Writing Prompts

Below are links that contain various writing prompts:

Poudre School District Language Arts Page

Prompts from The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard - a fine collection of narrative, expository and persuasive prompts including links to others on the web. This is part of the larger site The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard on GeoCities, and as you may know these GeoCities sites may disappear without warning. Therefore, here are the outside sites it links:
- 5th Grade Practice Writing Prompts - Champaign, Illinois
- Mode Specific Prompts - Canyon Creek Elementary in Bothell, Washington
- Sample Prompts - Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments Sample Fifth Grade Writing Prompts
- Writing Prompts - more than 20 from Florida Writes
- The Writing Center - prompts from Eastern Illinois University
- Essay Four Prompts - University of South Dakota, English 101
- 6 + 1 Traits of Writing Prompts - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
- Writing Prompts and Scoring - Pennsylvania Department of Education / Penn State University
- Sample Test Items - Delaware Department of Education
- 4th & 5th grade prompts - from the Greater Albany Schools
- Free Worksheets: Language Arts - Baltimore County Public Library - Homeschooling
3rd-8th Grade Prompts - University of Texas
Sample Writing Prompts - The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
6th-8th Grade Prompts - More from Albany
Adding Variety through Short Writing Assignments - free excerpts from the book, Reading and Writing across the High School Science and Math Curriculum
Sample of 6th Grade Writing Proficiency Test - Maysville Middle School in Zanesville, Ohio
4th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts Writing Prompts - Massachusetts Department of Education, scroll down to Composition Component -- Short Session
8th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts Writing Prompts - Massachusetts Department of Education, scroll down to Composition Component -- Short Session
10th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts Writing Prompts - Massachusetts Department of Education, scroll down to Composition Component -- Short Session
Using Sample Writing Prompts & Examples of Writing Prompts - Oregon Department of Education, Adobe Acrobat format
3rd & 5th Grade Statewide Writing Prompts - Oregon Department of Education, Adobe Acrobat format
Handwritten Examples of Writing Prompt Responses and Scores - Oregon Department of Education, scroll down to Writing
Sample Writing Prompts - Basic Writing II, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
1st-8th Grade Writing Prompts - from everydayspelling.com
Prompts A - Phoenixville, PA school district
Prompts B - more from Phoenixville, PA school district
List of Short Prompts - CanTeach in Canada
Search for books with writing prompts - let this large page load and then use Edit - Find to search using the word "prompt" for books (with ISBN and price) regarding writing prompts.
Assessment Resources - Bridgewater-Raynham, MA Regional School District
Links Regarding Essay Writing - from Australia

Last updated: 11/05/00

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