blind date. Describe what their meeting would be like.

I. Topic Sentence
II. Supporting Detail
III. Supporting Detail
IV. Supporting Detail
V. Concluding Sentence
 
            The characters that I have chosen for a blind date would be Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh. I suppose that Mary Poppins would be taller than Winnie the Pooh, so that might make things awkward at the beginning. I imagine that they would meet at a coffee shop and drink tea. Pooh would probably want to scoop honey into his tea, but Mary Poppins would likely think that a spoonful of sugar is a much better choice. They might have an argument about whether honey or sugar is better in their tea. However, they would eventually change the topic of conversation to singing, an activity which both enjoy. Winnie the Pooh and Mary Poppins would probably end up singing a cheery tune together and really enjoying each other's company in the end. Although they would not be interested in each other romantically, Winnie the Pooh and Mary Poppins could become life-long friends.  Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh would have a pleasant first date.

October 14, 2014

Writing Prompt of the Day: Describe some of the qualities of a true friend.

Make sure to have the following organization:

I. Topic sentence-explain the main idea of your paragraph
II. Supporting Detail
III. Supporting Detail
IV. Supporting Detail
V. Concluding Sentence-re-state the main idea of your paragraph

October 13

Organization:

I. Topic Sentence--explain the main idea of your paragraph
II. Middle Sentence
III. Middle Sentence
IV. Middle Sentence
V. Concluding Sentence--explain the main idea of your paragraph

Questions of the day: Describe one time when you went to sledding or skiing. Make sure to write about only one time.

      I can remember one great night when I went sledding with my family at Edina High School. My entire family was there along with one of my friends named Johnny Klobe. We went to an enormous hill behind the high school, which has three flights of stairs to the bottom. Our sleds sped down the hill and we could go very far. It was especially fun to make long chains, in which we'd put two or three sleds together, cling onto each others' damp snow-suites and hold on for dear life as we flew down the hill. After whipping down the hill for awhile we would have created a trail. If you kept your

October 8th

If you had to pick someone you know to become president, who would you pick and why?

October 7th

Prompt: Write without contractions. Say "it is" instead of it's" or "will not" instead of won't. 

Write about a time when you either broke a bone or got stitches.

October 6

Explain one event which occurred this weekend. 


Use academic language:
Avoid common words like stupid, nice, good, bad, thing
Also do not write in the second person: you, your