Essay Prompts

Narrative Prompt

All of us have favorite people in our lives.  We like them because of 
specific experiences we have had with them.  Select an individual you 
consider to be a favorite person with whom you have had a special experience.

Write about an EXPERIENCE you have had with this favorite person and show how 
this experience made this person one of your favorites.

Informational Prompt

Choose a TV show, movie, novel, or play that you know well.

Write to inform your reader of the setting, characters, and plot.

Persuasive Prompt

Think about your experience as a middle school student.  What have you 
enjoyed and what has made you upset in the time you have spent in this 
school?  What rule or policy would you add, change, or delete?

Write a letter to Dr. Duffy persuading him to add, change, or delete this 
rule/policy.

Imaginative Prompt

Imagine you an your friend are working on a homework assignment in your 
room.  There is a knock at the door.  Your friend gets up and opens it.  On 
the other side is something surprising.

Write an essay about what happened to you and your friend that day.