Class members practice their writing skills by completing a prompt about maturity. They develop a constructed response about something they once thought was important, but may not be as important now. 

Concepts

essay writing, personal narrative writing, expository essays, essay organization

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Help learners brainstorm their ideas about the topic before beginning the writing assignment; create a web or other graphic organizer on the board to record their ideas
• Model a think-aloud as you read the sample constructed response to identify the strong aspects of the sample

Classroom Considerations

• The resource does not contain graphic organizers, so it is best to print them out ahead of time
• Includes a writing rubric

Pros

• Includes an example of a strong response to the sample assignment
• Provides thorough assignment guidelines

Cons

Common Core

W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.4 WHST.11-12.4 WHST.11-12.3