"Friends, It's Your Turn"--Prompt 16

OK, I'm going to try something a little different. I'm not a little leery about it either. So here it goes, you may write about anything meaningful to you. Prompt 16 is officially a free-for-all write-what-you-want-to prompt. However, there are two conditions, your response must be at least 200 words, and it must be about something relatively meaningful.

Please refrain from writing the same word 200 times, or writing lists of words that don't form complete thoughts. Your response must be composed of complete thoughts.

Consider writing about some idea that's been muddling around in your head all day, or for several days. Writing about a lesson learned from a recent personal experience is another idea.

You have responded to 15 posts at this point (if you did all your assignments) and are mature enough to prompt yourself. So get out there and blog, blog, blog!

To the blogosphere and beyond!!!!!!!!!!!!

This assignment is due: Monday, October 5, 2007.

If I Were President . . . Prompt 15

You have just been elected president of the United States of America. You must address foreign policy, terrorism, healthcare, the military, the economy, education, the environment, and much more. What are the first three things you will do? Which issues are dearest to your heart? Do you think those issues overlap with the issues that are most important to the American public?


This assinment is due: Monday November 5, 2007.

Pass the Eggnog Please!--Prompt 14

What is your favorite holiday? What is your least favorite holiday? Write about two memorable holiday experiences, one from your favorite holiday and one from your least favorite holiday.

This assignment is due: Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

It's Mom's Fault--Prompt 13

Write a response to the October 9, 2007,U.S. News & World Report article, "A Host of Trouble" and answer the questions below. You can pick up a magazine in my classroom throughout this week. I ask that you return it when you're finished so someone else can use it. I will make copies of the article for those who don't get a magazine or want to have a personal copy.

The questions below are to be answered in paragraph format. Please refrain from using numbering within your paragraphs. Your answers are to be evident in the paragraphs you form. Please ensure that the response to this prompt is written in a manner that anyone could pick up and read it without wondering if they missed something. If you need help understanding this, refer to the SAT models I gave you in class, or see me.

Please answer the questions thoroughly. Myriad questions ask to state your opinion. Make sure you inform the reader with an explanation of why you do or don't take a certain stand. The questions don't come in any particular order; however, your paragraph must flow logically from point to point. There are no wording limitations for this prompt. I only ask you adhere to the above guidelines.

1. Do you agree with critics who state that social host laws will never eliminate underage drinking? Why or why not?

2. Do you agree that: "Stricter parental liability, can reverse society's tacit acceptance of underage drinking. . ."? Why or why not?

3. State whether you believe parents should be held responsible for their children's harmful social habits. ie-drinking, drinking and driving, wild drunken parties.

4. What do you believe are the long-term effects of parents allowing teens to drink at home?

5. What advice or recommendations would you give concerned parents to help solve the teen drinking crisis?

This assignment is due: Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Sticky Situation--Prompt 12

When you woke up this morning, you didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Oddly enough, it turned into a day you would never forget. Write a story that starts with this phrase: "If if weren't for that (fill in the blank), I wouldn't be stuck in this pickle," and ends with "And that's how I ended up duct-taped to the (fill in the blank).

Hope you have fun with this one.

This assignment is due: Monday, October 22, 2007.

To Be Great--Prompt 11

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said,

"Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame, but for greatness, because greatness is determined by service."

Do you agree that everyone has the potenial for greatness? On your blog, state what you believe to be the qualifying features of greatness? Please dig deep! Don't be superficial. This is a concept that has actually made me wonder a lot.

This assignment must be completed by: Monday, October 22, 2007.

Dr. Seuss's Philosophy--Prompt 10

In Dr. Seuss's Horton's Hears a Who, Horton the elephant discovers a tiny planet of living beings on a speck of dust. Other animals urge Horton to throw away the dust speck, not believing that such a tiny world could exist, but Horton refuses. The book ends with this moral:

"A person is a person, no matter how small."

Write about a current political situation that you think illustrates the idea that even seemingly inconsequential people are important. Use Dr. Seuss's moral as the last sentence of your paragraph. Please cite the source for your information if that applies.

This assignment is due: Monday, October 15, 2007.

How Embarrassing!--Prompt 9

Welcome back my friends. Hope you had a great break.

Here's the prompt:

Life is chock-full of embarrassing moments. When you're lying awake at night, having trouble sleeping, do your most embarrassing blunders run through your mind? Write at least two paragraphs about some of these agonizing memories.


This assignment is due: Monday, October 15, 2007.